For any kid that was born in the 1990's, it's rare that you will find a person that doesn't mention Lil Wayne in the greatest of all time conversation. While many older fans seem to have a negative reaction to that claim, it's hard to deny the impact that Wayne has had in hip-hop. Wayne in his career has created the term "bling", made mixtapes a popular trend, and one of the few rappers to sell a million copies in a week without the benefit of streaming. Though Wayne is one of the most influential rappers in history, his career as of late has struggled to rival those of his peers in the "greatest" category. Let me explain. A lot of the biggest rappers in the game eventually fall off, in hip-hop it's inevitable. With the solo projects that …show more content…
From a mixtape standpoint, he's managed to ruin his dedication series, and make unnecessary sequels to "No Ceilings" and "Sorry for the Wait". Fans may have given a better reaction in the projects carried a different name, but he went and tarnished the brand he had made. With the second and third Carter album being phenomenal, is it crazy to think may ruin the legacy of that series as well? If you really compare Wayne to the Jay Z's, Eminem's, and Nas like rappers of the world, compare the level they are at now. Jay Z is probably the most successful rapper of all time in terms of business, Eminem can still sell out stadiums without an album, and Nas has a number of businesses that he's involved in. While all of the other "great" rappers have reasons to be relevant, the only thing we hear about Wayne is him cussing at Birdman. TRUKFIT didn't turn into a major brand, and Birdman still gets a major share of whatever Drake and Nicki …show more content…
When have we ever seen a superstar feel the need to be in someone else's shadow? After the drama surrounding Wayne and his current label situation, he still would rather turn around and sign to another artist. Wayne is a Legend, who needed Rick Ross to talk to Birdman like they were at a parent teacher conference. Ross in one song has said more about the situation than Wayne has, in the last four years. I don't know what Wayne has in store for music fans, and I honestly don't care. A few years ago I absolutely hated Young Thug, and now Wayne seems to be the one following in his footsteps. I'm sure some of you may read this article in anger, but be honest for a second. While I'm not discrediting the legacy of Wayne, he's been saying his next album was coming soon since 2014. Why should we still care? On Dj Khaled new trash song "I'm the One", Wayne seemed like the old man trying to fit in. Jay did the same on his Magna Carter album, but found a balance when he bounced back with "I Got the
The disconnect between the old generation and new generation of hip hop and rap is clear as day. A few weeks ago one of the leaders of the new school Lil Yachty was on the Complex show Everyday Struggle and the host Joe Budden grilled him. This past weekend, Waka Flocka posted on Instagram a picture of Lil Uzi Vert, another young artist and wrote as the caption, "Lil Uzi Vert Is Rock, Not Hip-Hop." And it's not like Flocka is completely wrong. One of Uzi vert's major influences is Marilyn Manson, but Uzi Vert shouldn't be subjected to one genre.
Tupac Shakur could possibly be the most effective and irresistible of all rappers. What made Tupac (aka 2Pac, or Makaveli) so distinguished and legends was his abundance of talent, his spotlight amiable appearance, and the feeling that he was “real” and expressed himself freely, while backing it up with his actions. But Tupac just didn’t rap he was also a poet which set him apart from other artists and made his life much more than just rap and music. He was a person fighting for change; from having a revolutionary mother, breaking away from poverty through poetry, and even though he was “fed up” he kept his “head up.” Tupac did not whatsoever
I think we need more people in the industry like Rich Homie Quan. I think this because Rich Homie Quan makes good music and doesn’t care about what anyone think or say about him. Rich Homie Quan is known for rapping and singing. Rich Homie Quan mostly raps about his life story and all the things that he been through. Like going to jail and talking about all the things he went through during his childhood.
Right now, Hip Hop began to move from what it was planned for, to being a shallow deals trick. Hip Hop was, at its initiation, a methods for African Americans recount their unaltered story. Towards the mid-'90s although, the class started to be much a greater number of offers than it was at any point was some time recently. Artists, for example, Nas for instance, started to stray from their honest to goodness and genuine selves to begin making music about drugs, brutality, and sex since that was what pushed their deals to the corporate level. With this
You may know him from his Lisa Simpson haircut or his mouth full of 24-karat gold teeth; he is the 19-year-old rapper that is taking the music industry by storm. In the past, two years his music has gained national recognition and appealed to all types of fan bases. He is a force not to be reckoned with and his name is Kodak Black. He is the self-proclaimed “Project-Baby” from South Florida that is giving rapper a run for their money. Jon Caramanica, from the New York Times, described Black as “an unlikely savior for a hip-hop industry that has lately been preoccupied with melodic-minded Drake clones. Instead, he’s an old-fashioned literalist and represents the perennial power of grit even in a time that’s squeaky clean.” Kodak Black is an
Hell, looking back at my childhood, it sure does feel good knowing I was born a millennial. I don’t even want to know who I’d be today if I had grown up in a generation where Lil’ Wayne wasn’t regarded as the world’s most symbolic and quintessential rapper thanks to his ‘gangsta’ esthetic and unparalleled wordplay. Sadly, paragons with the likes of Wanye have gradually strayed further away from God’s light through the years; consequently, as the cycle of life continues to push forward and more people begin adding to the craft, it’s impossible to imagine where people will place these artists on their list decades down the line. Prayerfully not too low, but due to the unfathomable amount of overrated, mindless rappers that both music listeners have tagged as faces for a new generation, hip-hop culture should be prepared to reach its lowest point. This new-wave of overly-glorified rappers need to start being taken for what they truly are and once you get a listen of their generic, monotonous music, it goes without saying that they are average at best.
3. Jay-Z – He is an American rapper, businessman, and investor. This Grammy Award musician was ranked by MTV as the greatest MC of all time. According to Forbes, Jay-Z is one of the richest hip-hop artists with an estimated value of $520 million.
Music can rock your world, enlighten your mind and change your perspective. When you think of rap music who comes first to mind? Without hesitation, it must be the self acclaimed best rapper alive, Lil Wayne. He alone can make such statements as “My picture should be in the dictionary next to the definition of definition” (Wayne, “Shoot Me Down”). Lil Wayne is a prominent force in the rap world. His debut Album in 1999, Tha Block is Hot went double platinum upon its release and even his lowest selling album is still certified as gold according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Rollingstone Magazine declares “Lil Wayne is one of the most popular — and prolific — recording artists in the world” (Kreps). Top this with
Violent lyrics, a bad-boy image, and a long criminal record are what attracted and connected millions of young adults to the now legendary rapper Tupac Shakur. Tupac was a man of contradictions; for example, his music degraded and also praised strong women. Tupac Shakur rapped about problems that inner-city black Americans could relate to, along with his legal and personal drama; you could not get away from Tupac in the 1990’s. From the womb to the day Tupac Shakur died he went through the struggles many self-proclaimed “gangsters” these days do as well; but using these problems he took the rap and hip-hop game to another level.
It's not the rapper side, it's just me period, you know what I'm saying? There's no difference between James Grimes, James Weldon, & P.U.R.E. anymore it's just James Weldon, that's just what it is, that's just who I am. I think when I was P.U.R.E. it was really just about pushing the culture & putting this pressure on myself to be this superstar & now I just want to put out the best music possible because it may not be here tomorrow, anything can happen. I just want to make sure that I'm putting out the best music that I can because I have a different motivation now with my daughter & different things that I have going on. My music is way more relatable because in previous projects I would either go off of other people's experiences & do my own interpretation of it, but with Silence Is The Enemy & even with some of the songs that were on the previous project "Black Heart Season" I chose my life. I chose shit that I've been through & stuff that I dealt with & made it into music. And that's why I think the sound is so different, the emotion behind it is different because I have 100% experienced
Groups of anti Eminem protestors are trying to have him band from television and radio. They are also trying to get his record company, Interscope records, to stop him from producing any more records. Eminem isn’t really bothered by this. In an interview with Channel V he said “I’m not alone in the way I feel, I believe that a lot of people can relate to my stuff, whether white, black, it doesn’t matter. Everybody has been through some stuff, whether drastic or not drastic. This is how I
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, today we have the great privilege of being able to listen to a man that I like to refer to as the new rap royalty. Picture driving in your car and let’s say you’re stuck in traffic and you’re looking for something to listen to on the radio to buy the time, you can turn on just about half of music stations nowadays and you’ll find one rapper that happens to be everywhere you turn, Drake. Drake has become one of the fastest growing and interesting empires that we have seen from the hip-hop scene in a long time.
In seventh grade, I stumbled my way upon the Detroit based rapper Eminem. I was at 150 listens on his track The Real Slim Shady before I knew it. I then found my way into Kanye West, which exploded my interest into the genre. I have listened to all of the considered essential hip hop “classic” and modern day albums. I noticed in these “classic” albums very distinct change in subject matter and style that each of the different areas of rappers on where they originate from. Some people believe that the hip-hop culture is at a decline with the lose of this uniqueness and individuality shown in each of these areas. I too even thought that the hip-hop culture was at a decline until I was researching my topic, but instead this individuality and uniqueness in the rapper’s different stories that they tell in their raps. The genre has expanded throughout the world and continued to evolve while sticking to these roots of individuality and uniqueness.
At the time, Carter V was supposed to drop last year, but Cash Money Records is blocking the release.
Number Four: Lil Wayne. This rapper of Cash Money Records has possibly the biggest and most devoted fan base of any current hip hop star. Ladies and guys alike swoon for