Do you think rap is better now then it was 5-7 years ago?

I think so.

Rap sucks for a long period now. After Tupac, Eminem it had started to decline imo.

It was always pretty bad tbh.

5-7 years ago, rap artists used to able to make music that related with people or was fun to dance, hang, and rap along to. Today the rappers don't relate to people the same way. It's mostly about bragging rights and what they can make people do now. Example, rappers today are either beefing with another rapper because he said his mom was fat, or is rapping about how much "bank" he makes, how he started from the worst place in existance and is now a huge name in the media etc etc. Back in the day rap was fun, now it's just generic teen music. Same with Rock and Heavy Metal.

Like King Of Rock by Run DMC, its fun music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXzWlPL_TKw

5-7 years ago, rap artists used to able to make music that related with people or was fun to dance, hang, and rap along to. Today the rappers don't relate to people the same way. It's mostly about bragging rights and what they can make people do now. Example, rappers today are either beefing with another rapper because he said his mom was fat, or is rapping about how much "bank" he makes, how he started from the worst place in existance and is now a huge name in the media etc etc. Back in the day rap was fun, now it's just generic teen music. Same with Rock and Heavy Metal.

 

Like King Of Rock by Run DMC, its fun music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXzWlPL_TKw

norm41x

>Thread asks to compare rap from 2006-2008 to rap from today
>This guy posts Run DMC

lmao

Rap was in its heyday during the 90s when rappers had somethin to say, modern rap (with a handfull of exceptions X Raided for example) is sh1t, all these new mc's talk about is what chain they've got, riding on these rims, living in this house etc blah blah blah:roll:.

Where's the commentaries on the state of the world and society and the problems we all face?

Kids these days think lil wayne is the paragon of hip hop i just want beat them all:evil:

This is like asking if having a turd in your oatmeal now, is better than having a turd in your oatmeal 7 years ago. It sucks now, it sucked then.

Rap: Karaoke for people who can't sing

Rap sucks for a long period now. After Tupac, Eminem it had started to decline imo.

indzman

Rap was in its heyday during the 90s when rappers had somethin to say, modern rap (with a handfull of exceptions X Raided for example) is sh1t, all these new mc's talk about is what chain they've got, riding on these rims, living in this house etc blah blah blah:roll:.

Where's the commentaries on the state of the world and society and the problems we all face?

Kids these days think lil wayne is the paragon of hip hop i just want beat them all:evil:

l34052

[QUOTE="indzman"]

Rap sucks for a long period now. After Tupac, Eminem it had started to decline imo.

chaoscougar1

5-7 years ago, rap artists used to able to make music that related with people

norm41x

Really now?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oe9qb5yPQgA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4SBN_ikibtg

[QUOTE="norm41x"]

5-7 years ago, rap artists used to able to make music that related with people or was fun to dance, hang, and rap along to. Today the rappers don't relate to people the same way. It's mostly about bragging rights and what they can make people do now. Example, rappers today are either beefing with another rapper because he said his mom was fat, or is rapping about how much "bank" he makes, how he started from the worst place in existance and is now a huge name in the media etc etc. Back in the day rap was fun, now it's just generic teen music. Same with Rock and Heavy Metal.

 

Like King Of Rock by Run DMC, its fun music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXzWlPL_TKw

JML897

>Thread asks to compare rap from 2006-2008 to rap from today
>This guy posts Run DMC

lmao

Everybody seems to turn into a nostalgia cvnt when they turn 30 years old. 

[QUOTE="JML897"]

[QUOTE="norm41x"]

5-7 years ago, rap artists used to able to make music that related with people or was fun to dance, hang, and rap along to. Today the rappers don't relate to people the same way. It's mostly about bragging rights and what they can make people do now. Example, rappers today are either beefing with another rapper because he said his mom was fat, or is rapping about how much "bank" he makes, how he started from the worst place in existance and is now a huge name in the media etc etc. Back in the day rap was fun, now it's just generic teen music. Same with Rock and Heavy Metal.

 

Like King Of Rock by Run DMC, its fun music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXzWlPL_TKw

Jebus213

>Thread asks to compare rap from 2006-2008 to rap from today
>This guy posts Run DMC

lmao

Everybody seems to turn into a nostalgia cvnt when they turn 30 years old. 

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NO. It is complete crap now.

[QUOTE="indzman"]

Rap sucks for a long period now. After Tupac, Eminem it had started to decline imo.

chaoscougar1

If you are talking staright lyrics then yes, its better. Rappers a writing better then 5-7 years.

But from a production point of view no. Beats and melodies used to be more simple but were more enjoyable. Beats now are either very slow or sounds like house music. Also while I like the bass increase of recent years a lot of rappers are getting drowned out by the bass.

I think it's better, nothing memorable was really happening 5-7 years ago. Actually that's a lie, there were some great albums, but few and far between. Hip Hop didn't really have an identity, the East coast was falling off the map at that time and songs like "Laffy Taffy", "Grillz", and "Lean wit it, Rock wit It" were pushed to the front and center; Lyricist are beginning to take over the reins again. 

[spoiler] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBN_ikibtg Hip Hop 5-7 years ago [/spoiler]  

No. I didn't think it was possible, its getting progressively worse. There are a handful of good rappers, but they are definitely outnumbered and being drowned out by the bad ones...tocool340

No idea but probably just for the fact there's no more stupid dances and ringtone rap.

I think it's better, nothing memorable was really happening 5-7 years ago. Actually that's a lie, there were some great albums, but few and far between. Hip Hop didn't really have an identity, the East coast was falling off the map at that time and songs like "Laffy Taffy", "Grillz", and "Lean wit it, Rock wit It" were pushed to the front and center; Lyricist are beginning to take over the reins again. 

[spoiler] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBN_ikibtg Hip Hop 5-7 years ago [/spoiler]  

TacticaI

It's terrible now, for the most part

It's the same as its always is. Mainstream rap overshadows talented hip-hop artists.

No idea but probably just for the fact there's no more stupid dances and ringtone rap.

Aljosa23

Speaking shitty dance+ringtone rap songs.

I remember when kids under the age of 13 would name themselves "souljaboi95" or something like that in MP games. Then they moved onto "xXGhostXx" and "CaptainPrice96".

Now it's "xXxMlGpro420smokeWizkahlifia360nosc0pesDrizzy01xXx"

I feel like it's been deluded by alot of talentless people.

No. Rap peaked in the late 90s/early 2000s. KC_Hokie

[QUOTE="TacticaI"]

I think it's better, nothing memorable was really happening 5-7 years ago. Actually that's a lie, there were some great albums, but few and far between. Hip Hop didn't really have an identity, the East coast was falling off the map at that time and songs like "Laffy Taffy", "Grillz", and "Lean wit it, Rock wit It" were pushed to the front and center; Lyricist are beginning to take over the reins again. 

[spoiler] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBN_ikibtg Hip Hop 5-7 years ago [/spoiler]  

mems_1224

Mainstream rap overshadows talented hip-hop artists.

Wolf-Man2006