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Tekashi released his debut studio album under a pall of FBI racketeering charges.
The gimmicky pop rap of the late 80s caved to harsh, heavy gangsta rap in the early 90s.
Since 2015, Drake has made it out oftwotiffs with street rappers who caught him in a lie.
Fan allegiance is unshakable.
There isnt much you’re free to do to lose your base.
When youre in, youre in.
Like Styles P oncesaid, Only thing that counts when you die is what they thought of you.
The music tipped toward both realities the depression anthem SAD!
had a line in the chorus about terrorizing a significant other and tensions ran high.
Six months later, it doesnt feel like there will ever be a consensus on who he was.
offer fully formed, downcast hooks, but not much else.
Whats true of the album is true of the man himself.
XXXTentacion will always be a polarizing figure because there is no redemption arc at the end of his story.
Thats the direction modern fandom is heading.
People pick a plot of ideological real estate and fight for it until theres nothing left to defend.
Its the logical end of the dream of connectedness we were sold at the dawn of home internet.
Wasnt this shit supposed to bring us together?
