Just before this new style dropped I worked for a rap label and the genre did feel like it was in a bit of a rut at that time. I was mostly listening to stuff like Cage, RA the Rugged Man, Necro, Jedi Mind Tricks, the Eastern Conf. Records stuff, while Eminem was still probably the big name in the mainstream, maybe even 50 Cent, so I can see why Lil Wayne was seen as a breath of fresh air, and he obviously was, but something about it just never chimed with me.
Then, later, when I started hearing stuff like Lil Xan, Pump, Uzi Vert, I was just ...
