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

[Bop Gun]

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.

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

The Culture has died, and you are just afraid to admit it.

The very Essence of Hip Hop is having fun, expressing those feelings through music, art, dance and fashion. None of these areas are being marketed and portrayed by the rappers of today.

The last time Hip Hop was fun was the Laffy Taffy, Lean With It Rock With It Era. The lyrics were grade school level, but the spirit lived on. The Fashion was wack with the Big Tees, but you can relate it to the Culture. Nothing today resembles Hip Hop, nothing to dance to, the fashion doesn't reflect any part of the Culture, just a bunch of drugged up, pilled out, winos on the mic, who have absolutely nothing to say.

There isn't one artist today that is worth listening to. It is so bad, the thot rappers are talking about the exact same things as the fellas:

- I got money
- Dont need a bytch/nikka
- fukking your girl/your man face in my p*ssy
- Getting high, drunk and popping pills

You are out of your mind if you are actively pursuing and listening to this kind of music. And more importantly, you are part of the problem. Brothers are mad that people are rightfully calling out the wack music today. And your beats are wack too. Stop it.

The icing on the cake is, your so called Era of Music has killed RnB off too. There is no balance at all out here.

 

[ISO]

The Culture has died, and you are just afraid to admit it.

The very Essence of Hip Hop is having fun, expressing those feelings through music, art, dance and fashion. None of these areas are being marketed and portrayed by the rappers of today.

So you going to disregard all the very real ways the youth today participate in hip-hop culture outline in my post?

just going to keep their heads in the sand

Lol at music, art, dance, and fashion not being portrayed or marketed by the rappers of today.

Oh, and now you complain about the subject matter it was cool then huh

 

[African Peasant]

Shyt been dead.

It's almost a zombie this point.

 

[Scipio]

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.

When choosing between making simple beats on a computer and taking years to learn an instrument, plus the fact that very few other young people are learning instruments, the choice seems clear to most young kids. They don't want to have to spend 5 to 10 years to get good at piano or guitar or a horn.

 

[Knucklehead]

Honestly a lot of people just need to get out more.
My girl and I went to two Nas/Wu-Tang shows on vacation last summer and both were highly enjoyable. The moment we stepped in though she was cracked up like “we’re the youngest people here” and we’re both approaching 40. The energy level in the crowd was lacking and very few teenagers would have thought it was cool.
Not a huge Travis fan but we went to the Astroworld tour (not festival) and that was crazy. Energy was just insane throughout. Anyone who’s been to an ASAP Rocky show as well can understand why he continues to headline festivals with no new music out.
Todays music is made with the live experience in mind cause that’s how they make their money.
Go see almost anyone in the top few rows of the Rolling Loud poster and I guarantee you’ll have a great time if you’re open minded.

 

[frush11]

When choosing between making simple beats on a computer and taking years to learn an instrument, plus the fact that very few other young people are learning instruments, the choice seems clear to most young kids. They don't want to have to spend 5 to 10 years to get good at piano or guitar or a horn.

At some point, things are gonna come back around. It simply has to.

 

[KFBF]

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

This is corny friend. It sounds like the theme song for a canceled black sitcom on Prime.

 

[diggy]

Im flatop status, but I still like to get sturdy in the streets

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

This is corny friend. It sounds like the theme song for a canceled black sitcom on Prime.

Killing opps who share our skin color is corny

Yall can't have it both ways

 

[ISO]

At some point, things are gonna come back around. It simply has to.

From what I see the schools and nonprofits are bringing in Macs and music production software not instruments.

I don’t see it reversing honestly it’s only going to get worse as the software improves and now with AI coming through. These are the new instruments.

Even less people will know how to play music and it will become more specialized as time goes on.

 

[KFBF]

Killing opps who share our skin color is corny

Yall can't have it both ways

A couple of things, 1. I don't care what you rap about as long as it's entertaining. This was not entertaining. 2. Why is there this expectation for hip hop that old heads need to like new shyt? That's not the case with rock music -- you have all sorts of people that stopped listening to new bands once guns n roses or nirvana came out.

 

[Zero]

That's cuz he posting corny shyt. He think corny music gonna win the old heads over cause new shyt is too gangsta. But the hottest shyt been gangsta since the late 80s, it's not finna stop now.













4 different sounds, no cornball shyt. Hip hop is doing just fine, but oldheads who haven't been outside in over a decade just wanna live in the times they was. Is what it is

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[Art Barr]

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



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?​

The talent is nowhere near father Kane level.

If there was.

I would have reviewed these artists.
Who are these great emcees

I should be listening to.

I can not say Any of them are great because they do not rhyme well enough.
to warrant a continued listen. If so. Post this great new skilled artist.

all this hiphop is thriving is cap.

all I see are a bunch of no skilled house ducks.
trying to be sellout misappropriation style rappers. I do not see cultured skilled emcees like that.

If so.

Who are they.


Post their stuff.
Oh I forgot. They do not exist. As there is no way for them to get good.
Simply because the general consumer championed nikkaz who flodged. So the past gen has no real reference.
to know how to be skilled frfr.

I wish it was different but it is not.

they managed to turn hiphop culture.
into the fad it was slated as in 1983.

At the end of the day.

who are these skilled bboys and bgirl artist. As it has been a while. A decade or more to be exact. Like 2008. That a real dope fully skilled emcee was available to review.

The last hof talent I reviewed that was new.
plus made the record that everyone copies was doe b.


I reviewed a lot of voice over talents and what i told y'all would become females making luke music. Yet no great emcees making cultural submissions with a real array of skills as an emcee. Where are rhe emcees. Not nikkaz who saw eight mile and try to flodge

like they rap from some other influence. Yet deflect upon and have mass exodus To aftermath style music.
@A Pimp Named Slickback
you always try.
Yet I feel for you because you doing a job. That the real world has not cultivated the talent.
to reward your work.




Art Barr

 

[TripleAgent]

The artform has been dying a slow death since lyrics have been tossed to the bushes and replaced with a generic sound or type of song, and you see it with who is being pushed by record labels, rappers who have a combination of: having a gimmick or certain look, poor lyrics, nonexistent storytelling.

The Old School will always be crowned the Glory Days of Hip Hop.

Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, LL Cool J are the Mount Rushmore of Hip Hop















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?

THIS

its DEvolving

AND THIS

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.

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

It's not Hip-Hop. It's something else. It should have itsown name.

The Culture has died, and you are just afraid to admit it.

The very Essence of Hip Hop is having fun, expressing those feelings through music, art, dance and fashion. None of these areas are being marketed and portrayed by the rappers of today.

The last time Hip Hop was fun was the Laffy Taffy, Lean With It Rock With It Era. The lyrics were grade school level, but the spirit lived on. The Fashion was wack with the Big Tees, but you can relate it to the Culture. Nothing today resembles Hip Hop, nothing to dance to, the fashion doesn't reflect any part of the Culture, just a bunch of drugged up, pilled out, winos on the mic, who have absolutely nothing to say.

There isn't one artist today that is worth listening to. It is so bad, the thot rappers are talking about the exact same things as the fellas:

- I got money
- Dont need a bytch/nikka
- fukking your girl/your man face in my p*ssy
- Getting high, drunk and popping pills

You are out of your mind if you are actively pursuing and listening to this kind of music. And more importantly, you are part of the problem. Brothers are mad that people are rightfully calling out the wack music today. And your beats are wack too. Stop it.

The icing on the cake is, your so called Era of Music has killed RnB off too. There is no balance at all out here.

AND THIS

 

[TripleAgent]

The talent is nowhere near father Kane level.

If there was.

I would have reviewed these artists.
Who are these great emcees

I should be listening to.

I can not say Any of them are great because they do not rhyme well enough.
to warrant a continued listen. If so. Post this great new skilled artist.

all this hiphop is thriving is cap.

all I see are a bunch of no skilled house ducks.
trying to be sellout misappropriation style rappers. I do not see cultured skilled emcees like that.

If so.

Who are they.


Post their stuff.
Oh I forgot. They do not exist. As there is no way for them to get good.
Simply because the general consumer championed nikkaz who flodged. So the past gen has no real reference.
to know how to be skilled frfr.

I wish it was different but it is not.

they managed to turn hiphop culture.
into the fad it was slated as in 1983.

At the end of the day.

who are these skilled bboys and bgirl artist. As it has been a while. A decade or more to be exact. Like 2008. That a real dope fully skilled emcee was available to review.

The last hof talent I reviewed that was new.
plus made the record that everyone copies was doe b.


I reviewed a lot of voice over talents and what i told y'all would become females making luke music. Yet no great emcees making cultural submissions with a real array of skills as an emcee. Where are rhe emcees. Not nikkaz who saw eight mile and try to flodge

like they rap from some other influence. Yet deflect upon and have mass exodus To aftermath style music.
@A Pimp Named Slickback
you always try.
Yet I feel for you because you doing a job. That the real world has not cultivated the talent.
to reward your work.




Art Barr

AND THIS