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Why do people listen to trendy rap/hip hop music thread

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Culture+
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Why do people listen to that kind of music?

Is there some sort of third party/peer influence? or do they genuinely like it?

im not bashing but like why dude
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ElMexicano
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Why do you listen to any music?
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namechange
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Not much else to listen to
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Crispy.
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Little wayne.
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Chubz.
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Because they FUCKING LIKE IT
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CrotchKiller
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Why not? Ignorant rap is like comedy
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270on420out
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Because I like every peice of music to contain a deep serenade reflecting on life's moments.


No. I listen to it, cause it goes HARD.
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whoa-dere
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because i enjoy it
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steezburgereddie
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Beacause its trendy
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Deepskier
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Because its pleasureable to the ears
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The-Rodent
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THEDIRTYBUBBLEBecause I like every peice of music to contain a deep serenade reflecting on life's moments.


No. I listen to it, cause it goes HARD.


This.
For example I like future because his shit bumps but I wouldn't be expecting him to get a grammy for it haha
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brotherdad
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Define trendy rap music
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Byron_tha_gr8
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wtf is trendy rap.
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270on420out
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The-RodentThis.
For example I like future because his shit bumps but I wouldn't be expecting him to get a grammy for it haha


I was thinking of future when I wrote my reply
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.CJ.
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Its trendy because it actually sounds good.
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Crispy.
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Just found this super dope hip hop song/artists and going to post it in here to celebrate.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790681/Chester-Watson---Creed
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DJ_Pauly_D
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Trends change but right now i'd say "trap rap" (ex. Gucci Mane, Future, Young Thug, Migos, Rich Homie Quan, Fetty Wap, Chief Keef) is one of the subgenres with the fastest growing popularity.
I think its the next generation of the golden age of gangsta rap (NWA, Jay-Z, Wu-Tang, 2Pac and B.I.G.).
I listened to alot of early gangsta rap in my teens and moved to listening to alot of old school later on. I was big into lyrical hip hop, conscious hip hop and even storytelling hip hop.
Today's artists of this new genre of "trap gangsta rap" are definitively not aiming for great vocabulary or intelligent rhymes. I think most of today's "hot" rappers grew up listening to old school and know that they won't do it better than the legends in that category. Fans are looking for the next new thing in rap. The real part golden age old school rappers couldnt master was flow. They had the lyrics but the flow was still at a very early stage.
Today the game;s standards have changed. The lyrics are now irrelevant, the flow is what these guys are after. The melody. How the words intertwine with the hi-hats and the bass. The melody. Such is why many of these rappers are basically singing on their tracks (Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan, Fetty Wap). Autotune is embraced if it can make the flow sound better. The mood has also changed. It used to be about hate, problems and alot of very depressing themes. Im glad today it is more "positive" talking about entrepreurship, boasting about success and repping for the squad. Even if many of the topics are still very negative (violence, drug use and misogyny), I feel the lyrics are "lighter", more positive and most of the time fuckin humorous. I don't want to hear anymore complaining rap. I would even go as far as to say a new subgenre of trap has emerged that i like to label as "motivational trap". The main actors of this movement are Young Dolph and Skippa da Flippa. Camouflaged in metaphors of braggadocious, misogynistic mumble rhymes are powerful messages of individualism, self-discipline, work-ethic, respect and entrepreneurship. Everyone has the opportunity to get up and get the money (or whatever ur chasing); no excuses.
These are good examples.
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790685/Jose-Guapo--quot-Run-It-Up-quot--Feat--Takeoff-of-Migos--amp--YFN-Lucci--WSHH-Exclusive---Official-Music-Video-
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790686/Skippa-Da-Flippa--quot-Chase-Your-Dreams-quot---WSHH-Exclusive---Official-Music-Video-
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790687/Young-Dolph-Feat--2-Chainz---Go-Get-The-Money--High-Class-Street-Music-5-

This is why i listen to trap.
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Titus69
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I get why kids like it...To get fucking drunk/stoned with "the boys" and rage but I dont like it that much at all, theres some songs here and there I like but it all sounds the same to me. I prefer hearing rap about the ghetto and the shit that went on in the rappers life, not shit about smoking cali kush, driving ferraris and fucking hoes. Its just not my taste, I prefer older rap. Still theres worse trendy music than the modern rap.
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e~b
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this new "trendy" rap usually has some pretty hype beats, and people like that kind of upbeat tempo. but honestly, that stuff dries out to me really quick. Songs like these are timeless in my eyes, and are real art:

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790690/Bishop-Nehru-feat-Que-Hampton---Exhale--Official-Video-

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790691/Ab-Soul---Stigmata-ft--Action-Bronson--amp--Asaad

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790692/Bishop-Nehru--Lemon-Grass--Prod--by-MF-DOOM-

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790693/You-Never-Know---Immortal-Technique--Dir--Al-Mukadam-

but i can still bump to hype shit, like this:

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790694/DuRu-Tha-King---New-Charlotte-Feat--Deniro-Farrar--YB--BankRoll-Bird
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arnie_grape
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cuz it sounds da best while im vapin in my civic bro
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dustygoldflakes
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Wu-Tang Forever.
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K-Dot.
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DJ_Pauly_DThis is why i listen to trap.


Thank you for this post, couldn't have said it better myself.

Really it's just fun to me. Just like there can be serious movies, there can be serious music with deep rich meaning and emotion. Inversely, fun, simple movies exist too. Most of trap rap is like that to me. Young thug making funny noises just puts me in a good mood, I can't explain it more than that.
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Bonzalo
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Culture+Is there some sort of third party/peer influence? or do they genuinely like it?

im not bashing but like why dude


Those two sentences don't add up.
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CHORIZO
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i only listen to it when im getting hyphy and need to feel ignorant
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The-Rodent
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THEDIRTYBUBBLEI was thinking of future when I wrote my reply


Well hey look at that great minds think alike
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spliff.Life
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Because people in general are insecure about themselves and about life (imo because of so many anti intuitive things like how much we pollute and actually destroy nature with daily actions, for many just eating usually puts more trash in the dump). We like to feel like we belong to something important and 'real'.
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daannnnieel
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if you ask this question you can replace it with any type of music and you will most likely get the same answers as well.

There's no such thing as a stupid question...
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Byron_tha_gr8
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immortal technique is an idiot and he doesnt have a single fan whose a real fan of the rap game.
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theabortionator
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Because they have no taste. It's all about production these days, nothing else matters.

Not saying that the production wasn't a huge part of it before, but it's literally everything these days.

I could record the first conversation I have with somebody today, send it to a good producer, if I could get a bunch of radio play, it would be everyone's favorite song for the next week.

Production and radio play.

Also somebody posted some "song" where the guy was just yelling bullshit. I thought it was a joke, then I heard it blasting from a car at the gas station. I'm not a violent person but damn, Jebus was testing me there.


The party genre in general sucks. "Party rap" "Party country" "Brograss" "Radio rock" and all that shit.

Also pop music in general.

It's okay to get a pop song stuck in your head since they play fucking everywhere, but if you think that shit is actually great music and you're out of high school, I feel bad for you son.
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WeathermanPetro
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Certain beats can really make you feel some type of way. Also I found some of the lyrics really interesting and clever. I'm not talking rap like Waka Flocka. That stuff is garbage.
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crotchvent
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I listen to it because corey taylor told me to.








Oh wait no I don't that stuff sucks.
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Byron_tha_gr8
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WeathermanPetroCertain beats can really make you feel some type of way. Also I found some of the lyrics really interesting and clever. I'm not talking rap like Waka Flocka. That stuff is garbage.


X-WULF
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Edward.
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Seems to me youve answered your own question already. They probably like it because its trendy
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HornyOrphan
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Its not even rap though, its just noise. They don't go into the songs anymore thinking "Im going to write the sickest rap" its, how am I going to attract the biggest audience to this music whether i think its shit or not because I want to make money.

Artists are only in it to make money and thats the problem
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stupendous-man
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TheHornyOrphanIts not even rap though, its just noise. They don't go into the songs anymore thinking "Im going to write the sickest rap" its, how am I going to attract the biggest audience to this music whether i think its shit or not because I want to make money.

Artists are only in it to make money and thats the problem


Just because you don't like listening to Fetty Wap doesn't mean he's not a rapper
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e~b
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stupendous-manJust because you don't like listening to Fetty Wap doesn't mean he's not a rapper


putting aside the fact he's ass, fetty wap is barley a rapper. he's more like a modern day r&b singer
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HornyOrphan
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stupendous-manJust because you don't like listening to Fetty Wap doesn't mean he's not a rapper


He is not a rapper though, he is a singer, a performer.

listen to this song, and his other hit singles and tell me where he "raps"

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790938/Fetty-Wap---My-Way
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stupendous-man
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TheHornyOrphanHe is not a rapper though, he is a singer, a performer.

listen to this song, and his other hit singles and tell me where he "raps"

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790938/Fetty-Wap---My-Way


Fetty wasn't the best choice here hahaha but I would argue that he raps in Trap Queen. And definitely on this track with gucci

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790946/Gucci-Mane-ft--Fetty-Wap---Still-Selling-Dope
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littleman34
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FROGGINBULLFISHcuz it sounds da best while im vapin in my civic bro


Vaping is gay man
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afterbanginn
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Crispy.Just found this super dope hip hop song/artists and going to post it in here to celebrate.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790681/Chester-Watson---Creed


pretty sure thats the weekend
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Crispy.
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afterbanginnpretty sure thats the weekend


?
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arnie_grape
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gypsy_kidVaping is gay man


nah im a hard nigger
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e~b
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afterbanginnpretty sure thats the weekend


weeknd** god bro do you even listen to the hills??????
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Felice
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clown rap is the best



https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/791050/Shaggy-2-Dope---Fuck-The-Fuck-Off
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littleman34
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FROGGINBULLFISHnah im a hard nigger


Ok
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HornyOrphan
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stupendous-manFetty wasn't the best choice here hahaha but I would argue that he raps in Trap Queen. And definitely on this track with gucci

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/790946/Gucci-Mane-ft--Fetty-Wap---Still-Selling-Dope


There is just no attempt in that kind of music to even make good rap, it sounds like they released the verse on the first try just to make money out of it.


Not rap IMO, just noise.
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