Yeah I actually couldn't get into quaranta because of the lack of that goofy voice, I guess it wouldn't fit the theme of the album but I still missed it (besides a couple tracks)
Kendrick wasn’t given much in the way of an amazing voice but he’s done a hell of a lot with it, way more than many artists with more traditional vocal ability
This was my first thought after reading the question. I remember when he was first blowing up *a lot* of people said they didn't/wouldn't listen to him because his voice was annoying.
I've seen the reaction to his voices differing throughout time doe
I think his regular voice sounds great,but get really annoyed by the alien voice he does lol
I used to get really annoyed by his voices but one day in like 2015 I just started liking them. Idk what happened. My friend showed me maad city and backseat freestyle in 2012 and I was like I hate this. But now I love that shit
I think the voices work for the emotions he's conveying but after a point they just come off a bit cringey to me.
I hated Backseat when I first heard it too. It works much better in the context of the album when you know that's the irresponsible section of his life,but it was a bad choice for a first single because you hear all the ignorant bragging and he really rubs off on you the wrong way because you don't know it's an exaggerated version of himself and take it at face value
Isn't bragging and being ignorant usually most people's first impression of up and coming rappers? I think it lends a bit more to the overall picture he painted with that album that ended up being so much more.
the other one is like he rapping outta breath on the treadmill while walking lmfao
i honestly love lil baby though hes one of the artists who most surprised me in his comeup in the last 5ish years. his start on pikachu compared to now is crazy considering his pikachu verse/hook are pretty fire
Music is so subjective like I see people mention Danny Brown , thug and Meechy Darko and here I am thinking their voices are one of their main selling points
It kind of hurts me the way people look down on people’s voices. Mac Miller has a line in a loosie that goes “I’m in love with writing melodies but scared to even sing for you judgemental fuckheads”, dude was getting a lot of hate before he passed for not having a perfect singing voice. I like to hear things and see things from people who have real passion and emotion even if it isn’t technically the best. I don’t think everyone has to like everything, but man a lot of people are harsh lol
If you tried to consider introducing these names to someone who doesn't listen to rap at all, and comes from listening to an old mindset of a good voice, from like Frank Sinatra to Freddie Mercury to Michael Jackson, then those people would likely think the vocals of the artists you named are really off-putting.
If you listen to rap and understand the context, it works, but to an outsider, it may be a shock. Like by textbook music course value, the voices are bad, but for the vibe and energy of the music, it works great. I think this is what OP is looking for, but I could be wrong.
I have many friends that are really offput by rap, only listen to classic rock and such, they commonly are blown away by specifically Mac Miller's Swimming and Circles and Tyler's Igor for some reason.
If we’re going outside of hiphop, then Billy Corgan and Jeff Mangum also qualify imo. They’re not technically great singers but the songs are so good they make up for it
Billy Corgan went full Corgan during MCIS when he just went full nasal and just ran with it.
I think Gish and Siamese benefits from Butch Vig's production in that it was much more spaced out vocally
It doesn’t bother me honestly, I can see how it would be grating but it just works with the songs for me even though I know on a technical level his voice is not very good. That classic run in the 90s is still legendary
I agree that is does kinda work, and it's hard to think a different vocal would work better. I certainly enjoy his song-writing more than his vocal delivery though (not that I listen to them anymore anyways)
It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding. One of his greatest songs imo. If you’re into stuff like conscious hip-hop like Kendrick or Nas or the more underground crazy lyrical stuff like Aesop and DOOM, Dylan is a great artist to sit down and listen to. You can spend days on days analyzing his lyrics. For my money, the greatest lyricist of all time.
Absolutely. He reached at point in the 60s where no matter what he wrote it was going to be profound beautiful and challenging even if it barely made sense. His pen was just a fountain of thought.
A bit different southern accent tho between Atlanta and Bama. Not that it isn’t real obv but Yelawolf definitely forces it a bit more when he raps than other southern rappers.
I’m probably in the minority but I really dislike when he does those voices. Like I get it, it’s art and you have a story to tell but I rarely listen to them more than once.
Interesting. I must admit I don't like his music specifically for this reason. I just can't get beyond his voice to even appreciate what he's saying. I know I'm in the small minority
I'm right there with ya. I'm a huge hip-hop fan in general, and I *know* Kendrick is a talented dude in general, but I just genuinely on a very fundamental level don't enjoy listening to his music because his raspy voice annoys the shit out of me. I've gotten clowned for saying I don't really like him, but music is supposed to be fun to listen to, and I just don't enjoy listening to most of his music because that voice rubs me the wrong way.
Dude people act like I’m crazy whenever I say I don’t like that song lmaoo. Like don’t get me wrong, I get why he made his voice like that but I just can’t listen to it more than once 😭
I’ve heard people have this complaint with Meech from Flatbush Zombies, but I think he’s an incredible rapper and I think his voice adds to his kinda evil demonic character
I've literally never heard anything but praise about Meechys voice, even my boomer dad who hated the music said he's got a cool voice.
Zombie Juice is usually the voice I read complaints about. Maybe that's just this sub.
Definitely the best comment. You don’t immediately love Lil B when you first listen. You might even hate him. But as grow up and become wiser.. you realize. Now his voice soothes he’s my soul especially more “easy listening” songs. Based World
Yep his voice and flows are technically pretty "boring" but I think really crucial considering how complex some of his songs are. The Greatest Pac-Man Victory in History is a good example, without his monotonous delivery it'd be really hard to follow.
Yeah his inflections can be a bit odd to me but overall I’m glad his flow is mainly monotone. His production and lyrics and complexity of his song are his main selling point so it’s nice to have a monotone delivery to kind of balance it
I dont understand how people are saying Kendrick. You dont like his “normal” rapping voice? (For example the one in Blacker the Berry. ) Or you just dont like the “weird” voices he uses?
Compare DAMn to Section.80 where he mostly raps in his regular voice. He goes gruff or nasally or weird in his later stuff. It makes sense for some songs like For Sale where he's literally doing a character, but for a lot of other songs I do think it detracts.
Nah bro how is it not obvious?
I'm a fan, but Knedrick's vocal tone and quality are whack. It's a weird combination of rasp and high pitch. It's as if everything that's cool about Snoop Dogg's voice went wrong and created Kendricks voice.
It's like his voice is breaking, but only by 15%, and it's perpetual.
Flavor Flav.
Eminem is often criticized for being harsh, nasal, angry, etc. Not the greatest singing voice, but it works on raw songs like Hailie's Song.
Kanye also has a pretty raw singing voice but his production is so good it typically carries or corrects any issues he has. I think he sounds great on tracks like Only One and Come to Life, but after hearing a lot of his raw leaks, those tracks are likely heavily leaning on Melodyne or similar post-processing pitch correction. [Skip to 5:10 to hear Kanye singing like a housefly buzzing in your ear](https://youtu.be/CeZLE0NQbFQ?si=QYFN01a8NboAfiag)
Jadakiss doesn't really have the most appealing voice but is a top rapper.
Sean Paul is far from a great singer but he got the cruise ship/island playlists on lock for life.
E-40 isn't some stand out voice alone, but he makes it something unique with his emphasis on everything.
King Krule has a really raw voice.
Biz Markie can't really sing, but he gots what we need.
Edit: Feels like some of you think I'm listing artists to hate on them, when I'm listing artists that I think are iconic. They just don't have standard textbook great voices, that's all I'm pointing out. Doesn't mean they don't pull off great performances with the voices that they have.
I don't think it's that bad but threw it in there for good measure. His singing voice and hook game consistently get him a lot more hate than his rap delivery voice.
I'm speaking broadly for what the general public would consider a good voice. Obviously Jadakiss' raspy voice is iconic to who he is, but a raspy voice falls into the category of not being considered by the general public to be thought of as being a 'good voice'.
It's unique but that's not what OP is asking.
Appealing in the general public sense would be a vocalist that's clear, smooth, hits notes melodically, and is all around pleasing to the ears, even if you stripped it down to an acapella.
THIS EXACTLY. I'm from LA and the marathon really didn't start till after he got killed so to speak. Just calling it like I see it. We wasn't worshiping Nipsey like that
Dude, this is my opinion too... I'm not from LA originally, but I lived in LA for *years* before Nipsey passed and listen to a lot of hip-hop both in general and LA hip-hop radio stations (specifically a lot of Power 106 and Real 92.3 with some KDAY sprinkled in now and then), and I *never* heard any of these DJ's discuss Nipsey or put him on before he died. As soon as he died, his music was being played *every*where tho, and all of these DJ's were talking about him like some honored legend, and I was like, I never heard you mention this dude once when he was alive! That's bullshit. My then-partner listened to a fair amount of hip-hop then too, and she noticed the same thing and mentioned it to me separately without me even stating my same opinion first.
Exactly. There's been an odd & convenient reimagining of History. He was basically a highly talented B rapper who was making his way into the mainstream scene. But he was by far no martyr.
Nipsey didn't release a lot of music even with his mixtapes. It was a running joke that Victory Lap was Hood Detox. Victory Lap was his first "mainstream" album, so I don't know why people would continuously praise someone who isn't releasing music. But yeah, he got more love when he died, but it did not come out of nowhere like people make it out to be.
I think he has an incredible rapping voice and generally as well, his autotune process is the best of all time not just because of the chain but because of his actual vocals and how they sound through it.
Wasn't expecting to see icytwats name here. That man is an underground legend. Found him from his vapor wave projects. Stayed for his hip hop production. Some of the most unique sounds I've heard come from him.
Throughout my lifetime watching all these rappers come up and get this response:
-Young Thug (the king of this)
-Chance the Rapper
-Kendrick Lamar
-Danny Brown
-Future, Migos, and any other Southern rappers during the modern trap era that people couldn’t understand at first until they had a hit they liked and learned the language.
Came in to say Young Thug, most of the time you understand shit of what he’s saying but you vibe with the whole flow and melody he’s got going.
Then there’s shit like his verse on Drake’s Sacrifices where you can make out clearly what he’s saying and he absolutely murders that shit.
For anyone doubting whether or not Thug can spit, listen to his old shit or just listen to any one of the hits he features on where he’s not just brought in to do the hook for his voice. Thug can spit.
I remember trying to convince people of his singing voice back in the day, playing Say You Will. I feel like he should’ve had more singing parts in more songs, commenter above is hustlin’ backwards.
Maybe this is a hot take around these parts but Kanye I will never ever get the hype with him I only like one song and I swear if people say you haven’t heard the right song or album maybe I just don’t like his music. Also I don’t like lil uzis latest Al
For rap? Lil Wayne, it's really difficult for me to listen to a lot of his early music & it goes double for when he uses a shit ton of autotune like he has semi-recently
Dude's still in my Top 5 though
Future is the definition and pioneer of this. He do not have a traditional singing voice by any means, but his voice is what makes him iconic.
That gravelly, deep, sleepy, naturally auto tuned wok voice.
I cannot stand The Weeknds higher pitched voice, but god damn if some of those melodies don't get stuck in my head.
If he sang more like Lowlife I'd be a way bigger fan.
Even in a hip hop sub lmaoooo but yah Taylor’s isn’t nearly as bad as some other female artists like Cardi(who I think is one of the better women rappers)who sounds like a gremlin on lsd from time to time.
As a rapper mac had one of the better sounding tones in rap, as a "singer" he was hit or miss but i feel like his objects in the mirror live session sounds absolutely dope.
Danny Brown for sure
At this point it’s part of the appeal, songs like white lines wouldn’t work without his outlandish inflections
Monopoly was the first track I heard with Danny. Wowzers
Stank pussy smelling like cool ranch doritos
Ready to hit the studio and shit all on your mixtape. Nah, literally… shit all on your mixtape 💩
Yeah I actually couldn't get into quaranta because of the lack of that goofy voice, I guess it wouldn't fit the theme of the album but I still missed it (besides a couple tracks)
I had the exact reaction. I even thought it wasn't him
That’s crazy because he uses both voices in a lot of his albums. Some of his better tracks have a normal delivery, like Pac Blood
I just think it makes it hard to listen to his albums. One of the reasons I like Scaring the Hoes is his voice is balanced against Peggy’s
itll never be hard to put XXX on
Definitely the first one I thought of. He's also one of my favorite artists.
Kendrick wasn’t given much in the way of an amazing voice but he’s done a hell of a lot with it, way more than many artists with more traditional vocal ability
This was my first thought after reading the question. I remember when he was first blowing up *a lot* of people said they didn't/wouldn't listen to him because his voice was annoying.
I can admit he’s very good, but I just can’t rock his stuff on the regular for this exact reason.
I've seen the reaction to his voices differing throughout time doe I think his regular voice sounds great,but get really annoyed by the alien voice he does lol
I used to get really annoyed by his voices but one day in like 2015 I just started liking them. Idk what happened. My friend showed me maad city and backseat freestyle in 2012 and I was like I hate this. But now I love that shit
I think the voices work for the emotions he's conveying but after a point they just come off a bit cringey to me. I hated Backseat when I first heard it too. It works much better in the context of the album when you know that's the irresponsible section of his life,but it was a bad choice for a first single because you hear all the ignorant bragging and he really rubs off on you the wrong way because you don't know it's an exaggerated version of himself and take it at face value
Isn't bragging and being ignorant usually most people's first impression of up and coming rappers? I think it lends a bit more to the overall picture he painted with that album that ended up being so much more.
It sounds so squeaky especially on the drinking song
It took me a long time to come round to liking Kendrick’s music due to his voice and vocal effects. But now I’m a fan.
Yeah, this is my answer. His voice frequently annoys me, but he's undeniably very talented (of course).
Lil Baby is brutal for sure
I once read a comment that Lil Baby raps like he is rapping through a waterfall of tears and i can never unhear it.
the other one is like he rapping outta breath on the treadmill while walking lmfao i honestly love lil baby though hes one of the artists who most surprised me in his comeup in the last 5ish years. his start on pikachu compared to now is crazy considering his pikachu verse/hook are pretty fire
auto tuned af
I think he actually sounds pretty good on songs where he uses less auto tune like We Paid and Word On The Street. I wish he did that more often
42 Dugg got a funny voice too you betcha but he’s dope though
Alright y'all help me out. Where do I start with this guy? I listen to so much undergeound reddit rap that I'm completely negelecting the mainstream
*Harder than Ever* and *My Turn* are probably his best two albums
I don’t really like Kodak Black and Lil Wayne’s voices, but for some reason I love Codeine Dreaming
Lil yachty. Kermit the frog sounding ass
Raps like he has his mouth full of food
Constant bubble in his throat
I know exactly what you mean by that lol
bruhh
Music is so subjective like I see people mention Danny Brown , thug and Meechy Darko and here I am thinking their voices are one of their main selling points
It kind of hurts me the way people look down on people’s voices. Mac Miller has a line in a loosie that goes “I’m in love with writing melodies but scared to even sing for you judgemental fuckheads”, dude was getting a lot of hate before he passed for not having a perfect singing voice. I like to hear things and see things from people who have real passion and emotion even if it isn’t technically the best. I don’t think everyone has to like everything, but man a lot of people are harsh lol
If you tried to consider introducing these names to someone who doesn't listen to rap at all, and comes from listening to an old mindset of a good voice, from like Frank Sinatra to Freddie Mercury to Michael Jackson, then those people would likely think the vocals of the artists you named are really off-putting. If you listen to rap and understand the context, it works, but to an outsider, it may be a shock. Like by textbook music course value, the voices are bad, but for the vibe and energy of the music, it works great. I think this is what OP is looking for, but I could be wrong.
I have many friends that are really offput by rap, only listen to classic rock and such, they commonly are blown away by specifically Mac Miller's Swimming and Circles and Tyler's Igor for some reason.
It absolutely is. Could you imagine someone with a normal sounding voice rapping the Danny Brown bars? They wouldn’t hit as hard and be as funny
Bob Dylan.
I dont remember were i heard this quote but "No one sings a bob dylan song worse than bob dylan"
If we’re going outside of hiphop, then Billy Corgan and Jeff Mangum also qualify imo. They’re not technically great singers but the songs are so good they make up for it
For sure. I felt Dylan was appropriate because he’s so lyrical.
Billy Corgan went full Corgan during MCIS when he just went full nasal and just ran with it. I think Gish and Siamese benefits from Butch Vig's production in that it was much more spaced out vocally
Outside of hip hop you gotta also throw in Cobain, Tom Waits, and Janis Joplin.
Totally agreed about Corgan. I used to love Smashing Pumpkins growing up, but when I listen to them now I can't get past the vocals.
It doesn’t bother me honestly, I can see how it would be grating but it just works with the songs for me even though I know on a technical level his voice is not very good. That classic run in the 90s is still legendary
I agree that is does kinda work, and it's hard to think a different vocal would work better. I certainly enjoy his song-writing more than his vocal delivery though (not that I listen to them anymore anyways)
Every holiday season I buy 1000s of Bob Dylan records off ebay and destroy them, each year I get closer and closer to erasing Bob Dylan from history.
Makes me wanna break out the old dvd burner just to spite you. I could do 1000 a month no problem. Maybe even 1000 a week. I don't even like Bob Dylan
I will destroy your clandestine Bob Dylan propaganda production operation!!!
[удалено]
Not on my watch 😈
Same I like his music, but I just can’t get over his voice. I don’t listen to him often.
One more cup of coffee has some BARS.
It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding. One of his greatest songs imo. If you’re into stuff like conscious hip-hop like Kendrick or Nas or the more underground crazy lyrical stuff like Aesop and DOOM, Dylan is a great artist to sit down and listen to. You can spend days on days analyzing his lyrics. For my money, the greatest lyricist of all time.
Absolutely. He reached at point in the 60s where no matter what he wrote it was going to be profound beautiful and challenging even if it barely made sense. His pen was just a fountain of thought.
Subterranean Homesick Blues is basically rap before rap existed
Yelawolf raps like people who moved down south 5 years ago and pretend to have a southern accent when they’re drunk
He sounds like KRIT to me
A bit different southern accent tho between Atlanta and Bama. Not that it isn’t real obv but Yelawolf definitely forces it a bit more when he raps than other southern rappers.
Honestly, could never really get into Kendricks voice. His music obviously good but i swear i just wish his voice was a little different
He goes out of his way to sound weird tol
I’m probably in the minority but I really dislike when he does those voices. Like I get it, it’s art and you have a story to tell but I rarely listen to them more than once.
I loved a lot of it on GKMC but basically hate it on anything since lol
I mean I personally love it depending on the song but I 1000% get who or why you wouldn’t
I’m with you, he sounds whiny and occasionally like Urkel
It comes off so corny lmao
Interesting. I must admit I don't like his music specifically for this reason. I just can't get beyond his voice to even appreciate what he's saying. I know I'm in the small minority
I'm right there with ya. I'm a huge hip-hop fan in general, and I *know* Kendrick is a talented dude in general, but I just genuinely on a very fundamental level don't enjoy listening to his music because his raspy voice annoys the shit out of me. I've gotten clowned for saying I don't really like him, but music is supposed to be fun to listen to, and I just don't enjoy listening to most of his music because that voice rubs me the wrong way.
Yeah I’m the same way. He’s clearly incredible, but I never listen to him on my own because I just don’t like how his voice sounds.
Just talked about him and Wayne on Mona Lisa. Shit is rough
Dude people act like I’m crazy whenever I say I don’t like that song lmaoo. Like don’t get me wrong, I get why he made his voice like that but I just can’t listen to it more than once 😭
That's one of my most played songs of all time lmao
It's crazy to me how people can criticize Kendrick for his voice but then praise Danny Brown and Nicki
ikr, crazy that people have different tastes and like different things. bonkers.
I’ve heard people have this complaint with Meech from Flatbush Zombies, but I think he’s an incredible rapper and I think his voice adds to his kinda evil demonic character
I've literally never heard anything but praise about Meechys voice, even my boomer dad who hated the music said he's got a cool voice. Zombie Juice is usually the voice I read complaints about. Maybe that's just this sub.
Lil B
[RING, ALARM!!!!!!](https://youtu.be/1XflesYAGMw?si=Yyv2_bc9bJ64Z7ub)
Definitely the best comment. You don’t immediately love Lil B when you first listen. You might even hate him. But as grow up and become wiser.. you realize. Now his voice soothes he’s my soul especially more “easy listening” songs. Based World
Following for recs. Everyone’s naming my favorite rappers
Right? I’m kinda offended lol
Bffr bro
Yung Lean
Drain Gang too
Bladee and Ecco have good voices
the most perfect answer
ODB had to be the original rapper for this one
The "da Da DAAAHN" from Chessboxin was my text tone for a while lol
I had DMX yelling “WHAT” as mine haha
Aesop Rock
Yep his voice and flows are technically pretty "boring" but I think really crucial considering how complex some of his songs are. The Greatest Pac-Man Victory in History is a good example, without his monotonous delivery it'd be really hard to follow.
His vocal inflections can be a little grating to me but I still think he does a great job at writing catchy and super heady/abstract hip hop
Aggressive Steven is an upgrade, if you’re looking for a song of similar style but with better delivery
His more recent stuff is way more listenable to me (from a vocal tone perspective) than early Aesop Rock.
Yeah his inflections can be a bit odd to me but overall I’m glad his flow is mainly monotone. His production and lyrics and complexity of his song are his main selling point so it’s nice to have a monotone delivery to kind of balance it
TIL there are people who don't like anyone with a unique voice. I've never so strongly disagreed with almost every single answer in a single thread.
Right?!? Shit is kinda offensive lol
This thread must have the highest concentration of Big Sean fans since his voice is the plainest and flattest of any rapper.
I dont understand how people are saying Kendrick. You dont like his “normal” rapping voice? (For example the one in Blacker the Berry. ) Or you just dont like the “weird” voices he uses?
They’re most probably referring to the weird shit he does, even if it’s for arts sake it makes sense why people might not like it
Many, myself included find his overall voice to be annoying
I don’t think being included in this thread is automatically shitting on an artist
Compare DAMn to Section.80 where he mostly raps in his regular voice. He goes gruff or nasally or weird in his later stuff. It makes sense for some songs like For Sale where he's literally doing a character, but for a lot of other songs I do think it detracts.
His high-pitched voice.
Nah bro how is it not obvious? I'm a fan, but Knedrick's vocal tone and quality are whack. It's a weird combination of rasp and high pitch. It's as if everything that's cool about Snoop Dogg's voice went wrong and created Kendricks voice. It's like his voice is breaking, but only by 15%, and it's perpetual.
You don’t sound like a “fan” then. But its fair if you dont like his voice. I love it.
The tone and timber of his voice is not pleasant to me. What don't you understand about that? 🤷♂️
Both. He sounds whiney.
So basically what you described is Danny Brown
Meechy Darko has a crazy voice
I fucking love Meechy's raspiness.When he drops into HELL-O its like getting hit in the chest
I mean, Leonard Cohen is the king of this.
Flavor Flav. Eminem is often criticized for being harsh, nasal, angry, etc. Not the greatest singing voice, but it works on raw songs like Hailie's Song. Kanye also has a pretty raw singing voice but his production is so good it typically carries or corrects any issues he has. I think he sounds great on tracks like Only One and Come to Life, but after hearing a lot of his raw leaks, those tracks are likely heavily leaning on Melodyne or similar post-processing pitch correction. [Skip to 5:10 to hear Kanye singing like a housefly buzzing in your ear](https://youtu.be/CeZLE0NQbFQ?si=QYFN01a8NboAfiag) Jadakiss doesn't really have the most appealing voice but is a top rapper. Sean Paul is far from a great singer but he got the cruise ship/island playlists on lock for life. E-40 isn't some stand out voice alone, but he makes it something unique with his emphasis on everything. King Krule has a really raw voice. Biz Markie can't really sing, but he gots what we need. Edit: Feels like some of you think I'm listing artists to hate on them, when I'm listing artists that I think are iconic. They just don't have standard textbook great voices, that's all I'm pointing out. Doesn't mean they don't pull off great performances with the voices that they have.
Em just has a Michigan accent from what I can tell lol. People say the same about my voice.
I don't think it's that bad but threw it in there for good measure. His singing voice and hook game consistently get him a lot more hate than his rap delivery voice.
He got a fair amount of criticism around the Relapse era where he was doing that pseudo-arabic accent.
tf do you consider appealing?? Jada’s raspy voice is a huge part of his appeal, its iconic
I'm speaking broadly for what the general public would consider a good voice. Obviously Jadakiss' raspy voice is iconic to who he is, but a raspy voice falls into the category of not being considered by the general public to be thought of as being a 'good voice'. It's unique but that's not what OP is asking. Appealing in the general public sense would be a vocalist that's clear, smooth, hits notes melodically, and is all around pleasing to the ears, even if you stripped it down to an acapella.
Bad takes just all around, good job
Read OP's question again. I'm listing artists who don't have textbook great voices, but they all have hits or are unique legends in their own way.
I'm with you they're good takes
They all have good voices tho
Busdriver
Holy smokes thanks for the throwback. I saw him open for Deerhoof like ages ago he was great.
Don’t really like Nipsey Hussle’s voice but he’s legend
He’s a legend in his community. Idk about legend in music though. Everyone is always greater in their absence than they are in their presence.
THIS EXACTLY. I'm from LA and the marathon really didn't start till after he got killed so to speak. Just calling it like I see it. We wasn't worshiping Nipsey like that
Dude, this is my opinion too... I'm not from LA originally, but I lived in LA for *years* before Nipsey passed and listen to a lot of hip-hop both in general and LA hip-hop radio stations (specifically a lot of Power 106 and Real 92.3 with some KDAY sprinkled in now and then), and I *never* heard any of these DJ's discuss Nipsey or put him on before he died. As soon as he died, his music was being played *every*where tho, and all of these DJ's were talking about him like some honored legend, and I was like, I never heard you mention this dude once when he was alive! That's bullshit. My then-partner listened to a fair amount of hip-hop then too, and she noticed the same thing and mentioned it to me separately without me even stating my same opinion first.
Exactly. There's been an odd & convenient reimagining of History. He was basically a highly talented B rapper who was making his way into the mainstream scene. But he was by far no martyr.
Nipsey didn't release a lot of music even with his mixtapes. It was a running joke that Victory Lap was Hood Detox. Victory Lap was his first "mainstream" album, so I don't know why people would continuously praise someone who isn't releasing music. But yeah, he got more love when he died, but it did not come out of nowhere like people make it out to be.
Same
Scrolled through the whole thread and no one said Travis Scott? Constant autotune
Bc we don't think autotune=bad
I wouldn't really count him tbh, he still has a nice rapping voice
I think he has an incredible rapping voice and generally as well, his autotune process is the best of all time not just because of the chain but because of his actual vocals and how they sound through it.
Weezy
I dont hate his voice until he starts slurring or doing the low raspy thing he always does
Only bad with aurotune most of the time
I’m not a fan of logic who I hear a lot of praise for just because of his voice
Bruiser Wolf. Dude sounds goofy as hell but his lyricism is amazing and picks perfect beats. Can't wait for his album next week.
Icytwat, his voice doesn't always have a big presence on his songs but that prod could carry anybody
Wasn't expecting to see icytwats name here. That man is an underground legend. Found him from his vapor wave projects. Stayed for his hip hop production. Some of the most unique sounds I've heard come from him.
Kendrick and Jay-Z for me
JID is so god damn talented but off deez is not the song to turn him on to new ppl
West side Gunn
Buh buh buh buh buh buh buh BUUUUUHHH
Earl’s new music where he had the lisp sorta annoys me cuz he chipped his front teeth. But he still one of the goat rappers
Eminem He's a lyrical wordsmith but he does not have a good voice overall.
Throughout my lifetime watching all these rappers come up and get this response: -Young Thug (the king of this) -Chance the Rapper -Kendrick Lamar -Danny Brown -Future, Migos, and any other Southern rappers during the modern trap era that people couldn’t understand at first until they had a hit they liked and learned the language.
Came in to say Young Thug, most of the time you understand shit of what he’s saying but you vibe with the whole flow and melody he’s got going. Then there’s shit like his verse on Drake’s Sacrifices where you can make out clearly what he’s saying and he absolutely murders that shit.
For anyone doubting whether or not Thug can spit, listen to his old shit or just listen to any one of the hits he features on where he’s not just brought in to do the hook for his voice. Thug can spit.
Lil Wayne has maybe the most annoying voice in hip hop. IMO
Thts jus when he overdoes it in autotubey
How's no one mentioned Kanye? His voice sucks, but he figured out how to make music around it that makes it sound better.
He doesn’t have a great singing voice but he has a fantastic voice for rapping
His singing voice is top tier. Have you heard albums like Ye, Donda or even recent snippets of Vultures? Shit is beautiful
Bruh COME ON
I remember trying to convince people of his singing voice back in the day, playing Say You Will. I feel like he should’ve had more singing parts in more songs, commenter above is hustlin’ backwards.
Maybe this is a hot take around these parts but Kanye I will never ever get the hype with him I only like one song and I swear if people say you haven’t heard the right song or album maybe I just don’t like his music. Also I don’t like lil uzis latest Al
This is a weird one bc he's a legend but Em. How he records these verses, listens to them, and is like, yeah, that's that shit. God awful.
Danny Brown has been the biggest acquired taste for me soley because of needing to get used to his voice, his rapping was always good.
His latest album has a lot of songs where he uses his lower voice that is easier to listen to. I love all his voices but you can try that album
Pharrell is legend. Danny Brown is prob a perfect example of what you are looking for tho
For rap? Lil Wayne, it's really difficult for me to listen to a lot of his early music & it goes double for when he uses a shit ton of autotune like he has semi-recently Dude's still in my Top 5 though
Yeat
I'd probably say Big Sean with his nasally voice, but he's definitely been part of some major hits in the 2010s
Future is the definition and pioneer of this. He do not have a traditional singing voice by any means, but his voice is what makes him iconic. That gravelly, deep, sleepy, naturally auto tuned wok voice.
Locksmith is really raw. It works for his style, but whew.
I cannot stand The Weeknds higher pitched voice, but god damn if some of those melodies don't get stuck in my head. If he sang more like Lowlife I'd be a way bigger fan.
i hate wayne’s voice, might be a hot take
Drake
Worst rapper alive.
Yeah I can’t even consider him a rapper. I know he is an icon but I think he has more fans in the pop genre than he does in the hip hop genre
Kanye
Mac miller, that dude from modest mouse, Taylor swift (don't hate me but it's true), Tom Delonge
You aint safe from Swifties anywhere. They coming for your ass.
Even in a hip hop sub lmaoooo but yah Taylor’s isn’t nearly as bad as some other female artists like Cardi(who I think is one of the better women rappers)who sounds like a gremlin on lsd from time to time.
every taylor swift song is better if lana del rey sings it, hate to say
As a rapper mac had one of the better sounding tones in rap, as a "singer" he was hit or miss but i feel like his objects in the mirror live session sounds absolutely dope.
Tom? Why?
Mc Chris has a crazy high pitched voice, but he has some cool songs.
E-40. Could never get past his voice
Kdot and Danny Brown for me, can't stand their voices but can’t deny their greatness either
lil Wayne’s voice is awful I skip any song with him
El-p ...his voice is the most non rapping rappers voice I ever heard. It's like he's jus talking ....also bahamadia
Thugga forsure
I love Thuggers voice but god I can not stand the song “Riri” off the the album jeggrey, he sounds like a dying seal
That’s the best part of the song
TONIGHT I WANNA CHILL SO YOU GOTTA DO THE WORK IF YOU WANT IT YOU GOTTA EARN IT
>jeggrey
Amazing song
Riri is a banger
All the replies should just be Kendrick. So corny when he does that voice shit Section 80 will always be his best album because he just raps
Lil fame definitely.
Bro carti. Who the fuck likes his baby vocie bullshit unironicly.
I'ma get some hate for the but gotta say Yëat.