it’s more authentic because she uses nostalgic styles to craft her own. her influences aren’t just the same copied tweets from 2000s pop culture pages. she actually knows what she’s sampling / referencing and doesn’t rely on it as a gimmick
This whole “rapping about rapping” and “they not playin tht in the club” narrative is propagated by passive hip-pop fans who engage w the art form only as far as section music and billboard slop. They have no understanding of the pillars, no concept of the roots or fundamentals.