I've heard some Migos and they're fun but they make me feel so old lol. Thanks for the deej mix link I just downloaded it.
― Hungry4Ass, Saturday, 17 January 2015 21:52 (nine years ago) link
if you take the rolling rap thread titles as a rough approximation of "lcd rap" trends you can kinda get a picture of why some people lost interest. ringtone & snap were very colourful, bouncy, immediate. and i think that when that was succeeded by the more monochromatic trap sound of autogoon & gun sounds many lost interest. fruity swag (another classic shrimp post this time by jordan: http://somanyshrimp.com/2009/06/25/k-e-producer-of-the-summer/) is maybe a counterexample here, but it never really took off at the time and i would argue is at the peak of its influence right now (k camp, young thug.) we stopped that model of thread naming in 2013 in favour of self-aware rap critic in-jokes, but my suggestion that year was 'sunz of mane' which i still think is hilarious but was maybe too divisive. this past year's trend was "weird voices" (to be forever documented in this horrifyingly named whiney thread ayo best coco yayo maco wacko no-fi schmoundcloud dooblebob vine rap thingy of 2014) and it seems like people are finding their way back into rap through this stuff. joe now posts to rap threads for example, and i've had many irl friends ask me if i've heard of young thug, etc.
― flopson, Saturday, 17 January 2015 21:57 (nine years ago) link
if you take the rolling rap thread titles as a rough approximation of "lcd rap" trends you can kinda get a picture of why some people lost interest. ringtone & snap were very colourful, bouncy, immediate. and i think that when that was succeeded by the more monochromatic trap sound of autogoon & gun sounds many lost interest. fruity swag (another classic shrimp post this time by jordan: http://somanyshrimp.com/2009/06/25/k-e-producer-of-the-summer/) is maybe a counterexample here, but it never really took off at the time and i would argue is at the peak of its influence right now (k camp, young thug.) we stopped that model of thread naming in 2013 in favour of self-aware rap critic in-jokes, but my suggestion that year was 'sunz of mane' which i still think is hilarious but was maybe too divisive. this past year's trend was "weird voices" (to be forever documented in this horrifyingly named whiney thread ayo best coco yayo maco wacko no-fi schmoundcloud dooblebob vine rap thingy of 2014) and it seems like people are finding their way back into rap through this stuff. joe now posts to rap threads for example, and i've had many irl friends ask me if i've heard of young thug, etc.― flopson, Saturday, January 17, 2015 4:57 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
― flopson, Saturday, January 17, 2015 4:57 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
http://i.imgur.com/KCZEOEy.gif
― Hungry4Ass, Saturday, 17 January 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link
that was maybe more historicizing than you were asking for lol but i guess i'm feeling wistful
― flopson, Saturday, 17 January 2015 22:05 (nine years ago) link
Sorry, I'm just razzing you a little. Thanks for all the information.
― Hungry4Ass, Saturday, 17 January 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
nah it's cool i always get creeped out when your posts are too earnest ;-)
― flopson, Saturday, 17 January 2015 22:07 (nine years ago) link
in rap more broadly 2009 was an amazing year of new rookie artists that were often dismissed as nonserious & have since become canon or successful or both.
in late 08 (iirc) dj drama was raided for selling mixtapes using industry beats ... so all the rappers started releasing mixtapes with all-original material, '09 was the point where the industry totally bottomed out & everyone was downloading free mixtapes for the first time. critics thought freddie gibbs was the only thing worth hearing but basically in 09-10 you have the arrival or peak output of:
drakenickiguccimax blil boosiejcoleodd futurewakaWiz KhalifaCurrensymeek millbig krittravis porterlil b
plus the beginning of regional careers that wouldn't get attention until more recently: kevin gates, king louie, danny brown
― deej loaf (D-40), Saturday, 17 January 2015 22:24 (nine years ago) link
otm. feel like my explanation is more "demand side" while yours is more "supply side" lol
― flopson, Saturday, 17 January 2015 22:47 (nine years ago) link
Hey guys is this the Rap thread?
― Hungry4Ass, Saturday, January 17, 2015 4:02 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
HAHA
You wouldn't know it was just by looking at the title now would you, that's for sure!
― 龜, Saturday, 17 January 2015 23:28 (nine years ago) link
the triumphal return of canks.i recommend spottie's spotify lists for up to date stuff
― shmup....smug....shmub....shmug.... (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 18 January 2015 03:37 (nine years ago) link
it wd be interesting to do personal top 20s of fav records from the past ~ year
― deej loaf (D-40), Sunday, 18 January 2015 05:21 (nine years ago) link
you can't suggest another secret poll by posting on the board...the...OTHERS...will see
― some dude, Sunday, 18 January 2015 05:24 (nine years ago) link
^ Interesting reading flopson and deej. thanks.
― grant holt (prettylikealaindelon), Sunday, 18 January 2015 14:15 (nine years ago) link
RIP A$AP Yams
― 龜, Sunday, 18 January 2015 14:41 (nine years ago) link
Lil b seems like a long time ago
Hi hungry4ass
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 18 January 2015 15:18 (nine years ago) link
― 龜, Sunday, January 18, 2015 9:41 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
fuck. that's tragic. he was an amazing, hilarious writer. RIP
― flopson, Sunday, 18 January 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
wow, that's a shame. only in his twenties.
― shmup....smug....shmub....shmug.... (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 18 January 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link
Rip
Crazy
― Spottie, Sunday, 18 January 2015 17:13 (nine years ago) link
he had an amazing gift for seeing the humour in the tiniest of details
― flopson, Sunday, 18 January 2015 17:28 (nine years ago) link
seeing twitter scuttlebutt that the cause was lean but don't know how true that is. but no matter how it happened, goddamn. fuckin 26.
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 18 January 2015 17:48 (nine years ago) link
Tragic. Rip
― out here like a flopson (tpp), Sunday, 18 January 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
Any thoughts on the Bada$$, gents? I guess it's better than I expected but there's something about the blatant anchronisms that rubs me the wrong way. I mean, he would have sounded outdated in 1996, when he was one year old. The two "drum and bass" tracks are downright horrible, Teach Me in particular. Like Me is pretty nice though, I've got to admit.
― longneck, Monday, 19 January 2015 15:18 (nine years ago) link
badass is awful
― ANU (sisilafami), Monday, 19 January 2015 17:25 (nine years ago) link
ehhhhhhhhh, it's actually not too bad. And this is coming from someone who detests "real hip hop". It has a loose vibe and is pleasant enough. He can live.
― longneck, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 15:27 (nine years ago) link
no one should detest real hip hop
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 15:45 (nine years ago) link
There were quotation marks involved. Please do weigh in on the album though.
― longneck, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 15:50 (nine years ago) link
the badass album is pretty enjoyable, barring the drum'n'bass stuff (heard that and was like O RLY? a roni size tribute?). even if the thinking behind the revivalist style can be reductive & disagreeable, i don't mind listening to the music itself.
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link
speaking of revivalist-minded rappers, i feel like lupe fiasco has reached new levels of insanity and/or trolling with this trackhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka8akzWKQak&feature=youtu.be
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 16:19 (nine years ago) link
it sounds like v fun goon stuff, interesting beat/production, also a trae the truth guest spot - but i figure since it's lupe, it has to be some sort of stealth attack on trap-rap or some similarly didactic shit...right?
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link
def not sure who this dude lucci is (no susan) but im really feeling his tape 'wish me well'
couple cuts
kno no better - http://youtu.be/c1IUsrIb29Qtraumautized - http://youtu.be/5tqqgdR6jgs
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 04:09 (nine years ago) link
the Warm Brew album - Ghetto Beach Boyz is out
really great so far! cool dirtbag LA stoner vibes
Dom Kennedy guests and I guess if I had to compare it to anyone it would be him
i dunno, maybe a little more like street version of Pharcyde in places?
loving it
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 January 2015 16:29 (nine years ago) link
feeling this cover aesthetic
http://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/t_article_image/fj6vqkigfek4lfdatrdx.jpg
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 January 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
v. chill
― virtuoso thigh slapper (Jordan), Friday, 23 January 2015 16:47 (nine years ago) link
this song really hits a nice nate dogg vibe
http://fr.sports.yahoo.com/video/a1day1-feat-racella-140000551.html
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 January 2015 16:51 (nine years ago) link
Warm Brew signed to Dom Kennedy's new label opm i think. They had another tape 'the ride' I liked alright a couple years back but this new one sounds better
― Spottie, Friday, 23 January 2015 18:05 (nine years ago) link
ah ok yeah that makes sense then, def that same kinda lackadasical vibe i like about Dom
like ultimately i wanted to like Odd Future cuz of the dirtbag skater cali vibe but those kids are just too wound up for me, they like Eminem too much
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 January 2015 18:13 (nine years ago) link
Loving the Future & Zaytoven tape.
― longneck, Friday, 23 January 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link
heard the new vic spencer tape, shit jams, gonna be a real deej/m@tt common ground record
its some authentic backpack lyrical shit in like ... redman / young zee type lane
― deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 23 January 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
hm.
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 January 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
out jan 30 i believe
― deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 23 January 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
cool i'll check thatwhats your take on warm brew? could see u going either way
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 January 2015 19:57 (nine years ago) link
im digging it so far
― deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 23 January 2015 20:36 (nine years ago) link
just copped need to listen to more of it
http://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/2tCCiE3QkE3PGy7uMztMmo
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 January 2015 23:07 (nine years ago) link
my lists not good enough 4 u any more eh?
― Spottie, Saturday, 24 January 2015 02:46 (nine years ago) link
yours is the gold standard. I just wanted something thread specific for ongoing reference in this and fifteen other threads.
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 24 January 2015 02:50 (nine years ago) link
ah cool, no mind. I'll check it for sure if you're gonna be dumping from other genres and such, for sure.
― Spottie, Saturday, 24 January 2015 02:52 (nine years ago) link
not sure my goon cru cred is up but that lucci tape is really blowing me away, honestly havent loved a prev unknowns tape or album this much since isaiah rashad last yr
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 24 January 2015 03:51 (nine years ago) link
good recommend there
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 24 January 2015 03:55 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3vT_3UJ76A&feature=youtu.be&a
new z-ro
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 26 January 2015 02:09 (nine years ago) link