It’s escapism cause most people are generally pretty boring, well-meaning and timid
It‘s just postmodern entertainment like Tarantino movies - nothing we should take too serious
honestly most of these beats frequencies do damage to your brain if you listen to them all day, it’s cool for the gym or getting lit but I ain’t listening to Carti or future in the morning lmao
Yes op,and its not totally because of the content,but how its delivered. Too many one dimensional rappers who have no concious nowadays,they may as well not even be real people. 0 nuance to lyrics,everyone using the same flows/beats,no one cares to have there own take own things etc.
The misogynistic/materialistic content has always been there in Hip Hop,but everyone had their own style and story to tell between all that. Now,everythings an act and rappers are following a template,its literally 0 self awareness and nuance in rapping now. Everyone raps the same s***,in a similar way but expect to be taken seriously.
drill rap really just this lol
”My engineer is a master, cause his wifey is bad and his side chicks is badder”