Why did the drill rap era receive way less backlash than the snap/crunk/dance era?

[BrothaZay]

This is thecoli so I know y’all will fake like this isn’t true but I remember vividly how many artist in the mid to late 2000s got shyt on my old heads abs hip hop purist

Fast forward to the drill era, the bars are even worse than they were in the mid-late 2000s but those same old heads and gatekeepers had nowhere near the same energy and a lot of them even seem someone infatuated with these new young drill killer rappers even tho the bars are trash.

 

[Apprentice]

Zay I love u famo it is Sunday. Let’s give it a rest

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

Fair question. I think it got to the point where folks feel it's useless to say anything. At the end of the day, artists could only release what the record label allows although social media has changed some of that. Still the same artists who got screwed with their contracts know saying something to artists about the quality of their music won't mean much cause it's the labels that really pull the strings.

 

[Bop Gun]

If you take away the thug persona, a lot of Black Men wouldn't know what to do with themselves. You gotta have street credibility out here, at least that's how they see it.

Being a man with morals, principles, values will always be seen as the lesser man when compared to the street dudes.

Rappers making dance songs is wack to them. If it ain't about drug selling, shooting and robbing, the music will always be seen as an attack to their identities.

 

[Hater Eraser]

Ayyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeee

 

[Wig Twistin Season]

Lyricism began to die around that time and the streets got more involved with the music. Poor writing became normalized and creativity gave way to “real nikkas” who just had to narrate their lives or their squad’s lives to a beat and here we are.

I think the Old Heads got tired of preaching and once Nas declared Hip Hop dead, most started getting out of the way. The blog rap era wasn’t enough to keep “pure” Hip Hop going.

 

[BrothaZay]

If you take away the thug persona, a lot of Black Men wouldn't know what to do with themselves. You gotta have street credibility out here, at least that's how they see it.

Being a man with morals, principles, values will always be seen as the lesser man when compared to the street dudes.

Rappers making dance songs is wack to them. If it ain't about drug selling, shooting and robbing, the music will always be seen as an attack to their identities.

they might get mad at you but I feel like you’re correct. I believe a big reason why drill rappers got a pass(they’re not all trash but a lot are) is because they bought back the street element in hip hop which is what a lot of the older cats REALLY wanted.

 

[Pool_Shark]

When the south took over there wasn’t as many platforms for other types of rap like when drill happened

 

[50CentStan]

Ayyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeee

They copied the video of that little kid doing this shyt on Atlanta? i hope they at least referenced what they were going off of

 

[Hater Eraser]

Nah ..

Women just started complaining that they were getting objectified in the videos of yesteryear

And couldn't control the narrative ..

Amirite

 

[Windows 91]

Ayyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeee

No BBLs, no injections, just all-natural ass

 

[Mowgli]

This is thecoli so I know y’all will fake like this isn’t true but I remember vividly how many artist in the mid to late 2000s got shyt on my old heads abs hip hop purist

Fast forward to the drill era, the bars are even worse than they were in the mid-late 2000s but those same old heads and gatekeepers had nowhere near the same energy and a lot of them even seem someone infatuated with these new young drill killer rappers even tho the bars are trash.

Because some of us are scared to be perceived as weak for not embracing death rap.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

There wasn't 't the same amount of violence attributed to them vs. drill.

Note the term 'attributed'.​

 

[loyola llothta]

Facts

 

[Sway]

Because a lot of those people are now old as hell and don’t give a fukk anymore.