Apr 10, 2024

I'm '89 so close enough. I think on balance getting older is great but the b---- of it is that it's just impossible to connect with new music like that. Having said that if another 19 year old came through and dropped an Illmatic I'm sure I'd recognize the greatness.

 

Apr 10, 2024

Oh yea, we’ll for sure recognize it.. I doubt it happen tho, not no time soon anyway, s--- just different now. I feel in order for that to happen the world gotta shift and change a lil bit lol

 

Apr 10, 2024

Ya. My POV, which is mostly informed by managing a lot of the younger generation over the years, is that it's a nuanced problem but there's two real differences between them and us when we were that age. Technology has cooked them and robbed them of the most necessary tool of creativity, which is boredom. And then, there's a pressure to conform that's like infinitely more intense than what we had. We obviously all still live under that same pressure but it's harder to stick your neck out the younger you are. I feel for them, for real. That's why I keep bringing up age when it comes to the Cole/Kendrick thing. Cole's responding like a 39 year old, lol. Like of course he's aware of how much he's being clowned. He just doesn't care.

 

Apr 10, 2024

To be more specific, a large part of Coles fan base are people who don't like contemporary rap. The rappers ripper roo mentioned are pretty mainstream mostly.

 

Apr 10, 2024

I think that's just age. Cole's got a big fan base for sure. Lots of younger people. But the core fans are in their 30's or older. I never met a 30 year old that liked any of those rappers. No way. There's no dad out there listening to a Glo Rilla album. The old dudes like Elliot Wilson or Joe Budden wouldn't pass a polygraph test when they give that s--- props.

Like I'm pretty excited about the fact that the same artists that were on top 10 years ago are still on top. But I"m like where's the new guys? When Jay/Nas/Em etc were this age I thought those dudes were OLD. Still good. No doubt. But they weren't hot like Wayne and T.I. to name a few.

 

Apr 10, 2024

it's not just age it extends a bit further. I would say most J Cole fans arnt fans of trap legends like future, thug, Chief keef, etc who are pretty much from the same generation as Cole.

 

Apr 10, 2024

s---. Ya that's a good point. That stuff really isn't for me. I definitely can get with the hits but I'm not sitting down listening to Chief Keef album cuts. Honestly, that's why I don't really care if people don't f--- with Cole. Not everything is meant for everybody.

 

Apr 10, 2024

I just think some people need to try to have open minds when it comes to newer rappers, that’s all. I never liked when people dismissed a whole generation because they heard a few rappers they didn’t like

 

Apr 10, 2024

It's a two way street though. You gotta be undeniable. Like I can't tell you how long it took Drake to be accepted. I don't think Drake really got his props from the gatekeepers and tastemakers until If You're Reading This. And IMO time shows that he put out 3 classic albums before that! So Far Gone, Take Care, NWTS. But like dude had to put out hit after hit after hit and then it's like you can't say anything about this guy. I don't think I'm the guy you're talking about here but sounds like me and Uncle Luke are desperate to feel one of these rappers and it's just not hitting. But I can listen to So Far Gone and completely understand why a 30 year old at the time wouldn't feel that s---. I thought Drake sounded like some suave ladies man. That dude sounded like a punk! But it's a classic to me cuz the music is good and I was the right age for it when it came out.

 

Apr 10, 2024

I think the whole dynamic in rap is changing. The idea that it’s a young man’s game is dying out. We have elder statesmen like Jay Z, Eminem, Black Thought, Kanye, etc. still rapping and in some cases still killing it. We have rappers blowing up and entering their primes in their 30s like JID. We have so many different subgenres of rap now too. A lot of things are changing and it’s gonna take a while for everything to fall back into place. COVID had big changes on the music industry too. I think rap is in more of a transitional period right now.

 

Apr 10, 2024

I also forgot to mention the crazy run Nas has been on recently.

 

Apr 10, 2024

Naw.. only ones on that list I f--- with are glorilla and sexy red. I’m not riding around bumping their music , but I follow them on IG, only because they females, and I f--- with what they do lol.. . I’m not one of them n----s who down women at all. I be seeing n----s in comment sections going hard on sexyy red especially, that s--- lame af to me, cause as a man, why you down talking a female??? lol, that s--- weird.. I’m not one of those. Yea sexyy red like to post ratchet s--- , and have her a--- out and s---, but as a man, why don’t you like seeing that??? Lmfaoooo I love that s--- . Plus I’m a black n----- from the south, I know hella sexyy reds around my way lol. Imo you got to let these women do what they do.. just don’t wife no woman on that type time, but just cause you don’t want to wife that kind don’t mean you got to disrespect them.. move accordingly lol

 

Apr 10, 2024

Bro you got me dying over here. You see her on Theo Von podcast? That s--- was hilarious. She did great.

 

Apr 10, 2024

The I feel like females taking over the rap game, some spitting harder than these n----s.. tbr a lot of them spit harder than these n----s.. I been seen his s--- coming years back, women are the future dawg fr.. dreamville need to sign a female rapper

 

Apr 10, 2024

Naw, I ain’t seen that one, I seen her podcast with the white dude who love Drake.. what’s his name?? Adam or some s---??? lol.
Idk tho, I f--- with sexy red lol, I’m the type n----- I love watching interviews and hearing these people talk and see what type s--- they on, and sexy red is one of them ones I f--- with lol

 

Apr 10, 2024

Oh bro you gotta watch this then.

 

Apr 10, 2024

I’m watching right now lol

 

Apr 11, 2024

Amazes me that Pricey is the only song Cole got productions credits on, he really went all in on the bars this time

 

Apr 11, 2024

It’s weird how that used to be so much more normal, discovering albums from the early-mid 90s that came out when I was an infant/very young child some 10 years after they came out was such an integral part of me falling in love with rap. I guess there is just too much new music being constantly put out now right at everyone’s fingertips

 

Apr 12, 2024

I hope for and drake Kendrick dead their s---.. crazy how the media hyping the beef up lol. s--- unreal.. don’t n----s say the media fueled the whole east coast west coast s--- back in the day?? s--- seem lame af , idk, I just can’t put my finger on it, s--- weird tho , the way it’s playing out lol. Like it’s not playing out natural