The Reverend wrote this on thread WHAT KILLED THE UNDERGROUND on board I Love Music on Aug 29, 2007
I haven't read the whole thread, but the Defari & J-Zone bits at the top and bottom are definitely what's up. I hate the hiphop scene here, because the only things that get championed are nerd rappers with names like Common Market and Optimus Rhyme (actually, that's a great name, but damn if I wanna listen to anyone who calls himself that) and Macklemore, who raps about his white liberal guilt, and anything that sounds like it was made by actual humans, instead of backpack-bots gets overlooked.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
seattle used to have swag man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=renc0ZVmz4Y
― My Lol's Beyond (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
ohhhh lord mix-a-lot kid sensation
lol
― Influential Acid Jazz Pioneer (crüt), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 23:19 (eleven years ago) link
I'm having trouble explaining to people IRL why "same love" is bad
― monotony, Thursday, 24 January 2013 00:53 (eleven years ago) link
ha, i was just engaged in "why 'same love' is bad" with noz on twitter
― The Reverend, Thursday, 24 January 2013 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
i've never heard this song... think i might make this the first ever no. 1 single i ever purposefully ignore
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 24 January 2013 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
― The Reverend, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 7:58 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
you should pitch this somewhere
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:00 (eleven years ago) link
it's an impt point
i remember thinking it was so weird that mix-a-lot was from seattle, it was before grunge and shit so seattle didn't really have much of an image in my brain
― My Lol's Beyond (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:01 (eleven years ago) link
but i always wanted to hang out with the swass at Dick's
mix got his roots in that mid-80s west coast electro scene so it makes perfect sense
― The Reverend, Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:03 (eleven years ago) link
I met the table is the table in front of Dick's on Broadway (true story)
yeah totally does, but you know this was way back so that stuff didn't really travel far you know...it's more just thinking about before people had much of an idea of what seattle was as a city! kinda trippy.
i'm listening to this
it's really bad obv
has anyone noticed something kinda noticed this kinda annoying what he enunciates words? like his "Ps" really pop in an annoying way and the sibilance on his "S's" suck, maybe it's just the tone of his voice & the say it's recorded
man the rhymesayers dudes must be kinda salty watching this dude go huge with a way worse version of their style
― My Lol's Beyond (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
― The Reverend, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 7:03 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
nice! i'd like to think Larry the White Guy and Attitude Adjuster are still there to this day, eating hamburgers
― My Lol's Beyond (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:06 (eleven years ago) link
it's basically "Gangnam Style," goofy pop rap satire of materialism w/ a viral video
― Doctor No Cassie (some dude), Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:06 (eleven years ago) link
who is ryan lewis btw? is he a producer?
oh he's this douche singing
― My Lol's Beyond (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
no that's Wanz, Ryan Lewis is the producer
― Doctor No Cassie (some dude), Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:09 (eleven years ago) link
― My Lol's Beyond (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:05 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it's wonderful to watch white rappers have their music stolen by the white man
― Doctor No Cassie (some dude), Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:10 (eleven years ago) link
o god this is the dude w/ that one song I didn't know
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
for sake of balance, i'm posting this dope circa-2000 local hit
http://thanorthwest.com/samples/audio8/uaua5.mp3
― The Reverend, Thursday, 24 January 2013 02:47 (eleven years ago) link
http://s.discogss.com/image/R-109345-1278180783.jpeg
― Andy K, Thursday, 24 January 2013 03:01 (eleven years ago) link
have any other "independent" tracks gone #1 on the Hot 100 in the last few years? I'm trying to think of other examples but can't think of any
― berner herzog (fadanuf4erybody), Thursday, 24 January 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
rev doing the lords work itt
― lag∞n, Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
tho its p funny too how the rest of Ilx/rap cant even be bothered
― lag∞n, Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
anyway I have a complaint re the thrifting song, maklmor is so obvs a menswear bro not some sort of fun 2nd hand shopper
― lag∞n, Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
willy@willystaleyMacklemore 2012: "Thrift Shop" Macklemore 2014: "H&M and Uniqlo" Macklemore 2016: "J.Crew"
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
ahaha
― lag∞n, Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
2018 apc
hadn't heard of these guys (is it one guy?) at all but a friend was raving and posting links about them on twitter the other morning - I finally clicked on one and it totally ruined my day. horrifying stuff.
― Roz, Thursday, 24 January 2013 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
this was the first place i ate when i was there!
i still haven't heard this guy
― steaklife (donna rouge), Thursday, 24 January 2013 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
ok i've heard this guy now and oyyyyy
― steaklife (donna rouge), Thursday, 24 January 2013 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
Here's a short mix of Charles Mudede's top 20 Seattle Hip Hop tracks for 2012 if you want to know what else was happening around town.
https://soundcloud.com/pop-life-recordings/best-of-seattle-hip-hop-2012-1
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 24 January 2013 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
Fresh Espresso - “Goodnight Sinatra”
― bert yansh (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 24 January 2013 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
charles mudede is kinda crazy fyi
― JoeStork, Friday, 25 January 2013 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
Charles Mudede is a fucking genius. Crazy? Perhaps, but aren't all brilliant minds?
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 25 January 2013 00:40 (eleven years ago) link
while we're in the shop
http://i.imgur.com/w0NABTK.jpg
& http://www.cocaineblunts.com/blunts/?p=4124
― zvookster, Friday, 25 January 2013 00:43 (eleven years ago) link
awesome
Swass by Sir Mix-a-Lot was weirdly big in my little MN farm town, like Mix was as big as Run-DMC or LL or NWA or Slick Rick or Too Short whatever else was going on...bunch of dudes wore the swass shirt and fake mercedes chains
― bert yansh (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 January 2013 00:57 (eleven years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:00 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i kind of don't get this -- i can see why same love is 'bad' but i don't see why it's importantly bad
i think the level of hate being evinced for guy is kinda sad tbh
― attempt to look intentionally nerdy, awkward or (thomp), Friday, 25 January 2013 01:14 (eleven years ago) link
I love when max posts his mail:
max read @max_read"Okay motherfucker. Clearly you don't understand the lyrical genius Macklemore includes in his music. "
"Okay motherfucker. Clearly you don't understand the lyrical genius Macklemore includes in his music. "
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 January 2013 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
max read @max_read"In this way he uses sarcasm to flaunt the way his clothes are unique, cooler,max read @max_readand give him more style then the expensive shit everyone else in the "rap game" brags about."max read @max_read"I fucking grew up in Richmond Virginia. I'm Black."
"In this way he uses sarcasm to flaunt the way his clothes are unique, cooler,
max read @max_read
and give him more style then the expensive shit everyone else in the "rap game" brags about."
"I fucking grew up in Richmond Virginia. I'm Black."
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 January 2013 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
didmax write something abt macklemore
― lag∞n, Friday, 25 January 2013 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFY2kJ96jNY
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Friday, 25 January 2013 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
feel like im in some alternate universe where Cock Mobster was an inescapable smash hit. except this is way worse
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 25 January 2013 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
well, the radio edit "Rock Lobster" was quite popular
― fonkytimez lemonade (some dude), Friday, 25 January 2013 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
Ha! xp
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Friday, 25 January 2013 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
ha! xp again
the thing that's weird about the thrift store song, when hearing it on the radio, is how chintzy and un-current it sounds. sounds like he got that mf'in beat at the thrift shop. anyway, that's all i have to say about this guy who i was hoping to die without ever listening to.
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 25 January 2013 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
what a disaster for marriage equality
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Friday, 25 January 2013 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
intro printmaking class has their first projects up on the wall - one was titled "Same Love", another from a different student was titled "Thrift Store"
― joygoat, Monday, 4 February 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link