Somewhere, Snoop is laughing to himself about how convoluted this whole thing is.
Take this recent one where A$AP Mob is accusing Travi$ Scott of copying Rocky's style: A Harlem-based crew that came out sounding unmistakably like classic Houston rap is now claiming that a Houston rapper whose sound and collaborators largely come from Atlanta is biting off them. That's why contemporary conversations about biting seem almost absurd if you view them regionally. Toronto or Houston? Those cities are 1500 miles apart! Seven years after Drake sang about "HoustAtlantaVegas," that vision of shortening the distance between music hubs (or in that song's case, stripping hubs) is closer than ever to being reality. Today, we have a guy from the dead zone of Louisville, Kentucky saying that after first hearing his music, everyone initially assumed he was from Toronto or Houston. If the South was making booty bass, no other region was. If Brooklyn was dressing a certain way, L.A. Regional divisions also played a larger role. Dre's G-funk synths - but now that any unsigned rapper is accessible via Soundcloud, Drake could notice a style he likes, cop it, and make it his own with none of us being the wiser. Back when there were fewer rappers who could be considered "mainstream," trends were easy to trace to their origin - Run DMC's shell-toed Adidas, LL Cool J's Kangol hats, Dr. Whether it's a flow, a production sound, regional slang, or fashion, accusations of biting are still a fixture in the game - perhaps even more so these days.
That’s a different way of showing love as opposed to everyone rapping the same style." "I’m gonna redo your song, get you paid all over again, and let everybody know it’s your shit, and put a twist on it for the new kids who don’t even know it exist.
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