a lot of 'fun singles artists' type rappers have made full-length albums/mixtapes i enjoy but Migos mixtapes just become an endurance trial for me really quickly. especially the new one. that opening track at the top of the thread is 6 minutes for some reason, and it's like 8 tracks in before you get to anything that even resembles the kind of songs they're famous for.
― Murghan Troidor (some dude), Thursday, 27 November 2014 23:59 (nine years ago) link
Agreed
― deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 28 November 2014 05:24 (nine years ago) link
this thread made me laugh a lot, thank you all
― soyrev, Saturday, 29 November 2014 07:55 (nine years ago) link
this thread def goes in the 'probable sock' column for raccoon tanuki
― deej loaf (D-40), Saturday, 29 November 2014 23:41 (nine years ago) link
I made a rough draft of a checklist of characteristics the Thelonious Monk of rap would have:
1. Other rappers and critics think they can't rap, but they're actually very technically gifted. Their early works attest to the fact that they can rap straight.
2. Has a hard-to-detect sense of irony in the formal aspects of their performance rather than simply in the text of their lyrics.
3. Subverts rhythm and flow in off-kilter, sometimes subtle ways.
4. Melodically inventive.
5. A handful of well-regarded verses and hooks are "borrowed" from others or otherwise have a murky provenance.
I'm open to revisions and additions.
― bamcquern, Sunday, 30 November 2014 04:36 (nine years ago) link
thanks bamcquern
― ✓ out this insane nakh yall (gr8080), Sunday, 30 November 2014 06:18 (nine years ago) link
gonna be honest at first glance i thought this was a numbered list explaining why racoon tanuki is or is not a sock
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 30 November 2014 06:23 (nine years ago) link
3 out of 5
― Face facts poptimism hacks, your a scam. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 30 November 2014 07:26 (nine years ago) link
Are you a big sock boy or a little sock boy? It is a picture of my post, my glistening post. I want to drown in the sea of FPs.
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 30 November 2014 07:36 (nine years ago) link
bamcquern describing chief keef not migos
― deej loaf (D-40), Sunday, 30 November 2014 12:09 (nine years ago) link
raccoon tanuki still a sock tho
― deej loaf (D-40), Sunday, 30 November 2014 12:38 (nine years ago) link
xp haha that was my first thought.
― bamcquern, Sunday, 30 November 2014 13:11 (nine years ago) link
"I made a rough draft of a checklist of characteristics the Thelonious Monk of rap would have:1. Other rappers and critics think they can't rap, but they're actually very technically gifted. Their early works attest to the fact that they can rap straight.2. Has a hard-to-detect sense of irony in the formal aspects of their performance rather than simply in the text of their lyrics.3. Subverts rhythm and flow in off-kilter, sometimes subtle ways.4. Melodically inventive.5. A handful of well-regarded verses and hooks are "borrowed" from others or otherwise have a murky provenance.I'm open to revisions and additions.― bamcquern"
― bamcquern"
Good points although I would disregard all the bit about lyrics as theyre the least important part of rapping and point 1 i disagree with as Monk wasn't technically gifted and that tells you all you need to know about the standard accepted qualia and of techincal gifts and the worth they have
― Raccoon Tanuki, Sunday, 30 November 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/9a/ca/92/9aca925d1ed353b9bb9068bc92f5f174.jpg
― deej loaf (D-40), Sunday, 30 November 2014 15:38 (nine years ago) link
damn
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb ranks (The Reverend), Sunday, 30 November 2014 18:54 (nine years ago) link
has r. tanuki ever questioned why the majority of the board responds to his posts calling him a sock?
the moment i knew for sure is when he said there was nowhere to eat in london except bodeans heh
― out here like a flopson (tpp), Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
Ok RT, I'll grant that he might not have been "technically gifted," as I put it, but I will say that he was "technically capable," and I know he had a fair amount of classical, formal, and informal training, which is more than can be said of others who were more outwardly pianistic, such as Hampton Hawes.
― bamcquern, Sunday, 30 November 2014 23:26 (nine years ago) link
looking for the poll options mods
― lag∞n, Sunday, 30 November 2014 23:30 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3vmuEgIIAEk0J9.jpg:large
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb ranks (The Reverend), Monday, 1 December 2014 08:50 (nine years ago) link
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1059698/thumbs/o-RACCOON-HARP-facebook.jpg
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb ranks (The Reverend), Monday, 1 December 2014 08:52 (nine years ago) link
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4100/4933880128_2c0f8436bc.jpg
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb ranks (The Reverend), Monday, 1 December 2014 08:53 (nine years ago) link
I don't really have an opinion on whether Migos are the Thelonious Monk of nu-rap but I'm enjoying the raccoon pictures, all future ilx socks should be obligated to take the name of a cute animal to facilitate this kind of thing
― soref, Monday, 1 December 2014 09:28 (nine years ago) link
recalcitrant socks to be issued with a cute animal name by the mods
― soref, Monday, 1 December 2014 09:30 (nine years ago) link
"Ok RT, I'll grant that he might not have been "technically gifted," as I put it, but I will say that he was "technically capable," and I know he had a fair amount of classical, formal, and informal training, which is more than can be said of others who were more outwardly pianistic, such as Hampton Hawes.
― bamcquern, "
Stick to topic please
― Raccoon Tanuki, Monday, 1 December 2014 13:08 (nine years ago) link
https://vine.co/v/h03FzurZYtd
― lag∞n, Monday, 1 December 2014 14:57 (nine years ago) link
wow incredible find lmao
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 1 December 2014 14:58 (nine years ago) link
lol perfect
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 December 2014 14:58 (nine years ago) link
― bamcquern, Saturday, November 29, 2014 11:36 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
6. Hat collection
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 December 2014 15:00 (nine years ago) link
xxxpost incredible work there goon
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Monday, 1 December 2014 15:20 (nine years ago) link
someone add this audio to that vine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsVnUpl2IKQ
― ✓ out this insane nakh yall (gr8080), Monday, 1 December 2014 15:24 (nine years ago) link
monk x migos vs tanooki mashup: http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHsVnUpl2IKQ&start1=&video2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKshrtLXBdl8&start2=&authorName=snoopsagan
― Raccoon Tanuki, Monday, 1 December 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link
dying @ that vine
― the late great, Monday, 1 December 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
Thanks to Vine, throwing dead raccoons at each other is fun again.
― Evan, Monday, 1 December 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
when was it not
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Monday, 1 December 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
http://allhiphop.com/2015/01/28/instagram-users-blast-migos-for-posting-1000-check-online/
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 29 January 2015 14:22 (nine years ago) link
the check is physically big tho
― lag∞n, Thursday, 29 January 2015 16:28 (nine years ago) link
Watch live stream here: http://www.twitch.tv/daramactireAtlanta rap trio and video game aficionados Migos will be playing a live session of the Minecraft game for fans today at 2PM PST/ 5PM EST. Jason Probst aka "Minecraft Universe" and friends will be teaching the revered rap group the basics of the computer game in a live stream. Fans will also be able to play and interact with Migos for one hour by logging onto this server address IP: prison.vulcanmc.net.
Atlanta rap trio and video game aficionados Migos will be playing a live session of the Minecraft game for fans today at 2PM PST/ 5PM EST. Jason Probst aka "Minecraft Universe" and friends will be teaching the revered rap group the basics of the computer game in a live stream. Fans will also be able to play and interact with Migos for one hour by logging onto this server address IP: prison.vulcanmc.net.
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Monday, 9 February 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link
migos feat stampy
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:57 (nine years ago) link
free migos
― flopson, Monday, 20 April 2015 03:26 (nine years ago) link
Pass
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Monday, 20 April 2015 03:30 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/qvb6rag.png
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 20 April 2015 04:01 (nine years ago) link
"The trio has such a fervent following after their steady stream of mixtapes that memes exist boasting that Migos are better than the Beatles. "Why wouldn't it be better than the Beatles?" Offset said. "They're legends, but we're legends too now. Quavo was just saying he wanted to meet Paul McCartney, so nothing against them. But they saying we better, so it is what it is."
Watch footage of Migos' arrest via TMZ:"
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/migos-members-arrested-on-guns-drugs-charges-after-police-end-concert-20150419
― Arctic Noon Auk, Monday, 20 April 2015 07:24 (nine years ago) link
Chip Love • 5 hours ago
I don't get these dudes. I couldn't even finish listening to "Versace". I'm all for lyrical minimalism but when they do spit a line it just doesn't connect with me. It seems the young kids of today are into some seriously questionable stuff. Like Drake and J. Cole. To me it is corny and lightweight. But these are the artists capitalizing financially on the styles laid down by the true groundbreaker MC's. And these Migos guys jacked both Mac Dre and Ol' Dirty's fashion steaze. That's ok. It just ain't nothing new. I worry about this generation of kids. I am getting older but the stuff they like pretty much suuuckz. 11 million plus views for"Versace". Who the heck finds that song inspirational or groundbreaking? Riff Raff owns the use of "Versace" as an adjective, btw.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 April 2015 11:03 (nine years ago) link
threw away all of his insights with that closing clause
― mh, Monday, 20 April 2015 14:32 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/LcBd3ya.gif
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:57 (eight years ago) link
them jeans with timbaland is so good
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 21 January 2016 16:47 (eight years ago) link
this thread title is troubling on so many axes
― ciderpress, Thursday, 21 January 2016 16:49 (eight years ago) link
the new mixtape is v good imo
― the tune was space, Thursday, 21 January 2016 17:00 (eight years ago) link
especially "Commando"
― the tune was space, Thursday, 21 January 2016 17:20 (eight years ago) link
I don't know, are they?
― cheeseburger
― hunangarage, Thursday, 21 January 2016 17:22 (eight years ago) link
so bad its good
― lag∞n, Sunday, 5 March 2017 22:10 (seven years ago) link
culture is a one-trick-pony album but it's a really good trick and I like it a lot
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Monday, 6 March 2017 00:43 (seven years ago) link
Thelonious "Shirt" Monk
― example (crüt), Monday, 6 March 2017 00:50 (seven years ago) link
poll the migos
― ||||||||, Monday, 6 March 2017 18:10 (seven years ago) link
dab of ranch is amazing
xps- it's at LEAST a two-trick pony come on
― flopson, Monday, 6 March 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
black t-shirt and the sinner lady
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 6 March 2017 18:15 (seven years ago) link
this is fast becoming a classic album for me, although I rarely seem to make it to the end cos the first 4-5 tracks are all so incredible
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Monday, 6 March 2017 23:26 (seven years ago) link
I'm allaboutt the vibey Chicago sounding back half now
― flopson, Monday, 6 March 2017 23:47 (seven years ago) link
Takeoff possibly RIP…
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 10:50 (one year ago) link
Confirmed…
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 10:59 (one year ago) link
man this sucks. you should be in the room the first time a kid (talking here about my kid, ten years old) hears a a migos tune -- just instant response. all the word is this was a quiet guy who just loved making music. thanks to d-40 over on twitter for holding the line on how it's bullshit to be amplifying pictures of a man's dead body and rest easy to a guy who made music a whole fuckin lot of people loved.
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 11:00 (one year ago) link
Absolutely wretched news to wake up to. RIP.
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 11:52 (one year ago) link
unbelievable :(Guy was 28, what a terrible waste.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 11:59 (one year ago) link
Terrible news, what a tragedy
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 12:44 (one year ago) link
rip
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 12:56 (one year ago) link
Oh fuck no. This is terrible
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 14:23 (one year ago) link
aw fuck, this is awful
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 14:25 (one year ago) link
FUCK
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 14:28 (one year ago) link
what a waste. crushing.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 14:29 (one year ago) link
fucking sad.
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 14:45 (one year ago) link
completely horrifying. i guess i never realized that he was a teenager when they first popped.
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 14:55 (one year ago) link
feel so terrible for the entire atlanta rap scene, a whole generation dead or in jail
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 14:56 (one year ago) link
damn. There's literally something like this once a month or so.
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 15:12 (one year ago) link
kinda didn't wanna chime in on this specific thread but yeah this is very sad
― wearing wraparounds (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 15:53 (one year ago) link
Culture, along with Tribe's last album and Miranda Lambert's The Weight of These Wings, is forever linked for me to that November '16-January '17 interregnum before Trump took office. I felt a kind of wistfulness and a growing dread
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 16:05 (one year ago) link
yeah, that sounds familiar
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 17:31 (one year ago) link
i listened to the heck out of culture, love that work
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 17:33 (one year ago) link
RIP, awful news.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 17:33 (one year ago) link
horrible, tragic news. rip.
― treeship., Tuesday, 1 November 2022 17:45 (one year ago) link
wtf
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 20:26 (one year ago) link
Too sad.
He really stole the show on loads of tracks.
― mr.raffles, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 02:36 (one year ago) link
Only Built 4 Infinity Links, while overlong like all streaming age hip hop albums, is really good
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 20:58 (one year ago) link