SCUUUUUUUM GAAAANNNG! 6IX9INE, more like 6iiiiiiii-exual misconduct with a minor.
(Senseless Ranting).
Welcome back to another episode of Worst Rappers in the Game where we will be looking at Daniel
Hernandez also known as 6ix9ine, aka Mister Ah Ah (Clip: 6IX9INE Interview with DJ Akademiks).
So to get an opinion on his music, I listened to the Scummy Scumz mixtape, F the Haters,
and Day69, which ironically has a track list that sounds like a baby saying its first words.
Ironic because he was charged with s3xu@l misconduct with a mi-.
So, is 6IX9INE one of the worst rappers in the game based purely off of his music?
This is CDTVProductions and let’s find out.
And in the first segment of this lovely lil series, we will be looking at his voice.
So 6IX9INE is quite a shout-ey bloke, I think that’s quite clear to anyone that listen
to his music.
And I have quite a lot I could say about this, as it’s pretty much his go to delivery.
I have to say, his loud aggressive voice really works best on the tracks with the hardest
beats, when his producers can make a beat with some real power behind it, that is when
his voice really contributes to the excitement of the track.
The best example of this for me is the strong opening track BILLY from his Day69 project.
(Clip: 6IX9INE "BILLY").
6IX9INE’s shouting works exceptionally well on that dramatic type of beat.
Other songs that show this quite well are Kooda and Doowee, yeah I know, “he says
Kooda and Doowee funny” ha.
Ha.
Those are the tracks where his vocal style fits in.
However, this particular type of delivery he favours really limits his versatility.
One thing you’ll notice on his Day69 mixtape is every single track has the same delivery
from Tekashi, with some differences that are only really subtle throughout.
This really decreases the sounds that he can pull off, and that’s a shame.
Nothing illustrates this better than the track Keke which features Fetty Wap and A Boogie.
6IX9INE sounds out of place on his own song, because Fetty and A Boogie’s styles fit
the tracks aesthetic way more.
(Clip: 6IX9INE "KEKE (feat.
Fetty Wap & A Boogie)") That type of track doesn’t call for shouting.
This was an issue I also noticed whenever Tekashi did a feature on a Trippie Redd song.
On the songs Owee and Poles1469, Trippie opts for a more tranquil sound, which matches the
tone of the beat, and 6IX9INE’s boisterous screaming just isn’t compatible with these
tracks.
That’s my main problem with his delivery, whilst it does contribute to the hype of some
tracks, it’s so limiting.
I think I can understand why he goes for this delivery though.
If you listen to tracks such as 69 or Pimpin’ where he uses his reguar voice, you’ll notice
that he doesn’t have a bad voice necessarily, its just completely unremarkable.
The shouting is clearly kind of a gimmick to stand out from the crowd.
I understand why he does it, but he does it too much to the point where it’ll be stale
by the time his next project rolls around.
Also, if you want a good laugh, listen to the autotuned section of the 6IX9INE song
Inferno.
It’s laughably bad.
I’ve got to give him a 2.5/10 here.
This delivery can work wonders on certain tracks, BILLY is going on my hype playlist,
but there’s so many issues that stop me from giving him a higher score.
And for our second segment, we will be looking at 6IX9INE's flow.
Now if I’m being honest, I’d have to start this off by saying that 6IX9INE has a really
by the numbers flow most of the time.
It’s an issue he had earlier on in his career, and that issue definitely has continued through
to the present day.
You can hear this in songs like Hellsing Station, which I definitely will talk about more later,
but on that song his flow just stands out as nothing special, especially when he's rapping
next to someone like Zillakami, who actually has a pretty nice flow on that song.
Most of the time his flow doesn’t offer anything innovative or exciting.
And a lot of the time, when he’s rapping and manages to catch a good flow, he sticks
with that flow for so long you get bored of it.
This happens on the track Oof.
(Clip: Spoken Arcane "Oof (feat.
6IX9INE)").
He only has two flows on that verse, and only the second one is really nice and he sticks
with it for too long.
Also an incredibly minor issue, but something worth bringing up is why the h3ll did you
use the same flow on Gummo and Kooda?
Gummo was a huge hit that really introduced you to so many people, so why would you use
the same flow on your very next hit song?
Sure it’s a catchy flow, but It kinda sets people up to think you can’t think of new
flows already.
Now this has been a mostly negative segment so far, I know party pooper productions over
here, but he has impressed me with his flows some times.
He surprised me a little bit on 93, where he didn’t necessarily use a complex flow,
but it was definitely different to what he normally does.
(Clip: 6IX9INE "93").
This also happens on the following track Doowee.
And then I guess his flow is quite good on the song Go Crazy, but it sounds quite messy
on there.
There are some instances where he’ll surprise me with some flows that aren’t completely
by the numbers, but it doesn’t happen as often as I’d like it to.
I’m gonna give 6IX9INE a 3.5/10 for his flow rating.
Out of all the big artists that have came up recently, he definitely doesn’t excel
past them flow.
Flow is probably the easiest thing for him to improve though, so I hope he does so in
his future music.
Oh, and for part 3, yay, we got the big old fun one, its the lyrics.
6IX9INE is a rapper who embodies style over substance.
And when I say style, i don’t necessarily mean artistically, I mean having multicoloured
dreads and a quirky animated mixtape cover, over substance.
I mean seriously, what can I say about this.
It’s really hard to find a track where he doesn’t talk about his gang being the hardest,
shooting holes through other people, or making women get gushy gushy.
There’s genuinely nothing here.
I scanned through almost every lyric he’s ever laid down, and honestly “put a hole
in his head, he a dolphin” is the closest thing to a bar that he’s ever laid down.
On quite a few songs, he even actually uses single syllable rhyme schemes.
And that’s a problem in my opinion, because even the most basic rappers in the world know
how to use some form of multisyllabic rhymes, which 6IX9INE does do sometimes, I'm not saying
he always does single syllable rhyming, but tracks like Sinaloa, Buba, & Shinigami are
next level simplistic.
There’s really not much else I can say, 1/10 lyrically.
And for our next part, we will be looking at his beat selection.
So 6IX9INE has decent beat selection in my opinion.
I mean the beats are mostly what made Day69 really listenable.
For example, on tracks like Keke where I don’t exactly love 6IX9INE’s delivery on it, the
beat makes it incredibly catchy and has made the song stick in my head more than I want
it to.
There’s also a fantastic beat on Rondo, and one I love even though it’s not fantastic
for 69’s style is on the song Chocolaté.
(Clip: 6IX9INE "Chocolate") I think the instrumental there is crazy good.
That bass line, the synths, the vocal sample, this all combines to make this beat that I
think sounds really great.
6IX9INE’s Hook does make it sound very cluttered, but just as a beat on its own, I think its
very well done.
And if you want to hear a very strong beat from earlier on his career, I’d recommend
checking out Hellsing Station.
My god the beat on that is hard, it has this cold, underground sound to it, and I didn’t
expect something like that.
One of the best beats he’s ever used.
However, speaking about his beat selection earlier in his career, it’s not all that
great at all really when you take it as a whole.
Yes songs such as Hellsing Station and Scum Life have very good and hard beats, but the
majority of the time his early beats just sound like generic trap.
For example, the beat on Pimpin’.
It really sounds like the most generic style of trap beat around to me.
(Clip: 6IX9INE "Pimpin'").
No offence intended to those who produced for Tekashi early on, but the beats from early
on in his career don’t sound original enough.
Then if we move back to current day, there are also some beats I don’t like even though
he does have more of a defined production style now.
For example Gummo is a beat that’s not awful on its own, but mixed with 6IX9INE’s style
I can’t stand it.
I don't even think this beat was originally made for him.
I was just about to say, who thought this beat would sound good with his voice?
The kind of eerie, mysterious sound that the beat has to it, does not fit 6IX9INE's in
your face style at all.
I don’t understand how that’s his biggest hit, its probably one of my least favourite
songs from him.
I can't listen to it.
Some other current beats of his I don’t really like are Buba and 93 because of that
abrasive, obtuse bass.
Overall I’m gonna give 6IX9INE a 6.5/10 for his beat selection.
It is definitely better nowadays, some songs like Kooda and Keke are fantastically produced,
but he sometimes picks beats that do not gel well with him and remember we’re taking
this as a whole over the 3 projects I heard from him.
Most of his earlier beat selection was so tired and is already outdated, so that’s
why his score is lower than a 7.
And for part 5, we're just gonna be looking at my enjoyment of 6IX9INE's music, as a whole.
So as stated at the start of this video, I listened to Scummy Scumz, F the Haters and
Day69 to form an opinion on 6IX9INE.
Out of all of these, my favourite was definitely Day69, even though that still wasn’t a great
project, I liked it the most.
The production was pretty nice throughout, with some fantastic beats, and 6IX9INE delivered
some good performances on there.
I got a few songs out of it that I do like, namely BILLY, RONDO, KEKE, KOODA & CHOCOLATÉ,
although that last one is mainly for the beat.
As for Scummy Scumz, my enjoyment of this was significantly less.
The beats were not unique or special in any way, and the only thing that was somewhat
interesting about it was hearing 6IX9INE’s real voice, but that’s it.
Then F the Haters was more of the same as Scummy Scumz, the instrumentals were slightly
better, the production was a little bit better, but other than that it was more of the same.
Still nothing that’s gonna bring me back to that tape.
Overall, I’m going to give 6IX9INE A 3.5/10 for my enjoyment, with most of that enjoyment
stemming from Day69.
And a lot of that enjoyment really does come from his producers and sometimes the features,
but I can say that I’m happy I got some songs out of this to listen to in the future.
Part 6: Verdict
So overall, Mr 13 year old @ss slapper, and no that's not an accusation, that did actually
happen, check out my video on it.
He scores a 17/50, placing him at the 12th spot in my Worst Rappers in the Game list.
This positions him very slightly above 21 Savage and below Lil Uzi Vert.
Of course if you wanna check out the whole list so you can complain to me about it in
the comments, the full list will be in the description.
6IX9INE does have some very catchy songs, but when that happens I mainly have to give
credit to the producers.
He has a lot to
work on.
(Outro)