Brooklyn Drill

[Corpsey]

Leaning into the 'demon' thing

 

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Kick drum on this


(YouTube added me a KT Tunstall concert before this one)

 

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This music's pretty wild actually


I guess one comparison from NYCs past if one was needed would be Onyx

 

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Again with the throat infection vocal – @CrowleyHead where did this style come from? I recall 6ix9ine squawking/roaring like this.

Like how pitched up the tempo of the beat is here

edit: okay this is straight up black metal style vocals lol

 

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these new york drill MCs have some of the worst rap voices of all time

This might be the crux of the thing

 

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Interesting how certain voices (which can be a put-on Voice) fit with certain musical styles, and how musical styles arguably sometimes develop to fit a vocal style – and vice versa...

OR IS IT

 

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This guy's from new jersey and raps over NJ club music


This is all news to me sorry if you already know and are rolling your eyeballs at me

 

[Corpsey]

One for the nuum crew? T2 Heartbroken sample

 

[Corpsey]

This music's pretty wild actually

 

[Corpsey]

Some of this music is utterly deranged


This one flips a scrap of 'No letting go' by wayne wonder

 

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inb4 luka tells me this is all the worst music ever made

 

[Corpsey]

Again with the throat infection vocal – @CrowleyHead where did this style come from? I recall 6ix9ine squawking/roaring like this.

Also reminds me of Trae the Truth

 

[Corpsey]

Been wondering if ppl have been freestyling over 'Whap Whap' and lo and behold


Not sure where this guy's from (holland?) but here's another one

 

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playboi carti adopted the raspy demon vocal in 2020. not that his music sounds that much like any of these guys but seeing someone do it popularly surely helped

 

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feels like brooklyn drill has always been searching for the 'right way' to rap on these beats and havent really found it yet.

 

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do you like any of these songs @Corpsey or are you just checking in on the state of things? I listened to about half of those links and didnt find it bad but didnt really find it compelling either, mainly because I couldnt beleive the rappers

 

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Ive been listening to the first pop smoke mixtape again recently and it is really sad he died because I think he's the only strong vocalist this scene has produced

 

[Corpsey]

The raps start fading into the background or should that be the foreground for me at a certain point

I started thinking (or deluding myself) that the frenzied borderline incomprehensible rapping is or has become a feature not a bug

It's definitely grown on me after listening to it for an hour or two. I can see why kids like it cos I can imagine their parents would think it was the worst most antisocial if not actively evil racket imaginable

It certainly seems to be a lot more eccentric than I thought it was.