![]() ![]() The Recording Academy nominated the Inglewood, California native for Best New. A hip-hop competition in 2019 shouldn’t strictly be about who can deliver a string of words the fastest and with the most aggression-unless the show’s goal is to find the next Logic, which it might be. 5 With the Grammy Awards right around the corner, D Smoke is prepping for one of the biggest moments of his career. The show’s first four episodes are live-performance auditions and the next four, in order, are titled “Cyphers,” “Rap Battles, “Music Videos,” and “Samples.” The contestants aren’t judged on anything besides technical rap ability until episode seven. Hailing from Inglewood, California, Daniel Anthony Farris (aka D Smoke) stepped into the spotlight in 2019 after winning the inaugural season of Netflixs. But Rhythm + Flow’s format has no relationship to its ostensible goal-a prize of $250,000 and a spot on Spotify’s Rap Caviar Live tour. If someone half-decent emerges that can be plopped into the pop zeitgeist to make a little extra money, all the better. Every music competition show, from The Voice to American Idol to The Masked Singer, is designed to be entertaining television first. Or at least not about finding a good rapper that would actually fit into the 2019 hip-hop landscape.Īnd that’s fine. Quickly, it became clear to me that Rhythm + Flow is not at all about finding a good rapper. which featured a new track with rapper E-40. D Smoke’s run-of-the-mill lyrics and lethargic stage presence were completely unremarkable (in English or in Spanish), something I could come across on a dusty hip-hop forum any day. 'Rhythm + Flow' winner D Smoke has seen his music career flourish after the show, with two Grammy nods and an NAACP nomination. talking about a rap verse like he’s in a company meeting with shareholders, I felt like I was missing something. ![]()
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