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

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

We're entering a new era of hip hop


The 50 year birthday will be on Friday​

The accessibility of music as a whole has allowed for the various subgenres to come to the forefront

I didnt listen to Utopia by Travis Scott. But I've heard the reception. It seems very much avant-garde

Which brings me to my point

Hip Hop isn't a monolith. Drill music is only one of the many sounds out right now

The complainers have to keep their ears to the internet waves. The narratives about how bad the genre is in The Booth is massively overstated

Peep what Nas says in his Billboard Mag interview

I made an album called Hip Hop Is Dead [in 2006]. Sorry not sorry, but I did because there were so many times the power of this music was in the wrong hands — not artists, [but] businesspeople. To see that we’re here and [hip-hop is] thriving [is incredible]. The art form is crazy right now. That’s a beautiful thing, and for younger artists that are just 20 years old to realize the history that is there and was laid down for them, to look at it and go, “Wow, this is a long history with deep roots,” is a great feeling.

Heres the full interview

Hip-Hop 50: How Nas Orchestrated a Golden Celebration

Nas talks to Billboard about Hip-Hop 50, his illustrious career, becoming a better businessman over time and more in a new cover story interview.

www.billboard.com

This video explains how the artform is thriving and the future that is possibly ahead




I can post 4 different songs that came out recently

You'll get 4 different vibes from 4 different types of artists

All 4 are under the umbrella of hip hop

My brehs, will you embrace the change or continue to lament the days of Big Daddy Kane?​

 

[Mike Wins]

The top thread this week is about who was bigger in 1998, Jay or DMX

That answer the question?

 

[Ahadi]

No lol cause they won’t open registration

The same old head conversations.

 

[Jaguar93]

Now op you know damn well that’s not happening.

 

[Sccit]

AT LEAST IF WE TALKIN BOUT GOLDEN ERA SHIIT LET IT BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE GOLDEN ERA AKA 92-96 WEST COAST

BUT SOMEHOW THAT GETS BURIED TOO

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

The greatest MC of all time has embraced the ever-changing landscape of the music

He stays true to the art, like many artists these days still do. Young and old

I want more people to join me from my era; release your records and work hard on them sh-ts. I want to hear how people feel, and I want to hear their art. I don’t want to hear the trends, I want to hear the art. Express it, do it and be free. That’s what I’m trying to give to the game now. I don’t pay attention to anything except what I’m doing at this point because I’m having so much fun that I don’t even look up to see what’s going on. I could say that I never had this amount of fun, but I’ve had a lot of fun in my life in the business. But this feeling is unmatched.

There's no excuse. My GOAT is aging gracefully. You can too

 

[Knucklehead]

No lol cause they won’t open registration

The same old head conversations.

People can’t register anymore?
Can someone expound on this?
Curious to know the reasoning, how long it’s been, etc.
As for the thread topic there are a lot of good posters in this forum but going against the idea that the 90s were the be all and end all of quality hip-hop is very unpopular and unlikely to change.

 

[get these nets]

The greatest MC of all time has embraced the ever-changing landscape of the music

He stays true to the art, like many artists these days still do. Young and old




There's no excuse. My GOAT is aging gracefully. You can too

Because of good advisors/managers, and great business decisions, Nas is in position to release the music he wants to make.
The few peers he has left, who entered the industry around the time that he did are not in his financial position. Rappers and producers.

If they are still making new music, they have to tailor it to current styles and tastes.

I followed Nas' career from the Zebrahead soundtrack.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Same old same old

 

[get my pool]

Not when nikkas still judging new rappers on criteria from 1993

 

[Conan]

I can appreciate something is artistic even if I don't get it. Lot of rap I don't consume but is still dope from a a quality perspective.

But garbage is garbage regardless. And that's not to say all music today is garbage, or no garbage was released back in the day.

Take Utopia for example. It's been panned critically across the board. If hip hop is evolving to that, then that's an indictment on the genre.

Other genres have peaked and fallen from a quality perspective. Every jazz head knows when it peaked. Rock heads know. And so on. Why should hip-hop be different?

 

[ISO]

No.

Not until registration is open and newer, younger users are recruited from other platforms like Twitter and Reddit.

 

[ISO]

Because of good advisors/managers, and great business decisions, Nas is in position to release the music he wants to make.
The few peers he has left, who entered the industry around the time that he did are not in his financial position. Rappers and producers.

If they are still making new music, they have to tailor it to current styles and tastes.

I followed Nas' career from the Zebrahead soundtrack.

Meh, acting like Nas is some pioneer in that respect with these new albums is crazy.

It’s plenty of MC’s in his age range that have been flooding the market over the last decade.

 

[jensyao]

hip hop is evolving backwards...shout out to all the people who are keeping what the level of standard was from years past

 

[Blackgate]

hip hop/rap music is evolving/changing. but i wouldnt say it is changing to something better. and it is very likely the zenith of hip hop/rap was around 3 decades ago.