yeah this thread title is just . . . *sighs*
like something can be good without needing to be the X of Y, right?
I don't want to overstate things or speculate too much about motivations, but talking about rap in this way almost feels like some kind of "respectability politics", ya know? Do Migos need to be brought "up" from one level to another?
You can plug anything into this schema. Like so:
Sunn O))) are the Mark Rothko of metalAutechre are the Agnes Martin of electroTinashe is the Paul Gaugin of R n B Ashtray Navigations are the Wassily Kandinsky of guitar noise
etc.
I get that that can be done well or poorly, but it's resting on shaky ground- is my Rothko your Rothko? Do you mean "bright" or "simple" or "suicidal" or "focused" or "minimal" and so on.
― the tune was space, Thursday, 21 January 2016 17:55 (eight years ago) link
yeah commando is dope
― ANU (sisilafami), Thursday, 21 January 2016 18:17 (eight years ago) link
No Label I Iis a a banger best of decade type thing. antidodote. add it up. birds. that thing is ridiculous. let's just agree it's almost perfect like the tour pt 1 aright
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Friday, 22 January 2016 07:45 (eight years ago) link
ive never listened to anything off that that wasn't fight night
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 04:24 (eight years ago) link
wtf Handsome and Wealthy is arguably their best song ever.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 07:15 (eight years ago) link
1. lol at who started this thread2. culture is like Migos' old mixtapes but with more Offset and higher production value
― voodoo chili, Friday, 27 January 2017 18:39 (seven years ago) link
Deadz is the shit
― voodoo chili, Friday, 27 January 2017 18:40 (seven years ago) link
it was fun to all line up against tanuki for a couple weeks.
― Spottie, Friday, 27 January 2017 18:41 (seven years ago) link
Haha when I played sund4r Bad and Boujee, he wondered aloud if Migos had had any formal training
― if you share please do so with copy and paste (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 27 January 2017 18:44 (seven years ago) link
checking in
― lag∞n, Friday, 27 January 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
One listen out, this is pretty great
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Friday, 27 January 2017 19:44 (seven years ago) link
chasing full album youtubes cuz i'm not subscribed to any streaming services, finally found one.. its good
― flopson, Friday, 27 January 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link
good 2chainz verse
― flopson, Friday, 27 January 2017 20:16 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/DefPenHoops/status/825104987130908674
― Spottie, Friday, 27 January 2017 22:32 (seven years ago) link
lol
Spin off in the coupe, typhoon (skrt skrt)I act an ass, baboonWrappin' that dope, cocoonYoung rich nigga in the roomFinesse a nigga, no raccoonSpending M&M's in JuneTook a trip to CancunCulture album coming soon
― j., Saturday, 28 January 2017 03:08 (seven years ago) link
this Culture album is v good. Lol! more tenuous comparisons in the factmag review.
― calzino, Saturday, 28 January 2017 11:07 (seven years ago) link
yeah this is great
― Onanisi Paizuri (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 28 January 2017 11:44 (seven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/bootymath/bad-and-boujee-but-its-just-offset-saying-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo
― na (NA), Monday, 30 January 2017 20:23 (seven years ago) link
i met her today she talked to me like she knew me
is such a great line
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 January 2017 21:03 (seven years ago) link
That t-shirt song is the one I keep on repeat at the moment
― calzino, Monday, 30 January 2017 23:50 (seven years ago) link
― lag∞n, Monday, January 30, 2017 3:03 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
something kind of paul simon about it lol
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 02:11 (seven years ago) link
lol totally
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 03:53 (seven years ago) link
thanks for that NA
T-Shirt/Call Casting/Bad Boujee/Get Right Witcha is a fairly unimpeachable run
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 05:22 (seven years ago) link
you talkin' bout modern day rap but don't know the culture
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 10:01 (seven years ago) link
its funny migos were the nu-rap whipping boys for a min when theyre obvs such traditionalists
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 16:43 (seven years ago) link
having DJ Khaled on the opening track AND saying "culture album coming soon" (even if followed by 'another one' ad lib) on the first track makes this seem like the budget pre-album mixtape rather than the breakthrough studio album. bad marketing. kinda like chief keef with naming his follow-up to Finally Rich as if it was the third entry in a mixtape series
― flopson, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link
future calling his album ds2
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
seems like mostly rappers dont care abt the difference between albums and mixtapes
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link
lil uzi vert's verse is such a blight on b&b :/
digging the album a lot
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
hmm no uzi verse is good
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 18:46 (seven years ago) link
otm re the 2 Chainz verse.
I love "All Ass."
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
― lag∞n, Tuesday, January 31, 2017 12:46 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
*shuffles papers on desk* *picks up report* *puts glasses on bridge of nose* i'm sorry but i'm looking at the data and our analytics dept has determined it's...not a good verse, says so right here
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 18:53 (seven years ago) link
wow ilm is full of fake stats what next
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9MZJoW0v6A
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 19:08 (seven years ago) link
^^^ masterpiece
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 19:17 (seven years ago) link
<3
Album is great. Needed this.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 19:21 (seven years ago) link
― lag∞n, Tuesday, January 31, 2017 1:02 PM (fifty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
fake news organization ilm :(
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 19:55 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/onbadandboujee
― swae lee rigby (||||||||), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 20:20 (seven years ago) link
lagoon is the betsy devos of lil uzi vert
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 21:17 (seven years ago) link
uzi vert verse sucks for sure lol
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 21:39 (seven years ago) link
he got lucky as hell & his place there is proof those guys are lying out their ass when they say they knew it was a hit when they recorded it
it's not a super obvious hit IMO, it's kinda low key but grows on you
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 22:11 (seven years ago) link
otm. "T-Shirt" feels way more obvious as a single
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 01:24 (seven years ago) link
i don't hear t-shirt as a hit at all, like 0%
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 01:35 (seven years ago) link
It's already in the top 40
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 01:46 (seven years ago) link
'boujee' has one of the best hooks in a rap song in years, but 't shirt' will be a great single too
― flopson, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 01:47 (seven years ago) link
let the record state tshirt has been stuck in my head, but i did listen to it a bunch of times before the album came out
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 03:35 (seven years ago) link
"T-Shirt" is amazing.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 03:36 (seven years ago) link
i like call casting a lot too
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 03:36 (seven years ago) link