If "Golden Era" Artists released songs at the same rate as nowadays....

[WIA20XX]

When you look at modern artists, they're putting out full length mixtapes, singles, and legit albums at a much higher pace than the "1 album every 3-4" years standard of back in the day.

Would we have gotten more classic songs? More classic albums?

 

[get these nets]

Good question. Which artist would you say was the most prolific in that era?

The music, physical retail , and radio promotion industries were different back then. Labels had to fight for limited slots for airplay and shelf space given to rappers. So they had to plan rollouts for projects months in advance.

 

[WIA20XX]

Good question. Which artist would you say was the most prolific in that era?

The music, physical retail , and radio promotion industries were different back then. Labels had to fight for limited slots for airplay and shelf space given to rappers. So they had to plan rollouts for projects months in advance.

I have a feeling that Wu Tang was sitting on a lot of material in the 92/93-96 era.

But seems all of Native Tongues didn't have a bunch of extra material lying around.

I often wonder about Organized Noise/Outkast/Goodie etc.

 

[verhonggen]

Nah... because like some of them admitted, a lot of rappers from the "golden era" didn't have a good musical comprehension, they were, for the most part, just rappers rapping over beats, they didn't really have a bigger musical vision.
Nowadays, artists aren't just rapping, they're also "making music" so these old heads wouldn't have released more classics in this era

 

[Nuuko]

it would require them to improve their musical knowledge...

 

[Knucklehead]

Nah... because like some of them admitted, a lot of rappers from the "golden era" didn't have a good musical comprehension, they were, for the most part, just rappers rapping over beats, they didn't really have a bigger musical vision.
Nowadays, artists aren't just rapping, they're also "making music" so these old heads wouldn't have released more classics in this era

Stick to stanning Kendrick and hating Drake with your 7 other aliases.
Your musical “analysis” is shyt.

 

[T.he I.nformant]

Nah... because like some of them admitted, a lot of rappers from the "golden era" didn't have a good musical comprehension, they were, for the most part, just rappers rapping over beats, they didn't really have a bigger musical vision.
Nowadays, artists aren't just rapping, they're also "making music" so these old heads wouldn't have released more classics in this era

 

[bigde09]

Nah... because like some of them admitted, a lot of rappers from the "golden era" didn't have a good musical comprehension, they were, for the most part, just rappers rapping over beats, they didn't really have a bigger musical vision.
Nowadays, artists aren't just rapping, they're also "making music" so these old heads wouldn't have released more classics in this era

They mad at you for this post but listen to some of these old nikkas new albums and that shyt is facts. They got no idea what to do.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

In the 80's hip hop was still new. Artists where still experimenting and trying to distinguish themselves from everyone else.


It peaked in the early 2000's. This era simply don't care about the music. You don't have to make music to be a celebrity. A regular streamer or content creator with 1 million + followers or even 500k followers can make just as much as a rapper at the high end, close to or over 6 figures on the low end.

Social media sponsorships are the new "record deal".

 

[verhonggen]

They mad at you for this post but listen to some of these old nikkas new albums and that shyt is facts. They got no idea what to do.

It's a fact and a lot of them old nikkas even admitted on Podcasts (Talib Kweli, Redman, etc) how its hard for them to compete with new generation rappers because they understand music on all another level.

 

[MINT]

They're literally still dropping music, and shyt isn't good. The standards are much higher as far as songwriting.

Outkast probably one of the only acts that would have survived...also because they shaped this generation.

 

[WIA20XX]

In the 80's hip hop was still new. Artists where still experimenting and trying to distinguish themselves from everyone else.


It peaked in the early 2000's. This era simply don't care about the music. You don't have to make music to be a celebrity. A regular streamer or content creator with 1 million + followers or even 500k followers can make just as much as a rapper at the high end, close to or over 6 figures on the low end.

Social media sponsorships are the new "record deal".

I'm not sure how this connects to the question I asked

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

I'm not sure how this connects to the question I asked

In the 80’s and 90’s music was released at a higher clip. Mixtapes and blend tapes were actual tapes. Radio played a bigger role, especially college radio shows.

There wasn’t major labels or social media or streaming which gives the perception the pace is different when it’s not that far off.

 

[Barney Rubble]

It was quality over quantity. A lot of those artists had executive producers/labels that helped them meticulously craft albums, singles, videos, rollouts etc. When a lot of the unreleased joints leak, most are weak or at least would have been the worst song on the album at the time. Excluding sample clearance issues. Plus, flooding the market devalues your product.

 

[Westbama Heartthrob]

OP said golden era but yall talking about outkast, redman, and Talib