![]() ![]() The general reception to mumble rap is positive, but many feel that this music is an embarrassment to hip-hop. Social Media is now a huge part of the music industry and because artists now have to compete with everything else on our news feeds, it’s no wonder why these musicians go through such extreme lengths with face tattoos and edgy lyrics for the well deserved attention.Īrtists no longer have to go through record labels to produce and share their music with audiences and can easily take advantage of social media for publicity or as we like to call it – Clout. This new sound of rap music isn’t going anywhere and will only keep evolving as more and more artists take advantage the new ability to create and share personal content around the world through the internet that’s why this music is so strange at first to us, because it’s new. Ironically enough, this simple and limiting production level is what makes the music so good. The reason most of this music consists of repetitive beat patterns and simple lyrics is because there’s only so much you can produce on a budget (this also explains why most of Lil Pump’s songs do not exceed over 2.5 min). Most of these artists started out making music from easy to download software which they learned how to use through YouTube. Speaking the truth about your life is what rap music started out as and is still what it’s about, it just happens to come in a different form nowadays because of how diverse these people from these backgrounds are. Lil Xan raps about his upcoming music career and his early addiction with Xanax in “Betrayed. Lil Pump often references how he sold meth and other drugs in the projects of South Florida. 21 Savage spits about how rapping saved his life and his brother’s murder due to gang relations in “Numb”. These rappers aren’t just talking about dumb shit for no reason, but really are getting into detail about their trap life. Some songs do lack general lyrical substance and are completely meant to hype up the listener with a strong beat and aggressive hooks just like any other feel good song. These new rappers spit about the lifestyles they know - pill popping and drug pushing and lean sipping and depression feeling. The songs are high tempo with layers of interesting beats, sometimes the lyrics are their own melody that dance around the beat, and the ad libs only add to the intensity. Does rap music have to have some type of meaning or agenda? Thanks to SoundCloud and other sites, it doesn’t have to.įor whatever reason, many current hip-hop fans shame the new music scene, intensely arguing that the music has no real meaning and that it only glamorizes another wave of substance abuse while disrespecting the classic rap sound. This doesn’t mean that we can’t have something different though right? Even if it is as senseless as literally saying “Gucci Gang” 12 times per chorus. Not to argue that Lil Pump is saving the rap game, on the contrary, the rap game does NOT need saving especially not when we have albums like Kendrick’s “DAMN” still fresh on our minds. Spotify even has a playlist set up for the music scene called Clout Culture.īut with Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO Tour Life” and Lil Pump’s “Gucci Gang” taking over the mainstream radio waves, it’s safe to say that this new style of music is changing the rap game. Here are some artists in case you need a reference of the style: 21 Savage, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Yachty, Kodak Black, Lil Pump, Smokepurpp, xxxtentacion, Lil Xan, Ski Mask the Slump God, Migos, Tay K-47, Ugly God, Designer, Future, 6dogs, Playboi Carti and Migos. People sleep on many of the artists because they only see internet play. ![]() This music genre is extremely underappreciated. ![]() The way that metal music is more than just screaming, this new era of rap music/trap/mumble rap/soundcloud rap is much more than heavy beats, slurred lyrics, drug references and strange ad-libs. It’s only mumble rap if you don’t pay attention to what you’re listening to. ![]()
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