De La Soul didn't release anything for a five-year period, but I guess they toured and did whatever during that time.
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 21:55 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm going out the door for drinks, so when I return a little soused I'll have more to say. Kisses!
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 July 2010 21:55 (fourteen years ago) link
when hip-hop feels vital to the country, it's def a young man's game― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, July 2, 2010 2:50 PM (17 seconds ago) Bookmark
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, July 2, 2010 2:50 PM (17 seconds ago) Bookmark
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Friday, 2 July 2010 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
virtual old man rap renaissance in the last couple years IMO
this is really true to my ears - I haven't heard anything from young guys that's wowed me as much as Ghostface, Raekwon, E40, or Big Boi in recent years
― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 2 July 2010 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
this is probably true (otoh jay-z's 40)
exactly
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean, prior to "shine blockas", we would have had equal reason to wonder about both BB and andre. speakerboxxx & idlewild aren't my favorite albums (prefer the former), but i wasn't ready to write the verdict. i was curious about what might come next. and i'm still in that position wr2 dre.
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:00 (fourteen years ago) link
I haven't heard anything from young guys that's wowed me as much as Ghostface, Raekwon, E40, or Big Boi in recent years― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, July 2, 2010 2:57 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, July 2, 2010 2:57 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
would say i haven't heard a lot from young guys that's wowed me as as much, but yeah
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Big Boi was doing that ballet in Atlanta, put out the Got That Purp mixtape plus a couple singles and all this stuff
# 2004: "This Is How I Feel" (from the Earth Wind & Fire album Illumination)# 2005: "Never Gonna Let You Go (She's a Keepa)" (from the Omarion album 0)# 2005: "Porno Bitches" (from Bizarre album Hannicap Circus)# 2005: "My Man" (from the Carlos Santana album All That I Am)# 2005: "Girlfight" (from the Brooke Valentine album Chain Letter)# 2005: "Smilin' (You Caught Me)" (from the Sly & the Family Stone tribute album Different Strokes by Different Folks)# 2006: "Wanna Move" (from the Diddy album Press Play)# 2006: "Margarita" (from the Sleepy Brown album Mr. Brown)# 2006: "Porno Bitches" (from the Devin the Dude mixtape album Weed, Wine and Women)# 2006: "Ms. New Booty (remix)" (from the Bubba Sparxxx album The Charm)# 2007: "Last Night (Remix)" (from the Diddy album Press Play)# 2007: "And I Love You" (from the Rich Boy album Rich Boy)# 2007: "Hood Figga (Remix)" (from the Gorilla Zoe album Welcome to the Zoo)# 2007: "Get It Shawty (Remix)" (from the Lloyd album Street Love)# 2007: "Hood Boy" (from the Fantasia album Fantasia)# 2007: "I'm So Hood (Remix)" (from the DJ Khaled album We the Best)# 2007: "Hold Up" (from the Chris Brown album Exclusive)# 2007: "I'm Crazy for Love" (from the Lim Jeong Hee album Before I Go J-Lim)# 2008: "Energy" (from the Raheem DeVaughn album Love Behind the Melody)# 2008: "U Know" (from the King Vashawn album Villennium)# 2008: "Love's Crazy" (from the Slim album Love's Crazy)# 2009: "She Gotta Friend" (with Gucci Mane and Juelz Santana)# 2010: "Nothin' On You Remix" (with B.O.B. and Bruno Mars)# 2010: "Tightrope" (with Janelle Monae)
― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Andre, otoh busy getting on John Legend and Gwen Stefani albums...
# 2003: "Boogie Man" (from the Big Gipp album Mutant Mindframe)# 2004: "Bubble Pop Electric", "Long Way To Go" (from the Gwen Stefani album Love. Angel. Music. Baby.)# 2005: "That's Sexy" (from the Q-Tip album Open)# 2005: "Junglebook" (unreleased version; original version from the Esthero album Wikked Lil' Grrrls)# 2006: "Throw Some D's (Remix)" (from the Rich Boy album Rich Boy)# 2007: "What A Job" (from the Devin the Dude album Waitin' To Inhale)# 2007: "30 Something (Remix)" (Jay-Z feat. André 3000 & Ice Cube)# 2007: "You (Remix)" (from the Lloyd album Street Love)# 2008: "Green Light" (from the John Legend album Evolver)# 2008: "Everybody" (from the Fonzworth Bentley album C.O.L.O.U.R.S., also featuring Kanye West)# 2010: "Ride" (remix) (from the Ciara album Basic Instinct)
― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:09 (fourteen years ago) link
there's good stuff there
dre is awesome on "green light" -- his verse on that fonzworth song is actually pretty good
both big and dre are pretty great on "int'l players anthem"
big was awesome on "i'm so hood rmx", "she got a friend", "get it shawty rmx"
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:11 (fourteen years ago) link
listening now - I don't really get around to enough rap to say that this is better than everything else or anything but I am loving the hell out of this
― get your bucket of free wings (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah Intl Players Anthem is the standout from this period (at least what I heard of it)
xp
― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link
<3 Dre on the "Walk It Out" rmx
I walk it out like Usherif you say 'real talk', I probly won't trust ya
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah that's a seminal line
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
your white tee, well to melook like a nightgownmake your momma proudtake that thing two sizes down
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:17 (fourteen years ago) link
i could give a damn about your carbut then i would be
whoever compared this to quik & kurupt is otm i was thinking the same thing
― blap...tremendo (deej), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I gotta say, if "You Ain't No DJ" is any indication, Andre can still make awesome rappin'-ass rap beats when he wants to.
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:46 (fourteen years ago) link
"Tangerine" is such a low-key banger imo
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't help but feel like the Too Short cameo is totally squandered.
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 23:25 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^so true
― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 2 July 2010 23:29 (fourteen years ago) link
he says like 4 lines? wtf
yahhh
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 23:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, those Big Boi lines are the perfect segue into a full Too Short verse, which I always feel robbed of when listening to the song.
― rennavate, Friday, 2 July 2010 23:49 (fourteen years ago) link
wish it has more Bun and Pat too
― vuvuzela soul (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 3 July 2010 00:26 (fourteen years ago) link
someone did gucci lines in shine blockas? can someone help me?
they put Gucci in a celldid my deal with the jailI make music, I make moviesI need Tyler Perry's cell--- smell coming out the lambfuck it what the hellgucci man, so I'm gucci'd downshe got on chanel------ blowing stupid kushlike I'm in a rushin the club with a half a poundhundred fifty bluntszone 6 east atlantazone (don't fuck with me alone?)so I shine like it's showtimeall my jewelry onon the block with a stupid watchboy you need to stopwhen I stop everybody watchcar don't have a topin a stretch, cost a stupid checkrolling up the packgot 'em gone, I can't even flexeast side where you at?
IT'S GUCCI !!!
― moullet, Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:05 (fourteen years ago) link
they put Gucci in a celldid my deal, went to jailI make music, I make moviesI need Tyler Perry's cellloud smell coming out the lambfuck it what the hellgucci man, so I'm gucci'd downshe got on chanelin the cut rolling stupid kush
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:08 (fourteen years ago) link
the end of that hits so hard
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:10 (fourteen years ago) link
on the block with a stupid watchboy you need to stopwhen I stop everybody watchcar don't have a top
i never realized how dope this is
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:11 (fourteen years ago) link
thx j0rdan!! i love that tyler part; sounds like "i need a pair of carousels"
― moullet, Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:14 (fourteen years ago) link
zone (don't fuck with me alone?)
can't exactly make this out though -- tbh it sounds like "fuck with meat alone" \(o_O)/
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:16 (fourteen years ago) link
FYI: All the lyrics are in the booklet.
― Andy K, Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:17 (fourteen years ago) link
did my deal, went to jail
i always heard this as "then medea went to jail" lol w/ the tyler perry ref
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:21 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah "shit i thought gucci mane said" could probably be a hot tumblr meme blog
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:26 (fourteen years ago) link
on the block with a stupid watchboy you need to stopwhen I stop everybody watchcar don't have a topi never realized how dope this is― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, July 2, 2010 9:11 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
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lol
― the last airbenderizer (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:29 (fourteen years ago) link
???
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:29 (fourteen years ago) link
if you can't grasp that bit you should stop trying to like gucci mane imo
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:31 (fourteen years ago) link
no prob
― the last airbenderizer (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:31 (fourteen years ago) link
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, July 2, 2010 9:11 PM (18 minutes ago)
yeah i was just thinking this earlier as i read it
xp oh brother
― youngdel griffith (k3vin k.), Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Hi, boys. What'd I miss?
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 3 July 2010 03:45 (fourteen years ago) link
not that it makes sense as far as i know, but I always heard it as "Zone 6, East Atlanta's own/fuck with Nia Long"
― maciej recognizing trill, Saturday, 3 July 2010 06:45 (fourteen years ago) link
glad this album doesnt have any dre3000 cameos actually. not cos i think theyd be pooor, but cos without them it means big boi stands alone, without the album resting on the outkast factor.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Saturday, 3 July 2010 07:42 (fourteen years ago) link
weirdly tho i dont really think of big boi as an old man rap artist, not like bun b, ghostface, or whoever. especially not the way hes rapping on this album. plus he doesnt do the whole 'im so weary' shtick.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Saturday, 3 July 2010 07:43 (fourteen years ago) link
(as suggested above) he sounded much more weary as of speakerboxxx
― The Reverend, Saturday, 3 July 2010 08:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Whiney's right, the rapping on that Em song is great, but the beat, guitar, Pink hook, lyrics and tone of voice are all really fucking terrible. Quite a feat!
Hope the Big Boi album comes out here this week, thread has me totally excited. Also has me wishing I hadn't lost my Cuban II CD in the meantime.
― oh shit a ◕‿‿◕ (sic), Saturday, 3 July 2010 10:02 (fourteen years ago) link
there's a lot of good stuff here but as an album begins to seem pretty arbitrary past maybe the halfway point - i think perhaps the true peril of an "old man" rap record isn't always so much solely in terms of outmoded styles as the lack or loss of a dialogue (between the songs, the context, the listener whatever) within that chosen metier? basically "good songs" aside i don't ever get the feeling anything is like, happening here, and that air of inconsequence lingering makes repping this record only seem like a reification of bias so much as anything
― r|t|c, Saturday, 3 July 2010 10:14 (fourteen years ago) link
like i find it hard to accept people wanna put this up against quik and kurupt - maybe on a critical reception level, or just yeah generally on a old stager observation, but blaqkout is so much richer a record on so many levels it's crazy
― r|t|c, Saturday, 3 July 2010 10:15 (fourteen years ago) link
oh i like the skits on this btw
motherfuckin henry
― r|t|c, Saturday, 3 July 2010 10:38 (fourteen years ago) link
^^yes! if i am totally h w/ myself, that might be my favorite moment on the whole album
― motherfuckin henry (The Reverend), Saturday, 3 July 2010 11:48 (fourteen years ago) link
its not an 'album album', its more just a scattering of good-great songs. inevitably peters out mid/three 1/4s of the way through, but it can be edited down. quality never drops tremendously either, it just doesnt all hang that well together.
if i was being really picky, i could say the enthusiasm is a tad affected. like big boi is manufacturing that ebullience/'inspired' mode, but that might be reaching.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Saturday, 3 July 2010 12:15 (fourteen years ago) link