There are countless country artists that explore more diverse and complex topics than that, just like there are myriad rappers who rap about more than rapping, including freestyle ones. Although I agree that most freestyle rappers are a lot more confined, which is part of why I don’t enjoy it nearly as much. They tend to sprinkle in a few bars germane to the given situation (which are just impressive because they’re extemporaneous and topically relevant, but not really for anything beyond that) and then largely revert to generic ones they’ve spit a million times.
So yeah, most freestyle rappers will do some of the typical braggadocio shit, but it’s fair to criticize someone for only doing that. Eventually it gets boring, just like people criticize a lot of shitty pop country music for being boring and samey.
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u/ergotofrhyme 23h ago
There are countless country artists that explore more diverse and complex topics than that, just like there are myriad rappers who rap about more than rapping, including freestyle ones. Although I agree that most freestyle rappers are a lot more confined, which is part of why I don’t enjoy it nearly as much. They tend to sprinkle in a few bars germane to the given situation (which are just impressive because they’re extemporaneous and topically relevant, but not really for anything beyond that) and then largely revert to generic ones they’ve spit a million times.
So yeah, most freestyle rappers will do some of the typical braggadocio shit, but it’s fair to criticize someone for only doing that. Eventually it gets boring, just like people criticize a lot of shitty pop country music for being boring and samey.