Rapsody - Eve (Discussion Thread)

[JohnStarksMiddleFinger]

Y’all some are supreme haters for reals

I get why 9th gave her the key. She put in 100% and listened to dude. She came a long way. I get what she’s doing. Album is 4/5

Don’t you know these nikkas hate women

Rapsody got busy on all these tracks

 

[dem bath salts]

Its some dope tracks on this bih

 

[Ribbs]

Dope concept, dope bars, dope production (except :oprahhmm: and Whoopi), I enjoy it.

I think she’s elevating into that realm where people can’t discredit by calling her a “female rapper”

This.

 

[Sad Bunny]

Nina is fire but that metal gate line was trash.

 

[Roxx the King]

One of the top albums of the year easily

Peep that video for Nina...

 

[Da King]

Stumbled my way to track 10...I've heard enough


This chick is not a good rapper man. Doesn't have the voice for it, her lisp doesn't work in her favor like G Rap, her delivery is about as flat as the bottom of a 2 liter, and on the low, this chick is name dropping more than Game. Ok, I can understand the tracks being named after prominent black female figures/entertainers and injecting references in songs....but that's quite literally ALL she's doing. It's not compelling, it's you doing a few Google searches and looking for a half-assed punchline. and yes, she got some dudes mixed in here too. And yes....she's still all over Jay's dikk.

She wants to show a proud black woman SO BAD and on the surface, that's a beautiful thing, but there's nothing beyond that. No depth, no insight, no nothing. Just a hashtag and a dark colored emoji fist is about all it's worth on here.


Beyond that, Maya was the only beat that caught my ear but I'm not putting up with this broad to hear the rest.


9th alienated Little Brother and most of the Justus League for this?

When I read the names of the tracks

 

[ball15life]

Just finished...

I can’t believe anybody hates this project as a whole.

This is one of the best albums of the year, even with the minor blips of Oprah and Whoopi (imo)

Y’all really hate women

 

[The Ruler 09]

Good album, 4 mics, some great and classic songs, take off some tracks and could maybe have been a classic.

 

[Zero]

When I read the names of the tracks

What's fukked up is that it could've worked if she was a more capable rapper. For at least half the album anyway.

You see the tracklist and you think, "OK, the woman named is going to be the overarching theme of the song, or maybe she's going to rap from that woman's point of view, or maybe even give a rundown of who that woman is," kind of like how Armand Hammer told the story of Willie Bosket without ever dropping his name:




But nah. You get the same old Rapsody contrived wordplay with too many references to count, a lot of times repeating themselves throughout the project (example: how many times is she gonna reference Set It Off on here? Cleo was a couple songs ago and she's still going).

But hey, I'm sure this'll be up for another well deserved Grammy nomination so what do I know?

 

[Zero]

Y’all really hate women

You nikkas really gotta grow the fukk up man. Criticizing a female related anything does not mean "yawl hate wimmin "

That line of thought is about as basic as Rapsody's songwriting capability.

 

[Artenche]

You nikkas really gotta grow the fukk up man. Criticizing a female related anything does not mean "yawl hate wimmin "

That line of thought is about as basic as Rapsody's songwriting capability.

I'm sure that the people who don't like her stuff have their reasons. But don't try to act like her being a woman in rap doesn't work against her. That's how y'all usually out yourselves, through denial.

There are dudes in the game far less talented that don't get the same criticisms because they dudes.

 

[radio rahiem]

She spitting, beats is good. But I just cannot get into her. She definitely has talent.

 

[Zero]

I'm sure that the people who don't like her stuff have their reasons. But don't try to act like her being a woman in rap doesn't work against her. That's how y'all usually out yourselves, through denial.

There are dudes in the game far less talented that don't get the same criticisms because they dudes.

Man if you don't get this "I wish I had ovaries" shyt the fukk outta here

I don't care what's in your pants or who you lay down with, if the shyt ain't up to par, I'm calling it as such.

 

[KneeGrow.]

Rap is a great rapper.

The content is important, necessary, carefully considered, appreciated.

The music itself seems flat. I hear this and I'm encouraged to reach back to NoName's album and the music is just more involved or invokes more feeling while delivering similar content and themes. To that point, Rap has to be careful to not fall into that Talib, Lupe other "conscious" rapper trap of "hey, what I'm talking about matters. So like it ". It can get heavy handed at times, to me anyway, and I like shyt like that often times. But the album is conceptual in that way so it's fine.

This has some repeatable spots though. I'll give more chances for sure cause she's a good enough rapper to warrant it.

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

From fav song from her
If you didnt like this tape check this fiya out