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Emo rap. I kinda think this is objecnively terrible but I still quite like it, in large part 'cos it's such a deliberate challenge to rap's norms of masculinity. I wonder if the video is an attempt to speak directly to his intended audience - you can't more emo than incinerated goths. On a more meta-level I love this 'cos it's like no matter how long I listen to rap, just when I've written it off (again) as creatively redundant and boring it completely genration gaps and confuses me. AGAIN.
The big glaring issue i take with emo rap is that its the way in for alot of former emo rhythm guitarists to make rap music but not have to deal with the "rap music culture" at large and just acumulate fans who feel like its the dream meeting of the dumb rock music they liked in their teens with the "cool" trap rap that they like now, i dont like Peep and its impossible for me to take a crew called "gothboiclique" seriously but ill admit that dude had the ear for melodies, was attractive in that gangly im sensitive,queer and socialist way that wouldve been hard to maintain once he turned 30 aswell as somehow found a way to make that fusion of sounds sound natural rather than unlistenable off the jump.
Its the new age equivalent of those 30+ "nostalgic emo nights" that people of my age and slightly older dash to in droves to sing old Fall Out Boy songs to look over their teen angst wistfully reminice about the bad old days and just how bad those old days were to quote Jello Biafra. The whole thing is just strange and alienating to me .
Its great for labels in a way cause they only have to deal with one musician rather than the whole "band" aspect of it all so they can just tour them like WWE do their wrestlers and it doesnt cost them as much