Jahseh Onfroy, coming from South Florida, has blown up like crazy as of recent. He undergoes the stage name of XXXTENTACION and has released many viral hits such as 'Look at Me', 'ILOVEITWHENTHEYRUN' and '#ImSippinTeaInYoHood'. Just these 3 songs have generated just over 10 million views on YouTube (at the time of this post).
It's quite sudden and abrupt that he has gained all of this hype. He's been credited by recent XXL Freshmen also from South Florida, 'Denzel Curry' and also A$AP Rocky.
All this recent recognition and hype of the young artist got me questioning, is that all it is? Just hype?
He has generated a whole new style of flow which is explainable to put into words you really need to listen to it. He makes songs to rave to and to see live so bars aren't a necessity in this case. It's more about aggression, a flow and a hook. He checks all them boxes with a fat tick. He fits in that dark yet pumped sub-genre in rap along with artists like Chris Travis and $uicide Boy$. If that's the genre he is trying to get into all competitors need to be aware and up their game because he is coming not looking to make slow progress.
However, from a rap stand point he doesn't deserve the hype he's being getting. He's not too lyrical and also needs better structure of his raps to deserve the hype he's been receiving. He seems very versatile however after listening to a lot of his work. He's very underground as of yet, maybe too underground to get into mainstream in order to get proper recognition for himself as a rapper.
We'll have to wait and see, he's currently behind bars at the moment but says he has lots of projects in the works. I do like him though and see a lot of potential in the young artist if he focuses on perfecting his craft and stays out of trobule.
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