hey ya is pretty dope still.
― the reverend dr. william wiggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 1 July 2010 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I have trouble not viewing 3000's retreat from music as an admission of defeat, as a kind of capitulation. His issues with how hip hop was evolving were front and center and he was clearly growing uncomfortable/uninterested in a lot of hip hop culture, but rather than use his position and prominence to try and reshape or remold things in a different direction, he just gave up and walked away. Which comes off as a cop-out. Hip hop is pretty boundless in terms of the sounds and styles it can accomodate, it's sad that he wouldn't use this to his advantage and instead opt to make a fairly ambitious but also amateurish hodge-podge and then just vanish. Big Boi's approach, by comparison, is so much more inviting and invigorating.
(won't argue that Hey Ya is an amazing track - knocked it out of the park with that. little else on the album comes close though. maybe Dracula's Wedding)
― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 1 July 2010 23:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't mind "Spread."
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 July 2010 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, "Spread" is quite good. One of the few times he really succeeds on TLB.
― rennavate, Thursday, 1 July 2010 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link
"she lives in my lap" is still my jam
― The Reverend, Thursday, 1 July 2010 23:32 (thirteen years ago) link
gotta say "Turns Me On" is my fave even though it's essentially a note-for-note rewrite of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFmfwRJ68Ww
― Vuvuzola Jesus (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 1 July 2010 23:59 (thirteen years ago) link
lol @ how no one ever mentions/discusses Idlewild
p much every Andre track on that is terrible*, while about a third of the Big tracks are good
*fsvo terrible, the whole album is, like, perfectly listenable
― how much can a koala ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (sic), Friday, 2 July 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
fsvo?
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link
big boi is a great rapper, titchy is wrong except that yes ppl are overrating big boi now but its still a good album & both it & speakerboxx are much better than love below ... speakerboxx is in fact great
― blap...tremendo (deej), Friday, 2 July 2010 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link
i kinda had a good time with the movie (idlewild) even though it was kinda o_O goofy
― the reverend dr. william wiggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 July 2010 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link
i didn't see the movie but nothing i saw about it made it seem that it would be anything other than goofy
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 00:22 (thirteen years ago) link
general patton is dope btw
― hoes on my dick cos my groceries bagged (tpp), Friday, 2 July 2010 00:23 (thirteen years ago) link
would love to see any other example of people complaining that a rap beat is too epic
― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Friday, 2 July 2010 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
as far as comparing big boi + dre.... i love them both but big boi has a new album and dre doesn't!
― hoes on my dick cos my groceries bagged (tpp), Friday, 2 July 2010 00:40 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ real talk
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 July 2010 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
i was gonna say that at least bun's verse isn't corny on this remix then he started rapping about remixing the song like kool aid
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 01:09 (thirteen years ago) link
― hoes on my dick cos my groceries bagged (tpp), Thursday, July 1, 2010 5:40 PM Bookmark
^^much more fair than most of what ppl have been saying itt
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 01:14 (thirteen years ago) link
by the way everybody, this album is still great after you listen to if for three days straight
― obvious and old and bannable (forksclovetofu), Friday, 2 July 2010 05:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I actually liked that Kool Aid line...
― rennavate, Friday, 2 July 2010 08:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm glad someone else remembers that dungeon family album! that was great.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 2 July 2010 08:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I really enjoyed this on first listen - all summer jams all the time!
― Vulvuzela (Matt DC), Friday, 2 July 2010 08:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I feel like it really has a similar feel to the DJ Quik & Kurupt album, so I have a tendency to want to hold it to that standard. It doesn't hit the mark as consistently though, and it ends up feeling kind of disappointing to me, even as I like almost everything on it. I wish I could share you guys' unabated enthusiasm.
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 09:31 (thirteen years ago) link
give it a few weeks
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 09:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Eh.
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 09:34 (thirteen years ago) link
It reminds me a lot of The Humdinger by Nappy Roots, similar riotous vibe. And, yes, Quik & Kurupt as well, but that's such a lean album it's bound to be more consistent.
― Vulvuzela (Matt DC), Friday, 2 July 2010 09:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Funny you mention BlaQKout, Rev. I was driving around tonight and the same sort of thought popped into my head. I think BlaQKout is better, though. Initially at least.
― rennavate, Friday, 2 July 2010 09:37 (thirteen years ago) link
i described it as "this year's blaqkout" to someone yesterday! not quite true but it was to get them to listen to it and it's true-ish enough
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 2 July 2010 09:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh yeah, The Humdinger is a good comparison, too! (Which reminds me I need to hear their new album.) And this is probably as good as The Humdinger, so I really shouldn't be giving it short shrift.
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 09:40 (thirteen years ago) link
idlewild does still have some jams ppl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNoLHZauCZshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVOhLxnEjAUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0LTGQ7XKyM
basically if you cut out the lolsmfhdre3000 bits its a dope album imo
― samuel :D (a hoy hoy), Friday, 2 July 2010 12:00 (thirteen years ago) link
did Marcello once say that Idlewild was just as great if not better than any other Outkast record, and anyone who disagreed was plainly a Tory scum who should have their ears filled with molten lead, or something like that?
― oh shit a ◕‿‿◕ (sic), Friday, 2 July 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^this. love that record. seems like it was totally slept on
― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 2 July 2010 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, it's classic for all time. White Gutz is the best ever. With a killer Big Boi opening verse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjNKP4o9pgw
go from 12 to 12 Monday to Sunday.... take the first two days and sleep like mummies... and I'm out
― itt put ‿‿ in the band name (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 2 July 2010 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
2x
xp
― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Friday, 2 July 2010 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
idlewild has mighty o. forget all those other tracks, except maybe hollywood divorce. dungeon family album is cool but if they had done it earlier in the day (like say around the time they did cool breezes watch for the hook) it would have been 10 x better. felt like another crew album for the sake of a crew album, and a bit after the fact, by the time they actually got round to doing it.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 2 July 2010 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
you know who should do an new album?
cool breeze!
― the reverend dr. william wiggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 July 2010 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
embarassing moments in ilx poll history
Best verse in "Watch For The Hook" (1999)
― itt put ‿‿ in the band name (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 2 July 2010 15:48 (thirteen years ago) link
dissapointed royal flush isnt on this btw.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
does this album have the best (american) rapping of the year?
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I just got this at the same time I got the two E-40 Revenue Retrievin albums and I gotta say it's a close call
― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
40's kinda in his own universe tho imho
thanks for the heads up. love this.
― fauxmarc, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
one good thing about it is sometimes i think big boi has a bad weakness for too many guests, and guests for their own sake, plus poor hooks, but this album does pretty well in avoiding those. plus the hook with janelle monae is sublime.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 2 July 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
does this album have the best (american) rapping of the year?― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, July 2, 2010 1:43 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, July 2, 2010 1:43 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I think the Roc Marciano might take that one for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uVHsPOL8j0
― itt put ‿‿ in the band name (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 2 July 2010 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
And actually the new Eminem has some pretty otherworldly rapping-qua-rapping on it even if his concepts/choruses/beats/ideas are totally in the shitter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLinkJvoasY
― itt put ‿‿ in the band name (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 2 July 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
love a good 6/8 rap
― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Friday, 2 July 2010 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Roc marciano is good but totally workmanlike, wouldn't say he's the best this year.
― blap...tremendo (deej), Friday, 2 July 2010 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
dare i ask?
― itt put ‿‿ in the band name (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 2 July 2010 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
i would like for whiney to be banned for continually talking about that eminem song
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
eminem is so fucking lame
― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 2 July 2010 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
A few days ago they played "Love the Way You Lie" and "My Name Is" back to back on the radio and the difference was like O_O
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link