Young bucks in here, what's the shelf life of music ya'll cop?

[Wavy Hair Chipped Teeth]

There are countless albums I can pull out from 15-25-30 years ago and bump from front to back because it's just timeless music
How long do you play music from this generation? How many albums from a year ago do you play? 5 years ago?

How much loyalty is there where you stick with a rapper's music when it's no longer the wave being ridden and others moved on? Example: There was this up and comer from the era by the name of CANIBUS. He was a sensation that was on all mixtapes, all features, and had one of the most anticipated albums ever. He flopped, the hype train and glitz following him stopped, yet there was a group of stans that supported him for years to follow when he was an afterthought to the majority of the world

 

[Jasonmask]

I try not to listen to any hip hop within the last two years. Otherwise you start to see the age in most projects

 

[Complexion]

Its disposable music, lacking in any substance and replayability because all the consumers are just after the next buzz and all the artists are pretty much interchangeable as are most of the beats.

Welcome to the era of aural chewing gum... Drugs are a hell of a drug.

 

[joaoreis]

Timeless music is timeless music, there’s no formula for that, it simply connects with the population in general to a point that it becomes a staple or you can even relate memories to that specific song.


In my own experience:
Started to hear hip hop in 2002 with the 8 mile soundtrack, then got to know 50 cent. Though the years that followed, became a regular 50 cent listener, but heard all the hot songs from other artists in 03, like dmx and Sean Paul, as an example. 04 usher, groundbreaking “yeah” and crunk music a lot, 05 had a lot of good ones too, like jeezy.


After 05, I think that’s when music in general became tricky for me, personally. Because I remember cats like young joc, hurricane Chris, Soulja boy, Jibbs, Chamillionaire, rich boy, a after a while, the artists themselves, became disposable in my vision. In other hand, the ones that was “cemented” I would always keep them on my iPod, but this newer ones my interest in them would diminish after a while, and Ended back on 50, jeezy, Wayne, Kanye and such.

The end of 00’s had the proeminence of drake blowing up, but I can also put in perspective cats like Charles Hamilton, b.o.b, and Asher Roth, as cats that came and went, but b.o.b left a bigger impact than the other two.

In the 10’s things are faster than ever. I can’t even think of anyone blowing up after 2012 that’ll last longer than 2 years.

Bobby shmurda had some potencial in it, but blew his chance.
Joey badass is the one that is staying more relevant, but I can’t remember him as back as 2012. Asap crew also. Chief keef also. Future also. Odd future also
These are the ones that are still relevant.

Aside from few names like the ones I’ve mentioned , my impression is that after 2012 ain’t nothing new in hip hop powerful enough to stay relevant longer than 1/2 singles or years. Designer came and went, young m.a came and went, and now we have a new wave with a boogie, lil pump, lil uzi, lil yatchy, xxx tentacion, and all we gotta do, is watch how it plays out.


So the quality of the material, and how the artist translates into de population or alteaste connect to society in general have a huge relevance on how long their shelf life will be. At the end of the day a lot of these cats get forgotten along the way, and I end up on 50 cent, jeezy, Kanye, Wayne, jay z...

 

[Niqqa You Gay]

I try not to listen to any hip hop within the last two years. Otherwise you start to see the age in most projects

That's pretty sad

 

[Manuel Hot Pepper Lopez]

Where them Nicki Minaj stans?

 

[Jasonmask]

That's pretty sad

Especially around other people. I'm usually responsible for the aux cord with the squad so I make conscious efforts to play music relatively new or better something they haven't heard before. I still play the classics but no where near as much as when they first released. I'm not trying to play something I already know without the song playing. I mean I know the new songs by heart too but it's fresher in my head

 

[Iceson Beckford]

Trap has a shorter life span, the only Projects that get spin from me are Barter 6,Slime Season 3, Futures Mixtapes and DS2

Anything else is pretty timeless.

I still bump shyt I liked when I was 13 because it’s easy to do so thanks to streaming, shyt like Fabs Soul Tapes and French’s Mixtapes.