Rappers whose voices/flows have changed the most since they started

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This isn't to say that rappers are supposed to stay in the same lanes they started, but there are some who have done some severe 180s (this is not a good or bad thing, just an observation)

This thread was inspired by Trae that Truth, who in the beginning of his career was higher pitched and more melodic:



Then his voice deepened a bit but he was still melodic and rapping at a pretty quick clip:





He kept this type of flow for a few years until Street King, which a lot of people didn't like because his voice and flow had become a kind of growling whisper and sounded like he needed some Sucrets (I still liked the album):





Then his flow started to round into its current form around the time he linked up with Tip and Grand Hustle:


 

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You could say the same for Biggie as short as his career was :patrice:

On RTD most of the tracks were on the aggressive shouting flow save for a few tracks ... on LAD he switched up exclusively to the smoother, laid back flow
 

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Lloyd Banks - voice is completely different

Rick Ross - flow used to be simplistic circa Port of Miami when I first heard him to spitting intricate flows over justice league beats.
Very true, the pivot started on DTR ... matter of fact, Mafia Music is what really made me start checking for him
 
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