Oh yea,this social media/reality show street rap era is finally getting closure. Labels been helping these dudes move and market themselves for awhile,now they wanna swim big and can't. Alot of acts fame was never real,their label had them on training wheels.

I wanna see what numbers Uzi can move in a solo arena tour. He's the top selling rapper this yr by default.

Nah the rap shows I’ve been to were very professional and on time. Only exception was Travis making us stand and wait for an hour and a half but the show made up for it

Travis and Eminem were the only great rap shows I’ve seen live, Mac was dope too

Kendrick and Drake were very underwhelming

Depends who you see. Saw Migos one time. They were bad. I’ve seen videos of 21 Savage performing live. He is f***ing atrocious

Travis Scott x3
Young Thug
Travis x Thug
2015 Yachty
J. Cole
Mac Miller
Baby Keem x3
Kodak Black
Kendrick Lamar x3
Playboi Carti
Wiz Khalifa
Key Glock
French Montana
Megan thee Stallion
Gucci Mane
Young Nudy
Kanye West x3
Childish Gambino
Jaden Smith
Smino

You should support everything I do

if the energy isn't matching Tyler the Creator I dont wanna hear it.

just taking this chance to reiterate that Young Nudy is a bad performer

Was there too. Badu's theatrics, live arrangements, and band that was killing ALL set is a f***ing standard that all live acts should live by. It's so much levels you can take songs when you do them solely live without a backing track (e.g. the band transitioning from Freddie Hubbard's Red Clay to "...And On")

Let's harp on Yasiin Bey (cause that's the popular "live rap model" today) cause all that nigga had was just himself and a dj.

We need to have a conversation about how these 40+ y/o rappers (yasiin, jadakiss, busta rhymes, etc.) ALL have way better breath control than kids in their F***ING 20s because that's all that has been on my mind since then.

The mic presence and control of the whole stage that yasiin had the entire night is something that was special. And even he "remixed" some of his songs and the crowd was still with it because he had a catalog that everyone remembered and loved.

Also (in spite of him being elusive as a star), the crowd/fanbase still has love for him as a person. So when he debuts new material dedicated to his mom at the show, the crowd is receptive.

All this and the MSG show wasn't "sold out" but it didn't matter because everyone that came, CAME FOR THE MUSIC.

Also last thing: jada voice Why these rappers keep rhyming over the words?

Juicy J, Denzel Curry, and Travis Scott were the only rap shows I ever went to that were truly great.

ive been wondering why all these older rappers seem to have better breathing control and stage presence than niggas in their 20s? that should not happen man lol

because these 20 year olds prolly got the insides of a 65 y/o all the pills and d**** they've done by the time they 18.
Like even X in his final years was a better performer than a lot of these niggas and he was on crack

One thing that is rough about new rap is in between the great modern talent you get a lot of mid that rises to the top due to streaming and algorithms artificially inflating their popularity for a time until they fall off. Soundcloud wave was insane with that.

But there are some crazy live performers still. Carti is a maniac

Yea idk what to tell you, been to 28 shows so far and they all been good. Maybe just gotta know how to pick ‘em

Do NOT see Lil Uzi Vert live

None of the others besides Young Nudy were bad, and even that one was fun, but those three were special

only rapper from this gen I wanna see live is carti

Kanye was great every time. I saw Kendrick in 2012 and he brought black hippy rocky and 50 out. I saw pro Era 420 2013 wit zombies and underachievers right after steez died that was great. Danny brown on old tour was great. Yung lean first us show with his entire crew at Webster was great.

but yea besides those a Lotta forgettable rap shows

and most of those shows were great because of the crowd more than anything else

Hip hop festivals beg to differ

If you truly think low ticket sales has anything to do with the quality of the show then you are dumb as hell.

Very convenient to make this thread now tho