Soundcloud era birthed some heavy hitters, but the strong foundation for fanbases is unmatched compared to the blog era

Blog/Soundcloud era 100%. These people become famous overnight now and have 0 clue how to handle it (some of which is obviously not their fault)

I listen to more 2010s rappers these days than I do with 2020s rappers

Good majority of these 2020 rappers have negative aura tbh

blog era and soundcloud era are separate

most of the heavy hitters from the soundcloud era have fallen off (besides uzi and carti)

Young Thug and Travis Scott are blog era rappers btw

Looking back, the blog era was my second favorite era after 93 to 01

Then yea

There's like 3 different era's in between 93-01

Uzi, Carti, Yatchy, Kodak, and 21 still have fan bases.

And no Travis and Thug are not blog era rappers lmao.

You just need time, luck, good music catalogue, and development to build that fan base. It's still too early to see that happen with anyone post

X, Juice, Pop Smoke, and Nipsey Hussle deaths who looked like were cultivating genuine movements.

YB was close but he f***ed up doing too much with the law.

SoundCloud era produced some pretty loyal fanbases

True......I became a hardcore fan in 98 so let's narrow that down to the late 90s

Anyway, it was fun as hell watching Drake, Cole, Kendrick, Sean, Wale, Wiz, etc.....go from being "internet rappers" to legit stars

there is no money in building a fanbase anymore because young listeners have been conditioned to not value music

you weren't around buddy.

Travi$ Scott is a blog era artist, he got his first initial buzz from blogs/tumblr

SoundCloud era has a lot of stars with strong fanbase. Maybe not as large and accepted in hip-hop as the big 3, but you have to acknowledge them

I think Tik Tok // microwave era we are in now kind of removed the artist from the equation and songs blow up but the artist doesn't really.

Plus, the middle tier has completely been eliminated. You're either selling 40k first week or 300k, there is no in-between

Yeah, Travis was late blog era

thefader.com/2013/05/08/gen-f-young-thug

trav and thug were the last wave before everything switched

I consider Travis/Future/Thug the transition era between blog and SoundCloud

I’m saying they built their fan base organically though. Artists like X and Juice really seemed to mark the end of that

their are modern rappers with fanbases so idk what OP trying to say

Id say thug isnt a blog rapper but travis and chance were like the last blog rappers they got in at the tail end of the blog era with acid rap and owl pharoah

But nah the soundcloud era is way more successful than it gets credit for

You’re better off building a niche cult fan base vs a large undedicated viralized fanbase

Carti has one of the most loyal fanbase in hip hop rn

Who are the heavy hitters from blog era that haven't fell off