One_Yaself_Hater

With 2 weeks left in ‘08, figured it’s time to start breaking out the top 10 lists because… well… let’s be honest here, they’re easier to come up with than anything substantial.

Trends… I wish they’d die a very timely death (as in, right now). Here’s my top 10 list of trends and/or just general shit that must cease to exist in 2009.

10) “super” producers- These are the guys who become industry darlings after they make a hit record, and then every artist starts asking them for the same type of track, and well, it never amounts to much. I don’t want to dis anyone, but there’s some dudes that get mad work post-hit record and don’t ever duplicate that success. In ‘09, that shit really needs to stop. You guys are the reason why album budgets get eaten up and artists gotta resort to making internet weekly freestyle series after their singles bomb.

9) DJ-helmed collaboration songs- the whole “mixtape on one song” schtick burned out when “I’m So Hood” and the remix dropped. That song was great, but “Out Here Grindin” sucked. How about just making a good song, not some star-studded collaboration with a bunch of dudes nobody really wanna hear rap anyway?

8) Rappers performing with live bands- To be fair, this whole “rapper with live band” thing works when the rapper actually has songs that require a band. But I do not want to hear the Ying Yang Twinz backed by a live band. Be honest, you just added the band because a rapper standing on stage holding a microphone is pretty fucking boring (see: Nas).

7) 808s- Ok, the South brought this crappy drum machine back when that region’s music got popular in the mainstream. That doesn’t mean we need to keep regurgitating the 808 kick, clap and hi-hats over and over and over again. Would it be too much to ask to hear like, an actual snare drum? Give it a rest already. 808s are a poor man’s (or shitty producer’s) excuse for a drum kit.

6) Clothing Lines- Kanye is actually the only mainstream rapper I can think of that I can actually see having a clothing line. Granted, he’s not entirely an original, but he is the reason why kids in middle america have traded their baggy jeans and oversized fitted hats for nuthuggers, shiny michael jackson jackets and sneakers that look like space boots. Everyone else talking about a clothing line… sit down. Jim Jones was right, nobody wants to look like you.

5) Producers/songwriters turned artists- I was all for this trend going from ‘07 to ‘08, but now it’s just a bunch of bad producers rapping or singing really bad and making really bad songs, no matter how many times the radio and media tries to program me into thinking otherwise. See: Sean Garrett, Ron Browz, Nu Jerzey Devil… and to an extent, Ryan Leslie… I mean, how great would “Diamond Girl” have been if say, Usher, sang it? Drumma Boy told me he raps now. Take my advice, stop!

4) Weekly freestyle series’- No other internet marketing/promotion effort could spell “Will Rap For Food” or “I Need To Get My Buzz Up Really Bad” more than the weekly freestyle series. When Crooked I did it, for that little moment in time, it helped. When Mickey Factz did it, I said ok I don’t know who the fuck this guy is, but after the 7th one I finally checked him out. Now we’re flooded with these shits. Walking blogs? Soon we’ll have an artist posting videos of himself on a toilet bowl rapping about taking a shit. Remy Ma walking into jail. Now that’s a walking blog worth watching.

3) Keeping the Hip-Hop and R&B Genres separate- if anyone follows me on Twitter, they know I feel like Chris Brown is the ‘08 Canibus. That’s how far the line between Hip-Hop and R&B has been blurred. All these singers were on A-Milli. R Kelly dissed Neyo. Dream don’t like J. Holiday. Come on, these dudes are the same as rappers, beefing with each other. Akon and T-Pain are rappers who spit with melodies and harmonize, you can’t argue with me. And rappers who really call themselves rappers, they sing their records now anyway (see: TI, Kanye). Let’s just call everything hip-hop now. Leave R&B for people who really sing, like Maxwell.

2) Hating on Auto-Tune- Critics need to stop bitching. It’s like getting mad at a guitar player for using a wha-wha pedal. For a rappers, the voice is the instrument of choice. They should be able to alter their voice however they want. What else do you expect them to do, get on the piano and hammer out a solo? It’s rapping. This is not music theory 101.

1) Featuring Lil Wayne, Akon or T-Pain on your song- I have a love/hate relationship with the music of all three of these artists, but having either of them on your song couldn’t be any less interesting. They may yield you some attention for about 3 days, but they will not yield you a career. And how are you going to perform your song if Lil Wayne can’t make it to your show to do it with you? Come on. This is just stupid at this point. Be original. Find someone new, or shit, go back to using Nate Dogg on every hook. The only time I want to hear these dudes from now on is when a) they are on their own records and b) I am reaaaally drunk.

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Forceful 3

# 8, 5, 3 , and 2= Definitely...

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LoL @ the small dose of ether to Nas

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Maully Da Don

i think i agree wit most of this...

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5. doing away with ringtones cause they makin wack artists like soulja boy popular

4. i agree with the 50,000 people on one song rant. No one wants to hear a collabo with that many people cause with 10 people its not a song anymore its just fucking stupid

3. rappers getting reality shows, Money and the Power is ridiculous, all the reality shows are the same u can tell what's gonna happen and its retarded

2. t-pain must go away, the voice box is annoying as fuck now, not everyone will agree with me but its so annoying now, every other rapper or singer has t-pain on their shit, or they usin the voice boxes themselves, its not original anymore its fucking lame, and t-pain is just a weird dude I'm sorry, he's gotta stop the hats and shit, and people say dont knock him cause of the voice box but when you never hear t-pains actual voice on any song barely, that's fake as hell

1. Spider loc has to have his album come out so he can flop and shut the fuck up already, no one gives a shit about this dude, and he's crazy for beefin with snoop dog, he really needs to get his head checked out for that, last time i checked snoop has been around for years and made millions, started careers and all that shit, spider loc should bow down everytime he sees snoop

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Mr Wavez

props on #2....niggas need to quit bitchin that shit sounds throwed

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Stfu^^^.. "Throwed" plz Stfu..

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agree wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhhhhh everything

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heelz211

cosign #1 to the fullest, EVERY new track/album that comes out has at least one of those guys on it. Artists are afraid of flopping and know that they'll single will do better with them on it, but why not go out and find someone new or use someone different?

dunson23

i guess the person who wrote this is mad....well all this won't stop cause money needs to be made

Hakaroodi

propz mayne..

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J.a.M

people need to stop dressing like fags and go back to 00-05' years of hiphop wen mainstream hiphop was doing good and no1 dressed like a homo and R&B was way over there far away

bx2dr

i agree with all exept kanye and his homo-queer clothes i dont think anybody wants to look like that

Mr Wavez

da fuck nigga dats how we talk down here muthafucka

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Antidote

it dont matter once my single come out feat. t-pain akon and wayne i make that cash and all yall hh board niggaz is comming with me from out the internet hood to that good babyy

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Mr Wavez

lol i call shotgun in the royce!

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A.T.I.

not sure what dude was smoking with #8

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6. T.I To stop Sntchin

Re Up

He said with most rappers n i agree
Shit sounds fuckin retarded
Just like 2 week ago when TI was on SNL n had a band singing with him
It kills the song quick.....

And as for hating on autotune...why shouldnt we? It sounds stupid as fuck even on tpain...

Majcip

agree with lot of things

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AUTHENTICakaATT

live bands are ill with ppl like lupe its better than 70% of concerts with just a dj and a hyoeman

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BrooklynZ Finest

yeah WORD up.

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Ritz

i thnk auto tune is pretty cool but people need to chill on it cuz half these artist that are tryin to use it arent good on it...but the hats ya needs to stop cuz there fuckin gay...where the fuck is he goin to buy these? lol if hes tryin to start a new trend it aint goin to happen with somethin as gay as that lol..

Tom Chambers

^if ppl would use it right...there'd be no problem...but their completely altering their "instrument"........

FoShizzlE

agreed indeed...