And then you joined us in the year 2024 where we just came out of 12 months of niggas complaining about rap music being S*** lol

“No one is stopping them and you’re whining” why does this debate take yall to this place of being so combative and standoffish lmao

Lol you’re just being facetious in your statement by acting like the only thing Holding art together is the rules of old school HipHop

Just because there are no rules of institution doesn’t mean there aren’t other factors to account for

The subjective experience and corporate profits are not the only rules to follow, but they matter more than some “ohhhhh but you HAVE to do this or else you’re staining HipHop ”

Wrong

In the same way that forcing yourself to adhere to the “rules of the old” and not fighting the corporate power that hovers over music led to rock decaying and turning into a shambling corpse today, the same will happen to HipHop

Rap music was s*** to you last year because it’s been turned into a corporate w**** for profit, not because of trap music as a genre

Old and bitter

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Again bro I’m confused why you’re acting as if I said Travis needs to rap like canibus because I brought up “rules” in response to someone acting like Travis has the same lyrical ‘responsibility’ as aphex twin lol

Calling yourself a rapper for the aesthetic and brand rub but not caring about actually trying to write lyrics even in the realm of what you have to do to win in the mainstream is bs but it’s also why history will only remember them (Carti, Travis, Uzi, etc.) as cool looking brand mascots if niggas don’t bring up Ludacris and Nelly in all time discussions lol

well you sound young and bitter.

So ill give you a pass for ur ignorance.
Peace !

He’s a rapper because he raps

Idk what else you need to ask from Him

I love music rn I have no complaints, simply improvements to suggest

Trap Production taking over every facet of mainstream rap is the biggest symptom of everything before your comma lol

Yeah and guess what

Trap music is simple easy and cheap

Profits

Corporate interest

You dig?

S*** don’t happen in a vacuum

People got agendas and shareholder meetings

You’re intentionally being dense from where the convo started about him bringing up the aphex twin album and I’m not sure why

Its the tragic story of a young man f***ing his shoulder up

You somehow think all rap is inherently required to be more substantial and lyrically intricate than other genres when it doesn’t

you’re literally just saying whatever you wanna say and attributing it to me lol

Me saying he has more of a lyrical “duty” than aphex f***in twin Lmaoo is not ^ this lol

“I’m not saying he’s required to be more lyrical but it is his duty”

You’re literally saying that he is required to be more lyrical to deserve artistic respect

Zootopia

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i think he pictures you as a dusty real hip hop head.

That would actually be me, lol. im that guy.

No I’m saying that he has more of a lyrical “duty” to have lyrics that at least make f***in sense than aphex twin who literally has no lyrics and just throws computer noises over ambience, I’m not sure if you’re familiar? Lmao wtf

Lyrics don’t have to make sense

And his lyrics make sense

Aphex twins programming makes no melodic sense yet is appealing

Travis’ rapping makes no lyrical sense yet is appealing

An amalgamation of everything that got him to where he is today. A massive thank you to the longtime fans and a nice way to give them the album he’s been building up to now that he has full creative control. A goodbye to the past