Rap About Nothing: Hip Hop Chat Thread

[harlemtothebronx]

Come on, b. I get we all root for Gucci and all that, but he sounds ridiculous.

I’m not much of an Em fan anymore, but come on.

Gucci should go back to being mysteriously quiet.

He talking king of hip hop, then excludes Jay because he’s from up top.

Come on, b. Gucci swerving out of his lane here.

 

[RIP sleazyy]

i knew how big the song was when i was at an aau tournament this summer and it come on. i watched about 1000 kids go into a ****ing trance. dead *** lil *****s were singing that **** like it was Thriller. i couldn't believe it.

I'm 29 years old and my daughter 10. Her and all her lil friends know that song word for word. All of them bruh.

**** she put me on to the song.

Folks forget with streaming there's an expanded market. I don't know **** about K-pop but I know at least 8 kids literally learning Korean because of that **** I had to buy a damn Anti Social Social Club x BTS hoodie last month for my youngin.

It's bigger than what we know and see now. These kids be on YouTube and apple music for hours running streams up.

 

[nawghtyhare]

I could see him sending a shot. He prolly feeling himself now that he redeemed himself from that one awful album

Since when he redeem himself
M&M been trash

 

[tay1]

Since when he redeem himself
M&M been trash

People actually liked his last album

 

[Maximus Meridius]

My man Bow said ON PIRU

Funny seeing the difference between him and Lil Romeo now. Romeo seems to be comfortable with who he, hosting stuff and staying out the nonsense while Bow wants to be a tough guy so bad.

 

[nawghtyhare]

People actually liked his last album

Yeah and they opinions are trash

 

[wavycrocket]

More than ever before, kids determine what’s hot. Streaming has really skewed everything, because so many people are just doing what they can to catch the attention of children with mature content.

That’s why you see *****s like Lil Pump and 6ix9ine basically portraying the role of a cartoon character.

Streaming really warped things. Our opinions on what’s good don’t play as big a role in the equation as it used to.

The goal used to be to get adults to spend money. Now it feels like the goal is just to get a kid with a limited attention span to watch or listen to something for more than 3 minutes.

It’s really cheapened the quality of actual art we get. People buy art, people rent disposable music.

This is true. But this music isn’t geared toward us. It’s geared for kids that steal their parents credit card and buy VC on my player in 2K .

The stuff for the older and more traditional hip hop crowd still sells and still streams and still has its core audience etc. Meek just had one of the biggest albums.

Juice WRLD, Lil Pump & 6ix9ine is music for kids, by kids and even video directed by kids. It’s a reason Most of Juice WRLDS videos came with the cartoonish Cole Bennett package/Adam 22 rollout.

It’s not for us. And other more traditional sounds still maintain “hot” amongst these lil guys.

 

[nawghtyhare]

Juice WRLD, Lil Pump & 6ix9ine is music for kids,

Nas was a kid and made illmatic
PAC was a kid a look what albums he created
Big was a kid look what he made
No excuse
Bow wow put out better music when he first came out
Then these kids nowadays

 

[numbah1grimey]

Nas was a kid and made illmatic
PAC was a kid a look what albums he created
Big was a kid look what he made
No excuse
Bow wow put out better music when he first came out
Then these kids nowadays

Y’all wanna blame the kids... but not the parents

These kids parents probably weren’t even allowed to listen to Nas or 2pac

C’mon bro. Some of these kids parents are even more square than their kids. Look at some of these parents out here. Their kids are a direct reflection or, partial reflection

 

[str8drop]

but it’s definitely insanely popular to the crowd that plays fortnight and does the “floss” dance.

My thing is, as unfortunate as it is, we can’t underestimate how big and influential that demographic is

XO Tour Life, Gucci Gang etc didn’t blow up because _’s was out on the block, at the functions etc slapping those all day

At the end of the day we out numbered out here. Anything that’s really popular with “them” has the potential to blow up and get validated way quicker. _’s talked about twerking for years but then Miley did it and it was like they just discovered this whole new world that she invented it lol

JuiceWrld specifically is weird to talk about cause he didn’t necessarily cross over, he basically started out over there from the jump

 

[tennakeyslim]

Please let the juice world debate go. Y’all killin me

 

[Mark Antony]

No disrespect to big guwop but i'm not looking to him for pure hip hop opinions.

 

[wavycrocket]

Nas was a kid and made illmatic
PAC was a kid a look what albums he created
Big was a kid look what he made
No excuse
Bow wow put out better music when he first came out
Then these kids nowadays

Trash comparison on so many levels.

Y’all ***** OD bitter now a days . Next, I’m gonna juxtapose Lil Romeo’s debut to illmatic

 

[Mark Antony]

Jacquees Wylin out here , disrespecting one of the GOATS

Lil dude ain't nobody for real for real in the grand scheme but he's out there now. The world values trolling now so it is what it is.

 

[alexody]

Best rapper in the game ]

Snuck that trash take in real subtle

 

[Mark Antony]

Is this the thing now post Drake's texts everytime? Look how much they value his word yet he's the one out here looking thirsty for friends.

 

[Mark Antony]

Juice WRLD a plant. That ***** literally came outta nowhere and his numbers for sure are cooked.

That said...his Lucid Dreams song is huge, and lil kids love him. Never heard the song out in settings ...and it’s not As big as bodak yellow....but it’s definitely insanely popular to the crowd that plays fortnight and does the “floss” dance.

top comment on his vid is "sting has joined the chat" so you may be on to something. Whole time though ya'll ain't even talking bout how juice wrld look like @derryj3

 

[wavycrocket]

No disrespect to big guwop but i'm not looking to him for pure hip hop opinions.

Eminem ain’t been pure hip hop since 2003 though....

Him and DMX was hot at the same time. Think about that a minute. The man Em ain’t make an album that really resonated with hip hop fans since 03. When him and X was on fire.

One, we look at as a legend that’s also a washed the junkie. But he’s not in those discussions.

The other (em) is also a legend and washed Junkie...but we pretend like he’s in the GOAT convos because of a 5 year stretch he had that ended 15 years ago

 

[Magic33]

Honestly, I'm just glad someone said something about Em, because the whole industry has tip toed around him for a decade because they're scared about his power and influence.

Gucci won't be perceived as a hater or jealous.

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Trash comparison on so many levels.

Y’all ***** OD bitter now a days . Next, I’m gonna juxtapose Lil Romeo’s debut to illmatic

****** in here really can't read. This like the 3rd time today someone has mistaken a convo about the business of music today for a convo about music quality.

 

[tay1]

Honestly, I'm just glad someone said something about Em, because the whole industry has tip toed around him for a decade because they're scared about his power and influence.

Gucci won't be perceived as a hater or jealous.

He won't even be taken serious as well

 

[Deleted member 107398]

Em would be perceived so much differently if he “retired” around 2005-ish

His legacy gets more and more tarnished each year

 

[nawghtyhare]

Em would be perceived so much differently if he “retired” around 2005-ish

His legacy gets more and more tarnished each year

that boy trash
even whats considered his BEST albums
sslp and mmlp
are trash in hindsight
nowhere near close to great albums

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Em would be perceived so much differently if he “retired” around 2005-ish

His legacy gets more and more tarnished each year

His "legacy" is suspect too. He's lucky the majority of his fan base grew up with him and nostalgia still keeps him in a high light.

We wouldn't let ANNNNNNYBODY else we can consider a "great" get away with the **** he got away with doing. His catalog aged like milk.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Em was making clown music from the jump though