"Made in the USA" coulda been great but wow is that chorus ever awful.
― Simon H., Thursday, 17 November 2011 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
slumerican shitizen
lol
― flopson, Thursday, 17 November 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
if songs with names like that are what i have to look forward to i am lowering my expectations
― flopson, Thursday, 17 November 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
\oO/ you should all be listening to Tree lol
― Regional Thug (D-40), Friday, 18 November 2011 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
^this is seriously never going to stop making me lol
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 18 November 2011 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
The "feat. Killer Mike" is the cherry on top
― Number None, Friday, 18 November 2011 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
i love killer mike so much, why would he do that?
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 18 November 2011 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
Song is great fuiud
― shiroibasketshoes & tuxedos (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 18 November 2011 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's also a good song
― yo zuccotti (J0rdan S.), Friday, 18 November 2011 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
i haven't heard it! lex told me not to
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 18 November 2011 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
this katy b is great tho
i dont want a world where m@tt listens to what lex tells him. no diss to either of you but
― Regional Thug (D-40), Friday, 18 November 2011 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
I love Mike too (and his record from this year is better than this) but the album he's doing with El-P is gonna be called R.A.P. (which stands for Rebellious African Peoples) Music, so he's not averse to bad titles. And the Slumerican Shitizen thing fits pretty well with his persona
― Number None, Friday, 18 November 2011 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
i think "slumerican shitizen" is a bit more knowing than Rebellious African Peoples Music
― yo zuccotti (J0rdan S.), Friday, 18 November 2011 00:27 (twelve years ago) link
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― Regional Thug (D-40), Thursday, November 17, 2011 6:20 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark
lol i'm really listening to the new Future of the Left EP and Cosmic Slop today
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 18 November 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
check M@tt's recent Spotify activity, if Notorious K.I.M. and Pink Friday aren't back-to-back every day for the last two weeks, I'd say he's free from lexfluence
― no jesus, no piece (Neanderthal), Friday, 18 November 2011 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
lex was suggesting we /do/ listen to slumerican shitizen
― flopson, Friday, 18 November 2011 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
whats this album called again?
― flopson, Friday, 18 November 2011 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
Not heard this yet but I've kinda resigned myself to the fact that this guy's career is gonna be a long downhill plummet from 'Trunk Muzik'.
so cynical! and on no evidence apart from superimposing other artists' career trajectories on to someone who's shown no actual slipping of his skills.
Evidence: Trunk Muzik is better than Trunk Muzik 0-60 is (mostly) better than "Hard White" is better than the Kid Rock track is better than the vibe I'm getting off people's reactions to the whole album in this thread.
But I will obviously wait to hear this album and then decide.
― Tim F, Friday, 18 November 2011 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
if dude can at least throw out the occasional mixtape that has a more street sound to it, I can forgive his occasional mainstream sins. course on Shady's label, who knows....
― no jesus, no piece (Neanderthal), Friday, 18 November 2011 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
My record store had this out today. So I bought it.
Loved Trunk Muzik, only liked 0-60. Am hoping for the best with this. But boy does it just *look* cluttered with junk from the outside.
― alpine static, Friday, 18 November 2011 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
trunk muzik 0-60 isn't significantly worse than its predecessor and definitely doesn't contain any "warning sign" change of directions. "daddy's lambo" is one of the best songs yelawolf has done. "shit i seen" was another promising track this year, that ended up in my top 10 tracks of the year which is no mean feat.
writing yelawolf off like this kind of smacks of "i only liked him before he was signed" tbh.
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Friday, 18 November 2011 07:19 (twelve years ago) link
i don't even like pink friday that much! the bulk of the non-bonus tracks are not very necessary
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Friday, 18 November 2011 07:20 (twelve years ago) link
In fairness Yela does well with what he's given here and most of the problems stem from bad advice probably. The two Trunk Muziks are about as good as one another but I don't see any reason why he couldn't make another awesome mixtape or even an album with people who weren't intent on sucking all the personality out of him.
Also I suppose now is the time to say something hopeful about bonus tracks?
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 November 2011 08:05 (twelve years ago) link
"Fulla Shit" by Rittz would be another good unofficial bonus track
― Number None, Friday, 18 November 2011 08:10 (twelve years ago) link
There was some talk recently of Yela and KRIT potentially doing a whole project together, which I wholeheartedly endorse.
― Simon H., Friday, 18 November 2011 08:11 (twelve years ago) link
Also (most of) the second half of this isn't outright terrible, just boring, and the tracks don't suit Yela's personality really. He's already shown he make amazing songs about girls (Love Is Not Enough ffs) but these aren't among them. I miss the storytelling Yelawolf, either of the songs-about-girls variety or the Lynyrd-Skynyrd-listening-meth-dealer-way-over-his-head-variety.
Also also it seems like the predominant school of rap production on show here is generally way down the path that the duller end of post-Coldplay rock music went down years ago, this lack of attention played to any rhythmic interest in favour of a constant 4x4 plod. It's not always terrible but it means the beats just kind of slug along the floor rather than bounce - good rappers can do amazing things over the top of them but they're virtually impossible to sing over which is why you end up with choruses that just sound like stupid lazy musical platitudes.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 November 2011 09:49 (twelve years ago) link
is this gonna sell like lupe's lasers? which i imagine most of us hated. or is it a commercial AND creative bomb
i still havent heard it fwiw
― Regional Thug (D-40), Friday, 18 November 2011 10:13 (twelve years ago) link
It sounds pretty radio friendly to me, or what I imagine gets played on the radio as I haven't been a radio listener for ages.
― pandemic, Friday, 18 November 2011 10:18 (twelve years ago) link
internet killed the radio star tho
― Number None, Friday, 18 November 2011 10:21 (twelve years ago) link
is the hook on animal brostep?
― sk8 bush (diamonddave85), Friday, 18 November 2011 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
is this gonna sell like lupe's lasers?
how is a dude who has never had one song played on the radio gonna sell 200k
― yo zuccotti (J0rdan S.), Friday, 18 November 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
in one week?
― yo zuccotti (J0rdan S.), Friday, 18 November 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
i think you're not understanding my question
― Regional Thug (D-40), Friday, 18 November 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
is this a 'bad pop album' in the sense that its a flop, or in the sense that ilx doesn't like it but it will sell boatloads with a normal eminem audience
im not actually saying its going to do exactly lupe's numbers (although i don't see how thats ruled out with a shady records affiliation)
― Regional Thug (D-40), Friday, 18 November 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
trunk muzik 0-60 isn't significantly worse than its predecessor and definitely doesn't contain any "warning sign" change of directions.
this one has "marijuana" on it, right?
― mon/ seeya/ chi 2.0 (k3vin k.), Friday, 18 November 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
also yeah no one knows who yelawolf is, he is not doing 6 figures
― mon/ seeya/ chi 2.0 (k3vin k.), Friday, 18 November 2011 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
omg dudes. we need to stop tearing each other down this is getting ridic
― Regional Thug (D-40), Friday, 18 November 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
i'd like to come out against negativity
― mon/ seeya/ chi 2.0 (k3vin k.), Friday, 18 November 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxyYP_bS_6s
― do you want me to share what i know w/ you or not? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 November 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
(although i don't see how thats ruled out with a shady records affiliation)
― Regional Thug (D-40), Friday, November 18, 2011 3:47 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark
for someone who pays more attention to rap than anyone i know you say some curious things sometimes
― yo zuccotti (J0rdan S.), Friday, 18 November 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
what would indicate that a yelawolf album would sell "boatloads"
― yo zuccotti (J0rdan S.), Friday, 18 November 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
trunk muzik 0-60 is a pretty good album btw they should've followed that blueprint - "marijuana" is such a dope song
― yo zuccotti (J0rdan S.), Friday, 18 November 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
― yo zuccotti (J0rdan S.), Friday, November 18, 2011 3:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
obviously there's a strain of bland 'lyrically lyrical' rap that will sell boatloads, i.e. eminem. there's also the fact that this is obv a 'sell out' attempt, so the thing i'm trying to ascertain in asking about this record is, is this a failed crossover attempt, or is it just failed creatively.
you guys are being unnecessarily condescending chill the fuck out
― Regional Thug (D-40), Friday, 18 November 2011 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
second and third paragraph there are really funny side by side.
― do you want me to share what i know w/ you or not? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 November 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
so the thing i'm trying to ascertain in asking about this record is, is this a failed crossover attempt, or is it just failed creatively.
how are these two different things? is it a failed crossover attempt? probably, idk we can all look at yelawolf's numbers and probably ascertain that. is it failed creatively? probably, i guess how much it's failed creatively is up to the listener.
― yo zuccotti (J0rdan S.), Friday, 18 November 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
"how are these two different things? "
lupe fiasco, lasers, referred to in my very first post on this particular subject
― Regional Thug (D-40), Friday, 18 November 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
i'm curious if you guys think this has charting potential or not. this isn't a complicated question.
― Regional Thug (D-40), Friday, 18 November 2011 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
yes, this will likely chart but that is largely dependent on snagging some sort of single with radio play and i dunno what the single is atmclearly he can get radio play if he really wants to; getting yr song on a WWE intro is a nice accomplishment.
― do you want me to share what i know w/ you or not? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 November 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link