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 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
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, 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
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, 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
deej here is an mp3 of that http://www24.zippyshare.com/v/789628/file.html
great zay beat
― brrrmuda triangle (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 23:05 (fourteen years ago) link
so he's the craig finn of rap is what you're saying
― a full circle lol (J0hn D.), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 23:15 (fourteen years ago) link
ha kind of
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 23:16 (fourteen years ago) link
'wasted' could be an h.s. song
this usher / gucci single is infuriating
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 23:54 (fourteen years ago) link
"no competition" is beautiful but that last verse is just gross. like, eugh.
― samosa gibreel, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 23:55 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah shame it'll be on the album xpost
― samosa gibreel, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 23:57 (fourteen years ago) link
i think gucci is writing their verses
― i got nothin (deej), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 23:58 (fourteen years ago) link
really? i'd be surprised, and anyways i meant more just his nasty ass voice
i love gucci's verses on "spotlight", but that hook's uh, unfortunate.
― samosa gibreel, Thursday, 22 October 2009 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link
its awful. its so clear whoever conceived that song doesnt get his music at all
― i got nothin (deej), Thursday, 22 October 2009 00:03 (fourteen years ago) link
it's really a shame - where is the polow of "throw some d's" & "pimpin all over the world" & "get buck"
it's like the record label wanted a ciara record and not a record that could appeal to his rap fanbase & a crossover audience
― u madoff (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 22 October 2009 00:07 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean look at the comments section of the youtube -- its this totally confused cross section of ppl who only like parts of the song not enjoyed by the others
― i got nothin (deej), Thursday, 22 October 2009 00:09 (fourteen years ago) link
although i think it's pretty clear that gucci has a hard time writing really dope verses on crossover r&b singles. he definitely dumbs himself down, and i think it's a mixture of him not being as creative a lothario as lil wayne & ludacris, and him having in his head an idea of what a crossover verse should be, and it doesn't seem to involve all the things that make him a great rapper
― u madoff (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 22 October 2009 00:09 (fourteen years ago) link
like, wayne & luda improved, and arguably in some sense, made their reps with having unusually awesome verses on would-be boring girl songs. gucci's rep is taking a hit especially because lots of people have first been confronted with him via "break up" & "lol :-)" & now "spotlight"
― u madoff (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 22 October 2009 00:11 (fourteen years ago) link
in some ways i want the song to flop so they release something that's not so head-smackingly obvious & bad, but if it is a huge hit for him then i guess i'll feel okay about it
― u madoff (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 22 October 2009 00:13 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i mean...i know some of you guys like "lollipop" but it never ceases to amaze me how some rappers can build a following releasing hundreds and hundreds of songs just kinda being themselves and doing what comes naturally, and then when it comes time to make a single end up with some bizarre miscalculation of what their appeal is or what their career needs.
― some dude, Thursday, 22 October 2009 02:53 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah but lollipop wasn't a miscalculation of anything. it was a perfect calculation.
i def. agree that gucci is dumbing himself down on the big rnb verses but 'girls are like buses, miss one next 15 one comin, which is definitely his most popular line with mainstream listeners (which some random entourage member cites as such on one of the recent mixtapes), is pretty weird and essential gucci, when it comes down to it. so i think there's hope.
― Jacques_Lamure, Thursday, 22 October 2009 03:58 (fourteen years ago) link
he just riffs on hyper-specific themes & sometimes he repeats some things to sort of stay grounded,
i know this is prob a trite analogy but this is the type of stuff that brings me back to gucci...he comes from a jazz impulse rather a blues or gospel one...he has his musical parameters, his favorite lyrical themes, and just goes in on them, improvising slightly with each new verse but always retuning to some grounded base that changes slightly with each new song. it's nothing new being repetitive, when a musician is in that zone and they're a virtuoso no one should top them.
― Whay!ney G. Welldamnen (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, 22 October 2009 04:35 (fourteen years ago) link
by musical parameters I mean ZAYTOVEN!!! not a bad rhythm section
also xp: *"stop them" not "top them
i'm white boy wasted tonight...oj/wacka was fun btw
― Whay!ney G. Welldamnen (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, 22 October 2009 04:41 (fourteen years ago) link
jk
forks, fyi couldnt get near it. good job
― Whay!ney G. Welldamnen (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, 22 October 2009 05:08 (fourteen years ago) link
the first verse of "trap goin crazy" is a close cousin of "wonderful" imo
― Yo! ILX Blaps (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 22 October 2009 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
i barely know him, but shine blockas, the new big boi song, is incredible and he's on it
― FACK, Thursday, 22 October 2009 21:52 (fourteen years ago) link
colder than a penguindrinkinice cold water in new england
― Jacques_Lamure, Thursday, 22 October 2009 23:49 (fourteen years ago) link
rivals frozen crystals in the cigarillos for me
― Jacques_Lamure, Friday, 23 October 2009 00:07 (fourteen years ago) link
six girl sleepin over it's a slumber partyhouse so big yeah i be usin walkie talkies
― samosa gibreel, Friday, 23 October 2009 01:01 (fourteen years ago) link
not to make any judgment on which one is better, but so far i'm liking brrrussia over burrprint. for all the latter's lyrical charms i think i just prefer gucci in party mode. beats and hooks on brrrussia are just unbelievably fun
i don't think ya feel me like i'm feelin myselfyou suckas hate on gucci man that's bad for ya healthgenerate cars clothes women and wealthso you hate on a kid just like you hate on yourself
― samosa gibreel, Friday, 23 October 2009 01:08 (fourteen years ago) link
that song is actually from the first THE MOVIE from last year
dj holiday got lazy. kinda surprised they decided to fill the tape out w a song that was on probably his biggest tape.
really dope chorus tho
― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:13 (fourteen years ago) link
it's called "feelin myself" on that tape
― FACK, Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:52 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
haha deej gonna rip your head off, man
― some dude, Friday, 23 October 2009 01:17 (fourteen years ago) link
i kinda thought that was a goon sock tbh
― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:22 (fourteen years ago) link
I have already reported FACK to SOCKSPOTTING 2009 authorities
― i got nothin (deej), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:27 (fourteen years ago) link
50 cent feat. gucci - crime wave
d-_-b
― i got nothin (deej), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:37 (fourteen years ago) link
link plz
― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:38 (fourteen years ago) link
check traps n trunks
http://wordonthestreetsmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/what-is-wrong-with-gucci-mane.jpg
― i got nothin (deej), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:40 (fourteen years ago) link
necklace a jungle of vee-vescheck my selection of pieces
― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:41 (fourteen years ago) link
i got a premonition ima need more ammunitionand aint no opposition once i kill all competition
― i got nothin (deej), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
i push white rocks behind my burglar barsi hired myself to be my shooter so im self-employedand i am very paranoidbut beef i don't avoidif i catch you slippin bitch then ima catch another chargei got a premonition ima need more ammunitionand aint no opposition once i kill all competitionfrom the genesis to exodus im soaked in metal ish [???]like a gypsy i predicted killin, im a pessimist from zone 6 on back to queens, all way back to zone 6for a hater try to kill, he'll cut off his own dickso choose which way you wanna die cuz i know 99 waysi done [???] from gucci, i just ride the crime wave
― i got nothin (deej), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:47 (fourteen years ago) link
god damn this good
― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:49 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh it sounds like "metalicious"
― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:50 (fourteen years ago) link
what would a top 10 guest verses this year from him look like --
crime waveposted at the storeboi (i got so many problems)maybe that mariah 'hate u' remix?the triple c's track5 star bitch
― i got nothin (deej), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:51 (fourteen years ago) link
"birds" is one of his best verses of the year imo
― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:52 (fourteen years ago) link
forgot
juicy j - 30 inches remixproject pat - time to eat remix
― i got nothin (deej), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:53 (fourteen years ago) link
hustler's anthem 09 remix has your eazy e line
― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:54 (fourteen years ago) link