The big dogs of the previous generation (Kendrick, Drake, and JCole) are aging and reaching the endpoints of their career arcs. Out of the new generation of rap, there is no one that comes close to leading the game like Drake or the other two on the massive international scale that they have. Lil Durk and Lil Baby are capped because of their lack of genuine versatility (ex. lil baby or durk cannot make a dancehall song that won’t sound like a reach). They are trying to find that next huge movement (again Durk, Baby, Cordae come to mind) but I don’t think they can be nearly as multi-faceted and rap itself has become way too fragmented with all these sub-genres. Will there ever be like a Drake, Kanye, Hov level rapper ever again? If you think there could, what would he even sound like? Everything under the sun has basically be done already and in this TikTok era clones are at an all time high.

Durk and baby are not good because they can't make dancehall
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came here to hate but actually kinda agree with op

Jack Harlow is not a light skin nigga. He is white.

Edit: This was in response to a now deleted post calling Jack Harlow a light skin nigga.

I mean Yeat jus dropped tonight so...

It’s an example lmao. I’m saying that he can’t really switch lanes effectively without sounding like a reach (like the Durk song with that country dude, s*** is trash)

Durk dancehall would slap

We down abysmal rn but we'll be back

How much do u know.about music if u say everything in hip hop has already been done lmfao

OH F*** I MISSED IT WHILE I WAS WORKING

It sounds interesting. I'd at least give it a spin.

I wouldn’t be so sure…

Let me stay on that HOPIUM for now

I’ll say it as many times as I need to until y’all stop proposing this dumb hypothetical: we lost Peep, Mac, X, Nip, Juice and Pop pretty much before this decade even started. The trajectory of mainstream rap for the rest of this generation is going to be jarring cause none of these new niggas except Durk, YB and both Baby’s are interested in being the “next” guy

This thread gets made every month

Also putting Cordae in the same sentence as Durk and Baby

Can I get a hit?

Out of all those you named I think POP and X had the biggest chance to fill that role. (RIP to both)

You downplaying Juice like that?

There’s so much fire s*** out there, more than ever I think. Just have to realize that what you think is good might not always be what’s popular. At the end of the day Kid Laroi, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, etc. etc had huge hits and are technically rappers. Just find what you like and don’t worry about how popular they are bro.

Lol they giving cordae all the big features and co-signs and his girl one of the most famous athletes in the world. They want him to basically be new school JCole but he’s corny and comes off as inauthentic when he tries to be cool. JCole was cool in a normal nigga way which is why he blew like he did (⏸) and was very skilled out the gate.

And juice you right.

Fuuuuuuuuck that s*** Kid Laroi ain’t no f***in rapper

Carti carrying

"everything under the sun has already been done already" is definitely what record execs were saying in the 80s too