"Rap is DONE. Aint no more money in rap. Only .1% gettin money. The Drake's....YBs...." - Akademiks

[Apollo Creed]

A lot of rap isnt fun or socially enjoyable anymore just idiotic trends. All these female rappers do is remake 2000s songs and spam coochie

 

[Finesse]

Labels pulling the plug on rap. This is some bullshyt

 

[re'up]

I feel like social media played a big part in killing the allure that mainstream rappers had when it comes to their image. Rap already has to compete with way more forms of entertainment than it did 30 years ago. And the mind can only take in so much stimuli before it gets overwhelmed. Which means it's too easy for mfs to turn into clowns trying to get more eyes on them. Harder/bigger risk for labels to spend resources curating someone's persona knowing that shyt can be exposed real quick in a world full of cameras so they say fukk it and chase virality. Which encourages more clown behavior. Vicious circle.

Tbh entertainment in general has become disposable/commoditized. Too many options and they're all too easily accessible. And since we live in an era where info is easy to come by we're able to peek behind the curtain to see how industry politics go and the end result is mass cynicism.

I think so too. The product got cheaper and cheaper and therefore lost market value. The race to have social media followers cheapened the whole experience. The need and desperation for all these rappers to be social media stars too. It's had an effect on me. I see these guys sounding like divas and I'm disgusted.

And right, the music became very hollow and superficial, think of like Tekashi in 2017. That's what a lot of it all sounds like to me. Bunch of little kids trying to go viral, or the Travis Scott, which is like Marvel movies to me. All gloss and no substance or tension.

 

[Black_Jesus]

They killed the most skilled rapper in the group.

For absolutely no reason at that

 

[Crumple]

Okay. Ak said that.

I'd never take any advice from a non hip hop contributing, overweight hater like Ak.

Sorry.

I'd much rather feast upon the words of Jesus Christ. And that's for certain.

 

[dangerranger]

Idk what the debate is about. We were all told the cost per stream. The math doesn’t add up so all other points will fall flat. If the overall economy is not doing well and we all saw the label reshuffling and layoffs last year, what’s more to talk about. You can invest in artist without the money to invest. The labels like all businesses do have to pivot to the more lucrative thing or they go out of business. Again, what’s the value of a stream? It’s not $9.99 and it’s not $0.99 like we used to price music in the past.

 

[DontEemTry]

Man the way shyt flipped low key hilarious.

There used to be a time when the podcasters looked up to the rappers, now the podcasters look at the rappers like the peons

 

[Da King]

It’s always been this way in the entertainment industry no matter the field.

Only the top 1% or 2% make millions while the rest live paycheck to paycheck.

Exactly, look at the acting world. Not even one percent make a living.

 

[Robbie3000]

I would really like to see the math on the last Clipse album. A damn near classic sold 50K in its first week. Push, Malice and P put their all in that effort. I wonder what kind of money they made?

 

[Conan]

I would really like to see the math on the last Clipse album. A damn near classic sold 50K in its first week. Push, Malice and P put their all in that effort. I wonder what kind of money they made?

I thought they were independent also?

 

[Capital Steez]

I would really like to see the math on the last Clipse album. A damn near classic sold 50K in its first week. Push, Malice and P put their all in that effort. I wonder what kind of money they made?

Honestly, they’d be lucky to recoup after having to pay that $2 million to get out of their Def Jam deal

it looking spooky out chea in general, Kenny out here canceling international dates

 

[2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat]

Honestly, they’d be lucky to recoup after having to pay that $2 million to get out of their Def Jam deal

it looking spooky out chea in general, Kenny out here canceling international dates

 

[banner34]

Drill music killed rap

 

[Pure Water]

Honestly, they’d be lucky to recoup after having to pay that $2 million to get out of their Def Jam deal

it looking spooky out chea in general, Kenny out here canceling international dates

lol, you are such a dikk riding fakkit

 

[LOOPY]

Drill music killed rap

*Yep

*Then thot rap came thru and danced on its grave

*Turned the whole genre into a minstrel show