The only artists who mixed rock and rap and made some serious all-time material where it completely complements each other imo are Death Grips and Rage Against. Haru Nemuri did it well but she's also more pop than rap.. all of those are not the kinds of rappers Kendrick is tho
Conscious rappers going rock so often ends up corny, I love the Tipping Point by The Roots but some of the lyrics on there make me cringe still. The New Danger by Yasiin had some classics (when it focused on hip hop) but still got lots of corny moments. Feels to me like a very 2000s thing which I don't really miss.
The beginning of Humble basically exactly follows Em's formula tbh, it was good as a moment but I don't think I need songs like that.
In general just feel like this forcing the "rock star" trope as the ultimate height of stardom which you need to go to as a rapper because being a "hip hop star" isn't as grandiose is ill-informed and catering to tired and boring images
(Atrocity Exhibition tbh wasn't as rock as some make it out to be, it just sampled a lot of post-punk.)
The kendrick rumor was that he was "pulling from rock"
How does Atrocity exhibition not "pull from rock"????
praying he go the pink siifu route and just makes a crazy noise punk record that still got crazy drums and just him rapping his f***ing head off
I usually like yr takes but no...
F*** that noisey, unmelodic s*** man
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Long history of subs + Kendrick still has what Drake wants more than anything imo
Long history of subs + Kendrick still has what Drake wants more than anything imo
I mean they’re 2 biggest rappers rn so I understand your reasoning
I just want him to rap over dope beats tbh
Kdot x Pierre Bourne soon