would love to know how many of the search queries at the peaks on that graph also contain the words 'megaupload rapidshare sendspace'
― all my single lobsters put a ring on it (tpp), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 23:40 (fifteen years ago) link
cursory google searches aren't turning up that many mixtapes named "Gucci Mane" although he does appear to be on a shit-ton
― Wes HI DEREson (HI DERE), Tuesday, March 3, 2009 5:36 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
there arent any mixtapes named Gucci Mane
― Funky House, M.D. (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 23:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyway, "biggest rap artist of the year" to me means "most popular artist who happens to be a rapper" (in which case Wayne being on Katie Couric proves my point exactly) rather than "most ubiquitous rapper within the rap community" or whatever -- I couldn't even tell you anything about the "rap community," so I'll cede to you there.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 23:41 (fifteen years ago) link
make up yr mind, dude
― Wes HI DEREson (HI DERE), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 23:41 (fifteen years ago) link
(not you, jaymc, J0rdan)
― Wes HI DEREson (HI DERE), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh no, I know. :)
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
lol j0rdan & his critic words
― peep game on gas prices (deej), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
yup
― Funky House, M.D. (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 23:55 (fifteen years ago) link
pitchfork is dumb (#4357385639):
Finally, out to everyone asking about my Pitchfork "Month in dubstep and grime" columns. The situation is that they've asked all the specialist writers not to contribute columns for Jan and Feb. I offered to write it for free - trust me, I've not been doing it for the money - but this didn't help. So, we'll see.
― lucas pine, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 02:24 (fifteen years ago) link
try and imagine a month without grime
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 03:00 (fifteen years ago) link
rather, imagine a world where monthly dubstep and grime coverage is supplanted by "The Month in Being in the Band the Pains of Being Pure at Heart"
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 14:49 (fifteen years ago) link
OH NO PITCHFORK IS WRITING ABOUT THE MUSIC THAT'S PUT MONEY INTO THEIR POCKETS THROUGH THE LAST TEN FUCKING YEARS, THEY REALLY SHOULD SWITCH TO WRITING ABOUT SOME BULLSHIT NOBODY CARES ABOUT LIKE DUBSTEP SO I CAN POST A SNIFFY MESSAGE TO ILX ABOUT SOME MINOR FACTUAL INNACURACY IN THEIR REVIEW OF A FUCKING RUSKO ITUNES ONLY EP.
― special guest stars burt_stanton (The stickman from the hilarious xkcd comics), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
The Month In Nebulous 'Nuum Beats
― tuomasters at work (blueski), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Young, Dumb and Full Of 'Nuum.
― special guest stars burt_stanton (The stickman from the hilarious xkcd comics), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 15:05 (fifteen years ago) link
the connection between pitchfork and music hype came to yet another embarrassing pick with the new (and mediocre) Wavves record review
― Zeno, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 16:22 (fifteen years ago) link
are you saying the review or the record is mediocre
― He grew in Pussyville. Population: him. (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
ha..no, the record itself.i understand the logic behind the connection ive mentioned, but arent there any limits?are pitchfork capable of writing,for example, a bad review for a record that otherwise gets hype+good reviews everywhere else?
― Zeno, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 16:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i have no idea but right now it's pretty obvious that they are, at an editorial level, going in hard on noisy/lo-fi/vaguely "pop" stuff from both coasts. they're jumping a trend and we're just gonna have to see how it plays out.
― He grew in Pussyville. Population: him. (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link
it will play out like most trends in music history.
― Zeno, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
bloodily
― homie bhabha (max), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
if they start going in harder on noisy/lo-fi/vaguely "pop" stuff from one coast than the other, we could be looking at another deadly east/west beef
― ban_stunt_rot (some dude), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 16:41 (fifteen years ago) link
drummer from no age and avey tare = next pac and big
― ban_stunt_rot (some dude), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 16:42 (fifteen years ago) link
"Reggae is vile."
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 16:42 (fifteen years ago) link
xp hahaha yeah but instead of them ending up dead one of them is gonna get butthurt over their blog being hacked or some shit
― sug_banton (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
lol yes sign me up for some delay pedal grunge songs about how animal collective are wack
― He grew in Pussyville. Population: him. (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw the video and wanted to post something quick about it in the time I had. I definitely try to work bigger points into posts where possible, all in some vain effort to make Forkcast into something more critical than the usual "here's this video it's AWSOME" blog thing, but as you pointed out there are guys on staff like Tom who would probably have a lot more to say about Gucci Mane than I do, when the time is right. (Oddly enough, Pitchfork has barely written about him.)
― marc h., Wednesday, 4 March 2009 17:11 (fifteen years ago) link
big ups, thx for the response
― Passantino might be gone, but his spirit lives on (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 5 March 2009 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
http://images.lowriderarte.com/drawings/0701_lrap_06_z+drawings+notorious_big.jpgI want ya'll to play this at funerals in the hood.Til all this black on black crime stop.Some say the blind lead the blind.But in the ghetto you never know,When it's gon be yo time.http://images.lowriderarte.com/drawings/0701_lrap_06_z+drawings+notorious_big.jpg[Sons of Funk, Mo B. Dick, O'dell]Sittin at the ghetto thinkin boutAll my homies passed away (uuunnnggghhh!)Candy painted cadillacs and triple goldThat's how me and my boys rolledHow could it be?Somebody took my boy from meMy best friend's goneAnd I'm so all aloneI really miss my homiesEven though they gone awayI know you in a better placeAnd I hope to see ya soon somedayhttp://images.lowriderarte.com/drawings/0701_lrap_06_z+drawings+notorious_big.jpg[Master P]I used to hang with my boy even slang with my boyUsed to bang with my boy, goddam I miss my boyWe started out youngstas in the park throwin birdsIn your hearse, damn it's sad to see my nigga in the dirtThe game got me workin, got me perkin, never jerkinStill blowin dolja fo ya cause I know you up there workinYa little baby's cool and ya baby's mama straightBut today's a sad day to see the t-shirt with ya faceFrom the cradle to the grave, from the streets we used to fallIn the park you liked to ball, put yo name upon the wallIn the projects you's a legend on the street you was a starBut it's sad to see my homeboy ridin in that black carA lotta soldiers done died, a lotta mothers done criedYou done took yo piece of the pie but you was too young to retireWhy soldiers ride for yo name leave it vainSome Gs never change, damn they killed you for some changeSmile for my homie Kevin Miller my boy RandallThe ghetto persons that lost they loved ones to these ghetto scandalshttp://images.lowriderarte.com/drawings/0701_lrap_06_z+drawings+notorious_big.jpgTake a minute to smile for the dead (uuunnnggghhh!)Smile for the dead (RIP 2Pac, Makaveli) All my homies who done made it to the crossroads(Biggie Smalls)http://images.lowriderarte.com/drawings/0701_lrap_06_z+drawings+notorious_big.jpg[Sons, Mo B. O'dell]How could it be?Somebody took my boy from me(It's like I can't believe you gone)My best friend's gone(Sometimes I feel like I can't go on)And I'm so all alone(Everytime I see something you done leftI really miss my homies(It just remind me, more and more of you, dawg)Even though they gone away(I just keep reminiscin)I know you in a better place(Cause I know you alright)And I hope to see ya soon someday(And I keep smilin, knowin I'm a see you in the crossroads]http://images.lowriderarte.com/drawings/0701_lrap_06_z+drawings+notorious_big.jpg[Pimp C]We used to grip on the grain and flip them candy toysBut I'd give up all that bullshit if I could get back my boyOff in the club smokin weed til 3, hollerin at the hoesSpendin $4000 on me on gators and clothesWhen I turned to rap, he had to chase the gameNigga told me, "C, leave that dope, cause rappin is yo thang"I ain't gone even lie, some nights I ride and cryWonderin why the real niggas always the ones to dieSo I just smoke my weed and try to clear my mindI wish that I had the power to turn back the hands of timeI wonder if there's a heaven up there for real GsFor all the niggas in the game that be sellin keysI keep my memories, try to keep my head stromgBut baby it's hard to be strong, when yo main homie gonehttp://images.lowriderarte.com/drawings/0701_lrap_06_z+drawings+notorious_big.jpg[Sons, Mo B. O'dell]Even though you gone away(Even though you gone, you ain't never gon be forgotten)I know you in a better place(Cause as long as I'm hereYou gon live through me and other TRU playas)I really miss my homiesEven though they gone awayI know you in a better placeAnd I hope to see ya soon somedayhttp://images.lowriderarte.com/drawings/0701_lrap_06_z+drawings+notorious_big.jpg[Silkk]I'm just sittin here dazed thinkin bout all the times we hadThinkin the past, some was good and some was badRemember Dante?It was a group of us, just a group of fiveNow three dead, one in jail, it seem right now I'm the only one aliveTo all my soldiers before me, may ya'll rest in peaceWhen He took three, took my soul, just the bodiesHe at the crossroads guide us out to the rest of meWishin I could rewind time like demosMe and you gettin girls, writin down numbers like memosMakin million dollar bets, makin all our money stretch like limosEven though I smile, it's sad, but they say gangstas can't cryBut if I close my eyes and visualize me togetherThen I suddenly wanna smileTo see you laid down when it's yo time, when your time was upYou never seen your child, but he's here to remind usEven though you was wrong, I never could belive that that was trueYou was with me forever, you could check my rest in peace tattoosSee me and C and P forever gon be ridin and thugginRest in peace to all the ones that didn't make itAnd rest in peace to my brotherWe gon miss youhttp://images.lowriderarte.com/drawings/0701_lrap_06_z+drawings+notorious_big.jpg(I love these fools)I know you in a better place(Every time I get on my knees)And I hope to see ya soon someday(I pray for you, I'm glad you in a better placeI hope I see ya soon, ain't no more killinAin't no more fights, and ain't no more tears)
― pasantino R.I.P. - pour out a 40 of boss hogg (and what), Thursday, 5 March 2009 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Not terribly dumb, but...does this really read like a 5.7 review?
― Telephone thing, Thursday, 12 March 2009 12:26 (fifteen years ago) link
wtf?
― The-Reverend (rev), Thursday, 12 March 2009 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link
O_o wtf indeed
― vergangenheitsbewaeltigung (later arpeggiator), Thursday, 12 March 2009 17:14 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah that's really weird. i wonder if it's a mistake?
― just sayin, Thursday, 12 March 2009 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Dumb broads can't score out of ten for shit.
― Luka ModReq (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 12 March 2009 17:21 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, I'm sure it's a mistake
― The-Reverend (rev), Thursday, 12 March 2009 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
don't have time to read it right now or ever but 5.7 is actually about right for that album imo
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 March 2009 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
It ends with the phrase "that rarest of remix albums: the kind might play start to finish, and more than once" -- I don't pretend to know Jess's process, obviously, but if he happened to feel like this was a good instance of a not-very-essential type of project, it might make sense to use a 5.7 (which should ideally mean "better than average record").
― nabisco, Thursday, 12 March 2009 18:05 (fifteen years ago) link
It reads 7.5 when I click on the link above. I guess they changed it?
― Dan S, Thursday, 12 March 2009 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
haha alternately slight dyslexic moment
― nabisco, Thursday, 12 March 2009 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Ok, that makes sense...
Brief derail to ask a question about the album, for those who've heard it: is it full tracks or did Get Physical/Koze go ahead and make it a mix album, like the early press release suggested? Because the latter is clearly an awful idea, and the Pfork review makes no mention of it, which leaves me hopeful.
― Telephone thing, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
full trax
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 12 March 2009 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
From today's Red Red Meat review:
if you can picture a scrubby patch of weeds and in it a clump of gauze, possibly soiled, twitching in the breeze, and the disconnected image of decay stirs something in you, you're on your way to falling in love with Red Red Meat.
― ilxor, Monday, 30 March 2009 13:45 (fifteen years ago) link
if ya'll haven't seen it, i love the new updates on musical Twitterers.http://pitchfork.com/news/tag/Echo%20Chamber/
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 30 March 2009 13:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i kinda like that description tbh xp
― unique whips (J0rdan S.), Monday, 30 March 2009 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
as far as pitchfork is dumb goes, this month's "puritan blister" is up there:
I’d vowed that 2009 would, at least initially, be a year of pure pop escapism, especially after how pointedly/limitingly I used music as a sort of tourniquet/palliative for 2008's psychic wounds. But just two weeks into the new year, a family friend killed himself while arguing with his fiancee. Those of us by whom he is survived are, understandably, agonizing over the subjective prescriptions we could have offered him: religiosity, Successories, credit lines, lasagna, advice, etc. But as ridiculous as it may sound, even by Puritan Blister standards, I am tortured that, as I sat beside him during Christmas dinner, or on New Year's Eve, I didn't recruit him into the cult of Kanye West's latest album, because it might have saved his life, or at least gotten him through the season.
i'm not the type to get offended by things (and this isn't an exeception) but i can imagine someone getting hilariously angry at the writer of the column after reading this. like maybe the fiancee of the guy who offed himself. "oh right, all he need was to have heard 808s and heartbreak a few more times."
http://pitchfork.com/features/puritan-blister/7587-puritan-blister-42/
― samosa gibreel, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 02:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's . . . not well thought-out.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 31 March 2009 02:45 (fifteen years ago) link
It resonates with me, actually.
― ilxor, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 02:48 (fifteen years ago) link
WOW
― elan, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 02:55 (fifteen years ago) link
ilxor is so clearly a sock
― autogucci cru (deej), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 03:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm sure it was written with good intentions, but using your friend's tragic story as a framing device to write about the new Kanye West album seems inappropriate (to me, at least). Especially given how serious the situation apparently was: "K---- shot himself in the head, in front of his intended, who'd been re-contacting an ex and who was threatening to leave him."
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 31 March 2009 03:03 (fifteen years ago) link
in today's Prince review written by the guy who started this thread, he refers to himself as 31 a paragraph after implying a birthdate that would make him 29
― brewer and what (some dude), Monday, 13 April 2009 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link