Hip hop is dead

yeah no s*** lmfao

afrobeats are already boring and i'm so mf sick of the calm down remix

Welp this is the perfect time for a paradigm shift. The question is, where do really go from here?

maybe try out some of that “mysterious music” or “scaring the hoes music” that the youngsters (really washed mid to late 20s dudes) this site is always on about

Can we admit Drake's awful influence on the genre now

they are following the money

Need more of a positive/upbeat shift and definitely get away from uninspired trap beats

High Key Ebro is in favor to this..

I’ve been thinking for a while, this is by design but it’s going to fail.

hope they can’t find a new genre and the whole industry collapses

Last time this happened guess who was popping in the underground

TDE
Odd Future
ASAP Mob
Pro Era

Stay tuned…

Good hip-hop is better when it comes up grassroots

Here’s the reason why:

In America, monoculture is dead and as a result, creating a new star or a popping, viable rap act is almost impossible.

However, that is not the case in other cultures and genres like afrobeats, Latin music, etc

They still get behind their prominent acts in a unifying, galvanizing matter. As such, the return on investment is far greater. Artists in those communities have entire sections of countries supporting them. That can’t happen in America anymore because there is no monoculture

This has nothing to do with the quality of music that’s a crazy insinuation. Y’all keep looking at s*** like this through a quality of music lense and it couldn’t be more wrong

edit: That's not to say, hip-hop leaning in to gangsta rap again hasn't played a part, it has...but the inability to create moments and momentum within culture is the far greater culprit here

Rap is washed

I blame bad bunny

Imagine thinking the issue with rap music is the quality of it, or them making “tik tok records” when

1) other genres are doing that too

And

2) there’s every kind of rap readily available. It’s not hard to find

They so mad at drake they quitting the game altogether and jumping to another one lmfaooo

Where's the grim reaper meme with African and Latin music door as the next up?

they're late, but thats typical.

rap really washed in 2023

More independent labels propping up the culture and the real rise of sites like Bandcamp for releases

Bandcamp lol

Labels only chase what’s hot what’s new