I've noticed over the years that hip hop has become increasingly popular and is probably the most played genre of music on the radio and in the media (whereas 10 years ago it was rock/pop punk). At first I liked the change (being a lover of all types of music) a couple of years ago in maybe 04-'11 there was alot of good hip hop being released and even the stuff played on the radio and in the media wasn't bad. Lately however (last year or 2) hip hop has become really annoying and where artists used to have themes about social issues and stuff it's now just about "smokin loud" and "double cup" "molly" "swag" or "trappin slangin cocaine" etc. I know not all hip hop is like this and there are still underground and less popular artists who's music still has substance; but man this shit is not good. I see 14-16 year olds on social media and at the mall and shit wearing shirts like "where's molly?" etc and posting statuses quoting rappers talking about sex and drugs. I just can't listen to this mindless garbage anymore. As a whole the genre is just going down the drain and I'm just waiting to see what genre is next to be destroyed.
I'm not a fan of where the masses of the genre are going either man, but lately Chance The Rapper's Acidrap mixtape has been doing the trick for me. Also on hotnewhiphop the OIL:710 mixtape was free and it was pretty dees as well. Especially considering how high everyone who got on that shit was.