I've listened to most of Joe's podcast
The best one by far. It's actually a conversation I've had. I also talked about how Kanye opened the door for the regular dude rapper, before he became a weirdo
Weirdos and nerds took over rap mainly because it went from the streets to the internet. Rap always had a balance. De La and NWA and PE. Now the division is the internet and the strip club. So you have your dudes like Childish or A$ap who become popular on the internet and it leaks out into mainstream, and then you have your Fetty Wap's that come from the clubs.
I realized that when Troy Ave made his comments. I was wondering why would he make them, because who did he think would read or hear about his comments? Surely not dudes in the streets. It was dumb and not thought out, so now the internet is very anti Troy Ave.
I don't think anythings wrong with it, it's just the bad rap is really bad now, because there's no skill involved. It's just melody with no substance or lyricism. J Cole went platinum with no real single, and these other dudes, yeah they get radio and club play, but they sell a few singles and then get replaced by the next hot artist of the moment. I watched the video of Peter Gunz talking about how they worked Deja Vuh too long, but that's all they do now. Are people going to remember OT Genasis by the time he comes out with an album? If he comes out with an album. Is anyone going to rememebr Dej Loaf?
Rap is just in a weird place. Now instead of trying to be Drake or Kendrick, which they know they can't be, they know they can gain fame and better their situation by spitting ********.