After calling out Young Dolph and Lil Yachty, Pete Rock makes an overall call to action for lyricism to return. In a new Instagram rant, he blasts the newest generation and what he calls “mumble rap,” and compares himself to San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, whose protest of the National Anthem has sparked debate about the right to free speech in the midst of racial tensions.
“im a lil tired of people taking this culture for a joke,” the veteran producer writes on the post.
He also says he’s not worried about negativity on social media — Young Dolph told him to “eat a dick” — because it proves his relevance.
The iconic producer also posted an edited clip of the 1996 film Set It Off where Queen Latifah sorts through various songs, including Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan’s “Lifestyle“, calling them all “bullshit,” before she comes to “I Ain’t No Joke” by Eric B. & Rakim, where she says, “Yeah, now that’s what I ride to.”
Pete Rock is not the only critic of the new generation as Anderson .Paak recently questioned Lil Yachty for not being able to name Tupac or Biggie songs and people came after Kodak Black when he compared himself to the two legends on his latest mixtape.
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Nobody who can actually rap has an issue with that Pete Rock is saying so..
You say meticulous I say ridiculous meticulous, ridiculous
You say Gucci I say Coochie Gucci,Coochie
and actually Pete Rock isn’t much of a lyricist. He sometimes jumps on the mic on his solo and/or albums with C.L. yet he can without a doubt outrap any of these mumble/autotune assholes that are poisoning the mind of this generation.
this old nigga still talkin. nobody cares about super duper lyrical shot anymore. it’s a new day and age where trap and more euphoric sounding music is the forefront in hip hop. and this “mumble rap” is actually niggas using their voices more as instruments than for advanced lyrics. it’s more than a boring boom bap beat and a looped sample being played over and over again. get with it or get the fuck out the way.
Ahhh Pete Rock is talking about you ABC Dr Seuss Cat in the hat rhyming lean sipping molly popping social media whoring ass mumble rap niggas LOL, your generation is finished, and imagine what generation is coming after you clowns, lord help you son HA HA HA
LORD HELP THEM NOW !
Ahhh Pete Rock is talking about you ABC Dr Seuss Cat in the hat rhyming lean sipping molly popping social media whoring ass mumble rap fans LOL, your generation is finished, and imagine what generation is coming after you, lord help you son HA HA HA
Ahhh Pete Rock is talking about you ABC Dr Seuss Cat in the hat rhyming lean sipping molly popping social media mumble rap fans LOL, your generation is finished, and imagine what generation is coming after you, lord help you son HA HA HA
Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Joey Badass, Schoolboy Q, etc., proves your point about lyricism wrong. This trap shit is the same muted synths and heavy 808s over and over, that shit is more boring than boom bap, which has more variety. And these mumble rap niggas aren’t using their voices as instruments, they’re just mumbling incoherently because they can’t rap for shit.
Nuff respect to Pete Rock for telling it like it is.
Fuck this old ass nigga Pete rock! Yachty has proven that he’s far better than the rest of these old hags. He can rap, he’s real, and he doesn’t rely on the 90’s. The whole boom bap/samapling shit is getting so old…. Yachty & Uzi gonna run the game for a long time. swag
Yachty can’t even outspit my 8yr old cousin, wtf are you talking about, with your troll ass. Gtfoh
I love this. Stupid label’s and the Media don’t push actually skilled and good Hip hop artist thats why alot of ppl think raps sucks its the Label’s fault. XV, Mac Miller, Joey Baddass, Bishop Nehru, Action Bronson,Hoodie Allen, Chance the Rapper. etc. All you hear on satellite radio, is Mumble rap and a bunch of ppl trying to sound like Future. and Bunch of young mumble rappers who suck at it.
“And yo, to y’all niggaz who think you going to become an MC overnight
YaknowhatI’msayin? Better snap out that fuckin dream
Man it takes years for this you Cat in the Hat ass rappers
You Dr. Seuss, Mother Goose, simple minded
(Stop runnin up on niggaz with all that wack shit)
Word up man (I’m talking about you MC’s)
You ain’t no MC”
…the beginning of Side 2 of one of the greatest group albums ever made
Respect to the old school players to the new school fools. At this point in time we can’t allow stylistic difference divide us. Time we tell if the new generations music remains relevant an in your hearts we already know the answer… B Healthy
That looks like a text from an angry 12 year old. Pete, I love you, you’re a legend. But I hate when grown men use emojis. Words and letters were just fine for 59,000 years. Let’s just stick with that.
Tell ’em Pete!
it started off as pete rock criticizing dolph for rapping cocaine lyrics next to a child. then it quickly turned into old vs young. black people are so blind that they can’t snap out of the crabs in the barrel mentality. this whole system is set up for us to fight over one plate when in reality there is plenty food for all of us. we’re so quick to go at each other that’s why we can’t get respect in this country.
You are looking way too deep into it, brother. LOL.
No he’s not. You’re just too dumb or lazy to look deeply into anything. Part of being an adult is being thoughtful and contemplative. That “I don’t care, as long as they gettin they money” attitude is childish and ignorant. For too long people in this country, especially black people, have absolved themselves of any responsibility or accountability when it comes to the words they speak and the “art” they put out to the public. That’s why it ends up being young vs old. The younger cats just want to destroy everything for a cheap thrill, and the older cats are say “chill homey, because this thing is bigger than just you”. The young dudes now will understand in 10-15 years, but at this rate hiphop will be dead and buried by then, right next to the bodies of the kids it took with it in the height of it’s ignorance. Now IS the time for the vets to speak up, but most of them don’t, because they’re afraid they might not get the invitation to Lil’ Poopy’s pool party. Nahmsayin?
man pete rock u was my mans an all and i had the all the petestrumentals and all but fuck this nigga man. Every year u complaing bout the same shit tired of it now
Salute to Rock ….. These Crack Babies NOT HIP HOP. .
The only criticism I have of what Pete Rock said is I don’t have a problem with whatever a MC or Rapper wants to talk about…Cocaine raps are freedom of speech and that should never be touched!! On the other hand he is right…The majority of this stuff does not have any duality….Too Short rapped about pimpin’ hoes but then turned around and made songs like “The Ghetto.” NWA made “Express Yourself” so on and so forth. If we had some duality and some of these artists doing something different once and a while it would expand the culture and make the music interesting!!
he only criticism I have of what Pete Rock said is that I don’t have a problem with what a MC or Rapper wants to talk about…Cocaine raps are freedom of speech and that should never be touched!! On the other hand he is right, the majority of current music does not have duality….Too Short rapped about pimpin’ hoes but then turned around and made songs like “The Ghetto. likewise NWA made “Express Yourself” so on and so forth. If we had some duality and these artists doing something different once in a while it would expand the culture and make the music interesting again!!
Rap has never been worse. I used to check for everything. Nowww, only the artists I like because too many are doing the same rubbish. People speak like the mid 00s was a downer for hip hop, this mumble and trap rap phase is by far the worst we’ve seen. Pete Rock for PM.
No doubt. I don’t know what that fucking noise is nowadays that they call music, but I know it ain’t hip-hop. Them new so called rappers is nothing but a bunch of clowns, straight up. Just look at the way them fools dress now. Black people created that dope hip-hop music/culture and then destroyed it. Sad but true story. RIP HIP-HOP.
Salute to Pete Rock!!!! Bcause rap is at its worst nowadays. Record companies and radiostations are to blame, playing this bullshit
Who tf is Pete Rock?
Peace PR, these tight pants wearing ass fools are looking for someone to call them cute n shit,if i can’t understand what your saying then that’s not hip-hop….they need to sit their ass down a read a book