Based off of what people consider to be classics or projects people think will be timeless and live on to another generation, I would say the newer gen has recency bias much greater than the past generations of hip hop listeners. Obviously a lot of it has to do with the speed at which music is releasing, staying relevant and then dying out along with the much larger quantity of music that is readily available but it seems like the newer gen is much quicker to deem albums not even 2 years old as "classics" or state that the discographies will be timeless into the next generations when they haven't even survived more than a few years after release.

Definitely understand that many of the people who are stating these opinions are still young and much more prone to hype but I think that has created an era where the recency bias is much larger than it was before when albums trickled out much slower and people could actually digest the music at a reasonable pace and truly form hard opinions about a work.

Definitely a changing of the times but its interesting seeing the perspectives and takes of the newer generation (even if I feel that a lot of the takes will age horribly into the 2020s). But I would say that hip hop listeners in their late 20s and on had less recency bias overall when it came to declaring the longevity and impact of certain albums. Obviously social media being around is another huge change that makes it easier than ever for this behavior to be normalized but what do you think? Is the newer gen more prone than the other generations to recency bias?

Important note: Not saying this was not an issue in other generations, mainly that the issue is much greater now than it ever was before.

no the old gen is worse lmao they are still trying to insert kid cudi and travis scotch tape projects into the conversation

a world in which loopy fisaco and big sean are still being discussed is horrific the kids discussing actual good current pop rap songs is so much better

Started reading then I got bored

plus these people were hailing lasers as classic and big sean garbage ass albums as classic and kid cudi indicud as misunderstood classic all those years ago, f*** em

Didn't read, but yes.

Indicud is a classic...

Its been a ramp up, obviously people in their 20s now probably are biased to newer projects more than the older gen but I absolutely think the newer gen is much quicker to deem importance to projects that have barely existed for more than a few years or leven less time than that. People are still listening to Man on the Moon 10 years later, and even Rodeo 5 years later, but will the newer gen still be listening to ? a few years from now?

I mean yeah. You said it yourself, with how fast paced everything is these days, it’s inevitable.

Plus you have social media encouraging groupthink n all that

It is what it is though, I think a lot of it is just for fun. Being excited in the moment

Honestly I don’t think people believe what they’re saying most of the time. They just d***ride s*** that’s popping because they know it’ll get likes on social media. No matter if they’re doing it consciously or not.

People say way dumber s*** online than I’ve ever experienced person to person

YESS

better than the “new thing can never be better than old thing” mentality a lot of y’all have

Everything happens faster now so yes

people who like Cudi are considered old Gen now?

s*** goes both ways, no inbeween or better smh

in the context of this thread yes

I mean his most important works dropped like almost a decade ago so yeah

he blew up like 11 years ago lmao

This not good

No its been the exact same as its always been

every generation has its fast food music, and only a handful of artists that last through the generation

A lot of artists that are considered legendary each generation, are considered as such more for what they did in their relative time as opposed to how long they lasted

man I was in high school then it wasn’t that long ago

Is the implication we (older gen) had/have a primacy bias?

damn this thread got me feeling old as s*** lmao