I love hip-hop and it will always have a special place in my heart . . but I'm not into it anymore

[TEKBEATZ]

you don't find that weird?

then again, I don't know how producers operate. Especially since you have to sample from other genres.

Is it that modern hip hop isn't good enough for you to listen to anymore, or you just don't listen to hip hop period

I like modern and classic hip hop, i just notice when i stream music to listen too or just vibe too i play bunch of old jazz, soul and classic rock. Im dominican so listen to merengue,salsa and bachata.

 

[PhonZhi]

When I listen to soul music I feel like I'm nourished, it's genuine. It's positive

Hip hop is not mentally or spiritually enriching to me.

Im with u OP. I feel the same way pretty much. Rap just doesnt feed my soul. I like music that i can "feel". Nothing current does that, which is why i stick to the stuff i grew up on mainly. For instance, this is a song i can "feel":



Im just at a point in my life also where i feel the main themes of hiphop (violence, drug use, promiscuity, extreme materialism, gang glorification,etc) aren't healthy to digest on a regular basis. I need music with positive energy. Even the music alone of alot of rap today has a very demonic feel to it. For example:

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

I like Soulful music. I like anything that has Soul in it.

 

[blizzard man]

listen to some Ka too breh, but i know how you feel

 

[Ronnie Macho]

how the fukk you gonna act like "have you heard of this new artist Kavin The 1" when your fukkin name is clearly Kavin The 1. dumb fukkin c*nt piss off with the bullshyt act

Because I can...and fukk You and your neg hoe!!!...Have a sense of humor instead of hatin' on nikkas doin' they thang...what the fukk do you do besides commenting on nikkas lives that don't know you?...if you online and ain't tryna get paid you are a muthafukkin' loser...i don't socialize for free on and offline...if i'm doing something its to further my goals...ain't got time for bullshyt...ABP...Always Be Promoting...if you and the coli don't like you all can suck 1...for real for real...bunch of piss stained fakkit hatin' ass bytches...what nikka???....

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

how the fukk you gonna act like "have you heard of this new artist Kavin The 1" when your fukkin name is clearly Kavin The 1. dumb fukkin c*nt piss off with the bullshyt act

 

[Insensitive]

Music I so greatly regarded growing up . . "Gap teeth in your mouth so my dikk's got to fit" . . how can I ride around listening to that as a grown man?

The same way old white dudes listen to fantasy laden Heavy Metal or Juvenile Punk records in their 40's and 50's.

 

[Asicz]

OP Probably just depressed and lost interest in the things he used to.

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

Im with u OP. I feel the same way pretty much. Rap just doesnt feed my soul. I like music that i can "feel". Nothing current does that, which is why i stick to the stuff i grew up on mainly. For instance, this is a song i can "feel":



Im just at a point in my life also where i feel the main themes of hiphop (violence, drug use, promiscuity, extreme materialism, gang glorification,etc) aren't healthy to digest on a regular basis. I need music with positive energy. Even the music alone of alot of rap today has a very demonic feel to it. For example:

But stan eminem brehs


nikka please stop the act. The curtain been came down on yo goofy ass

 

[Asicz]

Imma keep it trill with yall im 100% with op. I barely listen to hip hop anymore even though i make hip hop beats

Interesting I was watching A Rick Ross Vlog and he stated and showed that he doesn't listen to rap but listens to a whole lot of old school R&B though. Partly probably because he is around it so much.
Kinda like a baker who gets tired of donuts they want to eat somethin different.

Curren$y said the same thing in an old interview at the time. He listens to The Doors etc. And not Rap.

 

[Asicz]

There is too much of a wide variety of Hip Hop old and new for anyone to get tired imo, prolly just lazy.

Also if you've been retsricting your self to one genre or sub genre of music then you probably hustling backwards.

 

[Firefly]

You supposed to grow. Currently it isn't that stick to the bones meal it used to be, more fast food. Thats why the hype is the way it is. Make it so flashy and big by the time people figure out it's mediocre they already supported it. The numbers aren't all from people just downloading music. There is a lack of interest in general. It's been like that for a few years now.

 

[Tom Foolery]

I find myself listening to soul, funk, old school R&B and even pop

When I listen to soul music I feel like I'm nourished, it's genuine. It's positive

When I hear funk . . it's fun - even disco which is a watered down funk

When I heard R&B it's real . . even pop which is a watered down version of R&B (thematically)

There's something about the genius in simplicity you find in pop music, the universality of each phrase that comprises the lyrics

It touches your soul

. . in hip-hop today I see a race to the bottom as far as morals and intelligence goes. Even a lot of the classic music I grew up to, when you separate it from the entertainment value - the content isn't nourishing to my subconscious, which goes into your well-being

Music I so greatly regarded growing up . . "Gap teeth in your mouth so my dikk's got to fit" . . how can I ride around listening to that as a grown man?

My pure admiration for Dr. Dre that has led to my impartial criticisms for him productivity and status - how can he be proud of his work in music when he sampled a bunch of great music, and surely introduced the sounds to a new generation but really had nothing of substance to add over these songs. If you're not going to improve upon what you're sampling, why do it? His contribution to music has literally been replaying stuff, without that there's really nothing to make note of

Then there's Mac Dre . . I love his work but I've found that most of his fans are literally lacking on an intellectual level. Themes like "Get Stupid" . . why did it surprise me that he ACTUALLY attracted a stupid fan base . . a fan base that is consciously championing ignorance

The intricacy of lyrically inclined rappers is usually a substitute for lackluster songwriting

The pseudo-positive stuff from rappers like Common . . and underground rappers, it all sounds so contrived. I'm not convinced and I feel like they're preaching to me

I'm just not into it anymore. I'll check for it and when the right songs come along I'll nod my head to them but they won't make their way in my playlists


Anyone feel like this?

I feel you man. What ever happened to guitar solos, live improvising, great song structure not just lyrically but with instruments. Real music theory.

I hate to say it but hip hop/rap has run its course. The allure is gone. I really believe with enough prep time a can beat a mainstream act in a battle. If I'm thinking like this what more does the genre have to offer me.

 

[Insensitive]

I feel you man. What ever happened to guitar solos, live improvising, great song structure not just lyrically but with instruments. Real music theory.

I hate to say it but hip hop/rap has run its course. The allure is gone. I really believe with enough prep time a can beat a mainstream act in a battle. If I'm thinking like this what more does the genre have to offer me.

And there are bedroom guitarists that could smoke B.B. King beating a rapper in a battle doesn't mean they make bad music.

And Joe Buddens last album has all the guitar solo's you want.

 

[Pool_Shark]

I'm still not tired of if but I listen to other genres more often now. I'm just getting into other stuff and then there's all those podcast my ears are overloaded with entertainment. A lot of the new stuff though I'm not feeling it except for a few rappers Ross, Young Thug, Kendrick, Gibbs, Gates, Lupe, Nipsey but really a lot of it isnt interesting and the subject matter is getting redundant.

Right I'm mostly bumping Bryson Tiller and Anderson .Paak