Hip Hop is Evolving. Will The Booth do the same?

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

It's unacceptable how artists like this get no love on this forum



Artists with SOUL

But let a trash XXL freestyle get posted and the "hip hop is dead" dialogue goes plat

It's ridiculous

 

[ISO]

It's unacceptable how artists like this get no love on this forum



Artists with SOUL

But let a trash XXL freestyle get posted and the "hip hop is dead" dialogue goes plat

It's ridiculous

garbage re-hash cosplay nothing soulful about this just cringe

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

Miserable ass nikkas everywhere. Not even good music will fix that

 

[Bryan Danielson]

No

 

[TheMailMan]

I really want party rap 2 come back full force.....lets dance again

Time to groove

 

[Pop123]

Evolving isn’t always a linear process. The music isn’t evolving, it’s diverging. Some of this contemporary shyt is something else, imo, just cause they rhyme words (sometimes) don’t mean it’s this over here. Doesn’t mean it’s bad or good…it’s just something else, a Plum Island-esque mutation jawn, lol

 

[ISO]

Growing up, we used to go song for song on the block, battling in the neighborhood of which rapper was better, long before Versuz was a thing. Exposing who had poor taste or just a lackluster collection, mixtape battles, hitting up Stans in McGinley Square to cop albums a week before official release. Hip Hop was always much more than just rap music, it was a culture within a culture that has been diluted and watered down to the point you'll be a fool to call it rap, kinda like stretching out the kool-aid when you dont have enough sugar.

What is today's Culture when it comes to Hip Hop?

It is the same culture it just looks different because of technology.

The kids today in my city get sturdy (modern b-boying), they rush the leaks and unreleased on YouTube and SoundCloud, they argue over which drill rapper diss was better or who killed the same sample better, they keep up with the news in the culture through social media and rapper interviews, they watch OnTheRadar freestyles, they watch influencers listen to and review new records on YouTube, they attend concerts and festivals which is bigger now than ever, they talk about hip hop on Reddit, they download production software and mess around on it even in schools they have after school programs for that, they participate through their fashion and lingo, it goes on and on.

Its insane y'all think the culture died with y'all

 

[Consigliere]

Lol. Guys here are still trying to get their talking points off from 2002.

Old mofos are actively killing the genre. They don’t want it to thrive.

 

[frush11]

As an oldish head(40) I love music, and at one point this board was a good place for everything rap. But now I don't see anything anymore, unless its shytttting on new rap, or old shiit. Albums come out, I see no threads on em, I see little to no real discussions on newer sounds.

We need younger posters simple and plain.

 

[Conan]

As an oldish head(40) I love music, and at one point this board was a good place for everything rap. But now I don't see anything anymore, unless its shytttting on new rap, or old shiit. Albums come out, I see no threads on em, I see little to no real discussions on newer sounds.

We need younger posters simple and plain.

I promise you just cause someone is young doesn't mean they're automatically tuned into new refreshing dope projects.

We have enough Yung Nudy stans on here. They probably pushing 40

 

[frush11]

It is the same culture it just looks different because of technology.

The kids today in my city get sturdy (modern b-boying), they rushed the leaks and unreleased on YouTube and SoundCloud, they argue over which drill rapper diss was better or who killed the same sample better, they keep up with the news in the culture through social media and rapper interviews, they watch OnTheRadar freestyles, they watch influencers listen to and review new records on YouTube, they attend concerts and festivals which is bigger now than ever, they talk about hip hop on Reddit, they download production software and mess around on it even in schools they have after school programs for that, they participate through their fashion and lingo, it goes on and on.

I will say this tho, the one big difference, and we fail to ignore this impact.

Back then, most off the listeners didn't think they could do it themselves. When I listened to Big, Red, Cube, Common. As much as I played around trying to rap, I and others understood the levels. Now tho these kids listen to a lot off these acts, and know, that they can do it too, lol.


What I'm really hoping to see less kids rapping. And try their hands at other aspects off music. Shiit with technology being what it is now. I wish more off our kids would get into djing. Somehow someway kids playing instruments, and forming bands, groups has to become a thing again

 

[frush11]

I promise you just cause someone is young doesn't mean they're automatically tuned into new refreshing dope projects.

We have enough Yung Nudy stans on here. They probably pushing 40

I promise you just cause someone is young doesn't mean they're automatically tuned into new refreshing dope projects.

We have enough Yung Nudy stans on here. They probably pushing 40

You just proved my point

 

[ISO]

I will say this tho, the one big difference, and we fail to ignore this impact.

Back then, most off the listeners didn't think they could do it themselves. When I listened to Big, Red, Cube, Common. As much as I played around trying to rap, I and others understood the levels. Now tho these kids listen to a lot off these acts, and know, that they can do it too, lol.


What I'm really hoping to see less kids rapping. And try their hands at other aspects off music. Shiit with technology being what it is now. I wish more off our kids would get into djing. Somehow someway kids playing instruments, and forming bands, groups has to become a thing again

I think the new generation is pretty involved in production, DJ'ing, engineering, videography, photography.

Its a wrap for instruments though I mean that would have to mean comprehensive music education from young in schools shyt they say that's a big reason hip-hop started in the first place.

 

[frush11]

I think the new generation is pretty involved in production, DJ'ing, engineering, videography, photography.

Its a wrap for instruments though I mean that would have to mean comprehensive music education from young in schools shyt they say that's a big reason hip-hop started in the first place.

With the dj thing, not so much outside of Jersey I don't see much.

The instrument thing can be done. And honestly I do feel at some point, it'll happen. Cause in all reality it has to happen for real evolution.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

I will say this tho, the one big difference, and we fail to ignore this impact.

Back then, most off the listeners didn't think they could do it themselves. When I listened to Big, Red, Cube, Common. As much as I played around trying to rap, I and others understood the levels. Now tho these kids listen to a lot off these acts, and know, that they can do it too, lol.

It’s cause one or two of the previous eras fake liked all that parody music that was coming out from the tail end of the 00s to the early 2010s that the next gen started seriously creating it.