onedeep

12mo

Pop culture is increasingly narcissistic and navel-gazing. People want to hear musicians talk about themselves. Lyrical rappers figured out they could play to this audience by talking about internal struggles (mental health) instead of the usual external struggles (sociopolitical issues). They get all the critical acclaim and affirmations for being "boundary-pushing" that comes from political raps, but with way less commercial risk.

BIRTH CERTIFICATE

12mo

I mean who in any genre is getting political right now?
The lack of political insight is a reflection of how exhausted, depressed and under educated the population is right now

The elites did a good job exhausting all our collective willpower over the past decade. Attention span is flattened and prices are inflated up the ass

So good luck if you’re an artist trying to build a platform on some social conscious s*** from scratch. And anyone that’s already in the industry is trying to hold on to whatever’s left of it because that music industry s*** is over high key.

Streamers are a manifestation of us living vicariously through young people with no financial burden or responsibility as the world falls apart

chosenoneee

12mo

this is insane
but we can’t expect this type of protest from this lame
i’m talking about so-called “lyricist rappers”

Andre Jaquet

12mo

lol yea she didnt, id fw if she did tho she gave a great speech. but like yea i think the strongest part of what im saying is like

when ever have gay rights, trans issues, governemnt budgeting, foreign policy, and deportations been hot topics in rap like that? I can see the ICE s*** being bigger and like economy getting worse yes but these arent exactly topics that have been popular for rappers ever lol. if its something that publicly is known as an attack on the black community then that would be dif. mans alr talked to death about trump being a dictator in 2017 it would just be the same s*** i dont think anyone cares to hear that. the general feel of this era and the economic s*** is a bigger thing that i think could be reflected in the music soon, but like the guy has been in office for what not even half a year?

feel like its p hard to tackle whats going on rn unless your like a backpack rapper or someone like armand hammer

PAINMAN

12mo

doechii didn’t even do anything political on her last album and drake stans were calling her harriet tubman slave music

NorthShoreWhiteGuy

12mo

What kinda music were they calling it?

PAINMAN

12mo

yea unfortunately being nonchalant af iand not giving a f*** s the wave nowadays most of teens and stunted adults don’t wanna see you get or put a bit of effort in

i remember when lil baby bigger picture was news headlines and he immediately stressed it was a one off and he’d never do it again

IRON

12mo

because #they want these forms of entertainment to distract the masses not wake them up

PAINMAN

12mo

and it’s just 80s inspired rap about a breakup

Andre Jaquet

12mo

whos they

yesac

12mo

a nebulous oversimplification that mimics real criticism while providing no insight

Andre Jaquet

12mo

eh i dont think i agree really it seems rn people love passion its just like it hasnt been very long, and they r p complex topics that r atypical for rap. like what exactly do we want ppl to rap about? Trans issues? gay rights? economic policy? undemocratic moves from the president? ice agents? to even talk about the undemocratic thing your audience would have to know what uniltateral means and what a president is allowed to do which i dont think most music listeners have ever known tbh. for lyrical rappers some of these are tackleable but a lot of them r not simple ideas to have a narrative behind rooted in black culture and issues right, the same way "trump is evil and racist" in 2016 was or police brutality with george floyd in 2020. I dont expect people to be rapping about it as soon as it happens, did mans rap about the recession in 2008 not really, i wouldnt be surprised if we see a tone shift tho like how post 911 underground music had that.

onedeep

12mo

Because this is who mainstream hip-hop is for now:

HBDUSA

12mo

I’ve been working on a post related to this but I haven’t fully fleshed it out

Maybe I should finish that tonight

Andre Jaquet

12mo

and its like mans just got out of covid for long enough to get moments and the industry recovery, theres a changing of guard rn where older guys r falling off and newer guys are coming up in critical moments

mans havent even had enough time to really feel the effects for long enough to also produce an album about it

and the s*** u would talk about anyway is pretty hard to write about in an interesting way

and mans have alr overdone the whole f*** trump thing years ago so u cant just do that

like slow down man (just for the thread in general not u specifically)

BIRTH CERTIFICATE

12mo

I mean who in any genre is getting political right now?
The lack of political insight is a reflection of how exhausted, depressed and under educated the population is right now

The elites did a good job exhausting all our collective willpower over the past decade. Attention span is flattened and prices are inflated up the ass

So good luck if you’re an artist trying to build a platform on some social conscious s*** from scratch. And anyone that’s already in the industry is trying to hold on to whatever’s left of it because that music industry s*** is over high key.

Streamers are a manifestation of us living vicariously through young people with no financial burden or responsibility as the world falls apart

Expert

12mo

Bad Bunny is and he is the biggest male artist in the world right now.

He literally dropped a music video with a political message and AI voice mocking Trump.

Andre Jaquet

12mo

damn i didnt see this