9 thoughts on “No Country For Old (Rap) Men: A Quick History of Rap Fads”
Cool. Thought back packs and African medallions would get a mention. And that voice cracking thing common did on his first album.
rico suave pretty boy rap
corny repetitive cheapo horn, like that maclamore thrift store joint
graveyard rap
crack rap
rapping over top 40 hits from the 90s
all these spanish rappers running the same el general beat for over 10 years!
overly violent murder rap
Angry kid rap – da youngstas, illegal, da hoodratz, shyheim.
Don’t forget the G-Funk era with everyone suddenly getting funkafied. Too many to name. And the ever entertaining oddball rap with the Pharcyde, Mad Kap, Yaggfu Front, Odd Squad, Ya’ll So Stupid etc.
My favorite genre was racist rap. Schoolly D did a great job bringing that to the forefront.
Money’s growin’ like grass with the mass appeal.
forgot to mention bad grammar rap – placing a “z” on the end of everything -in fact angry kid rap lead the field in this genre -crewz pop,iz u wit me, we getz busy, diz budz fa you, shit iz real.
Lulz !
True
–“1st Lady” of a crew [Lil Kim, Eve, Amil, Trina, Remy Ma,…]
–Using a DAT instead of a DJ in live shows
–Using a band instead of a DJ in live shows [especially using The Roots]
–Using “Young/Yung” as part of your rap name [still current]
–beatdown scenes in videos
–having 20 people on stage during a live show [90s fad]
–having dancers being a part of your crew [a good fad]
–emcees dancing in their videos [a good fad]
–slapping down dominoes in videos
–having 70s/80s TV stars make cameos in videos [Rerun, Thelma, George Jefferson,…]
–the mob movie sample
–shaping your hand like a gun and air-shooting at the camera [current fad]
–fan clubs for artists
Cool. Thought back packs and African medallions would get a mention. And that voice cracking thing common did on his first album.
rico suave pretty boy rap
corny repetitive cheapo horn, like that maclamore thrift store joint
graveyard rap
crack rap
rapping over top 40 hits from the 90s
all these spanish rappers running the same el general beat for over 10 years!
overly violent murder rap
Angry kid rap – da youngstas, illegal, da hoodratz, shyheim.
Don’t forget the G-Funk era with everyone suddenly getting funkafied. Too many to name. And the ever entertaining oddball rap with the Pharcyde, Mad Kap, Yaggfu Front, Odd Squad, Ya’ll So Stupid etc.
My favorite genre was racist rap. Schoolly D did a great job bringing that to the forefront.
Money’s growin’ like grass with the mass appeal.
forgot to mention bad grammar rap – placing a “z” on the end of everything -in fact angry kid rap lead the field in this genre -crewz pop,iz u wit me, we getz busy, diz budz fa you, shit iz real.
Lulz !
True
–“1st Lady” of a crew [Lil Kim, Eve, Amil, Trina, Remy Ma,…]
–Using a DAT instead of a DJ in live shows
–Using a band instead of a DJ in live shows [especially using The Roots]
–Using “Young/Yung” as part of your rap name [still current]
–beatdown scenes in videos
–having 20 people on stage during a live show [90s fad]
–having dancers being a part of your crew [a good fad]
–emcees dancing in their videos [a good fad]
–slapping down dominoes in videos
–having 70s/80s TV stars make cameos in videos [Rerun, Thelma, George Jefferson,…]
–the mob movie sample
–shaping your hand like a gun and air-shooting at the camera [current fad]
–fan clubs for artists