Why don’t rappers let the listener know what year it is anymore?

[hex]

Back in the day rappers would shout out the upcoming year, not even the year they’re in

*Recording song September 23rd 1995*

*”We keeping it real in the NINE SIX”*

"I kick that '98 shyt" - Prodigy, in 1996.

Fred.

 

[FreshAIG]

"Your old nikka was broke, you look brand new with some bands
It's 2022 now, and judgin' on the deal I struck in 2021, I probably won't need a new advance" - Tory Lanez

 

[FreshAIG]

I remember when Saigon dropped "Didundidunt" in like 2005, and at the end he's like "2010 bytch" and in my head I was like "Wow that's so far in the future"

Now that shyt was 12 years ago lmao

 

[Peak]

95 MF! Get LIVE MF!

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Maybe these nikkas don't know what year it is

The fact that this is actually plausible is lmaoo

 

[Canada Goose]

Fat Joe it was 2021 on a song last year

 

[TheMailMan]

Still getting mine in the 1-9-9-9

 

[Master Teacher]

they did because the 90s was the end of the millennium

and shouting 9 trey, or 95, 9 whatever says better than saying 09, or 16, i mean rappers only did this in the 90s, they didn't do it in the 80s

 

[FunkDoc1112]

I remember Nas saying Large Pro told him not to date the music like that.

Also these years don't sound as good as Nine-Three and all that.

Yeah I noticed the 90s was really the only decade people said the years, not even the 80s. I think it might've been a Y2K, "new millenium is coming" deal. The number 9 just has that finality to it that makes it cooler to say.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

they did because the 90s was the end of the millennium

and shouting 9 trey, or 95, 9 whatever says better than saying 09, or 16, i mean rappers only did this in the 90s, they didn't do it in the 80s

Damn I came in and said exactly what you said

 

[Complexion]

His best song as a year on it tho.

Dre:

 

[Mars]

Well, there's no guarantee....

Imagine recording a record in late 2022 shouting out 2023 (record release year).....Then getting killed before 2023?

 

[Family Man]

"I kick that '98 shyt" - Prodigy, in 1996.

Fred.

He was way ahead of time, surpass kids.

 

[GoldenGlove]

You not supposed to date your music..I hate playing some crazy fab or max b mixtape and the dj say “07 shyt!” “09 shyt!” just reminds you it’s old as fukk..still good music but would be even better if it’s not dated

I noticed this too. A lot of artists stay away from making album cuts that date their music or have too many current events because it takes away from the song potentially being timeless.

 

[JUSTIN HERBERT]

im 20, its the year 2022
nykka you 40 ill kill you, do the time, and come back by 30