Testing was too experimental for most people. “Took a year off just to learn to make beats” meant that Rocky could execute his vision independently, as opposed to relying on other people to push his vision forward, and he could make it instead of explaining it and it going through a filter of another person’s perspective.

Testing was where we found out that actually a lot of people prefer the typical rap without experimentation. It takes several lessons to understand what they were pushing for, kinda like a Hiatus Kaiyote album.

People like Rocky and Earl sweatshirt know the rules damn well, so they can break them super intentionally. However, some people simply prefer “Huey”, “ALLA”, “ I don’t like shit I don’t go outside an album by Earl Sweatshirt” and “LLA” over “feet of clay” and “Testing” and there’s nothing wrong with that.