rolling regional thug thread 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJxLVUuK0TI

I never read the Gawker piece before. Gotta say, DJ Kenn's story is kind of amazing, somehow more interested in that...

― MikoMcha, Monday, June 11, 2012 4:19 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agree

― tpp, Monday, June 11, 2012 5:12 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kenn is a real interesting dude but i still think keef's is the real story at the end of the day & kenn is a part of that, rather than the other way around. keef's the one who galvanized kids throughout the city and kenn's production talents are notable but not bigger than the wider story about what's happening here.

im worried about hype but only to the degree that it sets unreasonable expectations. but in keef's case, i don't think it's really there... people are interested in his story, where he's from and the songs he's recorded. i dont see why 'hype' would keep him from recording songs like he's done already.

specifically i wanna know more abt this bit:
Kenn had planned to spend just a year in the United States, but within ten months of moving to New York, he flew to Chicago. He spoke little-to-no English, and knew nobody in the city; he just knew he wanted to make music. Chief Keef's uncle Keith discovered him walking down the street in Woodlawn (a neighborhood that is 98 percent African American), and found him a place to stay. "He took me to an apartment right there across the street"—Kenn gestures out the front window—"and I stayed over there and started to do music. Keef came through, Santana came through, and we started recording."

I'm not worried about the hype at all. The man has minor hits, a story to go with them and a production unit with a defined sound. Let's not pretend as if we would be doing him a favor by not listening, writing, talking, quarreling etc. That stuff is plainly hypocritical. This music was made to be heard. If it's out there, it's up for grabs. Keef's objective has never been to become the new Andre 3000. He either makes more hits, more music worth talking about, or he doesn't. End of story. Casting him as some sort of victim to the hype machine is just in bad taste.

DJ Kenn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5VCtngStMY#t=1m27s

Errr... 1m27s - the time embed didn't work.

http://fearlessradio.com/component/k2/item/2698-disrespectful-radio-05-01-12

aww broken link :(

anyway http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/travis-porter-it-ain-t-my-fault-song.861868.html this is so dope

that's on the spotify version of the album i've been listening to, apparently isn't on all versions though?

This is really good: http://untamed256.bandcamp.com/

http://limelinx.com/files/b10836756302033393a9c629400bb617

awesome. could unite generations.

scoop deville has really come out of nowhere this year

i like that description. will try it tonight.

basically all i've been listening to this week
http://themartorialist.blogspot.ie/2012/05/max-minelli-compilation-4-u.html

woah i just looked up scoop deville and he's Frost (Kid Frost's) kid!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k86CV-0c0zk

nice

This street tape by Showbiz & AG is pretty cool:

Mug Shot Music: Preloaded
http://www.mediafire.com/?hsgfikaw53c22hu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XytjIdRNDoc

i just listend to some chief keef and i don't really get it

i guess it's fine and all

Doesn't do anything for me either.

that Amber London is cool but suuuper retro, in a way that sounds nice now but will prob be completely tiresome when g-funk synths become all the rage w/in six months

produced by Spaceghostpurrp

haha of course. well, at least she has more presence than he does

Mystikal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYeQD6zhXao

like that amber london

mmg isn't really sounding too hot this year outside of 'rich forever.' whats goin on

i have zero problem w/ what meek's been dropping this year

omarion joint's ok. pretty much every single off this ross album for the past year and a half has been terrible (although the usher one's aight), kind of hilarious that people 'anticipate' the lp anyway.

if Meek keeps up the hit rate from his tapes his album should comfortably be among the best of the year

yes, easily

i've been jamming the travis porter album a lot. it's missing a few good hooks here and there but it's more or less what i want to hear from them.

i want someone to write an article abt the influence of pop punk on rap like travis porter. i hear so much in there

the MMG track that linked today is cool

er, leaked

altho as someone on twitter pointed out it the beat totally sounds like "penitentiary philosophy"

i want someone to write an article abt the influence of pop punk on rap like travis porter. i hear so much in there

― tpp, Thursday, June 14, 2012 7:15 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark

well they all dress like 14 year old white kids as it is

"party time" from the new album is basically a get up kids song

i avoided travis porter for a while because their name sounded like a pop-punk artist

the meek tape was aite to me but has no singles on the level of his shit from last yr

the MMG track that linked today is cool

― lamborghini persie (J0rdan S.), Thursday, June 14, 2012 6:43 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

zzz

the meek tape was aite to me but has no singles on the level of his shit from last yr

― littledotheyknow (D-40), Friday, June 15, 2012 8:28 AM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark

eh i think that's just holding him to too high a standard. yes he hasn't made any songs as good as "I'ma Boss" or "House Party" in the last 10 months, but it's not like a bunch of other rappers have. and "Lean Wit It" and "Amen" are perfectly good songs to keep it moving with in the meantime.

yeah i dont mean to suggest hes fallen off, im just hoping for more & those feel like a holding pattern i guess

Anyone else enjoying Joey Bada$$ and his new mixtape 1999?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDWAk8-leVA

Keef signed a deal with Interscope

RIP

Better that than cmr or cte.

yes, that is true

basically all i've been listening to this week
http://themartorialist.blogspot.ie/2012/05/max-minelli-compilation-4-u.html

― Number None, Wednesday, June 13, 2012 1:31 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Excellent shout, now I too have been listening to it all week. Well from Thurs-Today to be accurate.

generally speaking, a new artist signing to a major for their own imprint is a higher risk/higher reward than signing to an established star's imprint. you might not get as much instant attention as you would signing with Wayne/Jeezy/Kanye/etc. but you also don't have to wait in line behind Lil Twist/Gibbs/Pusha T/etc. and coordinate your career with 5 other careers already in progress.

is there anything appealing to creating your own imprint aside from theoretically having the power to put your friends on? (and i'm not sure if that's even true tbh.) just seems like unnecessary risk for everyone involved, and sometimes just totally pointless (thinking of earl sweatshirt getting his own imprint w/ wherever he signed).