Lil Yachty says hip-hop is in a horrible place and believes rappers are scared to take musical dangers.
Lil Yachy Feels Hip-Hop Is Not In a Good Place
On Friday (Nov. 10), Lil Yachty and Tierra Whack had a stay dialog in entrance of an viewers at Rolling Stone‘s first-ever Musicians on Musicians occasion in St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, N.Y.on Friday. Throughout their speak, Lil Boat spoke candidly concerning the present state of hip-hop music.
“Hip-hop is in a horrible place,” Yachty informed the gang. “The state of hip-hop proper now’s quite a lot of imitation. It is quite a lot of fast, low-quality music being put out.”
“It is lots much less risk-taking, it is lots much less originality…Individuals are too secure now. Everyone seems to be so secure. I reasonably take the danger than take the L,” he continued.
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Lil Yachty Delivers Danger-Taking Different Rock Album Let’s Begin Right here.
Lil Yachty isn’t any stranger to taking dangers. Earlier this 12 months, the Atlanta rapper dropped Let’s Begin Right here., his first various rock album. The 14-track assortment options Yachty rapping over psychedelic rock productions, together with blaring guitars and otherworldly synths.
Yachty was impressed to go in a brand new musical path after working with psychedelic rock group Tame Impala on his remix of their music “Breathe Deeper” in October of 2021. He additionally appeared within the group’s neon-flashing music video for the music.
Regardless of receiving good evaluations for Let’s Begin Right here., the album did not garner any Grammy nominations for the 2024 Grammy Awards, a lot to Yachty’s chagrin.
“By the best way, I used to be snubbed on a Grammy nomination as we speak,” he informed the viewers on the Musicians on Musicians occasion. Awkwardly, the viewers cheered, which made Yachty reply, “Why the f**ok are you clapping? You are presupposed to boo.”
He then added: “I simply don’t really feel like anybody put a greater album out. Like, sonically. Lyrically, perhaps. However sonically?”
