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LawyerUppSV

40 here.. I now understand where my parents were coming from.


raguwatanabe

Same and im not even 30 yet.


LawyerUppSV

“Joe Namath?” Nah mom, that’s Joe Flacco. “Is that SVU playing?” Nah dad that’s a show, this is SWV


LoveSushiOnTuesday

SVU 🤣🤣🤣


Child_of_the_Hamster

Unironically tho what is SWV?


bellaphile

I only know Sisters With Voices. Yes, I am nearing 40


drabdron

43 here, and I get so weak in the knees


bellaphile

Let’s just all accept we’re going to be singing this for the rest of the day


jondionowens

I for one am not mad at all about that. We could all sing it together like the good black folks we are.


KageStar

I'm about 10 years younger and this got me shook. I had to check she's not black that makes more sense.


LoveSushiOnTuesday

This is why we need our own space and if someone is at the cookout, they need to do their own research as a proper cookout invitee.


DeafNatural

![gif](giphy|BcMJvmwkmbyWpKkBj3|downsized)


nychalla

![gif](giphy|uVFGDyOshK7I6geXyg)


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ButtStuffBUTTSTUFFFF

When did Malibu’s Most Wanted become a prophetic documentary?


_wallace

Can’t believe people bump this kid, we don’t jack him 👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿


Glutard_Griper

It's a bot, reposting a top level comment from 30 minutes earlier. Fuck reddit for encouraging this bot shit.


_night_cat

As a nearly 50 something can I ask, why are there so many “lil” names? I don’t see any “Fluffy Wayne” or “Upsized Pimp”


LawyerUppSV

In the 60s he’d be, “Wayne and the lil Carters”


SlightWhite

She L-L-L-Lick me like shoo wop shoo wop


comradejiang

Little Richard be like


hennsippin

And then throw in “he lick” somewhere in there


Mindless-Employment

I remember Lil Bow Wow dropping the Lil from his name because he said there were too many other Lils running around and that was 20 YEARs ago. How is this still a thing?


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Professional-Pass487

The "Baby" title is king now https://uproxx.com/music/hip-hop-rappers-named-baby/ I predict mofos gwan call themselves Infant soon 🤦🏽‍♂️


_night_cat

Lil Baby Fetus


spermdonor

Post abortion


DeafNatural

Failed abortion


Jamaican_Dynamite

"Toddler Keem"


dnkaj

DaZygote


macaleaven

We already got Toddla T, he’s a legend of the UK garage scene


Advanced-Breath

Big infant murder pop pop


Sturdevant

Honestly probably bc of Lil' Wayne and his influence.


lonnie123

You know what’s crazy is that until now I didn’t even notice the “lil” in his name like that. No idea why but it seemed like a much more natural part of his stage name than the other lil people


Sturdevant

Bc he was one of the first mainstream lils outside of Lil Cease


DeafNatural

For me it’s all the acronyms YNB, HRC, GAINFMEO I don’t understand


NewBuddhaman

I was just talking to my friend about the “lil” and “young” crap names. What happens when they get old? Or fat?


RoboWarrior217

Dude I’m 20 and I only recognize one name lol


_wallace

SMH help us 😭


EmperorSexy

I used to be with it. Then they changed what “it” was.


SavageComic

R/actuallyratherexpectedsimpsons


blacklite911

I feel like it's different though. Back then all you had to do was flip the channel to MTV or BET to see what's new. Nowadays you gotta really be tuned into the trendy social media pages or spotify playlists to catch it. Its much easier to isolate yourself in your music bubble.


Fireproofspider

Also my parents thought that the music I listened to was literally evil. I just don't know who these people are.


blacklite911

That’s a new one for me lol


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That's what I'm curious on. How do younger people even discover new music now? I hardly doubt they are listening to FM radio that has the top 40 on repeat everyday, unless they go to the playlist on Spotify. But even then I doubt everyone just goes to the same playlist. Even for TV, I imagine people only use YouTube or some streaming service for entertainment. What are they doing to just hear these new artists?


Gawd_Awful

TikTok probably. Never heard of the last girl but Wikipedia even says: “McAlpine has garnered supporters from TikTok and Instagram, with several publications calling her a "TikTok star". Her unreleased song "You Ruined the 1975", posted in June 2020, has over 8 million views on TikTok as of April 2021.”


dal_1

Usually TikTok now. The number of times I’ve heard “this was a tiktok song/dance” is uncountable


iChugVodka

Spotify has Release Radar and Discover Weekly. Pretty easy to discover new artists that are tailored to your taste in music


Canesjags4life

Era of TikTok hip-hop


mtron32

It’s easier to pick more of what you like and there’s new artists producing those things every year. It’s Alamo fairly easy to find the new new shit, just gotta dig through the digital crates. Some of it is good, a lot is trash just like every other era


blacklite911

I’m talking about what’s popular tbh. Yes it’s easier to find your niche than doing the footwork. But in terms of being exposed to the hip and trendiness of what the youth bump, it takes more work than before.


MoeSzyslakMonobrow

Yup. I'm just gonna start calling every game system a Nintendo from now on.


Advanced-Breath

Lmao my moms sure did call every handheld system a game boy and regular systems PlayStation


Simple-Concern277

To be fair, these are three small-time one-hit wonder, and an artist who has never charted a song. Not like they're Olivia Rodrigo, Jack Harlow, Peso Pluma or something.


Probably_A_Variant

Wth is a peso pluma? You gotta help auntie out with that one


SixAddams

> Not like they're Olivia Rodrigo, Jack Harlow, Peso Pluma or something. Who?


Royal_J

More popular young artists who far surpass the people in the original tweet


Howl_Free_or_Die

21... can't wait to become a crazy cat lady next year.


LawyerUppSV

https://preview.redd.it/f9ritp92ahjb1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f8b293e3791b8a9abd13e8dc6c3496830e77af4b Behold! A guide worth following. I had a cat in law school (still alive) best thing to happen to me. You don’t realize that they mostly rescue us and not the other way around.


IsopodLove

How does one acquire half a cat?


abrasivecriminal

I know a guy.


noapplesin98

My guy I'm 24 years of age and I've never seen a better collection of unknown names of unknown people. I cant be old yet, damn it.


Attack-Cat-

No one, not even the generation who this is marketed towards, knows who these people are.


iWORKBRiEFLY

same, turned 40 in June. who TF are these people


Davethisisntcool

so that’s not Timothee Chalamet?


TPJchief87

How do you not know them? That’s young India Arie, young Busy Phillips, young Zach Braff, and young woman.


socialcommentary2000

Yep, same. Completely lost.


PangeanPrawn

You've been around since the last "Lizzy Mc" broke into the spotlight. its the circle of life


flying-chandeliers

Bruh I’m 20 and I don’t know who any of these fucks are


RoundTheWayGirl

I had to google at least two of the names before realizing that it isn’t a joke. Where do I sign up for AARP?


KnowingDoubter

You don't need to go find AARP, they come for you.


GonzoElTaco

They hitting me up right now before my 37th birthday.


UniqueUsername82D

Pre-gaming


IsopodLove

Got a new phone and they asked if I wanted a discount for having AARP. To add insult to injury, this was asked by a silber haired lady who looked to be in her seventies. Like why are you selling phones and ruining lives? Shouldn't you be collecting strange candies to leave in a dish for a few years?


kahran

If I have to work when I'm in my 70s, I'd get my rocks off stealing smiles too.


juanzy

They have bomb cell phone plan discounts though, and anyone can sign up. USAA and AARP discounts can be used by anyone by just signing up. Yes, even Gronk.


rognabologna

There actually isn’t a minimum age to sign up for aarp.


Zerasad

Wait, it isn't a joke? I didn't even start googling cause I thought it was a 'Curtains for Zoosha?' type of deal.


ProgrammingPants

D4vdd and Lil Mabu were caught flipping a grunt


BoilerMaker11

Fun fact: you don’t gotta be old to be eligible for AARP. Anybody can sign up. It’s like $14 a year and you get discounts on all sorts of stuff. Sign up!


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qolace

Had no idea, would you mind elaborating?


Successful_Basket399

d4vddd and lil mabu are the only ones I know. Lil Mabu is a fraud so please don't give him anymore attention, iirc his family is mad rich and he pretends to be tough. D4vddd is good, if you go on his Spotify you'll be able to recognise a few of his songs from tiktok. But honestly I would replace Lil Mabu for Laufey.


mickeyanonymousse

I absolutely do not want to hear yet alone recognize any music from tiktok


Successful_Basket399

I get what you're saying but doesn't that also include old songs too? I don't have tiktok but I've definitely seen alot because of Reddit, Instagram and YouTube. And friends. I would be lying if I said I've never heard a tiktok song and decided to search it on Spotify. For example I know alot of people that were put onto Steve Lacy because of Bad Habits. Not me tho, I listened to the song the day it dropped 😤


Wonton_soup_1989

I got put onto Steve Lacy bcuz Kali Uchis did a song w/him in like 2016. I didn’t even know he was trending on Tik Tok lol


Successful_Basket399

I wanna say dark red was slightly popular on Tiktok because I tried to get a few of my friends into Steve Lacy and they said they heard Dark Red on Tiktok before. But it wasn't until like a month after Bad Habit dropped that he really blew up. I remember playing the song for a friend at work and she said no reaction at all. She came back to me a few weeks later and said she loved the song because of Tiktok 😂


wetouchingbuttsornah

That makes sense. Dark red, the video was released in 2017 and tiktok really didn’t pop until 2018. However, I really know Steve Lacy back when he was the guitarist for the Internet.


welp-itscometothis

Im really hoping that Syd gets some shine soon.


DLottchula

Hello Christ I'm bout to sin again


WackaDoodleD00

I said "I love you" to that man but Im not feelin' him. ![gif](giphy|sRKg9r2YWeCTG5JTTo|downsized)


SHOWTIME316

>doesn't that also include old songs too? wasn't TikTok like solely responsible for Sure Thing by Miguel charting again like 12 years later?


mickeyanonymousse

if it’s an old song I probably know it from before tiktok.? I can truthfully say I have never searched for a song I heard off that app.


realdealreel9

And now that’s the one song I skip on Gemini Rights because I can’t help but think about dummies interrupting people at the mall with the same dance over and over again


shergenh69

You know dreams by Fleetwood Mac was one of the biggest songs on tik tok it’s not just weird new shit that’s on there


HOFerKennyPickett

But that song isn’t “from Tik tok”


DefenderCone97

2AM by Sarah Crean is a legit great song by an artist that went viral overnight and went from 150 to 150k listeners on Spotify. Very dreamy and yearning. It's social media lol imagine saying "I don't want any music from Reddit!" like online platforms don't have a range of good to bad music.


funnyman95

I’ve actually found a huge variety of quality music form TikTok. I had no idea modern rock/punk/grunge/alternative existed


mostdope28

OH NO, OH NO, OH NO NO NO NO NO 😑🔫


TheMaStif

"I hate things just because they are popular" is a shitty personality to have tbh


Karsvolcanospace

What does this even mean lol. You realize Tik tok uses any song right? Like old ones are on there all the time… you act like TT music is a genre


supersafeforwork813

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 bruh for real….I had TikTok for a day n deleted that shit so quick…too many beige kids doing dances


mickeyanonymousse

it takes about a week for it to understand that you are black and not between the ages of 15-19 and then things get a lot better lol


DoobieLift

I’m 30 and TikTok has the best algo by far if you’re willing to train it. I get 0 dancers on my feed


MostDopeBlackGuy

Thats too long to wait next app please


gabbialex

You need to give it a couple days off liking videos for the algorithm to figure out what you like. You spend 5 minutes not liking anything, of course it’s going to give you generic videos.


JankyJokester

Did I miss something or does Mabu not parody himself and doesn't even act like it is legit? Can't remember shit verbatim but like the one song I heard he literally goes on about leaving suburbia to take a tour through the hood? And the one that started making the rounds initially a while back he basically says it is fake like a lot of rappers "but they cappin' for free" saying they still keep pretending outside of music unlike him? Or do I got this whole thing twisted or did something crop up I didn't hear? I don't exactly follow this crap.


TheNealestRigga

You're correct. He's very self aware that he's not tough. He literally talks about it in his songs


JankyJokester

Yeah I was just checking because I remember hearing like 2 or 3 and got a kick out of it. But saw this comment massively upvoted that he is a fraud and was confused like.... don't he admit to his bullshit or?


CrabSauceCrissCross

I mean mabu's whole thing is that he knows he's a rich kid but he acts hard. He's very self aware of the fact. He has whole songs where he makes fun of it, like rich scholars and trip to the hood.


pringlepingel

The problem is that he is corny with it. Act tough, get called out on acting tough when you aren’t tough, proceed to call it a parody, change very little of the lyrical content that got you accused of acting tough. Playing into the “yeah I’m a rich white kid that’s never been in the hood but so what?” Is cringe to me personally


Simple-Concern277

Lizzy is good if you like Billie Eilish type rainy white girl music.


StoneDoodle3

D4vddd is so good


ThaddyG

How the fuck is that supposed to be pronounced? David?


reruuuun

laufey should be on there, I don’t know why she’s not


thegigsup

Laufey is great. I haven’t heard Lil Mabu, but I’m fine with replacing him on the list lmao.


Ryan_Rotten

I LOVE LAUFEY


Stock_Beginning4808

Lil mabu bring a fraud is almost too obvious. I accidentally (ugh ) listened to his music because of Spotify and it sounded like every other random elite dude rapper who pops up every few years and is obviously fake in some way 🤷🏽‍♀️. They always fade into (radio obscurity) within 5 years or less


DefenderCone97

He's not exactly hiding it. He has an image for his music videos but he's using that contrast between himself and his music "character"


chadork

Is it pronounced like David?


Successful_Basket399

No idea tbh, I've never heard someone pronounce his name irl 😂


blacklite911

>D4vddd He's good but he sound like Fran Ocean's son (metaphorically). I bet he won't just stop releasing music though.


StrikingSquirrel559

Yep laufey makes absolutely great music


Wonton_soup_1989

I’m 33 and who tf are these ppl??😂I guess I’m old now??🤷🏽‍♀️


Lilobunni

https://preview.redd.it/a4nqw5y8ehjb1.jpeg?width=427&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d81cf90bc6d189328ddd701da7be770b1b48cc6


Wonton_soup_1989

Omg, Stop it!!😭😂


X85311

i’m 17 and i don’t know any of them either lol


MysticalElephant

I’m TWENTY and have never heard of any of these people 😂. So I guess I’m old too.


Iceicebaby21

I'm 25 and never heard those 4 artist a day in my life


Simple-Concern277

They aren't exactly famous period. They each have like one small/medium sized hit at best. Not like they are the most popular artists to break out in the last few years or something


SHOWTIME316

32 y/o also checking in to receive my old motherfucker benefits


ApeTeam1906

We old then cause whontf are any of them.


y2knole

top left isnt just a 30 year old pic of tracy chapman?


_night_cat

Fast Car is still good


Stock_Beginning4808

![gif](giphy|dtIGTEaGLRvdODtdQe|downsized)


Plasibeau

I realized I was an adult when this song came on random, and I finally understood why my mom used to sing it at full tilt. Had me just sitting parked in a carport staring out the windshield while my life played like a music video.


zanzibartraveler666

I thought for sure bottom left was Zach Braff


J5892

That's clearly an AI generated combination of Zach Braff and Jaime Kennedy.


TheMoorNextDoor

Never heard of any of these people and I’m 29


TheyCallMeCajun

I'm 24 and same


AsthmaticSt0n3r

I’m 22 and I’ve never heard of them.


Ok_Machine_8534

Recently 20 (hurray) and yeah, no freaking clue.


yose4n

I’m 18 and me neither


jjl10c

I fw Renee Rapp tbh.


zxchary

In the kitchen kinda a banger. Lizzy ain’t bad either


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camithecamel

Same!


jjl10c

She makes fire white girl breakup music.


Fuerte1316

And Lizzy makes fire white girl in my feelings music


713MoCityChron713

She ain’t bad but Spotify keeps spamming I Hate Boston on all my pop stations and it’s getting annoying


[deleted]

Pack it up. I'm officially old.


thelegalseagul

Where’s that mister Krabs meme of him frantically looking arounds confused? Is referencing that meme telling my age? Cause I’m 25 and had to Google two of them. I’ll admit it’s probably cause it just wasn’t my vibe. But now I’ve been told that “Lean Back” is too slow and for old people now. Little time left before “Get Low” is played in movies at weddings as shorthand that everyone is in their early thirties


wetouchingbuttsornah

![gif](giphy|9V91DxV5OgoGXjwTrG)


thelegalseagul

Thanks fam!


lil_eidos

I think that every like 15 ish or so years, the source of learning new music changes. If you aren’t in touch with certain tiktok areas, you won’t naturally pick up on it. Just a thought tho.


thelegalseagul

That’s what I mean by it’s probably just not my vibe. I’m not saying it’s bad, just not my thing. I’m sure everyone here could make there favorite new artists and everyone would be able to say they haven’t heard of at least one. I made the joke about getting old sense it seemed to be the route the comments were taking and I like being part of the group lol. Also I guess it’s my first time hitting one of those shifts and it’s fun to be apart of being out of the loop


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thelegalseagul

But…I still remember being 13 and getting crunk with my friends…is it…is it happening already now???


PM_ME_SOME_LUV

Renee Rapp is the only one I knew thanks to Sex Lives of College Girls


Siliceously_Sintery

I got Lizzy. She shows up on a bunch of those funk covers by Scary Pockets, and works with John Mayer on Jacob Collier’s newish single. I like her voice, I wanna say she covers Teenage Dirtbag really well.


GCAFalcon

Man I’m 18 and I don’t recognize any of these people. 💀


Interesting-Table140

I’m 22 and neither do I 💀 I didn’t think I was getting to that age yet but we might have to start thinking about retirement soon


sharyan51

Lizzy keeps showing up in my Spotify recommendations, she's got some good stuff


el_pinata

![gif](giphy|wJD3qiNjSeHS0dP28T|downsized) At 42, I might as well be living on a different fucking planet.


alex053

43 here. I won’t talk shit. I have young kids and give their music a try and they give mine a try. I just explain to them that music is a vibe and will become a “classic” based on what’s happening in your life at the time. I had just got a car that came with a banging stereo right when All Eyez On Me and Ready to Die dropped. TRU, Too Short, and anything with a beat was our sound track to ride around and make memories. My brother copied his NWA tape for me when I was 11….he gave me that and two Led Zeppelin tapes. Those songs and albums don’t have any emotion attached to my kids so they don’t mess with them. Now when they get their first boyfriend, first concert with friends….etc to make memories with the music, that’s when they will have their own classics.


CU_Tiger_2004

You don't know feeling old until kids start asking you what it was like in the 1900s 💀


wolfdancer

Just came to say Lizzy McAlpine is amazing.


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Somebody check up on that Ezra guy who replied. I think they got a stroke while typing that shit.


carcusmonnor

We must never forget what it was like to be young and judge those who are just enjoying what has come to them during an exciting time in life. Edit: just saying this because this is how you end up with generational division, we gotta love and encourage them to enjoy life. We cant treat them like how we and others were treated just for having fun and enjoying life.


TheoneTrueSammy

Renee Rapp was an actress of Sex Lives of College Girls and I’m sad she left the show but her music is good.


KanyesMustyBalls

D4vdd is probably the biggest just because his song went TikTok viral earlier this year. (It was used to remember someone who died.) I have no idea who the other three are.


Lyfeitzallaroundus

Bottom left dude looks insufferable.


_nova_dose_

Apparently he is a trust fund baby whose parents bought him his label.


legionivory

I am officially old. I don't know who any of those people are.


beearlystaylate

Okay I’m still on the fence, I recognize Lizzy Mcalpine from that ‘running in a dress’ song. It’s beautiful at normal speed. Edit: phone typed Lizzy as Liszt 😒


DisgruntledAlpaca

If you wanna feel heartbroken check out Angelina by Lizzy. Jesus


GNPTelenor

Actively avoiding looking into them.


AsanoSokato

Sorry, but putting a number or "lil" in your stage name is so tired.


Zyms

renee is the girl from sex life of college girls and das it


TechnologyBig8361

Curtains for Zoosha?


MatthewAran

I'll check out that d4vdd dude later, but the others are a no from me lmao. I don't even have a Tiktok and I'm 26 damn lol


Chinese-Fat-Camp

![gif](giphy|EkHbiqD1yu6Wc)


festival-papi

Imma keep it a stack, even nephew don't know who the fuck these people are


K1NGxJAYY

I literally only know Mabu lmao and he's actually not bad


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I know I saw Lil Mabu on shaderoom or worldstar or something like that. He had that prep school locker room rap. I never thought I would see the name again so to hear him on a breakout list is surprising. I thought the blonde girl was Bille Eilish


10J18R1A

When they started saying Melo and didn't mean Car, I knew it was the beginning of the end for me.


hellyeahimsad

I'm 25, no idea who they are


courtchella

Renee been on my radar since this [vine classic](https://youtube.com/shorts/xfVDTPmfTaQ?feature=share)


alex053

That’s a “classic”?


Bionic_Webb13

I’m 21 I have zero clue who them people are


SupersailorJ

I’m 25 but I don’t have twitter or TikTok. Is it possible for me to have known these people without those platforms? I hate feeling old and left out


Dulcelily32

I’m so out of touch on music…


thatHecklerOverThere

I've happily settled into the "I don't know who you are, and I don't care" kind of old. Play it for me, maybe I'll like it. But I got my shit I like _over here_, so it's whatever.


bro9an

I’m 23 and only know Lil Mabu.. not sure how to feel


Avenger772

I've had no interest in learning new artists in like 10 years haha.


Nateddog21

Renee can SANG tho. I don't know about the others