Imagine not mentioning pop whos more of legend then all those niggas op named smh

but the streaming era has given more niche artists an audience that would've never been given a chance in any earlier era.

You think a rapper type like Mike/Current earl/navy blue could've had success in the early 2010s? When Death Grips and Cherry Bomb were being killed for having intentionally bad mixing?

oh my goodness yall niggas are out of touch.

The reason there isn't "gatekeepers" like that anymore is because radio is no longer pigeonholing and forcing an audience to only listen to 2 or 3 rappers only.

Niggas have a choice now.

Yall d***ride the "big 3" so much that yall forget how many just as great rappers had to get left behind or s***ted on in order for those big 3 to be as lauded as they are. To this day I cringe thinking at how Big K.R.I.T. and J Cole are literally neck and neck as far as skills and production and overall talent goes (and IMO. KRIT tips the scales in his favor especially when it comes to singing.) but no, we s*** on KRIT for the weirdest reasons.

It's sooooo many talented niggas in the blog era that got left behind. His personality aint helped, but Wale IS up there as far as one of the best rappers of his era. We should be greatful we're now in an era where no longer is the audience forced to gather around just one artist that might cater to what they want some of the time, when they can just go to an artist that actually fufills their niche.

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Put up or shut up then.

And I'ma keep it a buck. I don't like how niggas act like just because it's in a melody or in autotune that these new niggas ain't rapping and spitting bars too.

Like Kodak Black don't exist. Like Youngboy aint spit his heart out on that 1st verse of Story of OJ remix (oh wait "he aint all the way technically on beat so we can't f*** with it" while at the same time we complain about rappers having the same flows)

Like Lil' Baby aint been on a historic feature run (2021 aint close to being over but his Wants and Needs verse is up there for my top favorite) S***, his Crash Talk verse is what made me a fan.

Like DaBaby and Meg don't be rappin.

I'm sure majority of niggas b****ing in this thread are around our mid 20s. (i'm 26.) yall in that big a rush to become washed?

Earl dropped two great albums that were his best selling also in 2013 and 2015. So yes.

Ah, so you missed the part where I said Current Earl. Gotcha.

SRS is his best album.

@op

Or get some swag

Pap’s 100 Miles & Walkin is serious AOTY contender tho

Are Mike Earl and navy blue having success now?

I'd like to think so.

All you need is an audience loyal enough to support your bandcamp (which artists makes way more money off of in total) independent and you can be pretty successful. I'm sure MIKE and navy both eating way good off that.

Bro I’ll check em out in good faith cuz you posted links but da baby and Meg the stallion is NOT what I’m talking about lol.

Xxx was garbage booty juice but everyone else?

Nobody.

That’s why Drake still got the Head of the Table position for at least the first five years of this decade.

Give me some underground artist to check out that aren't very old school focused

saba

Facts but We needed an album yesterday

It’s up to Playboi Carti now to carry artistry in rap. Couldn’t have asked for a better person

this thread or a variation of it gets made every other week, you have access to streaming services with an incredible abundance of music, find artists that suite your tastes instead of focusing on what the wide majority of people enjoy. This is a music forum yet I see little to no dialogue about music that people enjoy, it's depressing.

Idc much about the current mainstream rap landscape and I'm starting to feel somewhat out of touch but you don't see me complaining about it every other day, focusing so much onto that instead of music you actually enjoy is weird to me.

just put on spotify auto play man smh

key glock and dolph dropped a collab album last week and you're asking who's good anymore

Real af for that krit point crazy how the industry did that man

The idea of a big 3 is dead tho and y’all doing yourselves a huge disservice clinging onto that and missing out on the ones who can restore the feeling. Gatekeeping don’t work anymore because y’all not opening it for new artists. Tap the f*** in. This music s*** a democracy the audience is more powerful than we think if y’all wanna hear something new the push for what sounds fresh. Y’all hanging onto niggas who ain’t drop in 5 years

The idea of having a savior in rap in 2021 is f***ing stupid too because this s*** more alive than ever who said it needs saving?