For the first time in 30 years, no hip-hop album or song has hit no. 1 in 2023.

[Dynamite James]

No Hip-Hop Album or Song Has Hit No. 1 in 2023, a First in 30 Years​

By this time last year, six rappers had No. 1 albums and two hip-hop singles had topped the Billboard Hot 100.​

There hasn't been one hip-hop album or song atop the Billboard 200 or Hot 100 chart this year.

Billboard reports that the genre's absence from the No. 1 spots represents the longest such stretch in a calendar year since 1993.

Six hip-hop artists—Tyler, the Creator, Pusha-T, Future, Kendrick Lamar, Gunna, and Lil Durk—had already seen albums earn top honors by this time in 2022, while Jack Harlow (“First Class”) and Future and Drake (“Wait for U”) had bagged No. 1 singles.

Billboard speculates that this year's hip-hop void may have to do with the "most popular and reliable artists" not releasing new projects, in addition to the inability of others—like Durk and YoungBoy Never Broke Again—to secure new wins on the Billboard 200.

 

[EARFQUAKE]

Personally, the recession is kicking my ass.

 

[1thouwow]

shyt wack

 

[kevin arnold]

DJ Khaled ain’t dropped yet

 

[MikelArteta]

 

[Sad Bunny]

People are waking up

 

[Remote]

I'm glad.
Hip hop is trash these days.

That's not old fashion flabby head talking.
It's objectively terrible now.

 

[Lonj]

None of the big dogs dropped this year

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

shyt wack

Close thread.

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Ice spice, drake, and 21

I'm glad.
Hip hop is trash these days.

That's not old fashion flabby head talking.
It's objectively terrible now.

What about ice spice?

 

[Paper Boi]

it's dead

time for something new

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Morgan Wallen has been dominating the charts this year, so this isn’t surprising at all.

 

[Positive Poster]

Sad to know it’s dead as I was just about to start listening to the genre again. Really looked forward to investigating the artistic expressions of this new generation through rap





Found this unique piff so far (if people still say piff

 

[At30wecashout]

Its garbage and it would be nice if these wack ass rappers felt it in their pockets. I try to be the “just because its not my taste doesn't mean it is bad” but I cant excuse the trash the young’ns listen to. It’s garbage.

 

[Remote]

Ice spice, drake, and 21



What about ice spice?

Ice Spice?



I'll give Drake credit (at least in the past) for making fairly catchy pop songs. I don't even look at him as a rapper or hip hop artist. But he's got songs you can kinda vibe to.

21 Savage ....I don't get him.

The problem is you got all these mumble rappers. Then you got rappers that aren't lyrical. I mean for goodness sakes...90% of rappers today can't even freestyle or battle rap. That's just mind boggling. They show up to a damn radio station and all their rhymes are "mumble mumble mumble N-word........mumble mumble mumble...oh no...what rhymes with N word? The N word"

This is hip hop? This is creativity? This is lyricism?

Every here and there, you find a talented rapper (I don't know them by name, but I see them pop up on social media), and they can spit. But you can tell they don't actually have the ability to make an all-around good song or album. Think: mixtape rappers. Guys like Canibus or Fabulous (who people love but I never really cared for)

I mean maybe you're right. Maybe I'm just an old guy who doesn't get it.
You tell me.

What rappers are nice right now that I should really be into?

I'll say this. I like J. Cole. That's about it.