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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Let me discusss......

I prefer rappers that do not double or triple track their vocals. If they do that (and a LOT of them do) that means that their MC skillz are fucking FAKE and they cannot spit their shit properly, thereby needing the multiple overdubs because their skillz are lacking. Future never double tracks his vocals (neither do Rae Sremm, Young Thug, or Rich Homie Quan all of whom I love)

I prefer rappers that rap the entire song through, no breaks, no sing-song bullshit, no melodic interludes dragging the song down. I have been listening to Future's ouvre and in almost every single song he releases under his own name, he raps the entire song, no dead air, no waste. It reminds me of Morrissey who rarely left a musical bit without some sort of vocalizing on it, which is awesome.

I LOVE music about drugs and degeneracy and drugs. I LOVE IT. I especially love cleverness and drugs, of which Future is loaded with. He raps about what I love to hear about. DRUGS, deranged mind-states, overwhelming near-OD's, pushing the mind to the limits of intoxication, then pulling your ass up to spit rhymes that make the rest of the field look like weak hobbled soft-asses.

I have yet to hear any track that Future is a guest on where Future's bit is not the best fucking thing on the track. He brings it like Bruce Springsteen.

Future can go from sick evil sounding shit like Wicked or Low Life (both of which have the most sac-rattling bass blasts as I drive in my car with that shit cranked up) to the most beautiful and pensive drug dream tracks like Percocet & Stripper Joint, or Perky's Calling, or Xanny Family, tracks which sound best at 3 AM when you have been hitting the dabs and the world is quiet.

Fuck Up Some Commas was the first track I heard and saw on Street Flava TV show here in Htown that made me go, "Fuck, I need to go to Louder's Hip Hop Cafe" and ask them fools what this TRAP shit is because Future's got me interested." I thank him for getting me into this insanity.

Visually, Future was the first of the hotlanta guys to care about his appearance in a cohesive styled way, so when you see him anywhere you know it is Future. Y Thug took this and ran with it.

I love that motherfucker. and yes, I think he is a hip hop genius.

You and I have very different tastes in hip-hop.

Future does all kinds of sing-song shit though. None of his rapping is straigh rapping. None of it. I don't HATE the guy, but ... small doses for sure. Very small.

I like music that explores multiple sounds and ideas and musical archetypes at the same time. It's why I was drawn to Trube and Wu-Tang Clan before I let myself anywhere near the rest of the '90s rap flock. Both acts, but specifically Trube, used hip-hop, used "rapping" and production as an instrument, and blended the vocal and production elements in with other sources (Lou Reed samples, jazz, Kung Fu, etc.) to make really varied sonic landscapes where it is as more than just "bars."

I hate it when someone posts a video of a rapper with a bunch of fire emojis and exclamation points and it turns out to just be a dude rapping really fast over a redundant, boring, utilitarian beat. Fuck that shit. That's Eminem shit. "Rapping" doesn't impress me unless it's done in the context of a cohesive musical vision. So, Kendrick drops bars after bars, but his canvas is VAST, and it never just sounds like fucking words.

So that's why Kanye's my good standard. He can and has done so much with rap despite his limited vocal ability that he basically can't even be considered a rapper. He's a musical auteur.

Future is a mumble-rapper who makes he occasional banger. But that's not enough for me. It's not impressive. It doesn't hit me where I live. Doesn't make me think... about anything other than how much more interesting other rappers' music is.

I'm glad you found shit you like though. I feel like I have been a big part of this café since the beginning, and I cheered for Future when Honest came out (so you're welcome), but he hasn't released anything at or near that level since then.

Also, I'm obligated to take the puss out of you because you jump at any opportunity to make fun of Kanye, and his hair and his wife. Well, his music makes Future's look like tater tots. That's right... tater tots. His music makes Future's music look like something that isn't even music! Makes it look like the shit your high school cafeteria tries to convince you is food.