It's a sound for sure, but I'd say it's equally a "feel" thing. I've run that gamut of MANY amps from every day rockers to boutique whatevers; the Diezels sound "different". They are super 3D and by that I mean I slam a chord sitting in the room with my VH4 or Hagen or D-Moll or whatever...
Oldschool rap, yes. 2Pac, NWA, GetoBoys.
Also dig Cypress Hill.
Eminem - most technically gifted rapper I've heard.
In short - yes. But it's like anything else, I have my selection of yays and definite nays.
TwoNotes CaptorX - incredible kit - amazing customer service - been running two 16ohm units hot on my desk for over a year with zero issues and they sound fkn amazing.
You'll notice under the cabinets section of diezelamplification they've done a great job of itemizing the characteristics of both FL and RL cabs, along with the G12K and V30 options.
I don't think FL or RL is particularly more or less suited to a specific amp as I do what you want the amp to...
^ And I just gotta say, this ain't a "maturity" thing. It was a realization that the more I thought about all this shit I *had*, the more I thought about how I could and should use it. It was actually becoming a distraction - obstacles to my actually just getting in, plugging in, and making...
Finally found some time over the course of the past 2 months to go through 2 music spaces (one's a proper recording studio), my storage (onsite and off-site), and pull together a WHACK of stuff I simply do not, will not, and won't ever use nor fool myself into thinking I will ever need to...