can't we just do this on ask rt instead of shitting up the thread
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
ugh fine i just wanted to hear him try to sell us on travi$ scott...again
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 24 October 2014 16:47 (nine years ago) link
I don't understand the the interest with RTJ please someone explain in less than 1 word.
Take your questions over here:
https://twitter.com/VoxExplainer
― you walk on the street, grab the rock (President Keyes), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
the selfawaredness of RTJ is so cheesy and puke. If El P isn't already the most annoying man in rap, when he becomes this pastiche of El P with the cynical express goal to sell tickets to white hipsters he becomes unbearable. everything around this RTJ shit stinks, did you even see that press release after it leaked? "hey guise we simply couldn't wait any longer to let ya;ll hear out record so here it is! All you chainers out there we love you and mean everything to us now don't forget to buy tickets, because they're selling out fast btw!" puke.
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 17:47 (nine years ago) link
ban Racoon Tanuki, rap album of the year
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/run-the-jewels-how-2014s-hardest-rap-duo-came-back-from-oblivion-20141024
― ILOVEMASONNA (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 24 October 2014 17:49 (nine years ago) link
xpost aaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha dude who was wilding out about ariel fucking pink is talking about "self-awaredness" and saying it's cheesy/bad, good game though, thanks for playing
plus i forgot music acts shouldn't encourage people to sell tickets
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 24 October 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
also even if i disliked el-p no way in hell is he the most annoying man in a genre that includes tyga, big sean, wiz khalifa, asher roth, wale...need i go on
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 24 October 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
how dare they make money through one of the only avenues left available to them
idg rt's trolling game, too slapdash incoherent, C-
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
album made rt puke. existence justified.
― you walk on the street, grab the rock (President Keyes), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
only about a third of the way in but that mike/el-p article is great whiney
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, really tremendous stuff.
― Simon H., Friday, 24 October 2014 18:14 (nine years ago) link
That last-minute second-to-last graf needs another pass, though!
― Simon H., Friday, 24 October 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
ha, yeah probably.
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:24 (nine years ago) link
DOES ANYNE ELSE THINK IS NOT AS GIOD AS VOL.1???? (BUT STILL REALLY GOOD)
― Vomits of a Missionary (bernard snowy), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
i like the first half better than the second but i've only listened to it 1x
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link
I've listened to it three times and it's greati'm gonna need a month or so before i compare it to anything really
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:41 (nine years ago) link
great piece whiney
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
^
heh, looking at the tracklist i saw "BOOTS" and thought it was Boots Riley, which would have fit with some of the other features.
i'm listening to it in reverse order for some reason and it's great so far.
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, tracks 9/10/11 are remarkably strongclose your eyes is as good a single as i've heard this year
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
Boots Riley woulda been sweet
I prefer the first half, but with that being said: "I wear sweatpants to funerals, guns to lunch" = fav line of the album
― Vomits of a Missionary (bernard snowy), Friday, 24 October 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
again, great piece whiney. had no idea both these guys hit personal lows after tasting fame.
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
yeah kudos whiney that was a great read
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 October 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
"Their banter is constant, caustic, occasionally filthy and often hilarious."
Imagine reading anything from rolling stone on hip hop, the most consistently awful place to read about it. All you need to know about audience of this album.
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
oh lawd this one here
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
RT, happily suggest a single better rap artist profile you've read this year thx
― Simon H., Friday, 24 October 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
the FP button still works, y'all
― sleeve, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
I'm not allowed to post an opinion on music, if it's about an album you like? Perfect.
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
stfu and opine
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 October 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
hahahaha dude why do you act like such a chooch about everything?
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 October 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link
(xpost)
At what point in that last post were you talking about the album? xp
― Evan, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
"Festival crowds have grown. They started seeing fan art and tattoos and "titty pics" and girls making their instantly iconic "pistol and fist" logo out of Hulk Hands."
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
I've talked about how El P sucks, is an idiot etc. El P is in it for the money. Killer Mike is in it for the money. They're not saying anything on the album. Just lame brags. Uninspired try to be cool production. Only thing ElP ever did was Cold Vein, and it was only great because he was kept off the mic, everyone knew that. His one v on that album was ok though.
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
Yeah man they're really in it for that free download money
― voodoo chili, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
I have never listened to/cared about El-P before RTJ tbh
lol @ in it for the money. those greedy musicians! where will their greed end
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
everyone knew that, gawd
― Evan, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:02 (nine years ago) link
true story: Cube recorded his lame brags on Amerikkka's Most Wanted for a pack of twizzlers
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:02 (nine years ago) link
I give up. Point proven.
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha OMG MUSICIANS ARE IN IT FOR THE MONEY BREAKING NEWS GUYS
but wait, wait, wait...i bet travi$ scott isn't, and isn't making lame brags, even though he dropped two free albums and makes money off concert tickets and merch, which sounds like an identical business model to mike and el...so i fail to see the difference except the latter two can rap and the former is passable at best
but caucasoids listen to it so its trash right
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
Finally getting around to this and it's an instant banger. FUIUD Sockoon Tanuki.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 24 October 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
Point? lol
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link
travi$ scott is in it for the UK street cred
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link
Yeh of course you haven't because people listening to this album aren't long time hiphop fans. You're not who I'm talking to.
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
i mean, they are making great money from everything besides the record itself, but it's kind of a miracle that dudes who start rapping in the '90s can have this particular kind of success right now. i love it.
xp oh lord
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 24 October 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
i hope everyone makes money! you need it to live
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 October 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
Yeh of course you haven't because people listening to this album aren't long time hiphop fans.
So wait, longtime hiphop fans care about El-P even though he can't rap?
― Simon H., Friday, 24 October 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
but... I am listening to this album. the first one was great. I am confused.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
sorry for name-dropping but i ended up having dinner w/their manager over the summer and my impression is that everyone involved with RTJ are smart, talented people who have more than paid their dues.
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 24 October 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
I like this assumption that all long-time hiphop fans have been studiously following the career of El-P.
― The Reverend, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
pouring one out for racoon tanukirtj made that raconteur pukey
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 24 October 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
As with the new Four Tet, it's one of those records I never really thought I would anticipate, but also never thought I would *need* as much as I did at the exact point it came out.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 4 June 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
not cracking the lyrics so much yet but it's great already
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:55 (four years ago) link
I'm on my second spin and so far I'm with Simon. It's good and its timing is undeniable but beat-wise El-P's scaled greater heights in the past.
― pomenitul, Friday, 5 June 2020 00:31 (four years ago) link
i’m a sucker for their shit. I didnt know they had this coming out. i thought i was sorta over how they do, and maybe i forgot them. nah i’m still a sucker for this, it’s great.
that goonies/et mike delivery with percussion and then sax is electric like a taser.
― inveterate practitioner of antisocial distancing (Hunt3r), Friday, 5 June 2020 12:18 (four years ago) link
Really feeling this sentiment, and I felt the same thing about the Four Tet record too
― octobeard, Friday, 5 June 2020 22:08 (four years ago) link
Definitely not AotY shit, but Walking in the Snow is definitely Track of the Year so far for me. Gotta let the dust settle though, but damn.
― octobeard, Friday, 5 June 2020 22:10 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UUTnQdgl9A
― billstevejim, Saturday, 6 June 2020 00:04 (four years ago) link
love the spin on broken language in holy calamafuck
― fatuous salad (symsymsym), Saturday, 6 June 2020 06:55 (four years ago) link
I'll pay good money to anyone who can edit out Pharrell's "geddit"
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Saturday, 6 June 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
lol, he is the eternal herb
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 6 June 2020 16:54 (four years ago) link
the performance of "Walking in the Snow" in the RTJ4 live vid released in the last couple days is sort of astonishing
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Monday, 19 October 2020 04:47 (three years ago) link
but this is weirder because some are and some aren't, and like Greg Nice is just a sample but he's named
Listening to the album, I assumed he'd recorded the line clean for RTJ; watching the live performance, he's so precise that I'm sure of it.
The show is on HBO Max, Adult Swim, and youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMSw-E00Csw
― Covidiots from UHF (sic), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
this is interestinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsR0Bh_Q4AA
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 01:31 (three years ago) link