What’s the difference in your mind between mixtapes on DatPiff.com and streaming on Spotify / AM?

Glad to hear that someone with me, quite interesting to think about. I’ve seen people claim it’s just a cycle and eventually a group of new great artists coming in just like in previous eras. Here’s the thing though, with the induction of streaming, it could potentially not let that happen and continue to give these s***ty rappers a platform.

Streaming may have broken the cycle and taken us into new world of consuming music

we're just gettin old

KTT paradigm shift

rap changed, probably not for the better overall but there’s still great music being made

They been saying this since the 2000s but just so happens this era is absolute trash

I was under the impression that both the artistry and the “fast food” rap as you put it could coexist.

I’ve also realized that one is basically washing out the other. Every other project regardless of quality is doing numbers and eventually the genre will begin to fall off

Just know that artistry will still continue just maybe not at the top of the charts

Quality>quantity.
I'd rather my fav artist to focus and make a concise album over 3-4 years that to give me a tape every 6 months.
OP do you notice how these new rappers be dropping.
An album cycle every 4months,and when people get bored of it,they stop buying so the artists flop.
Then you got them saying oh that was my mixtape not my album lol.
People on here are clowning Kendrick Joey Cole cause they take their time,and then come and be mad that fast food music takes over lol

In a way yes but I think the evolution is beautiful because some rappers uphold tradition to the highest degree and some rappers innovating and some mix both which is some of the best s*** coming out

The death of rap blogs and forums due to streaming/twitter has pretty much wrecked rap discussion so it's not surprising that the music has deteriorated too

Also while it's true to an extent that people always say rap is dying, back in 2013-15 it was actually widely thought that ringtone rap from 2006ish - 2010 was a terrible era and that things had improved due to the spread of mixtapes on the internet and rap becoming more diverse. Also many people hated 'backpack rap' and thought that underground rap was far better than it had been in the 2000s

Old heads f***ed up when they over generalized everything back in 2016. They were speaking of lil uzi, 21 savage and lil pump as if they were the exact same artist. Like they couldnt see the difference in they lane
‘Mumble rap’ was not the problem. Vulturing and a lack of orginality was. Hiphop becoming too mainstream

Rap fell off hard

2014 was the beginning of this

mixtapes now are much more commercialized since money can be made off them, since they are monetized artists approach them with a different mindset

the traditional mixtapes I grew up were literally b sides and remixes over popular beats at the time, it was a much more organic and free spirited vibe

rappers don't really be trying to get the best verse over the hottest beats of the moment anymore and that's just one example of the lost of competition in the game

No coincidence that streaming started at this time

it'll comeback by 2022 hopefully

I also miss everyone rapping over the popular beats of the time (Wayne’s my fav rapper if that tells you anything). I attribute that to legal reasons / the rise of hip hop in the mainstream more than streaming. Once Mac Miller successfully got sued by Lord Finesse for a sample off of his free mixtape, that’s when artists stopped rapping over beats as they didn’t want to take the legal risk.

Good points.

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