The weeknd. He doesn't look short in pictures for some reason

U right tho, Hov hits differently once u get ur paper right

I got a gf tho so no hoes for me

i think it was a little odd future i got caught in that early hype like 2011-12, thought id be listening for years to come, ive hardly listened since with the exception of some rap songs

Post Malone, hated white iverson when it came out and got over played for like 3 years, but then I gave his debut a shot and realized he himself is just a whole vibe, maybe a somewhat one dimensional vibe but still a vibe. And he has songs like Leave and Stay that break the mold a bit but are still 🔥

same bro i was heavy on the OF wave 2011-2013. earl the only i still listen to. some rap songs one of my favorite albums of all time

I remember hating on Kanye a lot(without listening to any of his music apart from maybe stronger). Then Yeezus comes out. There is a song “I’m a god”. I think to myself something along the lines of who tf he thinks he is. Then I decide to listen out of curiosity. One of my favourite artists ever since

Carti

When PND1 dropped, I remember half the thread on KTT was just talking s*** about him being a ripoff of The Weeknd and that he was only signed to Drake bc Abel didn’t sign

Carti for me, easily. His music is very addicting hahaha.

Trinidad James

dude actually became fire after his mainstream run

645ar. his catalog besides the high voice s*** is pretty solid.

Russ

Krispy Kreme. He never ran from Jay Z and he stood on it, he could bag Beyonce given the opportunity.

Honestly, Lady Gaga.

Thought she was a gimmick with catchy tunes and bizarre costumes when she blew up but her post Artpop music impressed me.

Uzi, Juice, etc.

A lot of the SoundCloud rap scene of 2016-2018 was post-high school for me, and I thought the emo aesthetic was corny/juvenile.

Gave Juice a chance around 2020 and realized how talented he is. Same for Uzi when EA dropped. Definitely my favorite new school rapper.

Axxturel

That sigilcore s*** on first listen just be assaulting your ear drums but a lot of the tracks be hard as f***

Thought Solange was just a budget Beyonce, so I never bothered to listen. Hate myself for not giving her a chance sooner

Thought Big Sean was fire when I was in the 9th grade. Then I moved on to J Cole. My bro was telling me about GKMC and I refused to listen because I thought there was no way somebody could rap better than J Cole

Skimmed through Magdalene once while making a playlist for a shroom trip. That made me assume she mainly makes boring slow songs with opera vocals

Thought the Weeknd was a band when I first listened to HoB

all of kpop

Juice

Olivia Rodrigo cause I saw she came from Disney

But Sour is such a good album

Carti. WLR one of my fav projects

Another one but it’s more so his production choice

Yeat

Thought every song sounded the same. It might, but there's plenty of intricacies within his performance and the mixing of that performance that are distinct as well as the vocabulary and the beats themselves.

J Cole

When he was first coming up it took me a while to like him. Had to go over those first tapes a few times. FNL had me in its grips. Then he dropped his debut and I've been off that wagon ever since.

Here's your quote p****

relax pleb