there's a lot of "what" in that piece
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 13 July 2015 17:12 (eight years ago) link
perhaps chief among the "what" is that the fucking lede is a discussion of the j. cole jacking off song, lol
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 13 July 2015 17:24 (eight years ago) link
btw i've never knowingly heard j. cole, but when i hear about him i think of j-zone and j-live.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Monday, 13 July 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
I don't know wtf a "deliberate conscientious objector" is. Is there an undeliberate one?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 July 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
Ha, spot on
― Evan R, Monday, 13 July 2015 18:38 (eight years ago) link
An unconscientious objector
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Monday, 13 July 2015 20:12 (eight years ago) link
Accidental Objector (J. Cole ft. John Mayer)
― Evan R, Monday, 13 July 2015 20:17 (eight years ago) link
Jzone and Jlive >>> Jcole
― Spottie, Monday, 13 July 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link
^^^^^^
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 July 2015 20:40 (eight years ago) link
What kind of sound did you tell him you were looking for?Honestly, I didn't really tell him. I showed him pictures. I'd say like, "You know how Downtown L.A. looks?" I was like, "Make it sound like 5th and Hill, but up at the top of the hill."
― alpine static, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 05:05 (eight years ago) link
just realized i've been conflating No I.D. and Oh No :(
― lil urbane (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
i'm having rap music alzheimer's or something
― lil urbane (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 15:39 (eight years ago) link
in the hood like a dollar sweet tea is a good line
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 2 August 2015 16:09 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9H8TLM_5q8
This just popped up on the Spotify Fresh Finds playlist for the week, pretty damn good!
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 13 August 2015 12:02 (eight years ago) link
http://www.factmag.com/2015/08/13/vince-staples-fake-hip-hop-heads/i like dude and don't even disagree with him but he's getting damn close to trenchant social commentary
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Friday, 14 August 2015 00:27 (eight years ago) link
a mistake you'll never make
― some dude, Saturday, 15 August 2015 08:39 (eight years ago) link
what a weird ad hominem sideswipe
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 22 August 2015 20:52 (eight years ago) link
thx, i heard this in the wild the other day and was wondering where it came from.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Saturday, 22 August 2015 23:54 (eight years ago) link
not ad hominem so much as an easy zing to make since saying someone is making 'trenchant social commentary' like it's a bad thing is such an ilx-specific inside joke
― some dude, Sunday, 23 August 2015 00:42 (eight years ago) link
i coulda just as easily have said "corny" tbh
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 23 August 2015 03:06 (eight years ago) link
is there better bass on an actual good record this year? if so i wanna hear it
― alpine static, Sunday, 23 August 2015 04:11 (eight years ago) link
arguably ds2 but that's about it
― slothroprhymes, Sunday, 23 August 2015 05:24 (eight years ago) link
Great performance. Even this album's second-tier tracks are gold
http://www.illroots.com/read/vince-staples-lemme-know-ft-jhen-aiko-live-on-jimmy-fallon
― Evan R, Friday, 4 September 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link
been jamming that track lately myself, cool
― johnny crunch, Friday, 4 September 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link
"Lemme Know" might be my favorite thing on the album tbh
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 4 September 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link
still listening to this album all the time. it's just so...listenable.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 4 September 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
second-tier though? to me 'Lemme Know' is the obvious single.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 4 September 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
What is the lyric you're most proud of?
My manager's favourite is: "A penny saved is a penny earned / So I'll be stacking up this copper as the city burn." Lot of people don't know there history of the crashes of copper, silver and gold. I got grades in history. My precious metal game is immaculate.
https://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/vince-staples-thinks-miley-owes-kendrick-an-apology
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 4 September 2015 20:14 (eight years ago) link
You've also said if you're credited, you're not a ghost writer.
People don't know what the word "ghost" means - they've never seen Casper. I don't like children's movies that make you sad. My nephew made me see 'Up!' They got this old man who is about to die and his wife is dead. I don't want to get old now. You're just by yourself with a dog and the dog talks? I don't want to talk to the dog.
― Tim F, Friday, 4 September 2015 22:04 (eight years ago) link
lol wut
― the late great, Friday, 4 September 2015 22:07 (eight years ago) link
I fuckin love this dude
― alpine static, Saturday, 5 September 2015 00:27 (eight years ago) link
YOU A STREET PUNK
YOU A MOTHERFUCKIN STREET PUNK
― alpine static, Saturday, 5 September 2015 00:28 (eight years ago) link
That interview was pretty damn funny
― not a garbageman, i am garbage, man (m bison), Saturday, 5 September 2015 02:59 (eight years ago) link
"summertime" is outstanding
whole album is great
― marcos, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link
this album is absolutely superlative
― twunty fifteen (imago), Tuesday, 6 October 2015 15:21 (eight years ago) link
Vince just messes w/ ppl at every opportunity and it's the greatest thing ever
― alpine static, Thursday, 29 October 2015 01:22 (eight years ago) link
New EP not v good
― Spottie, Monday, 29 August 2016 17:40 (seven years ago) link
― marcos, Tuesday, September 22, 2015 12:03 PM (eleven months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
tbh despite this post i think the first time i played this record was the best it sounded for me, haven't really gone back to it much
― marcos, Monday, 29 August 2016 17:42 (seven years ago) link
the EP is spotty for sure. he goes into a more nasal register in that last track which is not a good look.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 29 August 2016 17:44 (seven years ago) link
i like vince quite a bit but would tend towards listening to jay rock if i were in the mood for this type of stuff
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 August 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link
Yeah I absolutely hate this EP
― Evan R, Monday, 29 August 2016 18:14 (seven years ago) link
I don't know when 2016 decided to have James Blake ruin all my favorite artists but fuck that
these mopey acapella "blues" song interludes are p fucking annoying
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 August 2016 19:31 (seven years ago) link
i like it, but it's not particularly substantial, certainly not by comparison to the album
appreciate how thoroughly bleak it goes tho. (also.....where is james blake on this? like i know where he literally is - he produced "war ready" - but it's not like the song sounds like a fuckin james blake song lol)
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Monday, 29 August 2016 19:37 (seven years ago) link
best thing ever:
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/extremely-concerned-white-woman-recites-vince-stapless-norf-norf-through-tears
until this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhsl2Jvk9PI
― alpine static, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 23:21 (seven years ago) link
I like this EP a lot, "Smile" excepted.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 00:04 (seven years ago) link
^^ how is that possible, Vince makes no missteps
― alpine static, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 02:25 (seven years ago) link
so weird that she thinks vince staples is played on radio
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 05:48 (seven years ago) link
that was my reaction! where is Norf Norf playing on "top hits" radio?
― alpine static, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 07:31 (seven years ago) link
http://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/hip-hop/7534052/vince-staples-on-upset-christian-mother-she-has-right-to-her-opinion
― JoeStork, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link