rae sremmurd - sremmlife (6 jan 2015)

Whats the sample on BB? sounds super obvious and its on the tip of my brain but can't quite place it

"I Am The Walrus," iirc

no way they paid for a beatles sample lol

Yes, that was a joke.

The beat reminds a little bit of "Letter" from the Kodak Black album: https://youtu.be/bZbj4x6RzIU

I can't understand ppl thinking the new one is a falloff

I can see some giving a slight edge to the first

i find the sound considerably more engaging throughout this

This is not a response to this thread more the ppl who have decided this one isn't as good as the first as if it's some kind of verified truth

I'm calling them about even for now

"chinchilla hellafurry"

:)

as far as ATL sophomore albums given an iffy reception by a fickle audience, it's somewhere below BOATS II and above Triple F Life.

lol, that's otm

i purposely restrained myself from overdosing on 'look alive' when the video/single came out so that i could jam the hole album front to back without skipping... strategy payed off big time

Agree BOATS II was underrated but this blows that album out of the water

From my view the album seems pretty well received though? All I'm seeing is excitement over it; where are people dismissing it?

Yeah, this is a cut above BOATS II - which was a very good album. This stuff though? They sound like they're forging their own genre.

love love love this album, zero disappointment at all

they have such an impressive range in every direction

All I'm seeing is excitement over it; where are people dismissing it?

― Evan R, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 10:09 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

it's gonna sell like 500 copies

was shocked to see last night that the last album went platinum

i think that's basically all streams for the singles

This stuff though? They sound like they're forging their own genre.

naw.

you can draw a continuous line from atlanta rap as it existed a decade ago to where rae sremmurd are now

yeaaaaah can't agree w that xp

Yeah, this is a cut above BOATS II - which was a very good album. This stuff though? They sound like they're forging their own genre.

― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, August 17, 2016 9:15 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao

huh, judging by my Twitter feed (not a representative sample I know) people are really juiced over it. Haven't seen anybody claim they've fallen off.

Feels like they carried a lot of the excitement surrounding their debut over to this one and that's pretty impressive imo. They're not gonna do Fetty Wap numbers but it seems like they know their audience and are reaching them

it's gonna sell like 500 copies

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, August 17, 2016 12:13 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well prob more like 20k but its sales are gonna be bad yeah

the question of whether its better than boats ii is kind of interesting (albeit pointless)

the first boats is a pretty bad album though outside a couple tracks. that the second boats seems better is in part bc of the wide variance in quality between the two

RS1 and RS2 are much much closer in quality. I will probably listen to the best songs on RS2 more than I listened to the best songs on BOATS II. They are both similar in that the singles undersold the albums although BOATS II even moreso (lol Feds Watching)

feds watching is a great song

"look alive" was a far more bizarre choice for a lead single

watching grown adults discussing rae sremmurd like it was literature is to behold the end of art

― imago, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 1:31 PM

Art needs to end once in a while.

And of course there are elements similar to a decade old ATL rap in what they do. Who wrote songs like Look Alive or Black Beatles even five years ago, though?

i feel like they fit pretty comfortably in some kinda nexus of post 80s kanye & future & gucci & keef etc etc

I'm Turrican up in yo hood

Actually I'm not gonna post here except to ask how yall deal with rae sremm's terribly progressive attitude to women

yeah idk they're like a fabulous marriage of Descendants and Kool Keith. They get away with their snottiness and for the moment they don't sound anomic or evil. I don't get the sense that they're forcing themselves on unwilling victims like I do when I listen to The Weeknd and Kanye, who are worse because they include pliant points of views. But they can't keep it up forever and I can imagine hating them like I do The Weeknd and late Kanye.

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, August 17, 2016

added some words to my C&P but whatever

I get Travis Porter and Beastie Boys vibes... strip club skateboard party music with an auteuristic lean.

they're the ones at school who'd have pantsed you, called you a fat virgin and left turds in your locker

what school did you even go to

they're the ones at school who'd have pantsed you, called you a fat virgin and left turds in your locker

― imago, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 3:25 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cool your jets, man

pls delete ur account

imago third wheeling trying to cock block

find it fascinating that imago sees them as jock bullybros and lag∞n as unchill preening swaggy teachers pets

these are the likeable nerds at school who practiced for six months to win the talent show

my complete thoughts on this band, now and forever, can be expressed as:

"oh, it's 'drummer's ear' backwards. how clever."

these are the likeable nerds at school who practiced for six months to win the talent show

― mh, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 7:59 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizzle_Kicks

nah it's "ear drummers", they didn't think to reverse the word order

that's why every other song begins with someone saying "ear drummers!" enthusiastically

rae sremm album exec produced by dom passantino

what's dom passantino backwards

"do yoga" is the perfect end to this album

'just like us' is the perfect end to this deluxe edition

this thread is the perfect end to ilx

have you been on the Taibbi thread

"just like us" really pushes the envelope towards R&B. I wasn't even sure if I liked it at first but I think that's a sign that I do