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Variety would bring Hip Hop back. Back in the day NWA sounded nothing like 2 live Crew. Kid n' Play sounded nothing like Public Enemy. There was party rap, concious rap, gangster rap and strip club rap. I don't think Wayne or 2 Chainz suck. I do think that East Coast rappers need to bring those Wu- Tang styles back.
This! I agree with the entirety of this post.
Btw, I used to not care much for 2 Chainz but I've come to accept who he really is. And that's a strip club/party rapper. I do like his flow and some of his songs and guest appearance verses be catchy too (I love "I'm Different" ) and I was cool with Lil Wayne until recently....I liked most of his albums but I don't really care for I'm Not A Human Being Part II and then there was that incident with the American flag during one of his music video shootings in New Orleans....Talk about bad timing.
Variety would bring Hip Hop back. Back in the day NWA sounded nothing like 2 live Crew. Kid n' Play sounded nothing like Public Enemy. There was party rap, concious rap, gangster rap and strip club rap. I don't think Wayne or 2 Chainz suck. I do think that East Coast rappers need to bring those Wu-Tang styles back.
This is for my generation
Party/Club/Strip Club Rap
Drake
Future
2 Chainz
Yo Gotti
YG
Nicki Minaj
Iggy Azalea
Rick Ross
Meek Mill
MGK
Roscoe Dash
Cali Swag District
Lil Wayne
Jeezy (He no longer uses the "Young" moniker in his stage name)
A$AP Rocky
A$AP Ferg
Waka Flocka Flame
Gucci Mane
T.I.
Soulja Boy
Ace Hood
Big Sean
Wiz Khalifa
Travis Porter
Lola Monroe
French Montana
J. Cole
Wale
Kirko Bangz
Tyga
Kid Ink
Conscious Rap
Kendrick Lamar
Ab-Soul
Jay Rock
SchoolBoy Q
Wale
Phil Ade
Logic
Chance The Rapper
Joey Bada$$
Pro Era
Odd Future (They're a weird type of "Conscious" though lol)
Big K.R.I.T.
Yelawolf
Children of the Night
The Underachievers
Flatbush Zombies
Dom Kennedy
Hopsin
Lupe Fiasco
Action Bronson
A$AP Rocky (He has his days)
Stalley
B.o.B.
Pusha T (Solo career only)
J. Cole
Gangsta Rap
Jeezy
Fat Trel
Shy Glizzy
Rick Ross
Nipsey Hussle
Chief Keef
If I missed anyone in any of the listed categories, just name them.
Party/Club/Strip Club Rap
Drake
Future
2 Chainz
Yo Gotti
YG
Nicki Minaj
Iggy Azalea
Rick Ross
Meek Mill
MGK
Roscoe Dash
Cali Swag District
Lil Wayne
Jeezy (He no longer uses the "Young" moniker in his stage name)
A$AP Rocky
A$AP Ferg
Waka Flocka Flame
Gucci Mane
T.I.
Soulja Boy
Ace Hood
Big Sean
Wiz Khalifa
Travis Porter
Lola Monroe
French Montana
J. Cole
Wale
Kirko Bangz
Tyga
Kid Ink
Conscious Rap
Kendrick Lamar
Ab-Soul
Jay Rock
SchoolBoy Q
Wale
Phil Ade
Logic
Chance The Rapper
Joey Bada$$
Pro Era
Odd Future (They're a weird type of "Conscious" though lol)
Big K.R.I.T.
Yelawolf
Children of the Night
The Underachievers
Flatbush Zombies
Dom Kennedy
Hopsin
Lupe Fiasco
Action Bronson
A$AP Rocky (He has his days)
Stalley
B.o.B.
Pusha T (Solo career only)
J. Cole
Gangsta Rap
Jeezy
Fat Trel
Shy Glizzy
Rick Ross
Nipsey Hussle
Chief Keef
If I missed anyone in any of the listed categories, just name them.
Yup. The underground Hip Hop scenes in many cities are also full of talent. I also forgot to mention the battle rappers.
BTW, the constant disrespect of Chicago got to stop. You all judging this city off of the drill scene needs a reality check.
I don't think that Chicago's drill music is a part of true Chicago Hip Hop. Drill music is copy pasted Trap/ Crunk. Need more Common, Twista, and Lupe Fiasco lyrical styles from Chicago's new generation.
I don't think that Chicago's drill music is a part of true Chicago Hip Hop. Drill music is copy pasted Trap/ Crunk. Need more Common, Twista, and Lupe Fiasco lyrical styles from Chicago's new generation.
chicago has been making what is now called 'drill music' since the early to mid 90's.
CHief keef and lil durk and the other cats aren't doing anything groundbreaking TBH. The only difference between then and now is that the younger generation is more influenced by southern music and they openly (sometimes subliminally) disrespect other gangs.
Chicago has always been odd in Hip Hop. Black people in Chicago can be pretty country, but live in a city that can resemble NY at times, yet has a gang-banging history going further back than LA. So you get a real crazy variety of different styles of Hip-Hop. Chi-Town's always had a relationship with the South way before the South took off. Do or Die, Psychodrama and Da Snypaz were all signed to Suave House, so Chicago had a relationship with H-Town in the 90's. "Pocket Full of Stones" was big in Chicago around the time it came out. And who can forget Crucial Conflict:
People today still think they're a group from the South. The point is that Chicago rappers (and Bone Thugs) have been rapping over that tempo (70/140 bpm) for decades. You can take acapellas from those old songs and they'd fit right on today's Trap songs effortlessly.
Add some sound effects like "hey", throw in a thundering 808 basseline, that played out spaceship sound and you'd have a hit, except Twista's verse from 96 would still kill 90% of rappers today.
Chicago has always been odd in Hip Hop. Black people in Chicago can be pretty country, but live in a city that can resemble NY at times, yet has a gang-banging history going further back than LA. So you get a real crazy variety of different styles of Hip-Hop. Chi-Town's always had a relationship with the South way before the South took off. Do or Die, Psychodrama and Da Snypaz were all signed to Suave House, so Chicago had a relationship with H-Town in the 90's. "Pocket Full of Stones" was big in Chicago around the time it came out. And who can forget Crucial Conflict:
People today still think they're a group from the South. The point is that Chicago rappers (and Bone Thugs) have been rapping over that tempo (70/140 bpm) for decades. You can take acapellas from those old songs and they'd fit right on today's Trap songs effortlessly.
Add some sound effects like "hey", throw in a thundering 808 basseline, that played out spaceship sound and you'd have a hit, except Twista's verse from 96 would still kill 90% of rappers today.
Oh damn, these two sound like they could fit in well in the current roster of Trap/Southern Hip Hop Especially the Do or Die joint! And the beats too! They sound like they have a bit of a funk (Of course, I am starting to hear a flavor of funk in some of the songs of my generation's rap artists) undertone but they could still fit in good today!
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) and I was cool with Lil Wayne until recently....I liked most of his albums but I don't really care for I'm Not A Human Being Part II and then there was that incident with the American flag during one of his music video shootings in New Orleans....Talk about bad timing.
Especially the Do or Die joint! And the beats too! They sound like they have a bit of a funk (Of course, I am starting to hear a flavor of funk in some of the songs of my generation's rap artists) undertone but they could still fit in good today! 
