The Decline Of Hip Hop

Where should I begin? The state of hip hop is so horrible now. I can’t even relate to it anymore. The same ticking beats, bass and drum patterns. The annoying, drenched in sound effects vocals. The “Nuh, Nuh, Nuh, Nuh, Nuh,” in every rhyme. It all sounds so horrible to me now that my ear drums want to explode. Either that or I want to stick a pencil in my ears and let the noise stop. The same can be said about Reggaeton too. Every song is the same. Hip Hop has now become so dumbed down and annoying with the same beats and rhyming styles that it can be overwhelming to listen to. It’s like how can we make Hip Hop even more stupider day by day? And one more thing about Reggaeton from artists like Bad Bunny to Daddy Yankee it all has the same drum pattern, “Doop da doop doop, doop da doop doop.” I mean what has urban culture and music come to now? It’s the same washed up garbage every year. Hip Hop is so foreign to me now. I feel so outdated when I tell people about Mobb Deep, NaS, Blu & Exile, A Tribe Called Quest, Logic, Your Old Droog, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, P.Diddy, Ice Cube. It’s just so horrendous trying to get through one song. Can you even call it rap? It’s not even about lyrical talent anymore. It’s like listening to alien music not from this world. It is so damn annoying. I can’t even emphasize that enough. Every damn song sounds the same. Every beat, every artist. I’m sorry but I would rather listen to an off key Adele album than today’s Hip Hop music. The rhymes are so lazy and unoriginal. The beats are like listening to an ice cream truck on steroids. I don’t know who or why you would even listen to this garbage? It’s just pure shit. Reagatoon too. Be original and switch up the beat a little. I miss the days of mega producers like Dj Premier, The Neptunes, Trackmasters, J-Dilla, L.E.S, Timbaland, Dr. Dre and the like. The beats were so catchy and had many, many layers of different sounds and instruments on them. But Reggaeton and Rap music as a whole are just so damn exasperating. I know I’m ranting a lot but I really have to get this off of my chest. I just hate this Hip Hop and Reggaeton out there with a passion. I’m a HUGE Hip Hop fan. To see it come to this is so sad. Every year it gets more dumbed down and stupider. I grew up on Hip Hop where the beat and rhymes where on point. I’m disgusted by today’s Hip Hop. I don’t even recognize it anymore. There I said it.