what would actually make rap exciting again?

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  • Giordano

    I’d add Mac Miller to your list too

    Mac was already great and made consistently great albums

    No hypothetical there.

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  • Poolboy Q

    I seriously think we’d be in the same exact position if these mfs were still alive and I’m honestly tired about hearing about it. These guys were never going to drop anything revolutionary. X’s discog was a dumpster fire. Bro had no direction. Juice Wrld prob would’ve had the most success but again, I don’t think he’d even be able to reach Playboi Carti status or be even close to it. Pop smoke? Drill was never going to stick around. No one even talks about pop smoke anymore in like a reminiscent way, I don’t think he’d be a leading force in the game.

    I'm with you with everything but the Juice WRLD point. That dude was going to be big.

  • CGI Dog

    actual songwriting not just vibes

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    More superstars.

  • real graps

  • lonny860

    More superstars.

    Can’t happen with algorithmic niche streaming era

  • if yall were actually listening to it

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    we need another blog era

    it’s the only answer

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    BIG lifeline

    we need another blog era

    it’s the only answer

    Dawg these kids don’t know what a website is

  • Jim Halpert

    Dawg these kids don’t know what a website is

    that why they better start!

  • the entire system of how rap media & promotion works needs to be redone

  • soapmanwun

    Not replaced as in they should retire, I mean there should be rappers that are held in the same esteem they were around 2012-2017

    Yep I knew you meant that. But if am saying we should have 2 to 4 new artists alongside them. There is no reason for a replacement as Drake, Cole and Kendrick still generally make music good enough to be at the top

  • Everyone listening to Jaeychino and 509 BMG and Teller Bank$ and Mickey Diamond and Wiki this month

  • a music video packed with popular egirls like belle delphine and her descendants :zamn:

    then the rapper would prob go broke for how much they charge

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    A new class of great lyricists that can make mainstream appealing music like we got from Kendrick, Cole, Drake, Wale, Sean, etc.

  • Poolboy Q

    I seriously think we’d be in the same exact position if these mfs were still alive and I’m honestly tired about hearing about it. These guys were never going to drop anything revolutionary. X’s discog was a dumpster fire. Bro had no direction. Juice Wrld prob would’ve had the most success but again, I don’t think he’d even be able to reach Playboi Carti status or be even close to it. Pop smoke? Drill was never going to stick around. No one even talks about pop smoke anymore in like a reminiscent way, I don’t think he’d be a leading force in the game.

    Nah you wrong about Pop imo

    He was a guy who had insane potential. Showed he could make hard s*** for the streets simultaneous with catchy earworms for the masses. His debut album had numerous big hits on it (that I still hear played on the radio today) and he wasn’t even alive to promote it

    Yes drill didn’t stick around long in the mainstream, but I think a big factor of that was Pop’s passing. If he was still alive I think drill lasts longer than it has and artists like Cash Cobain would’ve been even more successful working with Pop

    Also he was the first real New York rap star in over 15+ years, I think the city would’ve gotten behind him in a big way

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    drake just dropped i thought he was the rap savior

  • splice

    drake just dropped i thought he was the rap savior

    he literally saved rap thank you drake

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    Zoid eve

    I think they probably alrdy peaked

    Maybe but I don’t think so. dropping albums this summer and just starting to tour so we’ll see

    If anyone of them it’s slayr goin up

  • Cole2

    Maybe but I don’t think so. dropping albums this summer and just starting to tour so we’ll see

    If anyone of them it’s slayr goin up

    U think if he makes the same kinda music he will continue to grow?

    Maybe but that sound i think is a trend

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    raps

    I’ve been saying for years that should be a whole separate genre and both genres would thrive for it

    But niggas for some dumbass reason get so butthurt at the idea of Carti Thug Uzi Travis not being actual rap music

    Why would a nigga try to learn how to skillfully rap when he can just croon some bullshit throw Autotune on it and “have aura” which just means let Ian connor (or whatever hypebeast or high fashion mf of the week) style you in some bullshit and take weird ass pictures

    All of those niggas be rapping though

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    shaleirose

    All of those niggas be rapping though

    Until you listen to the actual lyrics lmao

  • Gleezy

    Black America (and America in general) needs to heal first.

    Then we can focus on making rap great again

    Honestly the best answer itt.

    Fellow teachers of the site can agree but s*** is kinda sad out here tbh.

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    shaleirose

    All of those niggas be rapping though

    Fundamentally that autotune post trap music is a lot of the times just not actual hip hop rap music

    I know that sounds reductive but that truth is necessary for actual hip hop/rap to survive, which again i know sounds like some old head s*** but A song like xo tour life or the post carti pre-MUSIC s*** that every young artist copies is a whole new genre its no way for that music to be counted as rap and the youth give a f*** about actual lyrics at the same time lol

    Its hair metal all over again

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