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[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 29 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Mate, No, not even close. Nevermind that hip hop already seems to be in a death spiral, Macklemore is not and will not ever be close to Eminem in popularity. He’s probably not even the most visible contemporary white rapper

[–] frauddogg@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

Nevermind that hip hop already seems to be in a death spiral,

I'm not so sure 'death spiral' is the right term. I'm not gonna bullshit it's grim, but there's a good handful of emcees who seem more interested in resetting the board than just smackin it off the table. (Mostly aligned with TDE and pgLang.)

Macklemore is not and will not ever be close to Eminem in popularity.

Right now. But Em is old, and never mind the fact that Death of Slim Shady actually seems to be Em back on his pins-- he can't keep it up forever. There'll be another, and I don't think El-P or Aes are that visible either. God knows RA ain't.

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

I'm not gonna bullshit it's grim

As someone who knows nothing it seems pretty good from the outside? Like hiphop is still a massive genre. How is it looking grim?

[–] MattsAlt@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fd signifier has a good video essay about this in the context of the Drake/Kendrick beef. frauddogg hit all the points of the video if you don't have over an hour to spare

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd like to see the video too, it sounds interesting and I like the guy

[–] MattsAlt@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For some reason I thought this was 90 minutes but it's actually 3 and a half hours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEsf7QmIJTQ

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago
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