Why Styles P hates drill music: “Drill ain’t nothing”

Styles P is considered one among hip-hop’s most versatile emcees. Starting his profession as a part of the epic Yonkers supergroup The LOX, the rapper (actual identify David Styles) additionally cemented himself as an distinctive solo emcee exterior the group.

Comprised of Styles P, Sheek Louch and Jadakiss, The Lox started their musical journey of their hometown of Yonkers, a suburb of New York Metropolis and aimed to observe within the footsteps of DMX, an emcee from their space who had taken over hip-hop.

Upon their arrival, The Lox turned a staple of early 2000s hip-hop and as solo artists, most notably Jadakiss, started to stand up the ranks of rap, every turning into stars in their very own proper. Styles P (actual identify David Styles) was a really distinguished determine within the tradition, with his 2002 debut album, A Gangster and a Gentleman, managing to achieve quantity six on the Billboard 200.

Since 2002, Styles has launched seven full-length studio albums, the final of which was his 2018 mission, G-Host. Nonetheless, over time, akin to figures such as Pete Rock and KRS-One, the lyricist has seen a deterioration of New York rap music and, at current, isn’t impressed with the rhymers the town is producing.

Since 2014, the recognition of drill music has skyrocketed within the UK and the US with the late Pop Smoke even utilizing the distinctive beats of British producers AXL Beats and 808 Melo to craft his tracks. Nonetheless, Styles isn’t pleased with this course for New York.

In a latest interview with the Bagfuel podcast, was requested if The Lox would report a drill album. Following this, Styles gave his unfiltered opinion on the subgenre, stating, “Drill drives me f*cking crazy. Some of them sh*ts I like, but some of that drives me the f*ck crazy! It gotta be beats I love! It wouldn’t be too [violent]…it would probably show the kids how to balance it out.”

He continued, “Drill ain’t nothing but the new word for gangsta rap. But this sh*t ain’t for everybody. There’s consequences and repercussions that come with it. What they do now, I feel, is different to what we did is they don’t really f*cking think enough! A lot of these kids are saying sh*t that they are not even into!”

In his interview, Styles defined how the brand new technology of drill rappers, particularly in New York, are setting themselves as much as fail by incriminating themselves earlier than they’ve even achieved a average quantity of fame. Moreover, he believes that plenty of drill MCs within the sport aren’t being genuine to themselves with their music.

You possibly can hear Styles P clarify why he doesn’t like drill within the video beneath.