rolling gun sounds thread

what soulja boy is coming out?

" "T.R.U." features Raekwon, Young Jeezy, Birdman and Kreayshawn."

the LEP is a mixtape

soulja boy's is "skate boy" lol

A$AP is a way better pop prospect out of the gate than anyone on Odd Future. He doesn't have the homophobia/misogyny of those guys, just has a vaguely modish sound and is a competent rapper. I like him.

his buzz feels real, but its almost like he just happened to be on the bench when Atlanta needed someone to take it over, and he'd just changed his name to something more marketable, so he took the role by default. i dunno

― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Saturday, October 29, 2011 8:47 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark

kind of funny not just how true this is but how crucial the name change is. if he were still Tity Boi, Future would probably be the hottest atlanta rapper right now

ASAP Rocky - i haven't really been into any of his songs after "peso"... i mean he has like... 3.5 minutes of great recorded music if you take into account that 20 seconds of "purple swag" is just "peso" slowed down. so idk, i think he has a pretty good idea of who he wants to be as an artist, but his talent as a writer needs to catch up to that. the song from a few weeks ago that was him rapping over a piano beat was p lame. and "bass" is just a rehash.

Freddie Gibbs - funny, i was just thinking today about how ridiculous it is that this guy "signed" with jeezy or whatever. i mean, jeezy can't even get his own career off the ground, and now he's supposed to do something for freddie gibbs? i don't think i'll be listening to this album

LEP Bogus Boys - suspect this will be pretty solid if unspectacular. as it goes.

Wale - ha, obviously this is going to be pretty bad. i haven't seen any of the features or production on this but i can't imagine caring about this album at all. his rapping is pretty bothersome.

2 Chainz - uhh 2 chainz is cool def. probably not good enough a rapper to carry a tape front to back but i bet they'll be some banger on here. idk \(o_O)/

Black Milk & Danny Brown - heard this was only okay

Soulja Boy - will prob have one classic song to add to his 2011 greatest hits collection. i think we're up to like 6 songs from this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxHbSJ6FeHE&sns=fb

speak of teh devil

this is actually one I hadnt heard yet.

king on fire check my d.n.a for dragon

pretty lil bitch on dick, she say i'm handsome
i told her you know what you right, is you gon let me fuck tonight?
karma came back around ,somebody came and fucked my wife
life's a bitch, that's fucking right

^^ amazing

man up band up mixtape is so cool btw. this is maybe my fav track:

http://youtu.be/L6SHwQuo5yw

whole tape has such a playful beat selection

ASAP Rocky : not a great rapper but seems able to make good songs. i'm interested to see what happens.

Freddie Gibbs : midwestcaddillacmuzik was dope, then his output beacame pretty bad, the new tape has some good producers. i'm interested to see what happens.

LEP Bogus Boys : never really cared for them, but maybe they'll make a tape i'll listen for a week.

Wale : don't care

2 Chainz : actually the project i'm more interested in. trap-a-velli & codeine cowboys were good mixtapes, expecting the same for the new one. While not the most skilled rapper his style definitely stands out. I like it.

Black Milk & Danny Brown : heard it wasn't really good. Not gonna check.

Soulja Boy : don't really care

btw KING LOUIE FTW

ty deej for the louie links. manupbandup collection is hitting the spot right now.

hey there's a new T-ROCK out ! High expectations. Gun Sounds & weed anthems.

"rush hour" off the lep with meek mill leaked, it's good but without a better chorus or bigger beat it sounds like album track material to me.

we missed an important leak in our calculations lmao

http://rapradar.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/the-darkside-2-cover.jpg?w=540&h=540

a new cousin fik tape dropped : http://t.co/62Ehr2dK

uh oh playlist is getting long

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm_m8LizquM

ok, dope video

This Freddie Gibbs album sounds AMAZING guys. like legit great

if you cant find something to like from the last 24 hrs or the next 24 you dont like rap imo

A$AP tape is out now
http://www.asapmob.com/2011/10/new-mixtape-asap-rocky-liveloveasap/

its crazy how much more hype he has than any of these other artists right now

how does that work, seriously

bloggers?

three million dollars

lol

come on really? i can see you have a thing against this guy but its pretty obviously: to a lot of people it's way more interesting music that's why. he's got a whole team he's introducing. he's bringing two internet niche dudes into his camp with this release (clams and SGP) and putting them out into the world of missinfo and nah right. he's blending all these weird influences out of NYC. it's a whole movement with its own cryptic codes and symbols, which as proven by of and Weeknd is the new model for success when channelled through tumblr

not even gonna talk about wale and freddie gibbs...love danny brown but black milk is equally zzzz as those other two

lep bogus boys, i honestly don't know much about them i'm sure they make good music but what's the story there

and soulja and 2 chainz are mostly lol to everyone

you need to get your head out of the ny media myopia circle

you need to get your head into reality

this is how buzz happens now. it's 2011

the only people asap rocky is more popular than 2 chainz for is ny media types

freddie gibbs managed to get buzz back when the buzz revolved around those blogs. now it jsut doesnt originate from there anymore.

in 2012 it will work some other way. bt in 2011 it's very obvious how buzz was made over and over

All this has just made me realize how much I've (at least temporarily) stopped caring about keeping up with rap. Even the shit I'd probably like I can't be bothered with right now. :/

ok are we talking about popularity or buzz? buzz is a media invention. youre clearly talking about media types that you follow on twitter etc. BUZZING more about ASAP than 2 Chainz.

no one has gone on to the street and done a poll obviously. in a national popular vote 2 chainz would win. if you could measure buzz asap would win and one day he'll be MUCH more popular than fucking 2 chainz.

freddie gibbs managed to get buzz back when the buzz revolved around those blogs. now it jsut doesnt originate from there anymore.

in 2012 it will work some other way. bt in 2011 it's very obvious how buzz was made over and over

― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Monday, October 31, 2011 8:01 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i dont see how its 'way more interesting music'

no one has gone on to the street and done a poll obviously. in a national popular vote 2 chainz would win. if you could measure buzz asap would win and one day he'll be MUCH more popular than fucking 2 chainz.

― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Monday, October 31, 2011 8:03 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

lol you are riding dude's jock hard. this dude's being horrendously overrated. as a rapper hes average at best man.

ooh hes using clams casino!! how novel!

so basically, being clued in to what stereogum considers dope rap music is more likely to make a rapper successful than building a steady grassroots fanbase over years & years?

ny rappers getting onto SIZZURP eight years late doesnt make something novel. max b incorporated national influences before ASAP, its nothing new

nycentric mentality has messed w/ your brainz

a friend of mine just now:

Senor Pants: im listening to ASAP Rocky and i was gunna say why would anyone give this guy 3 million dollars
Senor Pants: but then that reminded me of papoose calling himself the 1.5 million dollar man

1) he has a narrative that's MUCH more interesting than "earnest rapper gets signed doesnt put out music than does". blogs and magazines create naratives around these guys and then they all just line up to the pump . asap's is way more rich
2) there's a whole set of codes and a language to this guy's brand that is much more stylish than anything any of the people you listed have. this is music being sold to an audience that his much more heterogeneous than it used to be and one accustomed to music that comes with mythology. they are iconoclasts. look at every artist that broke out of tumblr in the past year and they have mystery/symbols/signs/logos/memes that look good and reward deeper engagement and so are spread around.

so basically, being clued in to what stereogum considers dope rap music is more likely to make a rapper successful than building a steady grassroots fanbase over years & years?

― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Monday, October 31, 2011 9:07 PM (2 minutes ago)

ooooh

chill and wait for an answer before you respond to nothing

what's ASAP's narrative other than the fact that he's boys with RNT?

1) he has a narrative that's MUCH more interesting than "earnest rapper gets signed doesnt put out music than does". blogs and magazines create naratives around these guys and then they all just line up to the pump . asap's is way more rich
2) there's a whole set of codes and a language to this guy's brand that is much more stylish than anything any of the people you listed have. this is music being sold to an audience that his much more heterogeneous than it used to be and one accustomed to music that comes with mythology. they are iconoclasts. look at every artist that broke out of tumblr in the past year and they have mystery/symbols/signs/logos/memes that look good and reward deeper engagement and so are spread around.

― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Monday, October 31, 2011 8:11 PM (8 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is an argument about what impacts magazines, which yeah has an influence on what people buy & has forever cf the clipse, but is not even close to the whole story & discounts the influence of like Magic City or street buzz or touring or any number of other things

yo you're changing the argument as we're having it.

i'm not gonna make any proclamations about whether or not ASAP is going to be a return on an investment made by executive, but surfboards is right.

here's the shortest possible version of why ppl are on jocking asap right now: he's inherently and effortlessly, and ppl want to be around that, and always have

meek mill is a bigger rapper than asap rocky right now w/ almost any rapper i've interviewed. Every rapper wants that asap rocky buzz but how many of them listen to it & are like "yeah asap rocky is a dope rapper"? none