i see this sentiment a lot of the time recently within the rap community

so many casual listeners are now complaining about or critiquing mixing

anyone else notice this?

mixing doesnt bother me unless my ears hurt or i cant hear u or the vocals are obnoxiously loud

yea

They watch reaction YouTubers / reviewers probably

because it's becoming more noticeable.

We’re not obsessed, we’re concerned that you constantly mix with kids

I don’t usually care about mixing, but it does matter regarding how big your s*** gets.
Simply being easier to listen to, and/or having a good hierarchy for the elements of the song that understands the strengths and why people are listening can make a big difference for more casual listeners.

People been hearing slight variations of the same 808s and autotune for so long now that people think they know what they “should” sound like

because back in the day you wouldnt hear a song that wasnt mixed by a professional

now you got every shmuck with fl studio able to put out music thats mixed like s***

Dude you could hear the quality in those early 2000's rap albums.

The G-Unit albums were so professionally put sound wise, it puts everything to shame mixing wise today.

Sad that now that most artists are recording their vocals on a couch with like 20 people around instead of a professional vocal booth, it's a shame really.

What’s a casual listener?

Can someone post a good example of a bad and good mixed song

BOO NIGGA

BOO NIGGA

Because it's popular

outdated chart, the philosophy behind mixing bass has changed a lot since this was made

Melz W here

Most talk about mixing because of being fantanostylepilled and because the listener has become the critic as opposed to the enjoyer. No one know how to take a song in these days. Besides me, of course

not gonna hold u i don't see what op talking abt, i haven't seen someone complain abt mixing for a long ass time.

iconic chart tho

I see it as someone who just listens to music either in the background and/or now and again, but who doesn’t look up lyrics or really engage with it, beyond having it on because it sounds nice, or the lyrics in the chorus speak to them.
There is nothing wrong with this, but they have different listening habits, and different things are important to them.
They also outnumber the more hardcore listeners at least 20 to 1

GOOD (in my opinion)

BAD (in my opinion)

Been that way for years especially on ktt niggas started thinking they was rick rubin

This is really smart, and a good a***ogy

Hahaaaaa yeah every song mixed the same!