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Originally posted by Jameson Teqkilla
Her lyricism does make sense to me though. I was telling you to look at Rapgenius since you were personally having trouble understanding it. I don't have to look at Rapgenius to understand that "Icy with that 'cycle" means she's looking flossy and glistening with a motorcycle, or that "I be freaky halo get that heaven head now bless this" means she's a freaky angel who gets great head.
Kanye and Angel are storytellers. Azealia is a bragger and likes to play with words, which is a very NYC way of approaching rap. You're continuing to push the idea that all rappers should have the same style. Azealia is unique, that's the point. Your argument is basically "Why isn't Azealia more like Angel Haze?" No one wants that. Go listen to Angel Haze if you want Angel Haze.
You not understanding it =/= it's bad or impossible to understand. Other people have no trouble understanding it.
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Fair enough. For me, I've never been so excited by a rapper as I was with Azealia Banks. I even paid $70 her side-show in Sydney in like March 2013, got to the front and went crazy during 212. As soon as I saw her Hackney performance of 212 I was like "I HAVE to see this girl live."
But the more music she releases, the more I find myself going "this has NO replay value."
You're right. I shouldn't push the idea that she should have a style more similar to other rappers, but I think my opinions on Azealia's rapping style would reflect a lot of the opinions on ATRL, and in the GP. Sure, there are people like you who know what she means when she says "I be freaky halo get that heaven head now bless this." But even reading that in my head, it sounds so disjointed because the syntax skills are so poor. If I just say them out loud, it doesn't even sound like a sentence. It sounds like "cheese drawers go to when the lamp get towels sneezed."
Maybe it is a very New York way of rapping. Maybe I'm simply not a fan anymore. And that's kind of disappointing considering how much I loved Azealia when 212 came out, the Liquorice video came out, 1991 (the EP and the music video for the title track) came out. She was so exciting.
I feel people have lost interest in her over the past 2 years like no other artist has ever had interest lost in them before. I'm just suggesting reasons why that might be. And I would say "she's never going to find mainstream success or big success with this rap style" but the thing about Azealia stans is that you genuinely don't seem to care if she finds mainstream success. You're genuinely in it for her music and her creativity. I'm just saying, if she keeps up this style of rap, don't be surprised if festivals stages continue be completely empty.
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HM&R received a great reception and drew a lot of fans back in. They want more!
Comprehension has never and will never be an issue.
