The Real Reason The Music Industry Sucks Now

[DaHNIC82]

It’s funny how people who are knowledgeable about shyt post something with research and facts.

Then random internet nikkas just be like “nah, my biased opinion on something I know absolutely nothing about is right and you’re stupid”

Right. Some Coli bum think he knows more than the people who actually been involved with the business

 

[Wear My Dawg's Hat]

Damn

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

Charts like the Jet Top 20 (It used to be the "Jet Soul Brothers Top 20) were crucial.

But Black Radio was crucial in breaking new artists and confirming their prominence.

Labels like Motown, Stax, SOLAR, Philadelphia International, Def Jam and Uptown Records were the incubators of great talent.

The club and live performances circuit, from the Apollo to The Roxy and Disco Fever, refined the talent.

Soul Train was the Saturday morning destination for emerging and star talent.

Plus, the record stores in the community, provided the local popularity data to the radio stations, magazines, for chart reporting.

All of this organic and premium music culture/structuring is now GONE from the community. It cannot be replaced by Spotify.

 

[Low End Derrick]

*False. @Low End Derrick The 90s artists consisted of:

"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

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.....

Nah y'all wrong:

Lyrical:

• J. Cole
• Kendrick
• Cordae
• Tyler Thee Creator

Drill:

• Pop Smoke
• Fivio Foreign
  
• CJ
  
• Sheff G
• Sleepy Hollow

Cac Rap:

• Eminem
• Jack Harlow
• G-Eazy
• Post Malone
• Logic

Superstar

• Drake
• Kanye
• Nicki
• Wayne
• Jay Z

Homo-Hop:

• Lil Nas X
• Frank Ocean
  
• Kevin Abstract
  
• iLoveMakonen

Coke Rap:

• Griselda
• Rick Ross
• Jadakiss
  
• Pusha T
  
• Meek Mill

Gangsta Trap

• Lil Baby
• DaBaby
• Lil Durk
• NBA Youngboy
• Polo G

Emo Trap

• Travis Scott
• Trippie Redd
• Playboi Carti
  
• Don Toliver
• Lil Uzi Vert

Emo:

• Earl Sweatshirt
• Lil Peep
  
• XXXTentacion
• IDK
• Juice Wrld

Rage Rap:

• JPEGMafia
• $uicideBoy$
• Death Grips
• Ski Mask the Slump God

Political:

• Childish Gambino
• Lupe Fiasco
• Run Thee Jewels

Crews:

• Migos
• Flabush Zombies
  
• BROCKHAMPTON
• A$AP Mob

West Coast:

• Vince Staples
• Mozzy
• Dom Kennedy
  
• Nipsey Hustle
  
• YG

Midwest:

• Freddie Gibbs
• Kid Cudi
• Tech 9ine
  
• Chance Thee Rapper
• Big Sean

South:

• Future
• Isaiah Rashad
  
• Young Thug
  
• Maxo Kream
• Denzel Curry

UK:

• Stormzy
• Skepta
  
• Lil Simz
• Headie One
  
• Dave

Latin:

• Bad Bunny
• J Balvin
• Anuel AA
• Nicky Jam

Females:

• Doja Cat
• Rapsody
  
• Coli Leray
• Princess Nokia
  
• Young MA

Thot-Hop/p*ssy Rap:

• Cardi B
• Tyga
• Meg Thee stallion
• City Girls
• Saweetie

R&B:

• Anderson Paak
• Bruno Mars
• Ty Dolla $ign
  
• The Weeknd
• Miguel
• SiR
• HER
  
• SZA (Shes worked with rappers)
• Rihanna (Shes worked with rappers)
  
• Beyonce (Shes worked with rappers)
  
• Snoh Alegra
• Khelani
• Summer Walker

Websites

• The Coli
• Complex
• Hip Hop DX
  
• HNHH
• Worldstar

TV Shows:

• Atlanta
  
• Power
• Hi I'm Dave
• Snowfall
• Wild N Out

Podcasts:

• JBP
• Louder Than A Riot
  
• People's Party
  
• Drink Champs
• Bodega Boys

etc. etc.

Like I said, there's more diversity in creative expression within mainstream hip hop today than in those days.

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.

I disagree. It's a whole generation of black kids who grew up on anime, video games and emo rock. Being culturally tied to hip hop doesn't apply to them.

 

[therewillbeboogienights]

This 1996 Law Was Meant to Save Radio. Instead, It Decimated Popular Black Music - VICE

Have any of y'all read this??

Made me think of this thread

 

[JoseLuisGotcha]

The peak of civilization was 1992-2005

 

[3rdWorld]

Cac involvement at all levels killed it..

 

[Renegade47]

This 1996 Law Was Meant to Save Radio. Instead, It Decimated Popular Black Music - VICE

Have any of y'all read this??

Made me think of this thread

“But in the two decades since, DJs and personalities started to resemble figureheads (Ebro) instead of gatekeepers. What gets played on the radio rests in the distant hands of advertisers and playlists mandated by the few corporations who own them. That’s a lot of repetition among the dozens of Black radio stations that iHeartMedia and its predominantly white board of directors oversee, flattening the music’s regional characteristics to fit under one ad-friendly umbrella.”