Yeah I straight up won't listen to an album that is like 55 minutes + and/or over 20 songs. I get artists do this to juice streaming numbers but I do not have the patience to listen through a couple dozen songs to pick out the 3-4 good ones

1. yes absolutely, especially my friends who dont make music, even if they had a good taste when we were younger a lot of have fallen off or developed oldhead mentalities

2. i think my line of work makes it a bit easier for me to stay caught up on stuff (musician / youtuber who talks about music / ktt s***poster) but i do sometimes find myself making a concerted effort to listen to stuff, and sometimes i can go weeks without feeling like i found something good

and im 28

I've only gotten deeper into music discovery as I've gone through my 20s. I love this s***, mane.

every time i say im gonna do this and stop listening all the way through albums i find a fire song at track 17 and im like damn ok i gotta keep giving the whole thing a shot lmao

Definitely noticed myself just bumping s*** from the 2000’s and 90’s but the difference is with us is that mainstream music actually devolved. Theres no equivalent today for what drake wayne kanye hov did

Niggas made that thread about Nas “who killed it” but i miss the time where that or Gold Watch by Lupe was still a “mainstream rap song” or at least could exist on a mainstream album from someone under 30-35

Travis being one of the most listened to artists of the younger generations is the perfect case point for the current state of music sucking.

Travis debuted 12 years ago and is one of the 5 biggest hip hop acts. The rest of that top 5 also debuted 10+ years ago. If the current state of music didn't suck these guys wouldn't still be dominating.

Bro tap in with the R&B section of KTT2. We got the RNB Thread by @mdmadon, Soul Sundays by @AudioConsulting, and GemStones by @Aquilla. We always showcasing undiscovered new and old R&B

That's not what you said in your original comment at all dude

Anyone can agree with that, very different point

Agreed. I wanna always be locked in and stay fresh imo

It's cause artists that are coming up aren't talented whatsoever.

Like, y'all can't convince me that Carti's dope.

Underground's thriving though.

Are you saying carti is on the come up in 2024?

Just saying in general from like, the late 2010's /now.

Ain't nobody can bar up anymore.

If you got a hot beat & a catchy hook, kids are gonna eat it up.

There's no effort being put forth product nowadays & it shows.

Everything's lazily slapped together

i dont listen to new music just youngboy, bach, chopin and mozart

Like I grew up to Hov, Ye, DOOM, etc.

We grew up in an era where the culture was thriving with excellence & were getting spoiled with classics left n' right.

Kendrick's the only one in the mainstream who's been holding s*** down (imo)

There's plenty of artistry still going on. In the mainstream yeah there's not a lot of lyricism but that's been more underground in general for forever vs mainstream

If you don't like the mainstream then just avoid it, plenty of music out there and sales don't actually matter

Pretty much boils down to that.

There's always underground cats that recapture that era we were so accustomed to.