Through that versatility, X was able to channel feelings like rage, depression and more in whatever musical medium works best for the occasion. Meanwhile, the acoustic "Revenge" sounds more like a Modest Mouse deep cut than a new single from a South Florida SoundCloud rapper. On "Look At Me!," he attacks a spastic beat and renders lo-fi trap in all of its unpolished glory. X flaunted his genre-fluid stylings across several EPs, two albums and a few compilation projects. "I feel like for us, the only time genre comes up is talking about good and bad. "People still use the term 'rapper' when they're talking about X, and I just think that's outdated 'cause obviously he's so much more than that," X's producer John Cunningham told XXL when speaking about the making of X's ? album last year. A listen to his discography might make the term "rapper" seem just a bit limiting for an artist who probably liked The Frey as much as he liked Lil Wayne. With malleable vocals, a penchant for experimentation and an undeniably punk aesthetic, the rapper earned a legion of fans before he even turned 20.
At the time of his tragic death last summer, XXXTentacion was already on the road to being a certified superstar.
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