NewCopeJustDropped

3y

Can we please stop pretending like Kendrick takes 5 years to drop every time. That was one time where a pandemic happened, the nigga had two kids and got married.

Y’all always do this without context. And no Drake dropping every year doesn’t do more to keep anything alive. He adds to the monotony that is rap.

Dropping every year and adding nothing new isn’t helping the genre.

And yes when D angelo drops in ten years it will be more impactful musically than whatever Drake has been doing. I’m not too sure how you can even refute this.

Chris M

3y

damn i didn't know about this. where was this announced? plz send a link if you have anything

Block Muteson

3y

"Hip-hop is dying."

"For sure"

"When is a Gen Z artist going to make something as good as Search & Rescue"

Chris M

3y

for all the talks about the mid 2000s with the crunk and fruityloop beats, idk about y'all but i'd prefer listening to those ringtone era songs over the soulless and cookie cutter trap music from this era.

at least the music then was considered fun, and lil jon's beats just hit different.

Chris M

3y

1000000%! i want every freestyle friday battle, and although youtube has a ton of the booth freestyles, i just know there's plenty more not found online. i'd do anything to get my hands on the 2000-2003 FF battles, we've seen jin's 7 weeks a billion times already lmao

Vibe

3y

It can be impactful, but in terms of this thread, Kendrick is doing nothing to keep rap where it's at.

My point is that singling out Drake when he's the one that keeps rap at the forefront is crazy. Cole hasn't dropped, Kendrick just dropped The Big Steppers and while it's a great album it doesn't have the legs to constantly be in rotation

Kanye just dropped his first full length album in years with Donda in 2021 and then cancelled himself lol

Oblivion X

3y

Drake gave Mach-Hommy a cosign.

He gives a lot of cosigns to great artists actually, probably moreso than anyone in the big 3

JeffersonSteelflex

3y

Kendrick is trying with Keem but niggas on this site hate Keem for idk what reason

yungking

3y

French had a Diamond song with Swae Lee who I can argue is not mainstream based on your definition.

Chris M

3y

for all the talks about the mid 2000s with the crunk and fruityloop beats, idk about y'all but i'd prefer listening to those ringtone era songs over the soulless and cookie cutter trap music from this era.

at least the music then was considered fun, and lil jon's beats just hit different.

BRAVE

3y

Another thing that needs to be factored in is, again, Gen Z born males are the first gen of core hiphop listeners that don’t look at the generation defining crossover mcs as their cool idols to aspire to

They don’t wanna be Drake and Kendrick or even Cole. But you bet your ass Drake and Kendrick and Cole wanted to be Wayne and Hov and whoever else. Pac wanted to be Cube. Em wanted to be Pac. It’s not a coincidence the girlies wanna be like Nicki tho and they’re the newest rappers that are actually making a stamp

gnarlynasty

3y

Me and my cousins would gather around the TV and watch those FreestyleFriday battles as kids lol. I wanna see the good ones and the ones with huge f***ups/embarrassing moments idc.

As for those Rap City freestyles,I think all the iconic ones should be online,but theres definitely more from smaller or more lesser known rappers

mov

3y

Rap needs new superstars. Unfortunately we lost Pop Smoke, Juice and X. They would be the biggest new gen stars of the 20s

Right now we only have "old" rap stars like Drake, Kendrick, Cole...even Ye who dropped in 2021. They don't change rap anymore. Other rappers like Lil Baby are already washed. It is what it is

NightsLikeThis

3y

There wasn't as many billboard hot 100 charting hip hop songs in 2006 compared to 2022

Block Muteson

3y

KTT doesn't prioritize rap either. Listening to Drake and Travis Scott Stans talk about the state of hip-hop is like when oil companies do environmental ads. YOU GUYS WON. YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY

Apple Inc

3y

Again even though they were rookies, they idolized X, Juice, Pop, etc and wanted to be like them. Now all we have is Carti and Uzi is almost too weird to idolize

krishna bound

3y

overdue

JeffersonSteelflex

3y

Kendrick is trying with Keem but niggas on this site hate Keem for idk what reason

flizzy

3y

Juice would’ve made a classic album I truly believe that