Hip Hop Trends You Wish Would Come Back...
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CashmoneyDux wrote: »Throwback jerseys
It got crazy when ? started over doing it and wearing them everyday with every outfit
But jerseys used to look so good with a matching pair of kicks though -
Remix beats , when a remix beat actually felt different...remember all those SoSo remixes that felt better than the originals.
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Dilla Deaf wrote: »Remix beats , when a remix beat actually felt different...remember all those SoSo remixes that felt better than the originals.
Came to say this.
Artists to call wack artists wack and to not ? with them. -
Genuine collaborations that add to the meaning of the song and not a bunch of features based on album sales or who's hot at the time.
Concept albums
Super lyrical posse cuts
Outkast (no diss--Kast wasn't a trend but I miss their music in hip hop.. and not no Hey Ya ? neither) -
CrookedLetter wrote: »Diffrent production styles in songs that can stand out from the next song, it's too many talented producers that won't get get a shot cause ? want the same ol ?
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Music with a narrative
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Being masculine; pause. The new era has grown men acting like some ?
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I just miss when you needed to show some level of skill to get on. Now all you need is a hot beat, a gimmick, a background story and the right connections.
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Dancing and rapping
I.e.
Big daddy kane
Heavy d
Kid n play
My brother and I was watching a Big Daddy Kane video on VH-1 soul this weekend and was talking about how if Kane dropped that today with the dancing and shiny clothes ? would be quick to call him ? , soft, etc. Back then it was expected for rappers to be actual performers. -
LysolJenkins wrote: »Soul samples.
Krit and Cole use em for album material but most rappers shy away bc they dont get radio play
I think the complaining people did, the copyright laws & sample clearing issues/payment mixed with new tecnology made it the way it is now. The mainstream game generally uses less samples these days and are just filled with 808's, which is why majority of the hit songs following those that formula starts off in the clubs.
I think sample in general needs to comeback, but not just taking a whole old school song and rapping over it but to flip it and all that. -
Balance on the MAINSTREAM radio: regions, sub-genres, indie and mainstream artists alike.
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Rappers who can rap...and machine gun pants
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I miss the style of rapping from the 80s when rappers didn't curse. If you listen to a mix of 80s rap there's virtually no cursing (except for NWA, 2 Live Crew, etc.). Rappers found a creative way to talk about sex. Nowadays when you listen to rap on the radio every other word is bleeped out and you have no idea what the rapper is saying.
Also, there's very few, if any, modern rap albums that you could play all the way through at a family cookout because of the profanity. -
Y'all do realize that a lot of da ? u namin' currently exists rite?
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I miss the style of rapping from the 80s when rappers didn't curse. If you listen to a mix of 80s rap there's virtually no cursing (except for NWA, 2 Live Crew, etc.). Rappers found a creative way to talk about sex. Nowadays when you listen to rap on the radio every other word is bleeped out and you have no idea what the rapper is saying.
Also, there's very few, if any, modern rap albums that you could play all the way through at a family cookout because of the profanity.
It's a reason why they have Kidz Bop CDs bro -
CrookedLetter wrote: »It's a reason why they have Kidz Bop CDs bro
I'm not sure what a Kidz Bop CD is but when I was in high school, the best, nicest MCs didn't curse. Rakim, KRS, MC Shan, Chuck D, Special Ed, Kool G Rap, LL Cool J, Kool Moe D, etc. -
Super-Lyricism, Dusty Bass Heavy Boom Bap Production
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Lot29
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I just want Lupe to listen to "Theme Music To A Drive by" and remember who the ? he is. I know it wasn't a trend, but when I heard that, I thought that ? was the second coming.
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CrookedLetter wrote: »It's a reason why they have Kidz Bop CDs bro
I'm not sure what a Kidz Bop CD is but when I was in high school, the best, nicest MCs didn't curse. Rakim, KRS, MC Shan, Chuck D, Special Ed, Kool G Rap, LL Cool J, Kool Moe D, etc.
You sure G Rap didn't curse my G?
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I miss the style of rapping from the 80s when rappers didn't curse. If you listen to a mix of 80s rap there's virtually no cursing (except for NWA, 2 Live Crew, etc.). Rappers found a creative way to talk about sex. Nowadays when you listen to rap on the radio every other word is bleeped out and you have no idea what the rapper is saying.
Also, there's very few, if any, modern rap albums that you could play all the way through at a family cookout because of the profanity.
This was a way to gauge a ? 's lyricial ability, if he could make a radio edit for example, the radio edits of N.W.A's ? , 2 Live Crew, and the Geto Boys, but to answer the question, ? need to go back to trying to be the hottest lyricist their is, no matter what subgenre he's in. I also wish there were rap groups, scratching, the 808 bass kicks in songs. Nothing quite hits like an 808.
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A variety on the radio. Not the same five songs!
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Gatekeeping and when mediocrity wasn't celebrated.
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Earl Lee Risor wrote: »CrookedLetter wrote: »It's a reason why they have Kidz Bop CDs bro
I'm not sure what a Kidz Bop CD is but when I was in high school, the best, nicest MCs didn't curse. Rakim, KRS, MC Shan, Chuck D, Special Ed, Kool G Rap, LL Cool J, Kool Moe D, etc.
You sure G Rap didn't curse my G?
listen to his first album and get back to me. -
? a button up, I'm rocking a University of Georgetown Hoyas Alonzo Mourning as we speak. I know what folks mean by stations rotating the same five songs all the time...that's why I always keep my CD stash around and don't get stuck listening to ? like Drake !!!
