rolling gun sounds thread

And I'm more interested in hearing someone from NY answer that than someone from elsewhere project his assumptions onto them. xp

no disrespect to the NY-based posters but i kinda doubt anyone here can speak of 'ground-level following' there vs. media bubble hype

Rev I dunno my understanding of what a ground level phenomenon would be involves months of legwork, doing shows, releasing tapes that build buzz... Whats yours

hi, i really like the 2 chainz album

I was at the show at alife when he opened for Danny brown, before XXX came Out and before ASAP had any press. It was packed.

I was also at the santos show that he headlined. Also packed. Don't remember how much press he had at this point.

He played during some juicy j thing one day I didn't go but supposedly he we t over really well.

I have nothing to do with the "hype cycle" or whatever the fuck. Do with this info whatever you may. such an NYC complex around here it's glaring. Why does a rapper get your goat

i do remember reading reports that the crowd went nuts when they brought him out at the dipset reunion, but that's is entirely shocking either

anybody heard the Pusha T ep yet? has it leaked?

surfboards, member of the grassroots / hip-hop 'losing my edge'

'before asap had any press'

that must have been a crazy 5 minutes

lol

I think most of the Pusha EP is out there in one form or another

i think every song is out there except the opener w/ diddy which isn't v good

also every idea he's ever had has been out there since 2002

that too

i dont know that i 'get' his solo career.

well he barely has one

some pretty massive guests considering that

have we talked about how good 'stunt' is off the 2 Chainz

some pretty massive guests considering that

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well he obv has industry connects but

now that im back on twitter i've been lollin' at ppl's klout scores. it says j0rdan is influential on "Youtube" "Hurricanes" "debt"

it's kind of amazing that after 10 years as pharrell's charity case he managed to get someone els he didn't even grow up with to become his new benefactor

well at least they were good there for a little while

rolling stupid fruity crazy swag thread

letz talk abt gucci mane

cannot seem to find one where i'm calling waka wacka tho

except he's an actual star rapper now and the spelling of his name is well known

kayne west

coppin pleas^^^ xp

it's ok forks nobody really thinks you're as big an herb as shakey

should be a poll imo

flames instead of flame is an acceptable variation though -- waka's in the optional pluralization category with joe budden(s) and meek mill(z)

i prefer millz, no idea why they changed it

to distance himself from jae millz, i'd imagine

to set up the album title inherent the earth

lol

god let that happen actually

forks: last line 2010 GOON POLL results: The Top 30 Hip-Hop/Rap Albums of 2010

ASAP Rocky track-by-track, * track is a highlight

Palace -- Clams' beat sounds all nastily mastered & rocky sounds kind of lost over amorphous beats like this, his rhythmic sense isn't tight enough

*Peso -- probably the best song he'll ever do

Bass -- First example of me getting really tired of the overuse of downtuned vocals for hooks / otherwise, beat is kind of lame

Wassup -- If I was to rep for a Clams beat on this, it would be this one, which is assisted by being a part of a 2:41 second song. Space-yness sounds kinda like the equiv of hanging out under orange sodium lights (dunno if that makes sense). Only part of the beat that sucks is when he does this weird unnecessary hi-hat fill.

*Brand New Guy -- downtuned voice is back, becoming a lame chorus trick. Schoolboy Q is dope on this but sorta makes other rappers on it look bad. Pretty great beat.

Purple Swag Ch 2 -- one of the most boring beats on the record. generic s&c salih williams ripoff ish

Get Lit -- again generic production, downtuned vocals are back again, rapping is dull

*Trilla -- perhaps the best beat on the record. Flows on this work nicely. I hope this gets redone by other rappers though

*Keep It G -- I will never get tired of noirish sax traxx.

Kissin Pink -- too much singing. a bit generic

Houston Old Head -- I know ppl like this but I don't think I can really deal w/ introspective Rocky.

Acid Drip -- no diss in case he's reading but the Soufein3000 beats feel like the most generic on the record

Leaf -- I don't like main attrakionz really, flows on this sound lost. Again, Clams beats dont really work here

*Roll One Up -- One of the record's best beats. Anyone could work on this, Rocky will do

Demons -- too many Clams beats, feel like im in an aural weed coma (in a restless, anxious way)

Out of this World -- I hate this drum sound, dont understand how it became so big (kanye?)

trilla is the best beat on the record. i legit thought it had to be a straight rip.

ASAP nast can rap

i think deej and i are both in agreement that this tape would be much more interesting/better if you just eliminated clams casino from the equation entirely

"purple swag" is just about to him 1m views on youtube

it's funny, that while chick doesn't actually even say the n word

while i'm a bit underwhelmed by the tape i gotta say this cover art was p ill
http://www.fakeshoredrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/49.jpg

The type and logos are meh, but the painting is pretty great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67G54zY6HR8

fav off that tape

agree that "trilla" and "peso" are great but while the overall stoned-in-your-bedroom x witch-house-spookiness vibe probably hits the spot in a certain mood it's not something i can get very excited about as a thing? also he CAN'T RAP omg, and it's not even like there's force of character to compensate à la lil b's stream of consciousness moments

the LEP went for a darker denser street feel than I was expecting, thought it wd have some more pop moves like the last one. there is a good retro vibe to it, like back when gangster rappers yelled about politics in a one dimensional gangster rap way and spelled america with three k's in the middle

of the recent mixtapes i've been catching up on i quite like the travis porter but kind of wish there were more super-fast bangers like "bring it back" - meek mill's is really great though, liked j0rdan's review of that, and the reema major backs up "i'm the one" pretty effectively