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As an example. I grew up in hip-hop but at a certain point I stopped listening to new people and realised recently that I’d slept on some bangers. Like Kendrick particularly, but even people like Juice WRLD and Xxxtentacion.

The same for the Kendrick and Drake (the nonce) beef which has given some rabbit holes to go down.

So I’m wondering what I can do to keep in the loop with my younger brothers and sisters?

Is it something as simple as watching trending videos on YouTube (somtheing I’ve never done) or are there people to follow etc. I don’t like Twitter though so hopefully it’s not that.

Edit: Man I got so many replies. You guys are awesome. I am going to work my way through them all today, but I’m hella tired and off to work so may take a while. I will reply to you all.

Edit part deux: God damn I think I got all the replies.

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[-] vala@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Hang out with hip musicians.

See I didn’t even know hips were instruments, I’m so out of touch. /s

[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

You got to ride the youtube algo musical rabbit hole down to the bottom, otherwise it just feeds you the same 10 playlist. Find a song/band outside your norm that is tolerable, then you can choose a direction based off recommended. You can upvote what you like/the right direction to tune the algo. You should get mostly top songs from that artist or similar bubbles, although if your adventurous check smaller artist and explore. There's hidden diamonds.

Eventually you find some random anon artist with a weird cult following and what seems to be a sub-sub-sub-sub genera with artist with the same vibe. There will be bubbles of artist remixing each-other, working together, starting fights and drama, and making good shit. Follow what catches your attention and youtube will eventually lead you to the good shit of a niche. I assume most services would do the same.

That’s a good point as I usually just search for things rather than follow the next set of videos recommended.

Thanks.

[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

No problem. It's hard to find new stuff when you don't know what new stuff your looking for and the algorithm keeps you stagnant unless you push it.

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[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Apart from usuals like spotify or bandcamp, I'd also like to introduce gnod here: https://www.gnod.com/

I do not use it very often, but it's quite nice to browse the recommendations based on what you were recently listening once in a while.

Thanks. I’m getting a nice selection of links now.

[-] Katrisia@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm from the 90s and I've been catching some trends thanks to TikTok and YouTube. Exactly what you said, new videos and keep jumping to suggested videos. Also, read the comments, people often have recommendations (you can even ask and you'll get some new musicians).

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