Rap About Nothing: Hip Hop Chat Thread

[donewithjs]

2 live crew made low key ****** music but can they be considered legends, based off their impact on the music industry?

 

[finessence]

Where does Em fall then?

Em a legend

 

[Maximus Meridius]

2 live crew made low key ****ty music but can they be considered legends, based off their impact on the music industry?

That _ Luke went to court and fought for rappers to have freedom of speech and won. Yes, his impact is major.

 

[JRaW’d]

if you ask any rapper in the game longer than 5yrs, they'll tell you that Joe is indeed a legend

if rappers are asked while bein recorded, yeah they will say he’s a legend.

to say otherwise would be seen as disrespectful and n_’s dont wanna deal with the kickback from that.

 

[finessence]

That _ Luke went to court and fought for rappers to have freedom of speech and won. Yes, his impact is major.

exactly. I’m not a fan of booty shaking music but ummmn.... LUKE THEM WAS THE FIRST DOING STRIP CLUB music. Without luke you wouldn’t have twerking and half these IG dancing h***

 

[Grine]

****** in here arguing counterintuitive points.

What is the criteria? Numbers or impact?

Everybody making grand declarations about legendary status, but if we don’t have any criteria we’re just arguing nostalgia.

Someone/Group that made a huge contribution to Hip-Hop - a movement of some sort. Brought a huge influence to it, either by music stylisticly, fashion, business, etc. I would say this is 80% of it. Another,would be classic albums.

For instance, Dispet was legendary - not Jim Jones, Hell Rell, Julez. As a group, it shifted hip hop and had a whole movement. As solo artists, none of these rappers are legends.

 

[Grine]

2 live crew made low key ****ty music but can they be considered legends, based off their impact on the music industry?

Perfect example. Yes.

 

[RIP sleazyy]

Where does Em fall then?

10am on a Sunday

this might be a long day

Em 100% legendary though

 

[str8drop]

That’s my point, you can’t shift the criteria when it’s is it convenient.

****** was calling Gucci Mane a legend in here.

What are we talking about?

Gucci brand of trap quickly became the default “template” for trap music, that trap template then went worldwide via ATL/the south’s growing popularity in music

If you remove Gucci a lot of **** is different, whether you like the music or not

Chief Keef is currently remixing songs Gucci literally made 15 years ago and _’s saying he making a comeback . Most of his fans seem to have no clue they even old Gucci songs because it feel like contemporary trap music to them, 15 years later.

 

[Hahahaha]

Is Lil Kim a legend? Let’s hear from the sexists on NT.

 

[Grine]

Of course she is

 

[kingfoamnyc]

Dipset made the whole world want to be Blood. Fast forward 15 years later everyone in the US banging UBN sets

I know OG Cali Bloods HATE the UBN New York ****

****** really took they culture and made it FASHIONABLE everywhere else in the country

Sad

 

[Magic33]

 

[Magic33]

2 live crew made low key ****ty music but can they be considered legends, based off their impact on the music industry?

Parental Advisory stickers on tapes and CD's were because of them

 

[Grine]

Please don’t get it confused with regional legends - y’all neighborhood legends.

Like how ninjahood used to post dudes in the jewelry, music and celebrities wearing heat thread of regionals/hood that nobody knew outside of that block.

 

[Hahahaha]

I wonder if Kanye makes money off Teyana. Her album "sold" 31K, 4K album sales and 27K in album streams.

John Legend did 26K, sold 14K album sales and 12K stream sales.

How much longer do artists make albums or is it not costing as much to make albums because they don't release physical copies and people can record their projects at home now.

 

[finessence]

Show money and merchandise is the way. Do artists even do club walk throughs anymore???

 

[wavycrocket]

Someone/Group that made a huge contribution to Hip-Hop - a movement of some sort. Brought a huge influence to it, either by music stylisticly, fashion, business, etc. I would say this is 80% of it. Another,would be classic albums.

For instance, Dispet was legendary - not Jim Jones, Hell Rell, Julez. As a group, it shifted hip hop and had a whole movement. As solo artists, none of these rappers are legends.

Yet...you don’t consider Drake, Future.....LEBRON as legends

CMON MAN

 

[Grine]

What have Drake contribute to Hip Hop? What classic albums?

That Future legend status can be argued - started mumble rap?

 

[Magic33]

I'm shocked some artist are releasing albums.

Unless you have a solid fanbase, you can't tour until who knows when.

And then everyone will be trying to tour at the same time.

 

[geno90221]

Show money and merchandise is the way. Do artists even do club walk throughs anymore???

In Cali they do well they did before C-19

 

[OGponson]

Fat Joes career is legendary. Period.

 

[ahat]

Hows lebronze not a legend????

 

[tomdiginson]

LOL @ Drake not being a legend. I think at this point this Legend argument for some of y'all is based on y'all own personal dislikes with the artist. "Ross was CO, so no matter what his music sounds like, that **** sucks, " or "Drake sings, is Canadian, light skin and Jewish, so he ain't a legend.". Now y'all saying lebron and Cam ain't no legend.

 

[JRaW’d]

“Writin rhymes on the train while i think about kobe. deuce fo like the set, you was one of the homies.”