AI Music, Real Feeling & the Missy Elliott vs Nicki Minaj Debate
Is AI actually capable of making real, usable music — or does it still miss the feeling?
In this episode of Rhythm & Rhymes, we experiment with AI music tools while trying to create a new podcast intro. Some of the results are awful. A few are surprisingly decent. Most still sound unmistakably artificial.
From there, the conversation shifts into a deeper hip-hop debate: is Missy Elliott the greatest female rapper of all time — and how does her catalog compare to Nicki Minaj’s?
We break down:
What AI music gets wrong (and what it gets right)
Why feeling, presence, and performance still matter…
The skinny
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