Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard had ostensibly garbled lyrics, but his spot as hip-hop’s drunk uncle shielded him from any harsh ridicule.
Jay Z’s initial high-speed rhyming style - adopted from his earliest mentor Jaz-O - made him not only hard to understand but was read for filth during an archival dig around Reasonable Doubt’s era (the album was released in 1996) and the years that followed. Fans have been flashing decoder rings over rappers’ lyrics for decades and vacillating in their preferences. “Personally ion like his type of music either,” Yachty later replied over Twitter, referring to Pete Rock as an “old head.”ġ1 Times New Rappers & Veteran MCs Butted Heads Over Hip-Hop in 2016Įven bigger than the cyclical back-and-forth in hip-hop, though, are acts now hailed as legends but were once shunned in their earlier days. Yachty’s charge was more about inability, not subject matter. In the summer, Rock also entangled himself in a short beef with Young Dolph over cocaine references in his music. Pete Rock came for Lil Yachty over Instagram in September, with jabs like Yachty “sucks mud on a rainy day” for not being able to freestyle and challenging his breed of rapping altogether. Not all of hip-hop’s vanguard welcomed the new regime with open arms. After much deliberation, the conclusion was drawn that they were rappers but no one knew what the hell they were saying despite it being perceived as a backhanded compliment. It’s cool for now it’s going to evolve.” He punctuated that sentiment by explaining that if they wanted longevity, they’d have to find another way to rhyme eventually.
“It ain’t no disrespect to the lil homies, they don’t want to rap. “We call it mumble rap,” Wiz explained of the newer generation’s lyrical style. The phrase du jour became “mumble rap,” first coined by Wiz Khalifa in June during an interview with Hot 97’s morning show Ebro in the Morning.
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