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

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

People want to dance and have fun:

House and R&B returning

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

There's no indication rap is dying. It remains the most popular genre in this country and the genre of the youth. There is no comparison to rock.

Rock died for multiple reasons. It's not a coincidence that rock started dying the minute it stopped being subversive. In the 50s it was sex. In the 60s and 70s it was drugs and sex. In the 80s-90s it was sex, drugs, and violence. In the early 00s it was sex and violence. What was rock in the 2010s? Coldplay. Vampire Weekend. Artic Monkeys. Arcade Fire. Nothing that would make a parent bust into your room and yell "what are you listening to?" By that decade there was a generation of white boys and chicks who heard Wayne or Keef and it was a wrap.

Name a genre that is bubbling in the US ready to overtake rap. You can't. Whereas anyone with a brain could see rap was going to eventually surpass rock when Em and 50 were doing their thing in the early 00s. It's the most subversive genre and that will always be what the youth selects. Until something arises that is more shocking or cutting edge culturally, it won't be supplanted.

House music and dance music is swinging back. People actually want to have fun again.

All those Soundcloud beat-makers are EATING at these curated parties and raves etc.

Look at Kaytranada.

Think less "rap cipher" and more "Soulection or Bolierroom"

Afrobeats about to body it too cause people want a safe but inviting universal loving vibe to the music.

Rap got too violent and too ignorant.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Drake tried to tell yall...

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

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

I'm hoping Jazz comes back, a mixture of slow and fast Jazz you can dance to

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

House music and dance music is swinging back. People actually want to have fun again.

All those Soundcloud beat-makers are EATING at these curated parties and raves etc.

Look at Kaytranada.

Think less "rap cipher" and more "Soulection or Bolierroom"

Afrobeats about to body it too cause people want a safe but inviting universal loving vibe to the music.

Rap got too violent and too ignorant.

I tried Afrobeats but it all sounds the same

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I'm hoping Jazz comes back, a mixture of slow and fast Jazz you can dance to

It has been. The UK Jazz scene is a MONSTER right now

 

[RTF]

Caveat - I’m from London so the audience is is different. But For those saying rap is still running. What are the biggest 10 rap songs of the last 12 months? Do they bang in the club or lounge?

What has been song of the summer for the last 3 years?

 

[papa pimp]

House music and dance music is swinging back. People actually want to have fun again.

All those Soundcloud beat-makers are EATING at these curated parties and raves etc.

Look at Kaytranada.

Think less "rap cipher" and more "Soulection or Bolierroom"

Afrobeats about to body it too cause people want a safe but inviting universal loving vibe to the music.

Rap got too violent and too ignorant.

Lol so niche parties are a good metric of what the general public likes and not the top 40. You dudes can't even keep a coherent narrative.


Boiler room and the dance scene has been a thing for a long time. You're just late as hell.

If anything "takes over", itll be the Latinos as some have said.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Sounds like another generation is just aging out. They're about to come to the same realization that US Gen X'ers had once we got to 30+. The music ain't for you anymore and you're probably moving up in your Job/Careers and starting families and hearing "fukk bytches get money kill nikkas its funny" might not really appeal to you anymore. Just stick with YOUR classics and it'll never really die. Or expand your ears and move on its really that simple.

Gotta stick with listening to Pac, Biggie, Nas, Outkast, Project Pat, Wu tang, 36 Mafia and many more artists

 

[kingofnyc]

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".

da 90’s what is the pinnacle hip-hop, R&B and all urban music ….. da hell you talking about

 

[Hathaway]

da 90’s what is the pinnacle hip-hop, R&B and all urban music ….. da hell you talking about

In comparison to the 80s, R&B took a hit. The art started to suffer from formulaic commercialism. Don't get me wrong, it was still amazing but compared to 80s R&B it was a decline. Yeah hip hop/rap hit it's peak in the 90s. I didn't mean to include those.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Thot rap is the nail in the coffin. Literally the worst "music" ever

Thots giving up p*ssy and nikkas don't care about the culture.

 

[Mister Terrific]

This post is confusing. Is Bad Bunny not a rapper?

Looking at the billboard and Spotify charts it’s a bunch of rap songs with features, Taylor swift, country/folk music, and Latino mariachi shyt. Exactly what it was 15 years ago.


Afrobeats, dancehall, the UK

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Lol so niche parties are a good metric of what the general public likes and not the top 40. You dudes can't even keep a coherent narrative.


Boiler room and the dance scene has been a thing for a long time. You're just late as hell.

If anything "takes over", itll be the Latinos as some have said.

no one listens to radio anymore. thats why 25-35 is in this house/dance scene.

These aren't niche parties either.

 

[papa pimp]

no one listens to radio anymore. thats why 25-35 is in this house/dance scene.

These aren't niche parties either.

I'm not talking about radio.... I'm talking about billboard which measures ALL music consumption.

Have you been to a boiler room? I've been to plenty.

This post is confusing. Is Bad Bunny not a rapper?

Looking at the billboard and Spotify charts it’s a bunch of rap songs with features, Taylor swift, country/folk music, and Latino mariachi shyt. Exactly what it was 15 years ago.


Afrobeats, dancehall, the UK

Chart is Taylor Swift, Sza, Bad Bunny, a gang of rap songs, a gang of country songs, and then 2-3 crossover global pop songs with Americans as features but reading here you'd think the top 40 is 20 burna boy songs, 10 rema, 10 dj maphorisa songs