i think this is the best verse on all of burrprint - first verse from "trap goin crazy"
yeah i been saying this, jaw drops every time i hear it
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 21 October 2009 01:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm sure this would be pretty innocuous to everyone except the most indebted gucci stans, but i love this part of the third verse of "trap goin crazy"
spy me on 285 i'm slidin round the loop
the verbal trickery of spy/285/slide almost seems like second nature to his raps now, like he just naturally speaks in successive rhyme.
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 02:14 (fourteen years ago) link
here are some possible edits for foreign because it is far and away my fav. song from burrprint. i must've listened like 200 times last week. actual lol at 'my niggas call me heathcliff'. def some things to holes in verses 2 and 3 tho. plz fill in if you can
the shoes on my feet they're foreign, foreignpull up at the club in a foreign, foreigngirl ridin with me foreign, foreignoverseas tourin, foreign, foreignforeign, foreign, foreign, foreignhaters mad cause they life borin, borinimported champagne is foreign, pourinamsterdam kush loud orange, orangeforeign, foreign, foreign, foreignthe shoes that i'm wearin they're foreign, foreigngirl ridin' with me foreign, foreignoverseas tourin, foreign, foreign
i bought another car, but i don't really need itlease is 50,000, i guess i'm being greedyyou made the cake and eat it, i do not think you see itgirlfriend don't believe it, your money is anemicmy money is obese, and i am not conceitedmy squad pulled out them choppersand your whole squad retreated, like michael jackson "beat it"my crib you need to leave iti just wanted a quicky, my neck a couple hickeysgucci very picky bout the chief that he be piffinlike girls who likin women, it's just the life i'm livini text your girlfriend nello, she called back i said "hello"she said she wanna go out, i said let's check my schedule
lamborghini orange, yeah that bitch foreignya already know it cost a leg and an armbmdub floorin, hundred twenty cashtouch one button, the roof turn into nothingwhole lotta currencies:pesos, ?, yenses, yenses,party of the lenses?girlfriend foreign, i don't like domesticeverything imported, italy, you guessed itjapanese tourin, shorty talk foreignprivate jet soarin, million cash monthspockets got mumps, speed bump humpspull up new foreign, they only made one
he probably wanna rob me, probablyhis girlfriend wanna jock me, obviouslygucci mane strapped up, nigga that's obviouslyobviously these niggas ain't hard as me, probablyprobably niggas just copy, watch melike kobe? man cause they can't stop meblock me, no they can't stop lil shortythey didn't know that they can't stop lil shortyoverconfident, i'm so fucking richswag on overload, jump on off and break the bitchso original, i'm so debonairlook at me now ma so professional gucci!
trying to hold off on really concentrating on cold war until this weekend when i can get hi and give all 3 their due. can't wait.
― Jacques_Lamure, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 02:55 (fourteen years ago) link
lovin "timmy" right now -- def a track to convert the yet-to-be-converted, at least trad rap stans who like a 'story' song so they can praise storytelling abilities lol
I really dig when Zaytoven is used for this effect (as in "timmy") -- where its like this nu-southern rza, giving things a kind of rundown technoid noir that really gives the mood a way more visceral & current & relevent feel than i get from, like, the new raekwon
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 03:01 (fourteen years ago) link
in some ways, "timmy" is closer to early wu tang (like "Gold") in the way its evocativeness feels very spontaneous & rugged & real, where rae's new one, as great as it is, feels much more rehearsed & fill-in-the-blanks
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 03:02 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm pretty confident that
"party of the lenses?"
is "cartier the lenses"
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link
http://alotsneaker.com/Bimages/2009061809464373499.jpg
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 03:13 (fourteen years ago) link
i love the verses on "trap going crazy" but there's something awkward about that hook that bugs me. sounds like a rush job deliverywise, i suspect it's a first take or something. any of you know who raps the third verse on "excuse me"? it's my favourite song on the tape and there's no guest listed but that last verse sure don't sound like gucci to these ears:
i'm in the bank making deposwhile ya'll be gettin repo'di'm zero zero zero comma zero after zero
― samosa gibreel, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 03:59 (fourteen years ago) link
does he have a song called "Timmy" too or is deej just so close to "Timothy" now that he's on a nickname basis with the song?
― some dude, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 04:46 (fourteen years ago) link
that depos/repo'd verse is definitely gucci
xp to ship - lol yes deej is on nickname basis with the song
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 06:44 (fourteen years ago) link
re: "trap goin crazy" - "see the frozen crystals when i hit the cigarillo" is maybe my favorite image that he's painted ever
also a slight correction to my transcription of the third verse
"180 greasy will have you outside in a bummer" is actually " will have you outside in a bundle"
personally i think the chorus is dope, i think the linear progression of it is very natural & sensical & flows really well in a manner that is kind of hard to quantify in a catchy chorus. i mean obv that's because of the thurs-sun narrative but still.
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 06:49 (fourteen years ago) link
"see the frozen crystals when i hit the cigarillo" -> yessssssss
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:02 (fourteen years ago) link
gucci mane & drumma boi - follow me (off guccimerica)
my chain is really stupid but my swag is real retaaardedim shittin on all these haters like im rappin on the toiiiletmy wordplay is unique, its so sweet that i keep a cavityyo money is petite, my money defies laws of gravityso quarantine the studio cuz gucci got a sick flowsicker than tuberculosis, i keep spittin these cancer versesso please give me a cancer stick cuz i just fucked all over yamy lunch they cost me half a brick cuz we ate in cambodiamade seven million after taxesguess yall just have to practicesee the world through gucci glassesyep, i said gucci glassesand if i had no daddy then that mean id be a bastard childmy pistol'll whip you like ya daddyi'll smoke you like a black n mild
my flow so super-sweet, every verse i get a cavitydrop me so deep off in yo girl yo girlfriend wanna marry memind so fuckin sick that they quarantine the studiothe diamonds in my ear clearer than a shot of juliogucci mane la flare got beef like hardeesif grandaddy was livin i would buy grandad a harleyi am not a role model, like Charles Barkleyyes i am a role model, everybody follow mefollow me,follow me,everybody follow me,Obama called me yesterday and told me gucci follow coolfollow me,follow me,everbody follow meand if you wanna be a leader i suggest you follow me
nothing like a wise man,im fixed on the prize manand if i told you you was dope than i would be a lyin manfire than the fire manhotter than the frying panand you would never see me homie, its like you a blind mani started my own label cause i am my own manyou niggas are not a labelyall too fuckin old, mango pick up some ol catsthen pick up my ol factsthen pick up my ol albums, study me and learn mangucci got a old soulbut he got that new swagjumpin out his rolls royceflexin on yall broke assi just got some mo problems cuz i got some mo cashi just been out four months,caught up with ya, blown past
[chorus again]
[??] wrist a hundred k, my white wrist two hundred thoumy necklace cost 500 crack, earrings cost me 60 pack20 on this pinkie baby where we at? 900 manhundred cash for pocket change so ima rock a millionso icey's a army and you just a civilianseats are all reptilian, my girlfriend is sicilianif i said i wasnt the bestid be lying to yaif you asked me to be honest,i would say that im the truthim the truthim the truthjust like my neice she snaggle-toothedbut still she so stupid-cute you ask her she say i'm the truthhear the verse so fuckin sick they quarantine the vocal booth,my auntie told me go home get rest, water and a lotta soupguuucciiii
[chorus]
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:16 (fourteen years ago) link
all my boys tote choppers so yo best bet robbin armored trucksgeorgia boys dont give a fuck well take you and well tie you up
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:27 (fourteen years ago) link
chop you up? lol memory
he's definitely more jocular & comical on a lot of the cold war tracks - probably a mix of them fucking around in the studio & just wanting a different mood/vibe coming off the burrprint
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:30 (fourteen years ago) link
still can't get passed burrprint tbh - hoping to dig in to cold war later this week/this weekend
it's so lol to me on the intro to "trap goin crazy" when drama is like YALL SEEN ME MATURE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES
like no, you are just a disembodied voice that brings mad lols with your self-imposed nicknames. same as always dude.
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:32 (fourteen years ago) link
in my red farrari sittin on spinners, tinted windows
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:33 (fourteen years ago) link
even tho it's ostensibly a song about flossing, "trap goin crazy" has such an overwhelming sense of doom & that's why i think the second verse is so key to the song
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:36 (fourteen years ago) link
MY FLOW HAS BEEN FROSTBITHATERS WISHED I LOST IT
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:37 (fourteen years ago) link
EVER SINCE A YOUNGSTERMY RHYMES HAVE BEEN BONKERSI DESERVE AN ENCORE
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:38 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't have to bore her, financially support herhe do all that lame stuff, i just keep it gangsta
what are the opening lines of the second verse of "excuse me"
i pull in zomba(?), he pulls up in honda[??] garden state but mine's an anaconda
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:41 (fourteen years ago) link
wrist like the arctic, my neck is like a junglewardrobe full of animals my closet's like the congomotor is a monster, trunk is a gorillaask me where my top is at, i left it with the dealer
<3 this so much
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:42 (fourteen years ago) link
a Pagani Zonda:
http://www.sportscarcup.com/cars/pagani-zonda-f.jpg
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:43 (fourteen years ago) link
TRYIN TO BE LIKE GUCCI MANE BUT HE DON'T HAVE A SWAGHE NEEDS TO TAKE HIS JEWELRY OFF AND THROW IT IN THE TRASH
xp thank u sam
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:44 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i42.tinypic.com/jgs7fb.jpg
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:46 (fourteen years ago) link
that's not gonna end well
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:47 (fourteen years ago) link
maxi pad diamonds on, redder than that bitch you havetaxi cab diamonds homie, yellow like my yellow lamtoni braxton diamonds on, black and pretty, shining babymiley cyrus diamonds on, Caucasian cuz im not racistpacific ocean diamonds on, blue like off the coast of calicitrus-color carats on, like juiceman im straight for sun valleyshoulder lean, necklace on, pink stones like [???] be wearinmoney color diamonds, same color as the cash i carry
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:49 (fourteen years ago) link
song should be called 'inventory'
my lam is where the glock is wrist is where the rocks iskush so loud you can smell the shit in knoxville
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:53 (fourteen years ago) link
sippin syrup with my girl from europe
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:55 (fourteen years ago) link
goddamn the beat on 'n.e.r.d.'
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:59 (fourteen years ago) link
i got a murda one, i just killed the parkin lotdecapitated bmw, i cut off the top
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 10:01 (fourteen years ago) link
i think one of the unintroduced tensions in this stuff is the feeling that he's gonna eventually run out of ways to say stuff! like, look at how many images he 'burns' in just that diamonds hook i just quoted ... its like, you feel the need to hear it all cuz at some pt hes just simply gonna run out of ideas ... (admittedly this may be a more fan/obsessive perspective than casual fan one)
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 22:17 (fourteen years ago) link
i think that too but then he writes a chorus like the one in "excuse me"
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link
stuff like the multiple sweet=cavity lines make me feel like he's not that far off sometimes (although even as i say that "Follow Me" might my favorite song off these recent tapes)
― some dude, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Ummm, maybe he could talk about something other than cars, ice and women?
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
it seems like every few months he gets stuck on a few different words that populate his songs of that time and then he kind of moves off onto something else. on burrprint/cold war there are lots of uses of "sauna" & i don't think i remember him using "ornament" up until v recently.
not much to that except that maybe he's still got a bunch of words to fixate on and grow off of. kind of just an observation tho.
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, October 21, 2009 5:27 PM (54 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
did u hear "timothy" yet
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 22:29 (fourteen years ago) link
man I want to be able to re-parse "repetitive" with as much verve as deej does here
― a full circle lol (J0hn D.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i think one thing i like about how he talks about cars, ice & women is ... i always think of one of the first pieces of rap writing that really got me thinking, & it was kelefa sanneh on jay-z right before blueprint dropped -- he was talking about how jay's tendency w/ bragging about that kind of shit was that it was ultimately empty, that jay-z was not a hedonist, he was all about status -- you never know how the champagne tastes, etc -- anyway with gucci its still very much about status, no doubt, but there's also an element of joyousness (and most definitely hedonism) in his descriptions of his status symbols ... they're not 'just' symbols, they color his world -- plus his party songs are obviously far more hedonistic
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 22:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I was just being dense when I mentioned cars, ice and women. Of course he raps about other stuff. (And yeah, Timothy and Dope Boys from Burrprint are ridic).
Also, DJ Scream - his voice is makes me just think of Westwood at his worst. It's terrible.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 22:38 (fourteen years ago) link
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 23:35 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
Makes me think that Wu-Tang might not just influence the beats, the second Ghost verse on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esme7cRZu7o
seems like a precursor to Gucci's way.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7vxgljd3bA
love this new one
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 22:44 (fourteen years ago) link
That chain is horrible.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 22:46 (fourteen years ago) link
ironically, i'm chronicallytwisting up that chronic, blindedblowin smoke out constantly
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
― a full circle lol (J0hn D.), Wednesday, October 21, 2009 5:31 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark
this really isn't it though. he just riffs on hyper-specific themes & sometimes he repeats some things to sort of stay grounded, like how a freestyle rapper keeps some rhymes in his head to restart himself
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, October 21, 2009 5:28 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark
would like to add "arizona" to this
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link