can u leo?
― deej, Sunday, 6 April 2008 00:04 (sixteen years ago) link
lol if u google "az undeniable" theres a zshare link
― am0n, Sunday, 6 April 2008 00:07 (sixteen years ago) link
oh shit thats just the single. link is on le0
― am0n, Sunday, 6 April 2008 00:09 (sixteen years ago) link
thnx am0n
― deej, Sunday, 6 April 2008 00:11 (sixteen years ago) link
the format was one of my favorites of 2006
― max, Sunday, 6 April 2008 00:13 (sixteen years ago) link
definitely
― deej, Sunday, 6 April 2008 00:26 (sixteen years ago) link
did anybody hear the memphis sessions? great shit.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 6 April 2008 00:27 (sixteen years ago) link
i dunno about any of their other songs but cappacino by the knux is dope! Its the only throw back joint I've been really feeling. That Pacific Div Fat Boys joint is way boring and sounds just like every Cool Kids song except the dudes are passably better rappers than the Cool Kids. Noz's post I thought was on point for a sec but I dont really think rap needs to be tied to a 'real place' to be good or whatever, thats just not realistic. But yeah so far this post-myspace generic 'throwback' rap has been way underwhelming
'cappuccino' sounds great tho, the one guy kind of sounds like dude from camp lo and the hook sounds totally de la
-- deej, Saturday, April 5, 2008 9:42 AM (Saturday, April 5, 2008 9:42 AM) Bookmark Link
I can see why one might think it sounds similar to Cool Kids, but I think there's certainly room for "similar to, but much better than". Other than the Fat Boys reference, and maybe their image, which I could give a fuck about, I'm not sure what's supposed to be retro about this, tho. If anything, the aesthetic strikes me as hyphy reconciling with medium rap. None of the other songs I've heard by them sound like that, anyway.
I will give you that the Knux song is better, tho. (Actually, their image is way more obnoxious to me than Pac Div's.)
― The Reverend, Sunday, 6 April 2008 06:52 (sixteen years ago) link
wtf is Flobots??? currently the number 2 hip hop album on iTunes
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Sunday, 6 April 2008 17:27 (sixteen years ago) link
i heard it yest it's some bullshitt
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 6 April 2008 21:55 (sixteen years ago) link
http://nahright.com/news/wp-content/images/tg-13.jpg
from the new Bun B video
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Sunday, 6 April 2008 22:28 (sixteen years ago) link
ugh all the shit people clown on here >>>> Flobots
― The Reverend, Sunday, 6 April 2008 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Influences The Roots, Bach, Tool, Psychodelic Zombiez, Timbaland, K-Os, Common, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Shins, Public Enemy, K'naan, Rage Against the Machine, 4th Avenue Jones, Spearhead, Kanye West, Freestyle Fellowship, Digable Planets, Aceyalone, the Coup, Outkast, Leonard Cohen, Silvio Rodriguez, Saul Williams.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 6 April 2008 22:40 (sixteen years ago) link
so when Lil Jon's next album actually finally comes out, is he gonna change the name to Crunk Disco or something??? Crunk rock seems like two or three hip hop trends ago doesn't it?
this is getting weird and awesome though http://youtube.com/watch?v=0BBQLOppc4E
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Monday, 7 April 2008 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
more daft punk samples?! the one I've liked best of those was on janet's album.
― daria-g, Monday, 7 April 2008 19:02 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2k3pv5sNEk
"If a ten-year-old can make 'Love in This Club' and save Usher's career and make black women want to f*ck him again, after they was done with him for getting married, then sh*t he's a genius just like me," Polow said. "I also wrote the hook - that's not a preset."
― deej, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 05:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought homie had put that shit on YouTube and was all amped to see it but it's just a promo vid for a link to broke-ass zshare wtf
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 05:24 (sixteen years ago) link
zshare works tho i just posted the youtube cuz the dude in it makes me lol
― deej, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 05:32 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i do kinda love how he's clueless about what to do with his notoriety
"Keep watchin, I'ma have a new video up talkin baout...what's goin on...out there, you know what it is..."
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 05:39 (sixteen years ago) link
i think it cements polows brilliance that he turned two garage band presets into the #1 song in the country
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 April 2008 07:06 (sixteen years ago) link
any of you dudes listen to the guilty simpson album?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 April 2008 07:07 (sixteen years ago) link
xp it cements his hackery! still think its a lame song
― deej, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 15:51 (sixteen years ago) link
two xp's:
the guilty simpson album is really awesome, totaly didn't know what to expect from him but I think I chose the one stones throw/indie rap dude that actually talks about guns and shit
also: I never knew any of this stuff about garage band presets and Polow and "Love in this Club"
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
what's the deal with this dude?
― Jordan, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 16:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Guilty Simpson is prolly the second best hip-hop album of 08 so far after Webbie.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 16:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Kind of lo-fi grindhouse Madlib/Oh No beats with slow measured G Rap flow.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 16:19 (sixteen years ago) link
the only guy who doesn't bring it on that Guilty Simpson record is the guy whose name is on the cover. weird because he has contributed some solid verses to other people's material. he obviously needs the constraint of working inside someone else's ideas 'cos he hasn't got any of his own. this is probably the biggest disappointment of the year for me so far.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 16:26 (sixteen years ago) link
new AZ record is fantastic
― deej, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 19:40 (sixteen years ago) link
am0n 0tm
― deej, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
spiralli = amon??
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link
no, but also otm, i guarantee
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link
actually not
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link
ZZZzzzzZZZZZZZzzzzzz
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
hey everybody, it's Preview of the Matrix 12! yay!
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Deej is this what you & Eth felt like watching me/Rev/J0 zing each other last summer?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
lol, sorry dad
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 20:25 (sixteen years ago) link
huge lolz around here
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
newish big noyd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qarw5BfaXUc
― deej, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 02:33 (sixteen years ago) link
like this khao solo single, minor epic vibes
might even sell a beat or two / old skool 2 steppin like some orthopaedic shoes
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 10:05 (sixteen years ago) link
like this 50 liar liar, maybe just cos the beat aint dreary
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 10:07 (sixteen years ago) link
like this bobby creekwater guy, can't say i ever noticed him on shady re-up
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 10:14 (sixteen years ago) link
don't think the polow garageband scandal means much of anything really, it probly goes on way more than we imagine. 'umbrella' was a preset g-band drum pattern i believe?
far as hackery goes it's still a billion times better than say tim's 'elevator'/'4 minutes' vile wackness this year - 'love in the club' also has the piano breakdown and a nice ambient section in the video mix for usher's dance bit. even the first 30 seconds of that shitty nelly/fergie single when it jags up is more excitingly produced than most.
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 10:25 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah the piano really does redeem "Love" -- also the main problem w/ him taking 2 Garageband loops and setting them to drums is that he used his worst, limpest drums. wake me when someone does a straight-up house remix of that song and I might be ready to surrender to it.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 12:35 (sixteen years ago) link
lol i really like elevator xp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 14:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't know, cuz
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 14:37 (sixteen years ago) link
is there any real problem with using GarageBand presets? I'm wondering why polow's people would make such a big deal out of it...it's not like he's Soulja Boy and this is his first beat, the guy has produced a million hits.
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 15:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't think his people made a big deal about it, someone else just noticed and called him on it, and he responded. anyway when you take a songwriting and production credit on a record and there's no sample clearance, there's a certain expectation that you're creating/playing something, not just cutting & pasting existing material (although Gooch on XXL.com might be onto something w/ his assertion that using software presets = sampling an existing record).
just realized that Robin Thicke played the piano on "Love In This Club," so Polow doesn't even fully get credit for that much!
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 15:19 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i mean there are some ethical questions raised but as long as he didn't rip someone off really bad I don't think it should take away form the fact that it's an amazing beat and probably 1/2 the reason why the song is loved so much right now...
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 16:05 (sixteen years ago) link
i mean i wonder how many people have used software presets and never been caught-- it's really not that big of a deal
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:10 (sixteen years ago) link
well a lot of people haven't been caught because their shit already SOUNDS like presets like various lil' Lil Jons. it's more sensational w/ someone like Polow because he's seen as being in the lineage of Timbo and the Neptunes (both of whom have used a lot of presets and stuff grabbed off beat CDs and uncredited samples, in addition to the more creative from-scratch stuff they do).
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:12 (sixteen years ago) link