With New York rappers not as dominant as they once were at a time, many wonder how the New York pioneers feel about the state of NY rap. Fab spoke to XXL about the situation NY is in, saying that he doesn’t believe the 90’s-00’s NY rap that once controlled the country will EVER come back. See more of what Fab said after the jump.

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“It’s a different generation and even though it’s on an upswing, it’s on the upswing of this generation. I don’t think it’s ever going to be the 90s/2000 New York, and people might have to rationalize with that and accept it,” Fab said in an interview. “It’s only going to be the New York of now. It’s still a staple for music, it’s just that the music coming out of here hasn’t been the strongest because New York music is not dictating a sound anymore. I don’t mean to say that our music is wack, it’s just not the number one sound right now. Right now, ‘Ratchet’ music is mainstream. New York’s music used to be street, gangsta music. That was our ratchet music.”