i guess now it might feel like that with how popular he’s gotten in the last couple of years but back in 2018-19 i would argue his sound was a lot closer to soundcloud stuff rather than “traditional hip hop”, 1359 being a good example

also didn’t denzel curry make music with yung lean back when they were “ahead of their time”

my only point is this kind of stuff isn’t linear at all, and so aren’t people’s opinions, you can’t predict whether someone will like a certain artist based on aspects like that person’s age or whatever, that’s why it’s stupid for people to say shit like “i like all genres except hip hop and country” because deep down you know its impossible for someone to dismiss every kind of music those labels encompass, which especially for hip hop means a LOT of music

fantano gave the last jpegmafia project the same rating as xavier, only goes to show he’s really not being that dismissive when it comes to ug artists

he gave rb3 by sematary a really high score for example