https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyMRI0Xf0VU
other competition?
― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Monday, 13 December 2010 05:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Gonna use this thread to ask about the rap records no one cares about (here) that swag nerds care about (elsewhere). Not talking populist gangster rap per se, but the huge swath of respected middlebrow (imo) rap that is critically acclaimed & not v. good from a swag cru perspective. examples:
― *plop*ism rules (deej), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:43 (thirteen years ago) link
nas & damien marleyeminemkid cudi
whats the deal w/ this stuff?
not sure what this thread is aiming for. listing albums we mostly haven't heard but are pretty sure aren't very good?
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
i didn't know brand nubian even had an album out this year, let along that it was apparently widely acclaimed.
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
i actually would like to have kid cudi's appeal explained to me at some point in my life
― *plop*timist (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess i get why eminem is popular saleswise, but i've been pretty shocked to see the album pop up in year end lists
& i'm sure it's gonna be in the top 3 rap albums in p&j
― *plop*timist (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
cokeheads have feelings, like hearing from other cokeheads that have feelings? xpost
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2010/12/the_20_worst_so_12.php
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
well i totally get how his persona fits into the post-3000/post-kanye/post-lupe triangle, but from a pure musical standpoint.... his music is straight ass
― *plop*timist (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
xp re cudi
yeah, cudi is fucking unlistenable.
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Battle of the Sexes is probably one of the most indefensible rap albums i actually listened to this year, but it still has its moments and isn't really acclaimed by any stretch of the imagination
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:57 (thirteen years ago) link
lol whiney did anyone edit that post
― *plop*timist (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link
forget deej's unintelligble rules for this thread and just post bad rap songs
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Watching veterans trend-hop on this moronic bullshit is as sad as if Ice Cube started wearing Hammer pants in 1990 Hashtag pioneer Juelz Santana went crazy with the hashtags on "Mixing Up The Medicine."
-_-
\o_o/
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
my dad used to drive a 1990 Hashtag Pioneer, but sold it because it got terrible mileage
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
this is the worst chorus of any rap song this year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztn-UMaWma8
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
it's like wyclef is just making up the notes and words as he goes along like Garth & Kat
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link
and gucci is hipper than a hippie in a tie-dye shirt fml
Nicki Minaj, who can ostensibly rap, dropped the world's first double hashtag in "Roman's Revenge" ("Hang it up... FLATSCREEN... PLASMA").
even tho this isn't a new observation or anything, i love the idea of minaj accomplishing the first "double grocery bag" like evil kenevil jumped the grand canyon or something
― *plop*timist (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
half of the worst songs of the year are listed in shiplo's remix poll
― *plop*timist (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:04 (thirteen years ago) link
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, December 15, 2010 3:58 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
these werent 'rules for the thread' dickhead it was a way to try to revitalize a thread everyone had ignored by pushing a diff line of discussion
― *plop*ism rules (deej), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
and al i never said anything about a new brand nubian album wtf are you talking about
thats 'enter the dubstep 2'
― *plop*ism rules (deej), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i know i've kinda harped on this recently, but the t.i. album was the worst thing i heard all year
― *plop*timist (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah haha was gonna say, if remixes count that thread is rife with condidates (xpost)
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
that not really acclaimed though is it? i guess we'll see in next year's grammys xp
do all goons agree that dubstep is fucking boring as shit regardless
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
jeez sorry deej, i looked at a youtube screencap w/ an album cover that said Brand Nubian on it. i don't know what Enter The Dubstep is and am only vaguely aware that dubstep has anything to do with rap. pardon my offensive ignorance!
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/v/Ztn-UMaWma8&fs=1&hl=en
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, December 15, 2010 4:00 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
oh yeah its up there for sure
― *plop*ism rules (deej), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah everyone is saying that it's mostly crap, but it is a "worst fruity swag release"
― *plop*timist (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
dubstep is like wild avant-garde music for 17 year old kids that watch animes and play WoW
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
every generation gets the autechre it deserves
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
aw man i thought we were just gonna clown on shitty rap
can we not talk about dubstep
― *plop*timist (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, December 15, 2010 4:09 PM (14 seconds ago) Bookmark
every music board gets the 87 autechre ep polls it deserves
― some dude, Wednesday, December 15, 2010 4:07 PM (9 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
no it is i who should apologize to you -- please pardon any implication that i was offended by your ignorance good man.
― *plop*ism rules (deej), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, December 15, 2010 5:08 PM (26 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i thought that was your beloved Linkin Park album?
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
haha deej c'mon, you list a bunch of well known albums specifically by title, and then reference a barely-rap compilation obliquely with a youtube and get mad when i don't understand exactly what you're talking about?
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i am so sick of this some dude/deej beef
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
this is the worst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICaTsTkBPV8
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
har
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
whiney otm but the reason enter the dubstep was mentioned in the OP is because ... its a dubstep remix of classic rap & it sounds like shit & is worth some lols. yeesh you dudes are mad critical
― *plop*ism rules (deej), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
i actually bought run the road for $1 in a used bin and i think it's pretty cool...but it might be grime not dubstep, or those two things might be the same thing like jungle/drum n' bass
have not heard linkin park, gonna keep it that way
― in my world of Hmong ppl (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
― some dude, Wednesday, December 15, 2010 4:11 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
the op was made yesterday iirc & no one paid attentionso i bumped the thread w/ a new line of discussioni thought i explained this already?
― *plop*ism rules (deej), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
we can't have nice things
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
oh ok, never saw the op yesterday, thought it and the next couple posts happened at the same time
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
this will all be relevant when kanye drops his dubstep album in 2012
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:15 (thirteen years ago) link
ku klux klam
― classic fat joe face (deej), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=motAUqnpaVM
rmde
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Friday, 24 December 2010 00:58 (thirteen years ago) link
oh c'mon it's a commercial, let the dude get a check or two
― J0rdan S., Friday, 24 December 2010 01:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Auto-Tune isn't the problem, Murs. You are.
― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Friday, 24 December 2010 01:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not mad at him doing a commercial. I'm mad that he DOESN'T HAVE AN ALBUM OUT YET.
― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Friday, 24 December 2010 01:10 (thirteen years ago) link
im mad that its a corny commercial & that its shilling for mountain dew of all things. yeesh
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Friday, 24 December 2010 01:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't really want to get into this, but how is it worse to shill for mountain dew than vodka
― J0rdan S., Friday, 24 December 2010 01:34 (thirteen years ago) link
if yr gonna DROP KNOWLEDGE & be all I AM THE PROPHET RAPPER then shilling for sugar water directly linked to the rise in obesity that incidently disproportionately affects poor ppl & POC? ehhh
it just undercuts the entire message
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Friday, 24 December 2010 01:34 (thirteen years ago) link
diddy has never claimed to be a prophetim cool w/ ice cube repping for st ides
but if chuck d did it id be like, huh?
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Friday, 24 December 2010 01:35 (thirteen years ago) link
get the fuck outta here with POISONING OUR POOR
― J0rdan S., Friday, 24 December 2010 01:35 (thirteen years ago) link
let those barely successful rappers that have turned down endorsement deals cast the first stone
t/s: encouraging people to buy $1 beverages vs encouraging people to buy $89 pairs of jeans
― J0rdan S., Friday, 24 December 2010 01:36 (thirteen years ago) link
& anyway comparing him to chuck d is nonsense -- he's not the dude from the coup
― J0rdan S., Friday, 24 December 2010 01:37 (thirteen years ago) link
ehh. its corny to me. it contradicts his image. if he hadnt set himself up as some sort of mystical everyman prophet here to save rap then maybe i wouldnt be all 'wtf' -- i expect, like, wiz khalifa to do mountain dew commercials. q-tip, even. at least when nike used mos def it didnt seem like such a blatant pandering maneuver
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Friday, 24 December 2010 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link
who is trying to convince ppl to buy 89 dollar jeans? who cares? waste money however you wantdo u want me to bring out diabetes statistics
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Friday, 24 December 2010 01:39 (thirteen years ago) link
lol who is trying to convince ppl to buy $89 jeans? oh idk, any rapper ever that has started a clothing line
― J0rdan S., Friday, 24 December 2010 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
should we talk about alcoholism
dude you're totally missing the point here
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Friday, 24 December 2010 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
it's kind of amazing how wack as fuck jay elect has been since exhibit c
― zvookster, Friday, 24 December 2010 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
if mos def starts shilling jeans, i would be like "what the fuck???"
its how you set yourself up that matters w/ endorsements. if jacka gets into a gap commercial with common ill be like, 'fuck this'
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Friday, 24 December 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
it's one thing to criticize him for undercutting a persona (legit) it's another to single him out for being detrimental to his community, cuz then you're bordering on the arguments ppl made against jeezy/clipse/cam'ron circa 2005
― J0rdan S., Friday, 24 December 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
anyway i think you're overselling his image -- the dude's always been kicking around w/ diddy & the like -- obv part of his selling point was like "the conscious gangster!" or w/e but he's not krs or something
― J0rdan S., Friday, 24 December 2010 01:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Can't we separate rappers from their endorsement deals? I don't give a fuck what a rapper does outside the booth, as long as it's not beat up Rihanna.
― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Friday, 24 December 2010 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
hes overselling his image & so are his fanshes like the savior of real rap & hes making really goofy & poorly staged commercialsi wouldnt even be mad if it was at least well done.
& no this isnt the same as getting mad at jeezy or clipse, although um there are legit criticisms to be made of those artists & particularly the way they are received, but jeezy never pretends to be anything more than he is -- there's no JAY ELECHAUNUKAH type mystical propheticism to his shit -- he brings exactly as advertised. if he started shilling for mountain dew it would be weird too!
50 cent managed to do this kind of endorsement right, btw
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Friday, 24 December 2010 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
jordan i cant believe youre defending this corny-ass commercial
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Friday, 24 December 2010 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
if u want to be a SMART BRINGING UP THE YOUTH rapper then stop advertising for sugar water
imo
there are legit criticisms to be made of those artists
i agree -- but were you making them??
you're still conflating the two arguments tho
― J0rdan S., Friday, 24 December 2010 01:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm not defending the commercial itself -- i couldn't even make it thru the whole thing
i'm defending the dude's decision to take a check from mtn dew
― J0rdan S., Friday, 24 December 2010 01:48 (thirteen years ago) link
if yr gonna sell out do it in a way that doesnt conflict w/ your message & ideas imo
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Friday, 24 December 2010 01:48 (thirteen years ago) link
that might be hard unless the dude selling wood jesus pieces is buying commercial air time
― J0rdan S., Friday, 24 December 2010 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
can we just marvel over how much worse the mountain dew beat is than the original production on that trackit really underlines the mumbo-jumbo ness of the lyrics
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Friday, 24 December 2010 02:37 (thirteen years ago) link
what's the og track?
― The Reverend, Friday, 24 December 2010 09:56 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouSt8tXzBVki blame BOB
― it Terribel !!! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
i get so confused every time i open this thread and try to understand the first few posts all over again. deej defines "swag nerds" as people that buy new eminem albums?
― hann am0n tana (some dude), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Omaha Mall [New (Fun) Song in 2010!!]
― it Terribel !!! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
yah dude read yr typical MOR rap message board & its dudes who think the best albums of the year are by drake, kid cudi, eminem, jcole. this is what rap is to swag nerds on other mbs
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
what are "swag nerds" though? people that nerd out to non-swag-oriented rap?
― hann am0n tana (some dude), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link
like wouldn't the people on this board geeking out about lil b or soulja boy be swag nerds, not eminem fans?
duh, they're an arbitrary division of strawmen get with the program
― it Terribel !!! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
by swag nerds i think he just means rap nerds -- i.e. the goon cru of other message boards
― BIG SANTA aka the sleighdriver (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
does kanye fit too?
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 28 December 2010 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link
― BIG SANTA aka the sleighdriver (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, December 28, 2010 5:21 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah i guess i'm just being obstinate about how NAGL it is to just randomly swap in "fruity swag" for "rap" in any context
― hann am0n tana (some dude), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 22:32 (thirteen years ago) link
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
― it Terribel !!! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:20 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
these people exist forks
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah y'all need to visit SOHH sometimes lol
― the nutwasher (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
"swag" was a really great word for free stuff, so thanks a lot, u goddamn kids
― resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
blame oj da juiceman
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 11 May 2011 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
lol, this thread
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 00:46 (nine years ago) link
swag was a fucking terrible word for free stuff, wtf
― brimstead, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 03:51 (nine years ago) link