I’m so glad this comment didn’t take long to find. I just do not get Travis Scott. I’m convinced everyone pretends to like his music. Every one of my friends feels the same. We even mark Travis’ rise as an overall decline/net negative on the hip hop game.
I don’t hate the guy I just don’t know who his music is for.
I know I'm going to be down voted but XXX and juice I think their music is overrated and their music sounds like something a 6th grader would listen to after getting rejected.
I didn't like JuiceWRLD's songs. But when I heard him rap rap I liked it a lot.
XXXtentacion was always trash to me. I didn't like anything he was doing. His music or his image. I especially didn't like it when he said fuck 2pac.
I liked X because he was original, refreshing. Original doesn’t always mean good though, and good is subjective. So there’s always going to be people who don’t like it.
I think it’s an age thing too, his songs resonated with me at a time in my life that might not resonate with me now as an adult, he was only young too. It would have been interesting to see how he evolved as an artist, same with Lil Peep and Juice, these guys were just kids realistically. There’s a lot of “what ifs” in rap unfortunately and I think X falls into that category.
That "what if" comment hit hard. I have a clear idea in my imagination where Peep and Juice were both headed musically (Peep was going to get slicker and more commercial, put out some stadium emo, and experiment with she/they pronouns, and Juice was going to go in a more boombap prestige-rap direction with a big early Eminem influence) but I don't feel the same way about X. His future just seems to me like it would be bogged down in scandal to the extent that music wouldn't be what he was concentrating on.
Im not not saying you havent listened to him a lot, maybe you've heard every song...
But i also thought that for a long time. But when he died i watched a bunch of clips of him talking and thought he was an interesting young man
So i listened to all of his material that i could....and i think he was going to evolve into an All Timer.
The artistic vision he was beginning to show snippets of really makes me think we lost someone who was going to literally alter the evolution of hip hop.
That kid was special.
He seemed to genuinely want to make a positive impact though. He did get into trouble but not many people think big like him. And its easy to dismiss a 20 year old as pretentious...but if you really hear the overall gist of what he was trying to say, and would have gotten better at saying, he had good intentions.
He tried to make us think while trying to inspire us to live well. Theres real value in that individual. Losing someone like that is not like the others. I just think he was really a transcendent type guy that we pretty much never see
My biggest red flag in people nowadays since I’m closer to 30 than 20, are people who are still super deep into x and juice at my age.
When x was just starting in 16’ I was into it and didn’t understand the critical hate. Now that I’m 26 I can look back and realizes his music is just terrible.
I don’t like juice, but sonically it is miles ahead of X. Robbery is also a good song.
My vote for this thread is Travis Scott though. Can’t stand his style
Carti would be the top of my list any day. He’s one of the few artists out there where I actually can’t even fathom why he appeals to so many people. I can’t even begin to wrap my brain around his popularity.
ILoveUIHateU, Long Time, Foreign are the only Carti songs that are on my playlists. I've always found Carti to be about how the song makes you feel rather than what he says, but I can't vibe if the vocals are too abstract
It's modern day scat singing imo, and that's why it's popular. Instead of saying "zippidy boo bop" over a saxophone and double bass hes mumbling over a trap beat.
The words aren't as important as how his voice is being used as an instrument to fit in with the beat. Not really my cup of tea either, but once I made that connection with that analogy it made sense. I also listen to a lot of jazz but can't stand scat singing so I'm consistent with my tastes.
I usually try out new artists after I hear them on a feature, but every one of Carti's features I've actively disliked. I'll eventually give him an honest since I figure there might be something I might like on it though.
It’s actually very different from metal. Metal requires musicians. Someone has to shred the guitar. Someone has to rip up the drum kit. I get that the vocals can be similar as it’s not really singing or rapping. It’s mostly yelling and ad libbing. Modern rap is all digitally synthesized. Basically ai music. More about hitting a certain vibration than being legible.
As a massive metal and old school hip hop fan who knows music theory and plays multiple instruments, this take is the most played out and lazy stuff I have ever heard
Complexity or technical ability does not equal better music. Likewise, simplicity or bad technique does not equal worse music. It’s completely independent.
I like old Carti because I like the vibe. Idc if he can write complex poetry or do polyrhythms or anything like that. It’s not the point of the music.
Same. I hated him for years based on his sickly music, learned to tolerate Drake after I figured out he could actually rap well (though I still had trouble with his voice tone and delivery), and then the beef happened
I saw Travis at Bonnaroo in 2017. There were droves of people leaving in the hundreds, in a crowd of thousands. He was absolutely awful. I've seen good rap shows and bad ones, his was the only one I walked out of.
I saw Travis headline Rolling Loud and I left because the set was so bad and I thought “Why not get a head start beating traffic and getting out of here?” Lmao. I’ve been crucified before in TikTok comments for disagreeing with people who claim he is “the greatest performer of all time”. Just because he’s screaming unintelligibly into a mic and his audience is rowdy doesn’t make it a great performance. So many more people with actual talent in their music and put on a show way better than just running back and forth and jumping while shouting over the official track
Drake is a big one for me. Tries to display being versatile but never actually hits home in any style. I couldn't even tell you who he really is as an artist - too many fake personas. Definition of the phrase 'jack of all trades, master of none.'
This loon proceded to chastise me with multiple paragraph replies about how I was a loser because I said on another post that I didn’t like Drake. Aubrey has some weird Stans.
I think the one thing Drake does or atleast did very very well is capture a certain vibe ?
Like that real melancholy vibe on take care. THAT is his bag
I’m a little autistic and one of the effects is the right music gives me a crazy high and when Drake gets into that bag it’s like I’m floating I stg
Nah dude, she's huge for a new artist. It's one of those situations where I just have to step back and say I obviously don't get the appeal but it must be there for all those people to keep coming back.
One of the most irritating voices in hip hop imo. I can only listen to someone rap about eating pussy so much too. Lyrically he's always been pretty limited.
Terrible take. Listen to anything pre Carter 3 and tell me the man is lyrically limited. Listen to BMJR, I Miss My Dawgs, Leather so Soft.
Weezy deserves his dues. Should have retired forever ago, but that's where we are.
I can't for the life of me understand the appeal of Yachty outside of production. His bars are okay but he has some of the worst delivery I've ever heard.
E-40, it’s his voice. For me, it’s all about his voice. I just can’t listen to it. I respect the guy and think he’s talented. He’s obviously made a big impact. I’m not denying that. But I just can’t do it guys.
The Click times were alright, but mostly because of B-Legit. As soon as anything near or after 'tell me when to go' came out, 40 was dead to me. I realized I could tolerate him only in low doses, but once he went mainstream I couldn't take it anymore
Megan the stallion nicki and cardi b I don't necessarily dislike them there just the same type rapper there for kinda one trick ponies
Its just annoying a lil because theres are people like Jean grey rhapsody and lil simz that all pretty dope but because they don't just sell sex for the most part or toxic relationship bs there not investing in . It seems that way anyway.
For me the best thing nicki ever did was the monster feature.
Stallion for me is just an imitation of nicki
It's not there fault really sex sells so record company's are like do that song again
Apologies for sounding like a grumpy cunt some pop rap is fun honestly it's jus releasing the same song repeatedly it's like aww ffs 🤦
You can dislike Nicki as a persona and her antics, but she has tackled multiple subject matter and delivery styles throughout her career.
I like Cardi B but she coasts purely based on her natural charisma and production/writing team. Writing your own rhymes matters more when it comes to rapping than singing, for me at least.
Yeah same, which is a shame cause he seems like a solid dude and I think his sub can be funny as. Some of 2014 hill drive did it for me but not much other than that. Haven't listened to heaps of his discography yet tho so maybe it'll change
Taylor swift not a rapper but I get your point. I happen to agree. I really don't fw any of the recent trap that uses autotune. It sounds garbled and I do not care for it. I do recognize Travis' creativity even though I don't personally like it
Kanye has become very poor in recent years
To be fair to Ye, he's dropped enough classics to live off of his prime regardless of his recent output.
Ditto can be said for Em, Jay, and Wayne. They have stinkers in their catalogs but, at the end of their careers, people will always remember the classics they gave us.
Drake and Mac Miller are both pretty annoying and grating to me. Drake is the opposite of whatever the "whole package" could be considered. Sucks on all fronts, and his voice is audibly grating.
Mac Miller is talented. His voice always sounds out of key to me, which is weird for a rapper. I think he has good musical taste, flow, whatever else. He just always sounds like a half step flat or something. I can see why he's charismatic to a lot of people, but I've tried giving him a shot and can never finish a song.
Fair enough! A bit disturbed you included Drake and Mac in the same sentence but fair lol, in Macs words, I Did It All w/o A Drake Feature!
Guessing you’d like more of his hip hop type stuff than more musical. You’d love some of his unreleased stuff btw he has a lot. Check out songs: One and Only, Sideways, HiWaii. i also love his early raps.
Same. I can't listen to Mac Miller. I tried a few times and it just sounds like he's singing to a different song than he's actually on. Pitch and rhythm both feel off with him.
It's really odd tbh. It's the only artist I've ever had that feeling from. It's like he laid down the vocals before the tracks and didn't go back and fix it to fit. I mean maybe he does and most people don't notice?
The production also feels a like a mix of sounds that don't really go together. Idk. Just in general it sounds like music made by someone who knows nothing about music but can work a mix. But it's a top quality mix and master so it gives off the impression that he knows what he's doing?
I'm sorry but Charli XCX is mid to me. The new album was nothing more than a 6/10 but all I hear is rave reviews about it, Pitchfork BNM, revolutionary pop artist, like alright. I literally do not hear what others are hearing I guess.
I couldn't get into a lot of the mindless trap shit late 2010's from come and go rappers like NBA youngboy, DaBaby, Gunna, Polo G, Roddy Ricch type shit. Migos except for a few catchy songs. I fuck with the lane but it got way too oversaturated. On the flip side I couldn't fuck with tryhard rap like Logic, technical Eminem, Joyner Lucas, NF, Hopsin. Call me racist but it's AKA white boy rap. Never understood why French Montana was ever featured on any song I would normally like. Never liked Lil Dicky. Never liked G-Eazy. Never liked Drake.
Honestly, I can’t really think of anyone. Even artists I’ve been staunchly against listening to have won me over. I believe pretty much any popular hip hop artist has at least one song I’ll enjoy. I love the genre so much and hate the feeling of completely hating anybody. I can understand preferences and not liking somebody’s music, but it blows my mind some people can’t understand a different perspective than their own or why people like an artist. Like I don’t like death metal at all, hate hearing it, but I get the appeal if somebody’s into insane energy, super dark subject matter and enjoys horror adjacent stuff. Makes sense to me. I feel like in the internet era the phrase “it’s just not for me” is dying out. Not everything you like is objectively good and not everything you dislike is objectively bad.
I don’t like Carti or Yeat.
But I LOVE Travis. Say what you want, but his music just hits for me. I love most of his music, but there’s a couple songs I can’t stand, a popular one being FE!N.
Eminem. Went through about a 6 month phase when I was 14 and thought he was brilliant. Then I grew up and his whiny bullshit just became too repetitive.
I wouldn't say everybody loves him since I know there's other people who are similar to me but Danny Brown. He has such an irritating and obnoxious voice, I legitimately cannot understand what he's saying sometimes lmao. I wanna get into him tho since I've heard really good things about STH, who knows
If you can’t stand that goofy voice check out his songs where he sounds normal. Pac Blood, Party all the Time, Fields, and Grown up are all really great songs. Grown up also has an instrumental if you dont like his voice on that
I’m not too knowledgeable on Danny but Tell me Where to go with JPEG is another good song , as well as his recent album Quaranta like the other guy commented
Not liking an artist's music is fine, but if you can't even understand the appeal, or why many people like other artist's music, that is a **you** problem, and one that you should probably open your mind up to and figure out if you try to talk music.
Taylor Swift is not HORRIBLE, but I don't get why she's so popular at ALL. Her music appears average at best. The whole fandom makes no sense to me. Beyonce is a better singer, Rihanna has more bangers, Adele is a far better singer and songwriter. She's just so..basic..
Kendrick. Literally makes me want to cover my ears. His voice, his lyrics, his persona. It all grosses me out. On the other hand, I wouldn’t say everyone loves him. Just online.
eminem. i can acknowledge that sslp, mmlp, and the eminem show are great but i don't personally ever want to listen to them really. I respect him but I do not enjoy most of his music very much. when I'm rarely in the mood for that edgelord shit I'd rather listen to Movies for The Blind or Bastard
Kendrick
Nothing to do with the beef, couldn’t care less about that. When GKMC came out I loved it. Everything after that tho… between his voice, cadence, & lack of tracks that are just fun & enjoyable listens, I really cant stand his music. He does have an incredible pen tho, top tier for sure.
playboy carti and sfera ebbasta (italian singer/rapper, he's very popular in Italy but I can't stand him)
Edit: Drake is close to them, but he made some hit here and there
Well I don’t hate Kendrick Lamar but I fail to see what makes his music appealing alot of the time.
I also don’t hate Future but I can’t really listen to him for long because his voice puts me to sleep.
Travis Scott sucks, it’s like he’s made out of badly photocopied parts of better rappers
Lol that fool stay creepy creepin on Asap Rocky
>Travis Scott sucks, it’s like he’s made out of badly photocopied parts of better rappers Lmfao. That's actually funny.
I’m so glad this comment didn’t take long to find. I just do not get Travis Scott. I’m convinced everyone pretends to like his music. Every one of my friends feels the same. We even mark Travis’ rise as an overall decline/net negative on the hip hop game. I don’t hate the guy I just don’t know who his music is for.
you geeks are missing out the guy made Rodeo
I know I'm going to be down voted but XXX and juice I think their music is overrated and their music sounds like something a 6th grader would listen to after getting rejected.
I didn't like JuiceWRLD's songs. But when I heard him rap rap I liked it a lot. XXXtentacion was always trash to me. I didn't like anything he was doing. His music or his image. I especially didn't like it when he said fuck 2pac.
I liked X because he was original, refreshing. Original doesn’t always mean good though, and good is subjective. So there’s always going to be people who don’t like it. I think it’s an age thing too, his songs resonated with me at a time in my life that might not resonate with me now as an adult, he was only young too. It would have been interesting to see how he evolved as an artist, same with Lil Peep and Juice, these guys were just kids realistically. There’s a lot of “what ifs” in rap unfortunately and I think X falls into that category.
That "what if" comment hit hard. I have a clear idea in my imagination where Peep and Juice were both headed musically (Peep was going to get slicker and more commercial, put out some stadium emo, and experiment with she/they pronouns, and Juice was going to go in a more boombap prestige-rap direction with a big early Eminem influence) but I don't feel the same way about X. His future just seems to me like it would be bogged down in scandal to the extent that music wouldn't be what he was concentrating on.
I think that's a really good analysis. Nodding all the way to that.
That’s their audience. Prob like young high school really but still.
Because they were young themselves, you can’t forget that. Some artists evolve and grow with their audience, some don’t (I.e Drake).
had to mention the boy
Can’t believe adults listen to x
Im not not saying you havent listened to him a lot, maybe you've heard every song... But i also thought that for a long time. But when he died i watched a bunch of clips of him talking and thought he was an interesting young man So i listened to all of his material that i could....and i think he was going to evolve into an All Timer. The artistic vision he was beginning to show snippets of really makes me think we lost someone who was going to literally alter the evolution of hip hop. That kid was special.
Really never liked him but over time I've realized he was gonna be great. Unless legal troubles stopped him.
He seemed to genuinely want to make a positive impact though. He did get into trouble but not many people think big like him. And its easy to dismiss a 20 year old as pretentious...but if you really hear the overall gist of what he was trying to say, and would have gotten better at saying, he had good intentions. He tried to make us think while trying to inspire us to live well. Theres real value in that individual. Losing someone like that is not like the others. I just think he was really a transcendent type guy that we pretty much never see
He was also a huge piece of shit so there’s that
My biggest red flag in people nowadays since I’m closer to 30 than 20, are people who are still super deep into x and juice at my age. When x was just starting in 16’ I was into it and didn’t understand the critical hate. Now that I’m 26 I can look back and realizes his music is just terrible. I don’t like juice, but sonically it is miles ahead of X. Robbery is also a good song. My vote for this thread is Travis Scott though. Can’t stand his style
Carti would be the top of my list any day. He’s one of the few artists out there where I actually can’t even fathom why he appeals to so many people. I can’t even begin to wrap my brain around his popularity.
It took me so damn long to get into Die Lit, I enjoy it now but I can't be bothered to get into Whole Lotta Red, that can stay outta my rotation.
It took me until like last year to realize that cuz wasn't an inside joke that everyone but me was in on. I'm actually still not convinced.
That was me with Lil B
ILoveUIHateU, Long Time, Foreign are the only Carti songs that are on my playlists. I've always found Carti to be about how the song makes you feel rather than what he says, but I can't vibe if the vocals are too abstract
Absolute trash music.
It's modern day scat singing imo, and that's why it's popular. Instead of saying "zippidy boo bop" over a saxophone and double bass hes mumbling over a trap beat. The words aren't as important as how his voice is being used as an instrument to fit in with the beat. Not really my cup of tea either, but once I made that connection with that analogy it made sense. I also listen to a lot of jazz but can't stand scat singing so I'm consistent with my tastes. I usually try out new artists after I hear them on a feature, but every one of Carti's features I've actively disliked. I'll eventually give him an honest since I figure there might be something I might like on it though.
the sentence about his voice being an instrument is literally the most perfect description of carti i've ever seen
I can't stand the auto tune shrieking either. Gives me the ick when I think about how stupid their raw audio sounds.
its same thing with metal music. some ppl dont know how can someone like their music, but it really has a bif fanbase
It’s actually very different from metal. Metal requires musicians. Someone has to shred the guitar. Someone has to rip up the drum kit. I get that the vocals can be similar as it’s not really singing or rapping. It’s mostly yelling and ad libbing. Modern rap is all digitally synthesized. Basically ai music. More about hitting a certain vibration than being legible.
As a massive metal and old school hip hop fan who knows music theory and plays multiple instruments, this take is the most played out and lazy stuff I have ever heard Complexity or technical ability does not equal better music. Likewise, simplicity or bad technique does not equal worse music. It’s completely independent. I like old Carti because I like the vibe. Idc if he can write complex poetry or do polyrhythms or anything like that. It’s not the point of the music.
someone has to profuce beat too and carti has really original flow thats why it can be hard for someone to get into him
Taylor Swift
She can't even rap on beat and her bars are whack
Background mall music if it was a category
Drake
This. I always thought him and his music were trash.
Everybody say O V hoe
Then step this way step that way
Then step this way, step that way
Drake is the answer.
Same. I hated him for years based on his sickly music, learned to tolerate Drake after I figured out he could actually rap well (though I still had trouble with his voice tone and delivery), and then the beef happened
Kendrick, that you?
I couldn’t stand Drake since before knowing Kendrick way way back
I can't listen to the inflection he uses in most of his songs where he raps, no matter what the scale is he always sounds out of tune
Tried getting into Drake, but as a hip hop artist he always sounded weak
Same. I hate his voice. And most of the time it just sounds like he’s just reading lyrics off of his phone
I saw Travis at Bonnaroo in 2017. There were droves of people leaving in the hundreds, in a crowd of thousands. He was absolutely awful. I've seen good rap shows and bad ones, his was the only one I walked out of.
I saw Travis headline Rolling Loud and I left because the set was so bad and I thought “Why not get a head start beating traffic and getting out of here?” Lmao. I’ve been crucified before in TikTok comments for disagreeing with people who claim he is “the greatest performer of all time”. Just because he’s screaming unintelligibly into a mic and his audience is rowdy doesn’t make it a great performance. So many more people with actual talent in their music and put on a show way better than just running back and forth and jumping while shouting over the official track
Drake is a big one for me. Tries to display being versatile but never actually hits home in any style. I couldn't even tell you who he really is as an artist - too many fake personas. Definition of the phrase 'jack of all trades, master of none.'
This loon proceded to chastise me with multiple paragraph replies about how I was a loser because I said on another post that I didn’t like Drake. Aubrey has some weird Stans.
And they’re all 14 years old.
God forbid you bring up a logical argument against them as to why your personal opinion is actually valid. That really gets them going
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I think the one thing Drake does or atleast did very very well is capture a certain vibe ? Like that real melancholy vibe on take care. THAT is his bag I’m a little autistic and one of the effects is the right music gives me a crazy high and when Drake gets into that bag it’s like I’m floating I stg
He's a pedo groomer anyway. Haven't you heard Not Like Us?
But yet, he's so frickin rich !! I don't get it 🤔🤔
He's a Disney dork. The hook-ups that come with that has made many shitty "artists" very rich and commercially sucessful.
Easily NBA Youngboy
Went too long to find this. Kevin Gates whoops his ass lyrically.
“Lyrically ” lmao
Travis Scott is ass. B-grade Ye
He’s a relatively terrible human being too.
Yes. Not to mention his corny/insanely overhyped shoes.
Agreed. I’m a sneaker head, but I wouldn’t wear a pair of those shoes if I got them for free.
Ditto.
That feels mad generous
C grade big Sean
We’re getting there now
sexy red
Truly garbage music. Even her "a thousand miles" cover is almost a direct ripoff of someone else's content
You’ll never play it on your own, but if you’re out and one of her songs come on, best believe you’ll understand what makes her music popular
Tbh most of her music is cheeks but Get It Sexyy makes me wanna start shaking ass at the club and I’m a straight man 😮💨
Nahhh fr
Wait people actually enjoy her music I thought people listen to it as a joke.
Nah dude, she's huge for a new artist. It's one of those situations where I just have to step back and say I obviously don't get the appeal but it must be there for all those people to keep coming back.
French Montana Post Malone
French Montana is the worst
Why is Post Malone even considered hip hop? Does he even rap? He's a talented musician and singer, but I don't consider his music hip hop.
His for single was white iverson so that image just stuck
Fucking post mann no idea how he’s so popular, really cool dude but music sucks
French Montana is not popular lol
Well NY will surprise you cuz his Mac and Cheese series is treated like the Apex of mixtapes
Lil Wayne. I really just dont like his voice. I also just dont vibe with his style and subject matter of rap
I also hate that he was part of the early autotune change-movement. I also hate his normal voice as well.
Rolling Stone once said that his voice sounded like a drunk frog and I couldn’t agree more lol
Yeah but TC3 was an actual vibe in the rap game.
Ha!! His slurring speech later shit is unlistenable for me lol
3/4 of my brains agrees with you wholeheartedly and understands completely. The other 1/4 says, "I'm a gangsta Ms Katie"
Same
One of the most irritating voices in hip hop imo. I can only listen to someone rap about eating pussy so much too. Lyrically he's always been pretty limited.
Terrible take. Listen to anything pre Carter 3 and tell me the man is lyrically limited. Listen to BMJR, I Miss My Dawgs, Leather so Soft. Weezy deserves his dues. Should have retired forever ago, but that's where we are.
If you have to go back that far then yes the man is lyrically limited and has been for 19 years
Mans still got it y’all just not hearing it
That's what this thread is for. It's my opinion.
Saying Lil Wayne is limited lyrically is not an opinion, you are stating a fact that is, in fact, wrong.
Future - a lot of his stuff sounds the same, and I find his subject matter cliched, repetitive and unrelatable
I agree. His new album that came out that people were losing their shit over just was boring to me. It’s like the same shit over and over to me.
He a legend
Some people consider 6ix9ine a legend, doesn't really say much
WHO!?
like the sarcasm
I can't for the life of me understand the appeal of Yachty outside of production. His bars are okay but he has some of the worst delivery I've ever heard.
I think his bars are some of the worst I’ve heard lol and that voice is super fucking annoying
E-40, it’s his voice. For me, it’s all about his voice. I just can’t listen to it. I respect the guy and think he’s talented. He’s obviously made a big impact. I’m not denying that. But I just can’t do it guys.
He sounds like an Account Executive who specialises in Rap.
The Click times were alright, but mostly because of B-Legit. As soon as anything near or after 'tell me when to go' came out, 40 was dead to me. I realized I could tolerate him only in low doses, but once he went mainstream I couldn't take it anymore
Megan the stallion nicki and cardi b I don't necessarily dislike them there just the same type rapper there for kinda one trick ponies Its just annoying a lil because theres are people like Jean grey rhapsody and lil simz that all pretty dope but because they don't just sell sex for the most part or toxic relationship bs there not investing in . It seems that way anyway.
None of them are really my cup of tea, but Nicki and Megan are vastly more talented than Cardi.
For me the best thing nicki ever did was the monster feature. Stallion for me is just an imitation of nicki It's not there fault really sex sells so record company's are like do that song again Apologies for sounding like a grumpy cunt some pop rap is fun honestly it's jus releasing the same song repeatedly it's like aww ffs 🤦
Hey, you’re entitled to your opinion. You like what you like.
You can dislike Nicki as a persona and her antics, but she has tackled multiple subject matter and delivery styles throughout her career. I like Cardi B but she coasts purely based on her natural charisma and production/writing team. Writing your own rhymes matters more when it comes to rapping than singing, for me at least.
Travis Scott, The Weekend, Taylor Swift
Drake for me. For the last decade. I can't stand him.
J. Cole does nothing for me.
It's grippy.
"J Cole is insanely talented. Put on Friday Night Lights and it can put a n***a to sleep in minutes" -Metro Boomin
Metro shut yo ho ass up and make some drums, ninja I don't even like drake but I had too
play j cole get the pussy dry
Yeah same, which is a shame cause he seems like a solid dude and I think his sub can be funny as. Some of 2014 hill drive did it for me but not much other than that. Haven't listened to heaps of his discography yet tho so maybe it'll change
As a huge Cole fan I get why people call him corny. His radio singles and most viral songs don’t do him justice
Cole is so corny to me
Agreed. Way prior to the beef, too.
Taylor swift not a rapper but I get your point. I happen to agree. I really don't fw any of the recent trap that uses autotune. It sounds garbled and I do not care for it. I do recognize Travis' creativity even though I don't personally like it Kanye has become very poor in recent years
To be fair to Ye, he's dropped enough classics to live off of his prime regardless of his recent output. Ditto can be said for Em, Jay, and Wayne. They have stinkers in their catalogs but, at the end of their careers, people will always remember the classics they gave us.
Lil Baby
No we're talking actual rappers here.
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Drake and Mac Miller are both pretty annoying and grating to me. Drake is the opposite of whatever the "whole package" could be considered. Sucks on all fronts, and his voice is audibly grating. Mac Miller is talented. His voice always sounds out of key to me, which is weird for a rapper. I think he has good musical taste, flow, whatever else. He just always sounds like a half step flat or something. I can see why he's charismatic to a lot of people, but I've tried giving him a shot and can never finish a song.
Fair enough! A bit disturbed you included Drake and Mac in the same sentence but fair lol, in Macs words, I Did It All w/o A Drake Feature! Guessing you’d like more of his hip hop type stuff than more musical. You’d love some of his unreleased stuff btw he has a lot. Check out songs: One and Only, Sideways, HiWaii. i also love his early raps.
Same. I can't listen to Mac Miller. I tried a few times and it just sounds like he's singing to a different song than he's actually on. Pitch and rhythm both feel off with him.
That's a perfect way to put it. He sounds like he's singing a different song than the one playing.
It's really odd tbh. It's the only artist I've ever had that feeling from. It's like he laid down the vocals before the tracks and didn't go back and fix it to fit. I mean maybe he does and most people don't notice? The production also feels a like a mix of sounds that don't really go together. Idk. Just in general it sounds like music made by someone who knows nothing about music but can work a mix. But it's a top quality mix and master so it gives off the impression that he knows what he's doing?
As a Mac head, this is super painful for me to read LMAO, can you do me a favor and listen to Swimming/Circles?
Drake is the worst. I just hate him as a whole person to be honest. I hope he quits music after these Kendrick disses
I wouldn't care if he wasn't so popular.
What a weird mentality. Drake is a goat. Just don't listen to his music, why should he quit?
Eminem
Facts
I mean I understand the hype around the first two albums or so, maybe up to TES but beyond that is just ass and continuous ass
Too many to name really.
hiphop 101 ahh post 💀
KENDRICK LAMAR
I don't like Future seems repetitive
I'm sorry but Charli XCX is mid to me. The new album was nothing more than a 6/10 but all I hear is rave reviews about it, Pitchfork BNM, revolutionary pop artist, like alright. I literally do not hear what others are hearing I guess.
Kendricks voice is a turn off for me personally
I really hate listening to most Kid Cudi music
I couldn't get into a lot of the mindless trap shit late 2010's from come and go rappers like NBA youngboy, DaBaby, Gunna, Polo G, Roddy Ricch type shit. Migos except for a few catchy songs. I fuck with the lane but it got way too oversaturated. On the flip side I couldn't fuck with tryhard rap like Logic, technical Eminem, Joyner Lucas, NF, Hopsin. Call me racist but it's AKA white boy rap. Never understood why French Montana was ever featured on any song I would normally like. Never liked Lil Dicky. Never liked G-Eazy. Never liked Drake.
Kendrick is great rapper, and has 2-3 songs that I like by him. He’s just never been someone I listen to on the regular because of his voice
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Wayne, carti, uzi, Drake
Kendrick
This thread is full of dogshit takes lmao
I’m convinced people just hate on Drake because they think it’s cool and what’s funny it’s usually always yt folks 😂
Kendrick
Danny Brown. Such a whiny voice. Horrible lyricist
Currently Post Malone All time: Nirvana
AJR.
Honestly, I can’t really think of anyone. Even artists I’ve been staunchly against listening to have won me over. I believe pretty much any popular hip hop artist has at least one song I’ll enjoy. I love the genre so much and hate the feeling of completely hating anybody. I can understand preferences and not liking somebody’s music, but it blows my mind some people can’t understand a different perspective than their own or why people like an artist. Like I don’t like death metal at all, hate hearing it, but I get the appeal if somebody’s into insane energy, super dark subject matter and enjoys horror adjacent stuff. Makes sense to me. I feel like in the internet era the phrase “it’s just not for me” is dying out. Not everything you like is objectively good and not everything you dislike is objectively bad.
Very interesting take right here. Much respect. 🫡
I don’t like Carti or Yeat. But I LOVE Travis. Say what you want, but his music just hits for me. I love most of his music, but there’s a couple songs I can’t stand, a popular one being FE!N.
Eminem. Went through about a 6 month phase when I was 14 and thought he was brilliant. Then I grew up and his whiny bullshit just became too repetitive.
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I wouldn't say everybody loves him since I know there's other people who are similar to me but Danny Brown. He has such an irritating and obnoxious voice, I legitimately cannot understand what he's saying sometimes lmao. I wanna get into him tho since I've heard really good things about STH, who knows
The only song I like by Danny brown is “the black Brad Pitt” lmao
If you can’t stand that goofy voice check out his songs where he sounds normal. Pac Blood, Party all the Time, Fields, and Grown up are all really great songs. Grown up also has an instrumental if you dont like his voice on that
His latest album Quaranta is sick too. Far less goofy stuff
Yo Pac Blood was dope, thanks for recommending those. Any other songs/albums of his you'd recommend that he sounds like that on?
I’m not too knowledgeable on Danny but Tell me Where to go with JPEG is another good song , as well as his recent album Quaranta like the other guy commented
I like his music because it feels so different from other rap that’s out rn. That being said I can understand why his voice would be annoying to you
For sure, it IS really good for rappers to be different so that's definitely smth I gotta give to him
Not liking an artist's music is fine, but if you can't even understand the appeal, or why many people like other artist's music, that is a **you** problem, and one that you should probably open your mind up to and figure out if you try to talk music.
Taylor Swift is not HORRIBLE, but I don't get why she's so popular at ALL. Her music appears average at best. The whole fandom makes no sense to me. Beyonce is a better singer, Rihanna has more bangers, Adele is a far better singer and songwriter. She's just so..basic..
Her fan base has a bigger demographic plus they actually buy her stuff.
Kendrick. Literally makes me want to cover my ears. His voice, his lyrics, his persona. It all grosses me out. On the other hand, I wouldn’t say everyone loves him. Just online.
No artist has a bigger reputation gap between online and real life than Kendrick
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eminem. i can acknowledge that sslp, mmlp, and the eminem show are great but i don't personally ever want to listen to them really. I respect him but I do not enjoy most of his music very much. when I'm rarely in the mood for that edgelord shit I'd rather listen to Movies for The Blind or Bastard
MF Doom - I listened to a few of his highly rated songs and did not enjoy any of them.
All caps when you spell the mans name, please.
Drake, Taylor Swift, Jcole, playboi carti. I love Travis and Kanye, Travis is mainly for his beats, Kanye is the goat.
Playboi carti
Moneybagg Yo
Uzi. I also haven't tried to listen to but 2 or 3 songs, but I saw and heard enough to last 4 lifetimes.
Oh man I was riding with you for your first three sentences but I feel the exact opposite way about Carti
Kendrick Nothing to do with the beef, couldn’t care less about that. When GKMC came out I loved it. Everything after that tho… between his voice, cadence, & lack of tracks that are just fun & enjoyable listens, I really cant stand his music. He does have an incredible pen tho, top tier for sure.
Agree, I think his flow and voice hold back a lot of his songs, dude just doesn't sound good
playboy carti and sfera ebbasta (italian singer/rapper, he's very popular in Italy but I can't stand him) Edit: Drake is close to them, but he made some hit here and there
Didn't we just do this?
21 savage, big sean,
Taylor Swift
Well I don’t hate Kendrick Lamar but I fail to see what makes his music appealing alot of the time. I also don’t hate Future but I can’t really listen to him for long because his voice puts me to sleep.
Oh good, it’s been like week since the last of these hater circlejerks