"it must be hard rap blogger work pretending these 18 songs aren't like 3 songs in different variations"
lolwut
hookah is like 30bpm faster than no type
shmurda has no hook and try me is all hook
made me is three notes plucked on a single icicle and lifestyle is a fully blown out smooth jazz instrumental
if all rap sounds the same to you maybe it is time to get a job at rolling stone magazine
― based grandpa (noz), Monday, 5 January 2015 06:48 (nine years ago) link
these songs are definitely representative of "all rap," thanks for the advice!
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 5 January 2015 06:53 (nine years ago) link
"lifestyle" is so fuckin lush
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 5 January 2015 07:01 (nine years ago) link
lifestyle vs try me
both have perfect sounding bass
― Spottie, Monday, 5 January 2015 07:15 (nine years ago) link
Unpopular opinion round these parts, but I voted for Maco
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 5 January 2015 07:17 (nine years ago) link
oh right i forgot about run the jewels xp
maybe if they put zach de la rocha on the blanguage remix
― based grandpa (noz), Monday, 5 January 2015 07:19 (nine years ago) link
I FUCKED UP THE SYSTEM THEN WAShED OFF MY DICK WITH THE CURTAINS INSIDE OF THE BUNKER
― based grandpa (noz), Monday, 5 January 2015 07:20 (nine years ago) link
Lifestyle = song of the year. Unless Chuck D dropped a single and I slept on it.
― longneck, Monday, 5 January 2015 07:52 (nine years ago) link
i'm sure one of you posted in last year's goon thread that trae that truth/young thug's "try me" was blowing up. completely love it but since then have not seen a single mention of it anywhere
of these, "no flex zone" easily, "hot n*gga" is a classic as well, "no type" and the snootie wilds are great too
cannot see what everyone else does in "lifestyle", just the sound of it is so trying to me
― lex pretend, Monday, 5 January 2015 08:41 (nine years ago) link
like, it's so tinny and sickly at the same time
― lex pretend, Monday, 5 January 2015 08:42 (nine years ago) link
Voted Hot N because it's the most '2014' to me
― 龜, Monday, 5 January 2015 13:05 (nine years ago) link
i kinda hate coco
― flopson, Monday, 5 January 2015 13:30 (nine years ago) link
this is honestly one of the worst thread titles in ilx history and i never would have noticed it or opened it had whiney not pointed it out to me off board
― J0rdan S., Monday, 5 January 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link
He was asking for Joey Bada$$' contact info so take his goon-thread hardmanning with a grain of salt
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 5 January 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link
a number of these songs have nothing to do with vine or soundcloud
― J0rdan S., Monday, 5 January 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link
"the two snootie wild songs have nothing to do with vine or soundcloud"
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 5 January 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
for instance "i don't fuck with you" is as much a soundcloud/viral hit as "no type"
― J0rdan S., Monday, 5 January 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
snootie wild in particular came up the way southern rappers typically have, there's nothing viral about him
he had a few mild radio hits and not a single drop of cum came from the dicks of anyone that works at noisey
― J0rdan S., Monday, 5 January 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link
irl lol
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 5 January 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
as someone who has written about snootie wild on noisey, i can verify that my dick was dry at the time
― un chill goon (some dude), Monday, 5 January 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link
Rolling Chuck D picks the winners in twenty fifteen thread.
― longneck, Monday, 5 January 2015 16:40 (nine years ago) link
--songs i really love
Rich Gang ft. Young Thug - "Lifestyle"
number 1 song of the year -- the best hook, a catchy beat of its own and some of the best lyrics. the total package.
Dej Loaf - "Try Me"
got stoned and listened to this song a lot because it sounds like some candyland lullaby
Bobby Schmurda - "Hot N****"
this one made me happy for new york
Snootie Wild ft. K Camp - "Made Me"
snootie had the most underrated verses of the year on this
--songs i like
Tyga ft. Young Thug - "Hookah"
heard this coming out of a store the other day and it made me wish it was a hit, if it was a solo thug song it probably would've been ... or maybe smoking hookah is not relatable or aspirational
Fetty Wap - "Trap Queen"
just a great song, though when i heard it on the radio it sounded less weird than i thought and more like a particularly good cash out song. i think seeing his wonky eye in the video tripped me out. this beat is pretty wild though.
Rae Sremmurd - "No Flex Zone"Rae Sremmurd - "No Type"
these are both good radio hits but i can't really get that excited about these guys for whatever reason. i guess as rappers i don't find them compelling, i like "no type" as an extension of the downer party anthem aesthetic mike will established on "we can't stop" but the verses are kind of a snooze.
Shy Glizzy - "Awwsome"
for a straight gucci mane rip off this is pretty good as long as you don't think too much about the lyrics. his voice sounds great on this though.
-- remixes i can't abide by
ILOVEMAKONNEN ft. Drake - "Tuesday"
non-remix version of "tuesday" is a true original, standout track. drake version is straight bullshit.
Snootie Wild ft. Yo Gotti - "Yayo"
this is another song dulled terribly by the inclusion of a rapper who should have been kept far away from a rare flower of a song.
-- these songs are fine
Metro Thuggin - "The Blanguage"
i never really understood the love for this one ... verses are pretty good, i wish there was a hook though. a pretty middling young thug song, imo. also not sure we need young thug making explicit drake sequels.
Father ft. ILOVEMAKONNEN & Key! - "Look at Wrist"
i like the father axis in atlanta as a millennial update on dem franchize boyz (when their beats were blocky not snappy) but the rapping lets up too much. i like "nokia" more than "look at wrist" but even that is like 60 seconds of a good song. i'd like to hear father produce for some other rappers though.
-- eh
OG Maco - "U Guessed It"
i should prob like this song more but it never grabbed me. great beat though.
O.T. Genasis - "CoCo"
this song is weirdly inert to me. i don't like the beat at all, and the hook feels actively weighed down? the verses are pretty funny though.
Riff Raff - "Tip Toe Wing In My Jawwdinz"
really annoying hook. verses are actually decent. terrible video too. decent distillation of riff raff in all his glory at least.
ILOVEMAKONNEN - "I Don't Sell Molly No More"
annoying.
-- fuck travis scott
Travi$ Scott ft. Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug - "Mamacita"
fuck travis scott
― J0rdan S., Monday, 5 January 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link
the singing on "lifestyle" is so bad. like, i can't even get through the hook. i get what's good about the sentiment and the words but it's just unlistenable
― lex pretend, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
Hookah is a hit, it's in the hot 100 at any rate
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 5 January 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
the thing about hookah i never rly came to terms with is when tyga abruptly comes in with the flat staccato cloudmatic / mathematics line sounding like a wu guy or someone else i can't quite recall
― r|t|c, Monday, 5 January 2015 21:07 (nine years ago) link
Coco is totally the song I would never play at home but I totally dig when I hear it out on the street
― 龜, Monday, 5 January 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link
https://scontent-a-atl.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xfa1/t50.2886-16/10842701_528243050612261_1370437345_n.mp4
Carlos Gomez otm
― Evan R, Monday, 5 January 2015 21:32 (nine years ago) link
thing is i'm kind of p much at the kindly grandma stage of rap appreciation now so i was quite happy to accept kids finding coco fun and expressing themselves and all that cutesy shit. but then busta popped up and made it unbearably corny
― r|t|c, Monday, 5 January 2015 21:40 (nine years ago) link
"No Type" or "Lifestyle" for me. Though I feel like I possibly prefer "No Type" over "No Flex Zone" for what are probably corny fuxxy reasons.
― Tim F, Monday, 5 January 2015 21:54 (nine years ago) link
i'd be v much done with 'no flex zone' by now if it wasnt for irresistible "gold BEzel?! so SPEcial?!" karaoke squeaky backing vox duty
― r|t|c, Monday, 5 January 2015 22:02 (nine years ago) link
I don't remember if we got into this in the funny voiced rapper poll thread (I can't remember that thread title), but a big part of the reason I love so many of these Internet-y hits is that they create a perception, real or imagined, that the door to rap stardom is open to anybody, even the most unlikely outsiders. I love that fantasy, and the sense that there are no gatekeepers, and that rap is truly a responsive, bottom-up genre where fans decide what deserves radio play. That's not a sense I get from any other format. Obviously the reality isn't as idealistic as all that, but every time I hear Thug or Rae Sremmurd or even Makonnen on the radio I get a charge like, shit, anything is possible.
― Evan R, Monday, 5 January 2015 22:14 (nine years ago) link
it's always kinda been like that, i mean what's 'ice cream paint job' or 'this is why i'm hot' or 'laffy taffy'
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 5 January 2015 22:24 (nine years ago) link
or 'crank dat'
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 5 January 2015 22:25 (nine years ago) link
True, true. And that's always been part of the appeal; it just feels like the process happens a lot faster now, and that the artists benefiting from it are a lot more outside the box than they used to be. Where Mims and Dorrough just seemed like B-list copies of bigger name rappers cashing in on already popular sounds, a lot of 2014's crop seem like they're popularizing their own template
― Evan R, Monday, 5 January 2015 22:33 (nine years ago) link
well in part that's bc there's no industry to work on artist development w/ young rappers
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 5 January 2015 22:43 (nine years ago) link
if it wasnt for irresistible "gold BEzel?! so SPEcial?!" karaoke squeaky backing vox duty
totally the best part of the song
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 5 January 2015 22:45 (nine years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/thizzler/99-percent-shabooyah-naenae-x/sets
― MAYBE HE'S NOT THE BEST THIGH SLAPPER IN THE WORLD (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 January 2015 22:53 (nine years ago) link
er, http://vimeo.com/89834853 rather
― MAYBE HE'S NOT THE BEST THIGH SLAPPER IN THE WORLD (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 January 2015 22:54 (nine years ago) link
there are other reasons for preferring "no type"?
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 08:41 (nine years ago) link
Maybe not!
― Tim F, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 08:47 (nine years ago) link
'no flex zone' = swae lee roth, 'no type' = swae lee scratch perry
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 10:23 (nine years ago) link
that's kinda otm
― Tim F, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 10:25 (nine years ago) link
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, January 5, 2015 1:17 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
is there a maco thread bc his last ep is fucking awesome and nothing like "u guessed it" which is also cool
― brosario nawson (m bison), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 03:11 (nine years ago) link
this poll winner is the true #1 single of 2014 fyi
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 03:14 (nine years ago) link
Great poll. As much as I like CoCo, Trap Queen is the best, unquestionably.
― warm winds and clear skies, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 03:32 (nine years ago) link
Made Me is also good. No love for "Cut Her Off"?
― warm winds and clear skies, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 03:34 (nine years ago) link
'no flex zone' = swae lee roth, 'no type' = swae lee scratch perry― r|t|c, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 10:23 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 10:23 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
― Eman Srebmud (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
classic thread title
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 28 January 2015 01:26 (nine years ago) link
it's amazing that "pass the mayo" doesn't appear anywhere in it
― some dude, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 02:41 (nine years ago) link
In light of out tweet war 2day I want to be clear that anyone denying Keef's impact on the rise of this sound is lying to themselves and God
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 03:23 (nine years ago) link
Me too. ;)
― The Reverend, Saturday, 4 July 2015 09:44 (eight years ago) link
Those guys in that bacon video really don't know how to cook bacon is v irritating to watch
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 4 July 2015 14:36 (eight years ago) link
'in love with the coco' really is one of the worst major hits of the past few years
im glad fetty wap came along and made everyone forget about it
― supreme problematics (D-40), Saturday, 4 July 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
It felt less like a song than a DJ tool, I rarely heard it except as a 60 second palette cleanser between better tracks. And I dunno, I'll take it over this year's "Flicka Da Wrist"/"Cha Cha"/"Sum Shake" lot.
― some dude, Saturday, 4 July 2015 20:15 (eight years ago) link
wtf sum shake is so legit
― r|t|c, Saturday, 4 July 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link
As intentionally, cynically dumb as "Coco" is, it's still probably the most catchy, infectious song out of any of these as far as I'm concerned
― lil dork (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 4 July 2015 22:15 (eight years ago) link
Maybe "Flicka Da Wrist," actually, a song I can honestly say I've probably never heard more than 30 seconds but, like, KNOW the chorus
― lil dork (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 4 July 2015 22:16 (eight years ago) link
It is a very catchy song but not only is it one dimensional, morally suspect, with a beat that rips off "hate being sober", it's also just deathly cynical
― supreme problematics (D-40), Saturday, 4 July 2015 23:49 (eight years ago) link
those are all good arguments for it being my jam
― Upright Mammal (mh), Sunday, 5 July 2015 00:13 (eight years ago) link
It doesn't surprise me that ppl responded much more favorably to fetty his music is so much more human/genuine/non cynical
― supreme problematics (D-40), Sunday, 5 July 2015 00:18 (eight years ago) link
i don't know if that bacon thing is so awful that it's hilarious or so awful that it's infuriating or both or neither
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 5 July 2015 00:19 (eight years ago) link
i'm mostly just dumbfoundedly slack-jawed that people still think that it is a good idea to make things like that
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 5 July 2015 00:45 (eight years ago) link
people are... bad
― Upright Mammal (mh), Sunday, 5 July 2015 00:47 (eight years ago) link
"coco" makes me feel like when ethan made this thread party like a rockstar tribute thread
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 5 July 2015 04:20 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dREafkocDkU
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 5 July 2015 06:58 (eight years ago) link
^dad used to play this around the house all the time when i was a kid and i caught some shit for singing I'VE GOT COCAINE... RUNNING AROUND MY BRAIN in grade school
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 5 July 2015 06:59 (eight years ago) link
no matter where i treat my guestsyou seethey always love my kitchen best
lol that the bacon guys are rapping in frenchlol at me for letting the video play
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 5 July 2015 07:02 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/CraigSJ/status/619529654865657856
deej was otm in this thread
― tpp, Friday, 10 July 2015 18:11 (eight years ago) link
it's been known that og maco is a total condescending asshole
― The Reverend, Saturday, 11 July 2015 00:37 (eight years ago) link
he seems like the ultimate nemesis of ilx goon squad
― tpp, Saturday, 11 July 2015 07:57 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz-_mstXfr0
― welltris (crüt), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 14:43 (eight years ago) link
sorry, should have linked to the original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPC9erC5WqU
― welltris (crüt), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 14:46 (eight years ago) link
"it g ma" is cool but there's a worrying number of beats right now that are direct rip offs of "u guessed it"
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 4 August 2015 14:55 (eight years ago) link
in retrospect can we all at least agree that brisk god on vine will permanently remain a top 5 dead or alive rap crit/curator
― r|t|c, Monday, 31 October 2016 11:39 (seven years ago) link
doodlebob rap def became the dominant paradigm
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 October 2016 16:20 (seven years ago) link
this is still one of the most confounding polls in the history of this board
― J0rdan S., Monday, 31 October 2016 16:36 (seven years ago) link
wld be a good mix
― lag∞n, Monday, 31 October 2016 17:05 (seven years ago) link
― based grandpa (noz), Monday, January 5, 2015 1:48 AM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol burn
― lag∞n, Monday, 31 October 2016 17:06 (seven years ago) link
amine's "caroline" feels very post-dooblebob to me
― Best Beloved Trump-Pence (some dude), Monday, 31 October 2016 18:15 (seven years ago) link
schmurda not really doodlebob imo
― lag∞n, Monday, 31 October 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
hahaha i never noticed that the poll option says "schmurda"
― mountain dooblebob (some dude), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 03:14 (seven years ago) link
Prescient thread
― Bitch, I Might Be Giants (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YwAaNFJwRA&t=24s
― Bitch, I Might Be Giants (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 17:48 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YwAaNFJwRA&t=
www.tiktok.com/embed/6599587682718846213
― Bitch, I Might Be Giants (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
this is good btwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyQHNwRlulc
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 January 2023 22:44 (one year ago) link
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, October 31, 2016 12:20 PM (six years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 27 January 2023 23:22 (one year ago) link
red solo cups, nirvana shirts, nickelodeon references, face tattoos, weed, dadbods
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 January 2023 23:40 (one year ago) link