rolling regional thug thread 2012

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

yeah the transition from gunplay to him on "power circle" is a bit of a letdown

Damn that Alpoko Don is great. Thanks for the 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, 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'

im not saying it was that he was playing catch up per se but cmon wasnt it co produced by hudson fucking mohawke

who?

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

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

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), 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.

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

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

a new gucci verse that is pretty good

http://stupiddope.com/2012/06/27/38-special-gucci-mane-house-around-da-corner-new-music/

great verse!

The track finds .38 linking up with trapstar Gucci Mane for this hot ass track.

lol

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/26/entertainment/la-et-0627-thirtysomething-rappers-20120627
smfh

i saw that linked on twitter and was like "let me guess, this was written by someone in their 30s"

you guys will be old soon and you'll understand, word

"understand" ???

overstand, you dig.
go on and marinate on that for a lil while

some hudson mohawke highlights for you olds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_36Bw_t-fgU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkWmB9NIg4U

this is not bad! dilla-icious.

er, well the first youtube was. this second one is more ratatat-y.

most of his tracks are crazier/wackier heavy synth shit, but he's at his best when he reins it in. there there's TNGHT which is more of a 'let's work with rappers/get money' project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygKLQ1ItVGY

he produced this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h-vyp-mpPw

i'm a sucker for this kind of synthesthesia-inducing pastel video game music.

hudmo sux. fuck outta here.

fuse is hot

he's definitely more bad than good

only reason i'm half-interested in TNGHT is cause of lunice

aw rev. yeah he's made tons of ridiculous (as in silly) tracks but i think he's super talented. 'butter' had like three good tracks but they're good enough to carry the record. we can take this to another thread though.

i generally don't like any of those uk producers but i like some hudson mohawke tracks

i think i hate him for the same reason i hate rustie. garish dayglo synth nightmare bullshit.

rustie is better but still kinda overrated

rustie is def better

He has tunes that are either legendary, or they suck dick.

Trina f. Gunplay

^pertains to my interests

but but he sings on it

yah it felt like a bait n switch :(

ha is there some kind of deej code about mentioning a song without posting a youtube that implies 'i want to discuss this song but do not endorse it'

i just posted that b/c the artist/guest synergy seemed like it would be notable & then it turned out that gunplay is singing

song is still really fun regardless

new tapes by young thug, lil reese and yelawolf today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdV0mmHrfBM

if you havent checked lil reese you really should

now on def jam

the young thug tape sounds very good to me right now

defo feeling 'traffic' from that lil reese

'beef' has stuck with me for ages too