You're Not Paying Attention to New York's Most Exciting New Rap Scene

[How Sway?]

Bobby Shmurda's imprisonment left a hole, but his influence is being felt more than ever in the music of new artists like Sheff G and Blixky Boys.

New York has been clamoring for a new rap scene. Three years ago, Bobby Shmurda and his GS9 crew lit up the city's streets with a rare kind of buzz, representing a rarely seen side of Brooklyn. It was a scene where Haitians, Jamaicans and West Indians as a whole were embraced, where the teenagers who were creating this movement had little care about anything in the world other than making money by any means necessary and dancing while doing it. The city that birthed hip-hop was back at the center of discussion. And then, in less than six months, it was over, halted by a now-infamous police raid. Most people assumed the momentum Bobby Shmurda and GS9 had created in their neighborhood would wither away, and that seemed even more likely after the long prison sentences everyone in the group received. But the dent Bobby Shmurda made before his imprisonment was enough to influence an entire culture.

In the years following Bobby Shmurda's rise, New York artists like A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Young M.A, and most recently Cardi B have been able to make names for themselves. But each has come up mostly as a self-contained presence, and there is no one sound or scene that ties them together. Meanwhile, the previous generation of artists—loosely defined as those under the Beast Coast umbrella that contained A$AP Mob, Pro Era, Flatbush Zombies, and The Underachievers—have transitioned into adulthood and carved out successful touring niches. The new scene in Brooklyn, based primarily in and around Flatbush, is fresh, as well as thematically and sonically united, with its own ecosystem of artists and media driving it. YouTube channels like Flowtastic TV, So Dope Entertainment, and WeTheMovement have been giving platforms to younger artists, posting often gritty videos usually filmed in a single location such as a park or outside of the projects.

You're Not Paying Attention to New York's Most Exciting New Rap Scene

 

[SirBiatch]

written by Vice, a bunch of cacs?

Are we gonna say that "White people haven't discovered them yet?"

 

[eastsideTT]

vice finally found out about the blicky boys

only knew it was a matter of time before we saw the dude Thomas from Vice on a "Vice Safari" in Ebbets Field

"you're not paying attention to these songs that came out almost a year ago"

"you're not paying attention to these dis songs these 16 year old kids from Brooklyn are writing about one another... it's the next big thing"

"hey guys...I live on Franklin Ave too!"

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

written by Vice, a bunch of cacs?

Are we gonna say that "White people haven't discovered them yet?"

But you're an Afric00n that was taught about rap by Abdullah in Saudi Arabia. What's the difference between you and em?

 

[SpacelySprockets]

curly and dah dah

fukk those vice cacs tho

 

[Poitier]

nothing 'new' about this scene or sound

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

I thought "Curly Sav" and Dah Dah had next in NYC.. the fukk happened?

 

[Victorious Secret]

This NYC sound is fukking trash

 

[ISO]

at Vice

To me the best artist out of all these kids is Nas Blixky





All I smell is future indictments though

@Dip look at this shyt breh, only time before the hipsters noticed this shyt

 

[straightcash]

This scene been around since before Bobby. Media just never gave them a chance like they did with the Chi scene. It was all Bobby this and Bobby that. And that song only blew up cuz of Vine. Not like the media ever fukked wit him before that neither.

Bronx had some potential too, before the A-boogies blew up. But them nikkas got indicted and shyt. I hope Brooklyn gets its shine. I just posted a thread a few days ago. And, Bam Bino not getting the props he deserves, which is sad.

 

[straightcash]

 

[ISO]

This scene been around since before Bobby. Media just never gave them a chance like they did with the Chi scene. It was all Bobby this and Bobby that. And that song only blew up cuz of Vine. Not like the media ever fukked wit him before that neither.

But them nikkas got indicted and shyt. I hope Brooklyn gets its shine. I just posted a thread a few days ago. And, Bam Bino not getting the props he deserves, which is sad.

Word, I was feeling some of Polo Rell tracks before the indictment


ProductDVD kinda exposed Bam Bino breh. He's pretty much shelved on Atlantic right now too.

 

[straightcash]

Word, I was feeling some of Polo Rell tracks before the indictment

Spoiler

ProductDVD kinda exposed Bam Bino breh. He's pretty much shelved on Atlantic right now too.

Polo Rell and Ziico Niico are YBz. Niico double-reps Mac.French just remixed Niico's "Bag" on Jungle Rules too. The mastering sucked tho. I fukked wit Rell music too.

Slimmy 2fly also had huge potential. As did the 43rd. All them nikkas got sweeped.






How did Bam get exposed?? And i already know his Atlantic deal never worked out. Same shyt happened to King Louie too when Keef blew up in his place (when Ye did that remix).

 

[CapitalforCapital]

ISSA DUB

 

[eastsideTT]

Polo Rell and Ziico Niico are YBz. Niico double-reps Mac.French just remixed Niico's "Bag" on Jungle Rules too. The mastering sucked tho. I fukked wit Rell music too.

Slimmy 2fly also had huge potential. As did the 43rd. All them nikkas got sweeped.






How did Bam get exposed?? And i already know his Atlantic deal never worked out. Same shyt happened to King Louie too when Keef blew up in his place (when Ye did that remix).

Slimmy is dope... Idk how many years he got hit with but I hope he gets back on his music when he gets out. He had a really cool remix of Cut It before he got locked. Out of all the people mentioned in the thread Slimmy seemed like he had the most potential to step outside of the box of making that aggressive gang type of shyt and transitioning into making real music. If any of these kids wanna blow they're gonna have to do more than just spit inside jokes/knowledge and disses towards other kids down the street over lackluster beats. but there is a lot of potential there and a lot of things booming in NYC. people who think NY is filled with old 5 percenters and dudes wearing Averix and jean shorts in the shower spitting 100 bar verses without hooks don't have a clue on what is really going on. people out there still thinking funk flex is the voice of the city and shyt. the VICE staff more or less felt this way until they started digging on youtube a bit. I could see the journalists now finding ProductDVD's or HaitianPicasso's channel like " we just struck gold fellas "