XXXtentacion is slept the fukk on. I dove into his catalog tonight. Gahhh damn, that boy can rap his ass off. He makes boom bap hip hop. I didn't expect that. I like his voice and cadence more than Joey Badass. I think Joey's style sounds forced. X makes it sound real natural, as if he isn't copying anyone. I like his mumble singing style. His voice sounds hella good. He doesn't use auto tune or vecoders a lot. He's using filters but nothing that'll change his voice.
His music are his thoughts. He's just thinking out loud. Drake does that too, I see why he thinks Drake took his style. I'm scared he might kill himself if he has to spend decades in jail. He's a scared kid I think. His music is filled with guilt, hurt, remorse, lots of suicidal shyt, and a bit of anger. He can't be more than 22.
He's 19. I just googled it. Wow! He released ten real albums in a year. It's worrisome because Pac worked like that when he thought he was going to die. His music covered the same topics too. His songs are essentially letters to people telling them things he can't when he's dead.
I'm sad now. This kid could make some great work in the future with guidance. His songs aren't all the same song either. His peers rap about the same shyt all the time. Every song is a party song. His catalog has depth and volume. It's quite impressive for a 19yo in a year. It's not polished in a lot of ways, but when I consider his age, his genre, his peers, and how long he's had to release it I'm impressed.
I'm so glad I was 19-24 and famous. I did the dumbest shyt of my life and if there were cameras around I'd be known for that shyt forever. Imagine being defined by your worst decisions. It isn't fair. I wish him the best of luck in life.
Don't die kid, you got a very hard, lonely, and dangerous road in front of you.
My nikka Tennyson wrote:
All times I have enjoyed greatly.
Have suffered greatly,
both with those that loved me and alone.
If he doesn't die he could write some shyt like that. That's some of the hardest shyt ever written. Hits everyone who's lived life right in the sensitive spot.
Listening to his album almost made me cry a handful of times. Ayala might be the hardest outro of all time. It's hard to not get choked up listening to that song and he's really just humming. Idunno how to explain it. He's kind of scatting, but a modern version, it's hella soulful man. God damn. I can't believe a 19yo made this shyt. This is some Brian Wilson level genius, I swear to God it is. If he was a little white boy I assure you his music would be received quite differently. But he's a little black boy so he's gotta live that life. shyt really bothers man.
He doesn't need jail. He needs to be in therapy and in a school that teaches fine arts. He'd thrive in a loving supporting environment.
Sometimes I feel like Professor X. I want to collect all the lost boys with bad reputations and give them discipline and a safe space.
It's hard to be a sensitive hyper emotional person in spaces where the only emotion allowed to be expressed is anger. What happens is all emotions get expressed as anger and the person expressing it is painted as an angry person. Some people cry when they're angry. Some people fight when they're sad.
My opinion of X is this: he's a real fukking artist surrounded by rappers and business people. Dude expresses himself through multiple mediums. Im shocked he's an Aquarius. I knew he was a winter baby though.