I mean yea in art people will sometimes just listen to what’s easily accessible to them but that’s a type of person

U have to actively try to be that in this era where u will randomly be given a new song in ur ears if u finish the album and all ur friends have listening status and playlists and ur going out and like seeing everyone talk about stuff

The reality is music taste and personal music exploration is at a height because EVERYOEN can all music has crazy reach and most people have their own gumbo of things they like. Rap is still the biggest genre yes and rappers do well commercially compared to the rest of the entire artform, pop music relies even more on legacy acts than rap it’s just rap has stabilized in its whole high turnover youth culture thing to their standards.

Truth is s*** just levels out because everyone is on streaming now while rap listeners dominated streaming cuz they were younger so now the share levels out also cuz of fatigue, so u still have rap at the top but also room for other genres. Pop is literally like in its structure way more integrated in the industry with easier marketing big budget and less independent artists it always weaves in and out the #1 spot for all of music history and will keep doing so, rap is still outperforming it tho

It’s not like it’s less people listening to hip hop just less people listening to only hip hop

I mean, we kinda agree on more than that. I have GKMC in the same tier as Yeezus and you think Yeezus is better and that ain't a big discrepancy

I just don't think Yeezus is better than TPAB though

Ok so don't play devils advocate?
there's no need to feed into OP's argument, why not show him the light instead. there's no hiphop cannon where we all like the same artists (anymore), and that's OKAY.

What about people that don’t make music? Are they not allowed to have a favorite artist because they don’t create music themselves?

You don’t have to be musically influenced by an artist to qualify them being your favorite artist

tpab the first vinyl i ever purchased tbf

I feel what you’re saying but it isn’t always that simple. Sometimes you’re inspired by an artist and it affects the lifestyle and the vibe which is obviously gonna bleed into the music.

im not trying to feed into his argument because i talked about it from a sociopolitical perspective not "kanye and kendrick made albums too good for us mere mortals".

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Sheesh.

EVERYTHING went downhill post-2015 tbh

Tbf ion take any non creative take seriously fr u gotta do something for me to care about ya opinion

Creatives and consumers, everyone gotta pick a side. I chose mine looooong ago

I understand what your saying

Like Uzi saying Marilyn Manson was a huge influence because of all the edgelord satanic s***

But it’s just corny imo. Just say you like their aesthetic, Don’t call them your favorite artist oat and a huge influence

“Yeah he was a huge influence because I also painted my nails black” 💀

This sounds manic to the uninitiated but if you know…you know

I started realizing that critics was professional consumers and I stopped caring about it

Yea but he would be a totally different artist without that influence

Well I would assume anyone who makes music appreciates some aspect of it more than someone who doesn’t

I’ve never met a single huge music fan who didn’t at least dabble in making music

This the realest post I’ve ever seen you make

This probably why I come off so mean brah cause Irl I make super dope creative s*** I’m actually the best in my industry rn so I be taking my opinion seriously bra I’m sorry I be so annoying I’m just crazy

Nah I feel you

Talking to someone who knows nothing about your creative field is annoying and talking to someone involved in no creative field is mind numbing

Yeezus slander itt

That was the last good Kanye album

No because that wouldn’t be accurate it would be accurate to say it’s their fav artist or they are heavily inspired by them lol just because that’s not obvious to you doesn’t mean it’s not true it’s about their process u like very obviously don’t make music or don’t really channel inspirations in any interesting way lol