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is the rap game boring?
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Didn't even know about this thread. Shoutout to all the artist grinding it out on whatever level you're on!
<<TheStandard>>
I Am A God
I've accepted that
1.) I'm old and rap isn't really for me anymore (it happens to the best of us. Hip hop is mostly targeted to from like 12 through 35. I'm 29 and pretty much over it......to give you an example. Trap Queen is one of the biggest urban record out right now...I HATE it)
2.) the genre has reached it's peak and declined. We've heard it all before and the thrill is gone (you see a bunch of cities adding classic hip hop stations [philly, houston, etc] there's a reason for this. In philadelphia 1 station plays all new music and the other station plays classic hip hop. Pretty telling) Everyone's a rapper so it's really not special anymore. As great as those fabulous and jadakiss freestyles were most people don't care anymore...
That said it's been a really good year for rap but it still doesn't match the good years in rap from the past for me....I simply feel like besides a few artists I've heard the best rap has to offer. I can honestly say I don't love rap like I used to. I honestly remember spending money to buy new albums every week in the 90s and early 2000s and it's clear there just aren't as many mainstream albums that drop regularly. There's WAY more rappers, more mixtapes, more random singles on blogs but less albums that drop. To give you an example, Master P and No Limit put out more releases than probably the whole rap game now.
There is a good balance for what is out right now.
I loved Kendrick's album, J Cole's album (I listen to both regularly). Big Sean while good, it just wasn't for me. Drake was cool...I liked KRIT's album. Rick ross who I loved has grown stale but I still enjoyed joints of it it. Ludacris had some joints on his album. There's really a lot of good music out and I think if you're a teen or in your early 20s, or simply haven't grown out of it, I imagine this a great time for you.....but I think if I weren't a DJ I wouldn't keep up as much as a I do now.
but yeah I play Kendrick non stop....I guess I've reached the point where the rappers I like from this era I really really like, the ones I don't I really don't.
1.) I'm old and rap isn't really for me anymore (it happens to the best of us. Hip hop is mostly targeted to from like 12 through 35. I'm 29 and pretty much over it......to give you an example. Trap Queen is one of the biggest urban record out right now...I HATE it)
2.) the genre has reached it's peak and declined. We've heard it all before and the thrill is gone (you see a bunch of cities adding classic hip hop stations [philly, houston, etc] there's a reason for this. In philadelphia 1 station plays all new music and the other station plays classic hip hop. Pretty telling) Everyone's a rapper so it's really not special anymore. As great as those fabulous and jadakiss freestyles were most people don't care anymore...
That said it's been a really good year for rap but it still doesn't match the good years in rap from the past for me....I simply feel like besides a few artists I've heard the best rap has to offer. I can honestly say I don't love rap like I used to. I honestly remember spending money to buy new albums every week in the 90s and early 2000s and it's clear there just aren't as many mainstream albums that drop regularly. There's WAY more rappers, more mixtapes, more random singles on blogs but less albums that drop. To give you an example, Master P and No Limit put out more releases than probably the whole rap game now.
There is a good balance for what is out right now.
I loved Kendrick's album, J Cole's album (I listen to both regularly). Big Sean while good, it just wasn't for me. Drake was cool...I liked KRIT's album. Rick ross who I loved has grown stale but I still enjoyed joints of it it. Ludacris had some joints on his album. There's really a lot of good music out and I think if you're a teen or in your early 20s, or simply haven't grown out of it, I imagine this a great time for you.....but I think if I weren't a DJ I wouldn't keep up as much as a I do now.
but yeah I play Kendrick non stop....I guess I've reached the point where the rappers I like from this era I really really like, the ones I don't I really don't.
Lots of things man. I feel you.
It starts with the internet. When we were growing up, depending on how old you are, you only had a few outlets for music. For some it was radio. For some it was music videos and MTV. etc. Now we have the internet, soundcloud, all types of shyt. So there is no filter. There is no definite Source magazine to go to. We hear everything. Which can be good and bad at the same time. Plus you have kids that can just go on the internet and make a decent beat that sounds modern with FL Studio (which is basically what the game is filled with now).
Second, these motherfukkers are going so out of their way to not stick to the basics and be creative that you can't even UNDERSTAND what these fakkits are saying. Different is NOT always good.
Third, I feel like everything in hip hop is just geared toward the club these days. Don't get me wrong, I like clubbing, and there is a lot of good club music coming out but where's the rest of it at? Every song is about drugs, taking a dudes girl, etc. Same content. And like people said earlier in the thread, nobody in hip hop is larger than life these days.
I remember thinking ten years ago that hip hop was falling off and getting too shallow but at least we had songs like "Hate it Or Love It" charting back then. If I could've seen it turn into dudes in dresses drinking cough syrup for fun rapping over the same beat about being better than you I would've stopped listening
I could go all day. I'm too young to be sounding like a
nikka but I'm tired of this stupid shyt getting over
It starts with the internet. When we were growing up, depending on how old you are, you only had a few outlets for music. For some it was radio. For some it was music videos and MTV. etc. Now we have the internet, soundcloud, all types of shyt. So there is no filter. There is no definite Source magazine to go to. We hear everything. Which can be good and bad at the same time. Plus you have kids that can just go on the internet and make a decent beat that sounds modern with FL Studio (which is basically what the game is filled with now).
Second, these motherfukkers are going so out of their way to not stick to the basics and be creative that you can't even UNDERSTAND what these fakkits are saying. Different is NOT always good.
Third, I feel like everything in hip hop is just geared toward the club these days. Don't get me wrong, I like clubbing, and there is a lot of good club music coming out but where's the rest of it at? Every song is about drugs, taking a dudes girl, etc. Same content. And like people said earlier in the thread, nobody in hip hop is larger than life these days.
I remember thinking ten years ago that hip hop was falling off and getting too shallow but at least we had songs like "Hate it Or Love It" charting back then. If I could've seen it turn into dudes in dresses drinking cough syrup for fun rapping over the same beat about being better than you I would've stopped listening
I could go all day. I'm too young to be sounding like a
nikka but I'm tired of this stupid shyt getting over
Big Mel
@bigboss
more embarrassing than boring. but the music ain't bout much either.
Bomberman
Like a C4.
The hip-hop today is a little repetitive. But I think the nature of the genre even today historically has been very rebellious and as you age you lose some of that.
That being said, Spotify's global top 50 has been making me fall in love with music again. shyt is like late 80's early 90's pop right now with an enormous amount of different bright sounding music. Just lately I've really begun to appreciate the talent it takes to play instruments, the skill that goes into singing/songwriting and constructing great sounding melodies. It's probably why I enjoy listening to Future and that whole auto-tune sound.
I'm trying to enjoy this era before it gets all dark and moody again. Which I hope it doesn't.
That being said, Spotify's global top 50 has been making me fall in love with music again. shyt is like late 80's early 90's pop right now with an enormous amount of different bright sounding music. Just lately I've really begun to appreciate the talent it takes to play instruments, the skill that goes into singing/songwriting and constructing great sounding melodies. It's probably why I enjoy listening to Future and that whole auto-tune sound.
I'm trying to enjoy this era before it gets all dark and moody again. Which I hope it doesn't.
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<<TheStandard>>
I Am A God
I've pretty much admitted that I'm old but I'm not out of touch by any means....for me there's just a noticeable difference in skill, flow, bars on say Young Dolph's Preach.
and say Kool G Rap and Nas Fast Life
I know I'm just naming two random songs.....but if you grew up on Rap in the 90s it simply feels like there are a bunch of guys who are just getting into the game just because it's an easy hustle. That said I'm still able to hear the talent in someone like Young Thug, his voice is very melodic to me. There's a lot of talented rappers just not the same as other eras.
I have a friend who's my age who refuses to get into new rap and I have to explain to him that there is good music out......I had to force him to get into To Pimp A Butterfly....he still doesn't like Good kid Maad City....but when you grow up on the type of lyricists many of us did, it's a simply a hard sell if you're not constantly moving around in the clubs, out on the social seen hearing and seeing music played and how people react to it.
and say Kool G Rap and Nas Fast Life
I know I'm just naming two random songs.....but if you grew up on Rap in the 90s it simply feels like there are a bunch of guys who are just getting into the game just because it's an easy hustle. That said I'm still able to hear the talent in someone like Young Thug, his voice is very melodic to me. There's a lot of talented rappers just not the same as other eras.
I have a friend who's my age who refuses to get into new rap and I have to explain to him that there is good music out......I had to force him to get into To Pimp A Butterfly....he still doesn't like Good kid Maad City....but when you grow up on the type of lyricists many of us did, it's a simply a hard sell if you're not constantly moving around in the clubs, out on the social seen hearing and seeing music played and how people react to it.
it aint boring its just corny
got them poor boys out in Jersey City wearing skirts and shyt
got them poor boys out in Jersey City wearing skirts and shyt
That super thug shyt of the early 00s went overboard and became a Dave Chappelle parody. Regular nikka rap is relatable to Gen Y. Gen X went nuts with that thug shyt in music that age rather badly.
yeah......dull is the best adjective for this shyt right now. why are we still hearing these fukkin 808 beats in 2015?? shyt has been stuck on the same style of production for 7 years straight
Worst thing about trap music is that it stagnated since Gucci Mane Blew up. It's like these dope boy rappers refuse to let change happen.
Guess you have to catch a body and do dirt to rap. That one of the 4 elements of Hip-Hop.
Aint this the way many of you cake nikkas wanted? You wanted to push suburban/mango/moist/feminine rappers into the forefront because they represent how you really live your everyday lives so you got that now. You wanted nothing in-depth to come out of many of these rappers about anything other than Money, bytches, cars, clothes, and Trap talk because it "bumps in the whip" or" goes hard in the gym" or impresses struggling thots posing as struggle video vixens at some dusty ass ratchett spots so you got that now. You hated on everybody from the 70s, 80s and 90s who tried to speak on the game shifting this way by calling them
You didn't push for competition amongst these rap nikkas because long as they do strong first week numbers, None of that shyt even matters. Instead of chopping heads,All they do now is just take selfies, tweet threats one another and do friendly ass Khalid collabos not pushing each other. This is exactly the way you cake nikkas wanted the culture to evolve so shut your bloodclot crying
You should feel the same way for Chuck D
. The old heads pushed away black power rap from the mainstream and pushed goons for the expansion of the prison industrial complex.