Bruce LeRoy
All Star
Where's the "rap today is just as good was it was in the 90's... you just have to look for it" crowd at?
What happened to Rock is slowly happening to Rap. You are seeing the beginning of Rap no longer being the dominant genre in music
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Complexion
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Rap today is just as good was it was in the 90's... you just have to look for it.
get these nets
Veteran
The day people complain about rap not charting on mainstream lists signals the complete co-opting of hip hop.
Hathaway
Someday, We'll All Be Free
Nikkas in here saying rap is dying.. No it's been dead for a while. When's the last time you heard a song that moved you? When's the last time you heard a quotable verse from these new nikkas. Idk who the number 1 rapper is right now but I guarantee he/she doesn't have a classic song, album or even a classic verse.
And I'm not even on that old man shyt. Black music in general has lost its foundation. It's a shame that in order to hear some new soul moving R&B or Hip Hop, I gotta venture into the depths of youtube to find artists with barely 20K subscribers/listens.
I know music deteriorates through the years but man from the 70s to the 80s was golden. 80s to 90s was a drop off but the creativity and passion was still there in the art. 90s to 00s was a HUGE decline in artistry but you still had top tier artist dominating the mainstream. 00s to '10s and beyond, it's barely any note worthy music.
nikkas is not gonna be in the year 2080 talm bout "ay throw on that early 2020s playlist mix".
And I'm not even on that old man shyt. Black music in general has lost its foundation. It's a shame that in order to hear some new soul moving R&B or Hip Hop, I gotta venture into the depths of youtube to find artists with barely 20K subscribers/listens.
I know music deteriorates through the years but man from the 70s to the 80s was golden. 80s to 90s was a drop off but the creativity and passion was still there in the art. 90s to 00s was a HUGE decline in artistry but you still had top tier artist dominating the mainstream. 00s to '10s and beyond, it's barely any note worthy music.
nikkas is not gonna be in the year 2080 talm bout "ay throw on that early 2020s playlist mix".
When Rap started to sound like everything else but rap why even bite or bother unless you a maga rapper/rocker 
Diondon
Thanks to the lawyers uh, I marbled the foyer
We told yall to don't embrace non lyricism
but we just hating oldheads
but we just hating oldheads
Ol’Otis
The Picasso of the Ghetto
Nkrumah Was Right
Superstar
Afrobeats
ThatTruth777
Superstar
The usual suspects killed the soul and are sucking it dry 
Complexion
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Preach. Thats because back when people were willing to grind for the shine and it showed in the end product as folk would hone their chops before even thinking of going to retail. 70s exemplified that as there was so much talent all the way from the rhythm section to the horns to the singer and songwriters. 80s took this and started the commercialization of the formula which culminated with rap making the street to chart crossover complete.
The net crushed whatever buildings (and attention spans) were left with its half baked product that was double stepped on to fiends who couldn't care less as long as they get constant stimulation. Chewing gum music is what I've said whereas the old jams were grams cooking and you could taste the difference between that and the engineered intense hit followed by nothing but jaw flapping which followed.
The fact that oldies are the most streamed on all platforms speaks volumes because so much of the new stuff is uber formulaic and boring. Heard one, you've heard em all. Will that change? Organically, no. Technologically, yes. Maybe not in our lifetimes but a new language is on the horizon and it will, by its very nature, create new music.
Nkrumah Was Right
Superstar
The last hip hop titan is Drake, a Canadian from Toronto
Idgaf what y’all say we need a new Jay Z album and a new Cardi album
and just one new innovative artist that is commercial/street/ nice on the mic
and Drake is still box office so anytime he drop a rap album is gonna move the needle
and just one new innovative artist that is commercial/street/ nice on the mic
and Drake is still box office so anytime he drop a rap album is gonna move the needle
Amo Husserl
Superstar
They're the largest ethnic minority group now in the States.
The usual suspects killed the soul and are sucking it dry
Synthesis.
& just 'cause they vibin' off ya culture don't mean they embrace you being a part of it.
Y'all had this shyt twisted for decades, now look.
The ills of givin' away game for free, some cheeks and clout.