Scarface says rap is "sounding stupider and stupider"

[Street Knowledge]

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Scarface adds that "country music is sounding more brilliant."

Scarface says that modern Rap music pales in comparison to the quality of material being generated in other forms of music.

“The Rap sh*t [is] sounding stupider and stupider, and Country music is sounding more brilliant,” Scarface says in an interview with xxlmag.com. “Rock music is sounding more brilliant and Alternative music is sounding way more brilliant. sh*t sound good as fu*k. Everybody [in Hip Hop] wants to turn up now, even in R&B. Who stole the soul? The soul is gone. Twenty-five years ago it was called soul. Thirty years ago it was called soul. Then they turned it into rhythm and blues, R&B. What is it now? Is R&B gone, too?”

A member of politically-minded Gangster Rap group the Geto Boys, Scarface says that music helped determine the type of act he would become.

“I think that the music that I listened to turned me into the artist that I am,” he says. “I grew up listening to great music that molded my character and my artistry, that helped me. You got to look at it. Look at the music that came out 25 years ago. Now match it up to the music that came out today. There’s no comparison to it. I go back to the same question that I always ask. Who stole the soul?”

 

[Ashtrey]

he aint lyin.. look at Migos they went full retard

 

[BrothaZay]

You know rap is dead when people from the south are complaining about the quality of music

 

[ucanthandlethetruth]

www.hiphopdx.com/m/index.php?s=news&id=27114

Scarface adds that "country music is sounding more brilliant."

Scarface says that modern Rap music pales in comparison to the quality of material being generated in other forms of music.

“The Rap sh*t [is] sounding stupider and stupider, and Country music is sounding more brilliant,” Scarface says in an interview with xxlmag.com. “Rock music is sounding more brilliant and Alternative music is sounding way more brilliant. sh*t sound good as fu*k. Everybody [in Hip Hop] wants to turn up now, even in R&B. Who stole the soul? The soul is gone. Twenty-five years ago it was called soul. Thirty years ago it was called soul. Then they turned it into rhythm and blues, R&B. What is it now? Is R&B gone, too?”

A member of politically-minded Gangster Rap group the Geto Boys, Scarface says that music helped determine the type of act he would become.

“I think that the music that I listened to turned me into the artist that I am,” he says. “I grew up listening to great music that molded my character and my artistry, that helped me. You got to look at it. Look at the music that came out 25 years ago. Now match it up to the music that came out today. There’s no comparison to it. I go back to the same question that I always ask. Who stole the soul?”

scarface aint doin nothin but tellin the truth though

waits for other posters to give him the cause he talking some knowledge

 

[Big Mel]

Gettin zanier and zanier....it's cuz of EPMD mania

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

he aint lyin.. look at Migos they went full retard

"She ask me why dey silk I say Versace "

 

[ALLiKNOWizPAIN]

he aint lyin.. look at Migos they went full retard

i do not understand or comprehend , u must speak fluent

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

This same argument was made in the 90s when everyone was a 'gangsta rapper'

 

[Plexxx]

truth

 

[Pool_Shark]

nan Scarface is one of my favorites but whys he acting like The World is Yours wasnt jam packed with ignorance. Yeah he had songs like Now I Feel Ya but come on man you were doing the same stuff.

 

[Scientific]

nan Scarface is one of my favorites but whys he acting like The World is Yours wasnt jam packed with ignorance. Yeah he had songs like Now I Feel Ya but come on man you were doing the same stuff.

Because what he did, wasnt any different than Bobby Womack doing 'Across 110th Street", or Curtis Mayfield doing "Supafly", "Freddy's Dead".

Soul is gone. It got replaced with SWAG.

This same argument was made in the 90s when everyone was a 'gangsta rapper'

Those claims came from the old heads who resented the fact they weren't waiving their hands in the air, acting like they just didn't care. They couldn't appreciate at the time, what those rappers of the 90s were doing lyrically, because it was too negative to them. It got heated at some point, sure. But, Scarface is right anyway you look at it.

Who can honestly defend the OVERALL culture today?


Mr. Scarface

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

Those claims came from the old heads who resented the fact they weren't waiving their hands in the air, acting like they just didn't care. They couldn't appreciate at the time, what those rappers of the 90s were doing lyrically, because it was too negative to them. It got heated at some point, sure. But, Scarface is right anyway you look at it.

Who can honestly defend the OVERALL culture today?


Mr. Scarface

The argument is still the same. Old heads are upset that Hip Hop wasn't like it was in the 90s. Everyone is 'ballin too much' but the same arguement in the 90s that everyone was 'too gangsta' Even though that wasn't the truth and there were tons of NON-gangsta rappers to go around.

There are plenty of artists not in the mainstream who are not trying to 'turn up' or pop bottles. There are plenty of MCs who are making all kinds of raps from pop cris to murder murder murder to shyt about their children. If you only listen to mainstream Hip Hop, don't bother finding MCs that have different content, then sure.

 

[SubLyminalz]

This same argument was made in the 90s when everyone was a 'gangsta rapper'

true but the gangster rappers still had actual meaningful songs on their albums and not all the same shyt on every song, they switched the topics up and told relative stories instead of using the same formula in every song.

nowadays everybody wants to "turn up" or talk about moving white, drinking lean, or popping pills or getting intoxicated in some way on each song, the subject matter is basically the same.


old man bun b made a very good point in one of his interviews saying that the media embraces drug use now unlike it did in the 90's.

 

[notorious8562]

Wait... country? Of all the genres to pick

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

true but the gangster rappers still had actual meaningful songs on their albums and not all the same shyt on every song, they switched the topics up and told relative stories instead of using the same formula in every song.

nowadays everybody wants to "turn up" or talk about moving white, drinking lean, or popping pills or getting intoxicated in some way on each song, the subject matter is basically the same.

I agree there is more repetitiveness but even in a Drake song where he is talking about ballin like 'started from the bottom' is more like a celebration for how far he has come.

IMO this lack of content has to do with the fact they put out albums 2x a year, mixtapes 10x a year, when guys use to wait 2-3 years inbetween to put out albums.