Rap is dead.

"jkm7680" (jkm7680) 05/08/2015 at 18:45 • Filed to: None

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I’ll listen to 2 Live Crew all day long. But this new shit takes vile to a whole new level. Like 2lc wasn’t even that horribly gross.

If Bob Martinez was still in office, he’d have a stroke probably after hearing some of this new stuff.

Snooder87 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 18:50

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Who you talking about? Tyga? Rae Smmurd? Rich Homie Quan? Gotta name names or post some youtube vids brah.

PS9 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 18:55

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You mean like the fatalities in MKX but in rap form?

Zohaibman72 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 18:59

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As an avid Hip-hop fan, I’m going to disagree. You got Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Action Bronson, Killer Mike ( & Run The Jewels), Logic, Lupe Fiasco, Tyler The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Chance The Rapper, Joey Bada$$, Common, I could go on forever.

Ash78, voting early and often > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:01

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F*ck Martinez, f*ck f*ck Martiiinez.

jkm7680 > Snooder87 05/08/2015 at 19:01

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It’s not that hard. Pretty much those, many more than those and Nicki Minaj.

jkm7680 > Zohaibman72 05/08/2015 at 19:02

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SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:02

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2 words:Amerigo Gazaway

Check out his 2 Yasiin Gaye volumes (mash up of Mos Def and Marvin Gaye) also Fela Soul

amazing stuff....trust me I’m black

They’re free on his site and his Soundcloud

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > Zohaibman72 05/08/2015 at 19:07

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If anything, hip hop is coming out of a slump right now. Anyone who says hip hop is dead obviously doesn’t know much about the genre.

505Turbeaux > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:09

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I think it peaked in the late 90’s, early 2000’s. I agree most of the radio rap is just fucking garbage these days, but there is still a couple of rappers out there worth checking out. Mentioned all up in the comments here.

But yeah, fuck Nicki Minaj, how does anyone even listen to that shit?

jkm7680 > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 05/08/2015 at 19:11

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Uhhhh, I’ve been listening to hip hop for years. Everything from Brand Nubian, Luniz, Bone Thugs, Warren G, Nate Dog all the way up to current hip hop. It’s completely dead to me.

Everything just sounds like “FUCK ASS BITCH WHORE, GOTTA SMOKE THE REEFER BEFORE I SHOOT COPS AND FUCK A PROSTITUTE FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK WEED WEED FUCK FUCK HO ASS BITCH TRICK FUCK THESE WHORES, ASS SHIT FUCK FUCK FUCK.”

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:11

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*I don’t know if you’re white. While I was looking for a completely different gif I came across this and started laughing so I went with it.

Zohaibman72 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:11

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Your point? Music, including rap has done this for ages. People mistake Nostalgia for superiority.

That image is cancer because it selectivley chooses verses and then compares them to choruses.

Songs from 2015/2014:

Wesley’s Theory (Kendrick Lamar)

What you want you? A house or a car?
Forty acres and a mule, a piano, a guitar? Anything, see, my name is Uncle Sam, I’m your dog
Motherfucker you can live at the mall
I know your kind (That’s why I’m kind)
Don’t have receipts (Oh man, that’s fine) Pay me later, wear those gators Cliché and say, fuck your haters I can see the borrow in you
I can see the dollar in you
Little white lies, but it’s no white-collar in you

Body Of Work (Lupe Fiasco):

From the guts of the mother, Kambucha move her undercover With a $3,000 son she just want a lover And somebody else to come and try and drug her Take her off the grill, she done Pills celebrating, “we won” In the system of the women, never knew he had it in him This condition when the world that they make him become
Cocaine and new high tech ways, smuggle whole things
(I’ve always loved you) From the control range that make radio heads with gold brains

I could go on forever, but don’t just judge everything from some Radio hits.

People praise Baby Got Back but insult Anaconda. They are literally two songs about asses.

Zohaibman72 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:15

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Rap in the 90s was just as bad. Bitches Ain’t Shit by Snoop Dogg? Ambitonz As A Ridah by 2Pac? Hypnotize, Fuck You Tonight, Warning by Biggie? Literally every song by Warren G has some sort of Marijuana reference. A Bitch Is A Bitch by NWA? Straight Outta Compton? Ain’t Nuthing But a G thang?

promoted by the color red > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:16

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Hol’ up. I got two words - Kendrick Lamar.

Y’know what? Here’s the entire GKMC. You owe it to yourself to listen to this from start to finish. Life changing good.

jkm7680 > 505Turbeaux 05/08/2015 at 19:16

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Agreed 1990-1995 were some of the best years for hip hop. It got hilariously lewd in the early 2000’s for some reason though haha.

IMO, it 2pac was still around he’d be disappointing with that happened. Like I mean...............

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bigsean…

That’s not even music......

Agreed, I have no idea how anybody tolerates Nicki Minaj. That “music” is really just ass that’s been recorded.

jkm7680 > Zohaibman72 05/08/2015 at 19:17

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http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bigsean…

Zohaibman72 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:19

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Pretty sure 2Pac would be fine with how music is going. Kendrick Lamar is often compared to 2Pac for his lyrical diversity and how it is heavily Poetic. His new Album is a prime example of it.

Take Me Away by Big Sean is an interlude. Dr. Dre, if you want to compare, literally has him having sex with a “patient” as an Interlude in The Chronic.

jkm7680 > Zohaibman72 05/08/2015 at 19:19

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Uhhhh, Anaconda is hilariously lewd. Have you even looked at the lyrics?

And that’s two people.

If the classics didn’t exist, none of the current shit would either.

Snooder87 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:21

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Whatever man, you just old and shit.

Rap is as it always has been. Fresh hits popping off for people to groove to. If anything the new shit is better simple because the producers have better technique and the ability to make literally anything sound good with autotuning and other magic tricks.

jkm7680 > Zohaibman72 05/08/2015 at 19:21

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Again, Kendrick Lamar is just one person. There’s always going to be a few people around that aren't stereotypes.

Zohaibman72 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:21

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That’s an Interlude. It’s not even a song.

http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-doctors-of…

jkm7680 > Snooder87 05/08/2015 at 19:22

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What the hell are you even saying?

jkm7680 > Zohaibman72 05/08/2015 at 19:23

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Ok. That’s just one song, as I keep saying.

Zohaibman72 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:23

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Anaconda is exactly the same song as Baby Got Back.

Also that point makes no sense, that goes for any song ever. Something had to exist for something else to exist.

That’s like saying “If humans didn’t exist, none of the current shit would either”

The entire genre of rap and hip-hop, from Day 1, has used instrumentals from Jazz, Blues, and other types of music.

jkm7680 > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 05/08/2015 at 19:24

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I am a figment of your imagination actually.

Zohaibman72 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:25

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There are tons that aren’t Stereotypes. To be completely clear, Radio music has always been awful. in the 80s and 90s, they played whatever was upbeat and happy and was fun music. They didn’t play thinking music or interesting music.

It has always been like that. Changes is Tupac’s Biggest Hit. It’s also probably his least thought provoking song.

California Luv is up there too, that’s even worse.

Manny05x > Zohaibman72 05/08/2015 at 19:27

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I think rap is in pretty good hands right now. The crap on the radio I stay away from.

jkm7680 > Zohaibman72 05/08/2015 at 19:28

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Zohaibman72 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:28

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I gave an entire list of mainstream big rap hits from the 90s, and they are all FUCK FUCK KILL KILL MONEY BITCHES.

Mainstream rap music was always mainly about dick measuring until Kanye came along with Jesus Walks. Ironically, Kanye ended up becoming the one with the biggest ego. Point is, Music always has been and will always be shitty, your always going to have to find good and bad. The sound has changed but the quality and lyrical content hasn’t. Anaconda is a fantastic example. I don’t even like Anaconda, but it’s a song about Asses. So is Baby Got Back. Your not supposed to find some deeper meaning and lyrical gold in a song about Asses.

jariten1781 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:28

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Palate cleanser.

They ‘rap’ ~1:40 haha

Zohaibman72 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:29

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I’d rap if I could, trust me. But I can’t. So I’d rather defend it on an internet forum about cars. Isn’t that what life truly is about?

jkm7680 > Zohaibman72 05/08/2015 at 19:29

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Your boy, BJR > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:31

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Lol you sound like the oldest white man ever right now

Burrito de EJ25 > Zohaibman72 05/08/2015 at 19:32

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Just chiming in to say that Tyler the Creator is a piece of shit, gimmick as fuck, overrated rapper.

Peace, ya’ll.

Also, come back, MF Doom! We desperately need you!

jkm7680 > Zohaibman72 05/08/2015 at 19:32

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jkm7680 > Your boy, BJR 05/08/2015 at 19:33

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Not old, and race doesn’t matter.

Zohaibman72 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:33

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Zohaibman72 > Burrito de EJ25 05/08/2015 at 19:35

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I kinda like Tyler The Creator but, hes extremely gimmicky. I can see why alot of people don`t like him. Thats why I mentioned like 14 other people.

MF Doom is amazing, what the fuck happened to him

Your boy, BJR > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:36

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I WISH they still rapped about big rims and sneakers and murkin’ muthafuckas. I HEARD A RAP LINE ABOUT SENDING GODDAMN DICK PICS OVER SNAPCHAT!

Sure, there's still some really good rappers out there, but.......SNAPCHAT!!!!!

jkm7680 > Burrito de EJ25 05/08/2015 at 19:36

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YES! MF DOOM!

Love Lavender Buds, simple but I loved the sound of it.

Zohaibman72 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:37

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Your boy, BJR > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:38

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I was making a damn joke!

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:38

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To be fair, 1990-1995 were the best years for music period.

Snooder87 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:39

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I disagree with your assessment of the current state of the Rap genre. I think that contrary to your premise that the music is worse than in years past, it’s actually better, when measured on technical artistry and the ability of rap music makers to deliver a danceable beat that has a solid rythm.

I think your incorrect assessment stems from nostalgia and an inability to appreciate new innovation in the genre. Most likely stemming from age.

There, does that help?

Seriously though, at first I had some issue with new Southern mumbly shit, and I still think Rae Smmurd is some fake ass hipster boy band crap. But overall the stuff sounds good if you let go of your biases.

jkm7680 > Zohaibman72 05/08/2015 at 19:39

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jkm7680 > Your boy, BJR 05/08/2015 at 19:40

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Bit hard to tell, ha.

Zohaibman72 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:41

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jkm7680 > Snooder87 05/08/2015 at 19:42

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Oooh, sarcasm.

jkm7680 > Zohaibman72 05/08/2015 at 19:43

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Your boy, BJR > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:44

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I'm never NOT joking. Unless I say so.

Zohaibman72 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:45

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jkm7680 > Zohaibman72 05/08/2015 at 19:47

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Pictured: Kinja servers after a Gif battle.

wbizarre - OEM fetishist > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:49

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I can only assume this is a call for good modern hip-hop.

Zohaibman72 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 19:49

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Snooder87 > Your boy, BJR 05/08/2015 at 19:50

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It’s a good song though. #blessed.

jkm7680 > wbizarre - OEM fetishist 05/08/2015 at 19:53

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Taking a listen right now! The first song sounds pretty good, I agree with the top comment though.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 20:09

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Rap may be dead... but crap still lives!

dogisbadob > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 20:10

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And to think 2 Live Crew was actually ruled legally obscene in court!

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 20:14

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Nope. Not dead. Check out K.A.A.N.

Snooder87 > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 20:23

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It may help if you realise that I generally don’t really like the more cerebral or political rap. I know people like them, but I think it’s just boring and doesn’t work for me. I like rap as stuff to dance to. And if I can’t dance, if it doesn’t inspire movement and passion, I don’t really think it’s good.

And the new stuff does that, and in spades. Much better, if we’re being honest, than the club stuff from the early nineties.

Spaceball-Two > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 21:47

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I miss Pharyde, Lost Boyz, old good Tribe and Wu before the infighting. This new stuff is just too polished.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 22:46

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Thats why i listen to stuff that doesnt usually chart. Like Tech N9ne.

wafflesnfalafel > jkm7680 05/08/2015 at 22:47

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jkm7680 > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 05/08/2015 at 22:48

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Haha, I remember Caribou Lou.

Axial > jkm7680 05/09/2015 at 01:50

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Rap has been dead since the ‘90s ended.

NJAnon > jkm7680 05/10/2015 at 18:17

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You still have to work hard to get the good artists in the playlists. Thats any genre jkm. Rap is just harder to work with now. :P