Uzi
X
Juice

These 3 were gonna be the leaders musically, aesthetically, and culturally for they’re generation just like Drake Kendrick and Cole.

X and Juice dying really f***ed up the game.

And I feel like they’re lack of energy negatively affected Uzi’s artistry cuz he hasn’t touched LIR2 since.

Lil Peep dying plays a part too, say what you want but that emo/rage SoundCloud era was different unique and spoke to a generation just like the blog era spoke to mine

Current era we in has no direction, no narrative. Everyone just putting out projects and songs just cuz

Carti lowkey the only one keeping things interesting.

Culture would’ve been in such a fascinating space with X Uzi Juice Peep and Carti leading the way.

dam

RIP Pop Smoke too

Xxxtentacion really was the one. Always unpredictable with his music. He was so so talented

Losing X and Juice lowkey more impactful than PAC and Big dying.

At least they still had Jay and then Em and DMX popped up. And Outkast and Lauryn Hill was still pushing things forward.

X and Juice dying (and Peep to lesser extent) literally killed a whole new sound from developing

Edit: in terms of pushing the culture forward. PAC and Big died and gangsta/bling bling rap still kept flourishing for another 5-7 years.

X and Juice died and Uzi falling off literally killed the emo/rage/SoundCloud era

X was going to be a superstar

never was a fan of juice, not gonna pretend now

People forget how young he was

Anyways yea I liked what they were bringing to hiphop compared to the s*** popping up rn, mad potential lost

X was really his generation’s PAC, it was more than just music. He reached and inspired ppl in a deep way

Juice was really like Biggie in that he made great catchy music so effortlessly

ok op got it into hip hop in 2016

Only thing stagnant is this topic

Pop is separate from this. He was important too but X Juice and Uzi were literally bringing a whole new sound and vibe to the game. They were gonna push hip hop to a distinct new era

Pop was great but just an updated version of something we’ve seen and heard before

Forced

man shut the f*** up

Why you gotta take it there? No need to compare magnitude of deaths. Your original point was made

im not even a huge pac fan like that but him dying is def the most impactful thing happened in hiphop. thats f***ing tupac

Maybe you just need to listen to more forms of hip-hop before creating this opinion. Rod Wave, Polo G, YB and Yak are very popular artists from the wave who are just as big as the artists you named they just aren’t going to get the same mainstream attention and you know why. There’s a certain sound and look that doesn’t get pushed in your face daily since 2015 but it doesn’t mean it is not as big as those artists. I bet Rod Wave and Polo G got the same numbers as Juice or X. Let the dead rest In peace and move on and appreciate what is here now

Man shut the f*** up.

Of course

that’s not me

Listen to my music I don’t even sound white

That’s wild that this thread made you want to look me up on IG

Edit: that guy graduated college this year (OSU ‘22). I said in OP that blog era was my era so clearly I’m older than that.

Nice try thou