JID’s hit, Never, reminded me of Anderson .Paak, but the Atlanta-based rapper gets compared to Kendrick more often. His rap style may not be as pioneering as the two yet, but he has a finesse with words just as good.
With rap and other forms of rhetoric, I’ve always been less about what you say and more about how you say it. I have to know a rapper’s style intimately before I try to understand what they’re saying. I still may not be getting the knowledge in rap that I do in longer forms of written word – mostly audiobooks & podcasts – but wordplay like JID’s is just as inspiring.
JID tracklist
NEVER
Off Deez (with J. Cole)
151 Rum
Westbrook (with A$AP Ferg)
Slick Talk
Workin Out
D/vision (feat. Earthgang)
EdEddnEddy
Underwear
Somebody
General
Hereditary
Doo Wop
Pro – Verbs