Rap dates back all the way to the late 1970s. It was discovered in the Bronxs and has developed to become one of the most streamed genres of music today. This type of music originated from African American gangs as a way to disrespect other gangs via music instead of violence. Performing for Rap started community centers, block parties, and nightclubs, which would later change into live performances with 3.9 Million people in Chicago and the artist was Drake.
Then the 1980s and 90s would come up and Rap would take a new look it evolved into less of a pop style and more of a rock-sounding beat. This generation of Rap also included women getting into this scene, these were names like Roxanne Shanté, Salt-n-Pepa, MC Lyte, and Queen Latifah. Then getting into more of the late 80s/90s came one of the biggest names in the industry Ice Cube making well-known songs in our generation one of these being, It Was a Good Day. With this new wave of artists came a new label on Rap it was called “Gansta”.
With this new label of Rap following the 21st century came new big-name artists. 50-cent, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Dr. Dre. This era of Rap became one of the best-known eras with all these big names now and even still to this day are widely known as the best in the industry. The public called this version of Rap fused R&B and funk mixed with a little bit of Hip Hop. This would set up the next generation of artists very well.
Then came Generation Z ways of Rap which includes a huge name Kanye West. He would quickly become the biggest name of his time. He achieved his success with less of a gangster style of rap and more of a lyrical and hip-hop style. This way of Rap didn’t fit his era but Kanye was willing to try new styles of Rap. It would work winning him his first Grammy in 2004 for his album “The Collage Dropout” and 2 others for best Rap song (Jesus Walks) also winning best R&B song (You Don’t Know My Name) all in the same year. Kanye would later win 24 Grammys putting his name up with the greats. This would paint the path for a new artist named Kendrick Lamar.
Kendrick had a slower start to his career taking 9 years from the dropping of his first song to his first hit “The Recipe” which reached 38th on Billboard's Top 100 songs. He would continue to drop good songs and albums. He would later drop one of his many well-known albums “Section.80” with a little over 1 billion streams. It was only uphill from there for Kendrick's next drop “good kid, m.A.A.d city” This album would reach 5 billion streams and giving him his first Grammy nomination. The next year he would win his first Grammy with his song from ‘To Pimp A Butterfly” called I which would win Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance. Then came his most known album to this day “DAMN” This album had a very jazzy feeling and talked about Kendricks feeling cursed and all his sins leading to his eventual death. Earning 7 billion streams and still being listened to this day. It would win Rap Album of the Year and be nominated for Album of the Year. One of Kendrick's best-known songs came from this album his song “HUMBLE” winning 3 different Grammys, Best Rap Song, Best Music Video, and Best Rap Performance.
To this day rap has remained the biggest streamed music and new artists are rising monthly. With new social media becoming big in this industry has become easier than before. We still have recurring artists dropping almost yearly. These are well-known artists Travis Scott, Future, Metro Booming, Playboy Carti, Lil Yachty, and of course the “big 3” Drake, J. Cole, and Kendrick. However, Kendrick has recently spoken out about this in a recent Future Song “Like That” Saying there no big 3 “It's just big me” and Dissing Drake and J. Cole in other lyrics of this song starting rap beef which we haven't seen since Eminem.
Questions:
1. If you're involved in that current Rap beef which side are choosing and why?
2. How long have you been listening to Rap if you have?
3. If you dont listen to rap why haven't you listened to it?
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I am not currently involved in current Rap beef and don't understand why they do this. I used to listen to rap and liked it but I got to a point where I was bored and didn't listen to it anymore. I don't listen to it for personal reasons and don't like something that they say and feel like all the rap songs are the same.
I am definetly involved in the current rap beef. Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been talking bad about each other in many recent songs. With drake shooting shots at Kendrick in noumerous songs in the "For All the Dogs" Album. In Future and Metros new album "We Don't Trust You" you will see direct song linups to many of the song titles in For All the Dogs. Seeing a true civil war break out in the rap community.
I agree that the rap civil war that might pop up could make for some good songs from both sides. If I had to pick a side I would pick Kendrick Lamar because in my opinion, he's the better rapper.
I am not involved in any sort of "rap beef." I listen to rap music occasionally it just depends on my mood. I have been listening to rap music since I was in middle school. I have a rap playlist with random songs and artists in it so I don't listen to a certain artist.
I am not involved with the rap beef, but, I have listened to rap songs for a long time, I think I have only listened to artists like, Drake, Eminem (only some songs), kanye,and Travis Scott, who are perhaps the ones that have been heard the most for several years, I really like rap and every time I listen to one and I like its rhythm I add it to my playlist. These last few days I have been listening to some Kendrick and J. cole songs and they are very good.
I'm not involved with the rap beef but I do listen to rap. I've been listening to rap for around 4-5 years. I like rap a lot because there's chill rap, and there's also rap that you can listen to while working out or if you're getting hype. I also love base because I have subs in my truck.
I agree, I also enjoy more of the chill side of rap and all the other styles.
I am not involved in any "rap beef" and I'm not on a particual side. However, I do enjoy rap and have been listening to it ever since I was young because I grew up on my dad's music. My dad listens to stuff like NF and Eminem which I do enjoy from time to time but I also enjoy female rappers like Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion.
I personally am not really involved in any current Rap beef. I have been listening to Rap music since I was a little kid because I grew up listening to it with my mom.
I am not really involved in any current Rap beef and I have not picked a side to be on. I don't listen to rap very often, but occasionally I might. I enjoy lots of other music so I don't listen to just one type, mostly a mix of everything.
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