He's definitely talented - he can sing, dance, play multiple instruments - but he's done nothing that is his own. Even artists who aren't legendary or revolutionary can be themselves and have their own sound and image. He's just a rehash of the 70s/80s bands. His music is simply a copy and paste, which is why his biggest hit(s) keep getting sued over and over again. Even his performance style is a blatant rip off of that period. Instead of doing his own thing, he studies black acts of yesterday and crafts radio records for white, top 40 radio.

He's a glorified karaoke singer.

He has a nice voice and is a good performer but I wish he'd do something ORIGINAL. He's like Ariana Grande. Very talented but can't express creativity or originality in any way. Hopefully his next era shows us BRUNO MARS. Not Boyz II Men, Janet Jackson, or Bell Biv DeVoe.

you say this as if 90% of rappers today aren't copy and paste acts of each other

Yeah pretty much.. if he was as creative as he is talented he would be MJ/prince level

how does that remotely relate to what OP said

what did you expect from the nigga who made the ''lazy song''

Creatively he's the embodiment of this pic

if anything that should be used as a source for the OP

lol

Corona boy called it

"corona boy"

Better than Frank Ocean

You can make popular music and still be unoriginal

huh
maybe try reading the op
or just understanding what creatively bankrupt actually means

It actually proves my point. The first time I heard Finesse I thought of Poison by Bell Biv DeVoe.

The only creative thing he did on that album was That's What I Like tbh

???

that's not what creatively bankrupt means bro

Creatively bankrupt is different from commercially past your prime

good point

More like 20%

Doowops and hooligans is probably his most original s***

it actually felt fairly refreshing in that era that was so dominated by EDM pop

Yeah i thought that was a pretty good and creative pop record. Maybe his newer stuff is more like OP is saying but his early stuff was pretty unique in that time, and i wouldn’t say it was 70s/80s mimicry much