He been washed since 2021

Relax

Time Served def a lot better than everything since.

you say this like we wouldn’t think you made this thread if we blocked out op’s name

no but there's a conversation to be had about curated playlists in general

curated playlists took the fun out of finding music online. it's basically the same s*** as radio now and has made the music industry pretty joyless over the last 5 or so years

Well it seems like we found the solution to OP’s issue

Just make your own

i think op is talking in broader terms and not just about using some curated playlist

I been solved that fam

its not about me its about the lack of new mainstream stars outside yeat ice spice and nardo wick due to hip hop being more gatekeeped than ever by old heads.

also don't agree with op. the guys he mentions are clearly tied to record labels and corporations but they are way better for hip hop culture than akademiks and whatever tiktok loser is out there. ultimately comes down to the lesser evil in this industry.

dust heads complain about change all the time like s*** is supposed to be the same forever

rap caviar

Freddie mids

op on the right track though

I don’t like a lot of the old head takes but that Lucki and Veeze s*** has absolutely no substance. Just dudes f***ed up on d**** making music for people f***ed yo on d****. That lazy slurring s*** doesn’t sound good to normal people.

i cant f*** w freddie gibbs

im sober asf s*** hit for me and other ppl ik

hip hop is not being gatekept nearly as much as it was when this wave of music started in 2016. and even then it really wasn't that bad.

the real problem is that every emerging hip hop artist is an industry plant through and through. that usually starts in these curated playlists--which is why they're a problem. tiktok has only made it easier for labels to capitalize on the industry plant method. the biggest festivals, shows, and music outlets are all in bed with the labels. there are no more cultural figures who decide what pops on a mainstream level. the industry has been set up so that way the labels decide what the consumer listens to, and not the other way around. it's a backwards ass industry.

my only workaround as a consumer has been focusing on hip hop on more of a regional scale over the last few years.

veeze legitimately has some of the best wordplay to come out in years wtf are you on

not really
Yeat was the most organic come up I've seen he went from being summrs sidekick to being the face of the new wave
Nardo had a cool comeup too

You know how small a percentage this userbase is to the rest of this country?

Most of people tend to be fed whatever is given them

Tripping Veeze new album is full of fun creative punchlines

isn't nardo like the most confirmed industry plant? and yeat came up primarily thru tiktok which leads me to believe he was a plant, but he's definitely the one who i'm least sure about.

ice spice prolly the biggest plant out of all of them. started seeing her in my youtube shorts all the time starting last june.

dude heard him say "order 10k ones on that bum, put confetti on him" and wasn't moved idk what to tell him