rolling regional thug thread 2012

The R Kelly track feels totally out of place to me. Makes sense to get it out of the way, but sort of an awful way to start after the Big Rube intro. And I like the track.

the kells track has grown on me -- before hearing it i was seeing delusions of something on the level of "i'ma flirt" or w/e, but i'm okay w/ it being a better "booty wurk"

i'm partial to the garbled spaceballads, but some of the bangers really kill ("permanent scar" and the one w/ snoop are the only ones i skip)

<3 'neva end'

my favs are "turn on the lights," "truth gonna hurt you" and "straight up"

oh and "you deserve it" obv

Has anyone pointed out the sheer audacity of immediately following the Big Rube track with the Kells track yet? The man seeks out contradiction and conflict.

That's such a power move. People seem to hate it though. Too confusing.

("permanent scar" and the one w/ snoop are the only ones i skip)

― J0rdan S., Monday, 23 April 2012 23:03 (Yesterday) Permalink

wtf 'permanent scar' is one of the best on the album

also not sure whats so objectionable abt the kells song really

n-e-way i think pluto is dope

yeah kells song is dope, although maybe i partly like it because it's been a while since he had a goofy uptempo joint like that

Guys.....so....um....The Goodie Mob reunion on The Voice.....the horror.....it was....like....the...worst thing.....I've ever seen

oh you've got to be kidding me that that was a thing

i watched a few minutes of The Voice but instead what i saw was Cee-Lo in a long black wig singing "Dancing In The Street"

oh fucking no

http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/video/Goodie-Mob-Fight-to-Win/1397926

fuck you cee-lo

i'm almost kind of impressed that that was as garbage as anyone could possibly imagine

man what the teetotal fuck

1) what is this i can't even
2) i guess the light up grills are kinda cool?
3) maybe like all the guys got real paid for this at least?
4) seriously what is this i can't even

they've reunited like a gazillion times already so at least that's not what this is i guess

well i mean this is the run up for their first album w/ the original lineup in 10+ years

yeah but in theory that's what the 3am times square show I saw them do in 2009 was supposed to be for too

one of the most hilarious parts of the video is how much the light-up grill fucks up cee-lo's diction

My wife loved it \O_o/

you might've noticed that cee-lo is much much much more famous now than he was in '09 and there's a lot of clamoring to release whatever project he wants to work on, and that this performance was on a highly rated television show (that cee-lo stars in) xpost

I was laughing so hard and she was like "what... I think its kind of awesome, you're so weird"

it's hysterical because they were so clearly trying to be everything to everyone and ended up with something that neither the old goodie fans nor the new cee-lo solo fans could possibly embrace

So true.

otm

the upside is that i can sorta square myself with this being the bizarro world al is talking about and still hope the album will have some worthwhile music

the warriors + starlight express + flash gordon + black eyed peas

Kept waiting for daft punk to kick in and for khujo to do a windmill

anyone listened to coke boys 3 btw?

it didn't sound all that great

also it should be noted that both "rolling diplo's homies thread" and "rolling #realtrapshit thread" have been added to my 2013 rap thread shortlist doc

::nods approvingly::

#realtrapshit is good

love noz's review of pluto for spin

^^wow yeah just checked that out. i've not had the slightest interest in future but that convinced me to check it out.

future definitely has some chops

yeah, i've been kind of a future-skeptic but i checked out the song deej was raving about on twitter the other day and it's really good! so, i will be checking out the album

lots of important stuff here

http://www.cocaineblunts.com/blunts/?p=7043

mike jones song is kinda !!

"no cuffin" is o___O but also a total jam

it's like the swag rap version of "toot it & boot it"

re: noz's review, it is very good, i think his conclusion i probably shift in a different direction on, though.

As much as his early tracks benefitted from the freedom that hip-hop offers, he now seems burdened by its conventions. The purist will listen to this and imagine how much better it would be if Future tried to rap more. The more adventurous listener might wonder what he could accomplish if he broke free of his genre's gravitational pull entirely.

maybe i agree w/ this, or maybe i disagree -- but i think its that tension that energizes it, but shudder at the idea of him leaving rap behind entirely? that its grounding in rap convention charges it & gives it a root-edness that creates a necessary tension ... like 'turn on the lights' transcends rap completely, and is stronger for it, but 'permanent scar' is one of my favorite tracks on the record despite being completely about some of the formal defining rap conventions-- that 'turn on the lights' is that much more powerful b/c of its context & surroundings

so i agree w/ him in that, it does make you wonder what it would be like if he broke free, but i think i disagree that it would actually result in better music -- its more of a philosophical question to me, or something, rather than a practical one

Yeah, great points. It's him on the fringes of rap music, still engaging with rap conventions but really engaging with and stretching those conventions. i agree if he forgoes them, i would be very worried.

that fred the godson song on cocaine blunts is pretty damn good...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3DZSnVRBcs&hd=1

sorry abt making you skip one minute in but O_O

i'm voting yes just based on the screencap

Goon anthem?