To be called a mumble rap artist is to be insulted by the rap community, though artists have started to embrace the title.” It’s true that hip-hop today is different compared to the hip-hop of the 1990’s, but the idea that the genre must remain the same is closed-minded, and incongruous to the ever-changing scope of music. Many people, particularly “old-heads” - hip-hop fans nostalgic for the golden age of hip hop - believe mumble rap is deteriorating the quality of hip hop and isn’t “real” rap. To be called a mumble rap artist is to be insulted by the rap community, though artists have started to embrace the title. They’re rather put there because of the alleged lack of lyricism that is contrary to the traditional characteristics of hip-hop. Interestingly, rappers are not placed under the umbrella of mumble rap just because they mumble, though some of them might. Prominent mumble rap artists include but are not limited to: Lil Pump, 21 Savage, Lil Peep, Trippie Redd, Ski Mask the Slump God, Future and the Migos. Coined “mumble rap,” the trend has become a loosely characterized subgenre of hip-hop, spread through online streaming services like SoundCloud. Rappers today do employ a different style than the community’s veterans. Magazines, blogs and talk shows covering the music industry subject the newest generation of rappers to criticism on many grounds, but one commentary that seems to appear more than any other is the idea that these young artists are mumbling, making their lyrics unintelligible.
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