For the last few years i've stayed away from Rap music, cos as we all know, rap music today is fucking shite. I started following more British Urban music like Grime, DnB and Dubstep.
I've been getting into Dubstep myself. I've been to a few local shows here, I dig it. No way in hell could it replace rap music. At best, a supplement. Again, best way to love dubstep is dub remixes of rap songs. I made a thread a while back, didn't get a lotta responses though.
Then a canadian friend presented me with Wiz. I heard his track Black & Yellow and thought it was fairly good, so I listened to some of his previous releases.
This guy deserves more props than he gets. His style, lyrics, beats and flow just take me back to the days I would sit in my room listening to NaS cds, when rap music had content.
Couple things.
1. Wiz has been around for quite a while. He's amassed quite a catalog as I'm sure you're aware now. When I first heard Black & Yellow, I thought it was annoying and deleted it off of my iTunes. When I heard it at the club later on and everybody seemed to know it (I was like, people KNOW who Wiz is? I've known about him since Big E said he was the next best thing with the "Say Yea" single in '07. He's switched his style up since then). I could see why black and yellow was being played but I still thought song was just OK.
2. I've heard a lot of Wiz songs. Granted, most of the time I was skipping through them. SO, I never thought I'd read somewhere that Wiz has content. Hell, I can't believe he was mentioned in the same sentence as Nas. Wiz raps about weed and the life around it, which he stole from Curren$y but that's another story. So, point me to songs where he says some meaningful, thought-provoking shit. PLEASE.
3. Black & Yellow skyrocketed him to cult fame almost. He has a similar buzz like Wayne did back when he was killing the mixtapes with Dedication and the Drought 3. How do I know this? Back then, all the kids were screaming Young Moolah on facebook and myspace. Now, all the kids are screaming Taylor Gang. I know a few 16-17 year olds who started smoking weed cause of Wiz, pretty much. So, I don't htink Wiz doesn't get enough props. Maybe in Britain. Here, everyone who's into rap now knows Wiz quite well.
Anyway, he's not a breath of fresh air in hip-hop or anything. I guess what I'm trying to say is, if someone thinks rap is shit nowadays, I would never fathom that listening to Wiz would bring that love back.
