while i'm a bit underwhelmed by the tape i gotta say this cover art was p illhttp://www.fakeshoredrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/49.jpg
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 06:38 (twelve years ago) link
The type and logos are meh, but the painting is pretty great.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 06:45 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67G54zY6HR8
fav off that tape
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 07:37 (twelve years ago) link
agree that "trilla" and "peso" are great but while the overall stoned-in-your-bedroom x witch-house-spookiness vibe probably hits the spot in a certain mood it's not something i can get very excited about as a thing? also he CAN'T RAP omg, and it's not even like there's force of character to compensate à la lil b's stream of consciousness moments
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 07:39 (twelve years ago) link
the LEP went for a darker denser street feel than I was expecting, thought it wd have some more pop moves like the last one. there is a good retro vibe to it, like back when gangster rappers yelled about politics in a one dimensional gangster rap way and spelled america with three k's in the middle
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 07:40 (twelve years ago) link
of the recent mixtapes i've been catching up on i quite like the travis porter but kind of wish there were more super-fast bangers like "bring it back" - meek mill's is really great though, liked j0rdan's review of that, and the reema major backs up "i'm the one" pretty effectively
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 07:41 (twelve years ago) link
this was a highlight toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdfAZ9BlEMM
but I like PacMan hooks & his verse on this (the last one) was p niceI would say, if you're not feeling these two tracks, you probably will not like this tape. I do wish it was better mastered hopefully the NODJ sounds better :(
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 07:43 (twelve years ago) link
i think deej and i are both in agreement that this tape would be much more interesting/better if you just eliminated clams casino from the equation entirely
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 November 2011 02:00 (1 hour ago) Bookmark
surprised i disagree w this because up until i heard this i was decidedly not a big clams casino fan but c'mon the beat on bass? that & wassup are standouts of the first half
― flopson, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 07:44 (twelve years ago) link
isnt that the one that's just a stuttered biggie beat
the bigger problem on that track is the endless downtuned vocal chorus
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 07:48 (twelve years ago) link
in place of a real hook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltqrm3Jdu9o
the bo deal will probably get slept on mostly but this track is pretty amazing. ranks up with his classic 'bananas'
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 07:54 (twelve years ago) link
its a gender battle track where the dude is the one trying to get the girl pregnant, kind of a flip of the cliche
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 08:05 (twelve years ago) link
is there a rap song this year with more youtube hits than 'racks' (almost 12 million !!)
― tpp, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 09:39 (twelve years ago) link
"Yonkers" and "Gucci Gucci" both have more than twice that i'm afraid
― Number None, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 09:41 (twelve years ago) link
lil wayne featuring eminem 64 million
ok i give up
― tpp, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 09:41 (twelve years ago) link
using the patented youtube views metric ASAP is certainly lagging way behind this year's other blog faves
― Number None, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 09:43 (twelve years ago) link
2012:
rolling urban menswear thread
― tpp, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 10:11 (twelve years ago) link
based off 3 listens per tape 2Chainz > ASAP > Freddie Gibbs. I prefer the Travis Porter 'Music Money Magnums' to any of them (don't think that's the most recent Travis Porter tho)
― pandemic, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 11:51 (twelve years ago) link
screwed hooks have been all over rap since still tippin deej. u sound a bit like "i don't like how this new rapper uses pieces of other records on the hook, what's up with that?"
― zvookster, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
Checked out "Tony Story" off the Meek Mill thanks to JOrdan's review. Awesome
― Number None, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
You should really have that meek mill imo. It's like 70% the best mixtape this year
And yeah bro I know what a screwed hook is. It just sounds cheap here and more gives feels like a reverse bee gees effect than an actual s&c hook.
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
The gibbs is way better than the asap imo
I'm really conflicted abt 2 chainz although it sounds p much as I expected
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
yeah the meek mill is excellent. I like the production on freddie gibbs better than asap for sure, it's just he has too many kinda smooth cuts for me, which isn't really my thing, so i prefer the asap cos of the style rather than the quality.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
meek mill just has that something about his voice that connects - j0rdan discussed this in his review, it's something that plenty aim for but when someone has it, it's just POW. don't even mind the generic lex luger beats really. what i find interesting is the way he crosses WAKA-style energy with complex narrative without sacrificing either.
is it just me or does he bring the best out of rawse, too? maybe it's just something about how their voices contrast that makes me more amenable to rick ross's elephantine galumphing as a foil to meek's nervous energy.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like codeine cowboy & trap-a-velli 2 > the new one
― sisilafami, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
zvooks, good catch but i think i was trying to say i thought he was wackmaybe too subtle
btw, i predictably like the roots/krit collabo a lothttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xSCPM4Zb9U
― google sluething so hard right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
can we get a new thread, loading this one is killing my browser
― truth fact and correct (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
it's november dude, just turn images off
― flopson, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
bookmarks dude
― google sluething so hard right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
― zvookster, Wednesday, November 2, 2011 12:32 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is partly right, but the thing about ASAP is that he isn't -- i think even too ppl that really like his music -- an amazing rapper qua rapper. and i think if you're an amazing rapper, you can get away with relying heavily on c&s hooks, but with ASAP (and tons of other rappers) it might be a sign that he just doesn't have that many ideas for hooks right now, and that wouldn't be good
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
― lex pretend, Wednesday, November 2, 2011 1:41 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah there's something to this. the interplay b/w their two styles really works.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
Those are literally not s and c hooks, though. It's a dude talking slowed down, but not our a scratched hook, more like what mf grimm does in "scars and memories"
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
Like, the normal s&c hook is a sample
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
right... well they're screwing his voice instead of a sample, and not chopping it. it's not that big of a distinction. the end results would be pretty similar.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
stuff like "my chick bad" and "black mags" are just the rappers pitched down, but yeah they're used like samples whereas this is just dude rapping pitched down, i know what deej means.
― zvookster, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i dont think it works for them xp
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
well typically when someone says s&c hook i'm thinking of, like, the hook to still tippin, where its a sample slowed down for a hook
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
anyway, pedant overload. jordan was totally otm about the french montana hook on this new pusha t
it wasn't pedantry: it turned out u had more specific criticisms than "pitched down hooks suck"
― zvookster, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
forks: it's the "hilarious" pun on wack, beloved of hundreds, that's embarrassing! typos and misspellings aren't embarrassing.
― zvookster, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
thats not all i said in the first place, though
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
ok dude
― zvookster, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
anyway why is no one talking about the bo deal track i posted that shit is ridiculous
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
the french montana hook on this new pusha t
! love it
― tpp, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu1ug3WqE41qcrp73o1_400.jpgthe gucci & v-nasty track is pretty crazy yall
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
doing a song with V-Nasty is one of the most Gucci Mane-esque things Gucci Mane has ever done
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
i've listened to two Future mixtapes a lot but can't see myself really listening to this 2 Chainz one
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
i'm really, really pissed that v-nasty didn't call riff raff
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 November 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
btw deej i was thinking last night that future is prob a challenge to your claim that 2 chaaaiiinz is the biggest rapper in atl right now
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 November 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
riff raff bon jovi doesnt collab
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link