A New Era of Hip-Hop

recently A lot of people have come out and said that hip hop is dying in a shell of its former self except me I would never do something like that are things really as dark as people present them to be is there even hope for the future and who is going to be the one to save hip-hop from these desperate times today we're shining a light on some artists that have the capability to do just that 10 of them exactly going from the ones with least potential to the with the most potential and just to make it easier for you I'll suggest one song which encapsulates exactly what the artist is about that way you can judge for yourself oh so like a top 10 year endless right you said year endless I've seen those like fantano and Sean C do those every year no no we don't we don't do those over here top 10 songs of the year except it's almost February cool it's cool that you're doing that no why would you even say something like that don't say that because it's not true why would you say say something that's untrue tell me no tell me why would you say something that you know is not true I'm sorry I didn't no no it's it's not a year end list okay as if I even had to clarifi that have you even seen all these cornballs with their lists imagine putting sexy red in your top 10 rap list like is she even a sonically or lyrically ambitious artist let me show you guys my list okay at number 10 I have ski by sexy [Music] R what it's a good song okay I think I saw like half a Tik Tock with the track playing barely even registered it went on with my life like nothing happened as you do with Tik Tok and 3 months later I swear to God I just spontaneously started singing SK off that 10c Tik Tock I saw months ago do you realize how catchy a track has to be to ingrain itself in your brain like that like this track is insane but everybody's already on it so it's not it's not even cool to like this [ __ ] anymore here I was in November thinking my list was going to be all unique and [ __ ] you know and then people would be like ah duple you're crazy what are you thinking with that pck tight [ __ ] bro when I get the hate like when all these Publications unanimously Crown one artist because of likely non-music related reasons I want to hate them too in a lot of ways we've entered the era of the regular rap girl in which stars are made out of grit not glamour like why are you trying to make it a thing it's not a thing stop making it a thing da Got That Dope take Keith Mike Will made it she gathered the 2017 trap producer Avengers on here how can you not respect it this is dab music it's just a really fun and expressive track you know take Keith killed it too I've never heard a beat so hard and Goofy at the same time you don't want to miss out because you're too proud to enjoy something simple now do you her voice is annoying they said the same thing about Kendrick didn't [Applause] they huh strong eight is crazy though I can only imagine what it's like here in a in a club and where is she from St Louis yeah I'm actually good off that all right I'm going to be honest the main reason this song is my number nine is because I wanted it to follow sexy red in reality these next three are pretty much interchangeable it's Nas with motion you see the contrast between the old and the new the controversial and the respected so my list is kind of quirky and unique after all Na's been rapping for like what 30 years now at this point he's just setting a precedent with each and every release the rappers can age like wine after all despite common belief this Hit Boy produced Banger is just one of many he's dropped over the last couple years and this isn't one of those well he made a splash so we have to give him flowers picks either I genuinely got a lot of enjoyment out of this track in 2023 we have in motion we have in motion might a we the magic it's like the sonical embodiment of impending doom as if hit boy is sending us a warning you know danger incoming maybe that's because Nas was approaching with absolutely murderous intention ran the track with so much hunger you would have thought he was still in Queen's project selling dimes to make a living this track just serves as a reminder for all of us that even though he has the money the respect the power Nas is still going strong at 50 years old purely out of passion and love for hip-hop how [ __ ] beautiful is that oh what's that what you guys hear that it's literally dead silent but okay uh I can't see how you're going to make this not cringe I'm pretty sure I hear something you look stupid and you should stop all right bro what chill ye is an artist I have a ton of respect for simply for the fact that he cares just like Nas he really cares more about his art than anything else in the world how about that comparison goat reality TV show I don't really watch reality TV goat love song I already listen to love music goat YouTube video I don't be really watching YouTube but goat movie um I never watched the movie before which is besides his interviews evident by the amount of detail and effort he puts into all of his songs like you can really tell he gets lost in his music yeah it's not very lyrical but the sound speaks for itself he uses intonation and Pitch to express his emotions he doesn't need words and it seems like not too long ago I was making the same case for my all-time favorite Thugger Thugger although let's be honest Y is not as nearly vocally talented or interested is Young Thug but that's cool though what matters is that his music comes from that same pure place I can just tell and up until this point I've been hesitant to hand him the next up label because a lot of his projects just came across as sloppy and indistinguishable to me but lately as he's coming to his own more I can really recognize the enormous amounts of potential he has specifically with the bigger than everything single which I have to highlight with the number eight spot on here it really sounds like ye piece things together on this one with this catchy piano Loop courtesy of Benny X he sounds focused on here like there's intent to every vocal line he's not just droning when he runs out of [ __ ] to say sometimes all you need is a little bit of structure to put you over the edge and the result is this beautiful decoration decoration Declaration of Victory it's like he's on top of a mountain looking at everything he had to do to climb on top now if you're old and bitter your response to this would probably be now I done got rich done got rich than ever well that's very original but when Butchie The Lyricist made a 10-minute musical essay on the burden and blessing that is Success nobody batter than I and I'm guessing that's not on here is it you just don't get it do you we've elevated past the need for lyricism more on that later what do you guys know about the Detroit rap I'm honestly asking because I don't know much besides the fact that the rappers drink a lot of lean sound like they're beefing with Every Instrumental they rap over and most likely have a song with Lil yachty out Visa's ganger is a project that got a lot of critical Acclaim throughout the year and that kind of nudged me to go and listen to it V sounds like he's half asleep in most of his music and you know what I like that if there was ever a justification to call something Mumble rap it's it's this don't let us Cadence fool you though the man is a witty Lyricist okay make no mistake about it and I don't mean witty like what I'm about to do the Bob do Bob and with square I mean real wi okay cup dark like the hair dye on Carlos Boozer I need some for Father's Day I need Roses by the Dozen like come on I'm writing the caption as we speak single safe too stuck with me a especially because of its dreamy somber Vibe that's pretty much unlike anything I've ever listened to this song will give you Clarity and again it's just proof that you don't need profound lyrics to connect with your audience the new wave is utilizing sound and aesthetic to really communicate with their fans instead of just lyrics you know that's played out nobody cares about that safe to provides you with an atmosphere you can get lost in now can I spell the word atmosphere Absolut absolutely not but I can feel and that's all I need to appreciate this masterpiece shout out V the reason this next song is on the list is very telling of the way I consume music cuz here you have an actual track with immense depth and lyrical focus and honestly I couldn't care less truthfully I enjoy this track much more as like a emotional Motif than a show of lyrical prowess on any level if anything I think McKinley's lyricism is a bit too convoluted to really leave an impact with me I think if there's anything he can do to make that next step it's simplifying his message and working on his storytelling so his music could reach the amount of people I'm sure it deserves to reach do more with less so to speak because everything else on here is absolutely on point his delivery his production Choice the chorus it's my favorite chorus of the year it's not even a contest every time those choir vocals come in a lone tear comes out of my eye yeah that's right this track made me one of those single teer people are you one of those single tier people just calling this track Jazz rap would be an insult because it encapsulates so much more than that and I'm sure an artist capable of making something so great has tons more to offer in the future and I'll be checking for it you can believe that oh now this next one you know how those Publications put like a little controversial pick for every list they make yeah so uh so this is my pick for this year you know all year along you people have been lied to you've been sold a lot to believe this song is trash when in actuality it's one of the best songs of the year the song is search and rescue by Drake embarrassing I'm serious I'm actually serious though I'm actually serious now listen listen I'm usually the first person to criticize Drake when he puts out something subpar case in point his last album extremely disappointing and mediocre as I expressed in this video and had all the Drake munchers angry [ __ ] you shooter man this some [ __ ] that's some [ __ ] at first part of me was very apprehensive approaching this track you know seeing all the hate it got first listen I was kind of bobbing my head but like at the same time trying to convince myself nah nah this is garbage like everyone says so it's garbage right it's garbage second listen I was like now now hold on for one second hold on for 1 minute let's hear him out third listen it was over Drake had me ready to start a [ __ ] revolution in defense of this song and I get why you're not supposed to like it you know the gimmicky cover the trendy Benny X production the petty little Kim K Snippets that he puts into the song I get it I understand it but all of this is right up Drake's alley like the Melo drama the unnecessary pettiness the Spacey atmospheric Vibe that's the second time I use the word atmospheric in this video with low effort it's simple but it works since when did we start acting like Drake is incapable of making a catchy record if you would just turn off your music critic sensors off you'll be able to enjoy this song okay trust me I've seen people put this song in their worst list like you can't be serious you know what it's not even one of those you got to be intoxicated to enjoy it situations man I enjoy this song completely sober okay cold turkey corny but I like it I like it the take me out the TR my love so that's not hard and isn't this what we all want from Drake like for him to hang it up for someone to come save him and save us from his mediocre output is that not the end goal here like what am I missing something we don't have to pretend here it's a safe space you can enjoy this track it's okay [ __ ] you Drake it number five shout out to J Peg Mafia and Danny Brown putting on for alt hip hop with the scaring the hes album earlier this year you know I had to get one in here for the oval glasses mustache people you know I had to do it by the way what a fire idea and aesthetic for an album right like why does nobody talk about that the whole roll out was just really Saucy I don't even know how to say it you know it's nice to hear jpeg Mafia finally grow past the bitter spiteful Persona and put out something more careless and fun and the result is in my opinion his most enjoyable album thus far as his disjointed scrapyard sound finally comes together to produce something bigger and better than just pretentious hear endless fodder for music nerds like these songs make sense for a change and you know what I was on the fence between lean beef patty and garbage pil kids for this list ultimately I decided to go with lean beef patty which I know lead single album intro basic choice right but from what I'm looking to get out of Peggy it's perfect something eclectic and explosive I'm going to replay the hell out of lean beef patty just fits all of those boxes you know people like to sight drill and trap artists when they say something is hard-hitting but I promise you nothing from those genres can even compare to how hard this song goes if it doesn't connect with you all first listen play it in the gym and see what happens all right things are heating up things are getting spooky we're into the top three you know I spent a lot of my time on this Earth stressing over dumb [ __ ] and overthinking for no reason and that's something I have to work on in 2024 but in the meanwhile I need something to cope to take the edge off now drugs are great but they're not something you can always rely on unlike Larry junan and The Alchemist 2023 collaborative effort the Escape which is always there for me now I know fantano gave this album a bad rating I don't know what a three or four so most of you bot glass over it but I promise you you need this relaxation in your life the album is accurately titled it's titled the Escape you're escaping from reality from all your problems who wouldn't want that yeah Larry Jun can definitely make you feel like you're richer than you actually are bro he literally has a song out titled breakfast in Monaco oh my God heated toilets in the bathroom sending emails out like I know part of this whole online music discourse thing is pretending you hate capitalism but come on goals right goals am I right yeah gos you get it but the song on this list I actually like for different reasons ocean sounds is more about acceptance and self-love than really anything material though still those prestigious undertones are still there don't worry about it this song sounds like you're on a beach alone you have a $800 hoodie on and you just feel that Ocean Breeze carefully caressing your face at which point you start thinking thinking about life and after a couple minutes you realize you know what I'm good I'm happy with where I'm at and where I'm going the song is called ocean sound I'm getting to the point where I can't even use words to describe how good these tracks are I'm just going to devolve into producing noises [ __ ] is so good it makes you want to do this the number two spot is a song I don't listen to a lot anymore but it's not the artist that's at fault it's genuinely the fact that I play this song about 10 times a day for two weeks straight after it came out at this point I've probably heard this song More Than you're a disappointment go to college for my parents and that's a tall task people didn't really like Westside gun's last album and I don't blame them I have my own reservations with it it's something from Griselda we're not used to hearing and they're not really used to making so yeah you do get a lot of Duds but another thing about Westside is he's a Visionary not even dick sucking so you're bound to get some gold in there too kitchen lights is surprisingly the second song on here with Kitchen in the title Serenity Bliss happiness shock of how good this track is are all emotions I feel when I listen to this song I'm not even exaggerating when I say shock like for a good while I couldn't even finish the track because I would just hear the hook and leave the room in awe every time like oh my God that's hard like I would just sit there in disbelief it's how is it so good how is it how can it be so good and you know what I always knew stove God had this in them you know the ability to evoke an eargasm so intense it makes you all right let me chill I'm going to chill I'm going to chill for a little bit I died listening to this song I mean the instrumental has harp in [Music] it 9h hour Paris flight Reminiscing on life when this channel hits 100k this will be the first song I play and when I go to Paris probably honorable mentions time for honorable mentions I don't like to waste a lot of time on these I'm going to go with Jonesboro by Young Thug who kind of dropped an underwhelming album this year but it's cool he's in jail he can't even make music then I'll say dirt by keylock keylock dropped a very good album this year very good for gyms very good for playing sports you know motivational energetic but it's just not striking or creative enough to win me over completely quo had a big year this year despite the passing of takeoff he made several songs in his remembrance uh one of which being fueled up I think off his most recent album it's a great song and it has this like amazing drop which I always wait for for the first half of the track bless which is a cut by The Alchemist and Mike I think really cool decadent piano Loop in the background which is so [ __ ] it's so like relaxing like come on The Alchemist always always does his thing let's be real and last but not least bread and butter by gunana gunana surprised a lot of people this year with his comeback album proving that even snitches can I thought it was decent but most of the cuts are pretty standard for Gunna this is one where I was really like okay he's out of his comfort zone here it has this infectious Baseline which I keep coming back to and I get it the lyrics are kind of whiny and blame Shifty but I was never really listening to Gunna for the lyrics anyway you know the vibe is strong and that's all that matters and here we are the best song of the year keep in mind this is just my opinion but also I'm never wrong so hey remember what I said earlier I'm just going to assume that you skipped through the video to see what my pics are which I don't blame you listen I would do the same thing keep it a secret I stressed how important conveying emotion is in today's rap climate not necessarily through lyrics but through sound not to Yap or read too deeply into things but I think we as a Society I think this Young Generation has grown accustomed to being detached putting all our time and focus into what we believe is a better tomorrow for ourselves social media and extreme consumerism have forced unrealistic ideals upon us giving us a false sense of what Utopia truly means aha this year there's one artist who captur this perfectly and separated themselves from everyone else in the process Trav yeah odds are you saw this coming as stupid as this sounds the man is like a musical architect my eyes off Utopia specifically showcases how Travis commands Vibe like no one else in the rap game with the beat switch and all this is just the easy pick isn't it the second half of this track sounds like you're I'm not even going to get into it for this list I picked my eyes but honestly any of the first six tracks on Utopia could have made it on here I enjoy them that much unlike the second half of this album which is kind of mediocre with the festival tragedy and everything someone would have just jumped on the album and said hey I regret what happened I'm sad this is how I feel but maybe due to Travis's unintentionally self-centered careless worldview he managed to capture how our extremely immature generation feels about things sweep all the problems under the rug and keep going till you reach Utopia at least that's how I interpreted it so because Travis is kind of incapable of spelling this out he made an album which sounds like that he said something without actually saying anything that's insane 97% of the lyrics on the album are pretty much interchangeable they don't matter the dark detached aesthetic is what truly tells the story people don't understand how tough this is and for me personally it's much more impactful than any number of double on tandas or colorful metaphors my favorite rap moment of the year and my number one for this list what's your list I want to know what your list is drop it in the comments do it right now

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Keywords: hip hop savior, best rap songs, best rap songs of 2024, New Rap Artists, the best rap artists, best rappers 2024, who is next up, yeat is saving rap, travis scott utopia, westside gunn is great, sexyy red, jpegmafia hip hop

Id: yz5ArnCX7Lc

Length: 23min 24sec (1404 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 22 2024