Which one you got

I knew the genre was on its last legs when DaBaby and Lil Baby were the hottest rappers in 2019 and 2020

Drake saturated the sound too

It also didn’t help that Pop Smoke and X passed away

both some ass

I’m criticizing the art because it’s lackluster, not because of their motives for making said art. But it can be inferred that the reason for the art being lackluster is partly due to their motives behind it. If they had more of an incentive to perform, they would, like the NBA All-Star Game

You can use a Tay Keith beat from 2017 and still make a hit in 2024

imagine someone tryna make a hit off a Jazze phe beat from 2006 in 2012

Drake fans still fixated on Dawn FM’s debut from 2 years ago when the album will soon have more daily streams than all Drake’s albums except the new one :(

The art being lackluster is just your opinion. Many would disagree.

Either way it’s lowkey like you’re stereotyping them niggas. Like they don’t care about art as much and they just doing it to make money. That’s so ignorant

Nobody listens to rye s***ty ass music here

The Cody crybaboes prevented this from happening

it’s funny how everything being accessible has left room for things that are enjoyable to be appreciated regardless of how “old” it is

Trends grow and die so fast now that a trends potential can still be realized way later doing the line
They never really get the chance to properly grow or die imo

Clearly many more would agree since mainstream rap has been in the sewer since 2019, which is what this thread is about!!!

It’s easier to get an album release now off the muscle of building a following, but good luck getting a second release on a major

Forgot what the outrageous number is of acts that getting signed to the major label system yearly but this s*** ain’t easy so once you’re in sometimes you just gotta take advantage of the moment, especially when you come from less fortunate circumstances

Sometimes it’s f*** the art cause you love your family and wanna bring something more than what you came from and get out the game clean 🤷🏽‍♂️
Ain’t no shame in that

YB got 5 number albums if you wanna play that game

He also has released like 29 projects since 2019

Genre dead cos mainstream making it about money and sales

Ppl going through s***. Say something, do something truthful. Now country and rock is that place for truth now. Look at how big that In My Town s*** got. Cos he was saying some s*** everyone (from that demographic) could relate to.

Good. There needs to be a new genre. I’m glad rock is coming back as well.

Pooh sheisty lowkey one of the most talented rappers that came out in the last 5 years

on the money about the ageism problem

Doesn’t matter
Drake got multiple diamond albums loading

No ones stereotyping anyone, My guy it’s common sense

If you see someone going out of their way to make something that sounds original and also putting effort into everything surrounding the music to make sure it’s presented in the right way versus someone just copying a popular sound and that’s it then it’s pretty f***ing obvious

Also you gonna answer what was yb was doing on that album that was original or just dance around that one?

Those Rappers dying in 2018-2020 was critical to the genre.
Now the Roddys, Polo Gs etc don't hit the same like they used to during pandemic.
We have female Rap thriving like never
before but most of them scared for dropping albums instead they want to drop singles with thirst trap music video. Wish atleast one of them said f*** it here's my album and all girlies can follow that and basically turned the game upside.
Anyways we had a great first couple of months this year for Hip-Hop Rap as compared to last year.

And so does The Weeknd…

…as well as virtually every other huge act from the streaming era

Nothing wrong with working with the same producer or having ‘basic’ videos as long as you actually like rapping

it has been awhile huh

If you listen to any YB interview talking about his music it’s clear that it’s very important/personal to him. But all of that is irrelevant to people like you because he doesn’t fit into whatever box you think he should.

And I already did. He made an album on rage beats. Carti didn’t invent rage music