Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (2010)

*carefully transcribes rap opinions of people amped on big boi solo album*

its sad because dan and shakey have prob been waiting since the 90s for someone to take responsibility for rhyming over some mad ill atmospheric beats but then he doesnt do rappity rappity dang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE5rpTDoUx0

sry i know u all prob had crazy keef wars a while ago i just never check this board

waka owns too

sry i know u all prob had crazy keef wars a while ago

we lost a lot of goons in the Hemiola battles of 2012

i don't really see waka and keef as being that similar

relistening to this now and it holds up well
it's not on this thread but i remember somebody put a great post about how janelle monae probably brought the album home all excited, queued it up to her track and there's an indelible conversation about teabagging forever prefacing her gentle ballad

Lol.

On a side note, some of Young Thug's stuff is pretty technical, just not in a traditional rappity rap way.

I love rappity rap.
I wish the D.O.C. hadn't gotten in that car accident :(

Waka and keef aren't that similar

Keef's more of a gucci disciple

well me and DJP agree on Keef that's cool

of all the recent flash-in-the-pan rap cause celebres Chief Keef and Waka are by far the worst

― Οὖτις, Monday, August 18, 2014 11:22 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

co-sign too

Kurt vile probably agrees with you

2 chains is not being given sufficient consideration itt

btw guys just because I said those two were the worst doesn't mean that they are bad in the same way

you are bad in the same way tho ha owned

waka and keef are pretty similar in a lot of ways tho

but in other ways they are not?

don't worry shakes Waka can do grumpy old man east coast rap too!!! Raekwon chop on the chorus and everything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3zukznO4TU

of all the recent flash-in-the-pan rap cause celebres Chief Keef and Waka are by far the worst

― Οὖτις, Monday, August 18, 2014 11:22 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

co-sign too

― nova, Monday, August 18, 2014 11:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

'flash in the pan'

waka went hard in the pan

lol

ew

of all the recent flash-in-the-pan rap cause celebres Chief Keef and Waka are by far the worst

― Οὖτις, Monday, August 18, 2014 11:22 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

co-sign too

― nova, Monday, August 18, 2014 11:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

'flash in the pan'

― rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 00:33 (3 hours ago) Permalink

fair enough, I just think dude's music sucks & there's other rappers who go for that vibe (GENERAL vibe mind, I'm not saying he's derivative) who do it way better

I mean Waka. Keef's buzz has faded a ton yeah? again though either way just not a fan, there's a point where rappers who aren't "traditionally" good don't actually have anything else to make up for/overcome it. dudes who're supposed to get over on swag/style/vibe who have none of those things imo.

When did this place get taken over by middlebrow rap fans?

since we started hanging out in a Big Boi solo album thread probably

lol middlebrow

I like Waka and hate Keef. They aint the same

is Young Thug middlebrow? dang and I was feeling all edgy talkin' bout him with people at work

wtf is highbrow rap anyways? shabazz palaces?

I like Waka and hate Keef. They aint the same

― Neanderthal, Tuesday, August 19, 2014 9:01 PM (39 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well yeah wasn't saying that

Waka def. has a "swag" also it's just not something I find appealing. Keef OTOH is swagless imo

Keef Otoh Swagless is the lead villain in the new Star Wars movie
/dadjoke

another general comparison but I feel the same way about Keef as I do about Juicy J (recent, not Three 6 knowledgeable besides a couple jams I dig) in that they're supposed to have this cool style that makes up for their lack of rapping ability, but their flow/voices are terrible & they're as boring as any conscious rap stereotype, just in different ways

Man if you ain't about Juicy J...gtfo

Juicy J has one of the greatest flows ever

why tho

his flow is the audio equivalent of thudding your head against the wall

And what exactly could be better than that?

I just feel like people judge quote unquote ignorant rap on a curve at this point, like an overreaction to the previous underground/backpacker mentality

I mean I dig Young Thug's music tons but that's cuz he's got style for days, some of these other guys it's just OK what am I getting out of this

but back to the subject Andre is def. better than Big Boi and anyone who thinks otherwise is cray, relisten to Andre's "Gangsta Shit" verse. shit even the "So Fresh, So Clean" verse where he raps 100% to the drum hits

Young Thug's on the Pitchfork list, so=middlebrow, maybe? And in reply to The Reverend way above I meant his approach/image is sort of sloppy, not his technique, tho I hadn't actually thought abt it it till you mentioned it

The Roots are true middle brow rap for naming an album after a Malcolm Gladwell book

Illadelph Half-life is by far my favorite Malcolm Gladwell book

Lmao at nova judging Juicy J w/o knowing 3-6

"I'm just saying, Ice Cube sucks...based on Are We There Yet?... Not familiar with NWA"

nova
Posted: August 20, 2014 at 12:10:30 AM

I feel the same way about Keef as I do about Juicy J in that their voices are terrible

not sure someone who doesnt have any ears is the best to judge this

i mean both of those guys have notably amazing voices and its a big part of how they operate

I'm confused - would liking Chief Keef make me highbrow or lowbrow

I think it depends on your reasons for liking him