hip-hop is so dead

trivial issue

I disagree btw.

one of the reasons why mainstream rap is boring now

More than being repetitive the music just ain’t that good lol so many flavor of the month hits that are forgotten during this era due to the nature of streaming and social media. The rappers of right now aren’t that interesting and have nothing to say, either. Do you really expect any of the guys mentioned in that tweet to say anything of significance or that they haven’t said a million times already?

Lol at only putting this on the men, though. Feel like mainstream rap ladies literally only have one topic in rap rn

That's another reason why I don't listen to any of these niggas that fans hype up nowadays in the mainstream light. Because they haven't done anything that special to me that makes me go "WOW".

Plus the niggas who are fan of these artists praise tf out of him when they only do the bare minimum on these tracks.

Same thing applies to the women

This isn't Reddit. Why are you adding a Discussion tag.

Care to dive in deeper? I think it gets repetitive but those guys work with each other so much because there's an actual relationship behind the work. They're all friends outside the music s***. That informs not only the chemistry but also the reassurance that if they reach out to so and so for a feature, they'll:
1. Get a response (on time) and
2. Get a decent verse back.

That isn't always the case with finding new artists to work with whenever it's time to make a new album.

I remember Rick Ross remarking about how whenever he reaches out to Drake for a verse, he gets a response within a day or two and how he extends the same courtesy to Drake just off their friendship and the respect they have for one another.

So people who wanna turn the thread into a stan war know this isn't the place for that.

I havent kept up with rap in a minute but I feel like most top artists put on newer people but they don't necessarily highlight them in a project, naturally they'd want to push the song with the high profile artists

also who cares, as a fan you have the whole world at your fingertips via the internet,If you really care about music like that then stop relying on cosigns and actually give people a chance.

Nothing wrong with that. My thing is that if the songs end up being dope, who cares? Isn't that what we want at the end of the day? Dope records?

In the same breath, if they worked with new artists and the songs ended up being wack, people would complain still.

I wouldn’t say it hurts the game

But I’m not tryna hear those collabs either, what is this 2017?

What hurts the game is dudes being predictable across the board. Not many taking real chances and this is just one symptom of that

yea honestly i got no problem with the top only working with the top either, like previous posters have said, there's a chemistry between them and it's almost like they're in a band sometimes lol

The only reason or way you interact with rap music is as a Stan. Maybe take your own advice

Yes

Been saying this. When CLB dropped it solidified it for me. Drake can collab with anyone he likes but always chooses the same group of guys that never bring anything new to the table outside of Future. You know what the song sounds like before you even hear it

The implication is that if something is super predictable and played out, it’s not dope

S*** has to be somewhat fresh to be dope. Doesn’t help that a lot of the artists mentioned are stale and predictable by themselves anyway

There’s still an audience for that sound but it’s mostly “been there done that” music at this point, tweets like this just show it’s getting tired for some people. It happens

Records by these people will still “work” and maybe be dope to some people but at this point, doing basically anything else would be more exciting

If you're only gonna mention me and say rubbish like this, block me/fuck off. What does this discussion have to do with being a stan or not?

Yeah it’s why I never understood the ire Drake got for working with newer artists.

People called him a culture vulture and now we have the same rotating cast of rappers

they tweet this s*** every year

Because these artists been doing this for years

Yes. Tired of seeing albums with the same exact niggas on it all the time. S*** be lookin like DJ Khaled type projects.

i was just gonna make a thread about this yesterday after hearing thug album. so much young talent running s*** right now and niggas only workin wit the same 3 artists. that’s why uzi goated, people call it clout chasing but i’m glad he embracing ken, lone and yeat