Yeah it sucks that people get older i know, i also hate when people comment on Hip hop/rap these days sure its all the same but if you don't like it don't listen.
Tyga from Young Money was arrested for traffic violations in Las Vegas over the weekend. During a routine traffic stop the Las Vegas police determined the 22 year old, Tyga, born Michael Stevenson had failed to take care of four previous traffic violations. The violations include driving without a license, no registration, unlawful acts of financial responsibility. They kept him in jail overnight and released him the following day.
Tyga is currently on tour promoting his upcoming album Carless World: The Rise of the Last King which is due out later this month.
Like I said this is a new age so judging hip hop on the radio which isn't even the main source of music anymore isn't accurate. There are a lot of young rappers out there who talk about subject matter in J Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Trae Tha Truth, Big K.R.I.T etc. We now have the luxury of having music opened up because of the internet. A rapper now can only be shoved down your throat if you allow it to happen and look at mainstream as the only rap out there when it isn't. Yeah I agree mainstream rap is at a low point and needs to be a lot better but if there is something u don't like out there don't listen to it and listen to something you do.It's kind of hard to ignore music that is constantly shoved down your throat when you want to listen to music.
Am I wrong for saying that rap sounds the same these days? I don't think I'm out of line for saying so. The simple fact remains, that the majority of mainstream rap, (I refuse to call any of it hip hop since that motherfucker died after BET stopped airing it.) are about the same subject matter sprinkled with thesaurus definitions and vaguely clever cliches.
How about some 19-25 yr old rapper come out with something better than talking about having money, since let's be honest, no internet rapper makes any money. The game is full of perpetrators, sweater vest wearing clowns who care more about their sunglasses then about making real music.
Sorry if I don't think anyone new can measure up to Rakim, D.O.C, Big L, Nas or almost anyone from the 90s. Notice that the people I name-dropped all were different and talked about different subject matter? Also were dope as fuck.
Got into him a few years ago one of my favorite modern day artist.[video=youtube;vbxcPy1qJTU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbxcPy1qJTU[/video]
"sit out side a busta crib wait til that muthafucka leave walk him back up in his crib and put him on his motha fuckin knees".
Gibbs goes in, hopefully it's a big year for him. These two could go in on a album.
Like I said this is a new age so judging hip hop on the radio which isn't even the main source of music anymore isn't accurate. There are a lot of young rappers out there who talk about subject matter in J Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Trae Tha Truth, Big K.R.I.T etc. We now have the luxury of having music opened up because of the internet. A rapper now can only be shoved down your throat if you allow it to happen and look at mainstream as the only rap out there when it isn't. Yeah I agree mainstream rap is at a low point and needs to be a lot better but if there is something u don't like out there don't listen to it and listen to something you do.
I love 90's rap as much as anybody but I don't hold it against today's music just like I don't think the people who grew up in the 80's shouldn't hold the 80's against the 90's. I don't even fully blame the artist themselves for the state of mainstream hip hop I blame the people who buy the music because they can control what the main content is. If the people buy money, clothes and hoes that is what is gonna be the it thing to do rather than speak on real issues.