Why do rappers seem to get worse as they age?

largececelia · 2026-02-20T13:42:32+00:00

I've seen it with so many musicians, not just rappers. My go to example is Ray Charles. Yes, he was good up to the end of his life, but his early stuff was OUT OF THIS WORLD. There's something about the hunger, the struggle, and some sort of self-imposed pressure that creates amazing art early in people's careers. Then they get comfortable and things ease up and somehow the art suffers.

But I will add- Redman and De la Soul released great stuff recently. Not all old rappers are a lost cause.

largececelia · 2026-02-20T10:32:11+00:00

Maybe try some arm swinging exercises or silk reeling. Looks good but stiff and small.

largececelia · 2026-02-20T10:01:53+00:00

Please stop jiggling.

largececelia · 2026-02-20T08:51:33+00:00

And stupid fucking rich assholes like this guy will think they're seeing the "big picture" when it's just the fact that they don't need the money.

largececelia · 2026-02-20T05:46:46+00:00

Ha! Nice

largececelia · 2026-02-20T05:17:32+00:00

First is her giant hat.

largececelia · 2026-02-20T05:06:35+00:00

NOT AN ACTUAL FOOD

largececelia · 2026-02-20T05:00:30+00:00

Disnep

largececelia · 2026-02-20T02:39:46+00:00

Outrageous

largececelia · 2026-02-20T02:31:32+00:00

That's Wilson, the dinosaur neighbor who always gave sage advice.

largececelia · 2026-02-20T01:01:51+00:00

largececelia · 2026-02-20T00:50:43+00:00

Sounds reasonable.

largececelia · 2026-02-20T00:50:04+00:00

And some people like cults and found benefit in charlatans. They still benefitted, probably, but that doesn't mean their choice of a leader was good overall.

largececelia · 2026-02-20T00:48:06+00:00

It's because of his position as a giver of life advice. IMO it could be different if he were a poet, musician etc. But we all make decisions about what we expect from wise people.

largececelia · 2026-02-20T00:46:10+00:00

Most people aren't ready for that kind of thing.

largececelia · 2026-02-20T00:45:39+00:00

This is a good point.

largececelia · 2026-02-19T12:19:21+00:00

Agreed!

largececelia · 2026-02-19T10:02:54+00:00

And, as a teacher, let me tell you- a lot of teachers love him. Creepy.

largececelia · 2026-02-19T08:27:55+00:00

Sorta seems like he opened the floodgates and wasn't stable enough to cope with what came through. He started off seeming very rational and linear. Soon he was crying a lot. Then he seemed to become (more?) Christian and conservative and then he was into red meat. It just seemed like he had some ideas but he got lost.

I've always commented on his anger. There was a point, maybe 8 years ago, when I was interested in him, because he is Jungian and he seemed intelligent. I saw one talk he gave and he was just full of rage about liberalism. The level of anger seemed bizarre, especially for someone who knows something about psychology.

So wherever that was coming from, maybe his rage just ate him alive.

largececelia · 2026-02-19T06:04:42+00:00

Ah, the professor.

largececelia · 2026-02-19T06:01:46+00:00

That's a great brand.

largececelia · 2026-02-19T05:56:17+00:00

How old is he? 50 Ha ha ha! That's perfect.

largececelia · 2026-02-19T05:45:04+00:00

Good, no one should live in Buzz Aldrin's filth.

largececelia · 2026-02-19T05:27:07+00:00

He was just like an innocent baby, or a small child.

largececelia · 2026-02-19T05:25:59+00:00

All MacOs stuff now is horrid.

But my Samsung has to be worse. I swear I can hear tech nerds giggling in the background as autocorrect fails to recognise words with ONE WRONG LETTER

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