https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBvngg87998
This has got to be the flow of the year and I figure he deserves a thread of his own like Lil B.
Wiki says Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Game crowned him the "New King of the West Coast" in August and also that Lamar has seen Tupac in a dream telling him to "Keep doing what you're doing, don't let my music die".
I'd like to see if this goes somewhere!
― niels, Thursday, 20 October 2011 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
the fuck your ethnicity beat has been in my head for the last couple of days
― mid-song laughing elvis (schlump), Thursday, 20 October 2011 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i guess besides being really good it has sort of an embracing feel
― niels, Thursday, 20 October 2011 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
i like this guy
need to finally download his album plus maybe a mixtape or two
― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
Lamar has seen Tupac in a dream telling him to "Keep doing what you're doing, don't let my music die"
say no more
― max, Thursday, 20 October 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
did i miss some era of pac's career when he was in freestyle fellowship or something?
― r|t|c, Thursday, 20 October 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
kendrick is good... he def seems like a cool person, like hanging out w/ currensy & kendrick would just be really fun
"rigamortis" is really cool too, would like to see him do it w/ an actual live band
album is sneakily one of the better rap albums of the year too, certainly for a debut
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 20 October 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, def. top 5 rap albums this year.
He has this knack for pulling off corny backpacker shit w/o coming across at all like a corny backpacker. But really, he's exactly the black hippy he claims to be.
― turfin' bird (The Reverend), Thursday, 20 October 2011 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
Thing about this dude is he's not only a skilled rapper, obviously, but his beats/tracks are SO much more interesting (to me, at least) than, like, A$AP Rocky, Spaceghost, Mr. Exquire, and most of the other current, blog-buzzy hip-hop acts. And I like what Clams Casino is doing; I like the Rainforest EP. But I don't know ... I was trying to listen to that Spaceghost record the other day, and I didn't hate it, but ... just how dumb are we gonna allow the rhymes to be before we say enough is enough?
To me, this guy elevates up into the Shabazz Palaces / Serengeti realm rather than all the buzz stuff that just doesn't hold up.
(Tyler/Goblin/OFWGKTA left out of this post on purpose. Dig the beats, but overall, not for me.)
― alpine static, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 06:32 (twelve years ago) link
am i the only person who thinks "The Recipe" is kind of a shitty, awkward-sounding song?
― some dude, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i'm not really a big fan of it
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
it's okay, nothing really special
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
the part where dre raps is still just really ill fitting
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
I put it on my "faves of 2012" playlist without really listening to it and it really doesn't belong there
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― some dude, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
the production is gorgeous enough to overcome the not-especially-memorable rapping imo
tho obv it's no "cartoon & cereal"
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
see it doesn't sound very gorgeous to me! drums are so clunky
― some dude, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
hmm never noticed the clunkiness before, the strings are what i think of though
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
just listening to it now, Dre sounds like Kendrick's bored grandpa and Kendrick sounds like he's imitating Lupe Fiasco poorly
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
Man, you guys are jaded! This track doesn't fill you with joy? The stings? Kendrick's kinda weird sorta singing voice? His constant flow switch-ups? The no-hurry pacing? The shameless summeriness of it all? None of this does anything for you guys?
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
like I said, it's okay
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
and the Lupe Fiasco compare is just harsh! I mean, yeah, dude is in entertainer mode here, but the shit coming out of his mouth still makes sense
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
i had no concept of it being summery in any way until i listened close enough to figure out what the words in the chorus were. the flow in KL's first few bars is really really awkward imo.
― some dude, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
I actually like how off the drums are, too. They're mixed to sound the way all drums do when you're driving really fast with the windows down and the radio turned way up
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't really get into it until i heard it on the radio driving down the freeway and then i decided i loved it
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
recipe is awesome
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
'drums are so clunky' this sounds like criticism for dummies type shit
recipe is one of the best songs of the year imo
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
i would like it way better if it just didn't have dr. dre on it
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
i dont see why this is the best he's sounded in years
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
ive said this elsewhere (or here maybe, too, i don't remember) but dre's parts on it sound 100% like kendrick karaoke, which makes sense since kendrick of course wrote the verses.
but idk i find it distracting and kinda embarrassing... not as much as "i need a doctor" but it def has the feel to me of an old baller trying to do a bunch of and 1 tricks or something
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I agree with that; the verse is not Dre's voice (in so much as Dre even has a voice these days). I give it a pass, though, just because his presence is so iconic and it's a key part of the song's Visit L.A. sales pitch
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:58 (eleven years ago) link
Dre's verses have always been karaoke
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:02 (eleven years ago) link
u sound young
he used to be better at hiding it
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
thats silly. ppl used to criticize his rapping all the time & they were wrong then too
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
xpost I dunno, 2001 was pretty much all Dre karaoke and it was awesome in part because of that (this was the beginning of his "so what if I use ghostwriter? no shame in it phase.") I think the problem is he's never had a ghostwriter with a voice as distinct as Kendrick's
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
i dunno, he used to seem less slavish in his imitation of his writers. i kind of put the fault on kendrick for writing dre something so obviously in his own voice tho.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
eminem?
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
xp i don't buy that. jay-z, eminem, snoop, cube, doc?
yeah, eminem/snoop/cube were all strong voices too, obviously, but their personas heavily overlapped with Dre's in a way that Kendrick's doesn't. They all have their quirks, but there are a lot of interchangeable verses among the four of them. Kendrick is a real outlier
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
i kind of put the fault on kendrick for writing dre something so obviously in his own voice tho.
yeah, this is kind of true, but I give him a pass since I like the verse well enough anyway
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
i dont think kendrick is an outlier, its just a new voice'forgot about dre' is super obviously a bunch of em verses in like every way, we just give it a pass cuz we heard it a bunch & its a dope song
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i don't know how you could consider kendrick's flow more distinctive than now "eminem" dre's verse in forgot about dre was
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
i dunno, maybe it's just that i didn't realize he didn't write his own raps at the time, but dre sounds way more "himself" on the chronic and 2001 to me.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
totally agree; the ghost verses on "Forgot About Dre" were all angry and defensive, so they played on the popular image of Dre in a way that was believable enough
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
it must have been hard for eminem to channel than angry and defensive vibe dre wanted
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
for me it's less about the content than the rhythms
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:47 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― Number None, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
some spin on the ball here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwamhuY6Yy8
― Reg, Monday, 13 August 2012 14:07 (eleven years ago) link
For those who wish to stream it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdsUKphmB3Y
Fun but I was caught off guard when it made me feel old. Like going into this, I recalled all the times I've seen each of them on TV, and as soon as each one came on, it sank in fast that I haven't seen them in over 10, maybe even 15 years! We've all clearly gotten older - looking like it and moving like it. (But yeah, I still could've done without 50 Cent in either dad bod or chiseled form.) Combined with other recent experiences I've had, it's strange to see all these things I once associated with "classic rock" happen with hip hop.
Obviously Kendrick was the big exception - as soon as he comes on, it's electric. It's too bad they didn't give him the whole show. On the other hand, it would've been especially great if they had done this exact show 10 years ago.
― birdistheword, Monday, 14 February 2022 05:15 (two years ago) link
From Jon Caramanica NY Times article:
This year’s event also took place in South Los Angeles, just 20 minutes west of Compton, where Dr. Dre was a founder of N.W.A, one of the most important hip-hop groups of all time, godfathers of gangster rap and agit-pop legends. Compton was embedded into the stage setup: the buildings included signs for its various landmarks, including Tam’s Burgers, Dale’s Donuts, and the nightclub Eve After Dark, where Dr. Dre used to perform with his first group, World Class Wreckin’ Cru. The dances, from Crip-walking to krumping, were Los Angeles specific. Three vintage Chevrolet Impalas served as visual nods to lowrider culture. Lamar performed his segment atop a massive aerial photograph of the city.…
. And after the show was over, an N.F.L. spokesman said that the league knew all along that Eminem would kneel. Is it still protest if it’s been signed off on and approved?
― curmudgeon, Monday, 14 February 2022 05:55 (two years ago) link
The best thing about the Super Bowl halftime show was knowing a nation of Trump-loving racists all lost their fucking minds.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 14 February 2022 13:48 (two years ago) link
Fifty Cent looked aging rockstar bloated. Everyone else seemed like they’re doing ok.
Being a music dork, Anderson Paak on the drums was the highlight for me. Enjoyed the set also, and good fashion choice by Snoop. Overall good performances/show.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 14 February 2022 14:02 (two years ago) link
bird, how have you not seen snoop on tv for that long? he has to be one of the more ubiquitous stars out there
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Monday, 14 February 2022 14:04 (two years ago) link
Anderson was so clearly thrilled to be playing "Lose Yourself"
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 14 February 2022 14:05 (two years ago) link
Let's check in on Ben Shapiro, shall we?
Capitalism always wins. Watching the NFL monetize the Left's radical racial messaging, feature artists with rap sheets longer than your arm (including multiple accusations of violence against women), and even capitalize on Eminem kneeling is...hilarious.— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 14, 2022
Oh shit, he's anti-capitalist now!
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 14 February 2022 14:15 (two years ago) link
Hope no one tells him about the NFL's history of violence against women ...
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 February 2022 14:19 (two years ago) link
Shapiro's clearly been reading Thomas Frank
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Monday, 14 February 2022 14:44 (two years ago) link
there is no move so radical that it can't be recouped by *checks notes* Ben fucking Shapiro?
― I have a voulez-vous? with death (Noodle Vague), Monday, 14 February 2022 14:48 (two years ago) link
yeah but
This is an excellent Super Bowl halftime performance. Undeniable hip-hop and R&B excellence.— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) February 14, 2022
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 14 February 2022 14:52 (two years ago) link
TBF, I think the only halftime show that would satisfy Ben would be Leonidas Kavakos with the BSO.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 14 February 2022 14:53 (two years ago) link
From Jon Caramanica NY Times article:This year’s event also took place in South Los Angeles, just 20 minutes west of Compton, where Dr. Dre was a founder of N.W.A, one of the most important hip-hop groups of all time, godfathers of gangster rap and agit-pop legends. Compton was embedded into the stage setup: the buildings included signs for its various landmarks, including Tam’s Burgers, Dale’s Donuts, and the nightclub Eve After Dark, where Dr. Dre used to perform with his first group, World Class Wreckin’ Cru. The dances, from Crip-walking to krumping, were Los Angeles specific. Three vintage Chevrolet Impalas served as visual nods to lowrider culture. Lamar performed his segment atop a massive aerial photograph of the city.…― curmudgeon, Sunday, February 13, 2022 11:55 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― curmudgeon, Sunday, February 13, 2022 11:55 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Not that I'm complaining, but I didn't get why Mary J Blige was part of this lineup. Does she have some connection to Dre/LA or was she just the 90s R&B artist they thought would provide a change-of-pace in an all male/rap show? imo it would have been cool to give a younger LA artist like Tinashe this stage instead of throwing in a NY artist into what was otherwise a distinctly LA show.
― Indexed, Monday, 14 February 2022 15:07 (two years ago) link
mary j and dre are frequent collaborators
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Monday, 14 February 2022 15:08 (two years ago) link
and Blige had an album out last Friday.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 14 February 2022 15:09 (two years ago) link
Tinashe not famous enough
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Monday, 14 February 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
"family affair," "the message," "not today"
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Monday, 14 February 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
Ah got it - didn't realize they had a history and associate her more with Puff Daddy than Dre.
― Indexed, Monday, 14 February 2022 15:17 (two years ago) link
yeah puff & the family produced the entirety of 'my life,' but dre was behind the boards for her only number one hit
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Monday, 14 February 2022 15:23 (two years ago) link
the internet: "EMINEM KNEELED DESPITE THE NFL TELLING HIM NOT TO"
also the internet: "nah j/k, the nfl told him he could if he wanted"
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Monday, 14 February 2022 15:34 (two years ago) link
idk if i would necessarily believe nfl sources on this matter
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Monday, 14 February 2022 16:50 (two years ago) link
can i be cynical and say that the whole "kneeling" thing has been scripted and staged exactly as intended? and further that it was done this way specifically for the only white person on the bill to be the one to take a knee?
or is that too far?
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Monday, 14 February 2022 17:28 (two years ago) link
I didn't even connect that he was kneeling in reference to Kaepernick until someone pointed it out on Twitter
I think a much larger issue is his Just For Men darkened beard look
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 14 February 2022 18:12 (two years ago) link
I think Austin is OTM.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 14 February 2022 18:15 (two years ago) link
Amazing that Dre could fill a stadium that way with a performance, considering how rarely he's out there live.
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Monday, 14 February 2022 18:16 (two years ago) link
Been a fan for years but had no idea he was into this sort of thing. Very disappointed in Snoop Dogg.— Mark Russell (@Manruss) February 14, 2022
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 14 February 2022 20:16 (two years ago) link
i know snoop is like a different species when it comes to weed but the secondhand anxiety i'm getting from the idea of getting high right before performing at the super bowl halftime show is borderline overwhelming
― J0rdan S., Monday, 14 February 2022 20:19 (two years ago) link
that tweet lmao
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Monday, 14 February 2022 20:21 (two years ago) link
I'd be more worried if Snoop didn't smoke before the show
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 14 February 2022 20:22 (two years ago) link
snoop clearly in his element high as hell rapping "the next episode." carne otm; i wouldn't want it any other way.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Monday, 14 February 2022 20:30 (two years ago) link
I'm told that I loved the shit out of this excellent show last night. Memory is unclear
― I have a voulez-vous? with death (Noodle Vague), Monday, 14 February 2022 20:33 (two years ago) link
only thing that made me sad is we got nothing from The Chronic or Doggystyle, but i'm guessing they were too afraid of lewd content slipping through censors? either that or Dre partnering with Eminem, 50 Cent/etc, now has everybody associating only post-2000 music with Dre.
it was still a blast though.
btw "Will Snoop smoke on stage?" was something you could bet on at various Sportsbooks. i was too afraid.
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Monday, 14 February 2022 20:35 (two years ago) link
It's like Nadal hydrating before a match. Every single time you have ever heard Snoop, he has always been high. That's the Snoop you want.
I thought that too about the big Chronic and Doggystyle singles, that even watered down they might be too much for the Super Bowl bosses.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 14 February 2022 20:44 (two years ago) link
"Hands up, touchdown, while you pleasant people bounce to thisRolling down the street drinking skim milk, sipping on apple juice"
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Monday, 14 February 2022 20:47 (two years ago) link
It's a wierdly puritan country.
No wait
― I have a voulez-vous? with death (Noodle Vague), Monday, 14 February 2022 20:47 (two years ago) link
they should've allowed them to budget just one "motherfucker" in the performance
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Monday, 14 February 2022 20:57 (two years ago) link
If Snoop and Dre had broken into "Deep Cover" I'd have lost my mind
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Monday, 14 February 2022 21:09 (two years ago) link
There was a weird edit in Still DRE (at least the version I saw on youtube), so I assume someone let some profanity slip through and they had to cover.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 14 February 2022 21:18 (two years ago) link
i also wanted to hear some Doggystyle stuff so I could hear the versions of the songs I knew when I was 13 and forbidden from buying the actual music
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Monday, 14 February 2022 21:21 (two years ago) link
Tanqueray and E.T., yeah i'm tore down now
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Monday, 14 February 2022 21:22 (two years ago) link
am i the only one who finds his 19 Crimes wine collaboration a little gross
― Heez, Monday, 14 February 2022 21:30 (two years ago) link
It's a wierdly puritan country.No wait― I have a voulez-vous? with death (Noodle Vague), Monday, February 14, 2022 12:47 PM
― I have a voulez-vous? with death (Noodle Vague), Monday, February 14, 2022 12:47 PM
irl lol
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Monday, 14 February 2022 21:34 (two years ago) link
that tweet seems pretty obviously to be a joke
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 14 February 2022 21:47 (two years ago) link
I'd say indisputably, though it's not clear anyone here didn't get it
― rob, Monday, 14 February 2022 21:52 (two years ago) link
i love how even the most famous weed smoker ever kinda leans down to hit it
― Heez, Monday, 14 February 2022 21:53 (two years ago) link
Speak for yourself! I’m quite disappointed in Mr. Dogg xp
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 14 February 2022 22:54 (two years ago) link
Is it me or Kendrick just stopped short of saying po po?
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 00:28 (two years ago) link
Also Dr Dre is aging beautifully.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 00:29 (two years ago) link
i have never seen the forgot about dre video, it's... something
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 06:04 (two years ago) link
72 hours seems like an awful long time even if you're really into it so that line is a little confusing to me
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, October 30, 2012 6:05 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Well, TBF, each thrust probably takes like 25 minutes.
― Clarke B., Tuesday, October 30, 2012 6:12 PM bookmarkflaglink
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