least 4 artists from Lil' Wayne's Young Money label. Unless you've
been living under a rock you have probably heard a few songs from
Weezy himself. Within the past couple years artists from his label
YMCMB such as Drake, Nikki Minaj, and Tyga have blown up. A lot of
young people these days would put these artists in their top 5 or top
10 favorite rap artists list. I once was a big Lil' Wayne fan back
when he released Tha Carter 1, II, and even III, but these days it
seems like he's run out of ideas and his verses are beginning to sound
recycled.
At one point all these young money artists had something that made
them unique and stand out. Drake had clever "end of bars" punchlines
like "Imma set it off, set it off, Jada Pinkett". Nikki Minaj had a
nasty flow and some of us who heard her on Gucci Mane's Wilt
Chamberlain mixtapes would say she was reviving a dying breed of
female rappers. Tyga can actually spit fire and when he was just doing
mixtapes he built a big fanbase. Then when they all blew up its almost
like they got lazy and just settled for the trends of the industry.
Drake is slowly but surely becoming an R&B artist, Nikki's current big
hits are dance songs like Starships and Turn Me On (produced by David
Guetta). Those songs aren't bad but it's just not that Nikki Minaj I
liked to listen to before 2011. Oh and there's Tyga. As catchy as Rack
City and Faded are, those songs don't exemplify his lyrical talent.
Anybody that has listened to Tyga before his Careless World album
knows that he is capable of more than just repeating 3 words over and
over again to get people to listen.
I'm not hating on Young Money because at one point I was a fan of
these artists but I would love to see them just go back to doing what
got them popular. Eventually people will get tired of them and Jay Z's
RocNation will just pull further and further away from YMCMB.
By Guy Hudson
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