Not saying they are Wayne tier but Durk, Baby, YB, Rod wave s*** even a rapper like J Cole gets a lot of unjust hate on here. If you're not in that artsy rapper lane then you're not gonna be as respected. And im not saying artsy as a negative but we all know the type of s*** im talking about

Nah I don’t, be more specific

most of the names that are commonly seen on all time lists aren’t even considered “artsy” at all dawg

idk what this inferiority complex you got going on/hatred towards people who enjoy that artsy s*** exactly is but u gotta relax dude

It’s not an inferiority complex. My favorite rapper is Kanye. It’s just annoying people on here demeaning music and casting it aside like it’s less than or accusing the artist of just making music for money. Like you know what’s in the artists heart. that s***s so pretentious bruh

It’s his only argument he can come up with lol

Despite having actual evidence that hip hop in the mainstream is falling off he refuses to acknowledge that the artists he keeps claiming are getting unfairly treated are literally causing that to happen

Name 5 recent streets rappers putting in the same work in their visuals and direction as Master P,Dre Snoop,Wayne or TI were in they primes if the work ethic isn't gone.

Not 21 or Future but new niggas in Polo G grade type s***

im not respecting rod wave ill tell you that much

A lot of these new rappers don’t have the same budget for their videos. Polo g for example did and you could tell

-said summrs sung 90s r&b melodies and never expounded on that wild statement

I never said he sung r&b melodies. I said he uses them over plug drums in his beats. That’s what plugnb is.

You know what man, for a dude that loves to s*** on gen Z niggas for getting dumber you have quite a few showcases of poor reading comprehension

Man if master p had access to all the tech these REGULAR STREET NIGGAS had back then man do you understand how much better them s***ty album covers woulda looked?

“If you're not in that artsy rapper lane then you're not gonna be as respected.“

Not respected where?

Here???

Cause all those threads get the most engagement and most of that is positive. Niggas JUST started turning on Lil Baby for (justified) reasons after his 2nd album but my nigga EYE was saying Lil Baby had next there is definitely posts on here where I said verbatim that he renegaded two of the big 3!

His covers were fine as it is. Just like a lot of these artists covers are fine. I rarely see a cover that’s straight up trash

you dont need a huge video budget to do interesting things. Theres indie bands with less than half the budget of polo g doing (or at least trying to do) interesting stuff with their vids and aesthetic

some of these guys just dont have taste or any sort of bigger idea about making stuff

lil baby has plenty in the budget and does not have a single good video to his name

Freestyle video is a classic

RT

its a classic song, if that song wasnt good you wouldnt think twice about that video

You can say that about a lot of classic videos and album covers because at the end of the day the music is what matters most

whats good about the freestyle video

its literally just a compilation of like B roll stuff

its the same as his current mid videos with less money

It’s just a solid video. I think it matches the song very well.

Not every video has to have some grand narrative or awge type transitions or videos. Sometimes a nigga just putting on in his area and talking his s*** is more than enough

its fine, theres nothing wrong with it. But theres nothing note worthy about it either, every street rapper basically has their own version of the same video.

Yeah not every video needs to have that, but Baby basically doesnt have any lmao

and the few that he does have just kinda stink and are pretty ugly

I prefer to judge artists on what the artist is attempting to do not what I think they should be going for.

I’m not knocking points off of 100 gecs because they aren’t rapping over a Tay Keith beat