As Joey Bada$$ prepares to launch his new TIDAL podcast, 47 Minutes, the Brooklyn MC already seems to have a topic in mind — current rap. On Wednesday (January 24), he used Twitter to express what he thinks rap looks like right now, claiming it’s in “a very trash state.”
“Rap is in a very trash state rn with very few exceptions that don’t even get the love and attention that they deserve,” he wrote. “Like where’s ya’ll niggas souls at???”
He added, “Music is the most influential force in the world. Pay attention to what’s being over saturated. It says something about the generation. Sound is vibration.”
While he doesn’t call out any specific artists, his seemingly sarcastic follow-up tweet seems to point to anyone making trap music.
“Ok goodnight I’m gonna go make a trap record,” he wrote.
Earlier this week, Bada$$ and polarizing rapper XXXTENTACION teased a collaborative mixtape during their Instagram stories. X’s rep confirmed to HipHopDX the duo is indeed working together and will have something out soon.
didnt he contribute to Rockstar by Post? Fuck outta here Joseph.
Yea…and it started with that last shit u dropped…
Hold up. Rap is trash? and yet you bout to do a joint album with a man that is making it trash along with his fellow mumblers/screamers. US rap is trash. UK rap is going mad right now, real bars and flows.
He is not saying Rap is trash, he is saying it is in it trash state and he is true with the exception of Kendrick, J Cole, Wale, Joey himself, Vic Mensah, and a few, most of the new rappers are wack talking reckless on records promoting negative ass shit
One couldn’t possibly stand UK rap, as the rapper’s accent makes it impossible to listen to.
He’s a part of the trash
Rap is in a trash state but hip hop is not. Rap isn’t based on talent just radio promotions. Rappers are willing to do or say anything to keep the spotlight on them. Hip hop has some negativity too but at least it’s about the skills. Rap is just a bunch of fads, gays and dick riders with no original talent.
Not ALL rap sucks though! (Nowadays it does) but folks from 2005 or so and earlier that just rapped without much of a concept still made some really awesome tracks. I’d or snoop as an example. Doggystyle isn’t reall a story. Most the tracks are just fun Party rap and g funk, noting really deep, and not any advanced flow/lyrics from snoop… but it still bangs! Good hiphop isn’t just the sound. Good rap kind of is just the sound (in my opinion)
fuck outta here with this… doing a joint album with XXX thats why it’s garb
It’s a generational thing in 5 years hip hop gonna sound completely different from what we got today. It’s hard to say what the next gen will vibe but maybe after all the weird/creepy shit like Young Thug and Yachty maybe the kids will pick up lyricism again. I feel sorry for Joey he just came up at the worst possible time for his style. Of course I’m being extremely optimistic here.
If you don’t like what you see/hear, then look into the underground. I even preferred the work of Cole and Kendrick back when they were underground. Underground artists are hungry, and make some really great music.
Music is in a very trash state right now, so I’m gonna make a trap record. LMFAO you cant make this up
are you dumb or are you dumb
He is mos def dumb, and they wonder why the rap game is in a trash state right now
Its like saying don’t smoke, cigarettes give u cancer, then u light up one SMH punk ass mofo!
It’s called sarcasm
TRAP AKA THE SOUTH RUN HIPHOP . FUK THIS WEIRDO . THE STREETS CLUBS ETC DON’T FUCK WITH JOEY TRASH @SS MUSIC #BIGFACTS
People down here don’t like lyrics. And They’re always behind on culture and technology. Point being, they’re slow. Can’t even speak English correctly. Trust me I know. I stay down here. Dont take pride in it. Find a better living arrangement.
new york Hiphop been dead for 20 years so they hate the South been winning so long
Wtf is he talking about? Hes contributing to the very same shit hes speaking about. Didnt he write Post Malones Rockstar? Fuk outta here!
I’ll be beyond shocked if no one else has already left the exact comment here that I’m about to leave but: I agree with joey 1,000,000%….hip hop is in a trash place. There are still some good artists who make good music,.but when said good artists (Joey) make collab albums with human garbage, who have equally garbage music (XXXtentacion..if that is his name, I wouldn’t really know) then that says more about more about the trash state of hip hop than any words alone can…DONT DO IT JOEY!!!