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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
Unpopular opinion round these parts, but I voted for Maco
― 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
You really think radio CONSPIRES against Chicago artists, deej? That's kinda... huge. From my persepective it looks a lot more like radio is letting anyone with a NYC affiliation (Shmurda, Genasis) get spins.
― longneck, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 12:21 (nine years ago) link
for the first time in history, Chicago is the victim and not the perpetrator of widespread corruption
― some dude, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 12:51 (nine years ago) link
loooooooool
― uncle banmee who can remember his live posts (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 16:47 (nine years ago) link
revenge for JFK obviously
― rob, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link
http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2014/07/sad-jack-white.jpg
D-40 listening to the radio
― da croupier, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 17:03 (nine years ago) link
lol we've had this debate on here before i already pointed to the tweets of radio djs talking about how PDs refused to play chicago artists bc of the 'controversy' over violence, it's no conspiracy or secret
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
just like they stopped playing Bobby Shmurda and T.I. records the moment they caught weapons charges
― some dude, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 18:41 (nine years ago) link
New York and Atlanta werent caught up in the media hype about a "violence epidemic"
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link
Stop playing dumb
idk enough about the radio to comment but it does seem p obv even from afar that if king l was from ny the reax would be completely diff
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link
i wouldnt buy that shmurda specifially has been unfairly elevated tho, unless having experienced management counts as cheating
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link
Shmurda seems p natural considering his hit was literally a mixtape-style "freestyle" over an existing song
― uncle banmee who can remember his live posts (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:30 (nine years ago) link
people have constantly tried to use controversy to suppress the commercial success of gangsta rap for 25 years, i supposed it's possible that it actually worked once
― some dude, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:31 (nine years ago) link
eh its a lil from column a, a lil from ...
those kinds of from-the-block organic viral videos weren't taking off before chicago's stuff broke through in quite the same way, Shmurda got a deal off rip & Epic capitalized immediately, clearly benefitted from what happened in chicago. i don't think it was inorganic or anything. Like ... "Dont Like" was out in spring 2012 but didnt end up radio until 'ye remixed it, 'love sosa' came out in fall but didn't get a radio push until spring. 'hot' though was channeled straight to radio nationally
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:33 (nine years ago) link
like i could see it popping up on shazam in Los Angeles w/in days of it getting posted on blogs, definitely didn't work like that for any of these earlier artists
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:34 (nine years ago) link
ditto with Dej Loaf
i mean there's still dudes who have like over 4-5 million views in chicago who arent even getting label attention, ppl were scared basically ... & maybe rightfully so in some instances!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w38MidKsWqE
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:36 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDct4NU3hQI
part of the reason i think ppl latched on to herb & bibby (even though herb for ex still seems to be involved in street shit) is bc they werent as tied to beefs w/ 300/600/OTF
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:38 (nine years ago) link
is it possible Epic is just a better label than Interscope to sign to these days? Interscope only released i think 2 rap albums in 2014 (Schoolboy and the Shady comp).
lol are Dej Loaf and Shmurda appropriating Chicago culture like Iggy's US accent
― some dude, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:41 (nine years ago) link
ha obv not appropriation (although influence isnt a stretch at all obv) but i dont think its a coincidence that Lyor Cohen/Todd Moscowitz's label for scouting street talent & getting them on radio (cf Fetty Wap, Shy Glizzy, etc.) is called "300" even if they claim it's named for the movie
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:54 (nine years ago) link
They WANT to be associated with the violent gangs of Chicago? Or is it all subconscious?
― longneck, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 23:16 (nine years ago) link
it's not the street gang part that interests them
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 23:54 (nine years ago) link
Say what you will about them, but "Coco" and "Yayo" are probably the two catchiest songs of all these
― it's always bunby in trilladelphia (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 19:42 (nine 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