RennisDeynolds
I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds!
Isn't youngboy Gen Z? He showed that he actually never needed the billboard charts to take over the game completely
Just youtube
Just youtube
There are no Gen Z rap super stars
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Cloutius Maximus
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just because the internet allowed some artist to build a big fanbase without needing the mainstream system of radio, talk show tv performances, movie/tv placements, etc. doesn't mean they are necessarily superstars.
When you are a superstar, you and your music are UNAVOIDABLE for everyone. Even cacs that hate rap and old ladies know who you are. Hey Ya by Outkast was unavoidable, as was Doggystyle, All Eyez on Me, Marshall Mathers LP, Get Rich or Die Tryin. My Dad is 74 and he would recognize Kendrick Lamar or Andre 3k walking down the street. He wouldn't recognize NBA Youngboy, he'd have to google after noticing all the kids following behind him
. My auntie love R&B but she don't know wtf Rod Wave is.
Now you can spit over Gregorian chant samples and make drumless rap in Spanish and find 50k people who will buy every project (easier said than done) and become a millionaire off that. Westside Gunn will eat good off Griselda for the rest of his life but he will never be a rap superstar and that's ok.
When you are a superstar, you and your music are UNAVOIDABLE for everyone. Even cacs that hate rap and old ladies know who you are. Hey Ya by Outkast was unavoidable, as was Doggystyle, All Eyez on Me, Marshall Mathers LP, Get Rich or Die Tryin. My Dad is 74 and he would recognize Kendrick Lamar or Andre 3k walking down the street. He wouldn't recognize NBA Youngboy, he'd have to google after noticing all the kids following behind him
. My auntie love R&B but she don't know wtf Rod Wave is.Now you can spit over Gregorian chant samples and make drumless rap in Spanish and find 50k people who will buy every project (easier said than done) and become a millionaire off that. Westside Gunn will eat good off Griselda for the rest of his life but he will never be a rap superstar and that's ok.
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Formerly Black Trash
Philosopher, Connoisseur, Future Legend
Nobody in here mention DDG 
Streamer Rappers are the “future”
Streamer Rappers are the “future”
Times have changed. The rap superstar as we know it is deadjust because the internet allowed some artist to build a big fanbase without needing the mainstream system of radio, talk show tv performances, movie/tv placements, etc. doesn't mean they are necessarily superstars.
When you are a superstar, you and your music are UNAVOIDABLE for everyone. Even cacs that hate rap and old ladies know who you are. Hey Ya by Outkast was unavoidable, as was Doggystyle, All Eyez on Me, Marshall Mathers LP, Get Rich or Die Tryin. My Dad is 74 and he would recognize Kendrick Lamar or Andre 3k walking down the street. He wouldn't recognize NBA Youngboy, he'd have to google after noticing all the kids following behind him
Now you can spit over Gregorian chant samples and make drumless rap in Spanish and find 50k people who will buy every project (easier said than done) and become a millionaire off that. Westside Gunn will eat good off Griselda for the rest of his life but he will never be a rap superstar and that's ok.
This is what happens when bytches are able to publicly and collectively exercise fandom.One of the main reasons you had superstars the way you understand it is because people didn't have much else to choose from
Now your hyper specialized favorite music genre/artist can be enjoyed by you and the other 200,000 people that enjoy the same artist as opposed to a more generally appealing artists that your coworkers listen to
I feel like freestyling/battle rapping is a FUNDAMENTAL and core element of hip hop.
And if you can’t do it, or refuse to do it, you’re just not good.
It’s what would happen on the block. It would happen at parties. It would happen at clubs.
Almost none of these jokers today can go on the radio and drop some hot shyt over Shook Ones beat.
It’s a damn shame. And in my mind it’s emblematic of the low quality rap being put out now. There’s no energy or grit or punch to hip hop today.
And if you can’t do it, or refuse to do it, you’re just not good.
It’s what would happen on the block. It would happen at parties. It would happen at clubs.
Almost none of these jokers today can go on the radio and drop some hot shyt over Shook Ones beat.
It’s a damn shame. And in my mind it’s emblematic of the low quality rap being put out now. There’s no energy or grit or punch to hip hop today.
Thread...people are conflating having a big following and doing good streaming numbers with being superstars.
The average middle age person doesn't know who tf an NBA youngboy is
IIVI
Superstar
When I knew it was cooked.
This is no longer the case. Unavoidable is a thing of the past
Y'all all making these points like the Internet hasn't changed the way we all consume entertainment
