Who do we credit/blame for the 2:00 and under trend in rap? Chief Keep, Riff Riff, or Famous Dex?

[Playaz Eyez]

Feel like these three were the first I can remember doing this consistently, and now it's pretty much a normal thing. Even Future had an under 2:00 track on his most recent album

 

[FrontoBama]

Thought that came from mixtapes.
You would hear 1:37 of the most violent,rhythmic, hard hitting hip hop music and *chk* next song

 

[Peak]

Madvillain

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Thought that came from mixtapes.
You would hear 1:37 of the most violent,rhythmic, hard hitting hip hop music and *chk* next song

I'm really referring to mainstream radio and actual albums. Is that just an effect off the streaming era??

 

[imfromthesouthside]

I really started noticing it in 2017. When the snitch would make those songs keke and gunmo.

And they all were like 1:30-1:47. Luckily the real underground rappers doesn’t do it. So I barely notice.

It has to because these dudes have the attention spam of a mouse on meth. I noticed also on news articles have gotten real short. And they have how long the article is like *2 minute read* social media made us dumb.

 

[CrimsonTider]

X X X

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

Dex used to have me hype as shyt breh

 

[Nostalgic]

I was about to make a thread on this same subject matter, Shyt is gettin on my nerves
I like Pusha t's new album but a good bulk of the songs on that album are under 3:00

It's extremely seldom now we hear songs with three verses now

This trend needs to die FAST.

 

[Redwood]

Madvillain

The forgotten gem right here

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Dex used to have me hype as shyt breh

Dex is cheeks but at one point he did have some fun sonically nice sounding songs. I think the drugs killed that off, cause his music has been flat out awful for a long time.

 

[Youngdev]

Dex is cheeks but at one point he did have some fun sonically nice sounding songs. I think the drugs killed that off, cause his music has been flat out awful for a long time.

Dude a full out junkie. Sad to see

 

[Bigblackted4]

You missed the real answers Soulja Boy and Based God. A little bit of Tyler too

 

[Da_Eggman]

Sosa change it up



his newest track 6 min long 4 verses

 

[Bugzbunny129]

Mf doom/madvillain album.. wu tang had 1 verse songs as well. As add developed so did the trend.

 

[Sad Bunny]

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