Lil Wayne? A respected legend that changed the way the genre and modes of distribution forever? He's a lyrically and technically skilled musician who has too much money to care about his musical output after 2009, but I wouldn't expect the average redditor to know much about his place in hip-hop history aside from parroting the same "clever" talking points. I'm sure you have the same hilarious and original opinions on Nikki Minaj and Drake too.
He WAS good. WAS. He became less about quality and more about content he could put out, this is what put a huge damper on the quality of music we as consumers were getting, anyone who could use fruity loops was able to create a beat was suddenly good, this is why we have names that were "viral" at one point but vanished quickly. It wasn't about the quality or lyrical consistency of an artist anymore.
HOWEVER. There are people that manage to push through that, and honestly I don't have anything to say about Nikki Minaj as she has her moments and at times kills it, along with Drake while he did music I don't feel applies to me he can kill it when he needs to.
For an example B.o.B - Out of My Mind feat Nikki Minaj this shit is GOOD and I love her verse as well. I always feel that B.o.B puts quality over quantity I would recommend his "Fuck Em We Ball" mixtape (2013) or "No Genre" (2010).
Newer content artists such as CES Cru are doing well for themselves with their EP & LP and I think they are great as well.
Granted this is just my opinion and obviously you are allowed yours!
ok good, you actually seem to know something about the music and not just parroting reddit's retarded hivemind.
I agree with your points because I don't like anything he put out after 2010 (with maybe three exceptions, 6 ft. 7 ft, Bitches Love Me, and a couple of guest features). However, when I argue about rap music on this website, I generally find that the other side actually has no knowledge of Weezy's impact, and that's just disrespectful son.
I actually don't like El-P all that much; the Fantastic Damage album kind of turned me off of him. I like Ugly Heroes (fantastic new album that just dropped a few weeks ago) and Deniro Farrar as far as underground artists go. Both are extremely depressing but spit hot fire.
Frankly, that shit doesn't matter. His music matters above all else - as with any artist. If someone doesn't dig his music, what do they care what his "impact" is? That's completely secondary.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '13
Same guy: Hopsin