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
*gazes at list of catchy songs*
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
BAKING SODA
― mh, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 20:20 (nine years ago) link
the other day at the grocery store i passed by an employee carrying a load of baking soda boxes to the baking aisle and he was rapping that line to himself
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 20:27 (nine years ago) link
i want to believe
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 20:37 (nine years ago) link
it actually happened, it was the best thing
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link
was the guy delivering the tropicana singing "no juice"
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
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, January 28, 2015 4:54 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ehhhh a million rappers have referenced that movie, it's like The Matrix of its era
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
the era of seven years after the matrix
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 21:32 (nine years ago) link
I still don't get what the non-coincidence consists in. But whatever. deej will be deej.
― longneck, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 21:46 (nine years ago) link
― some dude, Tuesday, February 3, 2015 3:19 PM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i know yr on this quest to prove that no one cares about chicago and chicago doesnt matter but come the fuck on
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 22:04 (nine years ago) link
it was the biggest major label deal for a new artist in YEARS ... it was not a minor thing ... and his price only got that high bc a label couldn't get to him before the general public did ... which is what the "300" label is now concerned with fixing
So... the new new conspiracy is actually signing rappers before they manage to get famous on their own and start costing labels money? Devious.
― longneck, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 22:30 (nine years ago) link
what 'conspiracy' thats how labels work
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 22:58 (nine years ago) link
thats how they signed young thug for 15k
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 5 February 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link
guess raccoon got his vote in before he got banned
― Steph def def (Spottie), Thursday, 5 February 2015 00:03 (nine years ago) link
no flex zone is in no way part of this trend imo
― flopson, Thursday, 5 February 2015 00:29 (nine years ago) link
"out here like a possum i'm so i'm so awesome" was a fine lyric deserving of at least one vote tbh
― r|t|c, Thursday, 5 February 2015 00:30 (nine years ago) link
― flopson, Thursday, 5 February 2015 00:29 Bookmark
***RANKING KANYE***
― r|t|c, Thursday, 5 February 2015 00:35 (nine years ago) link
yeah this is a "trend" like the people in the year-end tracks poll thread are like "i don't know about all these rap songs with DRUMS and SYNTHESIZERS, i'm not down with this PHASE rap is going through"
― some dude, Thursday, 5 February 2015 00:44 (nine years ago) link
Classic rtc post, hate you had to link it yourself
― deej loaf (D-40), Thursday, 5 February 2015 04:51 (nine years ago) link
wasn't "no type" in this poll? where has it gone?
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Thursday, 5 February 2015 05:20 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E4gsXrcMMc
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 14:02 (nine years ago) link
this thread title continues to give me heart palpitations
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 11 March 2015 14:17 (nine years ago) link
if you can't stand stand a year of rap novelty hits as William CarleS. Burroughs poetry, then check KanyeToThe.com for open registration
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 14:22 (nine years ago) link
kanyetothe is also the one other place on the internet besides this thread that people will cop to liking og maco
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 11 March 2015 14:24 (nine years ago) link
Rick Rubin recognizes game
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 14:26 (nine years ago) link
Y'all need to hear og maco's undefeated. It's got the hypest carmen sample of all time.
― brosario nawson (m bison), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 19:42 (nine years ago) link
http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/2015-04/17/16/enhanced/webdr11/enhanced-16096-1429303854-11.jpg
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 02:17 (nine years ago) link
RIP when vinyl of hit rap songs didn't only exist as collectables for white yuppies ;_;
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 02:23 (nine years ago) link
blame buzzfeed, i'm just the white yuppy messenger
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 02:35 (nine years ago) link
oh good my white label 12" is all scratched up
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 02:43 (nine years ago) link