Keem drops good records at least

Harlow is a singles artist and I'm fine with that

kinda crazy we got people that dropped 20 years ago still going number 1 and being as relevant as anyone could be

who tf needs rap superstars

carti has potential but he's really an asap rocky level star instead of like a drake or cole level start even though those two are on different levels

YB hasn't peaked yet he's right now like Wayne in the Sqad Up and Carter 1 era

Pop was gonna be the next 50 cent even in the short window he got Europe got down with him if none of this BS happened he would've sold close to a mill first week i have no doubt

trav already has gotten as big as he would have ever gotten i think. over 500k first week, multiple number 1 singles, every huge brand partnership you could get, massive iconic tour, people dressing like him, superbowl performance. he'll be right back when he comes out of hiding

I like this theory. The superstar as we know it is no more.

Each sub genre will have it own superstar however that doesn’t mean it will translate outside of that genre.

All 3 would be killing it

Well big markets alone don’t attract FAs anymore

But as far as individuals, you got so many relatively comparable dudes in hype. Ain’t no Jordans, Magics, LeBrons who gotta be the face to sell tickets

Trae Bung, Ja, Giannis, Joel, KD, Steph, the corpse of Zion, and so on. You got so many dudes that are roughly comparable in terms of being that dude. Some obv more than others but it’s not like no one just is the entire face of the NBA, yknow. The rap game doesn’t need niggas to carry it solo anymore frankly

I do think more than ever, the gap in how media is consumed is contributing to that disparity amongst generations. The pre-CD generation did well on their medium and the ones after, but the Gen actually living through that change did well on old mediums.

These new dudes like literally can’t sell CDs. Can’t sell online albums without some complementary product. The 2010s and 2000s guys can sometimes do severely less streams and still make the numbers close just off album sales.

Punch shoulda acknowledged that many of the genre jumping dudes got killed for some reason or another.

Peep was big with rock and emo youth (which we could see by Juice and that Laroi kid, there’s a big niche), X was X, Juice was Juice, I even think a Mac Miller was just getting into a second career as a really impactful artist outside of internet camps. Seems like swimming was really successful at breaking him out that “funny cool rapper” slant

Why would I tell him? He'll just sign them and stop them from dropping music when they want to. Pass

yeat

Yea he def Rocky level

doja cat is next up? guess thats what being a music executive gets u; INSIDE KNOWLEDGE into the depths of the streets

Wouldve been GOAT

This world is crazy man, so many iconic rappers gone right before they were gonna explode globally

What's the source on 30 being the most successful album since her last one?

edit: nvm u mean pure sales i guess lol nvm

After Hours had a much much bigger impact globally than 30 imo. I don't think anyone can disagree with this at all

True true true

lol that nigga naming baby keem before Lil Baby and Durk. niggas cant even hide their bias