(July 23, 2020 – 8:28 PM)Ophelia Devine Wrote:  Also Jack heard a thing that went over our heads when we watched it: When introducing Laurens, Layfette and Mulligan, they all use early rap styles where the rhymes are simpler, and when Hamilton joins his verses use a more modern style. Apparently this was intentional to signal how Hamilton was very forward-thinking/ahead of his time even among his peers.

LMM gave an interview somewhere talking about the writing process for My Shot (it took him a year to write!!!!). In the interview he mentioned how he was constantly challenging himself to condense Hamilton's lines (what Laurens & co said in 4 lines Hamilton said in 2). It was a very intentional decision on LMM's part.