You Do Realize There Are Hip-Hop Artists Who Succeed Without The Urban Market, Right?

[Tuc2DaBoot]

After reading up on the Kendrick's audience thread and some of the posts about hip-hop being easier to carve a lane in, I just wanted to pose a question to folks here.

Are people aware that there are hip-hop artists who are not even concerning themselves with the urban market to succeed right? Not just Tech-N9ne type artists, I mean artists who have no plan on ever making a record aimed for the backpack (Slaughterhouse) kind of crowd.

Mac Miller may lead this group due to his crossover attempts with Juicy J and Wayne, but there are artists who are touring making money in the name of hip-hop that honestly most black folks will never hear about it. Here are just a few:


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[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R5KK66yTsU&feature=related"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R5KK66yTsU&feature=related[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-dxZ3_3oBs"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-dxZ3_3oBs[/ame]

And the third artist, his album sits at #6 on iTunes hip-hop charts right behind 2 Chainz, Lupe and GOOD Music...

 

[TrapHouse Rock]

atmosphere and little brother moved like 20k+ units when life gives you lemons or when getback dropped.


thats success to me





and damn, i heard that third song once. i dont remember where. "cant believe i fell for your bull, chicago....i'm outta here with rocket power babe, otto"



also dont forget that little shythead sam adams. i kinda like tayyib ali but i aint heard much from him, but he came to my campus last year and its a small campus and the concert was sponsored by a fraternity. i dont think he feeds off the urban base

 

[T.H.E. Goat]

you could have just said white hip hop artist are succeeding without the urban market

 

[Tuc2DaBoot]

you could have just said white hip hop artist are succeeding without the urban market

Yeah I could have... but there's a difference among what white artists are doing. For every Hoodie Allen, there's a Yelawolf.

 

[Rominati]

Do you notice anything "similar" between all these artist you've just post?

 

[Danie84]

Yeah, the biggest rapper alive... Eminem

 

[Habit]

I wish more artists would do that, the record label model is old and outdated.

More dudes need to put out music and tour, you don't need a label to get your music heard because there are way more outlets that can showcase your music. How many times can we hear the same 808 beats and coke filled tales. Rap is boring now.

 

[BlackDiBiase]

I thought i was going to see Flo-Rida and Pitbull and maybe B.O.B

but Tech Nyne

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

 

[Tuc2DaBoot]

Do you notice anything "similar" between all these artist you've just post?

My point of the thread was.... they're not trying to be something they're not. Instead of trying to cross over and reach a market like say Yelawolf... they're just not worried about making "real" hip-hop.

 

[Tuc2DaBoot]

I thought i was going to see Flo-Rida and Pitbull and maybe B.O.B

but Tech Nyne

Believe it or not, B.o.B. still has a ton of black fans... and Flo-Rida is a given.

You do know Tech Nyne sells 50k indie each time out? If we give props to E-40 and most Texas rappers for doing that, why not him?

 

[Ian1362]

Third beat + singer are fukkin flames

emcee is trash unfortunately

 

[Yaboysix]

After reading up on the Kendrick's audience thread and some of the posts about hip-hop being easier to carve a lane in, I just wanted to pose a question to folks here.

Are people aware that there are hip-hop artists who are not even concerning themselves with the urban market to succeed right? Not just Tech-N9ne type artists, I mean artists who have no plan on ever making a record aimed for the backpack (Slaughterhouse) kind of crowd.

Mac Miller may lead this group due to his crossover attempts with Juicy J and Wayne, but there are artists who are touring making money in the name of hip-hop that honestly most black folks will never hear about it. Here are just a few:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t431MAUQlQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R5KK66yTsU&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-dxZ3_3oBs

And the third artist, his album sits at #6 on iTunes hip-hop charts right behind 2 Chainz, Lupe and GOOD Music...

Mann,all these are white folks..of course its gonna be easy for them..

white folks support their artist...

 

[rapbeats]

After reading up on the Kendrick's audience thread and some of the posts about hip-hop being easier to carve a lane in, I just wanted to pose a question to folks here.

Are people aware that there are hip-hop artists who are not even concerning themselves with the urban market to succeed right? Not just Tech-N9ne type artists, I mean artists who have no plan on ever making a record aimed for the backpack (Slaughterhouse) kind of crowd.

Mac Miller may lead this group due to his crossover attempts with Juicy J and Wayne, but there are artists who are touring making money in the name of hip-hop that honestly most black folks will never hear about it. Here are just a few:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t431MAUQlQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R5KK66yTsU&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-dxZ3_3oBs

And the third artist, his album sits at #6 on iTunes hip-hop charts right behind 2 Chainz, Lupe and GOOD Music...

so you're saying white people turning hiphop into their own genre like we knew they always wanted to do.

1st video. sounds like a a weak rendition of drake.

2nd video is using soul samples and is rapping just like a black rapper would on a soul sample. so he's not attempting to appeal to a white audience. even if he does.

#3, now thats true what you said. this is white fouls music. lol

and if this is the way its going. Hiphop is DEAD. cause #1 and #3 aint hiphop. its something. but it aint hiphop. its not even bad. but it aint hiphop.

 

[rapbeats]

My point of the thread was.... they're not trying to be something they're not. Instead of trying to cross over and reach a market like say Yelawolf... they're just not worried about making "real" hip-hop.

Yelawolf is making the music he knows how. and again that 2nd dude sounds like a black artist over black soul beats. no technically you can tell the guy is white even just by listening. but i'm talking about his rap cadence, etc. so that doesnt count for what you are trying to prove. these other artists are not HIPHOP artist no matter what genre they throw them in. what has happened now is labels know HIPHOP is the MOST POPULAR of all music genreS. even if its technically not the highest selling as far as records are concerned. thats probably country or something. so labels and new artists are trying to attach themselves to the most popular genre. they figure if they rhyme words or have a hiphopish beat. then its automatically hiphop. no. its some kind of alternative hop/rock type of stuff. again it sounds good to me. but it aint hiphop. but hey if these white people keep saying it is. it will be pretty soon.