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WTF happened to rap?

LogGrad98 said:
Mumble rap is a great way to put it. I think that is the slim shady effect. Eminem had such vocal control, gifted really, among a few others, that now the less-talented guys try to emulate it and just sounds like they are going the equivalent of "la-la-la-la-la".
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Mumble rap triplet flow isn't the same as Bone Thugs' triplet flow or Drake's triplet flow on Migos.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Um. Ok.
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Most the rap I hear complaints about is triplet beat/flow combined with trap combined with bad lyrics. I dont see how that grew out of Eminem, or any of the other gifted lyricists with great vocals. The stretched beats allow for more words which is what the mumble rappers you were referring to are doing, not really emulating the choppers. They can mumble rap on a 2/4 beat too.
 
idestroyedthetoilet said:
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Most the rap I hear complaints about is triplet beat/flow combined with trap combined with bad lyrics. I dont see how that grew out of Eminem, or any of the other gifted lyricists with great vocals. The stretched beats allow for more words which is what the mumble rappers you were referring to are doing, not really emulating the choppers. They can mumble rap on a 2/4 beat too.
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So I listen to rap only superficially. I never wrote a dissertation on it. To me it sounds like they are trying to cram as many words into as small a space as possible, hence mumbling. Eminem and others started that trend, and did it well, so others emulated and tried to do it "better", and ended up sucking at it. That's the way I see it anyway.
 
I honestly don’t like it because it feels fake. Now it’s all about branding and creating an image and making money.

30 years ago it was more just street. At least it felt that way.

I want real thugs, not a bunch of black dudes living large on a yacht, toasting their champagne glasses.
 
LogGrad98 said:
So I listen to rap only superficially. I never wrote a dissertation on it. To me it sounds like they are trying to cram as many words into as small a space as possible, hence mumbling. Eminem and others started that trend, and did it well, so others emulated and tried to do it "better", and ended up sucking at it. That's the way I see it anyway.
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Nah.
 
One of my favorite rappers ever is Old dirty Bastard. So underrated. Nothing like getting a buzz and jamming some of that.

Probably nobody is feeling that. Haha.
 
MVP said:
Rap sucks. The most overrated "music"
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While I'm not a fan of rap, I think is wrong to use the quotes. Many rap artists are highly trained musicians, just like any other branch of music. Speaking in rhythm has been a staple of music for centuries.
 
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