Does rap music suck now or have I crossed the age where I have become so blinded that I am getting old my days as a rap fan is considered a has been? Tory Lanez came out today saying how music is aggressively mid these days.
To me, he’s right. Who the hell do we turn to for rap music? No real anticipation for an album in what has felt like a long time. We have Drake making dance music, Kanye making Skete memes, Kendrick Lamar thinking he’s the second coming of Christ and J.Cole trying to put on the entire state of North Carolina. The rest are mumbling or sending out a message that is not resonating with the people.
At this point I feel like our only choice for music is to turn to our past. Maybe it’s how the industry shifted from CDs into streaming maybe the juice isn’t worth the squeeze anymore. Or these people can’t get their big break or bring in enough cash because they couldn’t tour in 2020 and still struggling to put their stuff out. Especially with the big barriers to enter this business as saturation continues to hinder the industry.
The game is changing and it is more about digital marketing and people just knowing who you are instead of making good, authentic music. Thank god for Datpiff because that’s where I see us late 1990s-early 2000s babies really enjoy and get our favorite artists music for free. Plus any underground classics you had your chance to put your friends on at the lunch table. I mean let’s face it, Lil Wayne’s No Ceilings is still a better listen than anything that has come out this year while I’m typing away at my desk. IF YOU ARE READING THIS…please download the original version off of Datpiff.com right now.
But if you wont, here we are giving you 20 of our favorites from the DatPiff era with more to come later on. Click here at AH Studio to see some of our playlist, mixes and preview to our podcasts this upcoming Fall 2022. Tell us your favorite mixtapes from the DatPiff era in the comments below and bump this while you are at work tomorrow.
For the first time in a long time ….. everything in music is MID right now … like I truly haven’t heard a project that has moved me in the last 8-9 months ….. 2022 what the fuck going on with u my boy lol
— Tory Lanez (@torylanez) August 8, 2022
Like don’t get it twisted … we getting by off what out now … and u might have some heaters on every album here and there but … I kinda miss that “Kush and OJ “ …. “So Far Gone “ mixtape era when the body of work was more important than a fucking hit song
— Tory Lanez (@torylanez) August 8, 2022
The albums of 2022 I did like tho was Kendrick’s … breezy … Durk … NBA … and few more that I prolly can’t remember … but I can’t really think of a 2022 version of like a REASONABLE DOUBT or THE CHRONIC or COLLEGE DROPOUT
— Tory Lanez (@torylanez) August 8, 2022
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