Trap was around for like 8 years before it became the dominant genre of rap lmao
Trap from the 2000s is not the same Trap we got in 2016 though. It was incredibly dumbed down lyrically and even on a production standpoint
hip-hop in its rock's early-mid 2000s era. its either played out corny with everyone doing the same sound or just old heads wanting music that fails to capture the magic of the past. Nobody coming out with lasting impact.
lol then we need the hip hop version of The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys
even the ten best reviewed rap albums this year is f***ing tragic

lil yachty rock album
drain gang skrillex album
macklemore
rapist
sleepy time don toliver album
washed up rae sremmurd
I will ring your f***ing neck out the next time you not only mention me to be sassy - but the next time you spin any point or statement I’ve ever made to fit some weird narrative you goomba peabrained condescending little s***
Mainstream pop artists are re-releasing their albums like 8 times and remixing songs from a decade ago for tik tok doing way too much, rap isn’t gonna go #1 against that
i blame pitchfork somehow
Pitchfork after Condé Nast bought them made them only rate mainstream albums high which lowkey made KTT care about numbers
I could say they would’ve fell off immediately and it’s just as provable
Nah Juice was on the rise before he died
2019 was a crazy year for him, between DRFL doing almost 200k and him getting more pop placements with Ellie Goulding, Halsey, Miley Cyrus
Even commercials

And he gave YB his first top 10 BB hit with Bandit
I'm not sure that a weaker mainstream necessarily means a stronger underground
mainstream ≠ underground
even the ten best reviewed rap albums this year is f***ing tragic

lil yachty rock album
drain gang skrillex album
macklemore
rapist
sleepy time don toliver album
washed up rae sremmurd
"Reviews"
poor young rap listeners not having their #1s to fall back on
Imagine having to take 30 seconds to search for great hip hop instead of immediately taking what you're given
These are dark times for the genre
even the ten best reviewed rap albums this year is f***ing tragic

lil yachty rock album
drain gang skrillex album
macklemore
rapist
sleepy time don toliver album
washed up rae sremmurd
First three albums are great but if that's the best this year ends up having to offer it was a terrible year
Hip hop will never die.
The fact you equate charts with whether hip hop of all genres is at risk of “dying” tells me all I need to know
It was doing perfectly fine for decades without being the #1 genre in the world. It will be perfectly fine again. This is a necessary correction after years of outsiders and pop bullshit preying on rap
real
how can you like hip hop and actively root for the genre to die out?
It will never die out to black ppl so it the numbers don’t matter for ue
Trap from the 2000s is not the same Trap we got in 2016 though. It was incredibly dumbed down lyrically and even on a production standpoint
Yeah people do forget that
Old Jeezy and Gucci could really rap their asses off
even the ten best reviewed rap albums this year is f***ing tragic

lil yachty rock album
drain gang skrillex album
macklemore
rapist
sleepy time don toliver album
washed up rae sremmurd
At least Srem4 on there
even the ten best reviewed rap albums this year is f***ing tragic

lil yachty rock album
drain gang skrillex album
macklemore
rapist
sleepy time don toliver album
washed up rae sremmurd
“Sleepy time” Toliver album
just say u don’t like getting p****
even the ten best reviewed rap albums this year is f***ing tragic

lil yachty rock album
drain gang skrillex album
macklemore
rapist
sleepy time don toliver album
washed up rae sremmurd
rae sremmurd album was that good? gonna chec it out
even the ten best reviewed rap albums this year is f***ing tragic

lil yachty rock album
drain gang skrillex album
macklemore
rapist
sleepy time don toliver album
washed up rae sremmurd
Haven’t listened to Maps but Scarin the Hoes is the only rap album worth highlighting on here and even that wasn’t a big moment like that lol