Theres nothing wrong with people having inspiration. Like you said a lot of the best material comes from direct inspiration. An example of what im getting at is between like 2018-2019 there was this wave of underground concious rap where literally all of it sounded like a hybrid Mick Jenkins X Isaiah Rashad X Goldlink kinda thing or were doing this weird hybrid Kendrick X Logic flow. It was like literally every single song sounded the same. I remember telling myself then, this is the same thing we complain about with trap music.

I completely agree, nobody is going to be a savior. lol

“ underground concious rap where literally all of it sounded like a hybrid Mick Jenkins X Isaiah Rashad X Goldlink kinda thing or were doing this weird hybrid Kendrick X Logic flow. “

Logic is hella derivative of everyone that dont even make sense.

And Isaiah rashad sound like lil wayne. This post you made is confusing as hell lol.

And Im a Kendrick fan like everyone else but i aint with this whole “lol he rap fast he must be kendrick lamar” s*** yall was doing to JID for years.

Isaiah sounds nothing like Lil Wayne.

Exactly

Maybe his early 2009 music does but its barely noticeable now

U shut up

Jay Z the king of chameleon flows but nobody say “yo why jay z imitate so and so every new album” because they just enjoyed the damn music lol. They aint dismiss a whole scene.

The one bad thing about today’s era is the focus on singles vs. albums. But we been through this before when it was ringtones vs. albums. Everything comes back around, I dont believe in making grand statements on the music scene during a time where the money has stopped completely. Of course we getting throwaways lol.

Watch how s*** changes once touring opens up again. Niggas’ll have so much s*** to say, I’m optimistic tbh.

agreed

Rap is in a good place

Im slowly moving away from rap unfortunately, after almost like 20 years. It's so "fast food" now.. theres almost nothing memorable anymore, nothing I would be excited to play for my future kids. Hopefully im just getting too old and just miss the beat now. But older rap songs still sound extremely good.. they feel timeless.. i feel theres no timeless music anymore and its more about money, ads and just to get peoples attention for 3 seconds. It's all good tho as there is enough great music made before and I like other genres too so it's fine.

Ole dusty Nas must haven’t heard any Key Glock or Larry June or Smino songs

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Real Wayne fans never stopped listening and never posted memes fool

So rap is boring, but Pop Smoke who kept making the same sounding s*** prior to his last album is a stand out?

Then if it don't apply let it fly lol. You know what I'm talkin bout.

Oh okay I thought u meant that it was impossible to be an actual Wayne fan during the time my b

Ok grandpa

Still funny how some niggas on here are still acting like Nas said anything negative or was on some hating s***.

Reminds me of Renegade when Hov said "Do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it?"

Niggas read a clickbait title and react before reading the actual interview. He even says he appreciates them. Lol

zoomers itt

Ktt is mad nas didnt list any trap rappers that they idolize 😂

That t grizzley sound is garbage i dont get y’all obsession with it

Im surprised you feel that way tbh there are definitely similarities to be made between some of the underground stars, but the unique concepts they each bring to the table is what really sets them apart. The top dudes in slums dont even really sound anything alike, the griselda affiliates and their offspring have a very similar style especially with beat selection, but the bars are what distinguish them. You cant deny the best lyricists to ever live are alive and rapping right now