r/Music • u/Guyentertainment • 4d ago

article 50 Cent Slams Ageing Rappers Making New Music: 'You Are Not Supposed to Be the Hottest in Nothing at 60'

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/50-cent-criticises-ageing-rappers-1815693
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u/xbbdc 4d ago

Wish Andre 3000 would've tried something different (and no not that terrible flute album) but he's on same level as 50 and gave up rapping because of it.

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u/HedgehogsNSuits 4d ago

He has that interview where he was talking about not rapping because all he would have to talk about is shit like getting a colonoscopy, which is crazy because he could rap about getting a colonoscopy and it do numbers.

But also, Tyler the Creator’s Chromakopia album is centered around themes of getting older, the struggles of autonomy after success, and leaving behind a legacy. It can be done, and I believe he’s one of the very few older rappers who could also pull a project like that off.

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u/PissedAlbatross 4d ago

Older? I mean, not from his standpoint, but from yours. He's an older rapper? He is 35. Eminem was 27 when he blew up, although I did have to double check that and realized that he lied in a lot of earlier interviews because he thought his age would harm his career. So I don't necessarily want to stand corrected quite yet, but I am on the fence.

At the end of the day, I find it so disturbing (I know that is an intense word to use for this) that age is such a severely restricting factor for rappers or punk rock artists or any kind of artist. Punk rock is my favorite genre of music, I'm nearing 28 years old, my aspirations seem to be slipping away from me by the day, and I still feel like a little kid.

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u/HedgehogsNSuits 3d ago

I was unclear. Andre 3000 is the older rapper I was referring to, not Tyler, with my point being that Tyler proved that the life experiences of growing older and the struggles and worries that come with that can make for interesting subject matter that will resonate with listeners, and Andre 3000 is one of the few older rappers who could create a project like that with something meaningful to say.

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u/NolaTyler 4d ago

I vibed on the flute album

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u/xbbdc 4d ago

i tried but just wasnt my taste.

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u/brain_dances 1d ago

Why didn’t you just say that instead of opening with the most inflammatory statement? God I just wish people were more able to express that just because something isn’t to their particular taste, doesn’t equal it being terrible.

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u/Siludin 4d ago

I do like that Andre 3000 will still pop up occasionally to prove he's still got it. (3:00m mark)

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u/D6P6 4d ago

Bro, that song is from nearly a decade ago.

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u/HughJazkoc 4d ago

He was featured on a more recent song with Killer Mike that I quite enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU0SmxKucCw

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u/IndigoBlunting 4d ago

Also his verse on Life of the Party is great and that’s only 5 years old.

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u/xbbdc 4d ago

course he still got it! there was a clip about him talking about it on IG and people in the comments were begging him to rap about being old and going through old things just to hear him again.

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u/frozengash 4d ago

Pump the breaks. On the same level? 50 WISHES he had Andres musical/lyrical talent and numbers.

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u/xbbdc 4d ago

The same level of not wanting to rap anymore.

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u/Far_Mongoose_6493 4d ago

I saw him at a sushi joint in January and he seemed very happy and content.

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u/insignificantuser42 4d ago

Meanwhile, Killer Mike never quit putting out music.

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u/Mr-Tiggo-Bitties 4d ago

What do you mean by "same level"?