Any examples?

newgen

yo turn on that new tommy richman 😂🙏

the sad fact that we have to accept as old heads is that rap is Pop music now

and a part of popular American culture

it’s not segmented into its own thing outside of awards shows
20 years ago Jack Harlow probably would’ve been a pop singer or frontman in a band

but he’s a rapper bc rap is what people view as part of mainstream music

Pop music by contrast doesn’t really have dominant sounds per se, it just seems to reflect the ecosystem as a whole

Let’s bring back lyrical rap!

the trend is to make s*** that keeps interest for a maximum of 2 weeks

Glo beats

All 5 of those sounds are bad honestly

What is a good sound/rap subgenre?

Honestly most of them. Trap, boom bap, west coast, whatever. Those sounds just aren't done well anymore outside of legacy artists. New trap producers can't make hard-hitting drums - I was saying in another thread that snares have straight up disappeared fsr. New boom bap producers can't flip a sample creatively. And new rappers have no energy or charisma. Hip-hop is facing a competency crisis

All I know is white people love them some Mexican OT

Rap is dying

Same as rock died

Jersey club is for life

Loops and samples never left