Do you think there will ever be a rap artist recording until 70 like David Bowie?

[Champagne Kudo]

Eminem

 

[I love Latina women]

Look, leave your cacs and all that at home.

But I was listening to Bowie's new album today, and it's one of his most adventurous and experimental albums yet. Which is extraordinary, once you take into account Bowie's contemporaries and the fact that there aren't many 69-70 year olds pushing boundaries like Bowie.

But it got me thinking...do you ever think we'll see a rap artist, not necessarily like Bowie, because it's not same, but one who will stay relevant until they are old?

Or does rap move too quickly? Or will rap as we know it change more and more as music becomes genre less and rappers stray more and more away from traditional rap sounds?

great thread and question @penfield

i think i could see nas doin' that and in fact he has been. he's always movin' forward as an mc and artist. he made a nice move workin' with damian marley
another someone i think of is snoop. hell, snoop has done a reggae album!

rap does move too fast for the average hip hop artist but there are a few rappers like nas, like snoop and like scarface who always seem to stay ahead of the curve and move to the beat of their own drum

again, great thread, bruh. 5 stars, dap and +rep

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Only one who will stay relevant enough is Jay, and the last decade has shown his artistic cowardice

Not to mention rap is a pretty limiting art form...................... u can only do so much.

 

[JuvenileHell]

I see Nas being able to pull it off. But then again, it all depends on where Hip Hop goes in the future.

 

[-Quikness-]

@stomachlines .. curtis mayfield - tripping out is playing on the radio right now .. oh yeah

 

[IntellectualViolence]

Grandmaster Caz
KRS
Nas

These guys might still be doing it at that age record deal or not

 

[I love Latina women]

@stomachlines .. curtis mayfield - tripping out is playing on the radio right now .. oh yeah

classic music right here
curtis is one of my favorite artists of all time

 

[We Major]

I can picture the scene now....

70 year old Ghostface Killah drops Supreme Clientele 4 and Coli vets are still screaming "We want that dusted Ghost "

 

[Terrance Curtis Beasley]

K-rino is 65

 

[Harry B]

Dre is 50 and moved a lot of units and got great reviews.

 

[Danie84]

Lowkey, Best of Bowie makes the cypher complete

...age limitation in Hip-Hop's is why the game is dormant, tho

Meanwhile Rock legends are revered by every generation

 

[Homer Simpson]

youre gonna be 70 years old rapping you dumbass

 

[L. Deezy]

I doubt it.. 60 MIGHT be the cut off..
Kurtis Blow still performs at about 56..

 

[\\//JohnnyCA$H\\//]

Tony yayo

 

[be back in a bit]

I can see Killer Mike rapping for a long time. I think he enjoys the whole studio process.