It isn't at all Rocky a pseud

People will call anything that's even remotely outside the box "psychedelic"

what psych albums do you like

i would describe kids turned out fine as psychedelic

plus cloud rap is def psychedelic so id say his first tape qualifies

People who do d**** like it = psychedelic

I won't even lie, I thought that debut mixtape was a classic, fw the debut album when I was younger, but since then I haven't heard a single thing from him apart from his song on GTA and a few songs on Testing when I tried to give it a listen.

This dude went from being on my radar to being forgettable so fast and it's sad.

That SGP influence was really his bread and butter.

"psychedelic" is a cornball way to describe music anyway

I don’t really listen to psychedelic music. Maybe I just don’t know what it is lol

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what about the sound imagery and overall atmosphere is psychedelic

I half agree OP

cuz it's about half of his songs that have actual psychedelic influence and the other half are just regular modern prod that coast on the aesthetic of the psychedelic half

CallDrops is so terrible but Gotdamn that sample is amazing.

now that they wrong they just calling all psychedelic music corny lol

OP never done anything creative in his life

OP you got me f***ed up. Listen to these tracks and your gonna notice psychedelic s*** all over.

Kids Turned Out Fine - Mesmerizing guitar melody and slowed / stretched out singing melodies where words seem to blend together

L$D - Slowed / stretched out singing melodies where words blend together, high pitched and smoothed key melody in the beat, vocal distortion

Sundress - It’s a f***ing remix of a tame impala track from inner speaker how is this not psychedelic, mesmerizing guitar melody and slowed and stretched singing

Dreams (interlude) - slowed beat with consistent key melody, words bleed into each other, slowed singing melodies, this more a dark psychedelic track

If you still don’t get it go cop some tabs or somethin and learn what psychedelic means

i swear some of y’all don’t actually listen to the music you talk about lol

Psychedelic as far as hip-hop goes, obviously. Of course you’re not gonna have rappers making songs like Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, or other actual psychedelic bands from the 60’s-70’s. So if those are your parameters for what constitutes psychedelic music, you will rarely, if ever, find it in rap.

Artists like Rocky, Flatbush Zombies, Lil Ugly Mane, Ethereal, and Icytwat all feature tangible elements in their music that make you feel a little high just listening to it, whether it’s some wavy synths/pads, samples, drums, or d***ged out vocals (and I’m not just talking about their lyrics). I’m sure I’m leaving out some other rappers but that’s just off top.

literally lol

next time you trip listen to some classic psych rock bands

listen to lonerism all the way through when you're tripping it'll change your appreciation for music

but for example if you listen to distorted records at 1:45 the glitches, effects and the way the song ends, s*** like that completely f***s your mind when tripping

or the way kids turned out fine slows down and pitches down then picks back up

peep the sample flip on better things

never in my life did i think i would be defending this guy

Better Things another great example. Jukebox joints and west side highway work too. Alla top2 albums for me ever