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
spent some time w/ Warm Brew, f/w it heavily ... there was one song i liked slightly less, it was a lil too fake dilla for me
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 26 January 2015 02:10 (nine years ago) link
good z ro song.
― Spottie, Monday, 26 January 2015 05:14 (nine years ago) link
that z-ro is v nice
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 January 2015 22:53 (nine years ago) link
love it
― Οὖτις, Monday, 26 January 2015 23:00 (nine years ago) link
good stuff. this is last year but i wasn't on ilx to post it, joe jackson 'steppin out' sample + z-ro really goes full blast on his verse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ae5JSKsjvE
― flopson, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 00:13 (nine years ago) link
btw in the warm brew video one of the guys seems like he's dressed up like awesome dre lol
http://eil.com/images/main/Awesome-Dre-You-Cant-Hold-Me-527371.jpg
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 18:08 (nine years ago) link
hey guys - should i post new shit by old rappers on this thread or the hip hop retirement community thread?
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 19:56 (nine years ago) link
that thread exists?
― Spottie, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:03 (nine years ago) link
link plz
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
The PJ's at Sherwood Heights: A Del Webb (TM) Hip Hop Retirement Community
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
anyway this is the video i was gonna post, grand daddy i.u. being grumpy over a kinda eerie diamond d. beat, i'm cool w/whatever ppl want, it's obv not very zeitgeisty but it is a new song so i'll defer
"give me some elbow room/or go to war with a well-known goon"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=84838260&feature=player_embedded&v=cuAaowLfVRU&x-yt-ts=1422327029
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
though i guess that could be a potential problem because like i'm sure dj quik or like e-40 are the same age-ish and ppl would probably care abt them
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
yeah i see no reason why this thread can't be inclusive of old rappers. a lot of interesting things that happen in rap these days involve guys after they turn 35 and fall off the mainstream radar.
― some dude, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:20 (nine years ago) link
Some of them might even make an album that tops Pitchfork and P&J
― 龜, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:29 (nine years ago) link
we've always posted old head rappers in this thread, its like one of the core values
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link
word
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link
http://themartorialist.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/generic-list-post-unlock-swag-rap.html
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 21:35 (nine years ago) link
joey badass sold 50k first week, i officially don't understand anything
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:29 (nine years ago) link
wow! if you would have said 5,000 i wouldn't have batted an eye
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:35 (nine years ago) link
sasha and malia pulling some strings imo
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:42 (nine years ago) link
new york hungry for something, ANYTHING
― Spottie, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:52 (nine years ago) link
yeah but it's not like there haven't been like shitloads of "i'm bringing back classic nyc shit" dudes over the past decades that flopped like crazy
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:53 (nine years ago) link
i got a few tracks in and thought eh this is fine but Im just gonna switch to heltah skeltah's nocturnal instead
― Spottie, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:58 (nine years ago) link
rae sremmurd have one of the biggest rap/r&b hits of the year, co-signs from tons of famous artists, were all over tv and the internet in the run up to their album release date
sold 49k
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 28 January 2015 00:00 (nine years ago) link
different market tho
― Spottie, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link
it sometimes feels like radio hits in rap music have an inverse relationship to selling albums now
this is dovetailing for me w/ some dude's tweets about travis scott headlining a tour with young thug
has the mindset that acceptance into the mainstream is a signal not of artistic quality but the opposite, with the inverse being true for artists like badass (or travis scott) who can't break a radio hit to save their lives but are treated as serious artists
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 28 January 2015 00:05 (nine years ago) link
― Spottie, Tuesday, January 27, 2015 7:01 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what's the silent majority and why do they spend money
yeah i think that's it xp
and to your next point, the ones that spend money on rap albums are probs the ones that grew up spending money on albums.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 00:08 (nine years ago) link
I don't know if it's necessarily all age thing though
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 00:25 (nine years ago) link
yeah i don't think there are 50,000 40 year olds out there running to best buy to cop the new joey badass album
in fact i would bet it's mostly kids
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 28 January 2015 00:37 (nine years ago) link
the thing is, if you appeal to rap fans who listen to mixtapes, then your fanbase is people who are used to getting a lot of rap music without paying for it. if your fanbase feverishly fetishizes a memory of peeling cellophane off of Get Rich Or Die Trying, they might more likely make a purchase.
― some dude, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 00:55 (nine years ago) link
not that i necessarily think the majority of Bada's fanbase is old enough to have GRODT memories, i'm just saying in general
how about j cole & badass appeal to a richer (& whiter) audience ?
― ANU (sisilafami), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 01:15 (nine years ago) link
i'm not really convinced their fanbase is so much whiter than rappers who wouldn't get that tossed at them tbh
― some dude, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 01:21 (nine years ago) link
'richer' is the main argument here.
― ANU (sisilafami), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 01:25 (nine years ago) link
So richer non whites?
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 01:36 (nine years ago) link
how about j cole & badass appeal to a richer (& whiter) audience ? --ANU (sisilafami)
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― uncle banmee who can remember his live posts (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 01:59 (nine years ago) link
Saw tons of social media love from nba/nfl stars on the j cole album. Still seeing it
― Spottie, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 02:03 (nine years ago) link