"Random observation - hip hop/rap is better with diversity "
think back to back in the day when there was a variety of sounds all happening at once
now it seems for the past few decades one sound takes over and everything sounds the same
I think this is really just a pattern of emerging genres, at first all the various root sounds are played side by side, however, eventually once the roots start to become established sounds the different styles are rarely played alongside each other.
I was cleaning the house and just started to add shit to my spotify queue
I went from 21 Savage to Dre to Lil Pump to Drake to Tupac to Black Moon to Lil Uzi, to Ghostface and all of it sounded even better because of the side by side comparison of sounds and styles.
Everything just sounds better in context.
Just a thought - like, I think it would be better for the music if all the styles and eras were played together instead of total isolation.