![]() These players have honed their skill of creating a ‘good vibe’ and they believe in working smartly, rather than working hard, to capitalize on the growing demand and bank on the contemporary hype. The objective of these young voices hence is not just about preserving the original form of rap but also to present a mirror image of today’s society. Young musicians have refused to conform and instead chosen to use their voices in eccentric, unparalleled ways, and against the hopes of their parents and forefathers. The lack of control on how music is now produced, perceived and proliferated seem to strike a nerve with older talents. It oozes of the clash between the ages where the overt discomfort with new generation voices necessitates beating them at their own game via condescending labels. The term hence conveys less of how hip hop is defined in the modern age but rather more of what it signifies in current time. They render that the term’s use solely conveys a gratuitous intergenerational conflict about musical taste. The subcategorization of mumble rap hence doesn’t make sense.Ĭritics weigh in by saying that the term mumble rap is unnecessarily reductive and does not, in fact, refer to one specific type of rapping. Famous Mumble rappers such as Lil Yachty and Young Thug hardly mumble symbolizing the inconsistency of the meaning of mumble. They believe the term was born out of convenience for not really understanding what it truly means. ![]() Hate, therefore, spews on both sides of the generation as young rappers cast doubt over the styles used by hip-hop icons, frequently calling them overrated, old and washed up. The new generation of rappers have declared a moratorium on the term and call out critics for reducing their music to the sentiment of being just ‘lit’ or ‘turnt up’. They have shot the term as disrespectful and called out all opinions on the matter to be too subjective to be taken seriously. Supporters argue that the term casts a negative light on the evolution of music itself. ![]() The term mumble rap which has come to be commonly used as a pejorative to degrade younger rappers, might not be an accurate depiction of the sub-genre to begin with. It’s no wonder the mumble rap can be heard playing at every other club or house party. They focus entirely on developing tunes that are catchy and current-perfect for situations that demand the least amount of processing power by the audiences. This younger generation of artists argues to change the rules of the game as we speak assigning lyrical dexterity a backseat and putting melody and flow on the front. Current artists focus more on harmonizing and creating a mood/sound rather than actively rapping. The new wave claims to have adopted the genre but are putting their own twist on the outlook of music. The new blood in hip hop have cited various old rappers as inspiration-most of them constituting names who have come down on them with disparaging comments. They are seen as distractions to the actual music produced by the artist – a music with just luster and no insight or substance. In addition to their music, frequent disgust from early MCs extends to the attention seeking antics used by young artists to stay relevant by ‘trolling’ their audiences. Enjoying widespread commercial success in such a short period of time through such music with no apparent music discography to their name creates the most unfathomable and despicable thought for the older generation out there. Other critics of the genre blame the rapper’s laziness for producing ‘sloppy’ lyrics with no depth, and instead focusing on developing just a feel-good sound. They naturally then hold mumble rappers in contempt for producing songs lacking both self-identity and social awareness topping charts as soon as they are released. And hence, for these notable figures in hip-hop, the essential elements of the hip-hop culture are lost in the same sounding repetitive meaningless beats following the same triplet pattern and using the same ad lib sound effects. To them and others voicing their discontent, the coherency and articulation of meaning matters most in any song. The hip-hop legends of our time dub mumble rap brash and inorganic, lacking the lyrical genius and poetic style that is fundamental to the makings of any hip-hop track. Cole bash the mumble sound with their own songs, in their fight to preserve the sanctity of rap. Popular hip-hop personalities such as Eminem and J. To say that the genre is not very well received amongst the rappers of the 90s would be an understatement.
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