The same way they created "alternative r&b" to replace "Urban" is the same way they created "R&B" to replace "Race Music"

Rodeo is trap music

oh lol

yea, 2016 changed everything because of streaming

rap started dominating the charts & a bunch of people who weren’t rap fans before started speaking on the genre like they were experts

i think the primary use of a genre label is to group music so it's not hard to find similar music

like if you rly fw carti u prolly would fw uzi and whoever else, so theres a social utility in having it be grouped. in a playlist for instance

do i think like old gucci songs and new carti songs belong in the same genre playlist? not necessarily. but i don't see any point in not just calling the new s*** pop trap and the old s*** trap, and acknowledging that they both use trap influenced sounds rhythms and stylings

this is trap?

Yes he's right. Ironically enough Earl really been tapped into trap music for years. You'd never know it by the music he makes, but the nigga knows what he be talking about when it comes to trap. Street music in general honestly. Dude was one of the earliest tapped into Kodak Black before Drake even gave him that co-sign.

Yes

I suppose it’s a matter of perspective

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Not mad at this take. TI and killer Mike had a interview where they asked him about todays trap and his response was if anything it’s pop rap or pop trap it ain’t just trap no more

yes its primary genre is hip hop

you can break it down more from that to trap

and break it down more from that to like 2015s "alternative" "art" trap but i wouldn't go as far to say that

the amazing thing about labeling music is that you can apply multiple labels to songs

just because some Carti songs might fall under the “trap” category doesn’t mean that’s the category it has in common with an Uzi song about Goyard

Rodeo isn’t trap music and it’s not even closest in proximity to that genre in his discography that is dbr

This is the closest thing you’ll ever get to a “Travis Scott trap song”

also discussion of genre is pretty pointless to me

it’s just music at this point all that “genre” s*** is only relevant on iTunes or at a(n) awards show

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Niggas not about to say some socially awkward nigga with braids from the suburbs was making trap LMAO

Bruh moment

i think the term “trap music” evolved past it’s original meaning a long time ago.

Facts. Its lowkey just a hipster conversation. Even if its rooted in some truth. Like niggas who get a chubby out of telling someone that something isnt technically r&b.

these are a lot of words that make it sound like you’re saying something to people who aren’t familiar with the topic, but for anyone who’s been listening to rap since before Bad & Boujee hit the charts, you’re clearly speaking on a topic you know nothing about.

Who cares

i don't know, i think there's validity in asking "hmm, is this really what this is?"

like when niggas like tyler get "best urban album" or some s*** like what's urban about it 💀 it's a real conversation that should be had

Purists

i mean do you have any refutation or do you just want to say i don't know what i'm talking about