tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433366943695111850.post9060773641905248091..comments2024-01-12T09:19:17.376-05:00Comments on RAP MUSIC HYSTERIA!: RAP WILL EAT ITSELF (OR: TO SERVE GUCCI MANE)SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622578044869025noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433366943695111850.post-18845587908548509272016-07-29T18:48:55.353-04:002016-07-29T18:48:55.353-04:00Hmmm, never made the connection between Gucci'...Hmmm, never made the connection between Gucci's <i>I'm Up</i> and Thug's.<br /><br />Most of the No Limit guys faded away (or died, or were incarcerated), but it's hard to say the same about Cash Money when Wayne is Wayne and Baby is one of the biggest memes of 2016. Then you have guys like Fiend and Juvenile still making solid music for their core fans. I think it's really just nostalgia for the whole aesthetic: style, production, album art, and slang working off each other in a way no one had ever encountered before.SEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622578044869025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433366943695111850.post-46177343789891383812016-07-26T17:46:48.240-04:002016-07-26T17:46:48.240-04:00Probably the most sure-fire way to inspire nostalg...Probably the most sure-fire way to inspire nostalgia is disappear like most No Limit and Cash Money artists did so quickly after their peak, leaving their fans blue-balled for years until they can't help but shout nostalgia for what feels like time cut short. Gucci never really disappeared, even while he was locked up we got more material from him than most other rappers during that time, so he may have sabotaged his own nostalgia movement with that strategy for better or worse.<br /><br />However, to your point, Thug <i>did</i> release a tape called "I'm Up" this year, and while it bore no stylistic similarity to <a href="http://www.datpiff.com/Gucci-Mane-Im-Up-mixtape.352397.html" rel="nofollow">Gucci's of the same name</a>, it's hard not to assume the title is a direct reference.REDLitehttp://redlitedj.comnoreply@blogger.com