It's not a question of if he's effay, it's why is he so that we can all ride the wave once more
How is Lil b so effay
Kevin Wright
Michael Adams
today is the day lil b shocked the world
Robert Walker
by being an original
Hudson Edwards
just watched the noisey documentary about him and the earth on youtube.
maybe I'm stupid but I can't take this whole personality cult about him seriously. I just know that if I was him I'd probably do it the same way. I don't even know if his influence on rap music was so big since I'm white and no expert on that either. Like they were talking about him like was old already.
Nicholas Adams
You realize that Lil B's following is almost entirely ironic, right? No one legitimately thinks he's contributed anything to hip-hop, but he has a pretty funny, original personality, and the fact that he isn't afraid to be himself in a genre like hip-hop where artists are expected to fit a certain image is attractive.
Brayden Cooper
>You realize that Lil B's following is almost entirely ironic, right?
I kinda was realizing that. But you know, since there is so much random bullshit on the internet thrown at you (like Lil B memes), especially from Veeky Forums, I simply never bothered looking into who this guy even is because I don't even care. today I was just bored and so I watched the video.
>and the fact that he isn't afraid to be himself in a genre like hip-hop where artists are expected to fit a certain image is attractive.
that's good. I can appreciate that unironically.
Jayden White
Of course his following is ironic, but I would say he's contributed a great deal to hip-hop
Jackson Jenkins
Lil B is unironically a good rapper
Brody Jackson
This. Him and Soulja Boy are the fathers of meme rappers
Jordan Bell
youtube.com
Most of his 6 Kiss album is the peak of him as a rapper
Hudson Clark
This has to be bait.
Adrian Sanders
Nothing is bait-y about either post
Carter Hall
neither is bait
a ton of modern rap spawned from lil b and soulja boy
also, lil b has a shitton of music. some of it is actually good
Anthony Foster
Elaborate then, you fucking idiots. What did Lil B contribute whatsoever to the state of modern rap?
Juan Morris
a lot of the absurd, mindless bars were popularized by lil b. rapping about nothing with a cloudy beat behind it.
Matthew Edwards
read this too
James Barnes
>What did Lil B contribute
Probably the most characteristic thing about modern rap today: the excessive usage of ad libs. Also what the other user mentioned. Just listen to Lil Yachty, Lil Uzi, Young Thug, Ugly God, etc. They wouldnt exist without Lil B and Soulja Boy. Even Lil Yachty and Ugly God gave credit to Lil B for their sound.
Ethan Smith
Paved the way for internet rappers
Camden Price
>rapping about nothing with a cloudy beat behind it.
So Lil B contributed to hip-hop the same way AIDS contributed to sex?
Benjamin Gomez
memes, incessant repetition, stream of consciousnesses-style rapping, releasing a million mixtapes, but most notably self-acceptance and bringing "weird rappers" and joke lines to the mainstream. Many hot rappers right now grew up with Lil B and the rap culture he's involved in. His and Soulja Boy's influence is blatantly obvious in Odd Future, Yung Lean, even Future and Lil Yachty.
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twitter.com
Oliver Roberts
sorry you feel the need for music to be "deep" for it to be good
lil b made lyrics unimportant and popularized rap strictly as a flow experiment.
also, cloud rap is way more inventive than, say, trap.
Elijah Cooper
Lil B essentially made cloud rap a thing, and birthed that style even before he linked with Clams Casino, which became absolutely huge around 2012. People like ASAP Rocky and Yung Lean owe a lot of their style to him, because I'm God was the cornerstone of cloud rap.
Lil B's nonsensical, stream-of-consciousness flow and overuse of adlibs have become very popular recently, and a lot of the new SoundCloud rap generation has adopted it. Trends like one-word repeated hooks and loud adlibs originated from Lil B. Guys like Carti or Lil Pump owe a lot of their lyrical style to Lil B (D Rose is basically just a cut/paste Lil B track).
Furthermore, Lil B's influence exists in fashion and attitude as well. Young Thug got attention for wearing a dress, but Lil B had already done that years prior. Lil Yachty markets himself as a positive, friendly figure, but Lil B has been living that since he started. Ugly God raps with an absurd, nonsequiter sense of humor, but Lil B already did it. He paved the way for the entire generation of weirdos in rap. He was also one of the first to come up entirely off internet success, which gave way to the entire SoundCloud rap scene. He's arguably the most influential hip-hop figure in the internet age of today.
Mason Campbell
Honestly, the guy just can't help it - it's just who he is. He's really not worthy of either praise or blame for it, because it's not even something he can necessarily control. The same way Barron Trump is effay, in kind of a Damien Thorn sort of way, Lil B is just who he is.
David Ortiz
*claps*
Joseph Edwards
>What did wheat ever do to contribute whatsoever to the creation of bread
know your place, senpai
Zachary Williams
This was good, got a hearty chortle out of me
Jayden Russell
yall aint shit
Camden Diaz
blue flame was literally a gamechanger
Jack Lewis
amis scur
death of rap
Brandon Murphy
He started the whole Internet rap thing
Luis Kelly
More like
>What did AIDS ever do to contribute to sex
Sounds to me like Lil B downright raped hip-hop in the ass.
Zachary Powell
>hurrrr im to far up my own ass i cant see mainstream and must refute every ones claims cause underground is 1000x better
Kayden Flores
JUST CAUSE YOU'RE A RICH RAPPER
Nathaniel Fisher
If Lil B didn't exist people wouldn't have taken so kindly to Odd Future right off the bat. Without Odd Future, which set a certain precedent, there would be no XXXTentacion, Ugly God, or Brockhampton, and countless other artist(s)/groups.
Lil B is everything.
Jack Hughes
Pathetic, as are the transitional suburb faggots that are so ironicxD.
Isaac Perez
>that Sonic shirt
literally based.
Daniel Fisher
the first rapper to compose his own classical album
Levi Perry
Lil yachty would be fucking nowhere if it wasn't for Lil b
Austin Edwards
I mean, his dad is an established photographer who's worked with some respected rappers. He probably couldve gotten somewhere. He just wouldnt be the Lil Yachty we know and love today (all credit goes to Lil B for that)
Aiden Russell
He is not anymore.
Was better without those shitty hair.
Ethan James
absolutely!!!! more people need to know this history. they paved a way for a whole generation.
Samuel Foster
*also claps*
Nicholas Nguyen
we would not have internet rap without lil b. the "soundcloud rapper" meme would not exist without lil b. he pioneered releasing massive amounts of music on the internet. his one liners are why we have the ridiculous one liners today. he changed the ad libs game. for example, in his song Flex 36 he's yelling "martha stewart" in the background and it doesn't make sense but it was years before any of that shit was mainstream, and he's the reason why it is now. his music is satire and that's the thing that normies and idiots can't understand. look at Lil B as a whole as satire and he is a brilliant artist who sticks to character and *while in character* has managed to push his sound into the mainstream and spawn artists that aren't satirical out of his sound as a result. he's incredible.
Josiah Sullivan
this thread is an important reminder that Veeky Forums is officially the younger, plebbier version of /mu/
Henry Scott
DONT REALLY MEAN SHIT
ILL COME TO YOUR CRIB AND CLEAR THAT WHOLE BITCH OUT
William Moore
Lil B has some of the funniest and clever lines in rap.
Bruh think I'm gay cause I'm grindin' in my tiny pants
Bet I'm the only goon nigga in these tiny pants
Isaiah Thompson
that was souljaboy you underage faggot