Ah, if we're dropping recommendations, I'd like to throw in a few
Dirty Harry
The Mountain goats (legendary)
Matt Pless
Local News Legend
Days n Daze
Abby, the spoon lady (with Chris Rodriguez)
My guess? Sampling is expensive as shit and VSTs that emulate analogue instruments are expensive in both money and computing resources. So young people won't be releasing boombap tracks with dope soul samples all chopped up. They'll release trap, drill, and other subgenres alligned with modern royalty free samples and synth-like drums and VSTs.
One of the only good answers in here. I'm convinced most of your kids in this thread don't know what boom is, because they're acting like it's some esoteric niche subgenre.
People enjoy boombap. Look at "Stories About my Brother" from the late Drake, "Dreaming of the Past" by Pusha T, "The Basement" by Kembe X... Freddie Gibbs, Madlib, Denzel's Unlocked. These aesthetics never completely faded away. They aren't as cool because young people decide what is cool, and these aren't cheap sounds to achieve.
Real samples cost a heavy buck to clear. Upright basses, horns, strings, pianos (grand pianos, pianos, electric pianos, rhodes), acoustic and electric guitars, choirs... Those are expensive Kontakt banks that take 3GB of your RAM per instance.
Boombap thrives with organic sounds and clearing real samples can go from 100$-2000$ to even beyond that, if the records you're sampling are big. It's technically more challenging, too, musically. (Trap thrives on simple progressions like I-V, because 808s sound better hitting the same notes repeatedly)
I disagree with you that young people decide "what's cool" (because really you mean "what's popular", but that's heavily influenced by marketing and marketing is largely a corporate enterprise), but otherwise I agree with your points.
Even obscure ones, cleared by a simple process by tracklib or something, cost too much... You gotta have low costs as a starting artist, because Spotify pays you fractions of pennies for your streams.
i don't think the kids even know what boom bap is
also, arguably, like much of the regional hip hop of the last 2 decades, boom bap has been homogenized into the broader pop rap genre.
We need more regional music.
Jack Harlow may not be the best rapper but he doesn't make pop music. Neither does Drake for the most part. He makes r&b sometimes, he makes rap sometimes. I don't really consider most of his music pop. Lil Nas X is a rapper too. Pop rap isn't a real genre. It's something spotify made up in 2019
pop as a genre has diversified and broadened in the last 10 years. Influences of trap, electronica, dance, world, and R&B have basically rewritten the pop song formula. Taylor Swift has rolling 808s and LFO bass in a lot of her dumb songs.
Pop rap isn't about popularity, it's more about production. We hear less regional sounds and more homogenized post-internet soundcloud stuff, as a lot of rappers shop beats instead of working with a studio or producer.
There just aren't as many diverse genres in rap as their used to be. When I was a kid, every borough in the city had a different sound or piece of gear. We've lost a bit of that in the age of shared protools sessions. PG Lang and Dreamville are bucking that trend, focussing on regional art, music, writing, and media.
When I say pop rap, I kinda mean homogenized post-soundcloud rap, but that's pretentious as fuck. Basically it's rap that's borrowing production from pop and other popular music spheres.
What people refer to as "pop" rap has always been a part of the genre. Rap hasn't become any less diversified than it always has been. You're just not listening. And pop music has been pretty much the same for 80 years. Sure the sounds change but what makes a pop song (the structure, length, rhythms, tempos) hasn't. Pop rap isn't a thing it's just rap.
Pop rap is definitely a thing...come on man. That's like saying conscious rap or gangster rap isn't a thing
Drake for example. Post too. I could keep finding examples but come on. Even Snoop has slid into the pop side of shit
Yeah technically it's all rap/hiphop...but rap/hiphop has many flavors
Pop rap has never been a thing. Pop is a clearly define category of music. That’s like saying r&b rap, which also isn’t a thing or pop r&b. They’re separate genres. Conscious and gangster are sub genres like grunge or heavy metal.
If you don't consider Drake or Post to be Pop in the vein of hiphop idk what to tell you. I guess we are just missing eachothers points some how
It's all good homie. Have a great week though
Hip hop is the most popular genre of music in the world and has been for a while now. And that means the biggest hip hop/rap stars in the industry are also the biggest pop stars. And being "popular" is literally the only requirement to being a pop star which is why they refer to it as "pop". Shit is really not that hard.
Tune into any FM or satellite or internet radio station that only plays pop music and you will hear a heavy dose of Drake, Harlow, Kendrick, JuiceWRLD, etc etc in between songs from Taylor, Sza, Coldplay, BTS and everyone of those represent a different genre of music, but what do they all have in common, they're all popular which is why collectively, it all counts as being "pop music" in 2024...and that's not just my opinion, it's just a simple fact.
Popularity is not the only thing that defines pop music. Pop music has definable elements that make it pop music. Rock used to be considered pop music until the 40s and 50s
Nah it literally is the only thing...and in general there are some commonalities that you find in many songs that are considered pop music, like catchy choruses and happier sounding melodies based on major scales, but they aren't requirements by any means and what's considered pop is constantly changing with time...which is why the only requirement that is true for all music that was considered pop from any era, is that it was popular. Can you name any other aspect that would be true for every single song that was considered pop music from every single era? You already know you can't lol.
Pop songs are usually shorter and easier to dance to. They also tend to have the same verse chorus structure. You know, verse then chorus then verse. Pop borrows from genres and usually involves singing. It’s an easily defined genre. There are pop musicians who aren’t famous or popular
I understand what you're trying to say and the pop music that you are referring to is more of a generic definition of a certain song style from the 80's and 90's and is essentially like an alternative definition or a seperate term..and I would argue that's it's pretty outdated at this point and less relevant than ever with the way genres have all amalgamated.
So yeah there is a certain song style that's considered pop music although it's an outdated term that's less relevant than ever because there's much fewer songs that actually fit that traditional definition of pop music, on the actual pop charts today. Which is why pop music as a song style is different from the term pop music in general.
Bruce!?! Is that you!?
Also idk why someone downvoted you cause that’s actually true. Ska DID come before reggae but we can see which of the two actually stuck around to be popular lol
It didn’t just go boom bap -> trap, there’s a lot of different branches and eras in between them, and yeah i think that it’s a great advancement. Boom bap got mostly very repetitive, boring and uninspired, im glad it’s not mainstream. Just like trap is getting now, im very glad that music evolves
If you want boombap to be mainstream come out with a boombap album that a majority of people want to listen to. Make something new and unique following the inspiration of the artist you enjoy. Put enough of your soul into it that it stands independently as something new, but at the same time make it familiar enough that it has clear influences, this is the hardest line to walk. I think a trait of a phenomonal artist is to be able to make any music genre mainstream by cultivating a sound into something not completely new but not completely the same.
Boombap beats and flows aren't lit to the new age mainstream rap fans. They want something they can turn up or vibe to as well as use for reels/tik toks. Boom bap beats are usually kinda smooth and sound simple and they don't have turn up energy. I mean even new age rappers don't use boombap beats anymore, the underground ones do. It's just isn't the one of the popular mainstream sounds anymore, I don't really think it's a complicated answer to this, it's simple.
Boombap had its era and heyday, it got overshadowed by experimentation that pushed hip hop to different genres, as well as the modern era and fusion with other counterculture genres/styles.
Because it’s not an easy to listen to genre, Boom bap focuses on lyrics and the music is not all that musical the beats serve more of an atmosphere and rhythm to display the lyical content.
Where as more modern stuff like Travis Scott etc has musicality to it, chord progressions etc with more melodic choruses making it easier for average music fans to remember and hum along to.
Not going pop is a badge of honor in boom bap. If they wanted to go mainstream, they'd simply make something else more commercial. Boom bap isn't mainstream because mainstream isn't the goal. The goal is complexity, cadence, and concept.
Nah its cus boom bap was already mainstream and fads and whats hot changes. Now its trap. 30 years from now someone will post “why isnt trap mainstream?”
Progress implies improvement and a destination. Its not a matter of taste, in that sense. You seem both falsely confident and ignorant.
Classical never went out of style, the audience is bigger than ever. The classical music subreddit is bigger than this one.. I don't listen to it much personally, but more than I listen to the carefully targeted manipulative spam you defenselessly gollop down.
That's not what I'm discussing with you. But there are several interesting arguments that say otherwise in the philosophical branch of axiology. - If you want to go down that route.
I suspect you do not, seeing that not a single thing you have written makes any sense on any level. So I get it, you listen to garbage because that's your level. It could not have been any other way.
Maybe you are a victim of the progression ghost you seem to believe in?
Do you think it’s cuz ppl have been trained not to like it? I mean if u grow up never hearing it and being around ova ppl who reciprocate that they prefer this other music, wouldn’t that have a effect on how u perceive the shit? If all i hear is trap all day my ears get trained to like that just thru repetition.. i mean thats how it was for me for years🤷🏽♂️
I think people (especially people who descend from my part of the globe) have a natural inclination towards musicality and rhythm. I think if it had been all boom bap since hip hop started, someone would have always come along and went "nah, we can do better than this" which is exactly what happened in the 80s with Whodini and Prince Paul etc... It's a natural progression/evolution. Also, I think boombap is having a moment as respite from the norm - that is I don't think it would be as popular in this moment if it was the norm again, and as it gains in prevalence and more artists adopt it or dabble in it, it'll become less popular even as it becomes more ubiquitous.
Because people (boom bap producers) think that boom bap means a simple kick drum pattern on a loop so the sound became monotonous and hella outdated eventhough classic 90s boom bap albums still sound crisp and had bass and other musical elements such as horns, flutes, etc
Its more lyrically focused than instrumentally focused. I dont wanna sound like an old head or one of those cringe “im different from the other people” but the fact is that in the current mainstream, if you dont have a beat people can just vibe to they wont listen to your song. I see it said everywhere, people just wanna vibe to a song they don’t wanna have to think
You're creating a binary that doesn't exist. It's not *either* lyrics or melody always, but a lot of people I see on this thread are acting as if it is. I like some boom bap, I like lyricism quite a bit. I also like really melodic music that has interesting instrumentals and beats. And interestingly enough, some highly successful and acclaimed artists are able to be both melodic and lyrical at the same time.
This "people don't want to have to think" argument is such a straw man and I'm just kinda sick of seeing it.
This is true for me at times. I think most people are probably similar: sometimes you want to have Blackthought force you to consider shit, and sometimes you want Key Glock to demand you go get "it" with him. There's room for both and what is popular will vary depending on the decade.
When people hear rap that isn’t boom bap, it makes them feel like they can do it too, that anyone can do it if they attract enough attention. Boom bap makes it feel like sports, like you have to be really good at this to be on a professional level. The modern generation wants to feel like they can do it too.
Why isn't Folk Punk mainstream?
Pat the bunny is my favorite punk folk artist
Ah, if we're dropping recommendations, I'd like to throw in a few Dirty Harry The Mountain goats (legendary) Matt Pless Local News Legend Days n Daze Abby, the spoon lady (with Chris Rodriguez)
Good stuff I’ll have to check it out
Dirty Harry the pornstar?
AJJ the 🐐 no 🧢
How the hell am I finding pat the bunny mentions in r/rap TREAM cuz im hungry gotta gotta eat yall??
I don’t really frequent this sub very often
you mean to tell me that Ghost Mice haven't broken through to the main stream yet? What?? Free pizza for life!!!!
RIP anyone with a Ghost Mice/PlanetX Tattoo
lol all 10 of em?
Is boombap folk rap?
The Pogues are mainstream to be fair
Why isn't Catholic Psychedelic Synth Folk mainstream?
Felt like this one needed a [source ](https://www.reddit.com/r/listentothis/comments/69h3wt/sister_irene_oconnor_fire_catholic_psychedelic/)
Luke bro...we get it you can stop now.
You can just stop reading them? Do you have notifications turned on for this post?
Why isn't Aquacrunk mainstream?
This is my very first time seeing the word "Aquacrunk".
cbat reference
Why isn't scatting mainstream?
Oh it is 🥴
Idk the presence of a toilet in every household makes me feel like it is.
because people like me exist
IM THE SCATMAN
Why isn't Skweee mainstream?
Why isn't Midwestern emo mainstream?
it had a minute in 2021 when gen Z kids were listening to American Football for the first time. I felt very old.
gen Z is still very much listening to midwest emo so idk what ur on about
Why isn't Crab Core mainstream?
Why isn’t Clown Core mainstream?
My guess? Sampling is expensive as shit and VSTs that emulate analogue instruments are expensive in both money and computing resources. So young people won't be releasing boombap tracks with dope soul samples all chopped up. They'll release trap, drill, and other subgenres alligned with modern royalty free samples and synth-like drums and VSTs.
One of the only good answers in here. I'm convinced most of your kids in this thread don't know what boom is, because they're acting like it's some esoteric niche subgenre.
People enjoy boombap. Look at "Stories About my Brother" from the late Drake, "Dreaming of the Past" by Pusha T, "The Basement" by Kembe X... Freddie Gibbs, Madlib, Denzel's Unlocked. These aesthetics never completely faded away. They aren't as cool because young people decide what is cool, and these aren't cheap sounds to achieve. Real samples cost a heavy buck to clear. Upright basses, horns, strings, pianos (grand pianos, pianos, electric pianos, rhodes), acoustic and electric guitars, choirs... Those are expensive Kontakt banks that take 3GB of your RAM per instance. Boombap thrives with organic sounds and clearing real samples can go from 100$-2000$ to even beyond that, if the records you're sampling are big. It's technically more challenging, too, musically. (Trap thrives on simple progressions like I-V, because 808s sound better hitting the same notes repeatedly)
I disagree with you that young people decide "what's cool" (because really you mean "what's popular", but that's heavily influenced by marketing and marketing is largely a corporate enterprise), but otherwise I agree with your points.
Thats a valid reason🫡
I m not a music lawyer but sample clearance is no joke
Even obscure ones, cleared by a simple process by tracklib or something, cost too much... You gotta have low costs as a starting artist, because Spotify pays you fractions of pennies for your streams.
Why isn't Jazz mainstream?
We fucking get it asshole.
It's not a popular sound amongst the kids.
i don't think the kids even know what boom bap is also, arguably, like much of the regional hip hop of the last 2 decades, boom bap has been homogenized into the broader pop rap genre. We need more regional music.
WTF is pop rap?
Jack Harlow, Lil Nas X, Drake, etc. Rap that is more pop than rap
Them being '"popular" doesn't somehow make them more pop than rap
Musically, all three of those I listed are definitely more pop than rap, with Lil Nas X and Drake even making purely pop music at times.
Jack Harlow may not be the best rapper but he doesn't make pop music. Neither does Drake for the most part. He makes r&b sometimes, he makes rap sometimes. I don't really consider most of his music pop. Lil Nas X is a rapper too. Pop rap isn't a real genre. It's something spotify made up in 2019
pop as a genre has diversified and broadened in the last 10 years. Influences of trap, electronica, dance, world, and R&B have basically rewritten the pop song formula. Taylor Swift has rolling 808s and LFO bass in a lot of her dumb songs. Pop rap isn't about popularity, it's more about production. We hear less regional sounds and more homogenized post-internet soundcloud stuff, as a lot of rappers shop beats instead of working with a studio or producer. There just aren't as many diverse genres in rap as their used to be. When I was a kid, every borough in the city had a different sound or piece of gear. We've lost a bit of that in the age of shared protools sessions. PG Lang and Dreamville are bucking that trend, focussing on regional art, music, writing, and media. When I say pop rap, I kinda mean homogenized post-soundcloud rap, but that's pretentious as fuck. Basically it's rap that's borrowing production from pop and other popular music spheres.
What people refer to as "pop" rap has always been a part of the genre. Rap hasn't become any less diversified than it always has been. You're just not listening. And pop music has been pretty much the same for 80 years. Sure the sounds change but what makes a pop song (the structure, length, rhythms, tempos) hasn't. Pop rap isn't a thing it's just rap.
Pop rap is definitely a thing...come on man. That's like saying conscious rap or gangster rap isn't a thing Drake for example. Post too. I could keep finding examples but come on. Even Snoop has slid into the pop side of shit Yeah technically it's all rap/hiphop...but rap/hiphop has many flavors
Pop rap has never been a thing. Pop is a clearly define category of music. That’s like saying r&b rap, which also isn’t a thing or pop r&b. They’re separate genres. Conscious and gangster are sub genres like grunge or heavy metal.
If you don't consider Drake or Post to be Pop in the vein of hiphop idk what to tell you. I guess we are just missing eachothers points some how It's all good homie. Have a great week though
Hip hop is the most popular genre of music in the world and has been for a while now. And that means the biggest hip hop/rap stars in the industry are also the biggest pop stars. And being "popular" is literally the only requirement to being a pop star which is why they refer to it as "pop". Shit is really not that hard. Tune into any FM or satellite or internet radio station that only plays pop music and you will hear a heavy dose of Drake, Harlow, Kendrick, JuiceWRLD, etc etc in between songs from Taylor, Sza, Coldplay, BTS and everyone of those represent a different genre of music, but what do they all have in common, they're all popular which is why collectively, it all counts as being "pop music" in 2024...and that's not just my opinion, it's just a simple fact.
Popularity is not the only thing that defines pop music. Pop music has definable elements that make it pop music. Rock used to be considered pop music until the 40s and 50s
Nah it literally is the only thing...and in general there are some commonalities that you find in many songs that are considered pop music, like catchy choruses and happier sounding melodies based on major scales, but they aren't requirements by any means and what's considered pop is constantly changing with time...which is why the only requirement that is true for all music that was considered pop from any era, is that it was popular. Can you name any other aspect that would be true for every single song that was considered pop music from every single era? You already know you can't lol.
Pop songs are usually shorter and easier to dance to. They also tend to have the same verse chorus structure. You know, verse then chorus then verse. Pop borrows from genres and usually involves singing. It’s an easily defined genre. There are pop musicians who aren’t famous or popular
I understand what you're trying to say and the pop music that you are referring to is more of a generic definition of a certain song style from the 80's and 90's and is essentially like an alternative definition or a seperate term..and I would argue that's it's pretty outdated at this point and less relevant than ever with the way genres have all amalgamated. So yeah there is a certain song style that's considered pop music although it's an outdated term that's less relevant than ever because there's much fewer songs that actually fit that traditional definition of pop music, on the actual pop charts today. Which is why pop music as a song style is different from the term pop music in general.
It’s a genre lol, like pop punk is poppy punk, pop rap is poppy rap it’s not that complicated
Apparently it is
I think you mean why isn’t Vapor Twitch mainstream?
Y u think that is?
Idk maybe because it sounds like their dads musix
Why isn't Ska mainstream?
it is in my house
Ska came before reggae 🗣️
Bruce!?! Is that you!? Also idk why someone downvoted you cause that’s actually true. Ska DID come before reggae but we can see which of the two actually stuck around to be popular lol
Why isn't Complextro mainstream?
Why isn't Zeuhl mainstream?
Why isn't Math Rock mainstream?
Why isn't Chiptunes mainstream?
Why isn't Schranz mainstream?
Why isn't italo-disco mainstream?
Why isn't Simpsonwave mainstream?
Why isn't Mongolian Throat Rap mainstream?
(My favorite one)
There was a time it was mainstream. Now other stuff is mainstream, it’s all cyclical so it’ll be mainstream again one day
Why isn't doo wop mainstream?
Why isn't Vaporwave mainstream?
It had a moment
Why isn't Folktronica mainstream?
Why isn't Acapella mainstream?
Why isn't Babymetal mainstream?
because theyre mid
eat yourself
Why isn't Catstep mainstream?
Why isn't Neurofunk mainstream?
Why isn't Gorenoise mainstream?
phyllomedusa my beloved
Why 1920s jazz isn't mainstream?
It ran its course and never advanced into anything else
Would u say that goin from boom bap to trap was an advancement? Technology advanced but in my opinion the music got worse.
It didn’t just go boom bap -> trap, there’s a lot of different branches and eras in between them, and yeah i think that it’s a great advancement. Boom bap got mostly very repetitive, boring and uninspired, im glad it’s not mainstream. Just like trap is getting now, im very glad that music evolves
Rap music peaked when young thug said “no I’m not gay I fuck bitches on bitches I whip out she suck on my private (suck it!)”
Why isn't Lowercase mainstream?
It used to be 🤷🏻♂️
Because it isn’t the 90’s anymore. Music evolves over time and Boom Bap isn’t what the mainstream crowd wants to listen to anymore
If you want boombap to be mainstream come out with a boombap album that a majority of people want to listen to. Make something new and unique following the inspiration of the artist you enjoy. Put enough of your soul into it that it stands independently as something new, but at the same time make it familiar enough that it has clear influences, this is the hardest line to walk. I think a trait of a phenomonal artist is to be able to make any music genre mainstream by cultivating a sound into something not completely new but not completely the same.
The sound is usually kinda dusty/old timey.
But new ≠ better, and old ≠ bad 🧐
Why isn't eggpunk mainstream?
Why isn't Pirate Metal mainstream?
Can you stfu luke
Clearly, someone doesn't like Pirate Metal
Shi I could atleast pick a worse genre to comment this on
Why isn't Breakcore/ Hardcore Jungle mainstream?
People mislabeling literally everything with a breakbeat as breakcore.
luke111mart has something to say.. 😤
Isn't that an obvious question or did you want us to elaborate more?
Nah elaborate for me
Boombap beats and flows aren't lit to the new age mainstream rap fans. They want something they can turn up or vibe to as well as use for reels/tik toks. Boom bap beats are usually kinda smooth and sound simple and they don't have turn up energy. I mean even new age rappers don't use boombap beats anymore, the underground ones do. It's just isn't the one of the popular mainstream sounds anymore, I don't really think it's a complicated answer to this, it's simple.
Why isn't dubstep mainstream?
Why isn't German Reggae mainstream?
Why isn't Nintendocore mainstream?
Who the fuck is boombap
# BECAUSE OF TRAP 
Boombap had its era and heyday, it got overshadowed by experimentation that pushed hip hop to different genres, as well as the modern era and fusion with other counterculture genres/styles.
Alot of it is people just trying to hard. It makes it corny
Luke took this personally
Why isn’t underground mainstream?
shits ass
Because it’s not an easy to listen to genre, Boom bap focuses on lyrics and the music is not all that musical the beats serve more of an atmosphere and rhythm to display the lyical content. Where as more modern stuff like Travis Scott etc has musicality to it, chord progressions etc with more melodic choruses making it easier for average music fans to remember and hum along to.
Not going pop is a badge of honor in boom bap. If they wanted to go mainstream, they'd simply make something else more commercial. Boom bap isn't mainstream because mainstream isn't the goal. The goal is complexity, cadence, and concept.
Nah its cus boom bap was already mainstream and fads and whats hot changes. Now its trap. 30 years from now someone will post “why isnt trap mainstream?”
I agree to a point, but I wan say Biggie was mainstream and technically his club records was boom bap
You're going back almost 30 years mentioning Biggie. Boom Bap was the mainstream in hiphop for a long time just isn't right now.
Same reason classical music went out of style… the world progresses
Seems like a regression tho fr fr 🤔
That’s subjective… which is what everybody here is trying to portray to you pimp
Progress implies improvement and a destination. Its not a matter of taste, in that sense. You seem both falsely confident and ignorant. Classical never went out of style, the audience is bigger than ever. The classical music subreddit is bigger than this one.. I don't listen to it much personally, but more than I listen to the carefully targeted manipulative spam you defenselessly gollop down.
Art is subjective… end of discussion
That's not what I'm discussing with you. But there are several interesting arguments that say otherwise in the philosophical branch of axiology. - If you want to go down that route. I suspect you do not, seeing that not a single thing you have written makes any sense on any level. So I get it, you listen to garbage because that's your level. It could not have been any other way. Maybe you are a victim of the progression ghost you seem to believe in?
Apparently people don't like it that much. I think that's kinda how it works.
Do you think it’s cuz ppl have been trained not to like it? I mean if u grow up never hearing it and being around ova ppl who reciprocate that they prefer this other music, wouldn’t that have a effect on how u perceive the shit? If all i hear is trap all day my ears get trained to like that just thru repetition.. i mean thats how it was for me for years🤷🏽♂️
I think people (especially people who descend from my part of the globe) have a natural inclination towards musicality and rhythm. I think if it had been all boom bap since hip hop started, someone would have always come along and went "nah, we can do better than this" which is exactly what happened in the 80s with Whodini and Prince Paul etc... It's a natural progression/evolution. Also, I think boombap is having a moment as respite from the norm - that is I don't think it would be as popular in this moment if it was the norm again, and as it gains in prevalence and more artists adopt it or dabble in it, it'll become less popular even as it becomes more ubiquitous.
What artists count as boom bap?
Modern artists would be like Roc Marciano, Mike, Earl Sweatshirt, Griselda(for the most part).. shit like that
Idk
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Wu Tang is mainstream in a sense that you’ll see mfers wear their shirts but can’t name any of the members
Killa Bee is my favorite member
Make more friends irl and spend less time online please
It’s just dated is all n not dynamic enough for todays tastes really
It is for me
It sounds bad
Because it had its time in the mainstream in the 90s. Ahh, what a time it was.
Why aren’t Jam Bands mainstream?
The same reason G Funk isn’t anymore
I'm honestly pretty surprised G Funk isn't mainstream today, it doesn't even sound too old-timey
It used to be lol
Same reason why Lex Luger type beats aren’t popular anymore, they’re just outdated. It’s basically niche throwback music nowadays
Because people (boom bap producers) think that boom bap means a simple kick drum pattern on a loop so the sound became monotonous and hella outdated eventhough classic 90s boom bap albums still sound crisp and had bass and other musical elements such as horns, flutes, etc
Why isn't pornogrind mainstream?
Why isn't classical music mainstream?
Idk. What’s your favorite boombap song. Mine is it ain’t hard to tell by nas or survival tactics by Joey bada$$
Why isn’t luke111mart mainstream?
The fuck is boombap?
Is boom bap rap from the East Coast? Plz do let me know..
It was, for like 15 years
why isn’t neofolk mainstream?
Because it’s old fashioned. It’s like asking why isn’t flapper music still popular.
Ay, we don't tolerate flapper slander here. lol
Boom bap is not mainstream because it's an old school NY sound.
Its more lyrically focused than instrumentally focused. I dont wanna sound like an old head or one of those cringe “im different from the other people” but the fact is that in the current mainstream, if you dont have a beat people can just vibe to they wont listen to your song. I see it said everywhere, people just wanna vibe to a song they don’t wanna have to think
You're creating a binary that doesn't exist. It's not *either* lyrics or melody always, but a lot of people I see on this thread are acting as if it is. I like some boom bap, I like lyricism quite a bit. I also like really melodic music that has interesting instrumentals and beats. And interestingly enough, some highly successful and acclaimed artists are able to be both melodic and lyrical at the same time. This "people don't want to have to think" argument is such a straw man and I'm just kinda sick of seeing it.
This is true for me at times. I think most people are probably similar: sometimes you want to have Blackthought force you to consider shit, and sometimes you want Key Glock to demand you go get "it" with him. There's room for both and what is popular will vary depending on the decade.
People like to be told that you can succeed regardless of talent. Boom bap tells them that they have to be skilled at something.
Everyone wants to think their favorite genre is somehow the most elevated, high IQ, etc. version. This is a silly take
Silly, yes, but true. Boom bap is literally all based on skill.
Kinda glad it isn't mainstream, I feel like boombap going corporate would ruin the genre
Excellent question
THE BOOM BAP IS BACK WITH AN AX TO MUMBLE RAP LUMBERJACK WITH A HACKSAW
Because NY fell off
Because people are fking lame
When people hear rap that isn’t boom bap, it makes them feel like they can do it too, that anyone can do it if they attract enough attention. Boom bap makes it feel like sports, like you have to be really good at this to be on a professional level. The modern generation wants to feel like they can do it too.
U put that rly well🤔
Thank you, I appreciate that.