Is Twitter the worst thing to ever happen to Hip Hop?

[PhonZhi]

Op is on point. Social media is killin it for the older heads. I guess if you're young its apart of the game anyway, but for us older heads the "mystique" is gone from artists. Growing up, thats what made the music great. Artists had "mystique" and weren't nearly as accessible. Say what u want about Eminem, but dude stays out the spotlight. Same with somebody like Adele. All this oversaturation on social media takes away from the music for me. I really dont want to know too much about my fav artists. What i DO know, i want to find out through the actual music

 

[69 others]

Op is on point. Social media is killin it for the older heads. I guess if you're young its apart of the game anyway, but for us older heads the "mystique" is gone from artists. Growing up, thats what made the music great. Artists had "mystique" and weren't nearly as accessible. Say what u want about Eminem, but dude stays out the spotlight. Same with somebody like Adele. All this oversaturation on social media takes away from the music for me. I really dont want to know too much about my fav artists. What i DO know, i want to find out through the actual music

i was about to post the same thing.




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[10:31]

Made this thread to kick the year off


Social media period... period point blank

 

[No1]

It's one of the worst things to happen to SOCIETY imo

Not at all. It has been instrumental in many social movement from BLM to the Arab Spring.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Not at all. It has been instrumental in many social movement from BLM to the Arab Spring.

I agree with that. I'm conflicted because yes it's been a great aid in advocating change and democracy but it's also gave humans a platform to say some of the worst shyt imaginable and has validated attention whoring on a higher level. It also cheapens the way we communicate IMO

 

[Kingshango]

If I had to rank the top 5 worst things to ever happen in hip hop, social media would probably be number 4.

 

[RichYung]

No. It's actually lifted the skirt off of a lot of people.... You get to see what's what.

 

[It is a mystery]

Social media also gave a platform for a lot of artists to be seen. Without social media people like Bryson Tiller wouldn't be so far along so quickly. There are advantages and disadvantages

 

[BigSteve]

Man I don't know. Ringtones were pretty fukking horrible

 

[stealthbomber]

No autotune and fl studio worse thing that happen to hip hop

its the man not the daw right?

 

[2CT]

Op is on point. Social media is killin it for the older heads. I guess if you're young its apart of the game anyway, but for us older heads the "mystique" is gone from artists. Growing up, thats what made the music great. Artists had "mystique" and weren't nearly as accessible. Say what u want about Eminem, but dude stays out the spotlight. Same with somebody like Adele. All this oversaturation on social media takes away from the music for me. I really dont want to know too much about my fav artists. What i DO know, i want to find out through the actual music

that's exactly what it is to keep it 100

these new artists lose all mystique cause they expose themselves too openly on platforms like Twitter

look at Azealia Banks, her music is very good and she should have a legit career by now but everybody looks at her look like cause of how she acts on Twitter

 

[facebook]

i'd say that sites like Pitchfork and Complex are worse

 

[2CT]

i'd say that sites like Pitchfork and Complex are worse

nah those are just online mags and mags have been apart of hip hop forever, this social media shyt is what is fukking up the game