Is Yung Thug suffering from a culture shift?

[Knucklehead]

Honestly: it may be a wrap.

We have seen the complete annihilation of our culture and it's the Young Thugs and Lil' Baby's that put the nail in the coffin.
The combination of

• Black artists STILL tap dancing for white owned major labels as if they are doing us a favor...
• With the bar being so low that "the beat" is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more important than what a rapper (not an MC) says...
• The rise of Social Media aka Where Fake (the opposite of Hip-Hop) runs the show and gossip culture fueled by people like Charlamagne, Akademiks and Envy

Is VERY hard to come back from.

Seeing things like Kendrick Lamar rapping for real and getting success is great - but knowing it's because he beefed with an R&B crooner in Drake suddenly makes it far less appealing or impressive. When he did his most creative work this dude was NOT doing no Super Bowls.
For all of us who lived through golden eras of rap from EPMD, Gang Starr, Wu-Tang's rise, Biggie, Tupac, Nas, Jay, Death Row, 50, Foxy, Wayne etc. the game is so watered down and the "niche underground" sound could be great BUT you can't experience the feeling of California Love coming on right after Pac got out anymore.

Being lame is excepted now. Having ZERO original aspects to your game is normal now. When I came up everyone wanted to be like rappers, now the LAST thing on Earth a smart/cool person would ever want to be is like one of these rappers.

What do you think? You think there's any hope @Knucklehead?

I get what you’re saying but I respectfully disagree with much of it.
First of all your social media and “personality” diet is completely up to you. It’s very easy to ignore the Akademiks of the world.
As for music I understand thinking the 90s is the golden era but with a bit of searching and an open mind I truly believe anyone can find music from all eras that they’ll like. There’s more music then ever coming out now and more curated playlists and channels than you could ever hope to digest.
I spend a lot of time with young people between my daughter, nieces and nephews and coaching football and they’re listening to all kinds of stuff that isn’t on any “old persons” radar. I admit a lot of it isn’t for me but there’s a lot of very creative stuff. 90s artists sound extremely dated to them. That sound is never gonna be the most popular again.
There’s always gonna be new artists and new sounds. JID album coming soon. Lots of good music coming out of Memphis. TDE drops are always worth listening to. Denzel Curry. Music out of Detroit. Plus tons of 90s guys are still putting out music. I wasn’t a fan but many people loved the 6 Nas albums…..

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Yes. It's been 10+ years since he came out. His style got sharked to death and he subsequently dumbed his shyt down to compete but the music got worse

He didn't blow overnight either, and you can argue that So Much Fun was his actual breakthrough to the masses

Then he gets jammed up in a case that, while reinforces his cred, puts him at a creative stalemate with how he approaches subject matter now. Momentum is gone. His scene is yesterday. Album delayed with no date

We've seen this episode... He peaked a while back

 

[CoCKy GeNiuS]

Going to prison destroys your career even if it’s a short bid

Usually there’s a free ________ movement and once you’re out expectations are crazy high musically and every thing you do will be compared to your best music before you went in. There’s also pressure to deliver within a certain time frame. A lot of people also move on.

People like Jeff when he’s leaned and perced up and gang banging acting gay and rapping in wild voices and flows. His shyt is stale, his persona/aura has diminished, and he can’t even rap about certain shyt. He’ll be fine but he already peaked nothing wrong with that I been hearing about dude since 2013.

Thug making a killing with that Sp5der shyt tho kids love that shyt here in NYC and all the lil drill rappers wear it

Not true Pac came home from prison off of a weird charge and he was bigger than ever

 

[ISO]

Not true Pac came home from prison off of a weird charge and he was bigger than ever

What other examples are there we know there were special circumstances there.

 

[Ziggiy]

barter 6 is a classic

I'm a dude who loves bars but the music still has to hit. Young Thug in him prime (2013-2019) made music that hit







Raw (Might Just) with the OG beat

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barter 6 is a classic

I'm a dude who loves bars but the music still has to hit. Young Thug in him prime (2013-2019) made music that hit







Raw (Might Just) with the OG beat

nikka said Barter 6 is a classic and then posted a bunch of TRASH