This Duo is Killing Modern Day Rap Albums

Recently there has been an increasing number of rap albums that underperform, underwhelm, and just flat out bore listeners and I think I know why. #rap
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[@theplagueofpestilence8504]

Rino's latest projects make me so maddd, I know he can do wayyy better

[@kalebwithakkk]

Ghost was cool but he was using the same screech flow like it’s cool but don’t use it for almost all the songs

[@BrandNewAlien]

Everything before ghost was coo but that album is straight ass

[@free.k6ry83]

Ghost as an album was mid, but there are great singles in there

[@6laux]

All of it was pretty good you niggas just want plugg and pluggnb let him evolve

[@wardho]

bro you're crazy, SIMW was amazing with barely 3 misses. ghost would've been better if it was 15 songs cause he had some filler tracks that couldve easily been cut.

[@ayetee8]

I think these artists should be releasing all of their “filler” or extra songs that don’t fit the vibe of the album as singles, and EP, bonuses, or on the album deluxe. That way fans get the same amount of music and artists make a similar amount of money, but the original album still has great quality.

[@jambule1229]

So like Ken's Lost Files Tapes right?

[@kj2ugly]

What bra

[@projectkhito]

every album that is 11 to 17 tracks are always the best, i swear when i go 25 song albums n pick out my favorites its usually 13 or so songs imagine it had less songs

[@sergekoffibeats]

Please excuse me for being antisocial is still the best modern trap album. No skips. Seamless transitions. Experimental vocals and flows on timeless production. 16 tracks. Including one of the biggest songs of an era. If u havent listened to it yet in totality or forgot about it go listen to it again its a perfect album

[@hlatt9868]

AI youngboy 2 better

[@wiltedangel]

w take

[@70s_GenLover]

Cap

[@sergekoffibeats]

@@hlatt9868 I LOVE ai youngboy 2 but please excuse me is a lot better

[@tachycardiacarrest]

nah bro the metro album was so good im sorry

[@815global]

i also understand the argument that many artists follow that “more songs = more streams.” but imo having an album with just 10-15 great songs as opposed to those same songs with 10+ additional songs will ultimately net you more streams in the long run. think of how many projects get forgotten so quickly simply because of the discourse around the album. where as an album with a tighter tracklist of 10-15 great songs will most likely have a lot longer standing in the community and have more eyes on it.

[@iusedtobepay]

Fax bro but they don’t wanna look past the first week sales🤦‍♀️

[@kaylat7063]

Exactlyyyy this is what I think!

[@RoyalTy37]

Faxxx

[@okvayno]

I been saying this over the past year man, i don't wanna open an album and see 20-25+ songs it just automatically makes me not wanna listen 😭

[@enricjoseph]

Saw Baby n Summrs on dat thumbnail n knew fs it's gone be bout the length . 20+ song albums trend needa die 90% yall dont need it 😂

[@infernal27]

100% right. most of my favorite albums of all time have a range of 12 to 17 tracks, and I actually go back to listen to them because they aren't like almost two hours long lol. Under an hour is good for me.

[@coastercraziness]

Some of my favorites are even less than 12, so many amazing 9 track albums

[@prod.negligent]

i wish more artists would listen to this criticism

[@jdhoilettify]

Me too, these albums are boring and forgettable. If they took the time to make the album I would appreciate it way more.

[@wholelottared9083]

Ilck could’ve been so much better, like when the final song came on with Ken it’s so easy to see how much better that one song is than a majority of the album

[@ayo32]

idk I’ve listened to the album so many times and the song with ken isn’t top 10 for me

[@skizzyskitzo]

Your absolutely right it’ use to be quality over quantity but the game has reversed into quantity over quality

[@hunter424]

That’s what happens when u do this shi for the money and not the passion!

[@ninety1nethagawd]

ur analysis is spot on.

[@onetrackm]

Great video bro

[@meowraiu2]

this was a really refreshing and holistic view on the matter, appreciate your thoughts man

[@emmanueltraapcage3667]

Facts man... W video btw 💥🔥

[@44Bird]

Sick vid gang earned yo self a sub

[@datboiyan]

early gang PLUG 🔌🔌⚠️‼️

[@weird874]

finally someone speaking up about this, this most definitely needs to be said

[@austinawesome5064]

Very good title pay, caught my eye instantly

[@COZEINE]

well said bro 👏

[@goat7262]

Over saturation definitely is an issue but as you mentioned these artists have to drop these bloated albums so frequently because streaming literally pays pennies whereas in the album era you had to go out and actually buy the album and the artist made so much more. I think youngboy is special case because he’s already rich so it’s not necessarily about the money for him but because he’s bored in house arrest. And hot take I think if artists were to cut their albums to just 10 perfect songs the streams would a lot higher, as a casual listener you more likely to listen through, relisten, and digest a 30 song album or a 10 song album?

[@mfswylin]

Facts yb's quantity>quality approach skyrocketed after his latest house arrest you can kinda tell he just got nothing else to do. Sucks too cause that last album had some rlly good songs he should just be more selective about what makes it onto the final project

[@goat7262]

@@mfswylin fax

[@RoarTheRapper]

There’s been a few times where I’ve tried to really stretch a track list and make like 15 or 16 songs for an album, but then I just grow to hate so many of those songs inclusions that I always dial it back to maybe 11 songs per album. I don’t know, it’s just too much for me to try and stretch it out more.

[@Swish_Reezy]

I ain’t know mike dimes had a yt channel?!?! Jp dawg great vid tho

[@Lyfeofficial4ever]

You right man 💯

[@vividchrxmez]

You see theres some artists I believe can go without features, but i feel like what makes a album is how the artist evolves for example when yatchy dropped lets start here, i love that album bc its something different,

[@waff6ix]

FACTS BRO💯😮‍💨I NEVER BEEN A FAN OF THE 20 SONG ALBUM SHIT🤦🏾‍♂️

[@timmy5876]

i feel like the simple formula of 1 song a month or the equivalent can’t fail, rappers nowadays make multiple songs a night so u can either release a 12 song album once a year or 24 song album every 2 years or a 6 song ep every 6 months whatever, this formula basically ensures u won’t miss because almost every rapper can make 1 good song every month. Ofcourse u can release more than this and have all good songs but in general rap fans find it hard to keep up with some rappers projects, my best example is carti and uzi, i feel like at one point uzi released so much music i didn’t get round to listening to it even tho i love him, if he released less i’d probably listen to every song he drops. Carti releases every few years or is a feature like twice a year so it’s very easy to listen to every song he puts out

[@ayo32]

To be fair tho, carti might be the only artist that can maintain hype with no music in sight for literal years at a time

[@timmy5876]

@@ayo32 true, it’s cus u never know when he’s gonna drop cus he lies so much, even right now i feel like he could drop next month or he could drop at the end of next year we just don’t know

[@Myfavchannel492]

Great vid

[@Godlikegio]

I’m gonna save rap this year.

[@thaevildoer]

6 more months u got it

[@yseph2k23]

YOU GOT THIS!

[@tachycardiacarrest]

time is ticking

[@de3dbeaT]

Me too man.

[@yseph2k23]

@@de3dbeaT YESSIRR

[@xNotRealx]

Logic dropped a real nice project I’m not even a logic fan but it one of the only albums i downloaded songs from so far in 23

[@BobbyRanoff]

What y’all needa understand is most of these contracts come with a set amount of albums, and some artists only care about their money so they’ll rush to put the albums out and cash out on their deal to sign a new one

[@1caprosa]

You're right I been saying albums should be around 16 tracks long anything over just tends to have some filler

[@swagglyfe]

fye

[@RomanticPrayers]

Ur completely right,but can we go even farther . All the artists you mentioned besides trippie have not imo gave us a great album (at least 75 percent of the songs on the album are good)

[@vividchrxmez]

Mansion music was mixed like shit tho, if that's the album ur talking about

[@daniel30855]

So nmnl Isn’t a great album?

[@ayo32]

there is no way you just said trippie had the only good album out of them…

[@nixnowt]

BLP Kosher bringing som new to the table ⚓️🛝🔥

[@dam_d713]

me personally if I see a huge album like that it sometimes even turns me off from a first listen especially if there are multiple projects being released that day

[@BuildVFX]

Curious, if you're Tapped in with Iayze how did you feel about his album reverence having 30 songs considering his work ethic

[@xBinari]

his songs are short

[@babym4r2]

As a person who's favorite artist used to be Rino, bro his last project sucks. I was waiting for that album for so long just for it to be ass. He was hurting himself because he didn't get number 1. I don't even know how he thought he was gonna get number 1 with that album.

[@SosaXSeraphim]

Too further add on to your points most of these 25 song albums have iffy mixing in-between like you could actually feel the quality difference especially on summrs latest album No really to NVR losing was the best part of the album. It needed to be the intro shake it and the desire fts and no really to NVR losing. And to add to the no features ilck needed features I literally got bored after 9 tracks and turned it off cuz i wasn't really feeling it. Not only do I feel some albums are oversaturated I feel like some just needed to be held back for a bit and actually mixed properly

[@slattslattslatt]

Terrible mixing isn't bad if it's done properly. Rodeo, bittsm and astro have poor mixing yet those 3 house some of the greatest music to ever be made. None of these rappers now know how to make actual music yet they call themselves an artist

[@lordinfernape4753]

An example of a great album without features is Institution by Kodak Black Theres a lot of variety in the flows, the production and the lyrics To me thats at least one of his 3 best tapes hes ever dropped to this day Whats great about this album is that you can feel that he really poured his heart & soul into the project, u can hear his hunger and desire to make it out Back For Everything only had one feature and it was still decent too

[@ZiareGaming018]

You should make a video about DC The Don.

[@ZiareGaming018]

And thanks for the Redveil recommendation his music is great.

[@boogiexo]

when i saw the thumbnail i really thought the duo was summrs and baby LMFAOOOOOO yooo i been following this guy on tiktok forever i only just seen his youtube from my recommended page

[@SM_MEX]

The thing with the amount of filler in albums is also that in the end there is no point in making your album longer. If you have a shorter and better album, than overtime it will get more streams just because its actually worth listening to. The only thing you get with 25 song albums is first week sales.

[@Tinosi]

Bro you should listen to a Dro Kenji album he’s crazy good.

[@Duckpencils]

Summrs d-rider here to say hi, what's up, man?

[@timmy5876]

i don’t get why people feel the need to make 30 song albums, just cut off 5-10 songs that hit the least then if u like them that much just put them on the next project or release a couple as singles

[@ForeverBlooming-05]

💯💯

[@Putthewokdown]

Yea that’s why I put 7 on the ep no money coming yet anyway😂

[@MISSISSIPPISNOMSP]

U should review mississippi sno

[@Antoncool3000]

fax lowkey

[@GhostSamaritan]

Logic - College Park (2023) is 17 songs and pulled off features great.

[@420THCbeast]

W video

[@BigAnt2324]

And another thing is people would leak songs and it gets taken off the album and they gotta rush and put some bs on there but don’t blame the rapper if the album is bad blame the people who leaked the songs

[@MISSISSIPPISNOMSP]

Speak them facts

[@cader4590]

I also feel like certain artist aren’t really trying that much on their later albums. Like the deliveries don’t have that energy behind it

[@dizziblaine1]

I liked sum songs off GHOST but I think I would've liked it more with Kan and yeat collabs. 20 track albums are definitely excessive most of the time

[@si.x0]

Payyyy

[@Sheluvotf]

I dont think almost healed was to long it was just durks first album with a whole lot of drill songs the features held there own expecielly rob49 really proved he can stand his own grond on same side but i do think almost healed was rushed out if you ask me even as a big durk fan

[@mel4tw]

i think this happens because they aren’t thinking past 1st - 2nd week sales

[@poyo0000]

Imo if you want to have a (near) feature-less discography, you NEED to be immaculate and have a distinct artistic direction. Only example coming to mind is the French duo PNL who got 4 albums, all classics

[@biggchillin3109]

Quality > Quantity

[@Mr_McBlicken]

W take

[@Hollerkne333]

Stuck in my ways couldve be a 9 or even a 10 if he deleted those experimental songs, also always rember, izaya tiji dropped a 25 songs album with no filler on it

[@miahdona8161]

You can't tell artist how to create or what to create, defeats the point of art

[@xhenkai0001]

why was summrs om the thumbnail

[@Luzrkid]

Yeat dropped afterlyfe with 22 songs only featured youngboy and it still slaps

[@kodilauren]

Not everybody can be like Big Body Tönk

[@Liam-xl2qp]

ngl Na-kel New project free pops is super dope and i think you would fw it if u havent listend

[@Nobody-ss7ks]

I dont agree wit the fts part but

[@PRIDEATH]

should of put YB considering he dropped like 6 projects last year rather than lil baby who actually has dropped twice in the past 4 years

[@pilgrimwilliams245]

Durk just said he going back to 13

[@SINBAD.44]

all this new album are sound the same, the difference is just bpm and sound selection

[@timmy5876]

people don’t care about putting out bad songs nowadays, they see it as if they put out 50 songs in a year there’s a good chance 4/5 do quite well but the bad thing is a lot of people including me rate rappers off their hit to miss rate, like if they put out 5 songs and they’re all good i’ll say they’re a great artist cus there’s no misses, however if they released 30 songs and i only liked 5 i’d look at them as worse cus only a few songs hit

[@burnerburner5598]

Aye bro I think durk watched this

[@xKxngzzz]

filler is very annoying and for yb I can say as a fan he should use fts he doesn't use damn near at all and I agree dttah is long for no reason it should've been 17 songs tbh, and me personally I loved I rest my case I listened to I about 10 times already lmao, you should listen to hope by nf you might like it tbr

[@user-xp1iw2md8d]

I think the only person i can listen a 15 to 20 track album is kendrick because their is no filler. Maybe 1 song don't hit but its part of the overall story and message

[@wardho]

i understand the complaints about ghost, album had plenty of filler imo and it failed to bring back the "ghost era" sound, however it has some really amazing, hard and different flows, with insane vocal delivery , take "munchkin" for example. SIMW on the other hand has at most 3 misses, he combined his 2019 and 2021 style in there, truly some of his best work ever imo. only thing that i don't like is the cover art 😂😭. people hated simw bc they were expecting fallen raven 2. I understand that he couldve went a bit harder on some hard tracks.

[@_eiht_]

1

[@luketj]

no album no matter tha genre should be more than 15 songs. honestly they shouldnt really exceed 12

[@cajuncombatmartialarts513]

Could have made this a reel but instead repeats himself for 10 minutes

[@TheSunKing]

i disagree with the feature comment tbh. a good album doesnt need any features lmao

[@lordinfernape4753]

Dont Try This At Home was just like The Kast Slimeto but worse

[@NateIsaiah]

just listen to mike bruh

[@dqryl4216]

Real fans gonna listen regardless no matter how long the project is

[@70s_GenLover]

This is why i say rap died in 2017

[@SilverrrCityyy]

Blame drake for the hyper-fixation on bloated albums

[@MISSISSIPPISNOMSP]

Listen 🎶 to mississippi sno

[@randomchannel323]

I'mma be honest man these albums were trash anyways like Lil baby and lil durk's previous albums

[@MISSISSIPPISNOMSP]

MISSISSIPPI SNO ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS

[@myheadhurtbro6692]

Back in high school when albums came out like wales the album about nothing. No one complained about album length. It don’t matter how long or short a album is. If it isn’t good it just isn’t good. I don’t get why you the person who made this video and the people who agree with you, think you know the mind of these creators to even try to say “the album was supposed to be 15 songs but then stretched” you don’t know that at all. That’s not something fact based, everything else is opinionated so it’s okay to say but some of these artists really did make that album as long as they wanted, just because y’all felt If it was shorter it would’ve been better, that’s cool that’s a valid opinion too have. I don’t agree with the opinion that artists stretch albums some of them really want to feed the fans. Ofc maybe the first half a fan may like more than the second half that’s just how music goes. Some won’t like the first half at all but love the second half. If albums were super short that possibility isn’t even there anymore

[@dkoo6866]

Lil baby so overrated!!!!!

[@porkerpete7722]

Now I can see why you say that, but years ago, he had back to back hits!

[@emmanueltraapcage3667]

Back then he used to be the man

[@slattslattslatt]

​@@porkerpete7722 hits don't mean anything lmao. drake has a lot of hits but not a single perfect album

[@70s_GenLover]

Finally someone said it, but every single person in the game overrated

[@dqryl4216]

You got no attention span thats why

[@spanigh9735]

listening to the auditory version of a plain loaf for 80 minutes doesn’t mean you have a higher attention span LOL.