The Real Reason The Music Industry Sucks Now
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Captain Crunch
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Good music is out there, it's just that you gotta go looking for it. 
If you like Hard Rock/Punk, check for Screaming Females and Radkey (ADOS punk band from Missouri).
I saw both of the above bands listed live, and I recommend seeing them in person(especially Screaming Females).
If you like Hard Rock/Punk, check for Screaming Females and Radkey (ADOS punk band from Missouri).
I saw both of the above bands listed live, and I recommend seeing them in person(especially Screaming Females).
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
I don’t remember nobody giving a fukk about the 90’s like that it was one of the most unique/original eras but hey
If anything there was more 80’s nostalgia
If one thinks that music in an era is good because the radio aligns with the critics your rationale is fundamentally flawed and you’re honestly a fool
a horrible premise for an argument
Also their argument is hyper focused on white music, so y’all been like yup he’s right are really just vibing with cac talking points and tastes
And also the radio is growing evermore irrelevant, so the argument is less and less relevant every year
In the era of streaming, people can listen to whatever they want and are not bound by the desires of disc jockeys
maybe y’all are just sheep and incapable of actually exploring and finding good music tho
a horrible premise for an argument
Also their argument is hyper focused on white music, so y’all been like yup he’s right are really just vibing with cac talking points and tastes
And also the radio is growing evermore irrelevant, so the argument is less and less relevant every year
In the era of streaming, people can listen to whatever they want and are not bound by the desires of disc jockeys
maybe y’all are just sheep and incapable of actually exploring and finding good music tho
ThatTruth777
Superstar
"hey guys.. music doesn't suck!! you just gotta look for it and dig in about 1000 crates to find something you like.. its not that bad!!...
well fukk you then, you're old!!" 
Saysumthinfunnymike
VOTE!!!
Not really.. what's popular is funded and what's not isn't. Yeah yeah "you gotta search around for what's good" i've heard the argument and it's dumb because those artists struggle and then half of them try to conform to what's popular..
Never ending cycle of meh.... that's why we got standard trap beats for 10+ years
Low End Derrick
Veteran
This is what you're comparing to Pac/Big/Nas etc
Don't know where you got those names from, but I stand by my point. There's more diversity in creative expression within mainstream hip hop than in those days.
Piff Perkins
Veteran
Black “real hip hop” heads have been talking about that law for decades…
*False. @Low End Derrick The 90s artists consisted of:
https://www.audacy.com/music/hip-ho...f-the-1990s#dr--dre-ckm6ub7wn003p3h75tvwozgwg
https://xttrawave.com/20-best-lyrical-rappers-of-the-90s-hip-hops-golden-era/
"Pure Lyricists"
Rakim
Big Daddy Kane
"Native Tongues- Conscious/Fun/Pan-Africanists"
A Tribe Called Quest
Mos Def
De La Soul
Leaders Of the New School
Busta
KRS-One/Pharoah Monche
Jungle Brothers
"Gangsta/Bad Boy/Shiny Suit/Pretty Boys with packs and gats"
The Lox
Ruff Ryders/DMX/Eve
Mase
Lil Kim
Mobb Deep
BIG
"Pimp/gangsta/West Coast" (blind spot for me, wasn't into it but it was there and popular)
Too short
E-40
Kurupt/Outlaws/Eastsidaz
Snoop Dogg/Dre
Pac
Digital Underground
"Creative, collective, influential"
Wu-Tang --> their individual efforts
Fugees ---> same
Run DMC
"Down South"
No Limit
Cash Money
Outkast
UGK/3-6 Mafia
Scarface
2Live Crew
"Attractive smooth talker/good lyricist or wholesome"
LL Cool J
Will Smith
"R&B"
Toni
Mariah (worked with rappers)
Mary (worked with rappers)
Babyface
Boys II Men
"Women Rappers"
Foxy/Lil Kim
Queen Latifah
MC Lyte
Missy
Left Eye
Lauryn
Rah Digga
Mia X
Lady of Rage
"Midwest"
Bone Thugs and Harmony
Slum Village
I'm missing hella names and acts, but this is off the top of my head. Feel free to do a similar breakdown for today, and stuff you legit have widespread fairly easy knowledge of/access to that gets promotion.
Shows/BET staples
Hits from the streets
Rap City
106th & Park
https://www.audacy.com/music/hip-ho...f-the-1990s#dr--dre-ckm6ub7wn003p3h75tvwozgwg
https://xttrawave.com/20-best-lyrical-rappers-of-the-90s-hip-hops-golden-era/
"Pure Lyricists"
Rakim
Big Daddy Kane
"Native Tongues- Conscious/Fun/Pan-Africanists"
A Tribe Called Quest
Mos Def
De La Soul
Leaders Of the New School
Busta
KRS-One/Pharoah Monche
Jungle Brothers
"Gangsta/Bad Boy/Shiny Suit/Pretty Boys with packs and gats"
The Lox
Ruff Ryders/DMX/Eve
Mase
Lil Kim
Mobb Deep
BIG
"Pimp/gangsta/West Coast" (blind spot for me, wasn't into it but it was there and popular)
Too short
E-40
Kurupt/Outlaws/Eastsidaz
Snoop Dogg/Dre
Pac
Digital Underground
"Creative, collective, influential"
Wu-Tang --> their individual efforts
Fugees ---> same
Run DMC
"Down South"
No Limit
Cash Money
Outkast
UGK/3-6 Mafia
Scarface
2Live Crew
"Attractive smooth talker/good lyricist or wholesome"
LL Cool J
Will Smith
"R&B"
Toni
Mariah (worked with rappers)
Mary (worked with rappers)
Babyface
Boys II Men
"Women Rappers"
Foxy/Lil Kim
Queen Latifah
MC Lyte
Missy
Left Eye
Lauryn
Rah Digga
Mia X
Lady of Rage
- Nas/Jay-Z and respective firm/Roc
- Naughty by Nature
"Midwest"
Bone Thugs and Harmony
Slum Village
I'm missing hella names and acts, but this is off the top of my head. Feel free to do a similar breakdown for today, and stuff you legit have widespread fairly easy knowledge of/access to that gets promotion.
Shows/BET staples
Hits from the streets
Rap City
106th & Park
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Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
Nah..... It's not as bad as people are making it, but not really comparable to that era as far as diversity/creativity is concerned.....
Wear My Dawg's Hat
Superstar
However, the current generation is severely limited because it only appears to prefer "Hip Hop" (whatever that means in 2021...).
Previous eras were much more diverse in our overall music appreciations.
Tribal Outkast
Veteran
Exploring to find good music is cool but I just hate how all these good artists are damn near unknown while certain artists(or wackier artists) still get the push. I shouldn’t have to put people on to artists with a whole career worth of work out here. Most of the good music is barely heard on the radio which ain’t as dead as people claim it is. I like to imagine what it would be like back in the day if we had to “put people on” to Jodeci, SWV, Naughty By Nature, etc. I appreciate streaming for giving me most of the currebt artists that I listen to.. people I know don’t care about them artists until they get that co sign though which is sad.If one thinks that music in an era is good because the radio aligns with the critics your rationale is fundamentally flawed and you’re honestly a fool
a horrible premise for an argument
Also their argument is hyper focused on white music, so y’all been like yup he’s right are really just vibing with cac talking points and tastes
And also the radio is growing evermore irrelevant, so the argument is less and less relevant every year
In the era of streaming, people can listen to whatever they want and are not bound by the desires of disc jockeys
maybe y’all are just sheep and incapable of actually exploring and finding good music tho
Tribal Outkast
Veteran
DamnHowever, the current generation is severely limited because it only appears to prefer "Hip Hop" (whatever that means in 2021...).
Previous eras were much more diverse in our overall music appreciations.
people clown shyt like this or the radio, but it definitely helped these artists. That’s why I laugh because these fools look at social media and think they’re the shyt until they start touring. You the man like in New York or Atlanta and shyt.. same artist is lucky to pack the Filmore in Charlotte. Damn I miss Jet magazine. I lived for them charts there and jet beauty of the week
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Tripping lol.