[JACQUES] Can Lil Pump be considered...punk rock?
Yea he can, as well as his fellow Floridians Smokepurrpp, Ski Mask The Slump God and XXXtentacion.
Using “punk” to categorize South Florida’s Soundcloud movement is accurate
when you take into account the definition and principles of the “punk” ethos.
“Punk” describes a loosely connected movement of anti-establishment rock bands
that began in the mid-to-late '70s and redefined how music was played.
“Punk” was fast...
We were playing so fast that 3 ½ minute songs became 1 and a half minute songs.
shocking...
“You dirty fucker...what a fucking rotter”
and abrasive.
Even Debbie Harry talks about when she would go to radio stations people were afraid of her because
they heard she was punk rock like she was going to pull out a knife or something
South Florida’s Soundcloud rap is all of these things.
The songs are rarely longer than 3 and a half minutes, the sound is brash and the main players love to shock fans.
The dawn of 70s punk and the sunshine state’s Soundcloud rap each fed on economic hardship.
You can see similarities between the bleak surroundings of
the Sex Pistols’ lead singer Johnny Rotten’s childhood
and the high unemployment in Broward County, home of Ski Mask the Slump God.
But limitation that leads to creativity.
X recorded my first song he ordered the stuff off ebay it was like a snowball mic
it was like the cheapest mic to get it sat on like 3 prongs.
Punk rock gave me a platform to put a band together and do it my way
and that was good for an 18 year old kid.
For rappers like Ski Mask and XXXTENTACION,
their wave eventually birthed new sounds with harsh beats from $UICIDEBOYS and Ronnie J.
Ski Mask: That’s how we got distorted music, we actually started making
the distortion to the best of our advantage so we use distortion in our music now.
[JACQUES] Like Sid Vicious — who was accused
of stabbing his girlfriend Nancy Spungen to death — angry teens like XXX are at the
forefront, creating controversy in their music and in real life.
XXX is currently awaiting trial on charges
stemming from an October 2016 arrest for battery and false imprisonment of his pregnant girlfriend.
Rampant drug use in both movements foster unpredictability and a fixation on death.
Ski Mask: Me personally I want to die at 27
Smokepurpp lays in a coffin in his 'Deadstar' album cover
Which could be paying homage to famous punk rocker GG Allin's actual funeral.
This isn't the first time hip-hop has been compared to punk.
In the 1970s, the genres arose simultaneously out of a crumbling
New York City.
Early groups like Blondie and Public Image Ltd., embraced Afrika Bambaataa and
Grandmaster Flash before they reached the mainstream.
More recently, Odd Future has embodied
the abrasive tone, rawkus shows and simplicity of 1970s “punk rock.”
However there’s one major difference between bands like the The Clash and Lil Pump
substance.
Many early punk songs questioned society but the Gucci Gang leader doesnt seem all that interested.
Lil Pump: It’s just ignorant shit bruh. I just make ignorant shit and people fuck with it
[JACQUES] It is yet to be seen what greater effect this South Florida movement will have
on hip-hop and music as a whole, but it’s safe to say that it is in fact, punk as fuck.
I’m Jacques Morel with Genius News,
bringing you the meaning and the knowledge behind the music. Peace!