Azealia Banks

banks will 100% sell more albums than kreayshawn, if that's the barometer

based on the crowd when i saw kreayshawn in dec., she'd be smart to try and reinvent herself as, like, rap for people who go to warped tour

i don't get the notion that this is going to kill her career or something

i agree that az banks yelling on twitter won't turn the public off her, but it's probably got to be turning potential collaborators (musical and non-musical) in the industry off her - not so much beefing with randoms like the stone roses or iggy azalea but turning on people she had good working relationships with like baauer and shystie

although at this point the paucity of official material - let alone good official material that matches up to her one great track - is what will kill her career; it's fair to surmise that, regardless of the beefs, she's having issues getting this debut album made and released

it's probably got to be turning potential collaborators (musical and non-musical) in the industry off her

That's what I was thinking when I asked the twitter question. Who's going to work with her if there's a chance they'll be attacked five minutes later for doing so or not doing so?

lol "a chance"

plus it's reeealllly not a good look when you're turning on people with much less of a profile than you, you just come off like a bully rather than the (potentially endearing) bratty upstart like when you attack established names

also at this point i'm less sure it's part of a PR masterplan, though possibly AZB herself thinks she's doing it for publicity.

have we learned nothing from chris brown

well no, being terrible is what's going to kill her career

― Darth Icky (DJP), Monday, March 11, 2013 10:29 AM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk i mean everyone on ilx was birdman handrubbing in expectation of asap rocky's downfall & he did pretty well both commercially & critically. i don't doubt the azb album will be good enough to yield similar results

drake isn't about to sell azealia a top 40 single

If she was only good for one track then she'd be a non-factor and nobody would give this shit the time of day.

She has a fair number of good to great tunes.

GRAMPSY BACK

drake isn't about to sell azealia a top 40 single

― rap steve gadd (D-40), Monday, March 11, 2013 11:49 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

i'd say that it's still possible that she hooks up w/ some big name for one major push at a billboard hit

i think more importantly, i doubt that she's cultivated the type of fanbase that he has

last i heard she was asking and getting upper five figures for a 2013 live show; that kind of money is not last year's one hit wonder

i think more importantly, i doubt that she's cultivated the type of fanbase that he has

― J0rdan S., Monday, March 11, 2013 11:59 AM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

true but he's pretty unique in that regard, and 212 had more reach than purple swag. also ilx denied the existence of his fanbase for the longest time, recall deej & surboards arguing about whether or not only ny media types like him. they're comparable, and it's not like it was at all obvious asap would have a hit

also i'm gonna go ahead and reiterate that the 1991 EP was pretty good
this twitter shit is dumb (but cheap)promo at a stunning level of unawareness but i can't see it impacting popularity in any way, just pissing off stans for her (picked with her eyes closed apparently) targets and people over 30

try to imagine what twitter would've looked like 1987
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-alEhlHSzk

1991 the song is great

"liquorice" is a great song

the fake Beyonce tracklist going around last week had an A Banks feature, which was horrifying just to contemplate as a remote possibility

"1991" is alright, the only other AZB song i have time for

(still undecided on this new one)

it definitely seems like she's still pretty beloved by a certain types of basics out there, imo

gays love her

at this point I think she her main talent/ability to suck the charm out of every track she raps/sings over

lol @ basics

"a certain types of basics" xp?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKY0FsUEMyw

thank you basic god

true but he's pretty unique in that regard, and 212 had more reach than purple swag. also ilx denied the existence of his fanbase for the longest time, recall deej & surboards arguing about whether or not only ny media types like him. they're comparable, and it's not like it was at all obvious asap would have a hit

― flopson, Monday, March 11, 2013 11:21 AM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there WAS a time when this was true, then he toured for two years

you can ask noz about it, when he posted the first asap vid on fader it had under 10k views

I'm listening to the 1991 EP just to see if I'm being too harsh here and dear god the coda/spoken outro skit on "Van Vogue" is really making me wish someone would shoot her

pretty sure i can't ride with this new single in any case

who is this person? i hear she is controversial. what's the best song she has so i can give her a shot?

all these recent tracks are so hookless. maybe it would help if she worked in the studio with producers more instead of (apparently) jacking a beat and then later asking if she can release it.

She's such a drama llama.

who is this person? i hear she is controversial. what's the best song she has so i can give her a shot?

212.

the weird thing abt the stone roses thing is that she said it was her ex-tour manager conspiring with the stone roses to soundcheck during her set, not possibly that....the stone roses are completely oblivious and just soundchecking because they are the stone roses and don't even know wtf she is

i dunno if someone used to work for Banks i have no trouble believing they'd hold enough of a grudge to do that to her on purpose

gays love her

― J0rdan S., Monday, March 11, 2013 9:38 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yahhh, I p much heard "212" at every gay/queer party all year

my gay friends in chicago fucked with like: azealia, rihanna and solange (and ty segall but i think we were a bit unique in that regard)

I liked the 1991 EP and Fantasea so I guess I'm part of the problem but w/e

alt-gay love for ty segall is not out of the norm ime

oh word

Shystie song above is the best thing I've heard her on - "212"/Rapunxel/etc. are okay but her schtick is overwhelming over an entire song.

This was funnier in my head

http://www.splicetoday.com/music/yung-rapunxel-throwing-down-behind-the-skillet

AZEALIA BANKS ‏@AZEALIABANKS

Your worth as a musician is now determined by what you can acquire rather than what you can create.

lol didn't she build her rep on jacking unauthorized tracks from producers?

i love the bombastic "now"

shit done changed, apparently

"I did something with Disclosure but they were, like, really rude in an interview, so I canned it."

"I might leak it, though," Azealia told the interviewer from AU Review. "And to be honest, I've got better stuff on my record... It can be an f-side. A fuck-you side."

When will people stop talking about this tiresome child

honestly we've bypassed a LOT of her recent twitter beefs lately, can't even be bothered to note them for posterity any more

(gaga was one)

i liked the one with lily allen