Travi$ Scott - Days Before Rodeo - best rap release of 2014 so far?

Still crazy to me that during mid 90s the somehow that dross coming from stale NY hip hop was seen as better than what was happening in the South.

― Raccoon Tanuki, Thursday, August 28, 2014 12:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

someone tell me this doesn't seem sockpuppetish

Raccoon Tanuki had some good stuff to say in the Outkast artist poll thread

Which is why I checked out this album

I've only listened to like three rap albums front to back all year

So by default this makes my top 5

It's okay

Still crazy to me that during mid 90s the somehow that dross coming from stale NY hip hop was seen as better than what was happening in the South.

― Raccoon Tanuki, Thursday, August 28, 2014 12:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

someone tell me this doesn't seem sockpuppetish
--rap steve gadd (D-40)

i caught a whiff and backed away from the thread

thanks for the support guys.

stick travis scott in with Scarface/Geto Boys, UGK, Z-Ro, Big Mello etc of Houston rappers no one cares about until after the fact

lol

yeah no fans of any of those guys around here, nope not a one

I imagine I've been listening to Houston rap longer than you've been alive sonny body

body? wtf me

stick travis scott in with Scarface/Geto Boys, UGK, Z-Ro, Big Mello etc of Houston rappers no one cares about until after the fact

― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, August 29, 2014 11:52 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

this sentence is legitimately a disgrace to the legacy of all these artists

y'know nobody cared about scarface but after the fact

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Yeah because south wasn't ignored at all you're right

calm down, hip-hop Napoleon

geto boys were really popular in my school, right up there w/NWA. grip it (on that otha level) came out and gangster of love and all those were big songs.

they got a lot of play in the source as well, scarface is generally considered top 10 canonical MC for most ppl i'd say.

UGK did pretty well right off too, as well as 8ball & MJG (memphis but obv very southern)....

i didn't know about screw stuff until later

you know what IS underrated? South Circle, their first album owns

& then obv mind playin tricks on me got played every week on yo mtv raps after that came out

also the south has dominated hip hop for like the last 15 years anyway so wutchu sayin

TBH an album full of GOOD Music retreads sounds more appealing to me than another DJ Mustard cut

― 龜, Thursday, August 28, 2014 12:41 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbh a thread full of goon music retards sounds less appealing to me than another DJP cult

& then obv mind playin tricks on me got played every week on yo mtv raps after that came out

yeah I remember this too, my last year of high school. "We Can't Be Stopped" was huge.

Ghetto Boys (when it still had the h) grip it got 5 mics, as did the diary

Source loved the Big Mike album too

To cut RT the benefit of a doubt here

I think he's too used to posting on trad hip hop forums where his assertions might make more sense

Too bad for him he ended up on the one forum on the Internet that Only focused on Houston rap to the exclusion of everything else

Well at least people here have the same opinion on this album as the needle drop.....*

*cough

Tell your street team leader that the "enemy of my enemy is my friend" tactic usually doesn't work in getting people interested either

i think it's interesting that a lot of people really do seem to like this

im afraid that i'm coming around on 'sloppy toppy' which sounds really gross and im sorry

"Too bad for him he ended up on the one forum on the Internet that Only focused on Houston rap to the exclusion of everything else"

know this is not srs but seems dated, it's all about Atlanta now right

Yet this place goes wild for Nicki Minaj. No surprise the opinions here are similar to Brian Fantano. The internet hipster general music is very predictable. Make sure you don't hate on the pop artists, show lack of respect to underground music as a sign of your discern. There's nothing underground here, really.

XD

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Raccoon Tanuki definitely NOT a hipster

dled this out of curiosity, not to judge off one track but regardless of how much an influence dude was on "Kanye's recent releases" already seems like the influencee surpassed the influencer. Not sure if even true but just hypothetically.

wow this is super-drab, why throw Quan and Young Thug over a track like that especially man, talk 'bout not playing to either's strengths

in addition to the criticisms that've already been made I'd say a few songs on here just seem like a way to listen to popular ATL rappers in a "hipper" context, tho maybe reading too much into things

That's the general consensus on this in the real world

Can't help but feel like he's gonna get pushed over the hump anyway

i kinda doubt Grand Hustle will be able to do that much with him, they haven't had success with anything but T.I. and B.o.B records for about a million years now. Meek and Iggy both had to leave the label to become stars.

speaking of T.I. dude's career is just depressing to me now cuz I remember when he was one of my favorite rappers. I mean I like "About the Money" but that might as well be a Young Thug feat. him song. & "No Mediocre" is just blah, miss when dude could craft hits that weren't trend-chasing or compromised

he still spits some hot verses sometimes but still

did she leave grand hustle? he told me she's still a part of it

maybe that's just figurative cosign or something idk

'about the money' is one of his best songs is ages, obv helps that thugger is on it

I didn't initially realize that "Lifestyle," that and "Hookah" were all London on da Track, I don't like all equally but dude's dope

she's still vaguely affiliated with Grand Hustle but they don't have their logo or anything on her album/singles and are not involved with her deal with Virgin/Island

london on the track should really be getting the praise ppl are giving to travis scott

i mean he's an actual producer not a 'curator' but still

he's great, he's been killing it on rich kidz mixtapes for years

agree w/ nova about T.I. but he's spitting real vintage raps on "all about the money"

i don't mind "no mediocre" either i'm actually kinda optimistic about his album

travis scott's music isn't commercial imo but i feel like there's prob a lot of push behind him in the industry and i don't think it would take a huge leap for him to start charting some singles if he aimed to sound a little bit more commercial, he has all the right co-signs at least

Thug and Migos are getting to the point where they could be the next Future type guys radio loves that get used to get other artists a hit, definitely feels like what's being deliberately courted on this tape

and rich homie

Young Thug really makes 'Low' imo

When I heard 'War Ready' first I thought it was Young Thug on the chorus but it turns out they just got a soundalike

i think what's bad is that he likes good kinds of music but doesnt get what is good about it

man I hope Thug doesn't get Future'd on the hooks, not that dude's hooks aren't good but he can really spit

"Low" is very confusing because Thug is on the hook talking about what he charges for a verse but he doesn't have a verse on the song

How the hate on this tape when its got Thug, and Migos on 3 really good tracks. Throw in drugs you should try it and quintana 2, the hate on this cannot be explained. I'm guessing a little too much feel for you guys?