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Doesn’t seem like this place really like RTJ like that anymore.
When RTJ2 dropped, they were the darlings of the music forumsphere.
They still are
Not even trying to be edgy, i completely forgot this album. so thank you OP gonna go relisten
Seems like the opinion around Killer Mike started to change too with some of his political stuff happening
it's weird cos I really like the second one
but dont care at all for any of the others, not even the first
yeah definitely. i like specific tracks on the other ones but 2 is the only album i fully fw
its def because of their audience. they have a really weird career trajectory where these both kinda semi-underground or niche dudes formed a duo and suddenly became reddit celebrities. El-P was like basically backpacker rap and then after RTJ he's doing Rick & Morty promos on Adult Swim. all the brand deals like that + leaning into the weird white twitter/reddit audience hurt their public image a lot on KTT and a few other music circles. you have a lot of fans of them who treat them the same way as eminem with the "i don't like hip hop but these guys are really saying some real s***!!" and thats def rubbed onto how people view them not vs like 8 years ago
summed it up perfectly
can’t take em seriously anymore after killer mike basically outed himself a radlib either, it took a lotta the punch out of his bars for me
RTJ just kinda corny, it sounds like rap for white people I can’t explain it and I used to LOVE RTJ2
summed it up perfectly
can’t take em seriously anymore after killer mike basically outed himself a radlib either, it took a lotta the punch out of his bars for me
There’s a lot of cognitive dissonance in rap in general but it’s weird af hearing el-p & killer mike try to make these like tracks about shooting corporate people and racial reckoning and then like giving rights of their music to Pepsi commercials and doing adult swim Rick & morty bumpers i def understand artists gotta eat and I don’t blame people for doing business but the context of their music and audience is really skewed and weird now. That said RTJ2 is still amazing
killer mike verse on walking in the snow is phenomenal.
One of the best of not the best on his career. And he’s a hip hop legend so that’s saying something
So basically insecure people just stopped enjoying something they genuinely liked cause of s*** spewed out of other peoples mouths.
Yep
Niggas hate on RTJ because of the Fan Base but the music is as good as ever.
There’s a lot of cognitive dissonance in rap in general but it’s weird af hearing el-p & killer mike try to make these like tracks about shooting corporate people and racial reckoning and then like giving rights of their music to Pepsi commercials and doing adult swim Rick & morty bumpers i def understand artists gotta eat and I don’t blame people for doing business but the context of their music and audience is really skewed and weird now. That said RTJ2 is still amazing
Doesn’t Mike cape for the NRA too?
I think the fans just got used to RTJ's high standard and quality of music that they don't get impressed anymore.
Their output is still far above the average rappers
S*** is weird tbh
All their albums are good to great but for some reason they are considered corny now or some s***
Reddit.
man no music really sticks anymore. after 2018 everything went downhill
I play albums from 2018 more than I do albums from this year lol
Doesn’t Mike cape for the NRA too?
No.
He’s friends with Colion Noir - The Black host who was working for the NRA at the time and they finally did an interview before he left the NRA.
Mike “capes” for NAAGA if anything.
I’m not trying to correct anyone because I’m honestly not into that it’s a waste of time, but in the name of transparency and truth Mike & El have been working for Adult Swim waaaayyy before RTJ was even a thing.. Mike was literally on “Frisky Dingo” back in 2006