Finally Rich - Chief Keef

it's a pretty spirited album. "o let's do it" pretty turnt up as breakthrough singles go.

rappers wearing pink: shorthand for 'has personality' since 2003

― some dude, Friday, December 14, 2012 7:47 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark

heheheheehhehehe

hauh hauh hauh

i like this a lot but somehow id avoided & now am overwhelmed by the # of molly refs and it really makes me lol

honestly, hadnt heard molly since going 2 phish shows in early 00s

also imp q: is there a diff btwn pink / blue dolphins

pink dolphin is a clothing brand (of young l)... blue dolphin is ecstasy

lol ok thought they were somehow diff types of molly idk who knows

this is y rap genius is gonna be worth a bill

Kinda digging "Citgo," which doesn't feel as gloom choked as the early stuff

longneck has confused 'media savvy' with 'has personality' so theres that

pink dolphin is a clothing brand (of young l)... blue dolphin is ecstasy

― salute me or crut me (J0rdan S.), Friday, December 14, 2012 7:48 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol ok thought they were somehow diff types of molly idk who knows

― johnny crunch, Friday, December 14, 2012 7:54 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is y rap genius is gonna be worth a bill

― johnny crunch, Friday, December 14, 2012 7:54 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

theres a lot of stuff like this in keef's music where its hyper particular to his age, tastes & region that is ... not exactly 'clever' but more meaningful than ppl who are like 'lol why did he just rhyme dolphin with dolphin'

more meaningful than ppl think when they say 'lol why did he just rhyme dolphin with dolphin'

not saying you were one of these ppl

sort of off topic, but i've been thinking about how keef's aspergers has influenced his rapping style, if at all. it sounds at times like he's ecstatic to have found a way to communicate with people in a way that might be easier than person-on-person single conversation if that makes sense? maybe i'm just going off the deep end now

― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Friday, December 14, 2012 5:46 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what the ... he doens't have aspergers. & yes, this analysis is super off the deep end

hmm that's what i read a bunch of places? obviously it could be (is?) false, but sort of made sense, seeing some of his interviews

internet rumor that got way out of hand

they locked his wikipedia page with it on there

he is super socialized within his particularly segregated world

the interview with donald glover a few months back was so awkward

if you read the comments its a lot of people saying keef is stupid and some people saying that donald glover is 'fake'. they dont mean he's not gangster, they mean something else, imo, and its part of the reason that interview was so awkward

who knows, i think taking youtube comments at that kind of value is dangerous, either way i was cringing through that whole interview, and you could tell glover was trying to spark some conversation

im explaining how keef's fans regard glover. i think they mean that glover was being disingenuous / making fun of him

ahh well it certainly did feel like that with the fart-as-lyric bit, even though i think it was meant to be a joke...

realized i posted this in the wrong thread but i think this album is actually p great & im even comin around on 'ballin'

It's interesting to me that the label meddling seems to have come strictly in the form of guest appearances but they didn't try to mess with his sound at all.

i don't sense any meddling at all aside from 50 & wiz being shoehorned into "hate being sober" and maybe the rick ross verse but that happens all the time... the rest of the guests (jeezy, french) are pretty sensible

'no tomorrow' was the big one but ive come around on that track in particular in a big way

mike will's stuff is so subtle sometimes. that bassline ~!

yeah i've come around to "no tomorrow" too

the keef interview bit at the beginning of "ballin'" is so awesome

the only tracks i dislike are "laughing to the bank" (actively skip it) and "got them bands" (too busy and repetitive makes for a headache)

laughin to the bank is classic for sure

yeah that's one of my favorite songs... i think it really works -- "got them bands" isn't very good

I always get the feeling that the call/response part No Tomorrow is ever so slightly out of sync. Like when you're mixing together two records and you're just a tad off. Can't seem to pinpoint where it actually happens, but it makes me woozy in the same way. I like the song though. The beat is great.

*of

There are a few minutes that don't work as well as others or that overstay their welcome, but I don't think anything here ever breaks the mood. That's an impressive feat.

Should this go here or that worst music writing thread?

Jim DeRogatis's take. UGH

oof

Of course, saying that carries the risk of being dismissed as clueless and chronically out of touch—a “rockist” (code for “racist”) who doesn’t understand hip-hop culture unless it’s of the positive (code for “boring,” “feel-good” and “phony”) variety that, as noted here before, previously characterized much of the rap music that brought the national spotlight to Chicago in the past, courtesy of artists such as Kanye, Common, Rhymefest, Lupe Fiasco and Kid Sister.

i cant believe i wasn't feeling 'no tomorrow' at first. its quickly becoming one of my favorite tracks

also lmao @ calling gbe the 'bang brothers'

album is whatever

gonna predict 35k for first week

"no tomorrow" is great, but the whole thing is pretty hit and miss

i think it's funny that people complain that he's not on the beat on that song because that's my problem with EVERY song

like honestly i'm no lyrically lyrical rap snob but if you've got a simple straightforward style you better be in the fuckin pocket as a vocalist imo

i wonder if thats the appeal tho. Lil B raps like there's not even a song in headphones sometimes

rap game farrah abraham

i have a lot to say about this album but i don't want to spoil my review :-/

one thing that i think is interesting is that this album feels sort of like a landmark for me just from an influence perspective. like as basically the youngest dude in the game this album is essentially a stew of every major southern rapper of the last handful of years... wayne/gucci/soulja/waka/future etc. there's not even a trace of T.I. in here or anything... it's almost as if no other music exists besides post-ringtone rap. i think that's kind of great and i also think that keef emerges as some sort of singular pop monster machine but that's just imo.

i don't understand where "pop" keeps entering this equation, though. it doesn't seem like any of his singles are gonna go further than the modest peak of "i don't like."

well you can def tell this is a kid who grew up on 50 though does he count as pre-ringtone rap?

i don't really hear any 50, kinda wonder if that'd even occur to anyone if 50 didn't appear on the record and talk about keef in interviews

it doesn't seem like any of his singles are gonna go further than the modest peak of "i don't like."

― some dude, Tuesday, December 18, 2012 11:03 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i love "love sosa" is well on the way to becoming more ubiquitous than "i don't like" if it hasn't already

"hate being sober" is another huge pop moment

see people keep saying that about "hate being sober" as if it's already happened but until it actually does numbers it's just a prediction

i'm talking purely in terms of form... "i don't like" was a pop hit (sorta) but it wasn't a pop song. idk if "hate being sober" or w/e is gonna hit but that aims to be a pop song (or pop-rap) imo & i think that's true for a lot of the stuff here