Does anyone else miss the blog rap/blog rock era?

[DoubleClutch]

the streaming era

Mainstream drill/Refined mumble rap singer/baby voice adlib era

 

[Blessings]

Most of the rappers in that time period blew up due to blogs like Pitchfork, Genius, Fader, Vice, 2DopeBoys, Earmilk, Anthony Fantano etc. giving them a platform.

Also, a lot of the people who listened to these rappers and read the blogs were hipsters/indie types. Basically the same people who listened to a lot of rock bands I posted in this thread.

That era was some bullshyt…I stuck to what I knew(Future, Meek, Young Thug, Big Sean, and a few others)
I can’t imagine a weird white man or white publications being an authority of hip hop, and nikkas wanting their co-sign

blog rock era to me is when absolutepunk was around 2005-2008/9

 

[JadeB]

That era was some bullshyt…I stuck to what I knew(Future, Meek, Young Thug, Big Sean, and a few others)
I can’t imagine a weird white man or white publications being an authority of hip hop, and nikkas wanting their co-sign

blog rock era to me is when absolutepunk was around 2005-2008/9

Mind you, a lot of the nikkas wanting the blogger's cosign were coming of age at the time and didn't knew any better. Plus, this was before the mentality of "whites staying out of hip hop" revived too.

 

[JadeB]

Mainstream drill/Refined mumble rap singer/baby voice adlib era

Funny enough, I would categorize some of the original Chicago drill scene as blog rap. A lot of publications gravitated towards Chief Keef, Lil Herb (G Herbo) and Fredo.

 

[010101]

follow the money..........*

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Wasn’t a big fan of that era honestly but the cool kids were one of my favorites

 

[Killer Instinct]

Not overly fond of that era but The Weeknd made his debut at the peak of this. I remember when folks didn't even know what breh looked like. All the subliminals on Twitter and when he finally dropped the link for Eos & Thursdays it was pandemonium. KanyeToThe was at peak form here.

 

[basedlawd]

Everybody thinks the music they listened to in middle school and high school is the best. Everybody. That’s why me and a ton of people on here think the 90s is the best era. No one is immune

Give it a few more years and we'll see people getting nostalgic over Lil Pump

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

it's crazy how much Wiz's clout has fallen off over the years. He hasn't been mentioned yet in this thread but back at that time he was THAT nikka in the blog era. His YT vlogs was running up numbers and Kush and OJ release was an event. Mixtape was a classic. Now no one thinks about or remembers him

WIZ WAS SUCH A LET DOWN OVERALL. HIS MIXTAPE ERA WAS LEGENDARY. HE FIZZLED OUT SO EARLY AFTER GETTING ON.

I WAS DISAPPOINTED BUT HAPPY BREH GOT THAT NATIONAL PUSH .

 

[Diondon]

Chance The Rapper?
Earl Sweatshirt?
Childish Gambino?

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

Hell No, this the era that killed Rap. After the Kanye/50 stand off and Kanye won. All these non street, weirdo rappers flooded the market.

The best rappers from that period is:

Kendrick
Wale
Drake
Cole
Cudi

Would be unnoticed in era before.

I tend to agree with this. It was a terrible era for hip-hop, full of generic rappers that all sound alike with music that didn’t age at all. I will add A$AP to that list though. He was a part of that generation. Wiz also.

I do miss the blogs though. Sleeperkingz (for R&B), NahRight, a lot of others that fed the streets.

 

[Lurk Angle]

I remember that era started off with everybody being a chill weed rapper or having that whole suburbs rap style

Than shifted to the drill shyt we have today once keef dropped

 

[Unolove]

I remember that era started off with everybody being a chill weed rapper or having that whole suburbs rap style

Than shifted to the drill shyt we have today once keef dropped

That suburban dude rap was my soundtrack to life during that era

 

[Apprentice]

Anyone familiar with the rock side of the blog era? What was your favorite band?

All Time Low

 

[Seoul Gleou]

I feel

but i've had the GOAT childhood and highschool experience for music

- hungry kanye
- prime TI
- masterpiece Jay-Z
- great selection of rock (the hives, arctic monkeys, gorillaz, the strokes, coldplay, linkin park, MCR)
- great selection of pop (prime Britney, destiny's child, prime christina aguilera, j-lo, chris brown, etc)

between 03 and 07, we were in the renaissance of pop, rap, and rock.