![]() ![]() The term was coined on 2016 by rapper Wiz Khalifa in a radio interview with Hot 97. ![]() Mumble rap is centered on the use of ad-libs, bass, lo-fi, and trap. Hip-hop, especially mainstream, is oversaturated with irrelevant music irrelevant to the time, situation and circumstances. No rap era was completely conscious, but there was a balance. When it comes to preference, there is no way to choose a right or wrong answer without being biased. There is no room to say one is better than the other because it’s based on preference. “There’s always going to be light and dark… but it’s always going to be light,” he said. Jordan Smith, a rapper by the name of Al-Dom$ from Norfolk, Virginia, he chimed in on the question at hand. Jordan Smith photographed by Sierra Jenkins The issue at hand is that the substance in lyrical rap isn’t making mainstream music that you hear on the radio or catching the attention of today’s listeners. Fans of lyrical rap think it is losing its value because people no longer listen to the message the artist is trying to convey. You can listen and go along with the vibe of the music. Mumble, or unconscious, rap doesn’t require much thought. Lyrical rap requires listeners to think, dissect and digest what the artist is saying. There is lyrical rap, and there is mumble rap. Although rap can be meaningful and symbolic, it does not always have to resonate with the deep emotions or story-telling nature. While some people have an emotional connection to the form of art, others simply have fun without overanalyzing the lyrics of a song. But music is a different experience for everyone. Music is about the feel- the ability of the artist and the listener to have a conversation through a musical experience. It was something created out of oppression, like many other things that came from the black community. There was a time when genuine struggle spoke for and through hip-hop culture, and an entire population could understand. Both rappers created a dialogue in the black community about the experiences one faces in their everyday life and the streets. While hip-hop culture rose in the late 1970s, artists such as Rakim and Big Daddy Kane were a staple of what we know as rap. As rap continued to evolve so did the sound, look, and narrative. Many 90s kids grew up in between two hip-hop eras, listening to Wu-Tang Clan, Tupac, Ludacris, Mobb Deep, Hot Boys, Nas, and many more artists previous generations and other influential people may have put us on to. ![]()
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