In the past two days, Wanida, who has become more and more "elf eccentric", posted a video on Weibo, from the topic she brought #Chengfeng 2024 National Recommendation# It is not difficult to know that she plans to participate in the very popular variety show "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves" (hereinafter referred to as "Sister Lang") in recent years.
Last year, I watched about half of "Riding the Wind 2023" with my girlfriend, and I dare not say that I am the editor of the HipHop official account who knows this show best, at least I don't know anything. Wanida won awards in the rap circle and got a soft hand, but it is really not enough to see in the entertainment industry, so posting this Weibo is a bit of a half-joke and half-serious meaning - it is not only to promote the show and herself, but also to really compete hard, otherwise it may not be enough.
Speaking of Wanida's participation in Sister Lang, we can easily think of the rappers who have participated in similar shows in the past few years, but today we are not taking stock of these rappers. After more than 20 years of development, the Chinese rap circle is also full of talents, and there can be two or three hundred rappers who can be named. In fact, on the basis of such a large number of people, our Chinese rap circle can also have its own "Sister Lang".
Based on this assumption, we have today's tweet: If the rap industry also engages in "Riding the Wind and Waves", which rappers are suitable to participate?
This show has an invisible premise, that is, the age of the contestants is basically over 30 years old. So rappers born on February 1, 1994 and earlier, have actually reached the threshold of "Riding the Wind and Waves". On the other hand, the guests of this show are usually not very well-known popular top performers, such as GAI, Bridget, Liu Cong, Hot Dog, Bullet Shell, Uncle, Thin Man, ICE, Evjeni, Yang and Su, etc., although they are the top of the rap circle, they are mediocre in the overall entertainment industry.
Therefore, if you want to do the exclusive "Riding the Wind and Waves" in the rap circle, then of course the guests of this show cannot be the top in the rap circle, the most suitable ones are those who have a certain reputation in the rap circle, but can go further at present. Truth be told, these over 30-year-olds, who have been ridiculed by some as "out-of-fashion rappers", have been a neglected group. In recent years, the variety show track has been broadened, but they have never had their share:
"Youth Rap Project" is aimed at the new generation of rappers, "Black Afraid Girl" is aimed at female rappers, and "China Rap Showdown" is aimed at head rappers, and they have always lacked exposure opportunities. If the financial conditions and fan base are worse, they can't even run a tour, which is tantamount to a slow death for their careers.
Therefore, if the rap circle version of "Riding the Wind and Waves" can really land, it is undoubtedly a big plus for these rappers. However, at the moment, there is no news on this, so we can only speculate. Since it's just a conjecture, then we won't learn Mango Station to distinguish between male and female rappers, and everyone will work together directly.
I don't know if I don't screen, I was shocked when I screened, and when I counted the list of rappers who knew the specific date of birth, I found that there were as many as 90 rappers born before February 1, 1994!
Of course, many of them are not suitable for the rap circle version of "Riding the Wind and Waves" for some reasons, such as Guangguang, TangoZ and PG One (who turned 30 in April this year) have some negative news, and the hope of appearing on variety shows is a little slim;
So, after excluding the above two decisive reasons, the number of rappers left is relatively small, but there are still close to 80. We mentioned earlier that the guests of the show "Riding the Wind and Waves" are usually not very well-known and popular top performers.
Therefore, we also need to exclude those rappers who have achieved good results in variety shows many times (they have won the top ten many times, and appearing on "China Rap Showdown" once is regarded as achieving good results once), rappers who have more than 5 hot singles with more than 10,000 reviews, rappers who have served as mentors/judges in various variety shows or competitions many times, and rappers with supreme honors (Golden Melody Award winners, pioneers, and CCTV Spring Festival Gala).
In my mind, the following rappers all meet the criteria mentioned above, in order of age from oldest to youngest, they are: Hot Dog (Golden Melody Award/Chinese Rap Pioneer), Wang Bo (Judge/Mainland Rap Pioneer), Ouyang Jing (Mentor/Overseas Rap Pioneer), Egg Castle (Golden Melody Award), Uncle Jewel (CCTV Spring Festival Gala), GAI (Mentor), Sheng Yu (many successes), Liu Cong (many hot singles), Xie Di (mentor), Jony J (multiple hot singles), Ai Ge (CCTV Spring Festival Gala);
Huang Xu (many successes), Bear Boy (Golden Melody Award), Man Shuke (many hot singles), Packett (many successes), Kung Fu Fat (many successes), Ai Fujini (many successes), GALI (many successes), Pharaoh (mentor), Ansr J (many successes), Wudu (many successes), Bullet Shell (mentor), Ma Siwei (many hot singles), Good Morning (many successes), Tizzy T (many successes), Bridge (many successes).
A total of 26 rappers are excluded because they are undoubtedly head rappers or extremely respected seniors. Of course, the ages of many old-timers such as Yin San'er, Gentian Purple, Black Stick, and Bamboo Tourist must be over 30 or even 40, but because I don't have an accurate date of birth in my data, I won't count them one by one. After excluding these 26 rappers, there are exactly 50 rappers left.
Among these 50 rappers, 5 are worth mentioning, they are Hu Tingyang (FK Moses) in the Southern Expedition and Northern War, KKK in the original deformed child, Huang Shuo in Danzhen Beijing, Jiang Zige in the Direct Fire Gang and Zhou Tanghao in Taiwan. Hu Tingyang is not still addicted to rap like his old teammate Zhao Chenlong, but gave up the identity of FK Moses, which is actually equivalent to quitting the circle of rap; KKK and Huang Shuo are very extreme hardcore styles, not suitable for the show, they also made it clear that they will not go to the show; Jiang Zige also refused the show; Zhou Tanghao completely disconnected from the Chinese rap circle after participating in a show.
Therefore, these 5 rappers basically won't participate in variety shows. Our final list is set at 45 rappers, of which 41 have already appeared in variety shows, but they basically do not perform well in variety shows, or their rankings are acceptable but their follow-up development is weak, so it is very necessary to have a "return to the pot" with sufficient exposure time to turn their careers around. Not much to say, let's simply sort out according to the variety show (multiple participants, take the best and most eye-catching one).
The first thing to say is that the rappers who have participated in "China Has Hip Hop" are as follows: Xu Zhenzhen, Big Dog, Sun Bayi, Simba, Ghost Bian, Huizi. Except for Xu Zhenzhen, who is more active, there is basically no movement, and they either do not participate in variety shows in the future, or they participate in variety shows and are quickly eliminated and there is no camera. But "China Has Hip Hop" is, after all, the youth memories of too many people, as long as they are willing to "return", there will definitely be a topic.
followed by rappers who have participated in "China's New Rap", including the following: Du Baojing, Blow Fever, Nawu Kere, Toy Wang Yi, 3Bangz. Among them, Nawukere is the most controversial and the highest-ranked, last year in the show he partially washed away his long-term negative evaluation, but unfortunately he was eliminated too early, otherwise he would have the possibility of continuing to create surprises. 3Bangz is responsible for the effect of the program, and it was also eliminated early that year, which is a pity.
Then there are the rappers who have participated in "China's New Rap 2019", including the following: Theo, Bangyin, Wang Damo, Ranzer, Wang Siyao Turbo, Wang Qian Boc. These people have a common characteristic, that is, they are too low-key and more introverted, but they are actually powerful. In a format that doesn't put too much emphasis on elimination, they'll find more to shine through.
When the time came to 2020, the rappers who first participated in "China's New Rap 2020" included the following: Tsong, Kafe.Hu, C.Jam Zhang Qian, Liang Weijia, Wang Qiming, Xijie, and Straight Fire Gang XZT. The likes of Liang Weijia and XZT were eliminated too early and did not play to their full strength, while the other few have also been tepid in recent years and need to prove themselves again.
and then the rappers who have participated in "Rap Listen to Me", there are the following: Zhang Hao, Cream D, Busta Zun, Little Andy, Bakou. Most of these people were also eliminated too early, such as Hachikou who lost directly in the first round against the eventual champion JD, and Busta Zun, as the hidden boss of Free-Out, was also eliminated in the first round.
There are also rappers who have participated in "Rap New Generation", it is worth noting that the contestants of this variety show are simply not very well developed or have less space for the display of their works, and they are already well-known to the audience in terms of personality. These are: Ty., Shengfan, Sweet, and Feezy. Among them, Ty. can actually be regarded as a top rapper in terms of the number of Weibo comments, but considering that he still lacks the opportunity to show, he is still included.
Then there is Mercy, who participated in "Rap Listen to Me 2", and Zhao Chenlong, JarStick, Li Erxin, Deng Dianguo, Thin Man, Xiaochun and Dayuan, who participated in "China Rap Showdown". Among them, Deng Dianguo actually has many good achievements, the naughty trio also has a Golden Melody Award, and the thin man has even participated in the genuine "Brother Who Overcomes Difficulties", but I think their exposure in the rap variety show is still too little, and the poor reputation of the second season of "China Rap Showdown" in which they participated has led to negative effects, so it can still be included.
The 4 who have not participated in variety shows are the national egg of their own school, the fast-talking invincible cat master, the hot order maker Ice Paper and the national style of Bi Ran. Among them, Ice Paper has actually confirmed to participate in "China's New Rap 2024", and he has a lot of hot singles, as well as "Heart Like Stopping Water", which is close to 20w reviews, but he has not been to any rap variety show before, so he must also be included in it.
If there is really such a variety show, then we can see Bi Ran and Mercy, who are always nicknamed the "traitor" of the Red Flower Club, Ty., the actual "manager" of the rap club in charge of attracting new people in the early years, and Zhao Chenlong, who "represented" the kindergarten killer, gathered together, what kind of sparks will they collide with? Do you approve of our above candidates? Welcome to express your opinions in the comment area!