12.01.2011

Delivery - "Supa Dupa Flow"?

I was recently reading up on a quarrel between a few MCs about a particular type of "flow". Ludacris took exception to  comments made by Drake and Big Sean regarding usage of something called "Supa Dupa Flow" which Drake and Big Sean implied originated with Sean, however was brought to popularity by Drake. Many contemporary rappers have utilized this type of wordplay and delivery pattern in which they speak on a topic, pause, then use one word that exemplifies what it was that they just said.



"You and all of those white girls-Party of Five" - Drake
"Still air shit out - Drew Brees" - Cam'ron
"So where my dogs at - Randy"- Nicki Minaj



The song itself is cool, I'm just glad Luda used it as a chance to educate them with a History Lesson.



I thought the whole "beef" was silly and did not intend to blog about it because no idea is original. Besides, it is not really a "flow", it's more of a delivery style than anything. A delivery that has become at best, cliche, and at worst lazy and unimaginative.

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