Max B The Thread

For the last couple months ive listened to nothing but this dude. This is total late pass for me obv -- i just assumed he was, like, a Hell Rell type talent for a long time & bought the "NY fell of" narrative past when it was fair. But now I can't get this stuff off my ipod.

drop the top / picture me rollin / stake sause / blow me a dub / goon music / i warned u / flash dance / where do i go / all my life ... this stuff is kind of perfect to me, blend of really melodic ear & lyrical rapping, matter-of-fact real talk and a reggae-style inclination for reversioning classic pop jams ("do for love" "I want you" even effin "Englishman in new york"). dame grease's production is extroverted pop ish but with a real dilapidated feel, appropriate for post-golden era new york.

anyone else feelin these band

For the last couple months ive listened to nothing but this dude.

you don't say

...

guy's voice is weird, could never get into his stuff

ive even come around to digging french montana :O

i do wish whiney would stick to ruining his own threads

guy's voice is weird, could never get into his stuff

― some dude, Monday, January 31, 2011 10:13 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark

sorta the appeal is that hes got this grimey persona
really musically-minded dude tho, apparently wrote a bunch of hits for jim jones too

Jim Jones has a bunch of hits?

yes?

i mean w/in the rap world, sure

like charted R&B but not top 40

either way, writing "We Fly High" is nothing to be proud of imo

\Oo/ obv it shows if faculty for writing hits that resonate w/ a lot of ppl cuz it sure wasnt the production that made that one a smash

i think that song is dope tho

eh, my favorite Jim Jones ghostwriter is NOE

i feel as if am0n would enjoy max b.

RNT put up a new mix last week

http://realniggatumblr.tumblr.com/post/2894102188/max-b-the-miscellaneous-wave-i-am-not

yah i copped, thats not a good place to start tho -- id start w/ either 'coke wave,' 'gain greene' or 'quarantine'

or really, the picture me rollin video

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

yeah i was posting that link mostly for non-wave virgins

i would bet on m@tt helgeson liking more of this stuff as well altho i believe he has checked some

Tim i could see appreciating it although perhaps not being particularly attached to it -- its max might be the kind of artist who doesnt transcend american ilxors

oooowww-wwwwwwwwwwww we sip grand cru

deej what was that one max song from last year that you really liked

'where do i go'

right

chka-ow, ow ow

#

If i bomb this in my moms crips she B tellin me Put this shit on Repeat its WAVEY!!!!
wavycrockett020 6 months ago 25

otm this totally has old head appeal

i like the one max b tape i downloaded

i am not all that old imo

lol @ he1geson thinking that you can "download" cassette tapes

good effort tho, grandpa

looking forward to this thread i just got around to coke wave this weekend. he really is so greasy

when does he get out of jail

in an interview he suggested hed be out by summer

but im pretty sure his appeal hasnt actually been granted yet?? so summer, or 2085

XD/;_;

yeah i'm into this to a point, like i said when he came up in swag last year thru the first rnt comp. i got into him thru noz, predictably enough. this post, in fact. deej is actually in the comments there but since a gucci track was up first i guess there was no way he was gonna make it to the end. anyway i ended up dling a lot of tapes, reading everything i could abt him and actually wrote the original version of his current wikipedia entry for some reason.

i think noz realized he was doing something unique in NY with his relationship to melody, sort of like a less embarrassed, less cynical 50. 50 often sounds like he's too gangster to really try to sing, so he'll just indicate melody enough to get it across or condescend to make it commercial. with max b his woozy relationship with melody is inherent in every track, inherent to who he is & what he's doing on the track. anyway i agree coke wave is a good starting point, & quarantine next. i have a few more but i can't really distinguish them tbh. there was always another tape coming up. on further investigation btw, last year's A Wave Called Yes is a mix of old and 'new', i presumed it was all old because it has shit like "tattoos on her ass" on it plus, u know, he's in jail.

i presumed he was gonna be in jail forever, plus after the first flush of summer i think his mixtapes are just a nice listen, so i'm not really excited abt him as a future talent at this point but i'm enjoying bumping coke wave again, it's sounding gr8.

This whole tape is great forgettable and fun sing song rap in the way that Kid Cudi’s publicist would probably throw around those words, except for real. (It’s probably not new either in the sense that Max might have dropped six tapes since.) Here Max and one of his weed carriers from straight out the Roy Rogers Fixins Bar float around on this ethereal track. It’s like something the Block Beataz would whip up had they grown up on the Heatmakers instead of Mannie Fresh.

noz on "all my life" & Quarantine from the above link

have we talked about the choppa down video yet??? it's so ridiculous

i've got the "best of the wave" mixtape - it's some dope thugged out melodic music but i don't have too much to say about it really. 50 is the obvious reference point for me. what's the crossover with this tape and the others you've mentioned btw?

coke wave is a classic

man its sooo funny how these guys sing their own hooks, reminds me of like hillbilly music or drunk ppl or dogs howling in the night -- & like when he harmonizes w/ his own adlibs singing falsetto soo lol. really charming though. wavy is my current favourite bitches all love us biggavella macaroni with the cheesy... easy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD1QmYQu39M

my concurrent musical discovery/obsession is this australian punk band uv race who, idk, as little as they have in common in any way, get by on a lot of the same charms; blurring the lines b/w intentional sloppiness & musical defiency backed up w/ lots of personality & actual talent

lol & also cool that zvookster wrote his wikipedia page

haha oops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42_ZAFZr4XU

deej is actually in the comments there but since a gucci track was up first i guess there was no way he was gonna make it to the end.

nah that was where i first heard him too. i was int he comments bcuz tray said wipe me down was trash, nothing 2 do w/ gucci. cmon, thats pretty weak concern trolling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt8P4-7-CTg

pete rock did a song w/ max b & it bangs.

heres what it said when pete rock talked about it in vibe:
NY's Finest--Pete Rock (2008)
“I got introduced to Jim Jones through someone who was working with him. I called him up and said, ‘Hey, I’m going to come through your session with some beats.’ We did a song called ‘G’s Up,’ which was on Jim Jones’ first solo album. Then from that came the song ‘We Roll’ from New York’s Finest. This was before Max B got locked up. Jim told me that Max actually convinced him to jump on that song because he didn’t understand how to come in on the beat. Max was kind of helping him out [laughs]. But it came out excellent.

lately this has been my fav max b

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CP6SZ29U94

deej is actually in the comments there but since a gucci track was up first i guess there was no way he was gonna make it to the end.

nah that was where i first heard him too. i was int he comments bcuz tray said wipe me down was trash, nothing 2 do w/ gucci. cmon, thats pretty weak concern trolling

― *kl0p* (deej), Tuesday, February 1, 2011 10:38 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

wait you never heard Max B before 2009? like 2-3 years after "Baby Girl" and "You Gotta Love It"? weird.

id heard OF him of course, and i heard him on some other shit since, he was on that jay diss track or w/e, but it was the first solo song of his i heard yeah.

or at least, that i heard & registered as 'worth hearing'

this is kind of irrelevant but i actually first heard it cuz dudes at dirtyglovesbastard had highlighted it, which is where noz first heard it too i believe

yeah "You Gotta Love It" was the Jay diss. but like "Baby Girl" was the Jim Jones semi-hit he was actually on, i thought that's what we were talking about upthread!

ive heard it since then!

i basically was ignoring a lot of that stuff in favor of kinda gritty back to basics ny rap records back then -- styles & prodigy & nyg'z and blaq poet etc

at least when it came to ny

that charlie line reminds me: whatever happened to charlie baltimore?

http://www.mediafire.com/?6j03jxta82chiem

COKE WHITE LIKE AN ANGEL
DOPE BROWN
THE FO POUND
BIGGA AINT GETTIN IN A SHOWDOWN
IF U AINT KNOW BACK THEN U KNOW NOW
SEE ME SWITCH IT UP LIKE A CHAMELEON

^this

this has not left the rotation

coke white like an angel
dope brown, the fo pound
bigga ain't gettin in a showdown
if you aint know back then you know now
see me switch it up like a chameleon
blend in with them niggas in the trap
i hit ya best to bring it back, play it back
thats that wave that i'm talk' bout
them niggas a done deal so best to bring the chalk out
mix more sour with the grand creezy
thats the beverage
i ain't trynna give ya niggas leverage
said shit, piss mothafuckers off
made them wanna go and get their guns
when i'm spending more ones
gotta step my game up, pimpin
i got taste, i'm wavey
i put the nigga in his place
bitches love him cause he's savvy
fuck her if she married
transport the coca and she carry
owww

i got a big car
and all i do is drive
i'm a big star
i'ma hit you with a hug and hiiiii, hii-iiiii
don't be jealous of your bread before i send you goodbyeeee
i make yo bitch scream, ohhhoooohhooohhoohhh
ooohoooohoooohooohooooooh

[mack mustard verse]

i got a big car
and all i do is drive
i'm a big star
i'ma hit you with a hug and hiiiii, hii-iiiii
don't be jealous of your bread before i send you goodbyeeee
i make yo bitch scream, ohhhoooohhooohhoohhh
ooohoooohoooohooohooooooh

i love that fly shit
rocks and stones, whenever its drama i'm poppin the chrome
eiffel tower gettin chopped over rome
errybody look chineese
coppas right behind me, grimey,
try meeeeee
if you thinkin you can get one past me
i like my bitches nasty,
classy,
fuck a nigga good when the dick up,
swallow the came,
she said the cum give me hiccups
get up,
baby don't drop like the slumber
you ain't sleepin over
i never drive sober
over,
biggie smalls, tupac, rolled up
all in one bar
baby lets go and hit the mall, get it all,
cop everything you want, gucci, louis vuitton
bitches say my dick is the bomb
get it off the arm if you wavey
naw i'm nothin like that nigga there
its about to be a bigger year,
i got a big carrrr

i got a big car
and all i do is drive
i'm a big star
i'ma hit you with a hug and hiiiii, hii-iiiii
don't be jealous of your bread before i send you goodbyeeee
i make yo bitch scream, ohhhoooohhooohhoohhh
ooohoooohoooohooohooooooh

This is great. I love basically any track with this kinda 80s smooth shit vibe.

maybe my fav max b:

http://youtu.be/a6KCd-nPVpk

http://masartv.com/blog/archives/2654

O_o

holy sh

i've had that open in a tab for a day and half now... not sure my life can handle me committing to any of that

is there any rhyme or reason to how it was broken up?

I only dl'd some but it does appear to be curated - vol 1 and 2 are titled "blues brothers" and it's all w/ jim jones, vol 3 is byrdgang stuff

yeah i was gonna download the tracklist first and then go from there

i wonder if those are the same guys that put together that 10 disc jay-z library of a legend years and years ago or was that just the inspiration

http://kevinnottingham.com/2009/09/07/jay-z-library-of-a-legend/

"I'M ON ONE" FREESTYLE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4gI7PvXrWc

THANK U WAVE GOD

*cries tears of joy*

Currently serving a 75-year jail sentence, rapper Max B is keeping busy making use of old and new technology to make new music. Old technology (the payphone through which he raps over collect calls) and new technology Legitmix, an innovative new platform that allows the Hood Internet-produced track "Hold On" to be released with an uncleared Madonna sample.

cue tears of joy

wtf is that

well i just looked it up and it sounds mental

Legitmix lets you legitimately give away or sell your work by creating a Legitmix file for your remix, mash-up or DJ set. A Legitmix file is like an instruction set fans can use to seamlessly recreate your work using their copy of the source tracks. Legitmix can search a fan's computer for source tracks so they only need to purchase the ones they are missing. The recreated remix is identical to your original version and can be automatically imported into a fan's iTunes library. In a few clicks fans can buy your work and the original tracks you sampled.

the whole thing with max is sad... wasn't he offering to 'host' mixtapes for $200 a pop

woah i didn't know he got 75 years! dang

his jailhouse freestyle over NWA was one of the dopest things tho

was just listening to 'model of entropy' and the noticed for the first time how fucking great a line, 'get them to speak about the dick like it's a myth' is.
luv this guy

http://mishkanyc.bandcamp.com/album/toothy-wavy

mishka is evil

finally w/ the hood internet.

the highly anticipated album Toothy Wavy, and its finally here

Waffle House (feat. Rapewolf) 03:17

jesus h. christ

https://twitter.com/ComplexMusic/status/241267570014052352

well thats that

rap radar's servers are safe...for now

jesus

75 years is a long time

deej, top 5 max mixtapes?

preferably looking for new ones to dl outside of the PD sereis, the MIllion Dollar Baby series and Quarantine

coke wave then.

yeah besides those also

for reference: http://diskography.tumblr.com/post/24091187011/the-official-max-b-mixtape-discography-presented

preferably looking for new ones to dl outside of the PD sereis, the MIllion Dollar Baby series and Quarantine

― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Monday, September 10, 2012 8:46 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this + coke wave covers most of his mixtapes. at this point just download at will imo

his last verse on "why you do that" = best of his career t/f

i hope i got a clear view

:-D

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

on spotify new releases today there's a comp called Max B - Public Domain Greats Vol. 1

don't really know where this is all from but it's a good listen so far

luv silver surfer

does this exist in good/better quality

how had i never heard this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hytFyZfWMw

Wave Pack https://thumbs.gfycat.com/CriminalMintyGraysquirrel.webp

so fukkin sick ... now chris has to get on board

so so good… great flip of picture me rollin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu5Nfareyq8

sorry, I don’t know if max b is out of jail yet, I guess this is kind of like reviving an old person thread and everyone expecting them to be dead.

MY BROTHER WAS FACING 75 YEARS .. HE TOLD ME TO TELL YALL HE ‘LL BE HOME IN APRIL ‼️ SILVER SURFER
Live from the can 🌊 Free the Count 💯 “LEMONADE” VIDEO .. Coke Boys 6 OUT NOW ON ALL PLATFORMS 🗽link in bio pic.twitter.com/KavLaPXS1E

— French Montana (@FrencHMonTanA) January 10, 2023

new single popped up on Spotify - extremely slight, poorly recorded, yet the max b magic is intact, great hook and flow

i like it, nice to hear him