Yes, but at least a calm, indifferent voice sounds sonically okay, whether it gets tiring or not. It might take somethign away from the emotion but not as much as his shouting does.
Like I said you cheeky monk, I would rather have a monotonous, calm vocal track than a monotonous hoarse/horse-track (See what I did there?)
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I agree.
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Well, I don't agree there, but it all comes down to preference, right?
Hunger has been missing (as a whole) since his comeback. It's quite evident that the songs where he had to get something of his chest (Deja Vu, Going Through Changes, YNO, INAD and, to some extent, The Warning) are some of his best, both overall and, most notably, delivery aspect. That's why I think, in something like 25 To Life, he was forcing the concept to some extent.
The main problem is, in songs, where he's not saying anything of much important, he doesn't have that 'sound' as you say. Take Watch Deez, for example. Random song about nothing yet he sounds so hungry and fresh, with every word having a place. He doesn't really know what to do in random spitting tracks as much as he did (lack of creativity). Some tracks on BME EP show that he may be bringing that back.
Well hunger has been lacking because really there is nothing left to prove other than the need to explain some things to the public (Deja Vu) and tie up loose ends (YNO, Going Through Changes). He doesn't really feel challenged in any form now, and when he does, that's when it shines. For instance, on Forever he had been away from the game for years while the 3 MCs he was on the track with were on top of the mainstream, plus his most recent album was a flop critically against the more commercial demographic. The result? A hungry sounding verse.
Or The Warning, the first rap and last rap beef he has actually gotten in since his come back after being challenged/dissed by an R&B diva in her radio hit. He probably thought that 25 To Life was a good concept but didn't feel that strongly about the subject. I mean, it's a song about leaving hip-hop, but all over the CD and in interviews he had spoken about how hip-hop was "just clicking with him again" and how he was in that "drive", with this "I'm back for good" attitude ,so he couldn't have been that passionate about saying "Fuck you hip-hop" or "I'm leaving you".
And I agree about what you said about him not knowing what to do in random "kill-it" tracks and it probably still ties in with my last statement of not feeling challenged. It kind of explains why he's been garnering this arsenal of punchlines and using them in that type of song.
