So what's next for hip hop?

Hip hop/ rap is not doing too well in my opinion. Then again most music now a days is trash. Kanye really dropped the ball on yeezus so I hope he can come back and throw together a decent album. Eminem needs to do the same with his Black Friday release. Mmlp2 was straight trash. Magma Carta was good, but I hope jay has another 1 or 2 left in him. Yg has some bangers. And lil wayne has set the tone with believe me and grindin with drake. Drake does way to much talking over beats and not enough rapping. Yelawolf( hip hop/rap in a way is pretty dope) and hopefully he can pull it together.

It's just turned to auto tune and selling out. Nobody does it for the right reasons anymore. Games album was ok, I hope the documentary is much better, and really more of him and less of collabs.

I've recently gotten into French Montana and would like to see him drop something that is up to snuff. What's next though? Unfortunately probably more crap from g unit rapping about drug money, still.
 
It's the best it's ever been. There's an artist out there for anybody and all artists can eat due to shows and the internet.

Even if you wanna talk down on mainstream rap, even though you have a large percentage of artists doing their best Keef/Future/Migos/Thugger impressions, you still have artists like Cole, Drake, Wale, etc. making commercially successful music with lyrical substance.

If you don't like hip hop/rap right now, you've probably just outgrown it.
 
I don't really know about next rap "innovation".  But i think every nailed it and that is the diversity of rap that is coming out.  There is so much "hip-hop" music out there to choose from.

Want trap beats and rhymes - migos/thugger/YG/Kevin Gates/Danny Brown to an extent as well as all of ASAP

Want drug/sex/women - The Weeknd (yes he alone deserves his own sub-genre)

Want lyrical talent - still got Em, Logic, Lupe, Joey Bad, Slaughterhouse, Cole

Want just all around good relate-able music - Drake, Kendrick, I thought Schoolboy Q put out a very accessible album, Big Krit, Gambino, Kanye 

Then you have tons of other indie rappers that are great artists that have huge followings (Death grips, atmosphere, Jedi Mind and all of AOTP, Everyone in La Coka Nostra, Necro, Roc Marciano. Madlib, Run the Jewels, Aesop Rock, Kid Cudi, Travis Scott, Mick Jenkins, Currensy, The westcoast movement with IAMSU, Blu, Fashawn etc, Producer callabs like Flying Lotus, this list can go on forever lol)

Then you have the artist pumping out hits like Ross, French, Wiz (not so much now i know), Juicy J, Wayne, Maclemore, Iggy, Nicki Minaj, 
 
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It's the best it's ever been. There's an artist out there for anybody and all artists can eat due to shows and the internet.​

Even if you wanna talk down on mainstream rap, even though you have a large percentage of artists doing their best Keef/Future/Migos/Thugger impressions, you still have artists like Cole, Drake, Wale, etc. making commercially successful music with lyrical substance.​

If you don't like hip hop/rap right now, you've probably just outgrown it.​
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You had to have been born in the 90s
 
VICTOR PAGE said:
 
Meek Meals said:
 
It's the best it's ever been. There's an artist out there for anybody and all artists can eat due to shows and the internet.​
Even if you wanna talk down on mainstream rap, even though you have a large percentage of artists doing their best Keef/Future/Migos/Thugger impressions, you still have artists like Cole, Drake, Wale, etc. making commercially successful music with lyrical substance.​
If you don't like hip hop/rap right now, you've probably just outgrown it.​
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You had to have been born in the 90s
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Of course. 
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Meek Meals said:
 
It's the best it's ever been. There's an artist out there for anybody and all artists can eat due to shows and the internet.​
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Even if you wanna talk down on mainstream rap, even though you have a large percentage of artists doing their best Keef/Future/Migos/Thugger impressions, you still have artists like Cole, Drake, Wale, etc. making commercially successful music with lyrical substance.​
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If you don't like hip hop/rap right now, you've probably just outgrown it.​
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this aint kindergarten.  that everybodies a winner attitude is why we gotta put up with lackluster talent and constantly hear garbage on the radio and what not.
 
clyde the glide said:
 
Meek Meals said:
 
It's the best it's ever been. There's an artist out there for anybody and all artists can eat due to shows and the internet.​
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Even if you wanna talk down on mainstream rap, even though you have a large percentage of artists doing their best Keef/Future/Migos/Thugger impressions, you still have artists like Cole, Drake, Wale, etc. making commercially successful music with lyrical substance.​
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If you don't like hip hop/rap right now, you've probably just outgrown it.​
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this aint kindergarten.  that everybodies a winner attitude is why we gotta put up with lackluster talent and constantly hear garbage on the radio and what not.
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I don't even know what you are trying to get at here. 
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Meek Meals said:
 
clyde the glide said:
 
Meek Meals said:
 
It's the best it's ever been. There's an artist out there for anybody and all artists can eat due to shows and the internet.​
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Even if you wanna talk down on mainstream rap, even though you have a large percentage of artists doing their best Keef/Future/Migos/Thugger impressions, you still have artists like Cole, Drake, Wale, etc. making commercially successful music with lyrical substance.​
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If you don't like hip hop/rap right now, you've probably just outgrown it.​
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this aint kindergarten.  that everybodies a winner attitude is why we gotta put up with lackluster talent and constantly hear garbage on the radio and what not.
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I don't even know what you are trying to get at here. 
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That's cause he completely missed your point. 
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Rico x Hood said:
Drake has no lyrical substance. Dude is trash.
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While I tend to agree, he has a few good ones. 0 to 100 is great, worst behavior is also good. She will, grindin & believe me, which he does with lil wayne are all very well done songs imo. He's all hype outside of those though. I've given dude a chance many many times, and outside of those I run a drake free restaurant.
 
tmoretz1 said:
While I tend to agree, he has a few good ones. 0 to 100 is great, worst behavior is also good. She will, grindin & believe me, which he does with lil wayne are all very well done songs imo. He's all hype outside of those though. I've given dude a chance many many times, and outside of those I run a drake free restaurant.
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:smh:

I'm not even a big drake fan, I enjoyed his albums and mixtapes, but really? This is the best you could do?

Anyways, hip hop is pretty experimental right now. Theres a lot of garbage, but theres also good stuff coming out with the newer generation of rappers. Different sounds, breaking the mold, experimenting, etc... Pretty interesting imo and I enjoy it.

Theres many sub-genres of hip hop, its a great thing.
 
Personally i think a lot of the new school dudes are gonna realize they're in sh**** contracts and go a more indie route like gibbs or nipsey, which i believe will help them put out the music they want while making most of their money off touring. At the same time i think some of the big labels will let the dudes that have been signed for awhile get a little more creative control because they've shown they have a loyal fan base, like krit with def jam or yela with interscope.

Hip-hop will go more indie and underground while the dumb downed pop-rap and r&b-rap will continue to flourish in the mainstream.   
 
I do agree, there hasn't been a general conciseness of a great album in a long time. not a single artist has made an album that everybody can get down with.

honestly the last album that had that sort of impact was good kid maad city. after that their hasn't been an album that has really been the the standard of the year or the album to beat, if that makes sense.

I will say we have seen the birth of some dudes with potential, chance for example can really do some damage if he moves in the right direction.
 
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