BET Hip-Hop Awards 2011 Cyphers With DJ Premier

the charts have been democratized -- the machinery may want LMFAO to dominate the airwaves but the fact of the matter is people are going to iTunes and buying that shit in droves, afaik there's no way to fake that

like if you actually want people to poke holes in your incoherent swiss cheese 'argument' then post it here, if you just want people to agree and say yeah you're totally right man then uh go join all the other people on twitter who think skillz should be on bet every day

If you can't see that entertainment industry understanding the appeal of """indie culture""" like Arcade Fire is why we have shit like Juno and Two Broke Girls and Dude Where's My Pants, then you are are even more clueless than your fake avuncular act makes you appear to be on ILX

Gosh why do twitter people say great things about burgeoning indie stars like Eminem and Busta Rhymes

once again you think i'm disagreeing with you when i actually don't understand you at all and i'm just making fun of how incoherent you are

this shady records cypher is 9 minutes long, did they really air this on television?

fwiw we now live in a world where royce is doing labored punchlines in between bruno mars choruses on pop radio 24/7 so i guess it's not even an either/or thing anymore

i took the wine out of amy's house

maybe the shaky analogy i'm looking for is people freaking out about prince's "while my guitar gently weeps" solo when it's been how many years since a top 10 hit even had a guitar solo -- i mean excitement displays of virtuosity probably gets even stronger when that particular type of skill falls out of favor in popular music

btw did you see the 'drum solo week' on letterman over the summer? shit was pretty wild, just the concept alone. also copeland went ham.

Eminem starting with the fake 90s backpack battle rap is fucking hilarious

hehehehe @ this entire argument

i heard buddens was to shook to battle the based god live on the BET awards

oh yeah b.o.b's was dope, it's too bad he refuses to rap

man gunplay got quoted TWICE in these things, weird

oh chris brown really opened his verse with a boxing metaphor? YOU DON'T SAY

lol @ luda's emphatic "WHOOOOOOO" for 2 chainz' one grocery bag ling

LOL @ his pronounciation of "galifinakis"

maybe the shaky analogy i'm looking for is people freaking out about prince's "while my guitar gently weeps" solo when it's been how many years since a top 10 hit even had a guitar solo -- i mean excitement displays of virtuosity probably gets even stronger when that particular type of skill falls out of favor in popular music

i think that's a good analogy, and just like these freestyles, no one really thinks it would work on the radio. not that people don't want to hear a great verse or a great guitar solo within the context of a hit, but pointed chops showcases like these makes for better internet videos than pop music.

kwame wasn't that bad!

#polkadotswag

just watched the first one and holy shit eminem

my fav so far, of course, is drake

I find the things whiney finds infuriating totally befuddling

as in I guess I am just totally oblivious to them, the pop rap twittersphere, blogfeeds etc

*goes back to hide in cave*

http://www.rap-up.com/2012/10/09/video-bet-hip-hop-awards-2012-cyphers/

wow we had a really long thread about 2011 bet cyphers

longer than chipmunk's forehead

west coast one is fun. i like YG's bit!

asap rocky really embarassing

when isn't he

t.i. standing with iggy azalea, b.o.b and trae in that pic really does underline how deeply bizarre grand hustle is in 2012

i think t.i. leaving dro out of the grand hustle cypher is the final straw for me

grand hustle has forgotten more dope rappers than most labels ever had on their roster

went straight to the West Coast one - Quik cracking me up

Loved the west coast one, way more fun than the others.

After Mac Miller did his thing I was thinking like ehhhh not tooo bad I guess but then Mystikal comes in and just lays waste by shear force.

it was a very good year, cool to see lamar as a dark horse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DtWjKdSciA

https://vimeo.com/30509290
^^last great em verse I can think of