Renegade47
Superstar
man stfuMusic coming out of Atlanta > Music coming out of Detroit
It's called rap MUSIC for a reason....good songs > good lyrics
That's why Pablo Skywalkin gets more play in the hoods than Royce Da 5'9 does
Did trap rap destroy hip hop
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Get mad at facts brehs
Trap music fukk nikka, Don't get this shyt confused wit' no Hip-Hop nikka
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I don't agree 100%, but this was a strong point. Hold this rep.
UpAndComing
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Did Jay z destroy it by proclaiming he is a Rapper not a Hustler?
Did Nas destroy it when he tookon the ESCOBAR moniker?
Did Puff destroy it when he claimed he didnt write rhymes he wrote checks while promoting the cocaine dealer themes of BIG...THE LOX...SHYNE??
At the end of the day you cant point the finger at Southern Trap Rap without holding East Coast Coke RAP
All of that has nothing to do with destroying the lyrical content in Hip Hop
There is barely any diversity on the radio and billboards yet more people than ever are making music
There is a major upheaval in America and especially amongst black Americans but most rappers are still talking about the same old shyt
When you talk about being lyrical you're not talking about some advanced rhyme scheme on some lyrical miracle shyt, you're talking about whether the lyrics that are being said actually have some meaning, heart, and soul behind it, or is it just some bullshyt you're writing to rhyme.
I think hop hop for the most part has lost the grasp to connect to the people and speak for the people like it used to and what it was truthfully created for. Hip hop has gotten to this weird stage where you look at these rappers and it feels like they bought a "how to be a rapper starter kit", copy some dude that's already out and get put on. You have your local artists that will connect on a LOCAL level but that's where it ends.
Maybe hip hop has gotten to the point where everything that can be done within the genre has already been done and we need something new
There is a major upheaval in America and especially amongst black Americans but most rappers are still talking about the same old shyt
When you talk about being lyrical you're not talking about some advanced rhyme scheme on some lyrical miracle shyt, you're talking about whether the lyrics that are being said actually have some meaning, heart, and soul behind it, or is it just some bullshyt you're writing to rhyme.
I think hop hop for the most part has lost the grasp to connect to the people and speak for the people like it used to and what it was truthfully created for. Hip hop has gotten to this weird stage where you look at these rappers and it feels like they bought a "how to be a rapper starter kit", copy some dude that's already out and get put on. You have your local artists that will connect on a LOCAL level but that's where it ends.
Maybe hip hop has gotten to the point where everything that can be done within the genre has already been done and we need something new
151_Pr00f
All Star
There is barely any diversity on the radio and billboards yet more people than ever are making music
There is a major upheaval in America and especially amongst black Americans but most rappers are still talking about the same old shyt
When you talk about being lyrical you're not talking about some advanced rhyme scheme on some lyrical miracle shyt, you're talking about whether the lyrics that are being said actually have some meaning, heart, and soul behind it, or is it just some bullshyt you're writing to rhyme.
I think hop hop for the most part has lost the grasp to connect to the people and speak for the people like it used to and what it was truthfully created for. Hip hop has gotten to this weird stage where you look at these rappers and it feels like they bought a "how to be a rapper starter kit", copy some dude that's already out and get put on. You have your local artists that will connect on a LOCAL level but that's where it ends.
Maybe hip hop has gotten to the point where everything that can be done within the genre has already been done and we need something new
I disagree with the last sentence in this post . Theres so much more going on right now that rappers could make music about but I feel that the trap genre really limits the way rappers express themselves.
If anything was lost with the rise of trap it was the layers of artistic expression in lyrical content. Most mainstream rap doesn't really go as deep as it used to IMO
Lyrical content = SUBJECT MATTER
You giving JAY a pass for his criminal subject matter simply cause he is SKILLED
But regardless JAY rapped in first person he promoted beinga hustler >>> rapper
We went from CLOSE THE CRACKHOUSE to DEAD PRESIDENTS
We went from SELF DESTRUCTION to BIG PIMPING
The anti dope anti pimp mentality of the 80s got murked by cats like JAY Z in the 90s
he wasnt just "reporting" it he and a few others blurred the lines and had people believing HE WAS ACTUALLY DOING IT
Thats what actually put the nail in the coffin for real hip hop which influenced the ATL trap sound
Which Corporate America got behind
Jay made it comfortable for nikkas to rap about cocaine in first person....
Lets call it what it is...
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UpAndComing
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Lyrical content meaning Lyricism. Don't BS yourself breh
Subject Matter changes in Hip Hop damn near every 5 years. From the beginning in 1979 party raps, to more conscious in 1986, to more street in the mid 90s, to more flashy in the late 90s, to street again in early 2000s, etc etc
Subject matter of the South is not the problem. I actually don't mind the subject matter in this region
. Actually, 90s and early 2000s Southern Hip Hop are one of my fav genres to listen to. But after 2005, is when lyricism went out the window. And the dumbasses cosigning it ruined Hip Hop. Anyone who rather promote stripper music and molly pill popping music over a deeper message? fukk em, regardless of which region they from
elevated?
Stop it.....
I guess all y'all nikkas that dapped that thought this shyt was fye as well...
scarface n ugk ball n g...were doing trap rap prior to the name becoming trap...
hip hop not dead..
the art form of grafitti n break dancin n shyt yeah..that shyt dead..
but rap..hell fukk nall..nikkas still eating..
nikkas want the ol thing back..but the same bullshyt was around when the ol shyt was around..
how long ago was that?
thats the first song a cake would bring out they ass when they talk about the south..
nikka face..outkast..ugk...goodie mob...geto boys..cash money..no limit..them muhfukkin nikkas elevated it...
jus like for every rakim..kane, krs one ..type of nikkas u had on the east u had clown rappers eatin too..u didnt hear one word about nikkas sayin they killin hip hop
the main nikka screamin that self destruction shyt..beatin up a member from pm dawn on the stage
nikkas spittin the pro-black shyt..hypeman fukkin 6'7 white women..
white boy came out of dallas tx..went diamond
its room for everything in hip hop..hip hop critics are haters..n try n change history like their shyt didnt stink..shut the fukk up n enjoy it..
u dont like certain ppl..dont fukk with it..
u can say that about every coast breh..The South weak AF ..and I've lived there 21 years of my life. For every "lyrical" rapper we got its 10 wack ones and everybody knows that
u nikkas just forget puffy, c+c music factory, vanilla ice gerado..and others..that was pavin the lane of dumbness
Renegade47
Superstar
you called it good music when no artist from atlanta has dropped a classic in forever. get that bullshyt outta hereGet mad at facts brehs