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I have to agree with Spade here.. especially the bolded.
Modern NY Drill artists have evolved from even just 2020. Its a more futuristic, electronic sound now. It was present in more classic NY Drill, but now its generally what starts the song off and it never abates. Desiigner influence is maybe that wierd voice thing NY rappers do know where they try to sound extra gravelly. But its a sizable gap between his heyday and that trend.
There's a funky sort of furturistic baseline, but its a colder, more snare, more minimalist sound, with their natural voice. You don't get the futuristic sound u hear in BENT until :40 in
Idk. They still have that simple da da da da da da da da da da flow that originated in ATL in the early 2010s. Still distinct though.
The black culture there feels, looks, and sounds, and it is just way different from what I see here, in Chicago, and even in LA.
I was referring to style/fashion. I see these kids every day. Their style is in no way distinctive the way NYC style was in the 1990s with every other teenage male wearing an Avirex jacket. In the late 90s, this was a very popular look that was mostly confined to the city.
The major rappers you listed are not the only rappers kids follow.
I said what they played on the radio. You're under 30 so you wouldn't know anything about Red Alert and the radio mixes that used to come on that would feature only NYC artists. Power 99 would do something similar from around 91 to maybe the early 00s? This was back when you would actually record the radio.
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All this to say, individuality can't co-exist with globalism. If you want to appeal to the masses, you have to sacrifice regionalism for cosmopalitanism. Hip-hop culture and fashion have been globalized to the point of no return.
The differences among cities today are minor by comparison. In the 90s, people in different cities basically had uniforms. resident09 is right in that you could tell where someone was from based on their wardrobe whereas you can't really do that today.
Both NY and UK guys were doing their own rendition of Chicago drill.
I'd say the uk sound didn't become its own distinct sound until 2018/19. Prior to that most of the uk beat makers were uploading "g herbo/lil bibby/la capone drill type beats" or "chiraq drill type beats" on youtube and soundcloud.
Bx drill is its own distinct sound from the rest of NY drill. It's much faster and they incorporate jersey club. But boy is it some hot garbage lol.
Can't tell some UK folks that though. They truly think drill started there in the UK until Chicagoans put them in their place lol. That's why I made the little remark of similar but not same. It was same up until they started adding their own thing to it around the late 2010s.
Can't tell some UK folks that though. They truly think drill started there in the UK until Chicagoans put them in their place lol. That's why I made the little remark of similar but not same. It was same up until they started adding their own thing to it around the late 2010s.
It's crazy how there are people who really are unaware of its chicago origins.
Many of them are just casual music fans and youngsters who probably just got into music.
Tbh the only thing that differentiated UK drill from Chicago drill was the bass slides that they incorporated from grime.
The differences among cities today are minor by comparison. In the 90s, people in different cities basically had uniforms. resident09 is right in that you could tell where someone was from based on their wardrobe whereas you can't really do that today.
This is 100% true!
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