Methodman and Redman get a cold reception at summer jam. MethodMan says he’ll never perform there again cause of generation gap.

[CrimsonTider]

The problem word here "mainstream"

Pop & Rap are the only genres making up mainstream, with rap being practically pop in & of itself. What's sold in the mainstream is mainly image & stardom , not music. so of course that lends itself to young people.

Taking mainstream out of it Jazz is jazz regardless of age, classic rockers are doing much better than any current day bands etc.

You’re just yapping

Rock is a dead genre. Jazz has always been irrelevant

Music is sold and the youth decides what’s popular

 

[CrimsonTider]

Damn Da Rocwilder got zero pop wow, it's a shame but it's also a 20 yo song. Can't expect the new gen to vibe to it.

It had zero pop 20 years ago

Red a meth are peak NY bias

 

[Kenny West]

You’re just yapping

Rock is a dead genre. Jazz has always been irrelevant

Music is sold and the youth decides what’s popular

You have the mind of preteen girl, these takes do not surprise me.

 

[Shadow King]

He's right but agreeing to fall in with that lineup was a cash grab...

 

[keond]

I have a 15 year old. Its crazy but old school to them is SouljaBoy and Wacka. Redman and Meth might as well have been in the stone ages. She likes the throwbacks but the mainstream shyt like Aaliyah and Usher. Red and Meth were just outside of the mainstream.

 

[Piff Perkins]

I don't see the point in expecting kids to know records that came out before they were born, when their parents weren't even playing that shyt in many cases. To me the bigger issue is 15 years of Hot 97 not playing classic NY rap shyt enough, instead focusing entirely on out of state music (or current NY artists jacking outside sounds and making terrible records). A Hot 97 show should have a crowd that mixed enough to enjoy multiple eras, basically. There should be 35-40 year old people there alongside 20 year old chicks.

 

[CrimsonTider]

You have the mind of preteen girl, these takes do not surprise me.

We’re talking about why a group of young people weren’t feeling 2 50 year old rappers

You bring up jazz music?

 

[Kenny West]

We’re talking about why a group of young people weren’t feeling 2 50 year old rappers

You bring up jazz music?

It's the same for EDM, House and any other genre that's not in the business of selling image/stars.

I said what I said

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Mac Ten]

Method Man and Redman are the Black Cheech and Chong….

Fukk them kids. Their parents didn’t play a Red album

 

[Abstract83]

Delete

 

[Abstract83]

This is how legends are treated smh then yall constantly complain about Hip-Hop being dead. F them kids their parents and Radio don't know no better.

 

[DaStangMan]

Rap has always been a young man’s game. Unless you do like Jay Z and keep your name around by marrying an A list celeb or like Drake coming out with music every year for two decades young people won’t know or care who you are.

As rap fans age they also don’t support older rapper the way white people support rock bands on tour for decades

Also as a teen you like what is new I remember thinking 80s rap sounded wack as a kid on hot 97 old school at noon but appreciate it as an adult

 

[null]

Streaming killed the game ...

spotify is swedish.

and it's nice for snoop to explain it to TLR using the vocab of a 2 year old

 

[3rdWorld]

Vintage 90s Rappers shouldnt try sell themselves to younger audiences, just maintain the one that supported you all these years.