im not gonna pretend like the nigga doesn’t have slaps but i find it a little crazy that this site of all places doesn’t like the dude when a vast majority of you niggas let Yeat slide on here, like that s*** will never make sense to me lol

i can only just assume that ian doing this rich suburban kid aesthetic reminds some of y’all that you’re white while for Yeat you could at least pretend you weren’t because of his “mystique” or whatever

I say still do it lol thats one of another huge factors in the climate rn

Him being upfront with the rich s*** would be better if the lyrics were closer to that lifestyle

After this thread dies down though

Nah we need to start lighting fires under us. The Kendrick-Drake beef just happened I expected people to be going harder already

Like dawg, it’s real artists out here that are 1000x better talent wise than ian: @hadjigaviota @Mitchell @AmoryBlain

hell f*** imposter syndrome nigga I def make better music than homie

None of us mentioned got the financial backing or team that ian got. And apparently neither do the other artists that ian’s manager has (like kayCyy) has it either.

@Slapfiendd you being hella disingenuous bro. Hella disingenuous.

True, but to me “getting” recognition sounds like it came organically from a fanbase. That’s just me though

Justin Timberlake made great music

But he also did, some ppl even back then clowned him for that lol

So why the hell are you saying your earlier point dawg?

Idk man. I get both sides of the argument. On one hand this kid is cosplaying (I guess it’s just on the mic though? Looks like he dresses like a high school prep kid) and being something he’s not (idk where is bro even from?)

On the other hand the music does go hard. Not gonna put all my stock in this kid tho I can see him having a controversy

lil wayne f***ing the piano is how we got to this here

You sound like the type of dude who would’ve hated Jump Around by House of Pain if you were around back then

Does not even correlate with my post dawg lmaoooooooo

You’re pissed that NYC music doesn’t sound like NYC? Was that the point you were making?

Couple reasons:
1) Yeat was the first white rapper to do it in this way (excluding matt ox), so people thought he was unique. It was a new gimmick at the time.
2) Yeat had mysterious aura with the weird turban aesthetics, slang etcetera.
3) Even though he had a lot of cringe ass tough guy bars, the d***gie bars came off authentic because he was obviously an addict lol
4) Like you said, he had the decency to hide his face a lot at first. This made it less egregious.
5) Personal opinion but: his sound was way more interesting at the time then whatever this IAN guy is doing.

Dallas

Huh?

Ian is from the dfw iirc

Im talm bout how a whole new gen of niggas of all different races that grew up in a region sound like someone from a place none of them grew up in to create the same type of music that wont even be remembered past TikTok

And bro brings up one of hip hop’s biggest hits to compare

Nvrmind @op this thread exposing a loooot of this userbase.

I love how you completely ignore the homogenizing influence of the internet. Like, it’s astounding.

I’m pissed that ppl don’t sound original.

Literally same flow for flow. Derivative lyric for lyric.

What other song sounds like jump around even from their own vocals standpoint?

Mitch been on tours and s*** and got a good Pitchfork review

Hadji has a whole ass YouTube platform

It’s not that their s*** isn’t getting out there.

Plus we are on KTT, how come nobody is posting you guys stuff??

Jean Dawson should be a superstar at this point my nigga.

And that alone should bother niggas.

Mitch opened for the motherfucking 1975

Music industry ruthless

isn't ian a producer who's been involved in the scene for years?
doesn't mean he's immune to criticism but he didn't spawned out of nowhere