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
Further that coco is a blatant drill record & radio conspires against Chicago artists
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 03:24 (nine years ago) link
still not sure what I'm gonna vote for but I had to post here just to show off my new DN
― The Sremminine Mystique (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 05:23 (nine years ago) link
went with lifestyle. thug's (?) delivery on the third line provoked such a visceral reaction of horror from my g/f that I can't help laughing whenever i hear it.
― UK Horseshit Cru (dog latin), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 12:08 (nine 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
if all rap sounds the same to you maybe it is time to get a job at rolling stone magazine
― 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