if you're looking for some ny-centric media conspiracy to make a rapper popular, the proof is theophilus.he has like 3 sponsorships, with brands like vitaminwater and bing, and those brands have partnerships with every media source in this space. they're basically obligated to post his corporate-subisidized tracks and videos and flyers and shit
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
i dont really care abt asap's media-propelled buzz any more, once he broke through to national recognition it kind of leveled off, and I'm not sure I see him being able to deliver on the buzz so I'm sort of rooting for dude in a bizarre way
that said i think 'goldie' is pretty average, even the beat.
― man down (D-40), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i agree -- for a HIT BOY COLLABO it's just all around underwhelming
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
i think the collaboration worked for the same reason "n-s in paris" did - asap is way better at carrying a track by himself because he loads them with all the mini-hooks that make a song hit with audiences now. his good songs are very smart bc they hit with crowds at exactly the right moments, with the sort of topography that ni99as in paris had. little bite-sized hooks that come in at reliable intervals
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
thats why when someone like schoolboy q or theophilus london come in - it breaks his momentum. those songs will never be big like his others
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
"take 1" w/ main attraktionz is one of his best songs though
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
yeah "goldie" is definitely not as good as "peso" or "purple swag"
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
or like half the songs on live love asap
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i don't see the big deal about "goldie"? i mean it's aight...
― heiswagger (rennavate), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
purple swag wasnt really good either tbr
― man down (D-40), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
It had a cool beat
― Number None, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVE9AwIhV_Y
curious what ppl think of this. i kind of love the contrast b/w fatz's total dead-eyed flow & the lushness of the production, its a good contradiction
2nd verse is not my thing tho
― man down (D-40), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 09:19 (twelve years ago) link
really like a lot of the songs on this new Kevin Gates CDhttp://cdn.thefader.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/00-cover.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcDKFPyI5aI
― man down (D-40), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqIZoWLvVrA
curious if Al likes this stuff
― man down (D-40), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
will have to make a note to check it when i get home
― some former lust object you've shamefully forgotten (some dude), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
its hard to believe YMCMB is putting out stuff like this.
― man down (D-40), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
enjoying a lot of this future album more than i thought i would! "parachute">>>>>
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
Gonna get that Gates lp for sure.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJusndrL4ig
digital underground f. j. stalin
― man down (D-40), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
"its getting hot in herre ... so take off all your nose"
XD
― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
man when's the j stalin record coming out? seem's like it's forever delayed.
― bass, Thursday, 19 April 2012 09:16 (twelve years ago) link
he just put "the body snatchers" out last month, it's pretty good.
― sisilafami, Thursday, 19 April 2012 13:16 (twelve years ago) link
thanks i must have missed that. there's the collaboration album with l-jay too but i didn't think much of it.
― bass, Thursday, 19 April 2012 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
haven't heard that one
― sisilafami, Thursday, 19 April 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
i think i'm falling out of love w/hip hop― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown)
you're just not digging pistachio. there's a lotta other flavors
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 April 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
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it's alright, just crammed with really average sex raps. it's weirdly nothing like its artwork.
― bass, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
i think i'm falling out of love w/hip hop― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown)you're just not digging pistachio. there's a lotta other flavors
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, April 19, 2012 10:33 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah i dunno :/
just nothing's really grabbing me lately. i listened to rolling stoned by smoke dza today that was pretty good.
― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
did you hear that marching band track i posted on the no more drama thread? seemed like you'd dig it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmIWmwA-NZQ
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
haha radiohead chant at the beginning
that's cool, i like guilty a lot
cool breeze did some marching band stuff that was cool iirc
― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
i've been on a count bass d kick just lately; you a fan? he came up from my college town right when i was paying more attention to hip hop.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZikqRQbpD4
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
kinda makes me sad that this approach led to record deals for cudi but what're you gonna do
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
yeah when count bass d's first album came out with t-boz tried to talk to me that single got talked about in the source, love that album...
but i kinda lost touch with the rest of his career for some reason
― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
the dwight spitz album is great, art 4 sale is all time for me.he's got a LOT of albums on spotify including a full length from last year; probably time for me to reembrace.
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUS68lX5NNk
finally some footage that captures the scope of this show
― man down (D-40), Friday, 20 April 2012 08:38 (twelve years ago) link
how can someone not be excited abt hip hop right now smh @ m@tt
― man down (D-40), Friday, 20 April 2012 08:48 (twelve years ago) link
"Where's the hooks?" lol
― man down (D-40), Friday, 20 April 2012 08:51 (twelve years ago) link
Thx for the Kevin Gates mention in this thread Deej. Checked it, liked it.
― pandemic, Friday, 20 April 2012 10:13 (twelve years ago) link
obsessed with pluto but that kels joint sticks out like a sore thumb. it's good tho. album reminds me a bit of 'the state vs radric davis'. not musically really, just a rapper managing to pull off a major label debut properly. spot on guest apperances. track with trae is so great.
― gucci gyoza (tpp), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i weirdly found myself impressed that future did a pimp c song that sounded more or less like all his other songs -- figured it would be some hokey twanged out texas shit
― yologram (J0rdan S.), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
that's pretty spot on. lol yea r kelly kinda nearly that song, the 'apple phone' line is just horrendous.
― bass, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
nearly ruined
EATING ON SHRIMP MOTHERFUCKER
― gucci gyoza (tpp), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
lmao @ that keef show clip. reminds me of grime shows back in tha day with 40 motherfuckers shouting on stage. man that track is so fucking huge
― gucci gyoza (tpp), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
*both those tracks
― gucci gyoza (tpp), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
trying to spot deej on stage...
― gucci gyoza (tpp), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
lol I was in the audience
Thats like keef and louies neighborhoods on stage with them.
There was a whole controversy bc the alderman sent out an email to residents warning about a "chief keef show"....which was actually headlined by meek mill
― man down (D-40), Friday, 20 April 2012 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
i was lolling @ louie when keef was doing "3hunna"
― yologram (J0rdan S.), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
that gates song "dangerous" is awesome btw, the beat reminds me of the "bag lady"/"xxplosive" sample a bit
― yologram (J0rdan S.), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
see also 50 Cent - 21 Questions
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, 20 April 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link