Jermaine Dupri reflects on the current state of hip-hop.
Jermaine Dupri recently contributed to DVSN’s new album “Workin On My Karma”, and now VIBE caught up with the legendary producer to talk about the collab, staying true to his craft, his and Diddy’s mutual admiration, and who he’s working with next and more.
He was also asked about the current state of hip-hop music, and he showed his disappointment. “I feel like Hip-Hop is definitely hurting and needs reviving,” he said. “I have to go ahead and say this: For the last 20 years Atlanta’s always had at least five to six top rappers at one time. Right now, Atlanta’s dropped down to two top artists: Lil Baby and Future.”
He continued, “There’s a lot of talent in the city still. I don’t want anybody to screw what I’m saying, but that top tier where you have Ludacris, Jeezy, 2 Chainz, Migos, Future, Lil Baby – I mean, at one point, all of this was Atlanta. This was where all the top-tier rap artists came from.”
“I’m not talking about artists that just make records, but No. 1 songs. Artists that people feel like define the game. Rap to me became a little stale, but I’ve never stopped making rap records. As a producer, people continue to want me to produce R&B records.”
He concluded things by revealing that he’s got a new project with Currensy. “I do want to say this: I’m dropping a rap project with Curren$y. So you got it here first.”
In addition, Dupri also talked about the rumored upcoming Verzuz battle against Diddy “Well, one, Verzuz in itself is an East Coast-driven platform. I feel like, personally, anytime Jermaine Dupri is mentioned in the same space as any producer from New York, people start saying no against me and it’s fair enough, I get it. A lot of records that I made might have been Southern records that people didn’t hear in the city. A lot of times I was in New York, I used to be like, ‘Damn, I got a number one record, but I don’t hear my record on Hot 97 the way it should be.’”
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