Waka Flocka Flame is the number 8 hottest MC in the game according to MTV. He burst onto the street scene with bangers such as O Let’s Do It and Hard In The Paint with the remixes also getting heavy rotation. No Hands is getting its plays too.
“He’s not the most lyrical dude,” MTV News senior writer Jayson Rodriguez admitted, defending Waka’s place on the list. “But these joints, they’re ubiquitous. You can’t go places without hearing ‘O Let’s Do It.’ You hear it everywhere.”
“There’s always been a lane for different artists who just control that ‘get drunk, get crunk, just go hard’ … and those artists usually haven’t always been the most lyrical,” said MTV News supervising producer Sean Lee. “Right now, he’s owning that lane.”
MTV News’ Shaheem Reid agreed. “When I listen to Waka, it just takes me back to the audacity when Onyx came out, that spirit,” he said. “You put the song on, you go into the club, and you just gotta be prepared for anything.”
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