Years later what are your thoughts on the ring tone/snap era of hip hop?

[Word....Life]

This tha Bitcoin Era….

I don’t understand it but it’s makin’ money for certain muthafuckas…

 

[Word....Life]

Needless to say I don’t mind tha era when in…I still find really good music to my tastes


Hated the ringtone era and it turned me into one’a those “hip-hop” is dead niggas…but that’s because I wasn’t up on “innanettin’ and didn’t think music was as readily available as it was…still feel like tha music industry had such a hugely profitable time that it’s made it possible for ANYBODY to be in tha game…just means I have to look harder for music I like…but I find it

 

[dodge]

Still a trash era imo

A lot of great songs/singles….but I didn’t like the mindset it created

 

[RozayTabernacle]

There was some good artists and songs mixed in there. Some of that might be nostalgia though.

 

[grYmes]

Arguably the worst era in hiphop.

What would today’s era of hiphop be called?

The era of mid. Very few glimpses of greatness with a whole lot of “aight”.

 

[grYmes]

Some good music still came out in that era. I’d say what was a game changer is the media of ringtones themselves along with shit like Limewire. It’s the genesis of the way we would consume music now with shit like Spotify.

 

[TonyDubbz]

That was a good era for me I sold em as well.

Got damn nigga u be selling everything

 

[Banginscrew901]

Got damn nigga u be selling everything

Pure profit easiest money I made along with cds, dvd's and software

 

[Dwayne]

I can honestly admit that It was fun.

Especially if you was always at the club an I was

 

[Water Ur Seeds]

Theres always dope underground or just dope hip hop to like...

If we comparing the commercial market, so ringtone v drill though... I hated the ringtone era so bad back in the day and thought it was fckn hip hop but looking back it was better than the drill era...

Atleast the ringtone era was fun and the music wasnt about bragging about being a serial killer and people getting killed over a song... You could just ignore the ringtone rap it if you didnt fck with it as it wasnt really hurting anyone...

 

[5th Letter]

The dope snap songs were mainly on the R&B side imo. I can’t think of a fire ass snap song off the top.

 

[willhustle]

Arguably the worst era in hiphop.

What would today’s era of hiphop be called?

Na we’re currently in the worst era of hiphop

The worst era of hip-hop Pt. II. The ring tone era was the first part. Imho, hip-hop really started to slowly decline in the early 2000s. By '05 - 06, hip-hop was in the trash bin because of gimmick artists and labels pushing bs.

 

[Sony Montana]

The dope snap songs were mainly on the R&B side imo. I can’t think of a fire ass snap song off the top.

Lean with it Rock with it off the top of my head lol

 

[Sony Montana]

Walk it out
Pop lock and drop it
Rock yo hips

 

[RandomNegro]

The decline of rap music and hip hop in general. It brought a bunch of nothing to rap music. It was awful. Like really really bad.

 

[Sony Montana]

Would Lupe have 2 arguable classics if they weren’t released during the worst era of Hiphop?!?!!

 

[SeaSnake]

Would Lupe have 2 arguable classics if they weren’t released during the worst era of Hiphop?!?!!

Lol bout to start some shit. I know folks talk about the rappers being garbage. But we forget late 80s early 90s had a lot of folks rapping just to rap and we’re trash we never heard again. But ring tone era was when I felt like folks looked for conscious stuff

 

[Sony Montana]

Lol bout to start some shit. I know folks talk about the rappers being garbage. But we forget late 80s early 90s had a lot of folks rapping just to rap and we’re trash we never heard again. But ring tone era was when I felt like folks looked for conscious stuff

So your answer is maybe

 

[5th Letter]

Lean with it Rock with it off the top of my head lol

I think they like me remix with Bow Wow was alright.

 

[5th Letter]

Walk it out
Pop lock and drop it
Rock yo hips

Ehh