Troy Ave Stan

4mo

Kendrick was the savior but he was compromised and started droppin trash like mid steppers

Cole the only one left but he tryna be in the shadows

YANDHI

4mo

There's artists who do this, you guys are just expecting it from the mainstream U.S. music industry in 2026, where the bar isn't exactly high. And quite frankly the audience isn't exactly interested either.

@Butters1017 made a great point about acts in different genres who don't get looks from mainstream, but you can also just look outside of the U.S. And lots of them uniquely use hip-hop as their base, inspired by the decades of activism the genre has spurred.

Kneecap from Northern Ireland is a great example. They've not only reinvigorated youth to learn their native tongues again, but have taken such a strong pro-Irish, Palestine, human rights, etc.. stance that its ruffled their own and foreign governments. They even starred as themselves in their own indie biopic with support from Michael Fassbender. They're doing exactly what people want out of acts here.

Just last year, BBC refused to air their Glastonbury set, U.K charged one member under a terrorism law to make their lives and travel harder (later dropped), they were banned from Hungary by Orban's government to prevent them from performing at Sziget Festival, they had their visas revoked by Rubio ton prevent them performing their sold out tour in the U.S, banned from Canada.... it goes on and on.

eye contact

4mo

Earl

huey p rxcan

4mo

the something is themselves

1) that music f***ing SUCKS

2) they don’t care about the industry. they’re fundamentally not narcisstic / opportunistic enough to have their music reach that next level. it is very insular for their local communities

it’s absolutely not a conspiracy, the music just blows, the recordings usually blows, and they’re not interested in fame

this is not an alt

4mo

Why yall want artists to confirm your political beliefs so bad is what im always wondering

this is not an alt

4mo

Why yall want artists to confirm your political beliefs so bad is what im always wondering

eversince

4mo

drake

Fever

4mo

I'm ngl this is a pretty funny comment to read as someone form an area with a lot of popular bands/musicians over the years related to politics specifically.

It's just that there's been a very clear cut off within the past 10 years where these bands seemingly stopped blowing up regardless of their sound or specific genre. I mentioned a scene more than just any specic genre

We still have some bubbling under pretty heavily but none are seriously exploding like they used to, which feels weird.

Not from my area but think chat pile, why are they one of the very, very few political bands to grow out of these scenes and actually get popular outside of just local scenes and niche genres? And they still aren't really rated where they should be in the grand scheme of things after the last 2 records being that successful

huey p rxcan

4mo

i have a personal vendetta against hardcore music, i haven’t found anything worthwhile listening to past the OG’s and the community where im from is a bunch of LARP’ers who move here from out of town desperate to find identity and cosplay as poor

i was being a d*** and speaking with authority on a subculture that i have basic knowledge of. i respect your response, i just don’t mesh well with that scene and probably never will as it stands right now. but maybe other cities have more authenticity.

i just never heard a turnstile, show me the body, jesus piece
song and was like this is the future!

but again i’m being a d*** head with limited knowledge and just have personal vendettas against that scene

Fever

4mo

I'm ngl this is a pretty funny comment to read as someone form an area with a lot of popular bands/musicians over the years related to politics specifically.

It's just that there's been a very clear cut off within the past 10 years where these bands seemingly stopped blowing up regardless of their sound or specific genre. I mentioned a scene more than just any specic genre

We still have some bubbling under pretty heavily but none are seriously exploding like they used to, which feels weird.

Not from my area but think chat pile, why are they one of the very, very few political bands to grow out of these scenes and actually get popular outside of just local scenes and niche genres? And they still aren't really rated where they should be in the grand scheme of things after the last 2 records being that successful

NISONISONISO

4mo

Miguel whole s*** laced with political opinion and angst, even sometimes just as subtext. City of Angels, Angel’s Song… great feature of his artistry

Paak has the potential to be good w conveying urgent timely messages too… “Lockdown” was a moment imo

Dipset Forever

4mo

Genuinely woulda been D'Angelo if he hadn't have passed

Fever

4mo

Ok then I don't even get why you felt the need to broadcast any of this, especially if those are the 3 you pick when we are discussing the political side....just feels weirdly hateful and antagonist

Valentine

4mo

none of them can or will. Jon Batiste the only one probably today and that’s just cause of his musical lineage

huey p rxcan

4mo

in regards to chat pile i only heard gods country and was very EH on it

that genre just doesn’t speak to me, and it feels very rooted in an archaic sense of what american rock music can / should be.

but ofc i must be biased bc ima. big fan of noise rock. but there’s just not a lot of noise rock that currently is coming out that excites me. here and there i see a new band that peaks my interest but rarely scratches the itch

imma give their later albums a chance. i’m excited to hear the hayden pedigo collab album bc im a big fan of hayden. brilliant guitarist.

insertcoolnamehere

4mo

They gon' tell you that you fake for not heralding fake ass Zulu as some messiahs even tho they lead mandem got hella weird cases and probably shouldn't be around.

nine

4mo

we will never have music of community substance because it goes against the narrative of record label execs and their bosses. only substance of music will always be personal. mainstream wise anyways

Fever

4mo

Honestly a solid 1/4 to 1/3 of random hardcore/punk bands no one has ever heard of with a couple hundred followers from their little town/city/scene

None of them blow up or get any more listeners than that and it feels like something is happening to prevent it

Benny Boy

4mo

Billy Woods
Paul Thomas Anderson