curren$y (or currensy i guess) - pilot talk

"Curren$y reads ILX!!!"

I read in Maura's worst-20 list that Kanye calls it "hashtag rap" (uugghh)

it's still grocery bag to me *~sings to the tune of billy joel~*

don't think it's too far of a stretch to suggest that more than one person would also center on "grocery bag" as the outstanding offender in that style

i can totally picture Curren$y listening to "Bedrock" and just being horrified at what he was almost a part of

hahaha

I could also see drake laughing his ass off at currensy

why

Because he is now the biggest star in rap and currensy is....not? Im sure he's not losing sleep over the direction young money took

Well I can't actually SEE it...it's kinda strange to imagine two layers of imaginary actions by people I don't even know

let's just forget it

haha I have been calling them "garbage bag" lines and did the same double take on hearing that line.

haha u guys are dorks

― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Wednesday, December 1, 2010 12:38 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

board descrip imo

yeah, there was a weird too much time on ilx moment where I almost turned to the guy next to me on the train and said "HE MEANT GROCERY BAG!"

― old LOKO heads (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, December 1, 2010 12:28 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

imagining a forks wearing headphones on the train and turning to old ass man and yelling these words at him is making me lose my shit

board descrip imo

this one might work too! -->

imagine two layers of imaginary actions by people I don't even know

My review of PT2: http://passionweiss.com/2010/12/02/the-curreny-boom/

nice review altho im not sure wiz is really that much more popular, billboard hit or no

I don't think he's that much more popular either, but he has more commercial appeal than Curren$y does, let's just be honest here. Spitta's not the kind of rapper to make a "Say Yeah" or even "Black and Yellow."

i think he is guys

curren$y is not selling out colleges

he easily could be

i dunno, i hear people talk about wiz much more than curren$y irl, even before "black and yellow" (which is huge here) hit.

And planning/had planned a tour with Drake.

i think the highest potential pop level of recognition for curren$y given his style and history is right around devin the dude levels, but what do i know maybe he lands a mainstream hit sooner or later

on last fm wiz has 464k listeners, whereas currensy has only 286k

the reason ppl even know wiz is cuz curren$y put him on, and ppl know curren$y cus of wayne. basically their audience is the lil wayne post-carter ii mixtape fans. its a huge fanbase.

Sure, but while Curren$y might be Devin the Dude, Wiz could be fucking Redman.

A Redman who could write pop songs.

on last fm wiz has 464k listeners, whereas currensy has only 286k

― The Reverend, Friday, December 3, 2010 4:19 PM (5 seconds ago) Bookmark

internet bias + black & yellow distorts things. (if wiz is more popular, its entirely on the basis of that single, which isnt why hes selling out colleges)

also curren$y is way more popular than devin

A Redman who could write pop songs.

― altered boners (rennavate), Friday, December 3, 2010 4:20 PM (47 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wtf

Wiz could be fucking Redman
images i didn't need

Yeah, did anyone give a fuck about his last three albums? (Devin's.) Not really.

i did.
curren$y is more popular than devin where and under what standards exactly? live shows? record sales? industry respect? among weedsmokers in the all important 19-34 demographic? on your blog?

i mean it in the traditional sense, that more people listen to him.

i don't really think currensy cares about having a hit, which is what is holding him back from becoming any more popular than he already is

xps a) i don't think internet bias means anything when comparing two artists means anything and b) of course having a hit gives wiz an edge. duh. that's my point.

Yeah I honestly don't see Curren$y ever having a hit. He's just not that guy.

fyi devin the ilx bubble artist in this case. he has some mild critical acclaim and older heads know him. but its a decreasing slice of old head rap fans. curren$y is a contemporary rap star w/ a broad fanbase. he has recorded w/ regional underground artists across the country, from j stalin to french montana

i agree that wiz has a higher ceiling -- dont understate sex appeal also

this popularity question is not even a thing -- deej you're just wrong

i just think curren$y is a lot more popular than yall realize

whether or not curren$y put him on is irrelevant as well

okay give us something quantifiable then since you're saying that wiz's hit single & touring is apparently irrelevant to the question

im not wrong that curren$y could easily sell out colleges, or that the entire crowd at the wiz show i saw knew exactly who curren$y was & whent nuts when the dj dropped his tracks.

yeesh i conceded that wiz may have recently surpassed him, but it would be entirely on the basis of that single alone. as i said tho, curren$y is far more popular than u guys think

and ive given you 'quantifiable' reasons why

i don't agree with "mild critical acclaim" or even that curren$y is a star as of yet and it's not like devin hasn't already and isn't continuing to record with a shitton of regional guys but okay

in what ways would curren$y even begin to approach the word "star"

Does "Say Yeah" count as a minor hit? Reached 20 on Hot Rap Tracks on Billboard and 96 on Pop 100.

I mean I think what I said in my review is totally fair.

they are definitely in the same ballpark, but wiz's appeal is broader.

in what ways would curren$y even begin to approach the word "star"

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, December 3, 2010 4:31 PM (58 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

he was on young money & tons & tons of rap fans know who he is? lil wayne put him on at the height of his popularity? hes been recording tracks coast to coast w/ artists from virtually every regional scene?

and both are more popular than devin thd dude, not sure why he was even brought into this