"Way Too Gone" off the last Jeezy album was the first Mike WiLL track that made me go holy shit, no topping that imo
― some dude, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 02:36 (nine years ago) link
BTW speaking of another Jeezy track (that I'm not sure I've heard yet, it's a Best Buy bonus) does Polow go by Hot Sauce now lol? Thought I remembered something like that
and yeah "Way Too Gone" is amazing, my favorite Mike Will track the whole time he was popping even though it's not from when he was popping. I really don't mess with the songs he was running the radio with tho, idk what it is, too much of a "depressing strip club" vibe for me or something lol. This year got me thinking he may have a Neptunes/Pharrell-type career where IMO he becomes more creative even as his popularity declines
― nova, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 02:40 (nine years ago) link
oh but I do like most stuff he did with Future and at least a couple of those were reasonably popular, I think
― nova, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 02:41 (nine years ago) link
lol listening to "Addicted" Best Buy bonus with T.I. and YG right now going in expecting the obligatory "buzzaonthebeathoe" drop and instead it's this happy-go-lucky shit heh. Kinda dig it
― nova, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 02:44 (nine years ago) link
Def. the best Childish Major track there, he kinda stinks up the main album
anyway sry not to derail thread topic
― nova, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 02:45 (nine years ago) link
i don't think Polow is using a different name now. he co-produced "Anaconda" as Polow.
― some dude, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 02:49 (nine years ago) link
I thought he was Hollywood Hotsauce on the Diddy-Dirty Money album but I may be getting my producer aliases crossed up
― nova, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 02:52 (nine years ago) link
wiki says Hollywood Hot Sauce is a completely different dude who co-produced a lot of Polow tracks circa 2009/2010http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Hot_Sauce
― some dude, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 02:59 (nine years ago) link
what was Polow's rapping alter ego? 'Gorgeous Jones'? lol
― some dude, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 03:01 (nine years ago) link
You know I was kinda wtf@"4 Zones" being left off the regular version but like you said maybe Jeezy relistened to the hook and was all naaah that ain't me lol
― nova, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 03:05 (nine years ago) link
"Awesome Jones" btw
awesome possum ondabeat
― nova, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 06:32 (nine years ago) link
starting to think "No Flex Zone" is a total classic. sucks for those dudes that they'll be remembered as a kiddy act even tho they're like 20
― bobby shmorbius (The Reverend), Saturday, 27 September 2014 01:17 (nine years ago) link
eh its part of their style though. also their new one is gonna be a hit too
― deej loaf (D-40), Saturday, 27 September 2014 01:20 (nine years ago) link
swae lee's gonna have a solo career too i bet
― snrub goin up on a tuesday (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 27 September 2014 03:42 (nine years ago) link
http://instagram.com/p/tbvdierUDY
― snrub goin up on a tuesday (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 27 September 2014 03:58 (nine years ago) link
nooo why are they letting austin drag them down
― dyl, Saturday, 27 September 2014 08:02 (nine years ago) link
starting to think "No Flex Zone" is a total classic
^^^^this
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 27 September 2014 13:36 (nine years ago) link
theres sick production on this but not sure any of the songs are great, some good verses def tho
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 02:59 (nine years ago) link
nothing is promised is a jam
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 9 June 2016 12:03 (seven years ago) link
all the Future ad libs just make me wonder if it would've sounded better as a Future song, it seems more suited to his voice than Rihanna's
― Dierks Bentley's Holistic Detective Agency (some dude), Thursday, 9 June 2016 12:11 (seven years ago) link
Yeah he wrote it and it really just sounds like a future song w rihanna's vocals.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 9 June 2016 12:14 (seven years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/11/how-mike-will-made-it
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 14:57 (seven years ago) link
I did not know Swae Lee wrote "Formation"
― Evan R, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 15:38 (seven years ago) link
pretty weird timing for a mike will super producer trend story...
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 July 2016 15:43 (seven years ago) link
The author seems a little out of touch. A lot of the piece reads like it could have been filed in 2013, just after Bangerz came out.
The angle to me feels like it could have been Will's commercial resiliency. Wasn't all that long ago ppl were suggesting Will had been rendered passe by DJ Mustard, but now it's pretty obvious which producer had the longer shelf life.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 15:56 (seven years ago) link
Also odd that the piece was written for readers who have absolutely no knowledge of rap music about a subject that only readers deeply interested in rap music would ever care about
― Evan R, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 16:08 (seven years ago) link
but he hasn't really shown much commercial resiliency, "formation" aside... rae sremm album got pushed back after the single flopped. mustard prob has the bigger hit ("needed me") this year.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 July 2016 16:14 (seven years ago) link
Still, Mike Will is just about the only ATL producer atm who seems to bring the best out of whoever it is he's working with.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
what does that even mean
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 July 2016 18:39 (seven years ago) link
It means that whenever Future or Thug collaborate w MWMI they sound inspired, that all the new Rae Sremms have been great + MFN Right is a banger. The Rihanna song would have been better as a Future song but it's still good, and no, he isn't really charting atm but the spark's still there.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 20:09 (seven years ago) link
It means that whenever Future or Thug collaborate w MWMI they sound inspired
examples?
rae sremmurd have only ever worked w/ him so i don't see how they count
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 July 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
Rae Sremmurd count because they seem to be developing healthily whereas Future and Thug are sort of threading water atm. He brings out a poppier sound in them whenever they work together and I need more of that.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
* them = future & thug
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 20:47 (seven years ago) link
and the best new gucci is over a mw beat
― ANU (sisilafami), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 23:03 (seven years ago) link