All laid-back rappers are not equal when it comes to charisma/energy

[SirBiatch]

There's a huge difference between being laid back and energetic at the same time

and

being laid back and dull/balls-less/bland

Perfect example of laid back and energetic: Snoop, ASAP Rocky, Bahamadia, Nas, Common, Slick Rick, Andre 3000, etc. There's bravado in their delivery which brings up the energy.

Perfect example of laid back and dull: Drake (for the most part), Kendrick (even when he's being K Dot Minaj), J Cole (all the time), etc

and before you pop fans start rambling/deflecting/posting smilies/gifs, this stuff is obvious to anyone who has listened to hip hop on a deeper level. So when you compare Kendrick to Nas, it shows how stupid you are. Nas has way more intensity and bravado on the mic than Kendrick. They couldn't be further from each other.

I know most of The Coli is averse to reading, but this excerpt highlights what I'm talking about:

With a verbal style that was laid back while still bursting with energy, Bahamadia’s flow was as inspired by the soul women Aretha Franklin and Nancy Wilson, as well as Tribe Called Quest, Schoolly D, Lady B and Will Smith.

It's the same reason ASAP Rocky has more energy in his vocals over an entire project than ANY new rapper in years:

A$AP Rocky’s ferociously energetic mix tape Live.Love.A$AP quickly caught fire with hip-hop heads, music bloggers, and nominal tastemakers when he unleashed it on the world via the Internet last fall. In fact, the furor was so great that large numbers of those most standoffish of record-industry gatekeepers—A&R people—soon found themselves frothed up and in a tizzy over the 23-year-old Harlem-bred rapper’s peculiar blend of influences, which include Southern regional hip-hop styles (like the slowed-down, doped-out beats of the Houston subgenre of screw music) and the world of high fashion (who was the last rapper to name-check Rick Owens?).

 

[Mac Casper]

 

[riddlerap]

another ASAP Rocky thread

 

[SirBiatch]

another ASAP Rocky thread

out of all the names mentioned, you zeroed into ASAP Rocky like an affected child

Isn't there a Justin Bieber album you should be listening to?

 

[DoomzdayzV]

KDot Minaj

 

[I love Latina women]

KDot Minaj

this got me laughin' my ass off

 

[I love Latina women]

snoop is the best at that laid back shyt

 

[Gotright]

Lloyd banks is the bad example. K dot drake and cole is nothing like banks when it comes to being laid back

 

[Piff Perkins]

DJ Quik and Suga Free

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

I laughed at K-Dot Minaj lol

The major difference to me is their voice. Drake, Kendrick, and Cole all have average rap voices. Nas, Snoop, Slick Rick have a very unique tone and pitch to their voices. Slick Rick is a great example of it.

 

[Premeditated]

yeah...i'm not seeing it with Asap Rocky

 

[SirBiatch]

yeah...i'm not seeing it with Asap Rocky

dont know what to tell ya breh Evidence is right there

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

yeah...i'm not seeing it with Asap Rocky

He doesn't have a legendary voice like Nas or Slick Rick but surely it's better than Kendrick, Cole, and Drake

 

[WickedGames]

I laughed at K-Dot Minaj lol

The major difference to me is their voice. Drake, Kendrick, and Cole all have average rap voices. Nas, Snoop, Slick Rick have a very unique tone and pitch to their voices. Slick Rick is a great example of it.

lol @ Kendrick having an average rap voice

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

lol @ Kendrick having an average rap voice

He does have an average rap voice. I wouldn't expect King Drake stan to not overrate an average voice tho...

lol @ trying to put him in the same tier as Ice Cube, Tupac, Snoop, Dr Dre, etc