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Depends on the artist.

they’re both equally important to each other cuz a song can have a dope ass beat and if the lyrics/bars are ass the songs just dog s***. Aka all off da baby songs

dababy has nice lines though

so many other rappers that 'waste' good beats that you could have used as examples lol

yeah ik just being toxic

Ain’t gonna front once Yachty trash ass was coming up I had to start listening to the beat more than The lyrics or else I was setting myself up for disappointment

Bars/lyrics

its why i have a hard time getting into non english speaking artists

Both. When theres something technical about the beat i want to hear i listen past the vocals.

I did that with this

Flow

Both.

it's possible to focus on both as a fluid stream.

Good music is well blended and allows you to enjoy it as a whole piece not just bits.

don go nutty tho

Both honestly. Nothing better than fire bars on fire beats

Beat first then bars

Facts, Jackboys has crasy talented producers on their team in general

If it’s someone like Trav most likely the beat first

But then Ye it will be both mostly because what he says is loud and clear and like statements

beat except for when the lyrics really jump out, or after multiple listens i start catching more bars

Whatever draws my attention - could be a snare pattern or a vocal inflection or adlibs or a chord progression. Great music is layered & reveals itself over time though so each listen could be a totally diff experience

I’ll sacrifice the bars for really good beats, but I’m not listening to something with a boring beat no matter how good the rapping is. So I guess the beat

I tune these niggas out not gonna lie

Since english isn't my first language I always listen to the beats first but I can make the effort to concentrate on the lyrics for my first time

it's the other way around though