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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls
Peaked and on the decline? LOL
It's more popular than ever. Mainstream pop has adopted rap as a way to break up the constant singing and still include lyrics. Rap is at an all time high as far as I'm concerned. Maybe not in quality, but definitely in accessibility and mass appeal. Also, there is an entire underground culture of hip hop artists that can easily stand against the best rappers of the 80s/90s, whether it's lyrical content, rhyme schemes, wordplay, story telling, or live performances.
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Of course it has, rap sales have been on a steep decline for years now, it is nowhere as near as popular (or good in my opinion) as it was in the 90's.
There is nothing wrong with this, its just natural,musical genres rise and fall. Take heavy metal, its still around but has it ever regained the popularity that it had in the 80's?
Rap will always be around in some form or another, but a younger generation will want to come up with something different than what their parents were listening to.