Why don't rappers rap nowhere near their original styles they started with?
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Ear2DaSt
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You'll never hear them rapping they way they use to rap when they first started or early in the game.
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Growth
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Some of it is growth...some dudes just can't cut it how they used to..also times change. 2pac and jay-z both came in the game when that ripidi-rap ? was going on n both changed their flow to be more current with the times
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They get cocky an let tha money get 2 them so they lose they original sound … they switch up they homies an start listening 2 wat outsiders think is good 4 his music… the environment change so the feeling not tha same … ill take basement recording Over professional studios… that's were the real major hits come from home made studios
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Man i hate that ? brah...you make the best threads man
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Because y'all don't buy music
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I'm guessing you are talking about rappers that been in the game 10+ years. Well are you the same exact person you were 10 years ago? There lies your answer
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They try to emulate what's hot at the moment
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Let's Get It Started - MC Hammer (1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysuy9mQj0tc
Pumps In The Bump - MC Hammer (1996)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD_qTRDbXno
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I consider Hammer an 80's mc
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I consider Hammer an 80's mc
Please Hammer Don't Hurt Em came out in 1990 and went 10X platinum -
An artist in any medium is gonna wanna challenge themselves creatively after awhile.
This means employing different styles and techniques. (Changing flows/content)
Or changing mediums altogether (rapper turned actor). -
I just wish before they change the rhymes they would make a couple albums with that type of style sometimes all you get is one album with that style.
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You can always revisit a style on a later album but to be the same dude on every record doesn't keep you relevant. Music trends change from year to year so keeping up with the times while having a unique voice is probably the best thing a rapper can hope for in this genre.
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I know rappers that was doing good not following the trends like Z-Ro and Trae but just more recently have catered to the sound to follow trends.
I don't believe you always have to follow trends but it's made to believe that you have to and there are forces and interests that will do what they can to make that true.
You leave more of an impression to be original then to follow what is already going on.
Tupac didn't sound like nobody
Bone Thugs didn't sound like nobody
Nas didnt sound like no one
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Because rap fans are fickle. They would say "he rap the same and it's dated" but if he changes up they say "he needs to go back to how he was before."
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I dont think so. If Jay just went back & spit with that same cocky arrogance from the 90's his fans would love it. Just one song would be enuffBecause rap fans are fickle. They would say "he rap the same and it's dated" but if he changes up they say "he needs to go back to how he was before." -
Most musicians tend to follow trends.
Its not just rap tho. Usher's "No Limit" came on the radio other day and i thought back to the "You Make Me Wanna" days. Crazy how times change.
We should be able to demand ? go back to their old styles. -
This thread inspired me, who am I kidding man/
I'm bout to rap like the Fu-Schnickens again -
Oh ? . Welcome back Jay. You back like Mike with the 4-5 not to play game with us?...maybe even mane us? Quick question, as a gangster rapper how long were you considering using the word "smetharens" in a rap song? Lol
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Back on the thread. I also think in certain situations the label signs the rapper due to what they hear on the demo so that's what they want to put out. Due to how long it can take an artist to finish an album sometimes. They probably dying to switch up they style by the time the first album done. This happens with singers alot..where the label signs some innocent clean image artist n then they want to be they "real selfs" on the next project.
