What happened to Rock is slowly happening to Rap. You are seeing the beginning of Rap no longer being the dominant genre in music

[bl2k8]

We said this during the snap pop, chicken noodle soup phase.

Yeah but in the middle of that we had peak Wayne, peak Kanye, Jay came out of retirement, Lupe was the new lyricist , 50 was still a star, Game was popping. Drake, Cole and Kendrick were in the early stages of their mixtape scene. I still think that’s the worst era of mainstream rap but this late 2010s early 2020’s coming close to passing it

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

meanwhile from an article posted in the booth

"the genre's overall dominance from a sales perspective remains steadfast, with an increase of 6.3 percent in units moved, compared to 2022"


old head delusions are a sight to behold boy

#factsnotfeelings

 

[Reality]

You may also see Black people lose value in pop culture

American* black people. Africans are the vanguard of popular music right now, and I say this as an American. I love it because I fukk with both Amapiano and Afrobeats more generally heavy.

 

[HarlemHottie]

How about actual bands. Classic Soul type music.

I'd like that world. Where real music is being made by people. Of course I'd want real MCs to find some space in there somewhere.

I said this 1000 times before. Brehs need to pick up the instruments again. Drums, brass, strings.

Acoustic/Analog rebirth.

But ppl don't play instruments anymore, and I don't see that improving with AI.

 

[Yzak]

Most mainstream rappers these days all got trash lyrics. People want to play music they can dance to and have kids around. Can't do that with murder music.

 

[yung Herbie Hancock]

Good

Blues, House, Jazz, Funk, Soul, pre-80s r&b...plenty of other Black genres that sound better and actually move me can have a chance at a resurgence

The bolded have been "all lives mattered". According to white, asians, and latinos... those are not black genres that we created.

 

[Ziploc]

A lack of creativity, zeitgeist, no real development by labels, shifting demos and time for a reboot cause hip hop is in need of an overhaul, cultural and musical.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

American* black people. Africans are the vanguard of popular music right now, and I say this as an American. I love it because I fukk with both Amapiano and Afrobeats more generally heavy.

I wish y'all afrobeats brehs would start posting some numbers and facts to prove this crazy talk

 

[Yaboysix]

What’s replacing it

Anybody answer this yet? Cause i GOT to hear what this new shyt is that's shifting cultures around the world...

 

[StackorStarve]

its possible… bad bunny the biggest artist in the world and he dropping collabs with mexican groups and drake the biggest rapper and he posted up with some of the biggest corrido singers in the clubs co it is possible… and Peso Pluma was on Jimmy Fallon so yeah

Guess I’m just not hip anymore

 

[DapMeUp!]

Nah I was being funny. But shyt still ain’t taking over America. We want to see our own people/culture

Americans ain’t rapping along with this like Ice Spice cause they barely understand it

Yeah your right...It is HUGE pretty much everywhere else but America.

 

[Jalether]

What’s replacing it

Honestly afrobeat has more hype than rap right now, globally atleast

 

[419scam]

labels punching the air like tre, can't reboot albums like Hollywood does to movies

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

American* black people. Africans are the vanguard of popular music right now, and I say this as an American. I love it because I fukk with both Amapiano and Afrobeats more generally heavy.

Not in America

I'm guessing Afrobeats is state by state bias

Down here, dudes play local music more than anything

 

[3rdWorld]

Nikkas celebrating the death of hip hop, on a hip hop forum

It be your own folks

Hip hop is a specific genre with certain elements..what we see now isnt hip hop but a mish mash of wackness and toxicity from God knows where..Hop hop itself died sometime in the late 90s, latest around 2000/1.