Decline in rap quality is correlated to literacy. These rappers now don't read books,don't write, illiterate. No longer intense path b/w poetry to rap

[CrimsonTider]

It honestly depends on the individual and where they are in life. As I grew older I appreciated lyrics more than when I was young.
Younger me favorite artists would probably be Playboi Carti, Future, and Travis Scott right now.

It has nothing to do with where someone is in life. It’s all about preference.

Hearing multis is not entertaining to me. Never been a fan of shyt like Lupe or Nas

 

[xiceman191]

Verses are the least important part of a song

No one wants to hear bars

So why even put lyrics to a song then everything should be instrumentals

 

[Conan]

So why even put lyrics to a song then everything should be instrumentals

You're speaking to a retarded faggit, he can't build a coherent argument

 

[Knicksman20]

You're speaking to a retarded faggit, he can't build a coherent argument

You gotta give him his due though bro. His music opinions have been pretty consistently bad for years lol

 

[Conan]

You gotta give him his due though bro. His music opinions have been pretty consistently bad for years lol

For sure

 

[Mowgli]

 

[CrimsonTider]

So why even put lyrics to a song then everything should be instrumentals

Because it’s not what you say it’s how you say it.

Some of the most iconic lines in rap are the simplest shyt said in a cool way

2chainz opening to Birthday song is the simplest shyt ever recorded but everyone quotes it

 

[mag357]

nikkas really think reading books makes you a good rapper

This is exactly what came to my mind lol

 

[mag357]

Too many cats lying on their teacher. You know damn well that lady never said you wouldn't amount to shyt.

Facts...
But I actually literally had a school security lady tell me I wouldn't be sht tho lol

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

I am the astronomical mad scientifical..
Criminal individual lyrical spiritual miracle

That shyt actually makes sense.

It's hyperbolic, but it's not nonsense.

I'm astronomical (grand-scale), mad scientifical (I drop science lyrically)
Criminal individual (I'm a thug) lyrical (lyricist) spiritual miracle (child of God)

Too many cats lying on their teacher. You know damn well that lady never said you wouldn't amount to shyt.

I actually did have male teacher tell me once, I wasn't going to be shyt.

He was right

 

[Shadow King]

Hip hop was going to reach this point. Regardless of what coast is gate keeping it. It’s the natural progression for any form of media. That’s been overexposed, commercialized, and is popular.

Nah.

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

That shyt actually makes sense.

It's hyperbolic, but it's not nonsense.

I'm astronomical (grand-scale), mad scientifical (I drop science lyrically)
Criminal individual (I'm a thug) lyrical (lyricist) spiritual miracle (child of God)

I actually did have male teacher tell me once, I wasn't going to be shyt.

He was right

Breh I didn’t quote anyone I just wrote this off the dome

 

[ISO]

The state of inner city education in that time was atrocious.

Many if not most rappers were high or middle school drop outs then.

 

[Pazzy]

Well, rap is so huge of a genre that you have more than enough options of intelligent music to listen to. the music you like is a reflection of you. If you like stupid, shallow, crash dummy shyt, then chances are you are that. I dont listen to carti playboy, lil baby, da baby, and etc. My favorite all time rapper/lyricist is the gza. you can pick and choose.

 

[Wild self]

The state of inner city education in that time was atrocious.

Many if not most rappers were high or middle school drop outs then.

Schools back in the 80s and 90s, although underfunded, people read magazines, hood books, and so on. There wasn't any smartphones or social media to keep people distracted from real life.