theRecklessRepublic: 2012-06-10

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Waka Flocka - Says Rick Ross "Watered Down" His Sound

Now this is really interesting to me. Waka recently sat down with Complex to discuss his feelings towards other rappers jacking his sound. He feels artists as big as Jay-Z and Kanye West have even taken a few pages out of the Waka Flock production playbook. I honestly can't decide how I feel about this whole thing. He makes a few interesting points, but does this guy serious think he created trap music? I totally agree that people gravitated towards Lex Luger and shit, but to say that Waka Flocka Flame changed hip hop is just asinine. In the wise words of Mr. Yuck, "Dude might just have too many yes-men in his camp." Here's exactly what was said:

"That’s crazy [that Ross has co-opted his Waka's sound], but what you gonna say? This nigga out here making 30 fucking sounds with your sound," he explained. "He watering it down, just putting words together that sounded good. Shit would be harder if it was the truth...niggas built labels off our sound—like, literally. You know how many niggas sound like Lex Luger and Southside? I go in niggas’ studios, all their beats sound like my producers. I be like, What the fuck? [But] you can't be mad at something you can't control."

He added, “What are y’all gonna say now? Jay-Z stupid as hell? My sound is wack? You gonna say that? They love the sound. They can’t run away from it. That shit re-sparked niggas’ careers. My sound put life into a lot of people’s careers. I feel like my sound changed Hip Hop. Period. It’s crazy when I came out with it everybody laughed at it, but the next year everybody’s doing it."

You be the judge.
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