Of course, she did not take the Rhythm + Flow title but she is the only woman that was able to compete amongst these men in every round and perform as a force to be reckoned with. You could see the hunger in B’s eye, in her competitiveness and ability to be the visionary behind great visuals and catchy hooks. I saved the best (of the worst) for last and have to give it up to Londynn B of T.I’s ATL pickings because she consistently came hard every episode. Londynn B, on the other hand, won competitions! Khalil held her ground by continuing to go at Big Mouf’ because her big mouth and antics kept getting in the way.Īmavi was incredibly talented and had something to say and her brother’s conviction as a driving force behind her, but just seemed to fall short in competition mode and let her nerves get the best of her. The battle rap competition alone was disheartening. I thought one of the two would have at the very least made it to the final round but neither made it that far. The next disappointing dynamic duo that, isn’t a duo at all but are oddly enough placed in the same category of “lyrical-loc-emcees” as LA’s Rae Khalil or Big Mouf’Bo of Chance’s Chicago contestants. Folks of the Reddit Rhythm + Flow board would agree… The only thing George managed to rap was her African wax-print hair tie. Saying she was a queen is about the only thing she spit throughout 3 rounds and it worked! George choked in the cypher round and battle round and at that point, I questioned whether her confidence and representation as the “Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu, neo-soul sister, womyn rapper” was competing for her. Granted, we are all queens in our own right and thus do not need any particular qualifiers to indict/incite ourselves into our power - yadda, yadda, but how are you going to call on the ancestors and not deliver? She used the “queen” trope and did not rise to the occasion of Black women queendom once. In any case, at least Fantasia won the competition the women of Rhythm + Flow, however, were a disappointment to watch.įelisha George, from Cardi’s New York squad, was undeniably the biggest disappointment for me. Which is what I was afraid of for a rap competition show – it’s basically why American Idol was a “no-for-me-dog” after Fantasia. Rhythm + Flow didn’t feel forced or, as the term of the series would coin it “gimmicky” at all. T.I, Chance The Rapper and Cardi B were all necessary representations of hip-hop culture and each brought an essential element of hip-hop into perspective during panel deliberations. From quality production to the credible artists and producers that came out from every city to support their state and corresponding “judge”. Not to be mistaken with that horrid 2005 Hustle & Flow film, Netflix did a number with this one. The latest culprit, that you’ve either been aggressively avoiding as your Netflix cue summons you to click on the competition show that is a “98% match” or have tuned in weekly as new episodes were released, is none other than Rhythm + Flow. What is a new Netflix phenomenon if one doesn’t spend a whole day binge-watching the entire series.
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