Jun 27, 2018

My senior year of high school there was this lil Filipino kid who did a presentation on rap for our English class. He said that he doesn’t listen to trash like Lil Wayne and Drake and said everything you’d already seen on a YouTube comment bout Drake, specifically that “Drake makes songs that only simpleminded tools listen to”. Pulled out his little presentation book that had pics of his favorite albums, s--- was mostly Wu-Tang and Em album covers and the one that stood out to me was the cover of Tyler the Creator’s “Goblin”.
This is the same guy who shares “if you like me DM me and let’s see where this goes” posts on FB, only to repost the same thing hrs later with a new caption that says “haha guess nobody likes me”
Years later I still think of this kid everytime I see a post like this.

 

Jun 27, 2018

Shared fashion mostly, their is some parroted stylistic influence but I wouldn't categorize all of them under the same umbrella. Uzi oddly enough floats in the middle of it all, subject matter & flows, but still different to like 21 or Lil Xan and so forth.

 

Jun 27, 2018

I like Denzel but that song is memey as f---.

 

Jun 27, 2018

He's got a ton of songs, like...a lot so it's sometimes discouraging depending if you got time. I watched him evolve from the days he was randomly on SpaceGhostPurrps mixtapes to whatever the wave is right now. Here's a few favorites you might mess with

 

Jun 27, 2018

I guess a few of 'em could be classified as emo but definitely not all. I mean 21 savage is definitely not emo rap lol. neither is lil pump. or yachty. If anything, rap right now is probably as diverse as its ever been, people just tend to lump younger/soundcloud rappers under a single banner, which i guess is where the emo idea comes from. but its the same as mumble rap, it doesn't really exist, its just a way to categorise everything thats a little different

 

Jun 28, 2018

Genres are just convenient ways to organize music. It makes sense to do that with similarities between artists/styles rather than their differences. Of course, it all breaks down once you reach a certain level of nuance. These aren't natural laws.

I don't take them that seriously, but they are helpful when talking about the music in an analytical way. As such, they should have clear, concise criteria even if the music they apply to fit those criteria to varying degrees. You could characterize a great deal of rap music today as "trap music" but most of that is a very far cry from what that term meant 10 years ago. Still, you can point to lyrical themes and production elements both employ. It's just short hand really.

 

Jun 27, 2018

His latest EP is like 6 tracks. Would be a good intro.


Here's his latest single for an upcoming project as well.

 

Jun 27, 2018

 

Jun 27, 2018

yeah again what I was saying wasn’t @ u specifically, just an explanation as to why the term mumble rap doesn’t make sense on multiple levels lmao

I think the real answer is there’s like 20 different new waves going on simultaneously and occasionally intersecting and there’s just such a vast amount the casual listener can’t sift thru it all and considers mumble rap to be whatever dozen new guys they gave a chance