yea anyone saying Cudi was not listening to rap outside of GOOD Music until last year

He been making music like that.

Mad ironic how people used to say he was a T Pain clone

nah, this is how future used to rap

Future emerged fully formed like Athena

Cudi did not influence Future yall must be trolling

Holy s*** this is f***ing cool

This s*** actually sounds hard too

Man this the s*** I love nerding about hip hop histories and lineages is so fascinating

But yea he hundred percent sounds like an outkast stan. So I’m guessing he took the melodies from there

Interesting dynamic bcus outkast, nerd and ye are the main artists that pioneered melody in rap so it’s fascinating seeing the different ways the influence manifested itself in different artists

Actually?

it sure as hell seemed that way. Usually im able to dissect my favorite artist’s influences in specific sounds they do but future was tough

He’s from the Dungeon Family Rico Wade his cousin

Probably more accurate to look for where his breakout singles fit. Tony Montana doesn’t sound radically different from 1017 or even Keef at that time.

ATLiens was wayy before

Gucci was a big influence

Also his voice just like that he was trying too hard

Yea but those sounds are separate lanes that future utilizes so that’s why i specified

It’s easy to see where the tony montana side comes from. The turn on the lights/codeine crazy lane isn’t so clear tho

Future was lowkey just copied RKelly Autotune Atlanta era that was in 2007-2009

R Kelly was a Atlanta autotune stop club rapper in this album

Basically 100% the blueprint for Future

no lol that guy is just a Cudi stan

the Kanye stans are out of control

It's no mystery where the rap singing pop singles really hit

People don't talk about the baby voice bridge @ 2:03 either
Carti who

Gucci mane