I interviewed South African MC Yugen Blakrok (her album Anima Mysterium made noise a few years back, and she delivered that lethal verse on "Opps" w/ Vince Staples on the Black Panther OST).

She breaks down why so many talented international lyricists have to tour and move outside their home countries to make a sustainable living off independent rap:

• On the reality of relying on praise vs. actual physical support/sales:

• On navigating foreign languages and markets in Europe:

Full Q&A read:https://bios.net.za/i-was-scared-of-mermaids

Jay Z is the most overrated rapper of all time. He’s got some decent songs but are heavily carried by choruses or features on those songs. Pretty much any song I listen to from HOV on it is purely for the other artist. And a lot of his features are weak and j don’t sound good lyrically. Y’all can hate on me all you want but I stand firm on this hill. (I want to end this off by saying that I’m not saying he doesn’t have any good songs where he is the dominant rapper but I do want to say the level he’s gassed up to be is not anywhere near where actually should be placed)

99% sure it was by Domo Genesis back like 2012-2015 era, and sampled "Concerning the UFO sighting in Highland, Illinois"

I was a SoundCloud kid and was super into underground/non-mainstream and this was one of my favvvvs but it's locked in my broken computer (limewire) that's in storage who knows where.

Hoping someone knows what I'm talking about! 😭

Recent examples in my queue:

JID on Bodies - All about the effort, I'm puttin' in leg work
Early in the mornin' countin' money 'til my head hurt (Let's go)
Niggas bein' funny, we can put 'em in a red shirt
Five in your chest like you Ant-Man Edwards (Let's go)

Kendrick on hey now - Hey now, say now, let me pop my shit
Water down my wrist, arm around my bitch
It's a green light, don't get out of bounds, I'ma blitz
It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's all blue strips
Nigga, what?

I think the line itself matters obviously but also the cadence, the energy, and the beat in the back, whether is building or dropping, all play a factor in what I’m talking about here. So lmk yours

I SWEAR I Hear A "Sup" Or "Style" In The Second Half Of The Song, I SWEAR, I FEEL LIKE I‘M GOING CRAZY!

Which one was better?

All I know are Melly and Dlow. Any other popular rappers from Florida currently?

do you guys think he is one of the strongest Punchline Master?