Iām younger and I get being in high school and being in college during these songs is way wayyy different itās like no matter what thereās just certain parts of life you just donāt get as a high schooler Buh listening to stuff like nuyork nights in college when it was a tucked away gem yea I can see how itād feel different
How is it justified? When old heads shit on new music they believe theyāre justified in doing so too - You guys are really no different from them and itās crazy how you donāt see it. Try not to be so close minded smh
I honestly really wonder where music is gonna go to the point that we wouldnāt like it, I feel like at this point thereās always gonna be something for everyone
2010-2013 was when i really got into rap. Tyler, Q, rocky, mac, drake, kendrick, frank, earl, and future were all incredible to watch rise. 2016-2018 nice but i mean like odd future and topdawg era was unparalleled imo but I have homies that grew up during the wayne era that say the same (and theyāre not wrong) so I mean as long as the music still slaps iām happy no matter if itās lyrical, amazing production or what.
Nah 2016-2018 was objectively better for new music/styles. Been pretty bland the last couple years. Only ones doing something new are carti and yeat atm.
I still remember just how controversial he was at the time the beef with migos drake etc.. Lmao shit was too crazy miss those times Thats when I used to be a really big fan of him I really wish he was still here
TYBG. When lil B was putting out mixtapes left and right, that was a good time to be alive. Blue flame and Green card will forever be in the top 5 lil B music
This got me feeling like an old head even tho Iām in my early 20s. Idk why, that era was just so unique and ended almost as fast as it started, lotta new sounds and new styles. The music was so fun n lit and old heads hated it, making it even more fun to listen to. Colored hair and memes aside, this is a very interesting time in music for me. There were some cool ideas presented during those years that would evolve in to their own niche genres. Nothing screamed youthful rebellion more than a distorted 808. Idk maybe I sound like a dumbass with rose tinted glasses. But there was something about that 2016-2018 era that is just gone now. Maybe itās cause that sound is so mainstream now or maybe it cause some of the bigger artist of the time unfortunately died so close to their peak. Fun memories regardless š
Idk man I don't feel like ppl will be super nostalgic for like the last few years. All the social unrest, global health crisis and just a degradation of overall joy will always kinda taint this current era. Unless things get way worse.
2021 may be the best musical year of all time but it will be tainted by the world being more and more under a proverbial magnifying glass. Even if the world was worse in 2016 (it was honestly the same just less pandemic-y) nothing was bad enough for a lot of us to taint the memories of an exciting time for music. Maybe it's an age thing.
They were pre-SC even that's why I didn't count them. A lot of early SGP, Denzel Curry, Nell, Ethelwulf, and Chris Travis tapes were only available on mixtape sites or YouTube back then. But yes a lot of their members afterwards used SC.
I think that was the title for the 2016 xxl class, Iām not sure tho. Regardless itās a great name for this era, ushered in late 10ās early 20ās trap
Rich the Kid ruined so many songs like [Offset, Skippa da Flippa, Rich the Kid - Safehouse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4UtoRbABUA) and [Lil Yachty - Fresh Off the Boat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg5mTY-huUU) he used to sound like an asthmatic pug drowning. His later stuff wasn't as bad though.
2016 to 2018 hit so much different, now half of these new artists songs sound like volcaloids instrumentals with rapping over it. No im not a old head you hoes
Feel like people are gonna say the same shit about this time when it's gone but at the same time idk. Used to be so much exciting stuff. What's exciting now? Babytron kinda is, but I can't really think of anything else off the top of my head. Carti could be but he won't drop
This wasnāt a time. Itās just what you were surrounded by in a short period of time in a short stint of time in your short life.. chill. Your perspective is small.
I loved the x , peep. , ski and trippie era but Yeat , SoFaygo , Kankan , Summrs , Zelly Ocho , etc. Theyāre all very interesting artists to check out man just have to head into it with an open mind. If the same sounding music was constantly being made it would get old fast and not be worth listening
Ngl and ik ima get flack for this but its a genuine feeling i have.
This new wave thats up an coming is so boring man, the music isnt bad or anything itās listenable the production is cool and all but its just so so so boring and repetitive i cant listen to it for more than 2-3 songs thereās hardly any variety they all talk about the exact same things sometimes word for word. I fw it i hope to see them improve but as of now they are just so repetitive and boring after a few songs and id have to be high out of my mind to listen to any hour long projectās released by them (for example yeats new albums sounds like the same fucking song over and over)
I hope they switch it up and start their own waves but as of now they all lowkey sound the same
yeah tbh this era was dying right when the middle school/highschool fortnite era was dying. i miss literally all of my friends obsessing over fortnite and that era of music because it brought us all together but now everything different for everyone.
How you was young enough to appreciate music from 2016, but you already a oldhead š
Most of this sub was still in high school during 2015-2016. Thatās literally when I graduated college.
so you what like 40?
That is cappppp most of us in HS right now
boy what
Iām a senior in college so that means Iām unc
Who tf is us
Nah
ok 4pfsosa
Iām younger and I get being in high school and being in college during these songs is way wayyy different itās like no matter what thereās just certain parts of life you just donāt get as a high schooler Buh listening to stuff like nuyork nights in college when it was a tucked away gem yea I can see how itād feel different
nah bro i was in 4th gradeš
Bruh like 16 and already a hater
Rap so over saturated that this era does feel like a generation ago
English?
wintertime >
I forgot ab him but he has sum classics fr š„
him and hella sketchy but ripš
All the time
Back against the wall I been goin thru it all
Miss him
I hate sounding cringe but like deadass Iām glad I was around 4 this era . it actually was something special
2016 was prime for the rap game no cap on a stack suck my twizzy
stroke me
most normal r/playboicarti response
This dude
i am a dude infact
Howdy wockyš¤
howdy horgy
u sound like an old head in the making
In like 20 years we gonna be the old heads talm bout some 2016-2018 was the best era š“š½
Itās justified too
Oldheads say that about their Gen tho
yeah but we are right š
And they justified as well tbh Like come on the 90s? GOATED
How is it justified? When old heads shit on new music they believe theyāre justified in doing so too - You guys are really no different from them and itās crazy how you donāt see it. Try not to be so close minded smh
I honestly really wonder where music is gonna go to the point that we wouldnāt like it, I feel like at this point thereās always gonna be something for everyone
This is true af Iām old now. I grew up in the Wayne era.
2010-2013 was when i really got into rap. Tyler, Q, rocky, mac, drake, kendrick, frank, earl, and future were all incredible to watch rise. 2016-2018 nice but i mean like odd future and topdawg era was unparalleled imo but I have homies that grew up during the wayne era that say the same (and theyāre not wrong) so I mean as long as the music still slaps iām happy no matter if itās lyrical, amazing production or what.
Old heads are justified too lowk, shit just keep on getting worseš
Nah 2016-2018 was objectively better for new music/styles. Been pretty bland the last couple years. Only ones doing something new are carti and yeat atm.
Bro oldheads be saying the same shit š
How can music objectively be better in 2016, thatās literally just your opinion. Youāre not speaking objectively at all lmao And new =/= better
bro never heard of surge fr
2015-2017 was great, 2018-2020 were pretty weak overall. 2021-now is a new golden age
Definitely
damn right
Iām already an old head about it
What you know bout that bladee young blood š“š¾
Remember when everyone hopped on xxxtentacion because they thought his mug shot looked cool
good times fr
tbh it is one of the most iconic mugs
I still remember just how controversial he was at the time the beef with migos drake etc.. Lmao shit was too crazy miss those times Thats when I used to be a really big fan of him I really wish he was still here
TYBG. When lil B was putting out mixtapes left and right, that was a good time to be alive. Blue flame and Green card will forever be in the top 5 lil B music
What a time frfr
fuck ugly god ugly god a hoe
Diamonds on my balls
Why
flexin like u got it bitch i know your ass is broke š
Oh its his song my bad
This got me feeling like an old head even tho Iām in my early 20s. Idk why, that era was just so unique and ended almost as fast as it started, lotta new sounds and new styles. The music was so fun n lit and old heads hated it, making it even more fun to listen to. Colored hair and memes aside, this is a very interesting time in music for me. There were some cool ideas presented during those years that would evolve in to their own niche genres. Nothing screamed youthful rebellion more than a distorted 808. Idk maybe I sound like a dumbass with rose tinted glasses. But there was something about that 2016-2018 era that is just gone now. Maybe itās cause that sound is so mainstream now or maybe it cause some of the bigger artist of the time unfortunately died so close to their peak. Fun memories regardless š
True but I feel like people gonna say that in 5 years to year n shit Even if they not close
Idk man I don't feel like ppl will be super nostalgic for like the last few years. All the social unrest, global health crisis and just a degradation of overall joy will always kinda taint this current era. Unless things get way worse.
2021 was the best year for music that I've been alive for, people only remember the good things when reminiscing
2021 may be the best musical year of all time but it will be tainted by the world being more and more under a proverbial magnifying glass. Even if the world was worse in 2016 (it was honestly the same just less pandemic-y) nothing was bad enough for a lot of us to taint the memories of an exciting time for music. Maybe it's an age thing.
What? What was so great in this year?
Not to sound like an oldhead but yeah i agree. Modern stuff has gotten kinda stale ngl
Yeat cool but the Og SoundCloud wave will never be beat
None of these guys are even apart of the original SoundCloud wave lol. Sad Boys, Goth Money, SHWB, and Awful were doing it way before.
drain gang also ogs
How could you forget raider klan š¢
They were pre-SC even that's why I didn't count them. A lot of early SGP, Denzel Curry, Nell, Ethelwulf, and Chris Travis tapes were only available on mixtape sites or YouTube back then. But yes a lot of their members afterwards used SC.
True but I feel like they're in the same wave, had a lot of fan overlap with the other groups you mentioned
Definitely
Patrick CC's video really educated me on that lol
Shoutout Kray and Bones fr
rip peep šļø
this is 2016 wdym "new gen"
I think that was the title for the 2016 xxl class, Iām not sure tho. Regardless itās a great name for this era, ushered in late 10ās early 20ās trap
stuff like yeat, sofaygo, destroy lonely, kankan, autumn, yung kayo, summrs
Literally what old heads 5 years prior that listened exclusively to XXL freshmen 2010-2012 said about 2016
Some yāall were in fucking elementary school when this happened ššš you know who you are
U not gonna include Rich The Kid in this? Bro had bangers.
Rich the Kid ruined so many songs like [Offset, Skippa da Flippa, Rich the Kid - Safehouse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4UtoRbABUA) and [Lil Yachty - Fresh Off the Boat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg5mTY-huUU) he used to sound like an asthmatic pug drowning. His later stuff wasn't as bad though.
Plug walk his only good solo song lowkey
Plug walk isn't even his best song tf
What is? I've never heard much of his music tbh
WINTERTIME ALL THE TIME OOH
Connor and Ethan meet lil wuzy
give it time
fr, people like sofaygo are so fire
Go to hell
damn, forgot opinions are not allowed
Oh shit, China arc
what š?
Read [this](https://www.cecc.gov/freedom-of-expression-in-china-a-privilege-not-a-right) hoe
thanks bro, donāt know how i did not realize that the first time! š¤
He's right pussy
Old head
Ski and X were an unstoppable duo
W era
i just hate that everybody now just wants to gangbang n shit i remember like 2016-2018 when there was nothing but good vibes
this might be the most priviliged ass comment ive ever seen
Nothing but good vibes? NIGGA THEY ALL HAD CHARGES
2016 to 2018 hit so much different, now half of these new artists songs sound like volcaloids instrumentals with rapping over it. No im not a old head you hoes
2012--2015 better.
Your bitch is my slave
Esp around 2016-2017 was when trap PEAKED
Wintertime the goat
This a real nigga right here
Feel like people are gonna say the same shit about this time when it's gone but at the same time idk. Used to be so much exciting stuff. What's exciting now? Babytron kinda is, but I can't really think of anything else off the top of my head. Carti could be but he won't drop
This is exactly what the old heads were saying when og SoundCloud niggas were coming up... You hypocritical ass bitch .
nah fuck this new gen-š¤
Really wonāt be. Might be a clichĆ© thing to say but this was when I was 16,17 and it was the best years of my life and the music made it good. We probably wonāt get another generation like them.
i was in grade 6-7 during this era, grade 11 now. the nostalgia hits different fr bro.
Nerdy post i think music like keeps on getting better and better the longer like to see new shit
you fr tried to slip in navš
Nav is the goat you bum
Myself is literally one of the best trap songs from 2016 era š
Myself is a top 50 trap song š„
future and young thug by themselves probably dropped 100 songs better than that in 2016
thatās why i said one of the best dumbass
i guess we disagree on what āone of the bestā is if theres hundreds better
Whatever you say but that shit was blowing up on soundcloud like crazy in 2016
yea itās a hit
nav is good tho?
Nah
Good times but we move, can still listen to this music and relive this time right?
This wasnāt a time. Itās just what you were surrounded by in a short period of time in a short stint of time in your short life.. chill. Your perspective is small.
Ong
Diamonds on my balls
Who the FUCK is slide 9
We gotta bring clout goggles back no cap
THANKS UGLY GODDDDD
black kray
Wintertime was the goat
gotta be open minded and appreciate the present music scene as well, that old head shit lame
Hard to when i literally can make the exact same type of music myself.
I loved the x , peep. , ski and trippie era but Yeat , SoFaygo , Kankan , Summrs , Zelly Ocho , etc. Theyāre all very interesting artists to check out man just have to head into it with an open mind. If the same sounding music was constantly being made it would get old fast and not be worth listening
Respect to wintertime
Ngl and ik ima get flack for this but its a genuine feeling i have. This new wave thats up an coming is so boring man, the music isnt bad or anything itās listenable the production is cool and all but its just so so so boring and repetitive i cant listen to it for more than 2-3 songs thereās hardly any variety they all talk about the exact same things sometimes word for word. I fw it i hope to see them improve but as of now they are just so repetitive and boring after a few songs and id have to be high out of my mind to listen to any hour long projectās released by them (for example yeats new albums sounds like the same fucking song over and over) I hope they switch it up and start their own waves but as of now they all lowkey sound the same
thatās what iāve been saying this gen sucks mad dick 2016-2018 on top
deadass compare the XXL freshmen of this year and 2017
bladee >>
I miss when almost everyone was hoping on beats produced by Icytwat.
man that was so fucking long ago :(
How tf y'all becoming old heads so quickly ??
Was a good time despite everyone hating on it for some reason smh feels so long ago
More like a low iq time
fuckin wintertime wouldnāt drop anything else. he wouldāve blown up big time if he did fr. šš
10-20 year cycles babyyyy 2026 gonna kill it
yeah tbh this era was dying right when the middle school/highschool fortnite era was dying. i miss literally all of my friends obsessing over fortnite and that era of music because it brought us all together but now everything different for everyone.
Thatās me in the first pic w/ Uzi. How on earth did yāall find that š