At what point does rap music completely dissolve into extinction?

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Each generation gets more watered down. Artists in the late 30's - early 40's are still expected to put out music. Most of the new generation of rappers barely drop music, can't perform live, and don't make memorable albums. The bridge between the 80's - 90's circa is gone.

Young fans can't even digest lyrics anymore. They don't know what a simile is. Rap has already been absorbed by other genres especially R&B.

Maybe it evolves in 10 years and recycles back. But R&B has been dead for years. Artists like SZA are simply an exception, not the rule. Every era had a group of artists that carried the mantle. In 2024 after the Drake vs. Kendrick beef, the consensus is that it's Kendrick.... but that shouldn't be the case.

 

[THE 101]

Never.

Hip hop will live forever. It's popularity and relevancy might wane in the future but it will always be alive. Mfs are dropping dope jazz albums in 2024. The vultures might disappear, but hip hop ain't going nowhere

 

[I'm Blackman]

probably never

itll always exist in some form i think

 

[cheek100]

Shyt is here fa eva

 

[iliketurtles]

When you have mid artists like kbot yea it won't be around much longer

 

[Piff Perkins]

Can anyone name an extinct genre of music, besides maybe disco (some might view it as a subgenre) in the last 50 years? Rap won't go extinct, it'll simply keep changing. The same is happening to all music. We've got decades worth of data that tells us everything goes in cycles. At some point the two minute song era will phase out. My only concern about rap is the people making decisions (specifically white execs/managers) are so entrenched in dumbing everything down that nobody is looking around at the money that's being left on the table. Why are Kendrick, Drake, and Cole still out earning every rap artist that came after them? How sustainable is a model built on wack women shaking their ass and getting a quick surge in streams on a song/video before fizzling out, over and over again. Only 2-3 of those artists can tour. VS Kendrick/Drake/Cole raking in hundreds of million on tour.

But you can't get another Kendrick/Drake/Cole without nurturing artists that grow fanbases and connect with people beyond a catchy single. At some point, someone has to decide the short term money can't be the only play.

 

[Plankton]

Rapping existed with Africa Griots before America was an established country so rapping will never go extinct.

 

[010101]

it will always be the way for individuals who cannot sing to express themselves vocally*

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

When Kenny's new album flops

 

[Capitol]

Rapping existed with Africa Griots before America was an established country so rapping will never go extinct.

Formal request for receipts

 

[REAL6]

Hip hop never will, but other sub gernes will.

 

[iliketurtles]

Hip hop never will, but other sub gernes will.

Rn country is ahead I seen a stat on it

 

[OneDeep]

Everything genre goes through a slump

Right now Hip Hop is in the beginning of it

But giving how influential the music is & how the next artist emulates the other it might take a while for it to get out of it

 

[NO-BadAzz]

Shyt is here fa eva

Real question

Where would one play this music, particular this song that you posted at these days?

And how would it go in that setting?

 

[VegetasHairline]

At what point are you gonna stop making threads?