I heard he was at my job the other day when he was on Howard campus. I never woulda known since he look like the rest of these lil nikkaz 
As nice as Cordae is, I can't get into his music
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Guvnor
Da Speculative Spectacle®
Exactly and That's why it's challenging. You got to be inventive and creative. We heard tons of mc's that could rap and tons that spit punchlines your got to make that shyt connect to people.
example:Cudi added harmony and started damn near yodeling and humming all over tracks. J Cole let you buy into his coming of age story, small town boy becoming the man and believing in his dreams(now others may have that story but they didn't make that their thing, they didn't sell it to you the way he did). Uzi dressed differently and broke rules. I could go on and on.
cordae looks slow to me. if that's what them lil niccas look like, they better hope they get richI heard he was at my job the other day when he was on Howard campus. I never woulda known since he look like the rest of these lil nikkaz
Formerly Black Trash
Philosopher, Connoisseur, Future Legend
Dom Kennedy make regular nikka raps but his music just makes you want to be his friend and hang out all day with him
TheOptimisticCynikal
All Star
The shock value definitely got the attention, but his musicianship and visuals got him a fanbase. His first three albums telling a backwards story. It's shyt like that which has nothing to really do with rapping which will help an artist. I mentioned him as an example to say that dudes like Cordae are too one dimensional and need to expand their pallet as artists. He's not on a high enough technical level for him to soley rely on raps and also I think the era where you could get away with just rapping and having bars is over. A lot of the new non-industry plants coming in with their own sound production wise or they rap in a way that makes them stand out completely flow wise. I don't really hear that in Cordae
'Opportunistic snake' might be much, but I couldn't respect how he went about with that YBN situation. It felt like he couldn't wait to drop the 'YBN' from his name. Other than that, he also comes off hella corny and try-hard. The J. Cole track wasn't necessary. He kinda embodies the 'holier than thou' aspect I dislike about conscious rappers.
dakidbanks
Superstar
Cordae is an example of 1 of those dudes that’s extremely talented but isn’t marketable at all
Supreme365
Superstar
The Black Thought effect
Hood Critic
The Power Circle
You can't compare him to Cole because Cole was able to rap from the perspective of the underdog in his era.
Cordae is just like the rest of this generation of artist except he isn't lying about what he's done or where he's from. He has no gimmick - for lack of a better word - to connect and build a fanbase. I blame his management and label, I'd have him making an album based on transitioning from regular life to enterntainment.
Cordae is just like the rest of this generation of artist except he isn't lying about what he's done or where he's from. He has no gimmick - for lack of a better word - to connect and build a fanbase. I blame his management and label, I'd have him making an album based on transitioning from regular life to enterntainment.
a la, Pharrell, Kanye, Drake, etc.
It CAN be done.
Even Wale has a lane.
But then again, this is entertainment and dudes want participation trophies.
JID is lucky he's from Atlanta and can siphon some local swagger...cause that kid has NOTHING for me.
Why you think they hate Drake so much
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
Rappers need strong branding and backstory and Cordae don’t have that he’s also too similar to early J. Cole rap style
Lil Baby for example his story of being taught how to rap by Gunna, being a dope boy, doing a bid young, coming out getting focused, the whole story of him flipping $60 into $100K in a dice game, Young Thug having to pay him to leave the streets and get in the studio shyt is movie-esque
Lil Baby for example his story of being taught how to rap by Gunna, being a dope boy, doing a bid young, coming out getting focused, the whole story of him flipping $60 into $100K in a dice game, Young Thug having to pay him to leave the streets and get in the studio shyt is movie-esque
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
Patrick Kane
Superstar
Gave him another chance. This kid legit sucksSome of the most boring and basic rhymes you’ll ever hear. He seems to get a ton of looks from artist who respect his craft but this shyt sucks.