Has lyricism plateaued?

oats · 09-10-2016, 04:20 AM

I was thinking about this cuz I saw some dude say that lyricism is antiquated in the hip hop landscape today, which I don't really agree with. It got me thinking though: has the art and craft of lyricism really developed at all since the mid to late 90s? Or is it basically the same as it's been since then? It's easy to draw distinctions between late 80s/early 90s lyricists and turn of the millennium - excuse me, Willennium - lyricists, but from there I think it gets kinda muddy. What do you guys think?

09-10-2016, 04:20 AM	#1
oats Steel Cut Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 5,084 Battle Record: 19-10 Accomplishments - OM HOF (2x) Champed - Fight Night LXXXIV - Art of Writing League Rep Power: 79005428	Has lyricism plateaued? I was thinking about this cuz I saw some dude say that lyricism is antiquated in the hip hop landscape today, which I don't really agree with. It got me thinking though: has the art and craft of lyricism really developed at all since the mid to late 90s? Or is it basically the same as it's been since then? It's easy to draw distinctions between late 80s/early 90s lyricists and turn of the millennium - excuse me, Willennium - lyricists, but from there I think it gets kinda muddy. What do you guys think? __________________ You should be water

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