What do you miss the most in Rap?

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ThaG

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Jun 30, 2005
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510hustlin510 said:
Story Telling. I definitely miss story telling. Painting a picture with words. Not just rapping about sipping Bo having hella hoes riding big rims but really saying something. Old school Luniz ,Spice1, Mac Mall etc..........
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That requires some actual creative effort....
 
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Darkshowdown

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Lyrics with a real message or story behind them & slower smooth natural beats played by real muscians(not the fill in the pattern beat makers). Theres still some that uses those formulas but not the masses.
 
NiNe2FiVe

NiNe2FiVe

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Its already been said. Story telling and heart. To me the best songs were an artistic expression of an idea or event, told to a beat, even embellished to be entertaining, put out with emotion, and polished, like the artist took a little pride in it.
 
Joey

Joey

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I miss the anticipation of what my favorite rappers were gonna say. Back in the day i use to buy albums just because it had a feature from Mac Dre or Killa Tay on it. No offense agianst smoov-e or chillbola but if they didnt have a Mac Dre or Killa Tay feature on it..I would have never bought thier albums.....

The Hyphy movement destroyed bay area rap for me. i have maybe bought 10 albums since 2005.
 
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ThaG

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Joey said:
I miss the anticipation of what my favorite rappers were gonna say. Back in the day i use to buy albums just because it had a feature from Mac Dre or Killa Tay on it. No offense agianst smoov-e or chillbola but if they didnt have a Mac Dre or Killa Tay feature on it..I would have never bought thier albums.....

The Hyphy movement destroyed bay area rap for me. i have maybe bought 10 albums since 2005.
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The truth is the situation wasn't great at all around 2003-2004 either. Now it's much worse, of course, but the decline started long before the hyphy era and it wasn't just a Bay phenomenon
 
stackadolla

stackadolla

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the sound..back in 95 the south a different sound bay had diff sound la had diff sound nowadays pretty much everyone uses or trys to be the south..and all they rap about is trapping and i move 100 keyz a day..either south beats or future up tempo typa beats to get mainstream plays..storytelling and dedicating time and effort into projects not realeasing 3 4 albums a year..
 
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ChopShop

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Regional sounds are definitely gone. When you used to hear bay area music you knew damn well where it was coming from.

Now we got songs that sound like a crossover of the "Vans" song and the "Whisper" song (that "spongebob" song) where you have no idea where anyone's from.
 
Walkin

Walkin

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unfortunately "hyphy" was the last distinct sound? someone correct me if i'm wrong.

a lot of la cats still use the same sound and to be honest a lot of that shit is horrible. it might not be like how it was but i could just imagine how more horrible it would be people tried to recreate what's already been done. like most movie remakes it would be hard to pull off.
 
Dhadnot

Dhadnot

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Hyphy wasn't great but it was regional and I was happy about that, its sad LA NY didn't progress with their production, Dre dropped 2001 and that's the LA sound now some fuckin piano chords and a weird clap. Every one is the same, they bang cali gangs, dress like cali dudes, use southern beats and slang, and other BS. I hate to sound old, but the 90's really was the top of the artform.

Oh one thing I hate is rappers acting like they above being rappers tryin overly hard to be, portray that d-boy role. There was real gangstas rappin bac then but they still had love for the culture and craft.
 
midtownboi650

midtownboi650

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man i miss when rap was about the music...now its about advertisment (mainstream) and dumb ass youtube beefs...and i miss when buyin an artists entire album was worth it...now im glad there's iTunes where i can get the three good tracks of somebody's shitty ass 56 track album...and i miss artists bein able to carry theyself without hella features
 
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T-Rip

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Jan 18, 2006
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lyricists are the most unappreciated thing in rap these days. So sick of the dumb downed lyrics/flows these days.
 
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