Hence the reason you need BOTH to be a good rapper. Its easy to flow your ass off if you aint saying shyt & its easy to squeeze in some 14-sylable rhyme scheme without the restrictions of a certain flow. Great rappers can do both without lacking too much on either side.
Its like basketball. whats the point of having the nicest handle in the world if you can't finish, shoot, or pass at the end of your move? Or being an excellent spot-up shooter that can't create his own shot or get spacing thru off-ball movement. You can be considered decent if you're skilled at one, but you're only truly great if you can bring it all together. & make it work.
I can't stand when nikkas try that wannabe Migos/future flow but dont have anywhere near the vocabulary to actually do it with grace & substance. I dont even care "what" you're talking about, but its hella lame when all nikkas can come up with is some tired ass punchline statement about stunting, shooting someone, or taking someone's bytch for the millionth time
. Listen to when some of these nikkas try to rap "fast". That lack of vocabulary or any type of creative concepts is :Dadamn:
even the most complex rhyme scheme or flow can be easily executed depending on how much you water down the actual things you're saying. with the way nikkas stretch they voice n shyt nowadays its very easy to seem like your "unlocking flows" without actually writing anything difficult