Ain’t no way you believe the bullshit you just typed. Lil baby will never be half the artist Wayne is. I f*** with don heavy but he doesn’t have the hits. Lmao you talking bout lil nas x and Meg the stallion, you gotta be on the spectrum or sum

Been saying this. Hip-Hop is like Jazz in the sense that it’s not going anywhere but I think it’s way past it’s prime. Big, Pac, Nas, Jay, Kanye, Eminem, Wayne, Drake, Kendrick, Cole was peak Hip-Hop. 20 year golden age of goat rap roughly from 94’-14’ give or take a few years. Never getting legends on that level again.

I think people will always rap but the fanbase will get older and older to the point that in 20 years or so going to a hip-hop concert will be more associated with the 40+ crowd like Jazz and Neo soul is now. New artist will be older and older. Look at Griselda blowing up in their 30s. Hip-hop really ain’t for young people anymore. At least traditional hip-hop. I think Carti started something with WLR. That s*** like a whole nother genre. I can see kids being into that kinda s*** for the foreseeable future. Carti next album might be huge tbh.

we just seen that already tho with keef and drill in 11-12 and with carti uno fauni in 14-15 so it’s not gonna hit the same

XXX, Pop and..?

juice

Can’t believe I forgot about him.

Crazy how Kid Laroi straight up usurped his fanbase

yep not to mention shoreline breakup

We Gon' be alright

We need a lyrical rapper than can make a hit

im out of this thread man...

Keem is the new kendrick?

@op mad on the internet

That’s just not how the rap climate works now. You can be a lyrical dude all you want,your just gonna have to dumb it down and get with the program like Vince did. Rappers use to be able to make hits while staying true to themselves but that era is gone now.

I hate to say it but the best candidate right now for a Drake/Cole/Kendrick type of career is Jack

gotta expose the user

The biggest difference between rap now and the past is that the rappers and labels in the past purposefully had a "pass the torch" business model in which the previous rap stars would sign or help promote newer acts who had the potential to become as big and successful as them. This helped to keep the game evolving and helping establish different identities.

Today's model is more DIY and Internet/Streaming based which is beneficial in many ways but has also contributed to the mainstream getting stagnant because now there are no more professionally built dynasties or label crews carving out their own lanes/identities and blowing up with a set of artists or sounds that makes them different from everyone else in the game. This is evident in the lack of rap groups and collectives as well.

Remember when niggas used to debate Young Money vs GOOD Music vs MMG on the old KTT? Or ASAP Mob vs. Taylor Gang? Lowkey proves my point. The Internet/Streaming model was supposed to give us more creativity and fresh sounds but niggas underestimate how much conformity and clout chasing there is on the Internet. Or how any song can get tons of streams just from memes like Cole foretold on "A Lot."

The current model is basically mainstream rappers focusing on buzz more than legacy. Buzz = Short term. Legacy = Long term. The Indie hip hop scene is still strong as ever though.

i was willing to have a discussion with you but I don’t f*** with a******s who make fun of people with mental disabilities

I can't even remember who it was.

I agree 100%. Currently it seems like the old guard is hating on the new comers because a lot of them did it on their own and don’t want to sign with the old niggas. Since they can’t get a piece of the pie, why would they pass the torch? (Examples: XXX, Drakeo)