I've always made that point but I think what goes in hand with legends being in the game until they die is having that demographic of hip hop fans in their 40's and 50's that these legends can actually make music for. Jay still has the ability to appeal to the youth, but I'd love to see him cater to that older demographic of hip hop fans that I think is starting to emerge as well. I think Nas does it a little. A dude like Scarface was kinda doing it with the last couple albums he had. We need to have a demographic that not only requires the presence of oldies hip hop stations but also have artists they can identify with. Hopefully as time goes on, the older these MCs get, the more they'll be willing to rap about things relevant to their age because there'll be an audience for it.
nikkas that can relate to those pension bars.
I've always made that point but I think what goes in hand with legends being in the game until they die is having that demographic of hip hop fans in their 40's and 50's that these legends can actually make music for. Jay still has the ability to appeal to the youth, but I'd love to see him cater to that older demographic of hip hop fans that I think is starting to emerge as well. I think Nas does it a little. A dude like Scarface was kinda doing it with the last couple albums he had. We need to have a demographic that not only requires the presence of oldies hip hop stations but also have artists they can identify with. Hopefully as time goes on, the older these MCs get, the more they'll be willing to rap about things relevant to their age because there'll be an audience for it.
I'm 26 so I'm not really tryna listen to any social security rap, but there's plenty of
c/s everything you said breh. I'd love to see hip hop get to the point where we can have MCs have the type of career arcs R&B artists do. :piedpiper: might jump on a track aimed at the youngins every now and then, but he's embraced being a grown ass man that makes grown ass music for grown ass fans. That last part is kinda what's missing in hip hop. Our grown ass fans either don't listen to hip hop anymore or still bump The Message sitting outside the barbershop smoking blacks
On point, if we play the MC's to the left, the fans they appealed to go with them, or they sit on the sideline of the new school wagging their finger at every fukking thing...It seems like things could end up going the route where the age demographic expands right along with the art. Almost like a grand exit of that 2nd childhood stage.
It's always dope to see an artist like lupe be deliberate in making a song that can be performed...50/60 year old rappers may have a different mindset from their debut. I mean look at somebody like prince, he's at an age that he doesn't even want to perform some of his older shyt because a shift in perspective/philosophy or whatever.
Picture lupe at jay's age still being able to rock out to a song like "Real", something relevant, something lyrically and technically dope...and he wouldn't look like a fukking idiot @ that age reciting those raps.
Not to say nikkas should just start making 50 year old songs in advance, but I think just KNOWING that it's possible that you could still be here 20 some odd years from now, to see real live examples of that in the flesh would do wonders for your foresight into how you might look/feel/express yourself if you can make it that far.
And we know the nature of the business is to make music that's in demand so if that grown demo isn't there the grown music wont be either. I think Phonte's been doing it since the Little Brother days and even more now with the solos. Outkast's next, if it ever comes out, will probably be on some grown shyt. ) and Kendrick starts performing Backseat Freestyle, I'll be too busy
" A lot of the West Coast legends could prolong their careers right now if they just brought the G-funk sound back with a mature theme. Picture Snoop and Dr. Dre doing a grown album on some Imagine from Blue Carpet Treatment shyt?
Or New York nikkas trying to emulate Ghostface's Ghostdini album?
