rolling CORP low bar just to appear hip to teens thread 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3vT_3UJ76A&feature=youtu.be&a

new z-ro

spent some time w/ Warm Brew, f/w it heavily ... there was one song i liked slightly less, it was a lil too fake dilla for me

good z ro song.

that z-ro is v nice

love it

good stuff. this is last year but i wasn't on ilx to post it, joe jackson 'steppin out' sample + z-ro really goes full blast on his verse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ae5JSKsjvE

btw in the warm brew video one of the guys seems like he's dressed up like awesome dre lol

http://eil.com/images/main/Awesome-Dre-You-Cant-Hold-Me-527371.jpg

hey guys - should i post new shit by old rappers on this thread or the hip hop retirement community thread?

that thread exists?

link plz

The PJ's at Sherwood Heights: A Del Webb (TM) Hip Hop Retirement Community

anyway this is the video i was gonna post, grand daddy i.u. being grumpy over a kinda eerie diamond d. beat, i'm cool w/whatever ppl want, it's obv not very zeitgeisty but it is a new song so i'll defer

"give me some elbow room/
or go to war with a well-known goon"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=84838260&feature=player_embedded&v=cuAaowLfVRU&x-yt-ts=1422327029

though i guess that could be a potential problem because like i'm sure dj quik or like e-40 are the same age-ish and ppl would probably care abt them

yeah i see no reason why this thread can't be inclusive of old rappers. a lot of interesting things that happen in rap these days involve guys after they turn 35 and fall off the mainstream radar.

Some of them might even make an album that tops Pitchfork and P&J

we've always posted old head rappers in this thread, its like one of the core values

word

http://themartorialist.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/generic-list-post-unlock-swag-rap.html

joey badass sold 50k first week, i officially don't understand anything

wow! if you would have said 5,000 i wouldn't have batted an eye

sasha and malia pulling some strings imo

new york hungry for something, ANYTHING

yeah but it's not like there haven't been like shitloads of "i'm bringing back classic nyc shit" dudes over the past decades that flopped like crazy

i got a few tracks in and thought eh this is fine but Im just gonna switch to heltah skeltah's nocturnal instead

rae sremmurd have one of the biggest rap/r&b hits of the year, co-signs from tons of famous artists, were all over tv and the internet in the run up to their album release date

sold 49k

different market tho

it sometimes feels like radio hits in rap music have an inverse relationship to selling albums now

this is dovetailing for me w/ some dude's tweets about travis scott headlining a tour with young thug

has the mindset that acceptance into the mainstream is a signal not of artistic quality but the opposite, with the inverse being true for artists like badass (or travis scott) who can't break a radio hit to save their lives but are treated as serious artists

different market tho

― Spottie, Tuesday, January 27, 2015 7:01 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what's the silent majority and why do they spend money

yeah i think that's it xp

and to your next point, the ones that spend money on rap albums are probs the ones that grew up spending money on albums.

I don't know if it's necessarily all age thing though

yeah i don't think there are 50,000 40 year olds out there running to best buy to cop the new joey badass album

in fact i would bet it's mostly kids

the thing is, if you appeal to rap fans who listen to mixtapes, then your fanbase is people who are used to getting a lot of rap music without paying for it. if your fanbase feverishly fetishizes a memory of peeling cellophane off of Get Rich Or Die Trying, they might more likely make a purchase.

not that i necessarily think the majority of Bada's fanbase is old enough to have GRODT memories, i'm just saying in general

how about j cole & badass appeal to a richer (& whiter) audience ?

i'm not really convinced their fanbase is so much whiter than rappers who wouldn't get that tossed at them tbh

'richer' is the main argument here.

So richer non whites?

how about j cole & badass appeal to a richer (& whiter) audience ?
--ANU (sisilafami)

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Saw tons of social media love from nba/nfl stars on the j cole album. Still seeing it

whether someone plunks down $10 when one of their fav rappers drops an album is far more about cultural habits than it is about who's "rich"

Lupe gonna do twice as much next week, see you all then for this thrilling argument!

nah Lupe came out the same week as Badrap$$ and sold less!

Lupe album is way better than the badass one. Bout half good I think

cole is an established radio star, he doesn't count

Lupe album has higher highs (opening song is Shipbait) and lower lows. Bada$$ is a solid rappy rap album

haha you mean the 8-minute second track? i liked the album more often than not but my attention definitely wandered during the long tracks.

Lupe def trying some different things which i appreciate but yah way too many dud hooks and such.

Al otm it's about who sees themselves as album-buyers

Badass selling doesn't surprise me. He had hype, a fanbase and an album that delivered what his audience wanted to hear. I'm more worried about Sremm numbers. But then again, they've been around for less than a year and there are obv more hits to come on the album as long as they're actually pushed. No need for them to go "experimental" and get dropped by the end of the year, I hope.

" whether someone plunks down $10 when one of their fav rappers drops an album is far more about cultural habits than it is about who's "rich" "

right, but your cultural habits might be a result of your socioeconomic status.