Nov 6, 2023·3 repliesCan we stop playing the “who has the most cringe fan base” game
Because it’s every artist
People are so scared they gonna look like a nerd for listening to a certain artist they don’t even listen to music anymore
Nov 6, 2023·2 replies
Oblivion XBut I will say doom and dilla are kinda treated in a similar manner that I don't really know how to explain but that happened way before 2020
Their lore is built on mythology and the space to explore their worlds on your terms, if that makes sense.
Short-form video content for music gives fans have a face in a way that we haven't really experienced before. Specific fans can become entities in their own right off the backs of the likeness of the artists they hype up. That can be deeply alienating for the listener-artist experience, and I feel that way when white people from Scandinavia write long-form IG captions on why they love Donuts.
Nov 6, 2023notbrockCan we stop playing the “who has the most cringe fan base” game
Because it’s every artist
People are so scared they gonna look like a nerd for listening to a certain artist they don’t even listen to music anymore
yeah
just let us listen to whatever music it is
just vibe
- Nov 6, 2023·3 repliesbrowser
What do you mean by your last sentence? The Eric Andre-fication of underground rap
this s***
for many, everything that isn't draped in mainstream aesthetics or doesn't have the potentiality to be competitive in the mainstream is consumed post-ironically
and yes this picture signifies something a lot more racially charged but you'd never think that an artist like immortal technique, doom, etc were dehumanized in the way that so many alt rappers are nowadays
- OPNov 6, 2023fiveprestos
Their lore is built on mythology and the space to explore their worlds on your terms, if that makes sense.
Short-form video content for music gives fans have a face in a way that we haven't really experienced before. Specific fans can become entities in their own right off the backs of the likeness of the artists they hype up. That can be deeply alienating for the listener-artist experience, and I feel that way when white people from Scandinavia write long-form IG captions on why they love Donuts.
lol this is exactly why I made this thread for all you “Twitter thread again?” Ass motherfuckers
posts like this
That first sentence here is a gem man. Also the part about the YouTube video essays. S*** like this has moved so fast since 2017 that it’s rare people break s*** like this down lol
I don’t necessarily view it as a bad thing but it’s just interesting that that’s a whole subgenre of content at a time when the discussion/perception is that rap has it’s lowest interest ever.
Nov 6, 2023I def see what they mean. kinda agree
- OPNov 6, 2023·1 replynotbrock
Can we stop playing the “who has the most cringe fan base” game
Because it’s every artist
People are so scared they gonna look like a nerd for listening to a certain artist they don’t even listen to music anymore
That’s not what this is at least from my intentions
Nov 6, 2023Oblivion XAre they saying his image has been overly commercialized after death to the point people who aren't familiar with his work are like repping him or sum ?
yeah i get it
- Nov 6, 2023fiveprestos
Would his fanbase be insanely cringe in the flesh at a show now compared to, say, 2009? yes. But have you been to an Earl show recently?
If anything, its the Eric Andre-ification of underground rap that's the problem
- Nov 6, 2023browser
That’s not what this is at least from my intentions
Nah I’m just talking about some of the discussion itt and to anyone who thinks that way
Nov 6, 2023·3 repliesThis dude that paints murals in my city called me the day DOOM's death was announced and asked me which lyrics should he put on the mural because he didn't listen to him like that. It's up now and every time I see it I'm like damn.
- Nov 6, 2023fiveprestos
this s***
for many, everything that isn't draped in mainstream aesthetics or doesn't have the potentiality to be competitive in the mainstream is consumed post-ironically
and yes this picture signifies something a lot more racially charged but you'd never think that an artist like immortal technique, doom, etc were dehumanized in the way that so many alt rappers are nowadays
they don’t take the music seriously, it’s all some ironic joke
- Nov 6, 2023Theory Talk Trader
why are we supposed to pull apart and dissect tweets like it's fine art now, explain what the f*** you're saying or F*** OFF
The Frank Oceanification of Twitter
- Nov 6, 2023·3 replies
it’s like “this is some funny transgressive black people music i don’t take this seriously i only take joy division my bloody valentine and the smiths as serious”
- Nov 6, 2023·2 replies
Kinda true, except this not really new
Nov 6, 2023https://twitter.com/caltrops_press/status/1702057985424429491Not Like JosukeKinda true, except this not really new
Just shows how late this normie is
Also, stop promoting normies on here- Nov 6, 2023·1 replynecromancer
it’s like “this is some funny transgressive black people music i don’t take this seriously i only take joy division my bloody valentine and the smiths as serious”
Lol u tried
- Nov 6, 2023009
This dude that paints murals in my city called me the day DOOM's death was announced and asked me which lyrics should he put on the mural because he didn't listen to him like that. It's up now and every time I see it I'm like damn.
You helped a talented artist pay tribute to another talented artist.
- Nov 6, 2023
on the bright side, it’s good his fam gets residuals
Nov 6, 2023The Twitification of KTT2
Nov 6, 2023·1 replybrowserHe was alive when those came out tho.
- Nov 6, 2023·1 replybrowser
What do you mean by your last sentence? The Eric Andre-fication of underground rap
You should look up the thread about Death Grip concerts, he actually has a point.
Nov 6, 2023·1 replybrowserWhat do you mean by your last sentence? The Eric Andre-fication of underground rap
adult swim/underground rap audience crossover
Nov 6, 2023https://twitter.com/caltrops_press/status/1702057985424429491Not Like JosukeKinda true, except this not really new
No one saying this lmaooo
- Nov 6, 2023·1 replyTheory Talk Trader
why are we supposed to pull apart and dissect tweets like it's fine art now, explain what the f*** you're saying or F*** OFF
are you on this site to discuss s*** or not
