Rest In Peace Juice WRLD </3

Not before because I never heard of them but I am doing it right now and it is pretty funny. You should try it.

It's been 1 year since his passing. Good lord where does time go

rip juice wrld 

may he rap and smoke blunts in peace

I just googled who he was (never felt this old b4) and I'm speechless that the song Lucid Dreams was streamed a billion times on Spotify. Seriously? I just tried All Girls Are the Same and that shit's even worse! Lol that's crazy! Man Gen Z is impressive except for their music taste. Really seems like anyone with a music program and some connections or luck could be a star. What is even the standard for those songs being "good?" My goodness. Terrible but RIP Mr. WRLD. 

Have you watched his Westwood freestyles?

Very good freestyles, but he's more of a hit maker versus everything else. Sort of like pop stars. Even that, he didn't have connections like that.  Plus AGATS is a very old song he mixxed, and it usually triggers the females, well, because of the title

Also he talks about a lot of serious topics. To people with actual drug issues and such, he can be a guide to tell them to stop doing drugs (especially on LND).

At least you're respectful and make more valid points. RM sorta said fuck this guy he's shit and toxic. 

The freestyles are really good! I just listened to those and then went back to All Girls Are the Same which is horrible. I can't believe that's the same guy. It's weird that when he's rapping off the cuff it sounds like he has talent, but the slow songs just sound sooo overproduced and like anyone off the street could make the same song. The only thing I didn't like is that in the second video, you could clearly see him reading words off the screen which is totally fine but I have a pet peeve of people calling those "freestyles." It's not a freestyle if it's written down, but you could definitely see he's more clever with word play and rhythm in the links you sent. I'll have to look up the lyrics one day.  Too bad he didn't have the opportunity to grow as an artist :( 

Yea that’s how it usually is. I’m not a fan of song where they make him sound like he’s singing from heaven at all, but there’s a couple of good songs

And yea I noticed the same thing, but also I was listening to Eminem talk about Juice and he said that rappers sometimes use stuff they know they’ve said before if they remember it. In 2019, DaBaby XXL freestyle, he took 1/3 of it from a song he was writing. So it isn’t uncommon. Even so, the fact it went an hour long with good bars is impressive. Another rapper tried the long freestyle for 40min and literally said “I have a motherfucking boner. Im a motherfucking boner.”

But you’re definitely right, he had a lot of room to grow. I think there’s other songs he has with good wordplay and such, but I value an emotional impact on the song. If someone is stuttering words but has good bars versus someone with average bars but has great energy, tbh I’d listen to the one with more energy. But it could be a style difference

+ 1

Yeah I like energy too. Usually there is some combination of lyricism, rhythm, flow and beat that makes hip hop good. It's one of the reasons I still consider Biggie to be my favorite rapper despite him not being  the most talented. I like his voice and vibe. It's chill and swaggy. He's not the best lyricist but he's so 90s Brooklyn which is very nostalgic for me. I think J. Cole is probably one of the best rappers ever so I'm not one of those "new music is shit" type people. Do you listen mostly to rap?

Rap is maybe like 60-70% of what I listen too but I also love Rock, Hard Rock, Pop Rock, J-Rock etc.

Yea, a lot of my favorite rappers that fit your style are Denzel Curry, K.A.A.N, Kendrick, and even Meghan the Stallion. I'm someone who listens to music objectively, so I am always open to listening to tunes that are ear pleasing. I think another reason I enjoy that "autotuned" stuff is beat production. At someone who mixxes and produces when I can, when I hear a good beat mixxed with a clean sound from the rapper, I'm intrigued. I think that's one of the reasons I like Juice. His voice isn't overwhelming, but a bit more calm, very different from his protege, The Kid Laroi, who uses his ranging and distinct voice to put raw emotion into a song. That's why I dislike a lot of popular rappers who a lot of people like such as Playboi Carti and Lil Yachty who mumble and stutter put behind a great beat.

So with my mix and style and love of rock, maybe that's why I value emotion as well? idk

wtf why is it in bold

Amazing rap artist R.I.P

Lucid dreams has 6 platinum awards, 630 million YouTube views and one and a half billion streams on Spotify

And?

Gucci Gang has 1 billion view on youtube, 576 million streams on spotify, and millions of streams on soundcloud.

Just because multiple people listen to it, does not mean its good.

There's a clear difference between the two. Gucci Gang has over a million dislikes and is also a meme. There's a difference between a meme song and a good song. Take blinding lights as an example. It's a good song and isn't memed on. 

Hating on popular things isn't a personality

I will rap battle anyone who agrees to imitate Juice World in the battle.