Suboi's gamble - Quang Ninh Online Newspaper

Suboi ignored a series of rappers with quality skills or great appeal to "choose" Shayda from the casting round of Rap Viet season 4. This was a risky choice for Suboi.

Rap Viet Season 4 has changed the rules of the game to increase the surprise and drama in the Conquest round. In addition to the right to use the golden hat to increase the rate of recruiting contestants, the coaches now have the "golden key" and the privilege of "first choice". With first choice, the 4 coaches will secretly choose a contestant right from the casting round. The contestants themselves will not know that they are the chosen ones, until they step onto the stage.

The weight of first choice will nullify both the golden lock and the golden hat. Because of this surprise, episode 1 of Rap Viet season 4 had 2 comebacks at the last minute. BigDaddy stole 7dnight from B Ray's hand. After that, Suboi The coaches ultimately smiled, pleased with their decision to grant the exclusive privilege to female contestant Shayda.

Who is Shayda?

After the first episode of Rap Viet season 4, Shayda became an online phenomenon. The audience dug up the contestant's information and determined that Shayda had been active in music for a long time and had several products that attracted hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube. However, putting Shayda on the Rap Viet map, this is an unfamiliar name and has not been mentioned in the Rap Viet casting round this season.

Suboi giving Shayda the first choice was a surprising decision. 7dnight received a similar privilege from BigDaddy, but this contestant had been mentioned frequently by the audience from the beginning. Other prominent contestants who went to the casting included Gill, Robber, Dangrangto, Puppy, Queen.B, Willistic... all of whom are rappers with established careers or are well-known figures in the industry.

To discuss the first choice of the 4 coaches when watching the casting, there will be many scenarios drawn up but surely with Shayda it will be a surprise.

On the Rap Viet stage, Shayda performed a performance that combined rap and melodic rap. As for melodic rap, this is the rap color that has been popular in the Vietnamese music market in recent years. Rappers who play the melodic system will combine rap and vocals, creating a melody when rapping. Audiences often confuse melodic rap with a pure singing part.

Shayda's performance was initially captivating due to the seamless blend of rap and melody. The contestant possesses a strong vocal foundation, thus not needing excessive auto-tune. However, Shayda's performance lacked the distinctive qualities of pure rap, such as flow, delivery, and meticulous lyrical delivery, leading to online controversy. This has cast doubt on Suboi's potential for success in choosing Shayda.

Suboi’s trust in Shayda is not because she has great charisma and can bring “fame” to Suboi’s team, or because Shayda has outstanding skills. Shayda’s performance in the first round showed that the female rapper still has many shortcomings, especially in terms of lyrics and writing varied melodies. What Shayda has is that she has many things in common with Coach Suboi.

Shayda's appearance and voice bear a slight resemblance to Suboi's.

Shayda needed Suboi's guidance to write more "quirky," crazier lyrics, more unpredictable flows, and the femininity, even the sarcasm, of a female rapper when needed. Four years ago, tlinh in the first season of Rap Viet also started the competition with a straightforward rap song. As she progressed, tlinh transformed, and Suboi's influence became increasingly evident.

Be careful of "repeat mistakes"

Shayda’s vocals are more prominent than her rapping skills. This is Suboi’s biggest challenge when bringing this contestant to her team and training her for the rest of Rap Viet season 4. Last year, Quang Anh Rhyder had a similar start to Shayda, also a contestant who stepped onto the rap stage, but with more singing.

Rhyder has been heavily criticized by the audience. However, The Voice Kid champion still trudged on thanks to the excessive protection of coach Andree Right Hand. Rhyder made it to the finals, despite the criticism and is an unprecedented case in Rap Viet. If Shayda follows the same path as Rhyder, the criticism will repeat itself a second time and it is difficult to predict what will happen.

Regardless, Shayda is still a contestant with high potential and is taking the right steps to create something in Rap Viet and the music game in the future. The past developments in Rap Viet prove that rappers with strong vocals and pursuing the melodic rap style all have a very bright ending.

As long as they create performances with clear melodic colors and smooth transitions between rap and melody, contestants will have a better chance of making an impression than a pure rapper.

The success of MCK, tlinh, Vsoul has inspired many rappers to try their hand at melodic rap. At Rap Viet right now, JustaTee is still present and is the driving force for many generations of melodic rappers to succeed. Of course, at Rap Viet season 4, not only Shayda but many of her opponents also have strong vocals, so the battle will be fierce.

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