Am I Supposed To Stop Liking A Rapper When They Get Older?
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I don't really give a shit about age. I mean, am I supposed to like Bow Wow pre-puberty? Or was I supposed to be a Romeo fan?
Good music is good music, and if an artist puts out a shitty album, it's a shitty album, period. As I've gotten older, I've started listening more to the substance of the lyrics, instead of the 'hard beat' and witty lines.
If T.I.'s uncle Harold, who celebrated his 63rd birthday two weeks ago, puts out a hard ass album, I'll bump it.
Or I guess I should only like a rapper if he can't get signed to a major, and say it's better that way, because having a day job at Auto Zone is hard as fuck, and that if someone else likes that rapper, then I can't knock him, because he's not 'real' and underground anymore.
Sure.
Good music is good music, and if an artist puts out a shitty album, it's a shitty album, period. As I've gotten older, I've started listening more to the substance of the lyrics, instead of the 'hard beat' and witty lines.
If T.I.'s uncle Harold, who celebrated his 63rd birthday two weeks ago, puts out a hard ass album, I'll bump it.
Or I guess I should only like a rapper if he can't get signed to a major, and say it's better that way, because having a day job at Auto Zone is hard as fuck, and that if someone else likes that rapper, then I can't knock him, because he's not 'real' and underground anymore.
Sure.
Are the artists making shitty music, or were the albums they made early on in their career so awesome that they can't ever come close to the greatness they once achieved? Another example is Celly Cel. His first three albums "Heat 4 Yo Azz", "Killa Kali", and "The G Filez" were all awesome albums, each one being better that the previous. I consider every album he has put out since then to be very mediocre at best. I keep buying his albums hoping that he will put out something half as good as "The G Filez", but I have also realized that it is very difficult to make another album just as good. I still think he is a great rapper and will continue to buy his albums regardless of his age because age has nothing to with talent. I realize that most of the rappers I listened to when I was younger are not going to make an album as good as their earlier classics, but just because they are older does not mean I will stop supporting them because it's uncool to support older rappers.
And as I have gotten a little older, I have lost touch with the current rappers on the radio. But the only reason is because their music is such trash. I flip on the radio every once in a while, but after about 30 seconds of hearing another song talking about what you are drinking in the club and how shorty looks on the dance floor, I just have to wonder what the fuck happened to real rap music being played on the radio.
And as I have gotten a little older, I have lost touch with the current rappers on the radio. But the only reason is because their music is such trash. I flip on the radio every once in a while, but after about 30 seconds of hearing another song talking about what you are drinking in the club and how shorty looks on the dance floor, I just have to wonder what the fuck happened to real rap music being played on the radio.
now i cant see a 35/40 year old tryin to break dance and wearing certain clothes because high school kids are into it.i say leave that part of HipHop to the youngstas.but rappin? cmon now,rappin aint nothing but poetry to a beat.why would somebody be too old to do that?a lot of people dont realize is over twenty years old so there is a 30/40 year old fan base for HipHop as long as they keep it real,entertaining and can hold on to the listener for a whole song..
I agree with this statement. I don't even think its age. I think its when a person been in the game so long. Rick Ross has only been enjoying mainstream success for only like a couple of years but he's old as fuck. He been on the underground for awhile but as a mainstream artist he's a fresh face to the crowd out there.
