Didn't know he tried for American Idol. Trying out for any talent show as a singer should be an auto loss of all cred as a rapper.

hopsin wears contacts for aesthetic value @Just C he been had that pass revoked

just c is an idiot.

why can't he sing and rap? music is music no matter what way you slice it, I love when the ignorant choose to speak (and think I'm the troll..)

Because they make for an awkward mix. 1 is typically seen as street the other smooth talking romeo. The aesthetic is just wrong for me personally. It shows talent if you can do both but I just think you should do 1 or the other.

Not to mention the trying out for a souless talent show. Which is the main gripe. Rap represents a struggle. Someone who is willing to fight work struggle and hustle his way to reaching his goals. (Your Jay Z's Your Ems Your Nas' and Your Dre's) I could go on. Shows like that go against that very concept entirely and portray the easy way out. That you're in it for all the wrong reasons.

Not to mention the fact his singing failed and now he's a somewhat successful rapper adds a artificial vibe to it. Like he just wants to be famous and doesn't really have a great passion for it. I get the feeling that had the rapping with attention seeking gimmicks I.E contacts and em bit style hadn't have worked out just like his singing on a talent show didn't. He'd relentlessly trying out for Big Brother and any other lame reality show who would take him in order to get his 5 minutes of fame.

listen to the song Junk by Eyedea, you probably won't but it's about wanting to be famous. EVERYBODY wants to be famous, everyone wants to be popular in highschool too it's part of this corrupt society that shows like american idle succeed because of.

You make a good point C, but not a valid point because rap has evolved in many ways then just a struggle. It has become poetry in motion more then anything else. So anybody can spoken word? but now they add a beat flow and more rhyme schemes they are wrong? if they sing their own hooks they are wrong?

You're picking at the subject a little rough I'm not sure why it bothers you but it just sounds personal.

My buddy went and tried out for american idle, he sang toxic by britney spears. everybody trolls the show now n' then and he has skills that's all that matters.

why are most good battle rappers white? ... lol, they have no roots in the music technically yet they seem to shred people, and would of probably been rock musicians by tradition.

He trying out for american idol was a joke...he only went there to clown

@Just C That was an eye opener on the real. But Rappers singing is debatable. I personally don't advocate singing with rap but that's more directed at 'Drake' type shit. Eminem sings. I think if you rap a whole margin more than you sing and you can make it fit well then it shows your versatility as a musical artist. But that's just me.
@Phil Banks what exactly do you find wrong with Hopsin, as far as talent goes.
@Duh Great Whyte LMFAO at that mini convo and When I watched Diz vs Arcane that EXACT SAME thought came into my head.

he using that 98 eminem flow terribly an plus i cant respect a gimmick rapper... fuck hopsin

Lol you're right he does sound exactly like old Em but I think it's nice to respect a rapper that talks about real shit. Ofc I think there's prolly more out there but ya know.

how can you say that hopsin's stealing em's style and hate at him?

If that's the case, anyone who spittin real rap is a gimmick of pac and anyone who spits funny bars is a gimmick of eminem?

Stop with that bullshit! Their lyrics are completely different and hopsin's entertaining!