Anyone else feel they drifting away from rap?

[28 Gramz]

Nope, unless you only listen to radio/tv t's no excuse not to be up on some hot shyt. With the type of rap I listen to (street/trap/south) it's too many nikkas like Gucci,Ross,Jeezy,Krit,Spitta,Future etc.. not to bump it.

 

[mbewane]

I listen to rap everyday, so the answer is no.

Yeah, I mean maybe I wasn't clear, i listen to rap everyday too but other stuff is gradually taking more and more time and most rap I listen to is not necessarily recent stuff, and a lot of recent stuff gets like two spins and then delete

For me whereas for the last decade or so I've listened to at most major albums/mixtapes/leaks/bootlegs nowadays I don't have the time or the patience.
Unfortunately there aren't as many brands/artists who can guarantee a quality product

You basically described myself with ur post, I used to spend hours on blogs/forums/youtube but now basically The Coli is my only source for rap music.

nah it just means that u a fakkit thats not up on whats hot

 

[28 Gramz]

I'm 25, and even I can't see myself listening to rap like I do now 10 years from now with wife and kids

I'll still check for some of the rappers I grew up on like nas, snoop, common, but no way in checking for the new gen. You can't be 30+ listening to chief keef talking that ignorant shyt

Was Snoop,Bone,Biggie,Pac etc..not talkin some ignorant shyt in the 90's?

 

[CourtesyFlusher]

Yes but only cause I can't smoke weed anymore, so my attention span sucks now. I used to blaze and analyze the same verse over and over, breaking that shyt down to its core. Plus hip hop just ain't new to me anymore. In college I was fresh into the new York underground scene, now nothing amazes me

 

[Peak]

You can't be 30+ listening to chief keef talking that ignorant shyt

Of course you can. Same way you can be 30+ and listen to MOP, Juicy J or Freddie Gibbs talk that ignorant shyt.

 

[The_Hillsta]

Driftin away? Nah, neva....Listen to what you wanna listen to though.

So much dope hip hop out there past and present.....cats really don't understand or just dont wanna do the research. Sometimes you gotta dig for some of that good sh1t that you consider dope.

Gotta love hip hop brehs.

 

[Da King]

Was Snoop,Bone,Biggie,Pac etc..not talkin some ignorant shyt in the 90's?

They were. But the difference was I grew up listening to that shyt, which is why I said I'll probably stay listening to just the dudes I grew up on

 

[bigmac]

For me whereas for the last decade or so I've listened to at most major albums/mixtapes/leaks/bootlegs nowadays I don't have the time or the patience.

Unfortunately there aren't as many brands/artists who can guarantee a quality product

Word.

I used to be that n*gga that got to EVERYTHING as soon as it leaked and always gave it a fair shake. The quality in the past few has waned so much now that I don't really see the point in such urgency. I can name a handful of dudes that will guarantee a quality offering nowadays.

I'm enjoying R&B and chill instrumentation a lot more than I used to too. Albums like Chapter V will get the reaction online but really and truly that sh*t is packed with jams. I'm feeling a lot more electronic sh*t too nowadays. araabMUZIK, SBTRKT, Jamie Woon holdin' me down nicely. The lifespan in these genres is 5x longer than hip-hop.

 

[mrjoncampbell]

I doubt I'll ever drift away from rap I just think that I'll be more selective going forward.
I think I'll always give the major albums a listen to (eg. that Kendrick that's due to drop) but I'm never gonna be checking for B, C and D list rappers like I did in the Dipset heyday every again.
Theres too much good music that I missed out on so I'm going back and checking that out.

 

[CapFromMCU]

i drift race while listening to rap

 

[mbewane]

I've been drifted from hip hop and tapped into electronic soul jazz classical house soul dubstep alternative rock garage etc But rap will forever be my base.

Same here on that account

I'm 25, and even I can't see myself listening to rap like I do now 10 years from now with wife and kids

I'll still check for some of the rappers I grew up on like nas, snoop, common, but no way in checking for the new gen. You can't be 30+ listening to chief keef talking that ignorant shyt

Naw I don't care if ignorant or not tbh, I listen to Mos Def, Nas and turn around and bump OF or Asap Mob with no problem, as long as they give me something original or show some kind of talent, or are at least entertaining. Ignorant rap can still be musically and even lyrically interesting. I don't see what talent Keef has tbh.

Nope, unless you only listen to radio/tv t's no excuse not to be up on some hot shyt. With the type of rap I listen to (street/trap/south) it's too many nikkas like Gucci,Ross,Jeezy,Krit,Spitta,Future etc.. not to bump it.

Gotta be honest here, I don't live in the US and don't listen to radio, but that didn't stop me from getting dope music in teh past. KRIT is dope btw, not a big fan of the others you quoted, but to each his own.

Yes but only cause I can't smoke weed anymore, so my attention span sucks now. I used to blaze and analyze the same verse over and over, breaking that shyt down to its core. Plus hip hop just ain't new to me anymore. In college I was fresh into the new York underground scene, now nothing amazes me

This might it right here.

Driftin away? Nah, neva....Listen to what you wanna listen to though.

So much dope hip hop out there past and present.....cats really don't understand or just dont wanna do the research. Sometimes you gotta dig for some of that good sh1t that you consider dope.

Gotta love hip hop brehs.

Yeah that's what I was doing up until recently, when I discovered these other genres taht give me more musically for the moment.

But Hip-Hop is still my favorite genre, it might just be a phase.

 

[Yoda]

Word.

I used to be that n*gga that got to EVERYTHING as soon as it leaked and always gave it a fair shake. The quality in the past few has waned so much now that I don't really see the point in such urgency. I can name a handful of dudes that will guarantee a quality offering nowadays.

I'm enjoying R&B and chill instrumentation a lot more than I used to too. Albums like Chapter V will get the reaction online but really and truly that sh*t is packed with jams. I'm feeling a lot more electronic sh*t too nowadays. araabMUZIK, SBTRKT, Jamie Woon holdin' me down nicely. The lifespan in these genres is 5x longer than hip-hop.

bad examples of good electronic. those dudes are trendy and will be forgotten in 2 years, breh.

 

[Ginger]

Was Snoop,Bone,Biggie,Pac etc..not talkin some ignorant shyt in the 90's?

There was more variety back then. You had the ignorant, the fun, the alternative and so on and so forth. You don't see much variety today. Its hard to find rappers who are different than the norm, and even when you do find it, they usually end up selling out or changing their sound to fit in. Lyrics are pretty generic now too. Even when rappers are rapping over electronic beats, they still stay talking about the same stuff the other rappers talk about. It's getting old. It's all starting to sound the same.

 

[bigmac]

bad examples of good electronic. those dudes are trendy and will be forgotten in 2 years, breh.

That doesn't surprise me I'm new to the culture, feel free to educate me.

 

[frush11]

Was Snoop,Bone,Biggie,Pac etc..not talkin some ignorant shyt in the 90's?

Difference is, they were creative with it, and could do it in a way, most of these new cats simply can't.