You might not like it, but outside of Kanye, Lil' B is the most original rapper out.

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Lorenzo de Medici
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edited June 2011 in The Reason
The rest of these ? are mad derivative. No one is as subversive as Lil' B.

My man is building his online presence, and he's going to be huge.

Couple reasons.
1. Every rapper of the "new generation" falls inside an archetype that's already been created. Last two rappers to create their own archetype are Kanye and Hov(the whole moving beyond rap corporate thing).
2. Hip-Hop is desperately seeking something to help it stay relevant. The genre of hip-hop has been diffused into pop music to the point where I don't know if I'm listening to the hip-hop/RnB station or the pop station here in DC.
3. Call him ? , call him a ? , he calls himself a pretty ? , whatever the ? . Fact: ? don't have kids at the rates that heterosexuals do. What does this mean? They have expendable income. Pander to ? and you sell records. Ask Lady Gaga.


The kid has talent, but he's also brilliant with his image. It's polarizing. You either hate it or love it, but you know it. No one in this generation of rappers can boast that.

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