My biggest complaint honestly is that there are a lot of rappers that don’t care to have cohesive lyricism anymore. You have nonsensical rappers that just rap about nothing and make it rhyme, but sound good on a record, than you have these “flow” rappers that cram as many syllables into a bar which makes it sound like one big run-on sentence rap. I’m very lost with this new generation of hip hop tbh lol
Maybe because people just want to vibe and have fun not everything gotta be all lyrical and wordplay. I don't wanna listen to a whole album of words I don't understand I'd rather listen to something I can understand and vibe to.
@@Playboimatrix200 We know. People just want to vibe, and that’s part of the problem. No one wants to hear music that makes them think anymore and it’s killing hip hop.
I really wonder if this is just a phase that the culture is going through. For some reason I feel like it's going to last a lot longer than we all first imagined. The music industry has changed so much since I was a kid and teenager. I wanna hear more substantive rap in mainstream. :(
There’s no phase this is reality a phase would not of lasted more than 10 years. Once the music industry collapsed in the mid 2000s all you had left was a bunch of people at home trying to push the envelope rappers never really had any major musical talent in the traditional sense, that was left for R&B and Jazz however everything is gone now.
@@alexander13580 which ironically enough was written by static major, a very talented writer and producer who wrote for Alliyah as well as other great R&B talents of the 90s. I think the problem with the hip hop and gangster culture is that it promotes nothing but inflated egotistical Postures that only look cool but have no value in real society.
The issue is that everyone in the mainstream is trying to prove themselves by being the same dude: they're all out trying to be sing-rappers, banger-machines, or both at the same time. The greatest artists out right now understand they can just make what they want to and that doesn't have to be everything. I'm sure the cream will rise as we continue forward and push out of this rough patch but I'm unsure how long that will take
2000s had a similar problem. I will say tho, compared to that era, artists are at least more creative flow wise and even styles. The level of lyricism has dropped down in the past 6 or 7 years tho
I think the reason why it’s considered “dead” amongst music listeners is because of the lack of talent and originality represented in the mainstream. Most rappers today just mumble over a generic trap beat while sampling some song from the early 00’s or 90’s
@@musermusings even the music videos are just not fun anymore just the same ole thing. Also can’t wait for more of these videos your content is so good
I just support my independence artist's. They have a more unique style originality and they are cohesive with the sound and they lyrics and everything in between.
@@burhbruhbruhbruhbruh4542 but also lacks a ton of authenticity, the street rappers today Vs the Street rapper back then are way different most lyrical rappers today are pretty corny and doesn’t have a subject matter to keep you entertained
Yall talk about the lack of lyricism, meanwhile I straight up think the songs are sounding too corny and bad for me to even start caring about what they say, and on top of that it just turns out the lyrics are trash anyway
Videos like this are always going to be about mainstream rap music as if the mainstream is the only thing that matters and all that rap is. The roots of hip hop and what made it great came from the underground and many artists are still moving beneath the mainstream making an impact, staying true to roots of the culture and influencing all these visible artists that are mainstream.
I'm not saying the mainstream is all that matters. The video is just pointing out that mainstream has degraded. In the end of the video I actually highlight a bunch of new artists who aren't mainstream but are incredible. Did you see that part?
yea the mainstream sucks ass thats the problem people are so naive to the good shit, thats what they get for using fuckin spotify instead of soundcloud😂 idk how anyone can expect to find anything good and unique on a streaming service like that
I don’t even call myself a rapper anymore because I feel like that’s just subjecting me into one category. Rap has lost its true meaning because the backstories and mindsets have changed from what it used to be.
I feel like it’s not just the modern rappers fault that things are the way they are now. I feel like it’s also because of the new fans. Times are different, things feel a lot less meaningful now in my generation compared to what it seems like it was 15 years ago. I have a feeling music as a whole is going to change this decade though, I sure hope it does. I’m sick of where mainstream music has been stuck the last 5 years or so.
I agree, although there are still creative people in the genre including JPEGMAFIA, Tyler the creator, Vince staples and Kendrick Lamar. Those are just a few of them. Although a lot of it sounds the same now.
Love how you're able to discuss a conversational piece, while bringing in different perspectives and noteworthy points. The editing and graphics definitely compliments the writing!
Dre released Chronic and Chronic 2001 within 7 years. They sounded radically different to eachother. Rappers from the same era and city didn't sound alike (Nas, Jay-Z, Mobb Deep, Biggie) Now everything sounds the same because creativity is gone.
The 2010’s is the second golden era for Hip Hop. People my age ( 35 ) claim the 2000’s was so great, and don’t get me wrong we got some classics out that era with some genre defining music, but if you look at the albums from back then. It was so formulaic. You can tel the record labels held a tight grip back then. Every album had a ja rule thug need love song , it had a I struggled song, a club song, a braggadocio I’m a better rapper song, I can name so many albums from the 2000’s with this same formula. But in the 2010’s because of the internet artist could make whatever they felt like they were more free to experiment. But people talk about the 2000’s because of the radio hits. We loved the hits back then. But as for artist creativity the 2010’s was almost as good as the 90’s
You’re actually right! A lot of the 2000’s rap albums def followed a formula. That still exists today and in the 2010’s but there was more experimentation.
In the early 2010’s rappers still wrote their music… Lil Wayne unknowingly created an entire generation of wannabe clones who don’t even write their music anymore. Punching in took over the industry meaning Substance took a backseat
The "rap" label is overused. All this new age pop that is wrongly labeled as hip hop is just a trendy sounding beat, load it with a ton of current phrases and buzzwords, catchy hook all written by several other people. This formula sums up Drake and Nicki's careers, which is why I had to dismiss and downvote this video as it gives those two artists way too much credit.
I want to tell myself it's a decade for producers But despite music being older than storytelling, the oldest music we still listen too is 1/4th the age of the oldest stories we read . It will be a forgettable past 12 years minus the top lyricists I'm also really tired of rappers greatness being judged by beat selection and enjoyment and on top of that the same people pretending its always been like this.
Nas is my all time favorite rapper and Lupe Fiasco, J.Cole , Kendrick Lamar, Joey Badass are my favorite current rappers. This was another good breakdown.
Start listening to folks like Pink Siifu, Maxo, MIKE, Earl Sweatshirt, Navy Blue, etc. then you’ll start to see that this generation of rap is changing and is gonna blow up. There’s more to this than the surface level.
I listen to some of those rappers already. As I mentioned at the end of this video, there are plenty of great contemporary hip-hop artists. The main point of this video is that the MAINSTREAM has devolved. Not the genre as a whole.
#1 problem in rap these days are that guys dont even make the music they release. How tf you gonna say ur an artist when 10 people and autotune made the track?
@MUSER theres that, but also they didn't make the beat or play any instruments. They didn't record mix or master the track. Theres so many elements to making 1 song that they dont do. They pay everyone else to do the heavy lifting.
This video is like an essay on the current state of Hip Hop in a video! I was born in the 1990's but I prefer 1990's and 2000's Hip Hop and R&B! Hopefully Hip Hop improves starting this decade!
Thank you for pointing this out, it’s not like there isn’t good artists but damn the genre as a whole is just starting to sound like an imitation of itself…
Thanks for actually taking the time to listen and understand my overall point. A lot of people listen to the first few mins and think I’m saying all of Hip-Hop is horrible now, which I don’t believe in the slightest.
i think rap changed in late 2012 when Chief Keef began popping off and drill music began to take off. then mumble rap became a thing in 2014. followed by rapping and singing. now it’s all trap/drill music. new rappers can’t stop talking about spinning the block and catching they opps lackin’
I honestly think the real reason why rap is “dead” because tons of rappers always rap about sex and not about something meaningful I feel like that’s why rap in 80s and 90s and early 00s and early 2010s the verses were meaningful
I got into hip hop seriously around '94. I saw the change from a variety of styles and flows from artists to B.I.G and Puff bringing the Versace Champagne rap in. I recall the backlash from a lot of fans (and groups like OGC) but these days they make out that everyone loved Biggie. That obsession with money, IMO, was the beginning of the end. We still had great artists after that, but they all grew up in the era of different styles and brought that background knowledge to the bling era. Now we've got aspiring rappers copying rappers with little to no skill or originality.
Haha! I appreciate that. Best compliment I’ve received in a while… especially because so many people think I’m being a hater by making these arguments. 👊🏽
Very true. Sadly there aren't many great rapper in the mainstream. So repetitive and they are ALL the same. There are only a few rappers who are mainstream that have talent. The industry has become a joke. You Don't even have to say words anymore.
The industry isn’t a joke if you believe rap sucks today, ITS BECAUSE YOU HAVENT LOOKED HARD ENOUGH, you want a list I’ll give it to you, you’re apart of the problem if all You stay on is tik tok or listen to the radio, of course you’re gonna find garbage in the most common places, Spotify, and RU-vid are free do your research loll instead of complaining solely out of nostalgia
@@okentrepreneur3777 I'm talking about the mainstream. I could name many great rap artist today that don't get as much as attention as people who only make music for radio.
@@icealpha1035 I guess so. I mean it’s pretty stupid to think that Polo G and Lil Baby aren’t lyrical. The Bigger Picture and plenty of Polo songs prove it.
So glad on how much you included and emphasized Nicki's impact. Idk why other channels speaking on hiphop try to hide her away or get shy about talking about what she did for the culture. Especially when she first came out she didn't rap about the frivolous shit most female rappers are doing now.
Nicki def had an indisputably huge impact on Hip-Hop overall. I don’t think there’s as many people trying to hide or deny that as a lot of ppl believe there are.
@@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024 Nah I only watch the ones made by black men or other races of men talking about hip hop. Can you recommend me some good channels?
Nicki Minaj is the greatest rappers of female atrists and legends classic. She been into this hip hop game in the early 2000's to 2020 experience of drake, Eminem, lil wayne, meek mill, rick ross, migos and especially birdman. She able to embracing her own barbie and grinding styles. She can beat this whole generation and this ultimately genius of the world!!!!
I _cain't_ stand today's rap music. There's no variety which threw the genre off balance. Oh, wait a second. "You have to look for it," "Rap has to evolve" and "ANYBODY can do rap." When labels aged out the OG's, didn't let them become gatekeepers, and basically blackballed them, that's when the genre became a free-for-all. Rap music has zero standards for excellence. Rap music used to be sheer excellence. Everybody had they own unique style and flavor. Nasir didn't sound like Snoop Dogg. When you have other groups who just casually come into our community and make lil' funny statements like, "Anybody can do rap," you know you have a major problem. Opera and heavy metal are two genres of music that have very strict standards of excellence. There will be no mumbling on record. There will be no twerking/nakedness on stage. In opera, there is no faking it w/ auto-tune tones. In heavy metal, if you ain't a vocalist then yo' ass gon be on them drums or fuckin' up that guitar. You ain't gon be standin' and lingerin' around lookin' like you stuck on stupid. It's really sad when you just stop and compare the different standards in different genres. We're a fuckin' trash can compared to other genres. There's no more soul in rap music. We'll never get upstanding bands like Brand Nubian anymore. Those days are gone. When you listen to Common Sense or Nasir, you're getting soul music. Public Enemy - soul music. Brand Nubian - soul music. Eh, oh well. At least I have the memories 'cause chile... Oh, and miss me w/ the J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar references. I don't like they music.
@@musermusings number 1 that’s an opinion and second Kendrick Lamar is overrated he’s not even as good as people says he is the only reason people say he’s nice is because he’s in an era where people see music as mediocrity people think everyone is nice he’s overrated him and Cole ain’t nothing breath taking
This generation of hip hop all sounds the same. The 90s had Eminem,DMX, Tupac snoop dog, Dr.dre, 50cent, Nelly, Nas. Everyone was unique and different but now everyone sounds the same, nothing but TRASH
In this day in age, the really popular rap is more of a subgenre of pop. Which in my opinion is an amazing thing, cause now with the internet, everybody can find their niches way easier by finding the artists they love without worrying about it being successful. Sure the biggest rap albums and artists as of recent aren't as good as 2010s or 2000s or even 1990s, but we now have WAY more music in these last 2 years because of how easy it is for anybody to make music, so good stuff will always exist.
You are absolutely right. There are tons more options now than ever before. However, there is still downsides to none of those brilliant artists being recognized by a wider audience. It just perpetuates all of the mediocrity to be front face and center for everyone. Unfortunately, unlike you and I, most people don't go out of their way to discover music. Shouldn't they also have the privilige of experiencing the music from all of these great artists?
Exactly. I’m not an old head, as I stated in the video, there’s so many great new rappers… they’re just not as visible as the ones from the 2000s 2010s.
@@zerouk_l yeah cause only hear rappers like lil pump, and lil yachty which dont even deserve to up there Listen to haha- yeat or talk- yeat or yungchris or cochise or sky by playboi carti or listen to all types by yeat unreleased
Hip hop today doesn’t suck, mainstream hip hop does. Underground artists like boldly,Mach-hommy,billy woods,roc Marciano are pushing the genre and even less underground artists like Westside gunn and Freddie Gibbs are putting out S tier albums while mainstream artists like dababy are putting out the worst hip hop records of all time, hip hop doesn’t suck ur just only listening to what’s in rap caviar.
Clearly you haven’t listened to the actual points in this video because I mention that this is specifically criticizing mainstream Hip-Hop. In fact, at the end of the video I mention a bunch of awesome current rappers including FREDDIE GIBBS. Listen before speaking buddy.
This is true, however we still had a bunch of great rappers in he first two decades of the 2000s. Not so much in recent years… in terms of mainstream at least.
Back during the 80s and 90s, you had so many different styles and most styles went with a specific 'sounds'. East / West Gulf Coast and Up North had they own sounds. Now I can't tell where their from just listening to a beat or lyrics. Overly saturated with materialistic views and whoring-reminds me when all the rappers who were conscious were trying to cross-over to be gangster rappers (around 93-94) sound versus staying original and not falling off. You also notice an odd difference that most Instrument use has been stripped out of hip-hop. No one really pays homage to Classical, Jazz, old Rap or Rock.Nope. No good sampling here folks. I remember a few years back a artist used the lookin 4 da chewin beat by Kingpin Skinny Pimp (and before him 8Ball MJG). It was terrible-I wondered how such a classic dope beat could be butchered. Definitely different times and values.
The problem with rap is how soft we are nowadays. I mean there’s just shit you can’t even say anymore, rap is wordy. People also don’t wanna talk about themselves no more. It’s all about pussy, drugs, shooting people, etc. it gets boring after every single song.
The modern day youth are too high to listen to actual lyrics! They love the beat and the hook! Hell they don’t want to listen to anyone or anything that requires thinking!! 💯
@@kiwikiwi2483 you’re right, I think there’s a lot of Gen Z’s that have an appetite for meaningful rap music. The labels are probably more to blame than the public.
@@musermusings you guys are acting like music isn’t subjective 😂 Many other people and I enjoy listening to music that sounds better than something that tells a story or has more meaningful lyrics. No way you are judging a whole genre based on a few main stream rappers, shows how much of a bias you have to music you grew up with, you won’t go out of your way to see new ideas, sounds and flows people are thinking up of, like sofaygo, Freddie Gibbs, rio, babytron, baby’s world, pink shiifu, slauson Malone, action Bronson, mac, idk, kenny Mason, lol ugly mane, Denzel curry and that’s just a few 😂 even the mainstream rappers out out some good music but I bet you haven’t listened to more than two of their songs. I will say that a lot of new rappers make a lot of music and only a few of their songs are good but they are just putting out any idea they can and seeing what works. I wouldn’t say i have any bias toward what I listen to but obviously music is subjective I love old rap too omg name any artist and I’ve definitely listened to them like guru and pharcyde are amazing. Don’t act like you guys have a more elite music taste than anyone who listens to new music because nobody has an objectively better music taste than anyone else. I bet you can’t even name the album on my profile pic 😂
@@kshep98 Next time you should watch the video in it's entirety and use some Q-tips before listening because I did actually mention rappers including Freddie Gibbs, IDK and Denzel Curry during the end as examples of rappers who are immensely talented. JID, Anderson Paak and Tierra Whack are some others that were named. This video is making an argument about mainstream rap and how it has degraded in recent times buddy.
As a artist this does change my perspective even more. Already knew how the main stream was so I just decided I’ll be a local In WA. Went kinda viral from a duet with Dax nd things changed from there. It’s a money game in the industry along with image. Doesn’t have to be good music because they can pump money into promotions for big name artist to make it seem still valid. In my opinion that’s also why rap is dead even though I do it, money for views and them taking advantage of the trend riding sheep that’s to gullible to see the true shades💯
Thanks for the comment and insight. Some say the loss in gatekeepers is the reason any and everybody can release music nowadays. It's a double edged sword... theres good and bad that come as a result of it.
Today shits on the 80s. Ppl love nostalgia. The variety and choice you have now is unparalleled. We love shitting on current music (well I don’t) but In 20 years we’ll be hounding the current music and hailing the old
That’s not necessarily true. I pointed out a bunch of new rappers at the end of this video who are excellent, so I’m not against current music, I just think a lot of the mainstream artists are mediocre at best. And of course the 80s were not as good as modern rap, the genre was literally in its inception phase. Everything evolves and becomes better from the prototype.
Rip rap and hip hop don't get me wrong there is some good young rappers out there but come on man this is my opinion but the people who suck almost all Mumble rappers
Hip hop talks about culture but the rappers that they be idolizing are the same ones that are destroying the minds of the youth and keeping them in that ghetto mindset and valuing materialism and validation over everything, what happened to poets that actually told stories and tried to better us? What happened to MCs that focused on lyricsm and wordplay instead mumble mouthing and pill popping, the music just hasnt been the same…..
honestly this is more of a problem with mainstream music in general rather than just rap, the underground is thriving rn y’all just gotta branch out and find new artists
@@musermusings i’m looking at the real underground right now, and it seems there will be a renaissance but more chill and raw, then screaming or energy
I think this an irreversible consequence of the expansion of the music industry. Having a stranglehold on the mainstream is no longer as important because of the Internet and how all genres have become more niche. In the past, only the best of the best would receive attention, mainstream or not. In my opinion, hip hop and music in general is more diverse than ever, it's just that an artist you will like will be more hard to find nowadays. Even then, liking mumble rappers or whatnot is perfectly fine. Also, it pisses me off when people say hip hop is built around lyricism, when it wasn't.
You're right. There's tons of artists out there that are making incredible music. If you're a music enthusiast or someone who enjoys discovering new music on your own accord than finding the talent is not so difficult. The problem is a lot of people rely on what's popular for their consumption. So while very few appreciate the quality, the masses are inundated by mediocrity.
So now I'm a boomer for thinking rappers who use a shit ton of autotune aren't talented! There are still some great rappers out there, but the whole genre feels like its being overrun with crap.
The problem is the record labels whether they're independent or major don't push lyricism anymore, only images, they don't insist on rappers really being able to rap. The 90s all the rappers were different unique, none of them sounded the same.(you can tell the difference between Ice cube, ice T Tupac, Biggie, Wu Tang, and Scarface,) and they were very distinguishable these days they're not distinguishable. Some of the more modern rappers like Nicki Minaj cardi B meg tha stallion, Lil Wayne Jay Cole, they can rap.
Exactly, all of which I mentioned in this video. The problem also with a lot of rappers who can rap contemporarily is that they tend to rap about the same subject over and over again, especially with their commercial singles.
When it comes to why rap music sucks now I believe that one of the main reasons why is that everyone is trying so hard to focus on music that goes big as soon as possible instead of focusing on a niche audience first which would help them at least be able to be themselves more which would mean their music would not all sound the same but since everyone is focused on clout so much that is why the music sucks because they all sound the same so that is one of the reasons why rap music today sucks so much it is because everyone wants as much attention as soon as possible instead of focusing on making music that provides the listener with the best experience.
I tried to listen to a few rap songs of today and I couldn't take it 😩😫🤢. You can't even understand what they are saying nowadays. Just like everything else, music was by far way better in the 90s when we were all growing up.
It’s no nostalgia in rap music no more cause every rapper does the same thing from the most obvious to the most small things from mainstream to underground.
I'll say this as a dj, breakdancer, graffiti artist and mc: rap is something you do, Hip Hop is something you live. I like that most posters are using the proper term of 'rap' to describe New wave. In hindsight and watching the video, the 2016 XXL Freshman class was a true tell of what was to come. The comments on that video are a true example of a generation gap graduating to a black hole.
Peep how most of the music he covered in the 2010s were early 2010s music…2010-2014 was the last great era of hip-hop. That era of Drake, Kendrick, Nicki, Eminem, Wayne, Jay, Kanye and Cole beats anything that’s being played today
u left out so many great contemporary artists. if ur into rap nowadays, there’s really too great artists many to even name. (edit) id even say more meaningful & intricate Hip Hop is more alive today than it EVER has been.
I’m aware that there are many great artists contemporarily, I’ve mentioned some of them at the end of this video. However, as I’ve told many others, this video is focusing on mainstream/popular rap. Who are some of the rappers you’re referring to?
@@musermusings i feel like with the internet age, “mainstream” exists in an entirely different context now. mainstream rap in the past was more varied and rich sure, but that’s all that most people even had access to. in a certain way, that’s all there rlly was to a lot of ppl. nowadays, every single Hip Hop head u meet could sit and list dozens of their favorite underground artists. idk. ppl talk abt the mainstream as if it’s so important and critical for the culture. it is important, but if u dive into the wealth of independent artists out there, it becomes quickly apparent that the “mainstream” is such a small part of Hip Hop. imo
‘The wackness is spreading like a plague MCs lucked up and got paid but still can’t make the fucking grade How many times are wannabes gonna lie? Yo, they must wanna fry They can’t touch the knowledge I personify’
I get what you mean but music is art it goes through phases and motions and you can say that the 90’s is the best or the worst. But it doesn’t really matter as long as artists can creat the art they enjoy and listeners are able to have the opportunity to enjoy it then there is no problem with what u define as “bad” music. Trash like da baby and Jack Harlow are failing by every metric rn and great rappers like 21, Yeat and others are pioneering a new way to look into the genre and it’s vastness. You can say that it’s not for you but saying that it’s bad for the hip hop landscape just shows blatant gatekeeping, immaturity and misunderstanding of what art is. But I will give props this is the most balanced take I’ve seen in a while👌🏿
I agree that it does through phases. I just believe the most visible rappers today aren’t as talented and charismatic as their predecessors. I try to be balanced. I enjoy a lot of the new rap music too, however a lot of the most popular guys don’t deserve to be the ones most listened to.
@@musermusings I agree with that to an extent but I feel that the reason that there were a heavier concentration of good rappers back then was because it was harder to become an artist cause there was no internet but overall it’s prolly a good thing that’s e can have more artist spit on larger platforms now
I appreciate the time and effort u put into this. Well thought out and thought provoking. And it makes sense. Rap was just better 20 years ago. There are a few rappers who give me hope, but the masses don’t listen to these.
Exactly. My favourite rappers today are successful, millions of listeners on the streaming platforms but in terms of mainstream success, they are invisible.
I like how some peoples main rebuttal is that this guy sounds kinda white. Thats pretty racist and it makes it sound like black people want to gatekeep hip-hop.
HIP HOP IS DOOMED IT'S IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY I MAKE MUSIC THAT'S UPLIFTING AND POSITIVE THAT'S JUST ME NO VIOLENCE OR ANYTHING NO DEGRADING WOMAN NO CURSING I DON'T JUDGE NO ONE ON HOW THEY EXPRESS THERE ART IN MUSIC IT HAS DEFINITELY CHANGED FOR SURE ALOT OF DEATH NOW BACK THEN ARTIST WASN'T GETTING KILLED LIKE THAT BACK THEN IN HIP HOP NEW GENRE OF RAP ALOT OF ARTIST BEING KILLED WHICH IS VERY SAD I PRAY FOR HIP HOP WE DEFINITELY NEED BALANCE
we’ve had one of the best years in hiphop this year in a long time, wym. jid, kendrick, joey, denzel, pusha t, saba, vince staples, logic all dropped great albums and there may be more to come
Most of the artists you named are not popular in the mainstream which is the overall point of this video. I mentioned a lot of them in the end of this video as examples of contemporary rappers who are continuing to push the envelope. So my point has been proven yet again. Popular rap has degraded.
To be fair, a lot of rap that transcends the genre as a whole, from now and before, goes overlooked by the masses as well. Although you can’t really pinpoint a time when something is known by the masses, it’s safe to say a lot of rappers that came out in the 1990s/2000s are still waiting to get recognition.
It’s very unfortunate that this video is so true. Music has went completely downhill and so have their videos. There is no social commentary or substance to them. The real problem is that people are getting significant based on their social media status as opposed to their actual talent!
The only way you’re gonna get social commentary is you listen to Kendrick, Cole or any of the rappers I mentioned at the end of the video. Thanks for the compliment. You should check out the rest of my videos Chef! 🙏🏽
@@musermusings I definitely will. Thought you did a great job on your research and made some valid points. I just finished a video for a client and I would love if you checked it out as well. I would appreciate your opinion as well. I’ll send the link once I post it.
@@musermusings I don't have a successful RU-vid channel of my own but it seems that regular uploads with a similar amount of time between each upload is one of the most important things along with involving your subscribers with community posts / polls, (The Facebook style posts now available) I'm not 100% how to go about that but I've seen others asking questions and informing people when and what the next video is going to be, just don't post an overwhelming amount as some will be put off. I might have added nothing you didn't already know but the couple of minutes it's taken is the least I can do to contribute towards your time spent on the video.
@@zatomlzxzanamolzy1253 Thanks for all the tips. I’m going to try my best and stay consistent. Hopefully get a new quality video out once or twice a month. I appreciate the love!
I feel like this video falls into the nostalgia trap. Being able to remember both decades, to say that there weren't the same complaints about lack originality/creativity is to miss so much of the culture at those points.
America has had it's time in rap. I grew up listening to American rap artists but that's no longer the case here in the UK. Most of the youth are listening to UK rappers. The same is true in a lot of countries around the world. So all that's happened is rap has gone global and the best artists are no longer in America but in other parts of the world.
We’ll always run a culture that’s ours and something we’ve created. Can’t compare a country with 65 million to 340 million and something started by Black Americans and it’s almost 50 million of us. Foreign hip hop isn’t popular here besides in NYC.
Rap sucks today because of social media…simple. We live in a era now where you can get famous for staring into a camera for 10 seconds on TikTok…talent ain’t a requirement anymore😂. The industry ain’t looking for talent anymore…their looking for people with millions of followers on instagram, sex appeal and walking characters like Cardi B and 69. A lot of people say all rap is now is sex and flexin…of course cause all social media is sex and flexin😂. You’re gonna always find some dude flexin his jewelry and some girl puttin her ass front and center on every pic and gaining followers off it. Like let’s be real would Pop Smoke, Cardi, Megan, Saweetie, Migos, Future, 69 and Ice Spice have careers if this was the old days before social media?. Artist back then had to grind to get places…all artists today gotta do is make a catchy song (most of the time a highly sexual song)…let a bunch of people make a dance for it on TikTok…song blows up and next thing you know you holding a grammy😂😂😂. Rap is souless and uncreative because society as a whole is souless and uncreative and you can thank social media for that
Do you believe all of the people you mentioned are talentless though? I think Megan actually is a good rapper, she has a unique flow, charisma and bars/punchlines. Pop Smoke also offered a new sound/sonic which was Drill music to the mainstream. Those early songs of his were undeniably infectious. I agree with a lot of the points you made about social media and some of the artists having little to no talent, but I wouldn’t write them all off.
@@musermusings all Megan does is twerk and rap about her cooch every song😂. Pop stood out because he had a very deep distinctive voice when rapping, some of his songs were catchy (also just because your songs are catchy doesn’t mean it’s good) and he made it acceptable for hood dudes to be out here dancing in music videos…that’s it. Most of these artists music lack quality and they’re still relevant because of social media. Artists like Russ or Tierra Whack don’t get the mainstream attention that most of these artists do even tho they have 10 times the talent
@DON 3:16 I'm 21 too and I love all styles 😂 I used to be one of them cringe ass "real rap" fans until I grew up and realized theres music for every occasion. Not every rap song gotta be lyrical n shit. Who tf gonna play that at a function or at a bar?
honestly, I’ve always felt like hip-hop/rap was more about what was said than how it was said. both are extremely important, though. that bein said, I feel like today’s music is more “style over substance”, for a lack uva better term, than ever before and, maybe, it’s just me, but sayin whatever ain’t the move. like, as a rapper, you ain’t finna say sum shit, like, “I suck dick for drugs” and expect me, as a listener/audience, to think that shit is 🔥
@@musermusings awl, idk, man. lol, I was just tryna give an example of how what is said is more important than how it’s said. give it time, though. w the direction rap music’s headed in, I’m sure it won’t be long before someone says sumn like that, or worse.
I also would love to point out how when hip hop discovered a new sense of style it moves on from its previous one, but since the late 2010's the industry wasn't able to move on from this trash mumble rap with a generic ass trap beat
Eminem, Lil Wayne and Kanye West are the ones who watered down Hip-Hop by making songs that appealed to casuals. They started a whole wave of mediocrity in the early 2000s.
To be honest the newer SoundCloud rappers from the 2020 wave (not the OG ones) are not unique at all. People are making nonsense lyrics, men simping over untalented female rappers, and tiktok killing rappers careers making the line “one verse wonder”.
As a Jazz/neoclassical musician and someone who is majoring in music. I try to look at the positives of each and every song I listen to. Rap or hip-hop is difficult for me to find something. It could just be me being oversaturated with bizarre time signatures, key changes and a lot of the other fancy things jazz/metal has to offer. To me there is just no emotion I feel in the lyrics. It makes me feel. as if they are nearly A.I. generated. The extensive use of sampling other songs or just using the same exact music from one song and calling it their own. A lot of it gets really boring and repetitive. I do recognize that music is subjective and each person has the right to disagree with me or state how they feel. But, to me it's become rather bland when you compare it to old school hip-hop (80s/90s).
You don’t gotta hate your life. There’s plenty of great rappers that are making awesome music, just not mainstream. Did you stick it out to the end of the video where I listed some rappers to look out for?
Mainstream rap sucks, If you look further into hip-hop music you will find underrated gets, there was a ton of experimental, or differently produced 8+/10 albums you probably missed in 2022 or even to this day
I agree with you. The best artists are not mainstream, which is why I mentioned some of them in the very end of this video. Who are some of your favs? I’ll check them out.
