Maybe at one point. Meg making anime songs now

He's keeping it too friendly. It's the crackers who ruined it.

Eminem should take this route

To be fair Teezo is trash that's his reason at least

He is not wrong but there are tons of great indie and underground rappers still putting out gems

Blame s*** like Tommy richman

Telling you, x and juice were about to take rap somewhere else but that got cut short sadly

This whole sxn was rating her before she took an arrow to the foot

Im more surprised you aint say smino

Key word: underground

He's mostly annoying and overrated by his fans, but I can at least say he has talent. Even if I'm tired of listening to him after 5-7mins.

Teezo Touchdown is just pure s***e.

We’re about due for a nice lil 3k feature verse like sorry, sixteen life of the party style

He has a valid point, but most artists first imitate and through those experiences they eventually find their own style and voice.

Tyler, Drake, Kendrick and Gambino clearly have done this

except those people you named didnt go viral/get stardom when they was imitating lol.

nobody says "yo kendrick's magnum opus C4" lol

This is the most valid/genuine reasons to not put s*** out imo especially if you look at it from a purist (music = art) POV

He’s not wrong

blowing up in the social media era is just not it musically

1000000%

This dumbass is making sure that the post-soundcloud era is even cornier than the soundcloud era. Like it’s his mission.

If someone tells me they like dude I automatically question their taste lmao

Unreal that we’re in a timeline where a yachty co-sign actually means a lot to these kids and could potentially get you far in the industry 😂

Respect to andre 3k, but this "hip-hop is dead" narrative and anything adjacent to that has been around since the late 90s and 2000s. Just because rap doesnt adhere to the styles of past decades doesnt mean its something to cry about. The youth will always reinvent genres in ways that older generations might not be accustomed to or will appreciate. But in another decade it'll evolve and change again and a portion of the generation that came before that will cry about that too. Sure, we're in an unprecedented age of algorithms and new forms of technology that give rise to new artists but the masses will get behind whatever they want to. Todays climate makes it so the party rapper can be just as successful as the lyrical rapper or the alternative rapper. Just choose what you want to listen to and support that, its not that hard. This gatekeepy mentality of how "hip-hop" SHOULD sound is some lame ass s***. Maybe talk about how artists should get paid more for their music and how streaming has f***ed up the music industry more than any artist that you dont agree with or like.

I think it’s less about not accepting a “new style of rap” now (back then ppl like Nas were just hating on Southern rappers like Wayne and then the phrase caught on)
now it’s more about feeling like you’ve heard 100 of the same song because copying is at an all time high

I like Tommy Richman