[The Tens] Too Hype? The 10 Most Over Hyped Rappers Of The Last Five Years
The hype machine has gotten many artists buried before they even got their respective careers started. You have artists whose image precedes the talent and then when you hear the music you realize it really sucks (we call this “The Bamboozled Hype”). Then you have the talented who are branded to be something that they can never achieve (we call this “The Detox Hype”). Finally, you have those artists that everyone allegedly likes, but when you ask around, nobody really likes them. Those that do, only like them because they think everyone else does (we call this “The Lemming Hype”).
Hip Hop has become increasingly suspect when it comes to hyping up rappers who aren’t as good as people would like you to think. It’s even more baffling when credible rappers cosign these kind of talented acts. So we decided to drop this list of our ten most over hyped rappers (with an overhype rating from 1-10) and we’re sure that their fans will brand us as haters for reasons they don’t even understand. That’s what the hype machine does.
haha love that you did this on the site!
I like you, Andreas. You’re a good dude.
spot on. i say you up the ante and make a post dedicated to the most overhyped rappers of the last 10 years, lol…
Meh.
why don’t u keep it a 100 and rename the blog rappers I don’t like cause no one is hyping up tyga, rich hill, or oj…and no one is hyping the trashy white girl mob for their music.
Love him or hate him Kid Cudi has hits on his resume to justify the hype.
where is asher roth? J Cole? corey gunz? mickey factz (ha!)? Red cafe? Machine Gun Kelly? There are many more getting blog love for no apparent reason
as far as mac miller….he’s the KING of overhype right now
How you left Eminem off this, but you put Kid Cudi?
Someone that likes Mac Miller kind of has no business writing about rap, though.
Well said JRM! Well said……….. Andreas whole post was irrelevant after writing that.
how is wiz khalifa not on this list?
because wiz khalifa has been making excelent music for the past 7 years
Ha! Great post. I love it how no matter what you say, people are going to find fault with you’re assessment. Eminem should have been on this list? Word? SMH.
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The rest of them make sense but Kid Cudi doesn’t belong anywhere near this list. I’d say he is closer to underrated than overrated. The guy knows how to make a song, if anything Kanye has taken some inspiration from him over the past 3 or 4 years. And Yeezy is one of the best to ever do it.
Years from now Cudi on this list will look more ridiculous than it does now. Just my thoughts.
Why the FUCK is Tyga and Charles Hamilton in this list. “Thewellversed” just lost ALL credibility. CH can rap circles around anyone in your top 5, bet.
So y’all don’t like Kid Cudi’s man on the moon? The album was definitely dope!
who ever made this list need to get smacked for putting Kid Cudi on this list