What subgenre of rap do you listen to the most?

[GreenGhxst]

I listen to real nikka raps

But really, mostly fly shyt

Then avant garde, mainstream non trap

Neo dust gets the most gym play easily, but playing that anywhere outside of the gym may be a sign that you're emotionally unstable

 

[JoelB]

Thugger could be in several categories. Mainstream Trap, Avant Garde, Melodic, Emo, etc

He's so talented

I voted Neo-Dust, but I probably listen to Don Tolliver more than anyone right now...so I guess I'm team melodic

 

[DonB90]

 

[CP3.]

90's East Coast, mainstream non trap and some jazzy/conscious stuff.

I also listen to a lot of British stuff though like Knucks and Kofi Stone.

 

[GreenGhxst]

yea, cuz if i didn't limit it, people would be saying they listen to everything when it's clear a lot of posters don't really be listening beyond their 1-2 little cubby holes...

Cubby holes. Haven't heard that word since like 1st grade

I want an adult cubby hole

 

[JoelB]

I also listen to a lot of British stuff though like Knucks and Kofi Stone.

drop some links

 

[Renegade47]

it's actually not, there's no reason to be comparing pharoahe monch to jay z to big sean to kodak black. rap needs to be more like rock and be very serious about adopting sub genres, it makes analysis of the music a lot more fair.

hell naw

the issue is people are snobby because they feel like one is lesser than the other and feel they shouldnt or cant like it and try to relegate it into subgenres when its really just skill tiers.

they all rapping the dynamics are not too far apart. jay z and big sean as artist are not that different its just a skill gap.

rock is different because punk rock and death metal are overall different from the dynamics of the production and vocals and the lyrics.

acoustic rock bands arent going to have a synth player like korn has.

the dynamics in rap arent too far apart from each other enough to warrant subgenres. you can get pharoah monch and jay z on the same song and it’ll work fine. 21 savage and drake just did an album together.

you cant put ozzy osbourn in sum 41 and expect it to work. in rap you can put smino on the hook of a kodak black song and it can work. hell kendrick and kodak just made a great song for his last album. this cant be done with different styles of rock like it can with rap

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

hell naw

the issue is people are snobby because they feel like one is lesser than the other and feel they shouldnt or cant like it and try to relegate it into subgenres when its really just skill tiers.

they all rapping the dynamics are not too far apart. jay z and big sean as artist are not that different its just a skill gap.

rock is different because punk rock and death metal are overall different from the dynamics of the production and vocals and the lyrics.

acoustic rock bands arent going to have a synth player like korn has.

the dynamics in rap arent too far apart from each other enough to warrant subgenres. you can get pharoah monch and jay z on the same song and it’ll work fine. 21 savage and drake just did an album together.

you cant put ozzy osbourn in sum 41 and expect it to work. in rap you can put smino on the hook of a kodak black song and it can work. hell kendrick and kodak just made a great song for his last album. this cant be done with different styles of rock like it can with rap

the production these dudes are on, their flows, how they use their voice, content are all different enough to warrant subgenres. seems you think rap is too basic to have a complex structure.

 

[Renegade47]

the production these dudes are on, their flows, how they use their voice, content are all different enough to warrant subgenres. seems you think rap is too basic to have a complex structure.

no me saying its a fusion genre itself points out its complexity. monch himself is a dynamic complex rapper he made songs like bring it on when he was in organized konfusion and simon says by himself and did the hook for evaridae by OC. they all worked. could 1 rock band make fatlip by sum 41 then make boom by pod and not get looked at crazy?

the subgenres will box nikkas in. its unnecessary and would make the genre itself less dynamic. if monch uses a beat with trap hats no one will look at him crazy now if he’s boxed into an obscure subgenre it’ll be different.

 

[KingSol81]

No option to choose G-Funk or Revolutionary style rap (Kam, Paris, Dead Prez etc)

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

no me saying its a fusion genre itself points out its complexity. monch himself is a dynamic complex rapper he made songs like bring it on when he was in organized konfusion and simon says by himself and did the hook for evaridae by OC. they all worked. could 1 rock band make fatlip by sum 41 then make boom by pod and not get looked at crazy?

the subgenres will box nikkas in. its unnecessary and would make the genre itself less dynamic. if monch uses a beat with trap hats no one will look at him crazy now if he’s boxed into an obscure subgenre it’ll be different.

no one is going to be redefined by using a different production style, people still mainly fit 2-3 subgenres, you seem opposed to this because you see it as some hard and fast lock in instead of looking at peoples general body of work and putting them in categories. rap has been around for 40+ years, there are definitely subgenres, and it makes sense to start describing artists as such. just labeling someone rap/hip hop doesn't give you the slightest clue as to what type of music they make, that's where subgenres come in

 

[Low End Derrick]

hell naw

the issue is people are snobby because they feel like one is lesser than the other and feel they shouldnt or cant like it and try to relegate it into subgenres when its really just skill tiers.

they all rapping the dynamics are not too far apart. jay z and big sean as artist are not that different its just a skill gap.

rock is different because punk rock and death metal are overall different from the dynamics of the production and vocals and the lyrics.

acoustic rock bands arent going to have a synth player like korn has.

the dynamics in rap arent too far apart from each other enough to warrant subgenres. you can get pharoah monch and jay z on the same song and it’ll work fine. 21 savage and drake just did an album together.

you cant put ozzy osbourn in sum 41 and expect it to work. in rap you can put smino on the hook of a kodak black song and it can work. hell kendrick and kodak just made a great song for his last album. this cant be done with different styles of rock like it can with rap

Ozzy's done songs Elton John, Travis Scott and DMX though.

I agree that the sub genres listed are a bit vague and ambiguous, but to say Billy Woods makes the same type of music as Ice Spice, for example, is just asinine for anyone with ears.

 

[Renegade47]

Ozzy's done songs Elton John, Travis Scott and DMX though.

yea but if you put him as front man to a pop rock band will that work? no you can put jay z on a song with playboi carti and it can work with no problem.


kanye fused trap and drill on one song with off the grid cus rap is a fusion genre and anything is possible with it.

 

[Renegade47]

no one is going to be redefined by using a different production style, people still mainly fit 2-3 subgenres, you seem opposed to this because you see it as some hard and fast lock in instead of looking at peoples general body of work and putting them in categories. rap has been around for 40+ years, there are definitely subgenres, and it makes sense to start describing artists as such. just labeling someone rap/hip hop doesn't give you the slightest clue as to what type of music they make, that's where subgenres come in

it would be more detrimental than you think.

it’ll make it harder for nikkas to switch styles when/if they want to which is the beauty of rap you can do what you want.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

yea but if you put him as front man to a pop rock band will that work? no you can put jay z on a song with playboi carti and it can work with no problem.


kanye fused trap and drill on one song with off the grid cus rap is a fusion genre and anything is possible with it.

you can also put jay z on a whole album with Linkin Park or run dmc with aerosmith and it works, ...collaborations working don't mean someone isn't still mainly subgenre A & B while the other artist is subgenre X & Y. genres don't refute people coming together