2010s: Trap music

I feel as though people around my age (Late '90s borns) have experienced Trap music in the same way as Late '80s borns identified with the Emo scene. There are some prominent Late '90s born rappers in the Soundcloud Rap scene (e.g XXXTentacision) and a minority of us are into the music itself, however we're not the core target audience for the music. I'm of the belief that it has always catered more to Early-Mid 2000s borns. It just doesn't feel as though it is "my music" so to speak and that isn't because i'm simply not a fan of the genre. Case in point, I consider the EDM and indie music of the Mid 2010s to be "my era" for music. I know for a fact that Trap wasn't popular with the people in my year group (Class of 2017).

Personally, I strongly detest Trap as a music genre, as it embodies everything that I hate about the current times and the 2010s in general. Trap 'musicians', for the most part, are complete scumbags who rap about degrading women, abusing drugs, disrespecting minority groups and use racial/homophobic slurs to get their deplorable messages across. It's the worst genre of music I have ever personally experienced in my lifetime. I'm just thankful that I graduated from high school just before it reached the peak of it's popularity. I also don't know anyone personally who is a fan of the genre, so I have really dodged a bullet there.

There's really no Trap songs that I can say I genuinely like. Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" is as good as the genre gets for me and while I wouldn't consider myself to be a huge fan of the song, I can at least appreciate it for what it is. Credit where credit's due. I like the fact that the lyrics in the song are witty in their nature; Billy Ray-Cyrus rapping about the stereotypical "bling" style which is commonly associated with rappers, while Lil Nas X sings about country themes such as riding a horse. It's quite a nice example of role swapping and the end result is respectable.

Otherwise, probably the next best thing to come out of the Trap scene would have to be "Earfquake" by Tyler, The Creator. Again, I wouldn't call myself a fan of this song, but at least the rapping in this is only confined to the bridge (which is only brief anyway). Stylistically, it is also much more interesting than the shit that the vast majority of Trap artists manage to spew up. I would rather listen to "Earfquake" than anything by Lil Peep or 6ix9ine.



I tend to think that Trap won't age well and the only people who will look back on the genre favourably will be the people who were fans during the Late 2010s.

"Earfquake" is the only Tyler song i'm familiar with, to be honest. What are his other songs like?

Ah okay, that's interesting to hear. To be completely honest, i'm not a fan of rap music in general, but lately I've become a bit intrigued by Tyler's work as he seems to receive much more appraisal than other contemporary rappers. Basically, I have just wanted to know what sets him apart from everyone else. Is it simply the fact that he has been trying to push the envelope in recent years or was his earlier catalogue positively received by critics/fans as well? 

I mean, Tyler has long had a dedicated following and his albums have been (mostly) positive received, but it was around 2017 or so that he really took off. Not that he wasn’t part of the mainstream before then, but he’s gone from successful to meteoric in the last couple years.

Trap is the worst, I hate it so much.

Trap music sucks ass. Yes, I've mentioned this many times but I'm just so frustrated about what's happening In the charts right now. Back in 2013-2016, I enjoyed trap music because it sounded new and fresh, and Trap had more of a pop sound. But as time passes by, it just gets more and more repetitive and annoying. Now, you just put toothpaste on your tongue, speak gibberish about drugs, sex, flexing, or killing innocent people and laughing about it. I feel like Trap is being played at nausea. This is the definition of bullshit!

7 years after people have been saying "Trap is EVERYWHERE!" I'm still not sure I know what trap even is. I can tell what mumble rap is though and it is indeed annoying.