this seems like the new thing
how vile is this stuff so far
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
fratrap.tumblr.com
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
what hath asher roth wrought
― Whiney On The Goon (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
what the
― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
aesthetic: 90s ny rap filtered through 00s college student party rap sensibilities
predominantly white performers for predominantly white audiences
first time this has happened that wasnt indie rap with an aesop rock style fanbase
these guys are more popular than odd future
they see Nas as the most recent musical prophet in a line stretching from Jimi Hendrix - > Bob Marley
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
mac miller, sam adams seem to be the big names
Students Cut New Rap RecordB.M.O.C. Makes 'Guaranteed to Rock' SingleBy Jesus I. Ramirez,Published: Friday, February 05, 1988
"H-A-R-V-A-R-D! I go to Harvard University!"
"Harvard, Goddamn! How do you get through?"
"Pulling freaks, getting A's, and drinking Heineken brews!"
This rap comes out of your speakers, billed as the single "Guaranteed To Rock." You examine the record jacket for the tenth time. Yes, the performers pictured are two white, Jewish boys in Harvard attire.
No, the Beastie Boys haven't enrolled at Harvard, as was recently rumored in the National Enquirer. The rappers on the 12-inch single's cover are Jonathan M. "Sultan M.C." Shecter '90 and Bennington College sophomore Kevin "Kevi-Kev" Krakower.
Shecter's group, B.M.O.C. (Big Man On Campus), cut the single in New York last summer with producer Nile Rodgers, who has also worked on albums for Madonna, David Bowie, and DuranDuran. "Guaranteed To Rock" shares a disk with"Play That Funk," also recorded last summer. Thetwo songs are the first that the reknowned popproducer has worked on with B.M.O.C.
The group's third member is D.J. Kid Swift, ahighly ranked professional disk jockey. "The d.j.of a rap album," Shecter explained, "is the guywho manipulates the record on the turntable toproduce a scratching sound."
Brett Ratner, a sophomore at New YorkUniversity, is the group's manager and executiveproducer. "I heard a demo of the group, I thoughtthey were great and I thought the Harvard imagewas great," he said. "So I got $10,000, finishedthe record, and got a five-record deal with Sire."Sire Records, the label under which the single wasreleased, is a part of Warner Brothers.
"I'm not at liberty to discuss the details ofour contract," said a chuckling Shecter, "butwe're going to make more money than most peoplewould wish to make in seven thousand lifetimes."Shecter described the contract with Sire asunusual: "we're a new group and Sire is a bigrecord company."
Ratner also said he had convinced Rodgers toproduce the record and Diadora, a manufacturer ofathletic clothing to sponsor the group. "We planto include Diadora in our next song," Shectersaid, noting that the rap group Run DMC endorsesAdidas products in some of its songs.
"They will probably be as big or even biggerthan The Beastie Boys because they have totalcrossover appeal," Ratner said of the group.Thanks to its pop producer, said Ratner, "thesingle is very danceable, so it appeals to non-rappeople."
"I hope it expands the musical taste of Harvardstudents who don't even know what rap is, becauseit's what's happening," Shecter said of hissingle.
"I'm a Harvard undergrad, a scholarly scholar,and I'm using rap music to make me dollars, "Shecter says in "Play That Funk." But off therecord, he insists that he's not in rap for themoney, but because he loves the music.
"I've been interested in the music since rapcame out, when I was around eleven years old,"Shecter said in his Cabot House room, which isdecorated with posters of rap groups Erik B. &Rakim.
Shecter, who did his first rapping on a radiostation in Philadelphia, works at WHRB, Harvard'sradio station. He runs a show called "Street Beat"with his roommate Go-go Dave (alias David M. Mays'90) on Fridays from 10 p.m. to midnight. Shecteris also acting in the play Gang's NewThreads, a rap musical to be staged inLeverett House February 18, 19, and 20.
As for B.M.O.C.'s immediate future, Shectersaid the group had "plans in the works" for avideo.
Ratner said the group's songs may also formpart of the soundtracks for two upcoming movies:"Colors," starring Sean Penn, and Eddie Murphy's"Quest."
The single was not available in the Square bypress time yesterday
― Whiney On The Goon (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
wiz khalifa seems to have created this lane for these dudes & i would imagine there's something like a 99.9% overlap in the sam adams / wiz khalifa fanbase (that dosent work in the other direction)
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
this isnt harvard rap chris its more like big ten rap
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
big ten rap like a basketball player
― Whiney On The Goon (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
i am going to advise shakey mo not to bother with this thread because the music is by and large mediocre & because there will likely be a lot of theorizing about demographics based on anecdotal evidence just fyi
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
Born as Samuel Adams Wisner, Adams attended Hobart and William Smith Colleges for two years where he played for the Statesmen soccer team. He studied political science at Trinity College, Hartford
how much you want to bet he's a libertarian
― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
waiting patiently for lolz
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
i mean look man, this shit has existed since rap began. Every school had the funny dude that rapped. Its just that no one gave it any attention until Asher tried to pull the great rap n race swindle. The only reason that rappers cosigned his wack and terrible ass is because the industry was going into the shitter and everyone wanted to be align thenselves with the safe bet as to where the money was gonna be.
― Whiney On The Goon (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah he also had a minor hit but
these guys are riding the 'i smoke weed & listen to rap & im a chill dude' wiz khalifa philosophy to white rapper $$$$
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
i think whats new here is that they're picking up an audience
based on the number of hair flips i suspect this girl wants to smash
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
see to me this def feels like a big step further on the whitewashing scale than vanilla ice or eminem ever did
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
fart rap
― Whiney On The Goon (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
well i've finally heard mac miller, uggghhhhhhhhhh
― Whiney On The Goon (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
the name 'mac miller' makes me think hes gonna come out wearing a no limit tank chain
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
if mac & master p had a baby, hed be a white boy named 'mac miller'
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
where is ethan's thread about rappers having names that make you think they're going to sound totally different than they do
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
the name 'mac miller' makes me think hes gonna come out wearing a no limit tank chain― deej, Saturday, March 12, 2011 10:57 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark
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― bernard snowy, Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
deej is REALLY into fratrap.tumblr.com
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
okay this is my first time listening to dude too
sounds like disney channel rap or something
are we sure this isn't just aaron carter using an alias
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
(re: mac miller)
this feels like the ilm equivalent of a new york times trendpiece
― iatee, Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
the interesting thing about that video is that even tho it's a white dude rapping they still managed to shoehorn in a scene where a nerdy white dude gets in a circle and does bad dancing and everyone is like "lol white people"
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
haha, i didn't watch that long
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
― deej, Saturday, March 12, 2011 5:20 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark
this part is prob true
i don't see any evidence that these guys are popular at all, let alone moreso than OF
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
that mac miller knock knock 'kool aid' video has nearly 5 million youtube views
just fyi
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
frats like andre nikatina
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
I thought
we're old
i know ppl listen to mac miller cuz i've heard his name prior to this outside of ilm
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
qed motherfuckers
ime frats used to like popular rap. ludacris. 'big pimpin.' but frat dudes dont care about, like, black eyed peas and flo rida now
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
mac miller's 'donald trump' video came out one week ago and has more than 1 million views
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
is mac miller signed?
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
and the song sucks too!
sam adams 'i hate college remix' has 5 million views
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
this guy is really way worse than asher roth
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
for scale, the 'yonkers' video was tweeted by kanye west and still doesnt have 3 million views
― deej, Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
and sam adams afaik hasnt been on national television either
tbph i find his flow on "donald trump" generic enough to be inoffensive, and the beat's not bad; i could see something like this, but with an actual hook of some sort, being a hit
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
(nb I said flow not lyrics — if i tried to pay attention to the latter i would get rolling-induced eyestrain before he stops to take a breath)
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
mike posner has hits, i wouldn't be surprised if this other stuff became popular
i don't find it very interesting tho bcuz it pretty much exists in its own universe
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
take over the world, watch ilm get mad
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
man i have missed all of this bullshit entirely.
i dunno whether to commend you for your foresight or hate you, d.
― death to ilx, long live the frogbs (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 15 July 2011 01:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
idk what this is but it came up in my news feed
― J0rdan S., Monday, 1 August 2011 03:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
this dude's music is more gym class heroes than asher roth actually
he does apparently have a song called "january jones" that goes "you are so beautiful / you are my january jones"
― J0rdan S., Monday, 1 August 2011 03:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
"yep i cruise homes, just like suri"
HOODIE ALLENName your 3 favorite songs off Leap Year. This will help me pick the next music video!
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― J0rdan S., Monday, 1 August 2011 03:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
"yep i cruise homes, just like suri"― J0rdan S., Sunday, July 31, 2011 11:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
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― ennui morricone (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 1 August 2011 04:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol whiney
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 1 August 2011 13:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/08/hoodie_allen_webster_hall_review.php
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 21 August 2011 00:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think I'm doing this wrong...
― MarkoP, Sunday, 21 August 2011 03:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
― J0rdan S., Sunday, August 21, 2011 12:56 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
jeez do we get coauthor credit on this or
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Sunday, 21 August 2011 03:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Hoodie Allen" -- really?
― Helping 3 (Hurting 2), Sunday, 21 August 2011 04:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's very funny to go to a rap show (and yes, this was a rap show) where there are so few black people.
does rosenthal not go to rap shows in New York?
― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 04:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
charming fellow
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 29 October 2011 05:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
otm
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Saturday, 29 October 2011 05:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
nice of him to say 'girls' instead of 'bitches' lol
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Saturday, 29 October 2011 19:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
thoughtful rappers
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Saturday, 29 October 2011 19:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
ughhhh, wife was just watching new shitty Stacy Dash tv show Single Ladies and they brought Mac Miller on as their "hot new discovery"
― jaxon, Thursday, July 14, 2011 9:44 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark
haha mac miller doing a saigon-on-entourage on that show was one of the funniest things on tv all year
― mylo & xylotis (some dude), Saturday, 29 October 2011 19:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15083-lovers-holiday/
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15683-peanut-butter-and-swelly/
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16074-camp/
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16113-blue-side-park/
gotta respect the 'fork for really making it their mission to unleash the hounds on this shit in 2011. though it's the highest score of the four, Yung Cohen's evisceration of the Theophilus London album is particularly satisfying.
― caulk the wagon and float it, Friday, 2 March 2012 13:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
those are fun reads but i feel like pf's preaching to the choir a bit on this one. childish gambino's already painted them as haters scared by him being an outsider to the game so i'm sure any cg fan who buys into that shit won't be easily swayed
― chilli, Friday, 2 March 2012 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha, apparently Rich Hilfiger got booed off stage when he opened for Curren$y here
― REV LION (The Reverend), Monday, 13 August 2012 18:45 (9 months ago) Permalink
Mac Miller @MacMillerJust watched the butterfly effect. That movie was tight.
― lag∞n, Monday, 19 November 2012 01:07 (6 months ago) Permalink
lmao
― Lamborghini mercy, yo sledge she's so percy (m bison), Monday, 19 November 2012 02:09 (6 months ago) Permalink
Hahahaha
― Good job, good multiple efforts (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 19 November 2012 05:44 (6 months ago) Permalink
Mac Miller @MacMillerSometimes I wish I could start over. I wonder if that's possible, wish I knew if reincarnation was real
― lag∞n, Sunday, 25 November 2012 15:55 (5 months ago) Permalink
hoodie allen & i are like BFFs now btw
― salute me or crut me (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 20 December 2012 05:49 (4 months ago) Permalink
i wrote a rather scathing review of his show for the chi tribune & he tweeted a measured & nice response at me, which is rare. now we have conversations on twitter https://twitter.com/jordansarge/status/280113854791426048
he asked me for my email but nothing's come of that yet
― salute me or crut me (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 20 December 2012 05:51 (4 months ago) Permalink
noz and mm trolling each other on twitter is funny, mainly because the latter is so constantly trying to be all "look i'm not such a bad guy," guess you fell for it haha
― some dude, Thursday, 20 December 2012 12:07 (4 months ago) Permalink
where's my white rapper to have an antagonistic/friendly twitter relationship with? :(
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 15:41 (4 months ago) Permalink
i have an antagonistic history w/ Mr. Whitefolks but it hasn't been taken to twitter
― ThePartyHater (some dude), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 15:46 (4 months ago) Permalink
oh wait i tweet w/ shamrock
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:10 (4 months ago) Permalink
shamrock is cool but it is kinda weird how these white rappers seek out white rap bloggers
tbf there are more of us than there are of them, percentage-wise
― ThePartyHater (some dude), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:11 (4 months ago) Permalink
wasnt malkelmaore tweeting at one of you
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:36 (4 months ago) Permalink
wtf is a hoodie allen and how is he playing a venue as big as the showbox market?
― chief keef olbermann (The Reverend), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 22:38 (4 months ago) Permalink
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 23:05 (4 months ago) Permalink
like, what hip-hop look is that supposed to be? To me it says "improv comic" or "kid who peeped on you in the bathroom stall at the hebrew school retreat"
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 23:06 (4 months ago) Permalink
improv comic = spot on
― chief keef olbermann (The Reverend), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 23:11 (4 months ago) Permalink
feel like there's a joke about headshots in this
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 23:16 (4 months ago) Permalink
...
"Hoodie Allen"
I mean
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 23:17 (4 months ago) Permalink
― Helping 3 (Hurting 2), Sunday, August 21, 2011 12:40 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 23:19 (4 months ago) Permalink
every frat rapper has the exact same fake new york accent, they are all from the same place, fake new york
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 23:25 (4 months ago) Permalink
plainview, ny, apparently
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 23:53 (4 months ago) Permalink
― chief keef olbermann (The Reverend), Wednesday, January 9, 2013 5:38 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
haha at least a couple times since i've been writing a show calendar there's been some unfamiliar name headlining a good-sized venue and i look them up and i'm like oh duh, frat rapper. most recent one was Chris Webby.
― Chief Cypher Raige (some dude), Thursday, 10 January 2013 00:41 (4 months ago) Permalink
i believe Hoodie Allen's look is called "Mark Ronson" btw
Yo, have you heard the new Hoodie Allen record? Shit is BANANAS.
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 January 2013 17:33 (4 months ago) Permalink
Feel like it hasn't quite caught yet though. Bit of a sleeper.
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 January 2013 17:38 (4 months ago) Permalink
this is the thread where i think all of you are just fucking with me
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 January 2013 17:41 (4 months ago) Permalink
Chance the Rapper is working with Hoodie Allen, apparently. Poor kid.
― longneck, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:50 (4 months ago) Permalink
what hoodie allen song are you talking about
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Monday, 14 January 2013 17:52 (4 months ago) Permalink
oh boy i guess i have to know who this guy is huh
― the craziest half-court shots and wildest WAGs (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 March 2013 23:06 (2 months ago) Permalink