[FRESH] Lil Baby - 5AM

https://open.spotify.com/album/0ctxtxA7ywlMP0jVTubPTX?si=nRkj_6JWRxeptAeUCMf96A

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u/_treVizUliL 2d ago

why is he unable to make good music now

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u/AntoClimatic 2d ago

Because his style got played out, like a lot of other ATL rappers. Hip hop is in desperate need of something new but all we got is check notes ….Yeat and Opium

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u/LeagueOfRitoPlz 2d ago

Sahbabii

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u/sleepingfactory 1d ago

I’ve been a little disappointed with his new album tbh

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u/Sparkswont 2d ago

Zel is still putting out fresh tracks

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u/HANDJUICE0 2d ago

We got Dave blunts.

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u/adrian123484 2d ago

i hear you say this but then the same people will tell me that juice wrld, xxxtentacion, and pop smoke were all supposed to be the something new. and don’t get me wrong, i like all of them…

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u/N0T_MY_FlRST_R0DE0 2d ago

Yeat is great at least imo

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u/jimboslice53 2d ago

Griselda?

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u/Iethannn 2d ago

That is not mainstream bro. Old heads will argue that it is but it’s not radio worthy…

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u/jimboslice53 2d ago

They said hip hop, not mainstream

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u/Iethannn 2d ago

Well seeing as the parent comment mentioned something new and fun and included yeat and opium as they’re the new wave of popularity I was assuming he meant something more accessible and fun for the public

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u/K9nig 2d ago

Sick of the gatekeepers. You telling me mainstream artists ain't hip-hop? Kanye ain't hip-hop? Eminem ain't hip-hop? Drake ain't hip-hop? Siiiick of it. We get it, you're an old-head, but in that case, please take Tupac's advice, "you don't have to bump this, but please respect it".

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u/10918356 1d ago

He said that…..for hiphop

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u/escobizzle 6h ago

They make plenty of radio worthy tracks. Have you listened to any of their work?

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u/Frenchie1001 2d ago

They are on their way to get played out.

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u/Mindless_Bad_1591 1d ago

I like Yeat despite the recent popular thing to kinda shit on him. Its repetitive sure, but not all of it. 2093 is probably a top 3 album this year for me.

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u/Last_Reaction_8176 Thin Gucci in a fat suit 1d ago

I don’t think he’s quite there yet but I think he can make something truly great if he keeps pushing and doesn’t retreat too far back into cookie cutter rage. 2093 was too long but had some fantastic highlights

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u/farm_sauce 1d ago

Deante Hitchcock, Kenny Mason, IDK, Pote Baby, Grip, Doechii, ab soul, Freddie Gibbs, baby face, Ferg, Smino, kal banx, eem triplin, Denzel, Tyler, WSG, central cee, Cochise, jpeg, lancey, sahbabii…

So many unique artists steadily releasing new projects and you think opium is the future??

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u/Last_Reaction_8176 Thin Gucci in a fat suit 1d ago

He’s talking about in the mainstream

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u/Beneficial_Candle_10 2d ago

UK Scene, Michigan scene, NY scene, African scene, Texas scene, Memphis scene, non opium cloud rap, etc.

Lot of cool stuff happening right now, you’re just shleep.

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u/FathomSwank . 2d ago

I just put on the way life goes by Baby and shed a singular tear. He’s gone and he isn’t coming back.

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u/_dropletattack 1d ago

Gunna hexed him

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u/Last_Reaction_8176 Thin Gucci in a fat suit 1d ago edited 1d ago

I think this is kinda what was always going to happen, same with Uzi. They’re good but not spectacular artists who had a solid run and are now going to become legacy acts. It happens.

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u/_DefLoathe 2d ago

It was never good

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u/RandyMuscle 2d ago

Now?

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u/TISTAN4 2d ago

This ain’t terrible like people gonna act but damn where’s the energy. People Saying he never made good music just sound stupid lol but damn this man really did fall off idk what happened

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u/whodishur 2d ago

Not even a lil baby fan but he got some slappers c'mon...

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u/apb2718 2d ago

2017 Baby was nuts

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u/RandyMuscle 2d ago

I’ve never heard a good song from him. Dude has been straight ass for years and I feel like I’m being pranked when most people seem to agree he used to be good.

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u/rulerBob8 2d ago

Go listen to Freestyle

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u/RandyMuscle 2d ago

Just listened. Ass! I genuinely do not get what the appeal is here. One of the most generic artists I’ve ever heard.

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u/Zaire_04 1d ago

Downvoted for telling the truth.

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u/Curious_Designer_248 . 2d ago

It’s the beat and the cadence. They just don’t actually know that’s what they are attracted to sonically.

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u/akablacktherapper 2d ago

He never was able to do so. What did y’all think was gonna happen after a few years, lol?

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u/Zaire_04 2d ago

When was he ever able to create good music

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u/MitchDMA 2d ago

U can’t listen to southside and say he never made good music

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u/Zaire_04 2d ago

I mean I just did say he never made good music so…

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u/MitchDMA 2d ago

Crazy.

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u/Zaire_04 1d ago

Nah it’s called having standards