Is Rap/Hip Hop Dead? Give your thoughts.

I stumbled upon a post from Noisey via Facebook saying Vince Staples told his fans to "quit worrying about 90's rap". And it made me think, not only from reading some of the comments, but is this genre 'dying'?

With most of today's rappers only rapping and rhyming about trap houses, finessing the plug and jugging, a lot of people state the genre is absolutely dead, or at least fallen to the dark side (take that how you will whether you're a rap fan or not). Those same people compare today's rappers to the likes of the martyrs of the genre, such as Tupac, Biggie or Nas, which, in my opinion are totally different subgenres, but some disagree about the subgenre part and believe Rap/Hip Hop should be treated as the same all around.

Personally I don't know what to believe at this point. I would like to say I like both older Rap and newer Rap, from Grandmaster Flash to everyone in the QC label (Lil Yachty, Migos, etc.)

What's your opinion on where Rap/Hip Hop is headed?

It's all downhill from here, most certainly

It's going downhill for sure, every 2-3 years Em will drop a fire new album that reminds me of how it once was.

But other than that, I hate the new stuff.

Yall sleepin haha

Mick Jenkins, Joey Purp, Kembe X, most of Pro Era, TDE, some of ASAP mob

If you just waiting on eminem to drop **** then you're an eminem fan not a hip hop fan to be real

Spoiler: Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb6Jc4juSF8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbbaJIpkGMs
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nppKPgdc_u0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8m9zhNAgKs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQqzXkviMyM

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Originally Posted by Pawe

If you just waiting on eminem to drop **** then you're an eminem fan not a hip hop fan to be real

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Eminem is one of the biggest reasons why hip hop blew up the way it did back in the 90's. Denying that and stating that if you like Eminem you're not a hip hop fan doesn't make sense.

Hip Hop started dying in the end of 2010 and has been dragging around here and there having the worst persons possible representing the genre. I don't like Hip Hop however I have the tendency of trying to listen to every single new material that hits the platforms I work with for possible ideas and men I haven't heard anything good (lyrics and beats) since 2009.

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Originally Posted by magaginho

Eminem is one of the biggest reasons why hip hop blew up the way it did back in the 90's. Denying that and stating that if you like Eminem you're not a hip hop fan doesn't make sense.

Hip Hop started dying in the end of 2010 and has been dragging around here and there having the worst persons possible representing the genre. I don't like Hip Hop however I have the tendency of trying to listen to every single new material that hits the platforms I work with for possible ideas and men I haven't heard anything good (lyrics and beats) since 2009.

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Originally Posted by Lolita

l u l

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I'm sorry if I don't have the age, time and patience to hear to a guy rapping how he busts a nut. The age of my hormones being bouncy is long gone.

okay... so there is SO MUCH GOOD hiphop out now. you just have to know where to find it. Even in the last ten years there have been gems dropped every day. Atmosphere, Eyedea and Abilities, Sage Francis, Brother Ali, Spose, Wax, Mac Lethal, Watsky, Cunninlynguists, Tech N9ne, Sadistik, Jedi Mind Tricks, Living Legends, Kristoff Krane... holy **** i could go on and on.

BTW to the guys think its all *****, *** and guns. Open your mind. stuff changes. find your niche.

Thought of some more. Aesop Rock, Immortal Technique, Oddjobs, EL-P, Sol, Awol One, Clouddead

Oh and heres just a tiny taste of freestyle. Hiphop has grown alot. its not thugs anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k33MbI68Wg0


ohh and heres another good one

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

im just blowing up this thread but heres some beautiful lyrics you probably haven't heard.

[Eyedea]
I got a little story to tell
See it was September 1st, 1999, the day of my death
My back was on the cold concrete as I take my last breath
Saw my body laying on the ground as my soul hovered above me
Damn Eyedea you was a good lookin' cat
But anyway another day at 18 years of age
Step in heaven's gate anxious to see what God got to say
Maybe he'll give me a gift for always saying my prayers
But he might send me downstairs for last year's love affair
Well who cares
You know right now it's all a mystery
I mean I'll find out when I get there
Until then I can't let it get to me
I'm keepin' my cool
Besides everybody dies
I'll just follow the white light like the do in the movies

It seems like I was went by and I'm still travelin
Right towards the brightness
Now this ain't heaven of hell
This realm is lifeless
And I hate to say it
But this wild goose chase had me bored
No directions, no clues, no idea what I was in for
But forward I kept floating
And then a quick flash the lights split directly in half
And created a forked path
Representing each side is an angel
Now whats the task I have to untangle to meet the big man in charge I ask
And one on the right of me says one of us always lies and one that always tells the truth
Ask the right one the right question he'll direct you to heaven
If ask the wrong one son, farwell you going straight to well....
Y'all get the picture

The one on my left told me not to listen to his fibs
He said it ain't that complicated to find out where god lives
He told me to follow his path
and tell god that he said hi
Then the one on my right jumped in and told me not to believe his lies
and I'm like Jesus ****ing Christ
I didn't care much for life
But I've tried to stay alive forever if I knew this is what death was like
I was never good at problem solving especially in emergencies
I get a tad bit nervous when concerned with burning for eternity
but anyway I asked them which one lied and they pointed at each other
Thinking I'd had it I asked the name of my mother
One said he don't know the other said he know but he can't tell me
God damn this is going to be hard

So I asked 30 questions and I still wasn't sure
but being me I gave those pricks a few good words
Frustrated with it all
I turned my back to the angels and when I walked away to my surprise
I found myself in heaven

(Ya know I'm saying
Kinda just turned around from the whole situation
Rejecting everything that was going on
Thats how I walked into heaven)

#Freekodak