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recently he aint been doin much cuz his label is holding him hostage mans is truly just one of the creative types who cant and shouldnt deal with the cutthroat sociopathic execs looking to exploit whoever the industry really fuckt him up and still are smhI really dont think he will, I think he might get a mention for his era (like carti) but I just dont see him bringing anything to the table recently. His older stuff is not as you said the a master piece, its different, but different doesn't mean good. He did help bring in an era of music I personally think is terrible (but I am an older head), I been working with hiphop for 20 years now and most people in the industry do agree he helped push music that most hip-hop (not rap) heads think is destructive to the culture. Mumble rap certainly should be looked at as its own thing and not as hip-hop imo. Uzi has talked down to his own fan base and has said in multiple interviews the only way he can rhyme consistently is the use of "yeahs" and he is ok with that. If you like mumble rap then you already are not going to agree with golden era heads, its 2 completely different forms of music, I think actual hip-hop (like childish gambino if we are talking new stuff) is artistically better and more valid with a positive influence. However much like I think a lot of famous abstract painters are completely crap, they have an audience and you can't really compare them to realism painters.
EDIT: as for the punk reference, punk had a basis in politics and other social issues, uzi doesn't and he himself has stated he doesn't want to do anything but do the easiest thing possible. Thats not a comparison other then saying punk was brash and made with lofi shit.
and like u said hes already mad influential and hes basically masterminding a new sound of rap his career only a few years old and hes on the cusp of changing hiphop forever imagine what he'll do in the future. ik oldheads are mad but at this point they just gotta realize that different genres of rap exist and to act like rap focused less on lyricism is inferior is objectively wrong
also drug using music aint worse than drug selling music and less lyrical rap always been huge (sugarhill gang)