I hear you. I just started listening to rap 2 years ago. I put out about 10 songs that I thought were good at the time. Then the more I listened to true rhymers like Nas, the more I could feel them influence me when I would write. I'd listen to them, then at work (I worked by myself in a huge freezer for hours at a time) I would freestyle for hours. And then when I'd write it'd just flow. and after I was done writing and recording I could sit back and reflect and see the influence different rappers had on me even though I might not have noticed it at the time when I was writing.
Actually 'studying' them though makes it sound so scientific or something.
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