Mar 18, 2018 I say 98-2005 or so, most rap albums' tracks followed the rap standards and were dope and head nodding, then after that they started moving into the newer era instrumentals that we have today. Everything had a more 'hip hop' feel during that time on average imo
Mar 18, 2018 From 2000's till 2010. And we gotta be honest tho, this era may end up as one of the best in terms of beats .
Mar 18, 2018 I feel it's about 50/50 on if pre-95 production sounds dated or not. Late 90s to early 2000s is the perfect blend of sincere hip hop without sounding outdated
Mar 19, 2018 I think it's not really fair to say best or worst. Like, as of right now I feel like most rappers rap over the same trap beat over and over again with just a different melody over it. I can listen to some songs but a full album of it? h--- no. But if you're a huge fan of those beats you might think this era is amazing. I personally prefer albums that have different producers where every song has a different sound/type of beat. For example: stir fry is the only song that doesn't sound almost the same to me as the rest of culture 2 (maybe 3 or 4 others I can't think of now) but if you take .. lets say GKMC or MBDTF, every song sounds completely different. I know I said this before and people disagree (or look at it differently) but yeah. Also this doesn't really indicate an era because in the 90's a lot of beats sounded the same as well. I'm going w 2000's
Mar 19, 2018 The issue with trap is it's peaked at a time that YouTube producers have peaked and they all use the same drum kits
Mar 19, 2018 YT producers also know nothing about chord progression and song structure which leads to a terribly bland music getting a beat off youtube is like walking through a minefield
Mar 19, 2018 The drum kits is exactly what I mean. And like I said I do like trap music, but only if something is added to make it more special and not so basic and boring (to me) -gucci g---, lots of migos songs, other upcoming rappers- There are lots of songs with that basic sound but with so many things added that make them 'unique'. Unfortunately lots of those producers stick with the same s---
Mar 19, 2018 Spoiler i hate to say this but eminems believe is a good example of how to make a modern day beat sound unique and great @Tyler
Mar 19, 2018 No there's some great producers ive found but its really rare this kinda sounds like an Eminem type beat off youtube tbh, I mean its better obviously but the pretty similar. If you're looking for unique trap production you should listen to HNDRXX, its really different than any future project imo
Mar 19, 2018 Like i said its like a minefield, you search through a ton of s--- before finding something worth using usually