It’s almost time to abandon rap music

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Hip hop is dead :manny:. Nas made that album a few yrs too early
 

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I don't listen to rappers that are younger than me. Kids just aren't capable of impressing me with their wordplay, i just see a lil kid saying a bunch bs that i know is bs. The rappers older than me that still make music are using c00ning way too hard to support, and the ones that don't c00n as much still lack the production quality they used to have because studios aren't investing money to make a hit for some 50 year old rapper. So basically its been dead for me.
But thats just the cycle of music, eventually you complete your collection and just have to listen to oldies
 

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rap is alive and well. some of you old heads lost the fire don't blame the genre there is still greatness to be had. if you just take what is presented to you by exposure your ears will most definitely suffer and your mind wilter.
I don't listen to rappers that are younger than me. Kids just aren't capable of impressing me with their wordplay, i just see a lil kid saying a bunch bs that i know is bs. The rappers older than me that still make music are using c00ning way too hard to support, and the ones that don't c00n as much still lack the production quality they used to have because studios aren't investing money to make a hit for some 50 year old rapper. So basically its been dead for me.
But thats just the cycle of music, eventually you complete your collection and just have to listen to oldies
:duck:
just off top mavi is nice and apex is a vibe... too much dope music if you venture. the love gotta be there



then on some grown shyt Juicy doing shyt like this




more dope shyt from some of the best albums this year...





 
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rap is alive and well. some of you old heads lost the fire don't blame the genre there is still greatness to be had. if you just take what is presented to you by exposure your ears will most definitely suffer and your mind wilter.

:duck:
just off top mavi is nice and apex is a vibe... too much dope music if you venture. the love gotta be there



then on some grown shyt Juicy doing shyt like this


you can just pick thru so many dope songs playlist your own vibe and enjoy this thing still don't age out of this thing

pass :unimpressed:

don't need to hear kids talking a bunch of bs. They should be listening not talking
 

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pass :unimpressed:

don't need to hear kids talking a bunch of bs. They should be listening not talking
basically you at that "turn the noise down" old man yelling at that clouds stage of life and that's a choice. you can't say you not impressed then refuse to listen at the same time :skip:

so basically y'all lost the passion don't blame hip hop....
 

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I'm in my whip bumping Anita Baker, Lalah Hathaway and a mix of neo soul, old school 70's/80's/90's and smooth jazz.



You niccas in your 30's and 40's still holding on to a dead genre.



Rap gets no play in my ride.

Rhythm of Love and Rapture used to soothe me to sleep as a kid. 😌

Do you listen to Eric Roberson? He has some good jams too, uplifting as well.
 

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Even if you don’t like the current music

You can bump dope hip hop albums like

Mecca & the soul brother
Low end theory
Daily operation
Hard to earn
Iron man
Only built for Cuban linx

Etc,etc there’s no reason to abandon hip hop just cuz the current generation wakk
 

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Pete and Bas for what it's worth can actually spit, if we're using the context of the current generation of rappers. But as I and many others have said once the barriers to entry were reduced, the overall product got watered down. Clearly, Pete and Bas would've been laughed out of the record label offices 20 years ago.

Rap still has a lot to offer, it's just not essential for me anymore. I'm not one of these gatekeeping purists who says hip-hop can only be this; the golden era for me was early 90's to late 2000's, and it was some of the most ignorant shyt ever.

I still check for new shyt from new artists on occasion, but I find myself falling back to the greats more often than not. The only new album I recall listening to this year was Rakim's, which was decent.

As predatory as the old music industry was, they knew how to put a good project from talented people.
 

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basically you at that "turn the noise down" old man yelling at that clouds stage of life and that's a choice. you can't say you not impressed then refuse to listen at the same time :skip:

so basically y'all lost the passion don't blame hip hop....
Nah, its just i need subject matter that i care about now.
Showing off you car and chains or making it out the mud was cool when i was a kid, but at this point i've made it my damn self. I want some grown subject matter. Talking about raising kids, going on a spiritual journey or something more meaningful to me. But not in some hippy indie eclectic way, i still want bangers. You can talk about mature stuff and bump the whip like project pat.

Plus I got more money than most of these kids anyway, going out and copping some foreign super car just makes me cringe cause i know its 50/50 you working in food truck like beans 20 years from now. My parents are millionaires (single digit) in their mid 60s from regular 9 to 5's. some dude living off a 1 time advance telling me how rich he is off one hot single doesn't resonate with me anymore. 99% of rappers are not Jay-z or Kanye. most are memphis bleek status, but i rarely hear any blue collar working class bars. Oddly enough that blue collar shyt is wildly popular in country music, and their fans seem to love it.
 

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Mumble rap and stagnant trap beats ruined rap
 
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