Lil Baby Is Lost And Confused 

The people that had potential to replace Drake were juice wrld and xxxtentacion. They had the versatility and creative ability to replace Drake and carry the genre forward. Unfortunately both passed

He had a legendary run, billions of streams, he left his mark, but all good things come to an end, now he just needs to be smart with his money

The fact that you guys believed Lil Baby was going to replace Drake is crazy as hell.

People saying that Lil Baby was the heir to Drake were delusional. Drake's versatility is what makes him 1 of 1. Lil Baby is an extremely one-dimensional artist, just like the overwhelming majority of rap artists in this era. Social media and streaming have given these artists an unnecessary boost to their careers. Unfortunately, the 2000s and early 2010's was the last era of music being the sole focus for the artists, now it's about everything but the music.

Lil Baby was unstoppable from 2018-2021.

That lil baby and gunna run back in the day was legendary

I think Lil Baby’s problem is his beats. He works with the same producers for the most part and it shows. My Turn is his one project with a diverse beat selection so it’s no surprise it’s considered his best. He needs to evolve his sound.

There is 1 thing that I GUARANTEE will solve most of his problems… _make genuinely better music_

Lil baby is very lucky that he lasted this long.

I sat next to him on an American flight one time in first class back in 2020 during the pandemic. He was a really cool down to earth dude. I feel like the industry took advantage of him.

Baby out here floundering yet my guy Gunna out here flourishing

Who the heck thought this guy would surpass Drake?

I’ll never forget him saying that roddy dababy and Megan we’re gonna be the biggest three artists of this decade and all 4 of them ended up falling off

Whoever is his management have him link up with a producer like was nas did with Hitboy. A lil baby-metro boomin album could revive his career. His beat selection is too generic and repetitive, give him a link up with metro, hitboy, or another top knotch producer

The intro with akademiks is wild 😭😂😂

Lil baby made his mark in the rap game. He can retire and live comfortably doing other things. Maybe lil baby is destined to be more than just a rapper.

If they letting Kai cenat be a taste maker it’s over bro

It has become clear that Gunna is the better/more versatile out of the duo from when they first dropped and that's no shade to Lil Baby. I don't know if he can bounce back but I don't think he can see he has to change the formula

Then let him release. It flops, who gives af. He'll get whatever message he needs from whatever music he releases + fan feedback This aint do or die, its a long process And fans pressuring an artist is bullshit, let the man breathe A man fall off he still livin Why cant we celebrate each others accomplishments??

I'm from Atlanta and saying I don't care nothing about him being lost and confused that his reign is over. What goes up must come down. Every big artist's time on top will expire eventually. Then it's another artist's turn. Thats why you have to make the most of it when you're on top and get all the money you can cause it will not last long. He was too arrogant and disrespectful to the Migos when they were falling from the top and he was rising. Migos made Quality Control. And Lil Baby was not humble or respectful to them for paving the way for him.

Man ain’t been the same since releasing Heyy, 👋🏾

Lil baby makes good music, but I always felt like people liked lil baby himself more than they really LOVED his music

This is why it's important for artists to pay homage to the artists that came before them. Working with them will keep your sound fresh among your peers while capturing the older generation for longevity.

Lil Baby just found out he had a formula that worked and then just decided to run it into the ground. You have to reininvent yourself but it's a slippery slope because if you do it too much, people will clamour for the old you and you might lose what made you you in the first place. Lil Baby can't wake up tomorrow and start making music like JPEGMAFIA. His core audience don't like that music. The thing is, Baby has a sound which is so easily replicated and saturated, he can't continue making the music he's making or he becomes stale. McDonalds can continue pushing Big Macs because that is their signature they pioneered and no other fast food brand makes it/markets it like McDonalds. Baby really doesn't do anything the best and he came in an Atlanta wave pushed by Thug, Future, Gucci, Migos, and even 21 was here before him. Baby doesn't have to make entirely new music but he should try working with new producers to catch new flows. One thing about Future is he always tapped in with an array of producers. He started with Lex Luger and then Zaytoven but then he worked with DJ Esco. When Metro started catching heat, Future worked with Metro and made heat. More recently, Future's last album had hits from ATL Jacob. So even when Future is having similar thematic elements, the soundscapes are different and modern which makes his songs interesting and not as repetitive.

Bro who tf said he was going to be the next Drake? I don’t even like Drake that much but respect his skill and longevity, y’all tweakin

After watching so many of these "new rapper who fell off" videos it makes me wonder if maybe part of the problem could be that as soon as a new rapper appears who is good, everyone immediately hails them as the "savior of rap." I know it at least goes as far back as people calling Vince staples the next 2pac. It's a lot of both pressure and praise that are given to people who aren't old and experienced enough to handle it. Unless you're Kendrick, but that's a pretty high bar.

2 years ago i felt like he was literally everywhere now i feel he’s been gone and I didn’t even notice 😅

homie was always just ok the internet/social media just loves to move the goalposts & say hot takes even if it don’t make sense.

The moment lil baby fell off is when he failed to sell out shows ithink and had to cancel. From there it all went downhill. I think he is a good rapper, his image was perceived as hiphops face until the inevitable if you just fall into one style and known for one thing. He was not bad he was mid nothing bad and nothing extraordinary but he had a great run, no hate towards him i bump his music.

He didn’t even want to be a rapper. He is not gonna evolve

9:00 This really hurt him. When he put out that song during the BLM movement then quickly stepped away from that after the hype wore off really rubbed people the wrong way.

Shoutout to Lil Baby cuz he made it out the streets! 💪🏾💪🏾

Lil baby actually worked too much with Drake to replace him. Most folks now attribute his success to Drake in the first place. Real ones know. Earl called it years ago.

You don’t gotta be the hottest thing smoking to be successful. There’s enough people that love enough songs of his for him to eat for a long time. Plus he’s already got plenty of money. I think he knows this, and he seems like a sensible dude so I doubt we’ll see him resort to antics to stay relevant if the music isn’t hitting like it used to.

Soon as all the rappers thought they was some type of fashion icon…. The music went downhill

As many are pointing out in the comments there was never a comparison between Lil Baby and Drake. Beyond Drake arguably being one of the most versatile artist's ever, he is also a genuis at understanding the changes within Hip Hop and adapting his sound and relationships within the music industry accordingly. Lil Baby on the other hand is a symbol of modern Hip Hop, very one-dimensional when it comes to their scope and range within the genre, as well as being very ephemeral and short lived. With the ephemeral nature of their careers coming from the fact that all his songs kinda sound the same, and Lil Baby doesn't have the vocal range or creative talent to switch up once his fanbase' interest in him plateaus. My last point would be that if you look at the big three in Hip Hop, none of them are gangster rappers. Why would this matter you ask? Well, being a ganster rapper in Hip Hop severly limits the option of your creative output, which keeps your core fanbase very static, and makes it harder to branch out into other genre's without it affecting the perception of how authentic you are, which can hurt your career. Even people who aren't fans of Hip Hop can listen to Drake, which helps him appeal to a larger audience, the same can't be said for Lil Baby. Drake can also more freely experiment with his sound and look, without it damaging his career, whilst a gangster rapper is relegated to a set of predefined choices, the stepping out of which will bring his authenticity and streetcred into question, which for a gangster rapper is the very foundations of their career's.

Bro its over. Lil baby had is run. You cant stay on top with meaningless lyrics like that

Im sorry but not a soul ever said he was gonna be the one be to replace drake 😂

i appreciate this video and i sadly i think lil baby not comin back. But pls let us not forget his run from My Dawg, Freestyle to It's Only Me (which I think is slept on and has good tracks). The man had a crazy good run and should still be remembered even if today he's lost.

Thank you for making this video, as it needed to be said. Even if he never regains his form, his run to the top was legendary….. It honestly reminds me of 50 Cents career trajectory and 50 is still a GOAT regardless of the fact he can’t produce bangers no longer

Lil baby is not getting another hiit anytime soon and bro needs to stop dissing gunna hes making his own fans turn on him

We're in a age of hip hop where the last big 3 Cole, Kendrick and Drake (even though I'll argue to replace Drake with Krit) won't be replace easily, there's no cohesiveness in today's hip hop music especially when it comes to making a conceptual album

Lil baby came doing his thing and got praised so much he got comfortable. He made so much money he didn't put any effort in evolving his sound because why would he? I think he can still bring new stuff to the table if given the time to do it. He was pushed to produce so much music in so little time people and himself just got bored. Same thing happened with the Migos.

No hate but to me he was never that good artistically

Maybe its because Im into music production but Lil Babys new music sounds uninspired and his vocals are alot flatter then his earlier music yall keep saying he sounds the same but he doesn't. His cadence and vocals have been lackadaisical in his newer music

It’s sad to see that when gunna came out and was unfollowed by baby that’s when everything changed. Never thought lil baby would limit himself

I gotta give him one thing , he interviews well and is articulate 👍🏽

This is what happens when rappers get too comfortable making the same type of music and not evolving their sounds

It's cause all his songs sound the same and he doesn't have a crossover hit.

Lil Baby's fall off needs to be studied cause wow, his next album is do or die, he better deliver

Was waiting for this 1😂😂

He goin be straight watch when he drop his album an it be 🔥🔥 then everyone wanna hop back on

I didn’t think “It’s Only Me” was a bad album, that album still hits. I just think Baby is getting lazy but he’ll get back up

Organically built fanbases is what these mainstream rappers lack, its one of the reasons they fall off

the title is funny asf

I notice as I get older, a lot of things have dropped in “quality”. Rather it be kid shows, music, movies etc. It’s like people forgot how to make art. Or maybe the younger generations don’t really care about quality.

I remember playing Lil Baby freestyle over and over back then. Knowing he was good , but not expecting him to start getting hundreds of millions of views😳.

Never heard a lil baby song that wasn’t ass

I thought he was singing ganggg not heyyy 😂🤦🏾‍♀️

He’s still one of my favorite rappers. I fw Its Only Me heavy, I’m just not fw the latest singles he’s been putting out. I’m still rocking with him , he’s gonna drop an album and it’s gonna have us all hooked again

His whole aura was manufactured and inflated. He wasnt as popping as the media wanted him to seem like.

The summer of 2020 to 2021 was basically Baby's season to remember. It felt like he was untouchable during that time. Just another case of bloating your music with worthless trash that'll only benefit you the short term.

His biggest problem his refusal to evolve his sound, lyrical content, & image.

I’ve been saying this for almost 2 years… finally everyone else is realizing it too

I'll never forget how he tried to play the Migos and they were carrying the label. So once qc took the budget from Migos and gave it to lil baby, it flipped the label and nothing was the same.

I really appreciate the research used in this video. I’d say that QC also use a lot of in-house producers and engineers so it’s quite possible that Baby will end up “sounding the same” because they’re so used to crafting the similar sound/concept for him. I’d like to see QC allow him to use a wide variety of producers such as Metro, Pi’erre, Pharrell, Madlib, 808 Mafia, Working on Dying or even producers in the rap/rage scene such as Starboy, Outtatown or Art Dealer. This will sort of allow him to break the glass ceiling on his rapping capabilities. It’s not all lost. But hey, labels do want to save money and this may not be in their best interest.

All Lil Baby gotta do is drop a heartfelt country album and he’ll be right back on top

In a position to replace drake is a crazy statement 😭

He is not only one demetional but only good as a feature. But we'll see

Rappers seem to have NFL quarterback Shelf life’s 3-4 years if you’re not part of the generational Big four Your hit maker, your thug, your lyrical miracle & your spiritual leader.

All he gotta do is make good music, and it’s as simple as that, it doesn’t get more simpler than that, I’m a Dababy fan and even I started to notice that he started doin the same shi over & over again but now he just tryin to make good quality music(he knows that he got to comfortable so he just went to the drawing board/the basics, which is making good music)

I said last year his engineers are destroying his career but I also think since QC cashed out they not really zoned in on making sure Baby production and roll outs are the main focus anymore same thing happened with the City Girls

Never been the biggest Lil Baby fan but I did notice that since like last year; he stopped popping up everywhere. I thought it was my algorithms tbh

Baby will never be like Drake, No need to compare them. But Lil Baby ain't over yet, he's gonna come back and stronger than ever. The guy keeps getting billions of plays every year, He will continue to do so.

I just got done watching dj ak lol 😂 the exact video then this pop up in my yt home page after I logged back in I love how YT KNOWS ME

I fr don’t get how this dudes fall off is surprising to people he was so obviously a trend rapper, the trend is dead so therefore his career is too

His fan age group moved on to rage rap

The album with Durk was a hit.

Never got how popular Baby was, and this comparison to Drake is stupid.

The problem is that he’s running it up.. and he hit the feat. Phase early in his career.. usually when people do the feat phase.. it’s after they have established their career..then the drake phase.. he got that early… lil baby my favorite.. but went through phases of his career that guys don’t go through until they’ve been in the game for a while… the duo phase .. but man he’s running it up

10:02 what a picture

Everyone wanted to hang me when I said, "He's got a good floe, but it sounds like he uses the same flow on most songs. Also, the subject matter is nasic," years ago. Now folks are saying it.

These rappers don’t stay Humble when they made it they feel God mode

He's done. His new songs solidified it. 😩

Prayers for Lil' Baby.

The way baby was going I thought he would’ve been one of the next rap moguls by the time his career would end

He got hot too fast he and he got comfortable with milking his sound him and dababy made their own glass ceilings.

Im listen cus i can relate but not alot of people can relate so i understand why fans are leaving thwy follow crowd and what we make popular honey comb and deebaby been killing it but baby the goat

What if I told you…..he was never that good, and people are just noticing it now?

We live for Le Bebe slander over here🙏🏾

it was a good run let’s just appreciate that

Lil Baby the truth the streets always got em take a break and comeback harder kid....oh yeah 🎤

I’ve always believed that Lil Baby was the most overrated rapper of all time. I don’t know how he brainwashed everyone into liking his music. His interviews are cool though.

I was listening to ace hood today (on accident) and he’s making crazy good music. It’s crazy what being labelled as washed/fallen off does to your brand

Should have released the cut “Out of hand” that snippet banged hard 🔊

Is the hip hop madness logo from the powerpuff girls? Lol that’s cool

He was never diverse, and lowkey, your rise can’t be too fast, it’s gotta be slow and steady. The last time I ever saw anything close to a proper ride was Migos and even that was too much too fast

The best thing Lil Baby has done are those “all-in” rap snacks and he didn’t even do those.

is there going to be a part 2 to this? the ending was pretty abrupt

Huge fan of lil baby ..his resilience will persevere..my dawg music has been some Reggie 😂