mainstream rap has always been awful, from the corny dancey shit in the 80s, new jack swing in the early 90s, "jiggy" rap in the late 90s, "snap/southern rap in the early 00s, trap in the late 00s, drake-ish r&b+autotune shit in the ealy 10s, mumblerap now. but theres also always been lots of underground artists still killing it. specifically in NY theres kind of a renaissance happening with the griselda guys and all their affiliates and basically all the rappers that have worked with alchemist and dj muggs in the past 5 years.