you're not a good rapper if you don't use melody

[The Ruler 09]

Not every rapper needs to have a melody to be a good rapper. That's erroneous - some people prefer a melodic tone and that's cool. Everyone has their favorites. But it's better to use your strengths, and if melody ain't one of them, you're only shooting yourself in the foot.

Exactly, there's some rappers that try do that style and it's extremely wack. Won't mention names here lol. But you have to be a natural artist and not conform to the trends.

Guru was an exceptional artist and 1 of the greatest of all time, cause he wasn't crooning doesn't change that, Jadakiss is dope too.

The whole point is for everyone to have different styles, some will be more straight up rhyming and some will be more melodically focussed.

Bizzy Bone uses a lot of melody and he's dope. Someone like Rakim less so but still is 1 of the greatest ever, and some have a mix.

My current GOAT is Pac and he used melody, 'Faaaame' but he was rhyming raw too. There isn't 1 way to do things, the requisite should be that it's dope and that's all, how an artist gets there is optional...

 

[The Ruler 09]

Most rappers use some elements of melody anyway even if it isn't singing.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Youre a shytty poster if youre deep in the red


#factsonly

 

[ThisWorldAintRight]

rapping in one dimension (rhythm, only forward and backwards) we off that

no-melody-having rappers be the ones with the same ass flows too Jadakiss, Guru and shyt, 1 flow in 2 decades sit your ass down
i'll be generous and say naS has two flows, one by himself and one by Jay Electronica



if your flow don't go up and down (melody)

Future's melodies suck tho.

 

[CrimsonTider]

I agree that melodies mean a lot nowadays. But WTF is the obsession with Future. The nikka has nothing but melodies. nikka is literally horrible lyrically.

Wtf is so hard about having melodies and still prioritizing your lyrics. These new garbage ass rappers act like it's not possible.

Banks and 50 been doing it for years, Drake is great at it, Scarface used it, Jay used it, Camron, Fabolous at times, ect.

nikkas ain't gotta be completely trash to pull off melodies bruh smh.




^this shyt is just better than the way Future does his shyt . If you disagree then I just see you as a dikkrider

 

[DetroitEWarren]

bytch nikka pull up.

 

[Foxmulder]

Who let this pedophile out. What's funny this fakkit stans Vado. What melodies does that nikka have?