Probably. I know I do. But in the most sincere aspect of it, as newer people come out, more people start listening, which means more impact, so you gotta do a better job at what your doing then the last guy. Keep the genre moving FORWARD.

Yes

We only do it because we are scared that rap is dying and we need the best rappers out to innovate and make impact.

tyga would ether rakim

It was harder to come up with raps before there were examples to base your work off of.

No way. Rappers in the golden age were innovative as fuck. Everyone nowadays is a carbon copy of whatever's hot at the moment.

Early rap was fucking terrible.