So many truth bombs here.

One of the effects of this niche-ification, though, is that everyone starts cosigning anything that fits their narrow notion of what hip-hop is supposed to sound like, whatever the quality of product. While I fuck with a few Juicy J songs the long way, none of his records this year were all that strong, and a few were straight-up lazy. Spaceghostpurrp had some nice beats but no lyrics. Odd Future were some niche shit that got far too much coverage for the style of music they made, a weird herd mentality amongst the press who decided that this was Important and What The Kids Listen To without any evidence that it would even be well-received beyond an audience of nihilistic skater hip-hop kids. ASAP Rocky had 2.5 good songs & enough swag to convince New York that he was one of the country’s best new rappers. Big K.R.I.T. produced some of my favorite songs this year but his album is dense & he’s not yet a dude I can handle an hour plus of serious introspection from. Future writes some great pop songs, but also some dull ones, and I dare someone to remember a single lyric from him that wasn’t a chorus. Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire is basically the return of Def Jux with a less self-serious demeanor. Danny Brown is an incredible rapper, and I liked Hybrid last year, but his choices in production are just not for me on XXX.

Please keep writing about music things.