Not sure what you’re proposing outside of crying because some white boy is making 2000s era inspired datpiff rap

Like what even is that goal here besides complaining

How elaborate

I like Ian’s music while also acknowledging and agreeing with some of the criticisms surrounding him but his detractors fail to realize that they’re only giving him more and more attention the more and more they write think piece after think piece about him. You don’t fw him then don’t even acknowledge his existence it would work wonders.

How is that not a problem lmao

Exactly. Here’s another great idea, talk more about the people supporting the culture instead of the “vultures”

Im not proposing anything

I just thought the sentiment in title was poignant and ironically its what youre doing right now

What’s confusing?

It’s not that serious

ive heard 3 songs and it didnt sound remotely close to what you're describing

Yeat > Ian > nettspend

He sounds like gentrified Yeat over ‘00s Gucci mixtape beats

You could make a thread about artist you like and feel like are pushing boundaries

Or could you could jump in the booth and make a diss track to show them what the culture is feeling

Complaining with no goal in sight just sounds like you’re writing think pieces for attention

THANK YOU! Ian is definitely blowing up among the kids/young adults but people are acting like dude is a global phenomenon lol plenty of authentic acts in the underground that people could get behind that are going up rn but they won’t while complaining about those same people not getting attention

I just want you to tell me why you think that don’t be annoying

keef created another wave, what else is new
started this whole 2000s trap revivalism

Chief Keef the most influential artist since James Brown

controversy and gimmick s*** sells
the thinkpieces only come AFTER twitter and IG zoomers blow this guy up because he has an 'interesting' minstrel gimmick.

I feel ya @op but you playing right into it posting bout this frfr

These talentless f***s cant think of anything themselves so they just copy the GOAT

I mean I could see why people would look at it as minstrel s*** but based on what I’ve seen from people younger from me they genuinely just like his music

It’s like what Beyoncé tried to do with Cowboy Carter except people are actually listening to Ian

Its how we got to this place where everyone is just tryna make a variation of whats popping instead of the 90’s to maybe mid / late 2000’s mentality of trying to somewhat unique even in the mainstream. Even up till 2015 people were still relatively tryna have their own lane if they wanted to be taken serious as an artist

Once it became “nigga shut up you not popping nobody wanna hear all that lyrical s***” Everyone just tryna make the best version of a list of a few trends/archetypes

We at a point now where Carti gets hype for Future cosplay or Tana gets hype for Thug cosplay or ian gets hype for Yeat cosplay. The mentality being “nobody cares get popping you can make clone music too or shut up” is how that happens

100 Gecs

U literally are part of the problem lol