HURRY UP TWO

12mo

I think he’s saying that SB isn’t emotionally complex music but there are other artist that were active and emotionally complex to pick from during that time span and these days in the mainstream there aren’t a lot of artist that differentiate between the two. That’s the “good balance”. We got the same niggas to rely on mainstream wise for the complex emotional stuff as we did 10 years ago and even then they had to make some sacrifices to make it less complex over time.

Nobody thinks SB is complex in any way.

Free YoungBoy

12mo

So Soulja boy is “emotionally complex” but Gunna isn’t? I’m not even saying Gunna is emotionally complex or whatever I’m saying he’s really nothing all that different from other rappers from back then

Niggas didn’t even like Soulja boy back then. Yall just retroactively pretend like yall always loved him

yungcartier

12mo

So basically a conscious rapper?

Because there were a lot of rappers back then that aren’t that complex either on paper

Nelly for example was just a party rapper from St. Louis who had the rags to riches come up and went Diamond without much depth in his music

ragedsycokiller

12mo

He's simple. Party music and a game changer for that side of rap.

ryuH

12mo

Nope

I knew that would be what y’all took from that too lol smh

Like I said in the op Pac, Hov, Ye, and Drake all fit the description of being emotionally complex and being able to tackle a wide range of emotional content and are far from conscious rappers

Conscious rappers are often among the least emotionally complex because their morality and self righteousness restricts them to a narrow range of emotions.

ryuH

12mo

Nope

I knew that would be what y’all took from that too lol smh

Like I said in the op Pac, Hov, Ye, and Drake all fit the description of being emotionally complex and being able to tackle a wide range of emotional content and are far from conscious rappers

Conscious rappers are often among the least emotionally complex because their morality and self righteousness restricts them to a narrow range of emotions.

insertcoolnamehere

12mo

yall gotta understand (through other posts bro be making) that @op dont really be listening to A LOT of rappers outside of the mainstream so his view on a lot of this s*** is skewed lol.

browser

12mo

Everyone is literally trying to be the same character to where even guys like Lucki and Earl who were unique are slowly morphing into the same character: nonchalant ambiguously successful cool guys who make most of their money outside of selling rap music lol oh and it’s over cloudy trapped out beats too no way

Let alone the mainstream/mainstream aspiring rappers lol

ryuH

12mo

Definitely vulnerable

YB is not an emotionally complex artist though

Emotionally complex means being able to navigate a wide range of emotions not just pain and rage

ryuH

12mo

Y’all funny as s*** for this narrative about me just because I give Drake credit where it’s due

I guess listening to Gang Starr all day too commercial for y’all huh

Edit: I’ll give you this though I fully admit I don’t check for new artist like that. Guilty as charged

X7JQ9L2MF4A8Z

12mo

that’s what i was sorta saying in another thread but they just called me a hater for saying that vaguely referencing your mental health and hood struggles shouldn’t really get you classed as “introspective” or “deep”

but hey maybe i just hold the bar too high

Vino

12mo

So could the youth today be experiencing a culture that has led them into a lack of emotional complexity and lowered literacy? Resulting in the inability to engage in the same level of emotionally mature conversation someone at our age might have been having in a different time in history?

Free YoungBoy

12mo

Yeah the people who agree with you are wrong. Like what about Drake is more “emotionally complex” then Rod Wave or Gunna or whatever

insertcoolnamehere

12mo

I’ll give you this though I fully admit I don’t check for new artist like that. Guilty as charged

…yeah…we know dude.

That was the point of my comment lol

ryuH

12mo

Me not looking for new artists lends credence to my point really. I’m representing how the average person who is not scouring the web for new talent everyday views hip-hop. When rap was in its prime you didn’t have to look hard at all to find the qualities I’m talking about here. Sure we should commend the outliers and exceptions and highlight new talent but we shouldn’t delude ourselves into being blind to the bullshit

insertcoolnamehere

12mo

Blog era rap literally was ppl scouring the internet

ryuH

12mo

Yeah it was and at that point in time I was definitely doing it

How the culture is currently represented gives me no motivation to do that anymore though

insertcoolnamehere

12mo

I just love that u never gave one example after browser gave you a whole verse