Alpoko Don: Rap game Dr. John.
― (professor) (longneck), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 12:08 (twelve years ago) link
the bubble of new york people who think a$ap rocky will be/already is a 'UGE 'UGE STAR is hilarious
― some dude, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
i heard as recently as a few months ago the label was still pushing peso to national radio stations
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
can't wait to hear this...
http://www.twitvid.com/Q0CC4
― sisilafami, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Tuesday, June 26, 2012 4:15 PM (47 minutes ago) Bookmark
well they're pushing "goldie" now. which definitely has more traction nationally than "peso" ever had but is still not exactly a smash.
― some dude, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
"goldie" is pretty bad... also seems like it's only marginally bigger than "peso"
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 June 2012 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i hate the hook so much
― some dude, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's really bothersome -- someone should let him know that not every one of his singles can have a screwed hook
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 June 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
gotta give it to kanye (or whoever figured out the hook) 'lamborghini merci / your chick she so thirsty' is 100x catchier than any screwed asap hook even if thats who they bit the idea from
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
5% or something of all rap songs have had screwed hooks since time immemorial, how is it even possible to 'bite' the 'idea' from one recent guy
― some dude, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, does "mercy" directly rip an asap song? i missed that
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
what contemporary acts have screwed hooks right now? name one
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
i won't doubt kanye's desire to rip something off from every hot young rapper but it seems a bit generous to credit the hook on "mercy" to asap rocky instead of the entire sound & culture that it (including asap rocky) is spawned from
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
the-dream has done screwed hooks a bit no?
anyone listened to self made vol 2?
― hardhouse banter (tpp), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
I think its evident that bringing a screwed hook in 2012 is a reference to asap, unless youre a texas rapper
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
"anyone listened to self made vol 2?"
i did, prolly won't do it again.
― sisilafami, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
eh, it's in every rap listener's vocabulary as much as sped-up soul samples and fucking record scratches at this point (xpost)
― some dude, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 00:16 (twelve years ago) link
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:08 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark
yeah this is... not true, i think
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 June 2012 00:54 (twelve years ago) link
didn't kayne have a bunch of screwed shit on MBDSLYTVDSP?
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
A lot of rappers were alive before this year so they might remember ye olden tymes when hooks were screwedethed and chopp-ed.
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.screwlab.com/
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
mike dean
― based grandpa (noz), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 03:12 (twelve years ago) link
loved mike dean's twitter rant about a$ap rocky
― some dude, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
Asap must have been a big inspiration for dean
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
o ya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLZs_HTOp5U
― based grandpa (noz), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
rolls eyes @ all of u
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 06:58 (twelve years ago) link
im not even an asap fan but its obv 2 me that he 'brought back' houston ish to teh cool crowd that kanye is interested in impressing w his b&w lambo merci videos of rappers dancing around in parking garages.
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 06:59 (twelve years ago) link
i cant think of a noted critical or charting rapper who's used an S&C hook in a major song in the past several years. cmon. trends come in to fashion & go out again
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 07:05 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikl3A9puiKI
― based grandpa (noz), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 08:51 (twelve years ago) link
it's hilarious to finally hear what Stalley actually sounds like -- there are 50 uncharismatic 'likeable' rappers in every city that rap better than this
― some dude, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
yeah the transition from gunplay to him on "power circle" is a bit of a letdown
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 June 2012 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
Damn that Alpoko Don is great. Thanks for the link
― Moreno, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, June 27, 2012 3:05 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark
not hooks, but there are tons of kanye songs where he screws a line here or there for emphasis, including "marvin & chardonnay" and "jigga's in paris" last year, so it just seems weird to me to hear "mercy" and think 'oh where did he get THAT idea, who must he be playing catch-up with'
― some dude, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
im not saying it was that he was playing catch up per se but cmon wasnt it co produced by hudson fucking mohawke
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Thursday, 28 June 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
who?
― some dude, Thursday, 28 June 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
i just mean hes obv at this point very much a keep-up-with-whats-trendy type producer & has been for a few years, and half the choruses on that asap record that shut down ny press from, remember, less than a year ago, were a strange disconnected S&C style similar to this, i dont really think its that farfetched
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Thursday, 28 June 2012 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
hudson mohawke is a critically acclaimed british producer iirc who does, like, i dunno, its not dubstep, but its electronic beats without rapping
I can't believe someone did a hudson hawke reference as a name
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 June 2012 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, June 27, 2012 8:32 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
listen kanye is sad desperate old trend-chaser, i just think screw is rap public domain. it's like when anyone who said "swag" was suddenly biting odd future even though there had been a bunch of huge songs w/ that word in it 2 years before anyone heard of those guys.
― some dude, Thursday, 28 June 2012 00:39 (twelve years ago) link
actually i feel dumb for not thinking of this earlier but "a milli" is really the biggest slowed-vocal-loop song of the last few years and a lot of its many knockoff songs followed suit, although obviously the way it's used there isn't really the same as the trad screwed hook thing
― goonrise zingdom (some dude), Thursday, 28 June 2012 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
can someone recommend some new rap 4 me that isn't charting but is actually cool & interesting & happening & not just blog curio stuff. obv nothing from chicago needed
feeling kind of aimless, need something interesting & nothing's grabbing me
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Thursday, 28 June 2012 08:54 (twelve years ago) link
a new gucci verse that is pretty good
http://stupiddope.com/2012/06/27/38-special-gucci-mane-house-around-da-corner-new-music/
― sisilafami, Thursday, 28 June 2012 12:39 (twelve years ago) link
great verse!
― hardhouse banter (tpp), Thursday, 28 June 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
The track finds .38 linking up with trapstar Gucci Mane for this hot ass track.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 28 June 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― carly rae (flopson), Thursday, 28 June 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/26/entertainment/la-et-0627-thirtysomething-rappers-20120627smfh
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Friday, 29 June 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
i saw that linked on twitter and was like "let me guess, this was written by someone in their 30s"
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 29 June 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
you guys will be old soon and you'll understand, word
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 June 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
"understand" ???
― carly rae (flopson), Friday, 29 June 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
overstand, you dig.go on and marinate on that for a lil while
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 June 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link