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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 43084" data-attributes="member: 81">There’s a new Drake album out and as usual, it’s <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/drake-house-honestly-nevermind-fan-reacts/" target="_blank">dominating the discourse</a> online as fans parse what it means for pop culture at large. However, this time, there’s a whole new angle for that discussion, as <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/drake-honestly-nevermind-review-black-art/" target="_blank">Honestly, Nevermind</a> eschews Drake’s usual mopey R&amp;B and passive-aggressive raps in favor of a <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-drake-honestly-nevermind-gift/" target="_blank">genre experiment in the vein of house music</a> alongside executive producer Black Coffee. And as usual, Joe Budden has thoughts, which he shared on his podcast along with call-in guest Vince Staples.While Joe wondered whether the album meant the elimination of rap music as a whole (because Joe Budden, again, is not a journalist and has no real frame of reference for such things), Vince’s response was more measured as he pointed out that such genre-hopping projects are nothing new in hip-hop — not even for Vince himself. “I did that in 2017,” he reminded the host. “N****s was on me… That <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/vince-staples-big-fish-theory-review/" target="_blank">Big Fish Theory</a>, n****s was mad at that. ‘What’s up with this n****?’”Vince expanded on his views (no pun intended), comparing music to Instagram: “Everything looks the same, everything moves the same, everyone dresses the same, everyone talks the same,” he explained. “So the genre sh*t is gonna have to go out the window eventually. It’s too hard to separate culture because the internet is kinda pushing everything in the same little bubble.”He’s got a point: Besides himself, a number of artists have blended genres including dance genres like house and techno into hip-hop, with some artists distancing themselves from the “rapper” label altogether. However, the thing that hasn’t gone away is rapping as a lyrical style, and there are still plenty of artists — arguably way more of them, to be honest, who release music primarily in that mode regardless of trends. And considering <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/drake-honestly-nevermind-forever-21-hm-zara/" target="_blank">some of the responses to Drake’s album</a>, it doesn’t look like hip-hop fans were quite ready to make the switch — which didn’t stop it from <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/drake-honestly-nevermind-apple-dance-music-streaming-records/" target="_blank">topping Apple Music’s Dance chart</a> on release day.Basically, no rappers should be restricted solely to rapping or making music according to popular trends, but rap as a genre probably isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.You can watch the full episode of The Joe Budden Podcast above.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/vince-staples-drake-dance-album-big-fish-theory/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 43084, member: 81"] There’s a new Drake album out and as usual, it’s [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/drake-house-honestly-nevermind-fan-reacts/']dominating the discourse[/URL] online as fans parse what it means for pop culture at large. However, this time, there’s a whole new angle for that discussion, as [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/drake-honestly-nevermind-review-black-art/'][I]Honestly, Nevermind[/I][/URL] eschews Drake’s usual mopey R&B and passive-aggressive raps in favor of a [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-drake-honestly-nevermind-gift/']genre experiment in the vein of house music[/URL] alongside executive producer Black Coffee. And as usual, Joe Budden has thoughts, which he shared on his podcast along with call-in guest Vince Staples. While Joe wondered whether the album meant the elimination of rap music as a whole (because Joe Budden, again, is not a journalist and has no real frame of reference for such things), Vince’s response was more measured as he pointed out that such genre-hopping projects are nothing new in hip-hop — not even for Vince himself. “I did that in 2017,” he reminded the host. “N****s was on me… That [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/vince-staples-big-fish-theory-review/'][I]Big Fish Theory[/I][/URL], n****s was mad at that. ‘What’s up with this n****?’” Vince expanded on his views (no pun intended), comparing music to Instagram: “Everything looks the same, everything moves the same, everyone dresses the same, everyone talks the same,” he explained. “So the genre sh*t is gonna have to go out the window eventually. It’s too hard to separate culture because the internet is kinda pushing everything in the same little bubble.” He’s got a point: Besides himself, a number of artists have blended genres including dance genres like house and techno into hip-hop, with some artists distancing themselves from the “rapper” label altogether. However, the thing that hasn’t gone away is rapping as a lyrical style, and there are still plenty of artists — arguably way more of them, to be honest, who release music primarily in that mode regardless of trends. And considering [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/drake-honestly-nevermind-forever-21-hm-zara/']some of the responses to Drake’s album[/URL], it doesn’t look like hip-hop fans were quite ready to make the switch — which didn’t stop it from [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/drake-honestly-nevermind-apple-dance-music-streaming-records/']topping Apple Music’s Dance chart[/URL] on release day. Basically, no rappers should be [I]restricted[/I] solely to rapping or making music according to popular trends, but rap as a genre probably isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. You can watch the full episode of [I]The Joe Budden Podcast[/I] above. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/vince-staples-drake-dance-album-big-fish-theory/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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