Get em bro

But back then you didn’t have to look, it was at the forefront. The albums I listed were the biggest rap albums culturally of their time. Nowadays s*** like Travis Scott & 6ix9ine are at the forefront

all the oldheads been right but if you had said it back then you was looked at as a hater my g.

Lyrical rap is still a thing lmao

It’s just more approachable and easier to digest music has become more present due to rap becoming the new pop. The only reason pop is still even alive in its current form is due to insane 13yo twitter stans

It’s almost impossible but I just don’t think rap is in as bad a state as people think

I don’t blame them because for example Lil Xan was still getting spammed on Snapchat while nobody in the world was actually listening to him

How many times is this thread going to be made? There’s been plenty of great albums in the past few years

People no longer value the art of Hip-Hop. The lyrics, the story, the production, the competition, the style, etc.. All these things enveloped are experience. You couldn't ride somebody else's sound. You had to stand out. If you wanted to make money your craft needed to show love for Hip-Hop. The pretenders were weeded out much quicker. You had to have a hot album, not just a hot song. Now days it's flooded with people trying to get on a playlist by adhering to the popular sound. The DJ was Hip-Hop. The B-Boy was Hip-Hop. The Cypher was Hip-Hop. The Vibe was Hip-Hop. The Art. We couldn't do that forever. Growth is mandatory. We just watered down the product to stretch it.

Old heads kills creativity and genres, just look at rock and metal.

Totally dead because everybody abide to the old head rules.

Maybe the revolution failed, but at least it was there

What???
Rock fractured the same way Hip-Hop did. The sub genre became the front runners.

Even Kendrick says Hip-Hop is alive and well, it's just underground... o wait u man were too busy trashing TPAB

The fact that it’s underground now means it’s dead. If it was alive it’d be at the forefront

Now that you’re stepping into that old head position, how can you use your experience as an anti-old head youth to help kids today make the same mistakes you did?

everything is in cycles

tik tok music is just ringtone rap

by 2022 all of this s*** will be over and the new kings will be appointed. then the entire cycle will reset

there is nothing to worry about

Not at all. Hip-hop started underground, and by the time it got popular, there were plenty of great mainstream rappers (consider Jay Z, Eminem, 50 Cent, etc). In the last few years the genre has transcended being merely popular and has become a massive part of the everyday culture in America.

To me, it feels right that all the “real” s*** is underground. It’s back to where it started

literally all you have to do is read those old rap forums from the 90s and you will see this s*** is not new. niggas used to hate on the people we consider goats just like yall do to contemporary artist.

That’s so true lmao. I remember reading few message boards from 90’s and early 2000 last year and people were talking down on rappers that are considered legends today

only hypebeasts pretended he was good

woat era

lmao yall just not fans of rap

pump
xan
tjay
polo g
tom macdonald
nba
dababy tbh
mosey
nle choppa
lil skies
carti
tecca
kid laroi
rich the kid
blue face
roxanne rapper guy, arizona something
stunna 4 vegas
lil nas x (he don’t be saying nothing, just catchy)

there’s gotta be 10 in there that fit your criteria. keep your paypal, send me $10 ps store code

Yea,kids wanted their generation(my gen really)to be so great but they were reppin garbage,niggas finally realizing it now.

i felt this way too but i’m skeptical without the mixtape era still there. streaming waters the whole scene down. hope we get some new legends outta nowhere tho

Tbh I liked 90's rap before the modern s*** so never actually had an issue with old heads' taste, just the mentality of looking down upon newer rappers who were actually unique. But now I can't stand most newer rappers so 😣

How can we help this misguided youth without turning them off like our old heads did? Every generation is supposed to be better than the last so how do we do it effectively?