DJ Envy has chimed in on the conversation surrounding why Hip Hop is yet to land a No. 1 album or single this year, disagreeing with Bow Wow‘s argument the reason is the music is garbage.
TMZ caught up with The Breakfast Club host on Wednesday (June 28) at LAX and asked him about the former So So Def rapper’s comments. In his opinion, it’s not the quality of music but the quantity that’s the issue.
He also listed several rappers that have been making waves in the last few years, like Young Nudy and Toosii. Additionally, he highlighted seasoned artists like 21 Savage and Drake.
“I think it’s just a matter of time,” he said. “I just think that we’re just consuming so much music now, and it’s kinda hard for music to stick. Usually, we had music [and] we’d rock for a whole summer or couple of months. But now it seems we’re turning music over too fast.”
Check out the rest of the conversation below:
While attending the 2023 BET Awards — which he also hosted — Bow Wow was asked about Hip Hop’s absence on the Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 charts.
According to Mr. 106 & Park, it’s been a decline in quality: “‘Cause n-ggas puttin’ out trash-ass music,” he said. “Everything sound alike, everything repetitive, same tempo … everybody could do that, you know what I’m saying?”
He continued: “You really gotta have talent, you really gotta go. I think people are startin’ to get tired of it now, that’s why you don’t see nothin’ chartin.’”
By June last year, six different rappers had already landed a No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. On the Hot 100, two Hip Hop tracks had secured a spot at the top by this same time. Yet, some stakeholders of the culture believe the genre is still doing great.
Charlamagne Tha God recently said that he thinks Hip Hop is thriving and that those criticizing the genre are “stuck in an era” that’s come and gone.
Alexis “I know absolutely nothing about hip hop history I just pathetically pole ride celebs and regurgitate TMZ gossip all day” Oatman knows all about “garbage”
Yeah it’s trash, fool! All ther “artists” you named are TRASH!!!
DJ Envy is wrong. This new stuff is unoriginal and lazy. Regurgitated beats and lyrics from previously made classics. You can tell these artists are aiming for quick buck.
He’s actually right. All music is regurgitated regardless of the genre so your point about that is actually a lazy one. And its the music BUSINESS its always been about the money. Get ya head out ya ass. lol
It because artists just put anything together now and don’t take the time to create lyrics don’t matter no more alot of these new artists can’t read past the 9th grade level
There is a lot of music and I’ll say sometimes I’ll here a new joint and be like it’s fire but for the most part I agree with Bow-wow. The beats are the same, the lyrics same old shit. It’s gotta turn and get different again. Yeah it’s a business and get your money but you can’t listen to the Golden Age and be like yeah Lil Nudy or Toosii coming for Nas or Rakim or any of the real masters of Hip-Hop. Everytime I listen to “Daydreamin” by Lupe it just makes me think, listen to the lyrics, he airs out the whole game flawlessly. It’s only gotten more like that since the song dropped.