Doesn’t everybody hate that these new gen rappers come with all the punk rock aesthetics but aren’t as a half interesting music wise. Playboi’s Uzi’s and Trippie hasn’t even push boundaries yet in the genre. The only 1 was XXX as a innovator

Charisma > both

aesthetic > everything else

if it’s cool .. and makes people look and feel cool .. people gonna gravitate to it

we gotta empower and inspire the people

Carti aesthetics are pretty cool closest thing I seen to being punk

how did xxx innovate?

how tf did x innovate lmao all he did was made trap nu-metal and acted pseudo intellectual

carti more of an innovator than x have you heard die lit?

Did u really put Carti with those other guys? Carti is a cool mysterious vampire who’s about to drop a classic please don’t group them together again!

Aesthetics don't have longevity like message does if we're being real.

And the only one you even listed that still has a fanbase is carti (aside from X)

Yeah that’s what happens when y’all gas up random trash ass rappers who rap over muddy 808s and call themselves rockstars because they wear band tshirts and drink lean

Who would disagree with this

I’m not even an x fan but why are we acting like 17 wasn’t a major departure in rap

Like

S*** like this is it’s own wave
Sure he’s cringy sure he was an awful human being sure his fan base is ass but y’all do too much to discredit the impact he had

yeah like niggas ain’t ever made depressing nu-metal before with some current trap influences.

Who was doing it on a mainstream level before him

Linkin Park

My biggest problem with X is that he never actually gave a s*** to apply effort into his music. He was riding his own wave heavy and the music was just a means to get more people on his hype train.

Kinda like every ‘SoundCloud’ rapper

Honestly valid lol but I think they’re still markedly different
17 was a lot more mellow, more sparse and less rock heavy than LP

This is what you have to do nowadays though
Y’all forget he only blew up properly months before he died

You can’t afford to go MIA like Frank Ocean in the current climate unless you’re already massively established

yea fr fr bruh X was a big big deal

this literally makes no sense bro

"he only made music so people would listen to it"

I shall not post your avi sir

xxxtentacion was f***ing terrible musically and was an even worse person please stop talking about this dude

this narrative to discredit the emo rap wave is so cringe.

it's okay if you don't personally like the music but y'all sound so out of touch just denying the impact they had lol