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peace y'all it's your boy Johnny
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Fastland here with allhip hop.com so
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today we're going to take a look at the
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shift that changed the very foundation
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of hip hop we're talking about the
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undeniable impact of one group the Migos
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we're going to break down how these
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Atlanta based trailblazers didn't just
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drop hits they literally changed the way
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rappers rap this just wasn't in Atlanta
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this was across the whole entire rap
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landscape let's talk hip-hop
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let's start in the early 2000s when
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hip-hop was vibing to a more
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straightforward punchlineheavy delivery
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the super duper flow the super duper
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flow was made popular by Ludacris and by
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the late 2000s rappers like Meek Mill
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Nicki Minaj Kanye West and even Eminem
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were all using it on August 27th 2009
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Little Wayne Eminem Kanye West and Drake
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dropped the song Forever in Drake's
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verse you could hear him using the super
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duper flow in your city faded off the
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brown Nino she insists we got more class
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we know swimming in the money come and
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find me Nemo if I was in the club I bald
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KMO this flow is different from the more
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standard 4x4 flow that came from the
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late '9s using a 4x4 flow these bars
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would sound a little different so
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instead of saying in your city faded off
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the brown nino she and she got more
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class we know a person using the 4x4
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flow would sound a little bit more east
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coasty a little bit more late 90s so the
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same lines would go in your city faded
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off the brown like Nino she insist she
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got more class yeah we know a little bit
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more east coasty but a trio was brewing
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in the Georgia underground quo takeoff
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and offset collectively known as the
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Migos officially formed in 2008 but it
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was around 2013 with the release of
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tracks like Versace that their distinct
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sound truly took over the mainstream
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what was their secret weapon the triplet
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flow the triplet flow is categorized by
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running three syllables over a single
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beat or a fraction of the beat where
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typically only one or two syllables
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would be think of it as a rapid fire
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almost stuttering delivery that creates
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a unique rhythmic bounce in energy i
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keep the white like the 80s i keep the
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white like I'm shady put the white rims
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on the Mercedes young niggerfield like
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Pat sees before the Migos rappers
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definitely played with variations in
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their flow but the consistent and
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dominant use of the triplet flow as a
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core rhythmic element wasn't the
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standard but the energy and the catchy
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hooks that the Migos created with the
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triplet flow was undeniable suddenly
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everyone was listening and everyone was
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copying it wasn't long before you heard
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that signature three syllable burst
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popping up everywhere from established
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artists looking to stay current to a
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whole new generation of rappers the
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triplet flow now known as the Migos flow
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was all over the charts even Giants who
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cemented their legendary status way
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before the Migos like Rick Ross Jay-Z
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and Little Wayne incorporated more
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intricate triplet patterns into their
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deliveries and everybody trying to rap
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the same style with the uh I don't know
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who created if it was Future Amigos but
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all them [ __ ] sound the same
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it's like the sound of hip-hop was
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recalibrated tracks from just a few
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years prior suddenly sounded different
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almost dated in their simplicity now
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fast forward to today while we're
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swimming in a sea of diverse flows from
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the melodic sing song styles popularized
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by artists like Future to the more
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experimental and abstract deliveries
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like those of Young Thug the influence
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of the triplet flow is still around
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you'll hear it woven into verses and
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sprinkled in ad libs it's a testament to
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the impact it's not uncommon now for
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rappers to switch between multiple flows
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within the same song hip-hop remains a
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constantly evolving genre who knows what
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sonic innovations the future holds but
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one thing is for sure the arrival of the
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Migos and their mastery of the triplet
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flow marked a significant turning point
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forever altering the DNA of the genre
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what are your thoughts on Amigos and who
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do you think changed the sound of
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