The Downfall of Mainstream Rap

[Northside7]

I told yall Hiphop was dead

We knew that 20 years ago.

 

[Goldie]

Hendrix will comeback and save hiphop again

 

[Sky Davis]

We knew that 20 years ago.

Nah I don’t think so

Yall fought me just 2 years ago when I said it was dead

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Hendrix will comeback and save hiphop again


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Bro got anything coming down the pipeline?

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Jay z prolly the only one right now but that makes the point that ain’t shit moving out there

 

[Goldie]

Bro got anything coming down the pipeline?

He dropped 3 projects last year, so he'll probably wait till 2026 to drop again.

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

He dropped 3 projects last year, so he'll probably wait till 2026 to drop

Six months of emptiness


We need a drake or Kendrick drop asap

 

[grYmes]

There’s nothing out right now that really got anyone moving. Cardi B dropping, I guess that’s getting the push but as a whole hip hop is dormant. The genre post beef hasn’t been on the radar.

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

I may have to correct myself Kendrick Playboy Carti and Doja Cat were all in the top 10 in March 2025

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

My bad I meant Doechi but that’s still a Kendrick assist and she wasn’t even rapping on Anxiety

 

[Inori]

Offset just dropped a new single
No one cares

Wale just dropped some bullshit no one cares

Ye and Diddler Jr just dropped some shit -no one cares

Karaoke B just dropped some shit that may have some traction through the summer but right now no one cares

Rick Ross dropped some shit w Pharrell w critical acclaim but no one cares




It’s dark out here for the rap community not named Kendrick or Drake

lol look at the people you naming who dropped.

maybe hip hop aint dead.. maybe its the people who are dropping music are simply dropping shitty music that aint connecting

Theyll figure it out. Or they wont

 

[Sky Davis]

lol look at the people you naming who dropped.

maybe hip hop aint dead.. maybe its the people who are dropping music are simply dropping shitty music that aint connecting

Theyll figure it out. Or they wont

Typical inori response

 

[BRIAN B.]

this is the current billboard 100 list

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There was a time not too long ago where this would be filled w rap songs

We haven’t had a hit since Not Like Us and Luther

Throw in Nokia as well

Things aren’t looking good for the foreseeable future either

Was the Drake/Kendrick the cause of this ?


Where does rap go from here?

back to the streets

 

[Inori]

Typical inori response

word word. You was always checking for those fiyah Wale tracks at the top of the charts huh

 

[Sky Davis]

word word. You was always checking for those fiyah Wale tracks at the top of the charts huh

Look past the charts and you have very very few that can sustain hiphop

10 years ago you could argue about 15 artists were holding it down to varying degrees

Now it’s MAYBE 3

 

[Eyerone]

Good.

 

[illed_Out]

The problem is that everybody sound the same… Theres no originality and if you heard one rap song then you heard them all…

That’s why I appreciate the older artists still dropping music.. I relate more to them than the bullshit being pushed on the radio..

 

[Inori]

Look past the charts and you have very very few that can sustain hiphop

10 years ago you could argue about 15 artists were holding it down to varying degrees

Now it’s MAYBE 3

This nigga @Elzo69Renaissance named Offset, Klansman Kayne, Cardi who aint drop an album in forever, Rick Ross with a random terrible song that aint hittin and fuckin Wale When was the last time anyone on that list "sustained" hip hop like you claim.


so what changed? did those 15 artists you mentioned age out? fall off? decide to do other shit outside of music?

 

[Tessai]

Who gives a shit about mainstream rap

 

[Dwayne]

Stop talking about murder and drugs in raps and it will do better

Folks getting tired of negative energy.