>>9327318I never said "trap isn't music" as a blanket statement I said 99% of it is closer to Seattle coffeehouse poetry slam. I listen to a fuck ton of music and a lot of it kinda sucks ass, trap especially included. I get the point of trap music, but it's still gotta be more than just "a Casio drum beat with some crushed bass synth and a shittily arpeggiated piano." Even straight up joke music like shit from TMG has more interesting production than Virtual Cypher which literally just uses a premade beat that comes with drip goku in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2siRoMvqyU I wouldn't consider this some masterpiece but in terms of trap production it completely outclasses cypher. There's a level of engagement with the flow and no obnoxiously empty pauses with no lyrics or even backing vocals, not to mention the significantly less fucked up vocal processing that doesn't make everyone sound like they're talking through a sock.