Will There Ever Be A Rapper Who Can Perform Untill Their 70?

[OPTiMO]

Like these Rolling Stones and other rock bands...



Why do rappers become wack once they're out of the spotlight?




Will Jay be able to fill an arena when he's 65? Or whoever

 

[DaveyDave]

i don't know about filling arenas like Rolling Stones but i think MC's like Nas, some members of Wu, OutKast (if they performed together), Big Daddy Kane still rocks shows now so i don't see why he wouldn't keep going, probably Snoop.

there are a lot i could see doing it

 

[OPTiMO]

i don't know about filling arenas like Rolling Stones but i think MC's like Nas, some members of Wu, OutKast (if they performed together), Big Daddy Kane still rocks shows now so i don't see why he wouldn't keep going, probably Snoop.

there are a lot i could see doing it

I hope so. I'd hate to see legends get the bushes treatment because they been forgotten

 

[Kilgore Trout]

 

[Mac Casper]

It depends on what his body of work looks like then and if they're body is built like that, not everyone can perform a song that needs youthful charisma at 70 and people with youthful content typically won't keep a fan base that long anyway

 

[frush11]

Let's get real the rolling stones, and most of old rock groups are fukking wack too at this point too.

But they've manage to get away with it, for 25 odd years.

But with rap, it's a Genre that's only 30 years old, so you can't compare it with rock and shyt

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

 

[DaveyDave]

Let's get real the rolling stones, and most of old rock groups are fukking wack too at this point too.

But they've manage to get away with it, for 25 odd years.

But with rap, it's a Genre that's only 30 years old, so you can't compare it with rock and shyt

the people that go to the shows aren't there to hear the new music and i wouldn't think the Stones perform much new stuff (when was the last time they even released an album?) the younger people tho peep the show are there to hear the classics just like the oldies who grew up with it are there to hear the classics.

imagine in 20-30 years that Wu-Tang goes on a worldwide tour? not even counting anythign they drop (group or solo) in the coming 20 years, they already have hours & hours worth of classic material to perform. anyone who was a fan in the 90s/early 2000's would want to see them rip through songs like Bring Da Ruckus, CREAM, METHOD Man, Chessboxin, Triumph, Incarcerated Scarfaces, Cold World, Shimmy Shimmy Ya, Winter Warz, Mighty Healthy, Bobby Digital, New Wu, Heaterz, For Heaven's Sake, etc etc

 

[DosCadenaz]

Future

 

[mortuus est]

Big daddy kane is still here i guess

 

[InvictusAeternusEternus]

Isnt Jay Z like 100 in camel years

 

[Gentle Jones]

most of these rappers have catalogs that will sound ridiculous in the mouth of someone over 40

a few will have lifelong careers though, a small handful. ceelo can perform forever off his catalog.

 

[cleanface coney]

none of these rappers got the content to last that long

only person i see is Kanye

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

depends on if the audience (and furture generations) want to hear that content. there are a lot of "younger" people who go to those metallica, ac/dc, rolling stones concerts, but when you got 20 year old hip hop fans who already give the face to dudes like nas, jigga, etc. it's hard to imagine that there would be enough interest to keep these guys touring - i personally don't ever need to see jay (seen him 4 times and will see him this summer) live again in my life, couldn't imagine 20 years from now wanting to go to his concert.


and with the current crop of rappers? no, dudes are replaceable right now, most can't sustain true interest for more than 3 years, let alone 20+. and the content now? who wants to hear songs about Molly, strippers, Bugatti's, etc. at 45? most people either passed that phase or if they're still stuck in it, they're broke or in jail.


anyway, jigga, kanye, and snoop & dre (together), and nas, (drake still too young in the game to tell) are the only cats i could see pulling big numbers if they toured 10-15 years from now

 

[Greenhornet]

depends on the level of c00nery or drug intake