She does have potential, but it seems people on this site are over hyping her. She hasn't deliver anything besides 212 that would garner a second glance from me. Her average lyrics and attention seeking antics don't help either. My question for you is why do you think she's receiving so much hype when she hasn't really given us a reason to expect much.
Her music is good The song you posted, Aquababe, is better than 212 in my opinion. She works with forward thinking producers who have mixed Seapunk, House, and many other electronic genres with Hip-Hop and her flow and wordplay are good.
I think people just wanted to bandwagon her cause she wasn't Nicki, and since Iggy wasn't really taking off, they hopped on the Azealia train. Her music is pretty good (Jumanji being one of my favorite tracks from her) but ATRL makes her out to be some god of rap/dance music. I mean, there was a thread a few months back asking if 212 was the best rap song of all time. But the hype around her here and the Internet overall has died down considerably which I'm happy about.
She's interesting enough to grab people's attention. Plus, people are looking for a rival for Nicki since Nicki is the only female rapper to have success in recent years.
Because she is obnoxious and vulgar and those type of traits are entertaining to the youth
212 is garbage. When I first saw the video, I thought it was like an SNL spoof or something.
Okay, I'm not much of a fan of the bitch's music either, but to say her lyrics are "sub-par"...
Her bars are ****ing insane.
sub par wasn't a good choice of words. I changed it to average. she has better lyrics than a lot of ropers out today, but they aren't anything special or innovative... in fact she pretty much says the same thing in every song. (weave, vagina, n word, b word, new york) so why the hype? like she isn't Mis Hill or anything. she just sounds like any grimy underground rapper thrown over a house beat IMO.
sub par wasn't a good choice of words. I changed it to average. she has better lyrics than a lot of ropers out today, but they aren't anything special or innovative... in fact she pretty much says the same thing in every song. (weave, vagina, n word, b word, new york) so why the hype? like she isn't Mis Hill or anything. she just sounds like any grimy underground rapper thrown over a house beat IMO.
Basically.
You also have to think about those who are saying she's "great," "innovative," "different," etc.
She appeals to those who like flashy, flamboyant artists, and she raps over dance beats.
Notice how here, she doesn't get as much love.
The audience doesn't think anything she's doing is "great," "innovative," or "different".
The booing came because of the gay cowboy, but that's hardly what I'm talking about. The crowd wasn't into the performance or music at all. They were basically dead. You hear a few cheers and noise here and there, but it's basically "WTF is this?" or silence. And actually, the fact that she brought out a gay cowboy proves my point about her being too flamboyant and flashy for that crowd. The hipsters and pop fans have no issues with that.