Yeah critics have definitely been holding back in supporting waka
― easter back, somebody call the binks truck (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:08 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
im obviously talking about his initial breakthrough
― man down (D-40), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
hummus mystery revealed
http://bcove.me/5iy1l9nw
― azealia canks (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 16:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
fleeeexxin
― poxen, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
A+ work
― poxen, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha is he trying to be the most likable dude in hip-hop
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
the Waka Flocka Flame brand: 2 parts shouting, 1 part cuddlestein
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
charm offensive for real
― man down (D-40), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
i made a funny video with waka and no one on ilx cares u_u
― azealia canks (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
can't view it at work, was hoping someone would end up explaining it
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
I couldn't watch it (I just got a blank web page) so I didn't comment on it
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
its funny. waka takes over spin for a day & demands they all make reviews via twitter lol
― man down (D-40), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
www.spin.com/articles/waka-flocka-flame-turns-world-its-head-spins-loud-issue-here
― azealia canks (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
in there too
I enjoyed it.
― Regional Tug (irrational), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
but to be fair the funniest part is when waka thinks that being editor in chief at spin means you have money to throw around
― man down (D-40), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
i loled @ whiney not getting a hi-five
― ♆ (gr8080), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
WAKA ON THE HUMMA
― dayo, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
tbh i thought hummus.jpg was funnier than the video
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
in gif form: http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/full/562834369.gif?key=320200&Expires=1334722726&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIYVGSUJFNRFZBBTA&Signature=jAbnHIw4242UxQrBWrFkKBAhdksiCWyK-9y6VxDxcA708ms9paEY8xkXW4OBNCIK9GAL8iUdNgrSwAwmOFWQHtJWIOlCtBZ8A41vmoMivemuCP6lmTJR0cSyog016so3uQdPBcLXUEVtznXGAWEfIPWDvAUogPfDrCRfeijHOJs_
― azealia canks (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 04:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
JNLKJfhduilshafuildhuflDSHAULDIFHSUL! naufildhsafuildhsuLI!HUILFHDsuialfjdioa;w!!!
― poxen, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 04:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
AccessDenied
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 07:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Dope.
― MikoMcha, Saturday, 5 May 2012 19:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
man that beat so hot
― flopson, Sunday, 6 May 2012 01:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
― sisilafami, Monday, 7 May 2012 15:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
"i'm like the dread head Booba..."
― Number None, Monday, 7 May 2012 16:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
"foreign shit" is so dope
― The Reverend, Monday, 7 May 2012 17:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
― that's why god made kokomo (some dude), Thursday, 17 May 2012 20:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
How To Not Violate the Man Code: My Day With Waka Flocka Flame
― MikoMcha, Friday, 18 May 2012 05:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, still not feeling this guy
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 May 2012 06:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
thanks for the update, we were all wondering
― that's why god made kokomo (some dude), Friday, 18 May 2012 10:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cmon al, if i had to make that post every time you said you didn't like something...
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 May 2012 12:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
show me a time when i volunteered a "yeah, still not feeling this guy" type post apropos of nothing, dude
like there's a difference between being willing to share a negative opinion when prompted or when there's some kind of point attached, but what you did is some Shakey Mo shit
― that's why god made kokomo (some dude), Friday, 18 May 2012 12:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, is there more to the post than not feeling it? Any more details?
― MikoMcha, Friday, 18 May 2012 13:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
how could you be so unfeeling
― crüt, Friday, 18 May 2012 13:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
:| non-feeling it.
― MikoMcha, Friday, 18 May 2012 13:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
oy, well if you must know: what it's apropos of is that i took a half hour last night and reengaged waka (starting with the new music most recently posted in this thread) to see if there was something I had been missing before that I could reassess now. I didn't find it. I know a lot of people whose taste I appreciate really love this guy but I've always found him boring and one-note. The beats are of a school that only rarely connects with me. The energy feels weirdly canned and dazed, like screaming yourself hoarse more on a dare than because you're really feeling it. It's not as if high energy, ign'ant hip hop is foreign or unwelcome to me and it's not as if I'm a snob about crossover rap and dirty south is ABSOLUTELY my bailiwick but this guy's schtick feels unmeasured, ragged and don't move me. I'm reminded more of Khaled than lil jon.
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 May 2012 14:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
you don't have to like him, it's ok. but is there any radio rapper who's debuted since, say, 2007 that you would say you have "felt"?
― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 14:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
― markers, Friday, 18 May 2012 14:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
::gives markers a piece of candy, watches him scurry away::
― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 14:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
can you give me a better definition of radio rappers or list a few? It's not as if I'm anti vox populi.
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 May 2012 14:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
cuz the first names that come to mind are like cudi and wale when you say "radio rapper" not so much oj da juiceman
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 May 2012 14:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
guys who have been on at least one major radio hit, so sure cudi and wale count
― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 14:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
current billboard top 100 hiphop artists that i am feeling that are fairly new: future, ab soul, j cole (kinda), odd future, kendrick lamar
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 May 2012 14:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
cudi and wale suck btw
future and j cole are total radio rappers but i've never heard ab soul or any non-frank ocean member of odd future on the radio, and just started hearing kendrick on the radio for the first time like a week ago
― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 15:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
but yeah i mean if you dig future and not waka that's a fair baseline to go on that you're objecting to waka individually and not the whole context he's operating in
― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 15:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 18 May 2012 15:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Those are fair points, I guess. I'm not especially an expert on hip-hop - people's knowledge online continually reminds me of that. I would say that, putting aside being drunk at a party, Waka's persona is actually pretty compelling for me, equally if not more so than his music (if you can separate the two). I can sit through Flockaveli no problems and enjoy if I'm in the mood, but can't really say that for any of the mixtapes. It does relentlessly one-note, Lex Luther-y minimalism, blank-eyed nihilism after a while. Any change in texture is like an oasis in the desert.
― MikoMcha, Friday, 18 May 2012 15:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
There are several words missing in that last post. It's late in the afternoon and I'm halfway through a 500ml can of 'power booster energy drink', apologies ;)
― MikoMcha, Friday, 18 May 2012 15:25 (1 year ago) Permalink