My point today, my purpose, my intention today is to write about how crazy I am about the way California rapper, Problem, says the word... "What."
What?
Yes.
"What"
I can't even say that I don't know what it is about it (which is what I would usually say about something of this sort...) because I know EXACTLY what it is about this "What" that makes me lose my mind.
You see, I say "What" like "Wuht." Problem says "What" like "Whaaaaaahht?!" And there's always a question mark exclamation point combination at the end. It's a little like the Aflac duck's quack with a bit of a roundess to it...
It's how extremely spread out his A vowel sound is. And it's the short A sound but he says it sooooo long and wiiiiide!! ... ;] (See what I did there?)
I'm surprised it doesn't annoy my face off because being a professionally trained vocalist, a spread vowel sound is an unforgivable sin. Whenever I heard such a horrifying sound, I would sign the name of the one or many that committed the crime in my mental death note and imagine them just drop. Dead. But this guy? This guy made it sound similar the sound of Sam Smith as an angel. That's a double whammy!
Maybe another reason is because I absolutely LOVE the African American California accent. The way Problem says "You know where I'm from. You know what I represent..." E-40? I wanted to make love to his lips for making such beautiful influctions. Problem sounds like he's from the same area? Heck, I honestly didn't even do my research. I just assumed since he sounded like he was from the Bay...
Anyway. Yes.
That "What" though...
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