I'm not entirely sure I agree on the genre note, he was dropping mixtapes in the noughties shouting out Wordsayer. Of course the rapping makes it rap but there is a reason you will James Blake on the same subreddits. In a genre where Earthgang, Tyler, Lupe,Mac Miller, Frank Ocean, IDK share a genre with Ka, Wu, Nas, Kanye and the Fugees without a second look, not to mention more out there acts like Grip, bodycount, digable planets, Dram, clipping... I think to question his place in the genre is to reinforce that skin colour is a topic for review.

Absolutely on the framing, he got a dose of people saying he was "one of the good ones" type shit. I just liked his variety in features and beats, it wasnt trend hopping it appeared earnest and honest and along the way he was consistently on the side of people.