Complex Magazine Debate

"Turn up vs Conscious"

This battle started ever since Drake and Future dropped theyre project What A Time To Be Alive. To Complex Magazine if your not "turn up" then your a "conscious rapper". Really? Just think about it, If you say Kendrick Lamar is a conscious rapper. Yet have songs like Backseat Freestyle, Cartoons&Cereal, Hood Politics, and etc. those songs aren't conscious not with the lyrics or production. So, to say somebody like Kendrick Lamar is a complete conscious rapper was idiotic. Any "conscious rapper" have a turn up song including Lupe Fiasco, Big KRIT, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Killer Mike, and more. Can you name one "turn up rapper" with a conscious song? Probably not because only time they'll turn conscious is when they on a feature, and you can tell they uncomfortable because of how they sound, how they sing a certain hook, and etc.

For the production it follows whatever is popular with the "turn up" songs. Example, DJ Mustard every beat he makes sound's exactly the same as his old beat. Producer's like Thundercat or Flying Lotus is the all around producer, but in they own way rather its the soulful or the airy type of production. You ever check your iPhone or iPod to see if the song is over because it sounds like its looped? That's because its the production and how the song is made. People will say "naw fuck that I love this song just forgot the name". Knowing it sounds the same. Artist like Fetty Wap you'll know its him when he say's "yeah baby". What if he didn't say that, and just start to sing or rap with the production he has? It'll sound exactly like Future because Future is the biggest if not the biggest the most popular rapper right now easily. Overall you can't really say its turn up vs conscious when the artist categorized as conscious make turn up music too. People who are using certain music from "conscious rappers" as a cover to say theyre not turn up. The artist that people categorized as "conscious rappers" are more balanced artist and can go in any lane they want. Artist like Kendrick Lamar, Big KRIT, Lupe Fiasco, and Talib Kweli are all balanced artist and can go in any lane. Even a artist like Drake have a balance with turn up and conscious. So, the article Complex put out basically saying if you not turn up then you a conscious rapper is idiotic to say. If you want to say its turn up vs conscious then make sure its the right artist and not a all around type of artist.



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