How the Triplet flow took over Rap

[i ro ny]

WHO THE FUCK DECIDED ON THE PHRASE TRIPLET AND WHEN?

IM NOT ABOUT TO SHOVE ANY STYLE UNDER A LABEL JUST BECAUSE SOME ARBITRARY PERSON SAID "TRIPLET".

Nigga.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Thanks... I appreciate it...

The problem I have with videos like these is that they go in like "Lemme prove Migos ain't doing anything new"... then they do all this research and make these statistics then ignore the results to make a narrative...

Anyone could look at these graphs and notice a trend, yet they didn't mention rest notes throughout the entire video... what's the point of over-analyzing something just to over-simplify?

Then, they make it seem like there are only two ways to rap... regularly and using triplets... They group all these rappers together... Sure, Chuck D and Dismasters' flows are almost identical but Krayzie Bone was on some completely other shit...

If Migos didn't make any innovations to the triplet flow then why is it so popular all of a sudden? They must be doing something different...

This is what happens when outsiders come in and try to translate an artform to make it more palatable to the uninitiated... but I digress...

I think you kinda missed the point of the video. They weren't really trying to take anything away from anyone or discredit the Migos. The video was more of a response to Snoop's comments. Snoop implied that the flow was just something that niggas was doing nowadays and that there wasn't much to it. The video was giving a history to show that it wasn't just some flash in the pan thing that is hot right now. The video also tried to show that use of the flow was more versatile than Snoop was implying. What you wrote was a good extension to the information they brought, but I don't think they were trying to go as deep as explaining how each user of the flow differs from others.

Lol at a white bitch trying to school me on some hip hop flow shit. White folks always trying to explain some black shit to black people as if we didn't create the shit in the first place. Miss me with that culture vulture white ass narratoring bitch. Fohwtbs

Bruh, you triggered because a white woman is talking about Hip Hop? The shit wasn't a tutorial to you personally. It was some background for people that aren't in the know. The target audience might not even be black people. It could be white fans or asian fans or anyone who isn't in the know.

I wasn't expecting them to go into the the differences of each instance of triplet flow, but for them to imply that Migos is just doing what Chuck D and Lord Infamous was doing is just ignorance...

For her to start the video with "This has been around for a long time" is ignoring the significance of what is happening in the musical soundscape right now...

But it was. You obviously showed that what the Migos does with their usage of the triplet flow is different from what Chuck D did with it. That's fair, but that doesn't mean she was incorrect in saying that the triplet flow itself has been around for a long time. She never claimed that Chuck D was doing exactly what the Migos was doing.

But does Snoop criticize the triplet flow or the way Migos and everyone else is using it today?

Both. He mocks the flow itself and then he says that everyone sounds the same. I agree with him about everyone sounding the same, but not everyone that uses the triplet flow is on some Desiigner mumbling shit.

 

[BenjaminE]

Thanks... I appreciate it...

The problem I have with videos like these is that they go in like "Lemme prove Migos ain't doing anything new"... then they do all this research and make these statistics then ignore the results to make a narrative...

Anyone could look at these graphs and notice a trend, yet they didn't mention rest notes throughout the entire video... what's the point of over-analyzing something just to over-simplify?

Then, they make it seem like there are only two ways to rap... regularly and using triplets... They group all these rappers together... Sure, Chuck D and Dismasters' flows are almost identical but Krayzie Bone was on some completely other shit...

If Migos didn't make any innovations to the triplet flow then why is it so popular all of a sudden? They must be doing something different...

This is what happens when outsiders come in and try to translate an artform to make it more palatable to the uninitiated... but I digress...

I think you kinda missed the point of the video. They weren't really trying to take anything away from anyone or discredit the Migos. The video was more of a response to Snoop's comments. Snoop implied that the flow was just something that niggas was doing nowadays and that there wasn't much to it. The video was giving a history to show that it wasn't just some flash in the pan thing that is hot right now. The video also tried to show that use of the flow was more versatile than Snoop was implying. What you wrote was a good extension to the information they brought, but I don't think they were trying to go as deep as explaining how each user of the flow differs from others.

Lol at a white bitch trying to school me on some hip hop flow shit. White folks always trying to explain some black shit to black people as if we didn't create the shit in the first place. Miss me with that culture vulture white ass narratoring bitch. Fohwtbs

Bruh, you triggered because a white woman is talking about Hip Hop? The shit wasn't a tutorial to you personally. It was some background for people that aren't in the know. The target audience might not even be black people. It could be white fans or asian fans or anyone who isn't in the know.

I wasn't expecting them to go into the the differences of each instance of triplet flow, but for them to imply that Migos is just doing what Chuck D and Lord Infamous was doing is just ignorance...

For her to start the video with "This has been around for a long time" is ignoring the significance of what is happening in the musical soundscape right now...

But it was. You obviously showed that what the Migos does with their usage of the triplet flow is different from what Chuck D did with it. That's fair, but that doesn't mean she was incorrect in saying that the triplet flow itself has been around for a long time. She never claimed that Chuck D was doing exactly what the Migos was doing.

But does Snoop criticize the triplet flow or the way Migos and everyone else is using it today?

Both. He mocks the flow itself and then he says that everyone sounds the same. I agree with him about everyone sounding the same, but not everyone that uses the triplet flow is on some Desiigner mumbling shit.

Let's be reasonable here... those sounds Snoop was making was mocking the flow everyone is jocking today, not rapping in triplets itself...

 

[power_wisdom]

All due respect to PE, but the way it's being used now should be credited to Poor Righteous Teacher.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Thanks... I appreciate it...

The problem I have with videos like these is that they go in like "Lemme prove Migos ain't doing anything new"... then they do all this research and make these statistics then ignore the results to make a narrative...

Anyone could look at these graphs and notice a trend, yet they didn't mention rest notes throughout the entire video... what's the point of over-analyzing something just to over-simplify?

Then, they make it seem like there are only two ways to rap... regularly and using triplets... They group all these rappers together... Sure, Chuck D and Dismasters' flows are almost identical but Krayzie Bone was on some completely other shit...

If Migos didn't make any innovations to the triplet flow then why is it so popular all of a sudden? They must be doing something different...

This is what happens when outsiders come in and try to translate an artform to make it more palatable to the uninitiated... but I digress...

I think you kinda missed the point of the video. They weren't really trying to take anything away from anyone or discredit the Migos. The video was more of a response to Snoop's comments. Snoop implied that the flow was just something that niggas was doing nowadays and that there wasn't much to it. The video was giving a history to show that it wasn't just some flash in the pan thing that is hot right now. The video also tried to show that use of the flow was more versatile than Snoop was implying. What you wrote was a good extension to the information they brought, but I don't think they were trying to go as deep as explaining how each user of the flow differs from others.

Lol at a white bitch trying to school me on some hip hop flow shit. White folks always trying to explain some black shit to black people as if we didn't create the shit in the first place. Miss me with that culture vulture white ass narratoring bitch. Fohwtbs

Bruh, you triggered because a white woman is talking about Hip Hop? The shit wasn't a tutorial to you personally. It was some background for people that aren't in the know. The target audience might not even be black people. It could be white fans or asian fans or anyone who isn't in the know.

I wasn't expecting them to go into the the differences of each instance of triplet flow, but for them to imply that Migos is just doing what Chuck D and Lord Infamous was doing is just ignorance...

For her to start the video with "This has been around for a long time" is ignoring the significance of what is happening in the musical soundscape right now...

But it was. You obviously showed that what the Migos does with their usage of the triplet flow is different from what Chuck D did with it. That's fair, but that doesn't mean she was incorrect in saying that the triplet flow itself has been around for a long time. She never claimed that Chuck D was doing exactly what the Migos was doing.

But does Snoop criticize the triplet flow or the way Migos and everyone else is using it today?

Both. He mocks the flow itself and then he says that everyone sounds the same. I agree with him about everyone sounding the same, but not everyone that uses the triplet flow is on some Desiigner mumbling shit.

Let's be reasonable here... those sounds Snoop was making was mocking the flow everyone is jocking today, not rapping in triplets itself...

Yeah, I can see how you see it that way, but to me it didn't really seem like he was being respectful on any level. The point about lack of originality nowadays has been made a thousand times without picking a particular flow and mocking it.

 

[i ro ny]

Thanks... I appreciate it...

The problem I have with videos like these is that they go in like "Lemme prove Migos ain't doing anything new"... then they do all this research and make these statistics then ignore the results to make a narrative...

Anyone could look at these graphs and notice a trend, yet they didn't mention rest notes throughout the entire video... what's the point of over-analyzing something just to over-simplify?

Then, they make it seem like there are only two ways to rap... regularly and using triplets... They group all these rappers together... Sure, Chuck D and Dismasters' flows are almost identical but Krayzie Bone was on some completely other shit...

If Migos didn't make any innovations to the triplet flow then why is it so popular all of a sudden? They must be doing something different...

This is what happens when outsiders come in and try to translate an artform to make it more palatable to the uninitiated... but I digress...

I think you kinda missed the point of the video. They weren't really trying to take anything away from anyone or discredit the Migos. The video was more of a response to Snoop's comments. Snoop implied that the flow was just something that niggas was doing nowadays and that there wasn't much to it. The video was giving a history to show that it wasn't just some flash in the pan thing that is hot right now. The video also tried to show that use of the flow was more versatile than Snoop was implying. What you wrote was a good extension to the information they brought, but I don't think they were trying to go as deep as explaining how each user of the flow differs from others.

Lol at a white bitch trying to school me on some hip hop flow shit. White folks always trying to explain some black shit to black people as if we didn't create the shit in the first place. Miss me with that culture vulture white ass narratoring bitch. Fohwtbs

Bruh, you triggered because a white woman is talking about Hip Hop? The shit wasn't a tutorial to you personally. It was some background for people that aren't in the know. The target audience might not even be black people. It could be white fans or asian fans or anyone who isn't in the know.

I wasn't expecting them to go into the the differences of each instance of triplet flow, but for them to imply that Migos is just doing what Chuck D and Lord Infamous was doing is just ignorance...

For her to start the video with "This has been around for a long time" is ignoring the significance of what is happening in the musical soundscape right now...

But it was. You obviously showed that what the Migos does with their usage of the triplet flow is different from what Chuck D did with it. That's fair, but that doesn't mean she was incorrect in saying that the triplet flow itself has been around for a long time. She never claimed that Chuck D was doing exactly what the Migos was doing.

But does Snoop criticize the triplet flow or the way Migos and everyone else is using it today?

Both. He mocks the flow itself and then he says that everyone sounds the same. I agree with him about everyone sounding the same, but not everyone that uses the triplet flow is on some Desiigner mumbling shit.

Let's be reasonable here... those sounds Snoop was making was mocking the flow everyone is jocking today, not rapping in triplets itself...

Yeah, I can see how you see it that way, but to me it didn't really seem like he was being respectful on any level. The point about lack of originality nowadays has been made a thousand times without picking a particular flow and mocking it.

this time...its a particular FLOW that everyone is doing. its a valid critique.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Thanks... I appreciate it...

The problem I have with videos like these is that they go in like "Lemme prove Migos ain't doing anything new"... then they do all this research and make these statistics then ignore the results to make a narrative...

Anyone could look at these graphs and notice a trend, yet they didn't mention rest notes throughout the entire video... what's the point of over-analyzing something just to over-simplify?

Then, they make it seem like there are only two ways to rap... regularly and using triplets... They group all these rappers together... Sure, Chuck D and Dismasters' flows are almost identical but Krayzie Bone was on some completely other shit...

If Migos didn't make any innovations to the triplet flow then why is it so popular all of a sudden? They must be doing something different...

This is what happens when outsiders come in and try to translate an artform to make it more palatable to the uninitiated... but I digress...

I think you kinda missed the point of the video. They weren't really trying to take anything away from anyone or discredit the Migos. The video was more of a response to Snoop's comments. Snoop implied that the flow was just something that niggas was doing nowadays and that there wasn't much to it. The video was giving a history to show that it wasn't just some flash in the pan thing that is hot right now. The video also tried to show that use of the flow was more versatile than Snoop was implying. What you wrote was a good extension to the information they brought, but I don't think they were trying to go as deep as explaining how each user of the flow differs from others.

Lol at a white bitch trying to school me on some hip hop flow shit. White folks always trying to explain some black shit to black people as if we didn't create the shit in the first place. Miss me with that culture vulture white ass narratoring bitch. Fohwtbs

Bruh, you triggered because a white woman is talking about Hip Hop? The shit wasn't a tutorial to you personally. It was some background for people that aren't in the know. The target audience might not even be black people. It could be white fans or asian fans or anyone who isn't in the know.

I wasn't expecting them to go into the the differences of each instance of triplet flow, but for them to imply that Migos is just doing what Chuck D and Lord Infamous was doing is just ignorance...

For her to start the video with "This has been around for a long time" is ignoring the significance of what is happening in the musical soundscape right now...

But it was. You obviously showed that what the Migos does with their usage of the triplet flow is different from what Chuck D did with it. That's fair, but that doesn't mean she was incorrect in saying that the triplet flow itself has been around for a long time. She never claimed that Chuck D was doing exactly what the Migos was doing.

But does Snoop criticize the triplet flow or the way Migos and everyone else is using it today?

Both. He mocks the flow itself and then he says that everyone sounds the same. I agree with him about everyone sounding the same, but not everyone that uses the triplet flow is on some Desiigner mumbling shit.

Let's be reasonable here... those sounds Snoop was making was mocking the flow everyone is jocking today, not rapping in triplets itself...

Yeah, I can see how you see it that way, but to me it didn't really seem like he was being respectful on any level. The point about lack of originality nowadays has been made a thousand times without picking a particular flow and mocking it.

this time...its a particular FLOW that everyone is doing. its a valid critique.

That's my point. It doesn't just seem like he's talking about lack of originality. It seems like he's talking about the overuse of that particular flow. I could be wrong and he may not have a problem with the flow itself. There just seemed to me to be a little mocking of the flow along with that mad rush to use it.

 

[i ro ny]

Thanks... I appreciate it...

The problem I have with videos like these is that they go in like "Lemme prove Migos ain't doing anything new"... then they do all this research and make these statistics then ignore the results to make a narrative...

Anyone could look at these graphs and notice a trend, yet they didn't mention rest notes throughout the entire video... what's the point of over-analyzing something just to over-simplify?

Then, they make it seem like there are only two ways to rap... regularly and using triplets... They group all these rappers together... Sure, Chuck D and Dismasters' flows are almost identical but Krayzie Bone was on some completely other shit...

If Migos didn't make any innovations to the triplet flow then why is it so popular all of a sudden? They must be doing something different...

This is what happens when outsiders come in and try to translate an artform to make it more palatable to the uninitiated... but I digress...

I think you kinda missed the point of the video. They weren't really trying to take anything away from anyone or discredit the Migos. The video was more of a response to Snoop's comments. Snoop implied that the flow was just something that niggas was doing nowadays and that there wasn't much to it. The video was giving a history to show that it wasn't just some flash in the pan thing that is hot right now. The video also tried to show that use of the flow was more versatile than Snoop was implying. What you wrote was a good extension to the information they brought, but I don't think they were trying to go as deep as explaining how each user of the flow differs from others.

Lol at a white bitch trying to school me on some hip hop flow shit. White folks always trying to explain some black shit to black people as if we didn't create the shit in the first place. Miss me with that culture vulture white ass narratoring bitch. Fohwtbs

Bruh, you triggered because a white woman is talking about Hip Hop? The shit wasn't a tutorial to you personally. It was some background for people that aren't in the know. The target audience might not even be black people. It could be white fans or asian fans or anyone who isn't in the know.

I wasn't expecting them to go into the the differences of each instance of triplet flow, but for them to imply that Migos is just doing what Chuck D and Lord Infamous was doing is just ignorance...

For her to start the video with "This has been around for a long time" is ignoring the significance of what is happening in the musical soundscape right now...

But it was. You obviously showed that what the Migos does with their usage of the triplet flow is different from what Chuck D did with it. That's fair, but that doesn't mean she was incorrect in saying that the triplet flow itself has been around for a long time. She never claimed that Chuck D was doing exactly what the Migos was doing.

But does Snoop criticize the triplet flow or the way Migos and everyone else is using it today?

Both. He mocks the flow itself and then he says that everyone sounds the same. I agree with him about everyone sounding the same, but not everyone that uses the triplet flow is on some Desiigner mumbling shit.

Let's be reasonable here... those sounds Snoop was making was mocking the flow everyone is jocking today, not rapping in triplets itself...

Yeah, I can see how you see it that way, but to me it didn't really seem like he was being respectful on any level. The point about lack of originality nowadays has been made a thousand times without picking a particular flow and mocking it.

this time...its a particular FLOW that everyone is doing. its a valid critique.

That's my point. It doesn't just seem like he's talking about lack of originality. It seems like he's talking about the overuse of that particular flow. I could be wrong and he may not have a problem with the flow itself. There just seemed to me to be a little mocking of the flow along with that mad rush to use it.

i gotcha homie. i see what you were saying now.

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

Lol at a white bitch trying to school me on some hip hop flow shit. White folks always trying to explain some black shit to black people as if we didn't create the shit in the first place. Miss me with that culture vulture white ass narratoring bitch. Fohwtbs

To be fair, I doubt Migos, Desiigner or Young Thug could break it down like @BenjaminE did or even the video. And they the ones rapping the shit.

 

[BenjaminE]

Thanks... I appreciate it...

The problem I have with videos like these is that they go in like "Lemme prove Migos ain't doing anything new"... then they do all this research and make these statistics then ignore the results to make a narrative...

Anyone could look at these graphs and notice a trend, yet they didn't mention rest notes throughout the entire video... what's the point of over-analyzing something just to over-simplify?

Then, they make it seem like there are only two ways to rap... regularly and using triplets... They group all these rappers together... Sure, Chuck D and Dismasters' flows are almost identical but Krayzie Bone was on some completely other shit...

If Migos didn't make any innovations to the triplet flow then why is it so popular all of a sudden? They must be doing something different...

This is what happens when outsiders come in and try to translate an artform to make it more palatable to the uninitiated... but I digress...

I think you kinda missed the point of the video. They weren't really trying to take anything away from anyone or discredit the Migos. The video was more of a response to Snoop's comments. Snoop implied that the flow was just something that niggas was doing nowadays and that there wasn't much to it. The video was giving a history to show that it wasn't just some flash in the pan thing that is hot right now. The video also tried to show that use of the flow was more versatile than Snoop was implying. What you wrote was a good extension to the information they brought, but I don't think they were trying to go as deep as explaining how each user of the flow differs from others.

Lol at a white bitch trying to school me on some hip hop flow shit. White folks always trying to explain some black shit to black people as if we didn't create the shit in the first place. Miss me with that culture vulture white ass narratoring bitch. Fohwtbs

Bruh, you triggered because a white woman is talking about Hip Hop? The shit wasn't a tutorial to you personally. It was some background for people that aren't in the know. The target audience might not even be black people. It could be white fans or asian fans or anyone who isn't in the know.

I wasn't expecting them to go into the the differences of each instance of triplet flow, but for them to imply that Migos is just doing what Chuck D and Lord Infamous was doing is just ignorance...

For her to start the video with "This has been around for a long time" is ignoring the significance of what is happening in the musical soundscape right now...

But it was. You obviously showed that what the Migos does with their usage of the triplet flow is different from what Chuck D did with it. That's fair, but that doesn't mean she was incorrect in saying that the triplet flow itself has been around for a long time. She never claimed that Chuck D was doing exactly what the Migos was doing.

But does Snoop criticize the triplet flow or the way Migos and everyone else is using it today?

Both. He mocks the flow itself and then he says that everyone sounds the same. I agree with him about everyone sounding the same, but not everyone that uses the triplet flow is on some Desiigner mumbling shit.

Let's be reasonable here... those sounds Snoop was making was mocking the flow everyone is jocking today, not rapping in triplets itself...

Yeah, I can see how you see it that way, but to me it didn't really seem like he was being respectful on any level. The point about lack of originality nowadays has been made a thousand times without picking a particular flow and mocking it.

this time...its a particular FLOW that everyone is doing. its a valid critique.

That's my point. It doesn't just seem like he's talking about lack of originality. It seems like he's talking about the overuse of that particular flow. I could be wrong and he may not have a problem with the flow itself. There just seemed to me to be a little mocking of the flow along with that mad rush to use it.

I feel like we're saying the same thing now... It's refreshing to have debate on here without resorting to insults and name-calling... Have a good day bro...

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Thanks... I appreciate it...

The problem I have with videos like these is that they go in like "Lemme prove Migos ain't doing anything new"... then they do all this research and make these statistics then ignore the results to make a narrative...

Anyone could look at these graphs and notice a trend, yet they didn't mention rest notes throughout the entire video... what's the point of over-analyzing something just to over-simplify?

Then, they make it seem like there are only two ways to rap... regularly and using triplets... They group all these rappers together... Sure, Chuck D and Dismasters' flows are almost identical but Krayzie Bone was on some completely other shit...

If Migos didn't make any innovations to the triplet flow then why is it so popular all of a sudden? They must be doing something different...

This is what happens when outsiders come in and try to translate an artform to make it more palatable to the uninitiated... but I digress...

I think you kinda missed the point of the video. They weren't really trying to take anything away from anyone or discredit the Migos. The video was more of a response to Snoop's comments. Snoop implied that the flow was just something that niggas was doing nowadays and that there wasn't much to it. The video was giving a history to show that it wasn't just some flash in the pan thing that is hot right now. The video also tried to show that use of the flow was more versatile than Snoop was implying. What you wrote was a good extension to the information they brought, but I don't think they were trying to go as deep as explaining how each user of the flow differs from others.

Lol at a white bitch trying to school me on some hip hop flow shit. White folks always trying to explain some black shit to black people as if we didn't create the shit in the first place. Miss me with that culture vulture white ass narratoring bitch. Fohwtbs

Bruh, you triggered because a white woman is talking about Hip Hop? The shit wasn't a tutorial to you personally. It was some background for people that aren't in the know. The target audience might not even be black people. It could be white fans or asian fans or anyone who isn't in the know.

I wasn't expecting them to go into the the differences of each instance of triplet flow, but for them to imply that Migos is just doing what Chuck D and Lord Infamous was doing is just ignorance...

For her to start the video with "This has been around for a long time" is ignoring the significance of what is happening in the musical soundscape right now...

But it was. You obviously showed that what the Migos does with their usage of the triplet flow is different from what Chuck D did with it. That's fair, but that doesn't mean she was incorrect in saying that the triplet flow itself has been around for a long time. She never claimed that Chuck D was doing exactly what the Migos was doing.

But does Snoop criticize the triplet flow or the way Migos and everyone else is using it today?

Both. He mocks the flow itself and then he says that everyone sounds the same. I agree with him about everyone sounding the same, but not everyone that uses the triplet flow is on some Desiigner mumbling shit.

Let's be reasonable here... those sounds Snoop was making was mocking the flow everyone is jocking today, not rapping in triplets itself...

Yeah, I can see how you see it that way, but to me it didn't really seem like he was being respectful on any level. The point about lack of originality nowadays has been made a thousand times without picking a particular flow and mocking it.

this time...its a particular FLOW that everyone is doing. its a valid critique.

That's my point. It doesn't just seem like he's talking about lack of originality. It seems like he's talking about the overuse of that particular flow. I could be wrong and he may not have a problem with the flow itself. There just seemed to me to be a little mocking of the flow along with that mad rush to use it.

I feel like we're saying the same thing now... It's refreshing to have debate on here without resorting to insults and name-calling... Have a good day bro...

Yeah. Two or three retorts per side and no one got called a coon. That has to be a record for the IC. lol

 

[Mr.LV]

Lol at a white bitch trying to school me on some hip hop flow shit. White folks always trying to explain some black shit to black people as if we didn't create the shit in the first place. Miss me with that culture vulture white ass narratoring bitch. Fohwtbs

To be fair, I doubt Migos, Desiigner or Young Thug could break it down like @BenjaminE did or even the video. And they the ones rapping the shit.

Migos think they are the ones who started the flow.

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