Pete Rock Says Drill Rap Is Trash: 'It Disrupts The Soul'

[Mac Ten]

Ain't no one trying to rap like that...

Plus, these kids in NYC grew up on Chief Keef, Gucci Mane, and Meek Mill. It's cool for them to take the Easy way out and not be the lyrical wonder of yesteryear.


I don't even think they heard of Pete Rock and his contributions to Hip Hop.


There needs to be a Hip Hop 101 class.

 

[Scipio]

Old heads have the same mentality of the older heads that were rebelling against their music when they were in their prime

It’s so stupid

Get over it..not all golden era hip hop was about “the soul” or whatever bullshyt he’s talking about

Agreed. And I generally hate 90% of the newer rap. But Drill is one of the more listenable subgenres. It's like he picked the wrong subgenre to call out for being trash.

 

[Complexion]

I personally can't stand how low frequency it is. That and its totally devoid of originality but then I'm from a generation where that was the main thing but its all so repetitive and one dimensional. Granted so was a lot of what I listened to in the 90s but that was acceptable as I was young and dumb and you still had cats dropping the socially conscious commentary/uplifting tune without it being an obvious ploy for sales. As I matured I got to see the true nature of rap with its genocide rhymes and indirect funnel to keep the courts/prisons filled with people doing dumb ish as well as fueling the sales of liquor, weapons, drugs, branded clothes, automobiles and whatever else they namedrop.

Rap was turned out into a very clever and equally pernicious marketing scheme to push an agenda, products and ignorance in equal doses. Why? Because poison tastes sweet to those dealing with generational trauma and pain. It scratches an itch they are only barely conscious of. I can't blame the youth who consume, just like we did back when, it provided a vent as the new rappers were talking our talk and doing it like us (as well as motivating us to get a little wilder than we would without the aural encouragement).

Modern rap to me is like what the old heads said when I bumped The Chronic "Just a bunch of noise and genocide rhymes". Funny how that works but the thing is this culture has the next generation firmly in its grip. There is more than one way to depopulate a planet and this is but one facet of a multi-pronged attack. If you've got kids teach them ways to constructively vent the rage they've inherited because your choices in media reflect what is already within and seeking expression.

Thats why the don't "get it" just like their parents didn't vibe with what they were bumping. This itself is a tale as old as time but we're living in era of vapid narcissism paired with normalized nihilism and that can't ever bode well. Not saying we should all hold hands and sing kumbaya either but its worth staying one up on the frequency so you can view it from a higher plane, feel me?

 

[Chip Skylark]

Has he ever spoke I’ll of 90s rappers? There were rapping dissing other dead rappers, smoking crack pcp and everything else during that time also.

Just keep it consistent.

 

[Juggalo Fred]

Has he ever spoke I’ll of 90s rappers? There were rapping dissing other dead rappers, smoking crack pcp and everything else during that time also.

Just keep it consistent.

Besides biggie dissing Pac on long kiss what other 90s rappers dissed other dead rapper?

 

[Chip Skylark]

Besides biggie dissing Pac on long kiss what other 90s rappers dissed other dead rapper?

Jay dissed Pac too and had shots on I love the dough. Plus he had a record he recorded at the apollo but went on and chose not to release.

And what about everything else I said? Has Pete said anything about how rappers did all kind of drugs in the 90s and actually sold crack to the parents of the rappers who made drill rap?

 

[The Truest]

NY lost. How yall elect Uncle Ruckus as the mayor. Not to mention Rudy.

 

[Swahili P'Bitek]

The precedent for this type of music being popular among the youth was set a long time ago. The sounds, lyrical delivery etc. May change over time but it's set like concrete. For every generation, there is a "Mecca and the Soul brother" and a "Chronic". Just because you don't fukk with the sound shouldn't make you hypocritical.

 

[GreenGhxst]

More poetic sure but where he taking us?

His real life, nowadays everybody trapping and getting into shootouts

 

[ISO]

His real life, nowadays everybody trapping and getting into shootouts

Drill rappers taking us into their real life too.

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

It’s demonic music and when you make it the only thing that comes is violence and death. No rapper in drill is immune from those consequences. Matter of fact we talk about the people killed as much as we talk about the music.

Also there isn’t much comparison to the music back in the day. The music was aggressive but these young dudes is killers rapping about their prey now.

 

[DaKidFromNoWhere]

If we wanna speak on frequencies it actually is when it comes to 808s.

 

[Chip Skylark]

It’s demonic music and when you make it the only thing that comes is violence and death. No rapper in drill is immune from those consequences. Matter of fact we talk about the people killed as much as we talk about the music.

Also there isn’t much comparison to the music back in the day. The music was aggressive but these young dudes is killers rapping about their prey now.

You can’t talk about one without the other.

The past generation sold drugs and passed their beefs on to the next generation. They inherit the past traumas. These current rappers are by products of the slang crack, cocaine, and repping the gang that their parents had to endured from living alongside the ones who did it.

We champion rappers were really hustling but we never truly discuss the side effects and he it contributed to continuing destroying the black community. Even Jay recognized and spoke about how he contributed to it.

We champion rappers who really put it in work over a block and color. I’m guilty of it too. But we never talk about how these youngins literally got this shyt from older guys.

You can’t talk about one without getting EVERYONES hands dirty. It’s impossible

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

Has he ever spoke I’ll of 90s rappers? There were rapping dissing other dead rappers, smoking crack pcp and everything else during that time also.

Just keep it consistent.

in the actual article he isnt talking about subject matter, hes talking about the actual music and saying its trash

 

[Chip Skylark]

in the actual article he isnt talking about subject matter, hes talking about the actual music and saying its trash

subjective