Rolling Worst Music of 2017

Of course, any time a white rapper takes a comedic approach to hip-hop (especially with racially charged lyrics), it's easy to see it as a white dude making fun of rap music—and potentially black culture in general.

This has happened with Riff Raff, Lil Dicky, and others. As Miller’s profile grows, skepticism is being thrown in his direction as well.

As soon as I bring up the topic, his voice takes on a serious tone.

“I fuckin' love rap music,” Miller responds. “All kinds, all sorts. It's not my intention to make fun of rap music. Some songs are lighthearted parodies of today's rap culture, for sure. But I don't want people to make the mistake thinking that I'm hostile or aggressively making a fool out of rap culture. It's just a light parody."

wtf

"a light parody"
light...
light?

ahhh, white

how does this shit get 15 million views

normie shitheads eat what they're given

some men just want to watch the world burn

that guy should be eaten IMO

preferably by several lions

wait until you hear 'gays 4 donald'

Frank said on twitter that this song isn’t meant to be a political statement, rather just a filthy ballad about wanting to have sex with Donald Trump.

But of course that could just be Frank being facetious.

(frank = pink guy's mastermind. check out who his #1 genius scholar is)

finding out about this guy depressed me

nuke this guy's house, come back for a second run just to be sure

think this might belong here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efPWrIvzGgc

it's like someone played him 'radioactive' and he said 'i can make this song even better'

Yeah it feels like summer to me
And she was a lover to me

also i just opened the pink guy video and immediately realised how in fact he has 15 million views it is schmucks like me we are all schmucks we are all normie shitheads

youtube, the democratizing grassroots platform that leads to a wellspring of content

*actually looks at the content*

oh god what have we done

remember when youtube was just grainy footage of people at the mall falling down the stairs

better times

Holy shit, Darke Complex, the nü-metal band I wrote about for Stereogum (and posted in last year's thread), have turned the Stereogum headline into a T-shirt:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7xjIwfVMAAtQkc.jpg

Sort of weird that the shirt says Stereogum on it instead of their own band name. It could have said DARKE COMPLEX up top (they could keep the little logo for laffs), maybe with an attribution to Stereogum under the quote at the bottom.

that looks a bit like a joke gift from a manager; not a lot of thought going on with layout in general when somebody's assistant is having shirts printed

I emailed their publicist to see if she can get me one.

ok I watched a little of their video and the music kind of has a korn vibe too?

the sports jersey rapping guy is really something

this is low hanging fruit but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqVbjZutWGM

lol at "blattitude"

Can you hear the knockin'
Do you know it's rockin'?
There's a party on the other side
Cause it's your daddy on the other side

They're like an earnest Lonely Island.

this song is SIX MINUTES LONG

north dakota's finest

I made it through the first violin solo but then I had to take a break

who are his two black hype men, they don't even get microphones

uh oh third violin solo!

at least they die at the end

lots of gif potential from this

If you know about the love and peace
he's been showin' you
blowin' you
kisses

I would like for this to knock Ed Sheeran off the top of the charts.

the rap is like Mike Shinoda if he had suffered a recent stroke

I actually kinda like this. Not in a way that I would listen to it ever, but I don't think it's the worst. I'm happy for these people and their midwestern blend of Christianity, hip-hop, and triple-threat fiddle.

also why is this pencildick decked out like a mafioso at the beginning?

is he a Cartel for Christ?

there's another video of them at a Tedx talk

I don't care if you like the jazz or the violins, the rap automatically elevates it to like worst thing of all time

did we really need another Carman?

I'm debating whether to put the Zeal & Ardor song I heard on here. It actually isn't a poorly-done song and works pretty well for what it is, but the story behind the dude's music and the choices he made in putting together makes "Devil Is Fine" the most viscerally-repellent thing I've heard so far this year that wasn't by Drake.

Yeah, this interview is kinda mind-blowing, especially when the interviewer (who posts on ILM very, very, very occasionally) says, "Wait, did I hear that right?"

Yeah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1-pKWOt2yM

not sure this strictly qualifies for this thread but I feel like I need to put it somewhere

shape of you certainly needed to be here

ILM's 2017 Rolling Worse Music Thread Spotify Playlist

this came out last year but unfortunately it is still terrorizing the airwaves and actually starting to cross over somewhat (from alternative to adult pop radio). unfortunately i've had to hear it a million times b/c some ppl i work w/ for whatever reason actually enjoy the sad state of today's alternative radio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXU3vzAmhE

completely abominable.

this is old but i really wanted to share
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tETx284RYFk