Reading what Geraldo Rivera said today, is he wrong about anything? Please don't say that glorifying drug-dealing & a general "fuck the cops" mentality can all be justified/explained away due to lingering white supremacy, that's a cop-out (no pun intended.) The whole white liberal critic defense of the negative shit promoted by certain rappers (which yes, existed before rap, but reinforcing it does not help) as just the results of structural racism is lazy and tiresome, why don't y'all just be honest and admit you get a visceral thrill out of some of this shit instead of pretending you have some enlightened understanding.
This stuff has everything to do with police violence & tensions, unless you're under the delusion that all cops involved in these situations are racist sociopaths. If we can't discuss the problems certain urban areas have then there's no real discussion to be had, just posturing.
Good album, BTW.
Does anyone just plain think dude isn't a great rapper? I don't care about any past debates about his persona and how "hip hop" he is, I just always think even on his A-game, he still has this over-enunciated, precise-to-a-fault flow/voice. He's def. improved since his earliest days but I still don't think he's ever gotten to the point where he can flow with the best.
I don't care about how "complex" someone's rhymes are, but I do think there is a certain level of technique you should have, however defined.
Dude's beats also aren't the shit they're made out to be, but there are a few dope tracks here and I appreciate that his music generally no longer sounds like you're drowning + shit drums, a la Take Care and NWTS.
Breihan's at the point in his standom where he'll rep for any old leftover Thugga rejects (cuz WEIRD RAPPERS son) but Thug does have some great music he's dropped this year. Just not this
if ya don't jam out when "Lifestyle" comes on the radio though man
There's bangers and then there's abrasive trash. Why do you rep for this bullshit, step out of your "all pyoom-pyoom space-age rap is good" bubble for a second goddamn
Breihan for someone who rightly hates (hated?) on conscious/backpack rap partially for having dull beats, IDK why you don't have an issue with Mustard's weak-ass snares and thin synths
I share some of Breihan's taste in hip hop BUT I think he is too susceptible to what's "buzzing" at the time, to the point where people he doesn't care about/actively dislikes initially he starts giving props once they get more ubiquitous. I'm not saying music can never grow on you but I reject this approach because at some point it's like you're trying to hard to be "in touch" with the genre. it's OK to dislike something even if it's popular or comes from the same "scene" as other rappers you like (Atlanta in this case)
It'd be cool if in a year or so critics admit they were trolling with the Migos praise. Future I get, Young Thug I get, these guys? C'mon dude, repetitive flow, obnoxious voices, terrible hooks. "Populist street rap" should have a limit, these guys aren't any better than frothy Flo Rida type crap. It just seems like there's a certain critical approach to rap that's the mirror image of previous early/mid '00s underground/backpacker orthodoxy that's not very discerning.
awful & drony song them aside too
Breihan are there any rappers you dislike besides obvious targets (past their prime, backpacker types, white rappers who aren't Mac Miller, guys who've blown up and are no longer "cool?") just wondering cuz you don't seem particularly discriminating. + hyping that Young Thug/Bloody Jay tape as Mixtape of the Year makes me wonder if you have functioning ears
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