Man I'll probably have to stay away from dudes IG but Black Portland and 1017 Thug are undeniable.
Fully understand how someone could flat out refuse to rock with him do to his own personal lifestyle choices but....
"Word around town that dem young n's went iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!"
I can already see if you're gonna try to put people onto thugger thugger you basically gonna have to fight three battles. 1. Against dudes who will struggle to get past his voice and general disregard for technical side of rapping skill. 2. The hip hop elitist and anti-trap contingent. 3. Dudes who aren't ready to accept a rapper who, at the very least, has a tendency to present himself in a manner that leaves his sexuality up for open interpretation.
I couldn't stand Young Thug up until I gave him a legitimate chance after seeing this thread. Up until a week ago anything Gucci featured him on was a automatic skip. When ever he would come on all I heard was a prepubescent boy screaming at me through the speakers.
Gave Black Portland a chance in the whip and have been playing that and 1017 Thug nonstop all week.
Dude is gonna be a star. His Charisma, variety and uniqueness are off the charts. One of the best ears for beats in the game. Hook game super on point. Can't put him up there with Future or Rich Homie Quan yet but his variety and creativity with hooks already trumps them in those areas. Dude tries what ever he wants and doesn't limit himself when recording in anyway. A lot of dudes not gonna appreciate how rare that is. When he feels like being a technical rapper he's fine on that front. All in all I haven't been this excited about a prospect since I first got into K.R.I.T., Kendrick, Kevin Gates.
He's everything I feel like Lil Wayne has tried to go for since the start of CIII era Wayne except it works. It's like if you substitute creative genius for seemingly random insanity. Not at all surprising to me Wayne is by far the most obvious influence which is crazy cause I haven't been able to listen to Wayne since 06.
Young Thug reminds me of a dude who went to my high school. Funny kinda awkward looking dude that could always have any ***** he wanted. Put up Wilt Chamberlain numbers in high school. Like not on some rumor **** he was legit ******g these ****. Then he'd turn around and get sucked by a dude and act like that **** never happened.
I think he likes ****. I don't really care, like at all.