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[@eftiiano]

We are in an era of fast food music; people only put out music that will do well for a month or so and fade into irrelevance.

[@Perishade]

Ice spice is the Big Mac

[@azilxyah]

this is factual

[@jamiestevens3074]

Facts. A lot of music made now is not made for longevity.

[@gjokuu]

@@PerishadeI’m ngl her music from months ago is still popping

[@grahamgregory1450]

This is what MF DOOM predicted in 2004.

[@silcoego2859]

HipHop is dying because Dontai hasn't released any new music in so long 😔

[@TacoTalo]

Bro needs to stay out the studio

[@JZipher]

ratio@@TacoTalo

[@Ofrnaxe]

@@TacoTaloum no

[@PimpHeart]

@@TacoTalo ok buddy

[@Wreck6965]

I was literally gon ask this nigga if he’d ever drop another song

[@FeminineAroma]

I’ll never understand why people get mad at you for not liking the same type of music they like……

[@fckutube2087]

You fw young nudy?

[@drew5564]

Exactly. An opinion is formated and the opinion formers (the internet) becomes psychotic narcassists when it comes to their own opinion about music. like bro just cause you bumpin some shit that you like does Not mean i have to like it as well. atp might as well tell me to live a certain way or get mad about it, at the end of the day i shouldn't give a shit cause i put myself first.

[@traplover6357]

​@@drew5564but that's how loyal fanbases are made like Carti

[@FeminineAroma]

@@fckutube2087 The only song I’ve heard of Young Nudy is “Hell Shell” so technically I can’t say I fw his music because I’ve only heard and liked one song 😂 You got any other song suggestions of his?

[@__24__]

@@traplover6357that’s nothing like how the carti fanbase formed 💀

[@epaine_]

I used to hate on the old heads for saying music don’t have any meaning anymore but their highkey right. I’ve been listening to so much older shit and alternative music over my rap playlist as of late because it’s all the same and stale to me now. I hope that changes for the better but there really aint a lotta new gen artists I really fw heavily

[@jasminenicole001]

💯💯

[@avgriffin]

may be irrelevantbut first of da month has that meanngful vibe of that era

[@afroboy18]

Mexican OT you'll thank me

[@David__J]

Exactly it’s like music is becoming soulless

[@Teykume]

ngl i’ve found some gems though there’s some artist that genuinely still rap with meaning joey bada$$ is a big one MF DOOM even though he’s really not new gen neither is joey but there’s also this other guy named muchi honestly music doesn’t really have meaning anymore like on a heart to heart level that’s why i liked X’s songs he has some music that speaks to you i never doubted the “old heads” cause i was always giving older music a chance feels like new gen music kinda took a step in the wrong direction.

[@princejamar333]

when i hear that hip hop is dying, I think it’s mainly mainstream hip hop that’s dying. this is an art form that can’t die, it evolves and transforms its sound year after year. the underground is really taking over

[@nambo1445]

Hip hop is probably more diverse than it ever has been and there have been some mind blowing releases in the more underground and alternative scene.

[@70s_GenLover]

Yall need to just listen to rock from the 90s & 2000s. That's REAL MUSIC

[@ProdLucio]

@@70s_GenLovereverything is real music stop talking

[@BOO00R]

Yea that's 100% what they mean cuz that shit is what ppl say sounds the same and isn't diff, but they're right.

[@drew5564]

underground hip hop is on the rise again, my friend sends me shit that sounds like ken and lonely all the time.

[@CurzonDon]

Standing your ground and getting your influence in front of people consistently is the key. Consistency is KING 👑

[@drew5564]

Growth is fine, the problem lies in the overall look you get from others on your music. you can make music, but at the end of the day if nobody likes how it sounds you'd never pop off. even with consistency. effort is rewarded🤷🤷

[@DatDaDatty]

blackyspeakz is one handsome mf

[@nipplevacuum9270]

That forehead tho

[@alexzander1142]

Gay?

[@DatDaDatty]

​@@alexzander1142yes

[@alexzander1142]

@@DatDaDatty wait fr 💀

[@DatDaDatty]

​@@alexzander1142no

[@ToniSmith-wj9uf]

Remember when you couldn't wait for an album to drop? When you could listen to a whole cd without skips? I do. 😢

[@BBLJahh]

not just hip hop but everything is saturated now gaming,music,movies,shows etc

[@ssplif5415]

U are tweaking Gaming,Tv shows,and Movies are great today what

[@durselegion3297]

@@ssplif5415U are tweaking

[@ssplif5415]

@@durselegion3297 u most only watch Marvel and dc because this year has been ah great year for movies and gaming aswell since the year started we been getting hit with peak games

[@Intr0vertical]

​@@ssplif5415peak games my ass

[@demontimen1gga819]

@@ssplif5415who tf said anything about marvel and dc?

[@paramrm]

people in chat - im surprised "blackyspeakz" is black!!! brother ,he's literally blacky... speaks!

[@KrissydaBlitz]

I’m part of the younger generation and my dad used to play mad Tupac and Biggie , it made me appreciate real music ❤

[@omariyon]

its dying because “hip hop fans” dont even like it themselves. you know how many amazing rappers are still in the trenches and not one of these people complaining are talking about them in the slightest. the only person that killed hip hop if its even dead are hip hop fans themselves

[@ohanthedon]

thank you for speaking facts. i could list so many great refreshing hip hop artists for mfs to listen and they wouldn’t do it, it’s just easier to say hip hop is dying or it’s dead i guess

[@djcage8868]

Facts people listen to the same niggas they already didn’t like, don’t branch out, then say Hip Hop is dying because of it

[@iMsOiNsO]

@@ohanthedonyup….it’s because they don’t choose to listen to actual artist instead of mfkas just in it for money and clout. The women rappers get famous for their bodies and looks and be TRASH and now they are doing the same with the men

[@jaydeegreat88]

Neva lied

[@laylareyes7733]

I think the main reason I started watching your videos is because you were d riding one of my favorite artists tbh

[@onomatopoeia300]

Lol

[@Akbar-co5bq]

​@efaze616you new , we here from when tai was in the trenches of his mom's basement

[@akiraofa]

Times are changing and music is always gonna evolve. Some people aren't gonna like it but many will. That doesn't mean the music is now bad or getting stale, it's just evolved and not your taste anymore

[@arturoromero951]

At least someone has a level head here.

[@47halide]

i think both sides are correct here. there is an element of people growing up. however. donald glover did a talk at my school, where he said “nobody knows what people want anymore. the industry is at a standstill because there’s no real direction.” COVID really did fuck a lot of things up, and fast food music started because record labels were scrambling to make every last cent they could so they didn’t go under. they saw the success of Eternal Atake, and then started the whole deluxe trend, and releasing 20 songs per LP, etc etc. There was quite a lot of art that was lost in the mainstream. But stuff in the underground is starting to flourish a lot. I see more and more kids that are getting involved with stuff that isn’t considered “mainstream”. things that are more experimental. the industry is shifting but it’ll take time to get it steered in the right direction. think of it like being slapped. there’s that moment where you’re going “what the hell just happened???”. that’s where the industry is at at the moment.

[@thedon0516]

95% of mainstream music be talked about or remembered in 5-10 years. The hottest and most trendy rappers today don't even sell and now MFs is struggling to sell tickets.

[@des_elise]

Okay I get that but I genuinely don't understand how people listen to yeat 💀

[@brichi3902]

Zelooperz is hella slept on. We need less Tom Macdonald and more unique stuff like his

[@diamondkonk1196]

I’d bring up the point that songs can’t have messages anymore because people don’t have enough time in their lives to act on that message. People are going to want quick dopamine rush songs so they can get through their day to day lives because the cost of living is rising and the work days are getting longer. Music was once something you can sit down and listen to and think about but no one has that time anymore. Most people out there rn got work or school every hour of their life and when they get home to relax they are sleep deprived and sleep. No one is going to be spending 5 minute of their time now listening to a message when they can spend their days more efficiently. I’m kinda fucking up what I’m tryna say but basically the reason ppls attention span is short right now is because we can’t slow down to even think or we fall behind and food is no longer on the table

[@iMsOiNsO]

Nah I got you and facts…for me I love lyrical music but yes sometimes I just want a hype type of song with a great beat to get my body moving. It’s not dying per say but we are just tired of ANYONE becoming rappers and famous

[@PerfectVolkner]

You should really consider listening to artists that collab with The Alchemist a lot. Deadass I've been having the same issue with rap as a whole as you are right now but I recently got put on. I listen to WAY more rap now because Alchemist production is really goated and I can't get enough of it. He drops music on a consistent basis too. Should consider it brother, a good album to start with is Larry June - The Great Escape. Ain't left my rotation since I heard it.

[@QGBerry]

This has been a problem for a while but KZbinrs and companies are still gonna push whatever music is most hype for money so it dont matter

[@MZJANEL]

That’s why I love going back in time with music ,The authenticity , passion and detail is unmatched. No matter the genre. And I love songs that are long and the artist just lets the music do what it’s suppose to.

[@nicostain1322]

Dontai Not wanting too listen to Smino is crazy 😂😂😂

[@nicostain1322]

Buddy lost his mind 😂😂😂

[@Izosu69]

Who?

[@JaredTSM]

Bro that first dono was right tho Smino is fire he got his own style too. I get why dontai doesn't care tho everyone says that

[@Ewoof]

I have noticed something. The artists who are critically claimed and commercially successful had the backing of a bigger artist who cosigned them as a successor. Maybe I'm wrong but Drake, Kendrick, J Cole, Travis Scott, are successors of Lil Wayne, Dr.Dre, Jay Z, and Kanye. That's how they were able to get past the bs of the industry until they dropped an album to let them stand on their own at the top of the game. Right now there is no perfect example of that than Baby Keem. Keem always said how he was richer than his peers before he dropped his album and I believed him. He was getting signed by a person who is not trying to screw him but someone who wants him to succeed and actually wants to pay for his worth. Nobody can also not claim that capitilizing on the comeback on one of the biggest artist for your debut album didn't help. So yeah just wanted to point that out.

[@dbclass2969]

My issue is that there are artists that are saying things worth listening to but they sell 30K first week and barley get a track above #20 in the charts.

[@ProdLucio]

Sales don’t matter

[@drew5564]

​@@ProdLucio if that's all it took for a rapper to have impressive feats then that wouldnt make sense. Financial is fine, but you're right. sales really dont matter. i think its more of "whos willing to listen" more than "whos willing to pay to listen" situation

[@traplover6357]

​@@ProdLucioeven the goats like 2pac and Biggie had mainstream appeal. You need to be popping and have something unique to the listeners

[@ProdLucio]

@@traplover6357 Sales don’t matter

[@MusicProducerGameDeveloper]

As a Independent Music Producer I remember beats and lyrics and graffiti art dance art artist was one people gravitated towards all at once Now because majority of artist wants hangout with the wrong crowd get lock up Get out make 1 or 2 good albums either high or drunk hangout with the same people It's like nowadays i say Hip Hop Music has become what graffiti art dance art became a slowly dying media Now it is just movie scores and game soundtracks anime theme songs

[@Isilsivayawish]

I almost dropped my food trying to smack my monitor after seeing a Twitch chatter call Dontai "Dante"

[@jaelf5]

It's bothered me for some time now, I realized it gradually getting worse. Songs dont have a soul anymore, theres no more fun, real emotion, stories, passion, it’s all gone. They just make it a formula, not actual music. Especially with these albums. You can listen to almost any older album before the 2010's and it just feels like a project. An album doesn't have to be serious to be art, it just has to have actual human emotion. Also everything has been mad demonic or satanic recently. Like at first it used to be some artists that was slip some stuff in, but they're just so blatant with it now, and music really effects you emotionally, way more than most are aware of. Compare how albums like Wu-Tang's 36 Chambers or My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy feels as a project compared to most rap albums now.

[@tristanjansen1876]

If you ignore the people that do put emotion into their songs you are right.😂 Even if what you are saying is true; clearly people like it otherwise it wouldn't do numbers.

[@timmy5876]

it makes sense why people don’t take time to make something though, they need to get into a good financial position first so they’ll make music to blow up then drop what they want when they’re bigger

[@SeanShunSwayy]

There's a lack of soul and creativity, it does all sound the same and instead of a coherent "debate" or whatever you wanna call it, all you get is "old head" or "Who?!" for not liking what's out now. Its fans fault for making these mfs famous. My top 5 is Eminem, Canibus, Black Thought, Big Pun, Nas, and mfs are gonna say "Who" or "Old head ass mf" instead of listening to these amazing artists. IM TYPING AN ESSAY HERE GOT DAMN I NEED TO STOP I just love hip hop with everything I have man

[@DJD02]

There is soul if you look in the right places and I would argue it’s very creative right now with a lot of rappers bringing elements from different genres u got to tap into the underground instead of listening to some popular songs and basing ur opinion on that especially if u say u love hip hop

[@Skizofrenic]

there isn't lol yall just listen to any mainstream artist that gets a bit famous cause of his antics like mabu or ice spicee the underground is full of people experimenting and pushing hip hop to its limits, but again, nobody pays them any attention

[@iangarcia1585]

​@Skizofrenic exactly lol but they're not gonna like this comment (because you're saying facts)

[@SeanShunSwayy]

@@DJD02 You right I just hate the fact the ones with real talent arent the ones that are "mainstream". I could dig more aswell and find more artists to listen too, its just very hard to impress me anymore but any suggestions?

[@slattslattslatt]

eminem is mediocre

[@KingTxne]

As a artist I do try to improve and work on my craft but watching simplicity win every day does get discouraging

[@dest1ny205]

Mix both them, it’d be dope if I listened to Playboi Carti and Kendrick on the same track but they are literally the same dude

[@SaturnSZN]

We’re in an experimental phase of rap music where people want to try new things in their albums. I feel like it’s going to keep spreading, till we get comfortable with a certain type of experimental music so artists can keep going safely from there, if that makes sense.

[@504fireman75]

No

[@ZilkyB]

Ngl it’s really just the mainstream shit - I never realized how many artists are actually closer to the underground category when I really start thinking about it

[@railroadforest30]

Yeah there are some artists that get a hundred million views on some songs but still considered underground

[@lillahloosh]

Much love dontai

[@Incatico]

Cancel culture definitely has an impact on the industry because people be scared to say anything

[@jaysouthmusic8230]

Especially on the albums part. People’s attention span is terrible and it’s thanks to TikTok and instagram. I remember buying cds and listening to the whole cd top to bottom and now with TikTok and even KZbin shorts, people don’t listen to the whole album anymore and watch the whole video which is crazy

[@aydenrozzelle7691]

Music nowadays is only made to mindlessly bop your head to. There's no emotion, no substance.

[@tristanjansen1876]

It has always been like that tho😂 some artist just care about how the song sounds, others care about bars.

[@jackie2-g8l]

​@@tristanjansen1876nope it's not always the same lol old songs have meaningful and actual lyrics instead of saying your rapper name the whole song

[@tristanjansen1876]

@@jackie2-g8l same now. Rappers still make meaningful songs. Not every rapper, but back in the day it wasn't every rapper either.

[@Humbledman632]

That’s because you only listen to mainstream rap🤦‍♂️

[@thedreamistaken1017]

Chat is so brain dead i swear 😂 i just love how they prove the dude right 32:28

[@infamousprod.8106]

As a producer "guess im goin to rnb"

[@Z3in_]

The thing about it - People will see this and still not see through what these artists are pushing and keep listening to em

[@tristanjansen1876]

Why should they stop listening? I listening to music for the music. Not everyone cares about the message and the emotions. Some people just want to get lit.

[@0phwew]

Yeah they will stop listening. This shit is getting boring Ong. Got my ass bumping jpop shit like jungkook

[@LLIREACTS]

Unpopular opinion: DRILL SUCKS

[@Humbledman632]

Drill is terrible

[@jaydonleblanc8912]

100% agree, music hasn’t been as good lately, compared to a couple of years ago

[@slattslattslatt]

fell off after 2018

[@drew5564]

And it will never get back that way, things constantly change. if you care a lot about something, gather a group. make new music that sounds like the old music. then it'll come back.

[@slattslattslatt]

@@drew5564 ur mentally disabled

[@shinigami1357]

43:08 bro im DYINGG at the chat wtf

[@d.o.amusic4609]

He’s just speaking facts rn 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️❤️

[@juanita6478]

totally irrelevant, but Beyoncé said something that I think relates to this topic. ‘People don’t put out albums anymore, they just put out these quick singles and then it dies out and then they put out a new one’ It’s true. Not only with rappers but music in general.

[@azilxyah]

dontai should do more videos like this ‼️

[@FeminineAroma]

I agree 💯

[@jazzzmynnn6302]

J cole does have a song like that “Lost Ones” and I LOVE the song.

[@NoLimitGee856]

I feel like hip hop is doing bad rn lowkey because of the fans I feel like yes we should have high expectations for certain artist and genres but I think it’s gotten to a point where ppl have literally been calling every album mid it hasn’t been one project this year where everybody is happy ppl expect every artist that drops to drop a project the level of Carter III which just isn’t realistic we get greedy and want music from artist but then get mad when artist take 2-3 years to perfect a project on top of that ppl will literally call a project or song mid or even trash but then like it after it’s been on TikTok for a week for example in the video like ice spice it’s kind of ridiculous at this point also even when ppl do try different production and sounds YALL don’t wanna adapt to the sound until a year later yall just call it trash to be honest for example when whole lotta red came out y’all called it trash now y’all call it a classic

[@surjay5633]

Lmao true same thing been happening with utopia. But the utopia reception went from people saying mid to amazing while wlr went from trash to amazing in terms of public reception.

[@silversxm2609]

We forget the basis of any artists whether it's music, painting, cinema is education. Because education, while we hate on it, activates creativity (even if it could be better at doing that), even without high grades. Artists see outliers of extremely creative people (Tyler, Kanye, Travis, Pharrel) that didn't have a long education, or we don't know if they had a good one and artists think that it is likely to be this creative. And so with artists being dumb, there is no concept, theme or story.

[@2kbuns]

I love reading dontais chat in the corner 😂

[@j.t.hustle]

Don't know abt all the weirdos but i personally love the reactions bro ❤

[@dare_he_is]

Real hip-hop heads know that hip-hop isn’t dying.. but whatever. If anything hip-hop is being overshadowed by these nonsense garbage “rappers” whose fans would rather listen to hype shit over lyrical quality content. Westside Gunn, IDK, Kendrick Lamar, Coast Contra, J.Cole, JID, Earth Gang, Spillage Village, Tyler the Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Reason, Lute, Buddy, Denzel Curry, JPEGMAFIA, Smino, Mick Jenkins, Isaiah Rashad, D-Smoke, Danger Mouse, Black Thought, TARiiiQ, Freddie Gibbs, Rapsody, Joey Bada$$, Conway the Machine, Domo Genesis, Jay Rock, MFnMelo, Bas, Action Bronson, Omen, etc. these are all artists that are still going hard with bangers. But the reason they’re not charting as high is cause like I stated. These new generation of listeners would rather listen to something full of nonsense and fun over something hard hitting and real. Their attention spans and critical thinking are so short an narrow that they can’t grasp what’s being spit. So because the market is going in that direction, radio stations and media follow suit. Making real talented hip hop artists and rappers be put in the back seat while these no talent mfs continue to rise and slowly pop and these no talented booty hoes take the charts. Y’all confuse bars and lyrical rapping with fast rapping. Even back in the 90s when hip-hop was going through a renaissance not even they rapped fast, and if they did. It was in tasteful fashion and they were actually saying shit that made sense, it was cohesive and truly mind blowing. They had different metaphors, similes, wordplay, punchlines, and double entendres that would make you think over each line in new ways. everyone had their own unique flow, sound, cadence, and style. From Cypress Hill, Big L, Wu-Tang, A Tribe Called Quest, KRS-One, MC Lyte, Jay-Z, Pharcyde, Slum Village, Biggie, Tupac, Nas, Common, The Roots, MF DOOM, Etc. None of those rappers and groups sounded remotely the same. So this bullshit narrative that hip-hop=fast raps needs to stop. That’s all anyone was bringing up. Instead of the actual issue which is what I keep restating.. and that’s these no talent hype rappers are making more waves than any lyrical artists out there that I named in my first part of my comment. Attention spans are shorter and these kids “hear” music as background noise rather than listening to it and trying to pick apart the meaning of each song and project released.

[@iangarcia1585]

Found the guy in the comment section with common sense^^^

[@brifogo5931]

couldn't have said it better myself

[@blooddemonguy7734]

Speaking actual fax.

[@epaine_]

Honestly the biggest issue with hip-hop/rap nowadays is that the bars just ain’t there. Tbh I don’t think this generation is really ever gone be huge fans of these super lyrical rappers even the great ones that have popped up in the modern era. (Meaning they never gone fw the old school flow or preachy shit not necessarily that they can’t appreciate good bars and wordplay). What sucks is that a lotta these rappers got corporate ass flows and melodies on top of garbage lyricism. For example one of my fav new gen artists is destroy lonely but I have to admit I have to be in certain mood to listen to him cuz his bars are straight ass 80% of the time. Really all that needs to change is that these new artists gotta have some purpose behind their ideas an projects. Music without and meaning besides partying, drugs and unattainable/unsustainable lifestyles isn’t good music it serves a purpose but its not moving anybody’s spirit. All in all we got so many artists with great potential that gotta move past a singular sound and topic, if they really focused on some shit that had meaning we could see a renaissance in the genre. JPEG is so great because of how boundary pushing he is, imagine every artist had the confidence to push the limits of their sound like him it could really create some beautiful peace’s of art. I’m hopeful for the future of music but we’ve definitely been in a drought as of late.

[@dare_he_is]

I don’t know which artists you’re listening to.. but the bars are there. I named plenty rappers and artists who have bars. Wym? Maybe not every single rapper out there but the ones I at least named do. I read your comment.. you pretty much reiterated what I’ve already said so I appreciate your input and adding to it. When you mention meaningless lyrics it’s the same as me saying it’s senseless hype with no substance like drugs, alcohol, partying etc. My favorite new Gen rappers are IDK, Cozz, JID, Earthgang, and Reason. I grew up crate digging with my little brother and dad cause he used to rap. I grew up on real hip hop and grew to appreciate all eras, I literally grew up in a time when hip-hop was literally evolving into its adolescent stage which it’s slowly getting out of. The issue isn’t necessarily new Gen artists but the people who listen to these untalented fucks that get all the media, streams, and radio play. These kids, this young generation has no idea what good music is because they don’t listen to music; they have no idea or clue of what true hip hop and rap really is. They didn’t grow to appreciate these eras but instead look for fun rather than feeling. It’s a meme if something is actually lyrical and full of substance. These kids are too worried if something is actually clever because their brains art too little and too smooth to grip those bars that when discussion of music in particularly hip-hop is broken down into format, verse/line, metaphors, wordplay, rhyme scheme, etc. are being talked about they have no idea what the hell is going on so it’s automatically ruled out as “too much” or “fake deep” when that isn’t the case. It’s because they’re lazy and don’t want to think about shit because everything these days is about how fast something can hook you and that dopamine rush rather than feeling what’s being said. What drought? Denzel Curry released a dope album last year, IDK released this year, Reason released recently this year, Lute’s Gold Mouf was masterful last year, JID last October, Cozz has singles, Westside Gunn last October, Conway the Machine this year, Benny the Butcher last year, Isaiah Rashad last year with a new single this year with Mozzy, Mozzy last year, Freddie Gibbs last year, Action Bronson last year, The Alchemist this year, Boldy James this year, Larry June this year and last year. Just because hip-hop artists don’t release projects every single year doesn’t mean that there’s a drought in music, it just mean you in particular haven’t gone through and actually paid attention to these artists and heard their projects and sit on them for a bit. You very well could be a victim of wanting fast content like most of these new generation listeners. Projects are meant to be sat on for months and even years because they’re supposed to stand the rest of time. Vs fast content that becomes irrelevant after a few weeks and even months because they have no replay value versus a quality record that’s released, you feel me?

[@jamariscranton9741]

Speaking of listening to albums you gotta listen to Noname’s album.. one of the best story tellers I ever heard

[@timmy5876]

thing is artists like carti and baby keem genuinely don’t like all this mainstream shit, they perform for their fans then other than that they’re never in public cus they like their privacy that’s just how they are. Other rappers try to be like carti even though they’ll be out everywhere and don’t want to be mysterious but they do it cus they see the biggest artists do it

[@norbie2596]

Ayyyy hope ur doing great dontai all the way from SOUTH AFRICA CAPE TOWN

[@r1ri58]

Like a wise woman once said “people don’t make albums anymore people don’t make albums they just put a single until it burns out and then they put out another single until that burns out nobody is invested in the body of work anymore”

[@kingemo7806]

Seen this video a few days ago i like the topics

[@avgriffin]

I think we are at a crossroads no pun intended ifykyk. hip hop need to open its gates to being not defined by these templates

[@xdbakez_clips212]

Bro turned 18 minutes to 43. The Dontai Special

[@missriss_]

The movie Brown Sugar tried warning us but 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@tonydak8573]

Lil Uzi even admitted that he was just winging it and has been doing it for so long. This shit is just facts. Music quality is on a downward spiral.

[@alexanderarroyo9957]

The example of the label is kind of what is happening with juices music....mf has tons of unrealeased hype/rap songs and they only release the sad ones

[@ronel7836]

im gonna leave 2 artists that are very underated, heylog(update failure a very good record by him) and seweperson( his album feathers and gloo is pretty nice) .listen to them. imo the people that say a thing is dying or genre is dying either dont explore whats out there ( very underated gems) or dont consume music as an art form. tv, games or movies, even anime are under the "is it dying phase?". First of all its not go look and Second of all stop hyper focusing on the 90s or the 80s media, because it was just it is today. But nobody knows that because we keep on seing or hyper focusing on the good shit that dropped, but we never see the mid or the bad because its lost to time, sorry for the rambling, its just pretty annoying how people say (insert here is dead) for example when people name the top 10 from any genre or media it will be the most generic lists that were popular from the 90s and 80s

[@DineroSucio754]

Rap songs now are like memes, they are everywhere for like a month or a year and then they die off. Rap in the past always had alot of iconic and legendary songs and rappers, mobb deep, Notorious BIG, kendrick, Kanye, Tupac, Eazy E, big L etc etc nowadays our generation is full of rappers that are too egotistical, immature, dumb, and not humble at all talking about growing up poor but then proceed to flex their money to the poor.

[@jaysouthmusic8230]

That’s a great analogy. There’s no longevity and creativity anymore

[@amanamin5781]

Dontai will never dissapoint to cream us🔥🔥🔥

[@Awedxzs]

Todays Hip Hop era analogy below called “the burger” 1. Hip hop is like a burger from a top down view. Top bun being mainstream its all the same with the occasional standout sesame seeds aka your Kendrick’s and J Cole’s, actually being diff from everyone else. Most people not gone look under that from the top down view cause they don’t care enough but they the same people complaining. 2. Then you got the patty in the middle with the flavor and talented people not in the lime light aka your Smino’s, Saba’s, JID’s etc. They get some attention just not the deserved attention. 3. Then you got the condiments and the bottom bun people at the top of underground hip hop are condiments that really give flavor, and the bottom bun are people copying the top bun not being diff and innovative cause they see that’s what’s popping and “working” for artists. Love the vid Dontai ❤

[@47halide]

as far as carti goes, i think he’s one of the few people that doesn’t make fast food music. he tries new shit that people hate on at first but come to love later…when he could so easily cash out and keep doin the same thing over and over.

[@juliocortez925]

carti doesn’t drop shit so he’s automatically outta the fast food category😭

[@thedon0516]

What fucks Carti up is a lot of his music lacks actual substance & meaning, he just makes turn rage music really. People just like his sound and I know we don't listen to Carti for his words but for more of his "vibe" , at least that's what I've been told by many die hard Carti fans. But music without meaning & substance could qualify as fast food music as well

[@47halide]

@@thedon0516 this is an interesting point, and one that i sort of agree with- but here’s the thing. it does have meaning. maybe not an introspective kind, but it’s meaning nonetheless. his music is more creatively charged in other areas like his delivery and his beat selection. i view his voice as an instrument, what he says needs to sound good. it doesn’t need to be good. in fact i think that’d take away from his sound if he made the lyrics very introspective

[@thatgirlsimone628]

25:54 damn explaining the (well-received) J.Cole track “To Summer, From Cole”, the intro to Summer Walker’s Clear 2

[@arnoldjacob5711]

that poor dude donated his money and said "do you listen to" and Dontai just trashes him and starts bitching lmao I'd be sick asf

[@DGM34]

Ong bro donated $20 just for him to say I don’t care 🤣🤣

[@N30REDD]

This argument is so flawed 😂

[@_Vinyl__]

People hear but don’t listen

[@nendx9051]

This is why Yuno Miles is the best 🔥🔥😭😭

[@lancelancenese]

15:20 😂😂😭 idk y but dis reminds me of og loc on gta san andreads 😭

[@iiMUnFaZeD]

Also pink tape hit high on charts

[@hashi3630]

Music is so over saturated that it’s so hard and expensive for anybody with good art to push themselves. Ppl still make good music the labels and radio just don’t push it

[@JavonCarterTV]

Hip hop been "dead" for how many years now? 🤣

[@Kingke08]

5

[@dare_he_is]

Well obviously you don’t listen to hip hop🤡

[@iangarcia1585]

Maybe is because YOU only listen to mainstream rap music🤡

[@ndecisive1227]

Should listen to Bones, definitely the freshest breath of air from the mainstream and majority of rap/music in general

[@Tj_Cloud]

Shi I agree wit Dontai music starting to hear the same way even when the beat is different the flow is the same way too and they all talk about the same thing 💯

[@tristanjansen1876]

And that wasn't the case a few decades ago? If you only focus on the people who do the same and you ignore eveyone who is different it be like that

[@Tj_Cloud]

@@tristanjansen1876 I mean back then u can tell who is who by the voice now in days audio toon is used to the max and I can’t even tell who is who now in days

[@tristanjansen1876]

@@Tj_Cloud so you cant distinct Central Cee, Dtake, Travis Scott and Ski Mask for example? Crazy...you might want to get your hearing checked.

[@jaysouthmusic8230]

Yup I been saying this for years and I’m glad more people are realizing this

[@therealyungkari]

MAINSTREAM hip hop is dying. UNDERGROUND hip hop is better than ever

[@MASTERBEEF676]

perfect example of two people who put the money and attention ahead of actually trying is the island boys

[@slixxrl9782]

6:45 dontai cookin🙏

[@RosaPercs]

I got back in my rock era back in 2022 rao been dying for years

[@bruhbruh9677]

That original title was crazy 🤣🤣🤣

[@mailliw.]

This is why I feel like Trippie is the best artist atm to come out of that soundcloud era. While Trip at Knight did seem like he was trying to just make a few good hit that would blow up fast, he made a good comeback with ALLTY5 which was his own unique sound. He wasn't trying to make the next big hit or anything, just making normal good music that'll continue to be good and won't fade away after 2 weeks.

[@ice223_]

out of everyone you could’ve mentioned from the soundcloud era you said trippie red?😭

[@mailliw.]

@@ice223_ he was one of the biggest from the era fym?

[@EjRidenhour]

36:11 that was so good ngl 😂😂😂make that a song

[@blehbeh3717]

tbh i do listen to albums but only when dontai reacts to it 🤣

[@bmgboss6006]

this is so real. Thats why I dont really listen to rap from these days bcs its all the same and the lyrics are ass most of the time. And if there is a good song that releases i get tired of it in 1 or 2 months. I have almost 10K songs all together in my spotify playlists and I listen to all of tem a lot but rap is only 300 songs of it where most of THEM are 80s, 90s, and 2000, rap

[@th8gaming324]

21:30 I don’t think conforming “for monayyyyy (Dontai voice)” as he says is the problem. Young Thug was turned into a meme for vouching about being an artist himself who says “he had a plan. He just needed a platform.” I think the way that artist these days are not as careful with their planning before taking that leap and end up in stuck situations with labels and being held hostage w no say in anything… because they didn’t plan for it.

[@youngdizzy463]

Dontai bro I remember when u first put frosty song in your intro and that shit went viral and put us on to that nigga mane crazyy memory W 🐐rip bro bro🙏🏾

[@jinkazma]

24:10 Bruce and Rage say "if it were you, you'd take the money" all the time 💀

[@SteeperHornet52]

also sucks cause any time you praise an old artist you are called an "old head" or corny. some of em are corny, but not everyone over the age of 25 is an old head rapper lmfao

[@chrishandsome9458]

Lmao im 18 and i love 90s thru 2000s

[@duckduckduckpig]

Anthony Mackie was playing pac like he was in Malibu most wanted.. "Break yourself fool"

[@atoofafofa9314]

After this video, i randomly searched for Kendrick and N95 came up. And it perfectly fits the narrative god bless!

[@Keedowhatever]

36:00 I need dontai to make more music

[@ramadongordany3739]

I've been saying it for years and no one took me seriously because everyone likes the same thing. Nowadays people want something new. We need a culutre shift in terms of hip hop which will happen in a few months with one artist

[@tristanjansen1876]

You probably have been saying that it will happen "in a few months". If you know it so well then tell when😂

[@ramadongordany3739]

@@tristanjansen1876 I've been saying it since 2019 to 2020 when Dababy hopped on the scene

[@tristanjansen1876]

@@ramadongordany3739 so when is the shift coming? 2019 till now is a few years. Not a few months

[@ramadongordany3739]

@@tristanjansen1876 Just wait for him. No further questions

[@Ramblingsofajack]

“She can’t take it” is low-key a bop

[@70s_GenLover]

Gen Z acts like other genres don't exist besides rap & r&b😂

[@saintkevinofficial]

They do, but that's because most other genres aren't innovative either. It's a cultural wasteland. EDM, Rock, Heavy Metal, Country...Bla Bla Bla

[@Braddibwai]

Mozzy sleep walking 🔥

[@connor-_7]

Wontai is the definition of keep it real

[@jessedavadoss927]

This is why I love you, Tai ❤for your mind

[@KisukexMomohime]

What he says in his video is the same with Animation nowadays how many studios you see reboot/continue the same Cartoon/Movies nothing new really it exists. It may sound new like a new artist and Animation but it's the same thing.

[@zentrl]

what dontai was saying at the beginning of the video is literally a definition for DDG

[@downunderdog]

Hip-hop isn't dead or stale, it's just evolved past your taste, even in the past 5 years we've had heaps of different styles in hiphop, emo rap, turn up rap, drill, and now cyberpunky rage beats and y2k boom bap is coming back, hiphop is still continuing to evolve

[@akiraofa]

💯

[@arturoromero951]

Based

[@Intr0vertical]

Facts

[@Izosu69]

I hope the time comes when the generation of kids that had cocomelon as their childhood, grow up as rappers and hiphop evolves into a nursery rhyme.

[@tristanjansen1876]

​@@Izosu69and what if it does? If it does numbers people clearly like it. Simple as that