Jun 9, 2021·2 replies
DAVIDPPersonally I don't keep up with alot of that stuff, but isn't Pop Smoke an example of this? He was honestly just starting to get a huge buzz and was gonna be a superstar, then out of nowhere he got killed?
pop smoke was killed in like a nice neighbourhood in LA like it wasn’t even like it was when X was in miami it’s just scary this can happen whenever
Jun 9, 2021·1 replySaint AquinasI'm also slowly being turned off by the same production arguments. They really don't hold as much weight as they once did to me anymore.
The production is literally HALF of the song and 3/4ths nowadays bro.
- Jun 9, 2021·2 repliesSaint Aquinas
Theres never been a time where authenticity didnt matter over music in rap. That's a foundational part of the genre.
I agree to a certain extent. I'd say that authenticity matters in your lyrics obviously, but I don't agree with rappers portraying a certain lifestyle that they aren't a part of. We've seen it with the Lil Pump 6ix9ine era. White kids getting face tats and s*** trying to look "tough" or "hard".
In reality I just want music that I can relate to, I also want to see/hear rappers who struggled make it OUT of their problems and leave it in the past. That's part of the reason seeing artists like Kanye, Nas, HOV, etc come UP out of a hard lifestyle and transition into businessmen is AWESOME to see.
You feel?
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replyKING OF KINGS
The production is literally HALF of the song and 3/4ths nowadays bro.
A lot of old music was like that lol.
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replyKING OF KINGS· edited
And then some of these "trend washed" new rappers think "Howling" fake pain on a song to be in trend with other artists who actually put the time into creating a certain sound that did go mainstream, will guarantee the same success. And what's crazy is NOWADAYS it works LMAO. With this FAKE wanna be street image, that will get them hurt outside of music. It's crazy beyond crazy
100% true. That's why I think alot of that s*** just needs to be left-behind. I do enjoy street rap for the lyricism and bars, but alot of these guys really do struggle with problems outside of the music it seems. That's hard to watch.
Seeing someone fake it for an image is screwed up. Just be yourself.
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replyv12
pop smoke was killed in like a nice neighbourhood in LA like it wasn’t even like it was when X was in miami it’s just scary this can happen whenever
That's so f***ed up man. RIP. He was an awesome rapper.
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replySaint Aquinas
A lot of old music was like that lol.
New levels , new devils, my friend.
- Jun 9, 2021DAVIDP
I agree to a certain extent. I'd say that authenticity matters in your lyrics obviously, but I don't agree with rappers portraying a certain lifestyle that they aren't a part of. We've seen it with the Lil Pump 6ix9ine era. White kids getting face tats and s*** trying to look "tough" or "hard".
In reality I just want music that I can relate to, I also want to see/hear rappers who struggled make it OUT of their problems and leave it in the past. That's part of the reason seeing artists like Kanye, Nas, HOV, etc come UP out of a hard lifestyle and transition into businessmen is AWESOME to see.
You feel?
@BigDckBandit
Need a second opinion on this, how you feel about this post? - Jun 9, 2021·1 replyDAVIDP
100% true. That's why I think alot of that s*** just needs to be left-behind. I do enjoy street rap for the lyricism and bars, but alot of these guys really do struggle with problems outside of the music it seems. That's hard to watch.
Seeing someone fake it for an image is screwed up. Just be yourself.
I just fixed my post
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replyKING OF KINGS
New levels , new devils, my friend.
Emotions always trump everything in music for most people. It's why a singer can have basic production and still be successful.
- Jun 9, 2021KING OF KINGS
I just fixed my post
and everything you said was 100% correct.
Jun 9, 2021·1 replyDAVIDPNot unless the styles switch up and they start rapping on more diverse beats.
Nobody wants to hear the same instrumentals used over and over like they've been doing for a while
on KTT1 you can see when I was hyping this up to be dope, then last year I was like ehh now I'm sick of it
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replyDAVIDP
I agree to a certain extent. I'd say that authenticity matters in your lyrics obviously, but I don't agree with rappers portraying a certain lifestyle that they aren't a part of. We've seen it with the Lil Pump 6ix9ine era. White kids getting face tats and s*** trying to look "tough" or "hard".
In reality I just want music that I can relate to, I also want to see/hear rappers who struggled make it OUT of their problems and leave it in the past. That's part of the reason seeing artists like Kanye, Nas, HOV, etc come UP out of a hard lifestyle and transition into businessmen is AWESOME to see.
You feel?
Those rappers are an exception who die out fast, not the norm. We shouldnt focus on the minority of rappers who fake images especially when they get a lot of flack for it and are never really that relevant in rap. In music sure but not in rap. 69 is different though since he payed for his reputation
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replySaint Aquinas
Emotions always trump everything in music for most people. It's why a singer can have basic production and still be successful.
They do, but the oversaturation of everyone TRYING to copy that formula with the belief of everything you just said in that post will deaden that effect to even be true.
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replySaint Aquinas
Those rappers are an exception who die out fast, not the norm. We shouldnt focus on the minority of rappers who fake images especially when they get a lot of flack for it and are never really that relevant in rap. In music sure but not in rap. 69 is different though since he payed for his reputation
Idk bro those guys were the forefront of s*** for like 2 years
- Jun 9, 2021https://twitter.com/Polo_Capalot/status/1400844054598873091Zalaianaese
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replyKING OF KINGS
They do, but the oversaturation of everyone TRYING to copy that formula with the belief of everything you just said in that post will deaden that effect to even be true.
Is there really an oversaturation if most of these artists are local?
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replyDAVIDP
Idk bro those guys were the forefront of s*** for like 2 years
Lil pump was never that big lmao the internet community made him bigger than what he was in real life. He sold like 40k fw in 2017 lol. 69 had hits but hes the exception, not the norm
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replySaint Aquinas
Is there really an oversaturation if most of these artists are local?
Locality shouldn't have much to do with anything.
If anything it should push the difference in sound.
Cash Money never sounded like No Limit
Boosie never sounded like Lil Wayne
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replySaint Aquinas
Lil pump was never that big lmao the internet community made him bigger than what he was in real life. He sold like 40k fw in 2017 lol. 69 had hits but hes the exception, not the norm
That's not what im saying this. just that general era was filled with phonies
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replyKING OF KINGS
Locality shouldn't have much to do with anything.
If anything it should push the difference in sound.
Cash Money never sounded like No Limit
Boosie never sounded like Lil Wayne
Roddy Ricch doesn't sound like Rod Wave.
Kodak Black doesn't sound like Yungeen Ace.
There's always examples to refute the argument the music sounds the same.
As for your specific examples, artists on no limit sounded like other artists in hip-hop even if they didn't sound like cash money.
Boosie sounded like UGK when he first started rapping. Baton Rouge and New Orleans treat each other like different states and that explains more of the difference. BR is more texas than Louisiana in a lot of ways.
Jun 9, 2021op out here making up genre names like he an rym moderator. Respect.
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replyDAVIDP
That's not what im saying this. just that general era was filled with phonies
name others besides pump and 69
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replySaint Aquinas
name others besides pump and 69
smokepurpp
lil xan
lil tecca
lil moseyidk alot of these garbage rappers lol, you know what im talking about
all of those meme songs that charted.
- Jun 9, 2021·1 replyDAVIDP
That's so f***ed up man. RIP. He was an awesome rapper.
woulda been one of the leaders of the new generation