rolling regional thug thread 2012

i like the little i've heard of roc marciano, it doesn't happen my way that often i guess

the mixtape is really reminiscent of wayne in between carter II and carter III, but if someone actually set out to replicate the innate weirdness of that era instead of just being like "gotta get me that autotune!" which is fair or unfair is part of wayne's legacy

― illuminati girl (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, February 21, 2012 8:41 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

id say hes less lyrical than that era of wayne but he does also seem to have PRESENCE which is a promising sign imo

― D-40, Tuesday, February 21, 2012 8:44 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is right on.

honestly too the track is amazing, a real interesting way to flip a classic NYC production style, it's almost like the producer just started making the first bar of a beat and then decided to leave it, and the minimalism makes it sound so spooky and new even though the actual sample and drums are pretty trad in and of themselves

― dave coolier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, February 21, 2012 11:07 AM Bookmark

producer = Ka

kudos 2 ka!

http://soundcloud.com/cadenceweapon/cadence-weapon-88-prod-grimes

NEW CADENCE WEAPON. Produced by Grimes. I'm actually kinda eh about the track. Good rapping from Rollie and nice beat, but "I wish it was 1988" tracks aren't really my thing. Although this feels simultaneously retro and very modern. You wouldn't hear rapping like this in 88 outside of the God himself.

Yeah, listening to it more, I can't stand for much of this track lyrically, but it sounds good.

lmao @ fruity swag pioneers

'haiti slang' is so gucci..don't get the hate

been listening to 'nigganati' a bit.p goony and mostly quite boring. 'cops on the block' is the obvious highlight.

not really feeling 'astronaut status' which i'm sad about. really want future to push himself in a more pop direction.

struggling with 'trap back' a bit too but 'walking lick' is fucking CLASSIC

I think Astronaut Status is great. What do you think it is about it that you're not feeling? (The Q also applies to Trap Back.)

i'm not interested in any of this stuff \(o_O)/

besides Tree. I fuck with Tree.

this tooooooootally could've been on the rich kidz tape

http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/21/travis-porter-f-skooly-and-jose-guapo-all-about-a-sack-mp3/

Trap Back is pretty great i think. Mike Will can basically do no wrong at this point

ok i'm listening to "i cam from nothing" and i love this. "haiti slang" wasnt a good introduction imo

yeah it's def an outlier track, still dope tho IMO

ok i'm listening to "i cam from nothing" and i love this. "haiti slang" wasnt a good introduction imo

― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:37 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the 1st or 2nd one? 2nd is >>>> imo

anyone heard the new prodigy tape yet

i dunno whatever is linked upthread

xpost

it certainly says more about me than it does prodigy that i'm most excited about french montana being on like 1/4 of the tracks

Anyone heard the Juvenile tape? Was pretty excited cos I loved 'Power' from the end of last year, but back to back tracks with large chunks of Fugees 'Ready Or Not', Anita Baker 'Sweet Love' and Berlin 'Take My Breath Away' chased me screaming from my computer tbh

This Ka album is great. The production is especially gorgeous. Loving "Every..."

I kind of dig the new Cadence Weapon track but I really just wish there was something a bit more like Afterparty Babies which was a great album.

Or some of the grimier stuff off of Breaking Kayfabe

trap back is pretty great imo, mike will is incredible, he manages to use the trap sound template, add subtle details & make it his own sound.

I kind of dig the new Cadence Weapon track but I really just wish there was something a bit more like Afterparty Babies which was a great album.

― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:50 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Well, who knows if this is a one-off track with Grimes production or a hint of what's to come on his next (forthcoming?) album (or even an actual track from it?). I don't mind him going in a different direction, I just hate "rap sucks nowadays; let's go back to 1988!" tracks on principle.

that dude dj's like every after-party in montreal these days and plays lots of very goony rap music

i came from nothing 2 is great but haiti slang is probably the worst choice possible to open the tape with

that dude dj's like every after-party in montreal these days and plays lots of very goony rap music

― flopson, Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:40 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh, Rollie has great taste in rap music. And usually makes pretty fine rap music himself.

i feel like i say this every 6 months but it weirds me out to see people talk about rollie like he's not a dude that used to post here all the time

haha otm

i had no idea

the infamous rollie pimperton zing

it's rolex pimpatron, dude, get it right

@KDZ6: march 9th. gunplay & @Djholiday. bogota prequel

thank you cocaine god

i feel like i say this every 6 months but it weirds me out to see people talk about rollie like he's not a dude that used to post here all the time

― some dude, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:50 (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

???

he posted pretty regularly from like '03 to '06, i guess that was before your time?

i guess so. he is like momus of the goon squad then?

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I would not necessarily say that

what was his name?

he posted as, get this, Rollie Pemberton

it was a different time

lol

good post, but for the record, the answer to "what was his name?" is always "l0u1s jagg3r"

rollie always seemed like a cool dude

i like rollie. never been too into his music personally. but 'oliver square' is kind of fun for being about how tough edmonton is

dunno rollie from here but he was big in the philaflava game.. nice dude

I think "Oliver Square" is fairly tongue-in-cheek, considering I'm from Edmonton, as well (although Rollie now resides in Montreal... they all leave, I tell you!).

Great tune, though.

ha, I had no idea about the rollie pemberton/cadence weapon connection

White people have ruined Jay-Z for me.

― Rollie Pemberton (Rollie Pemberton), Monday, March 15, 2004 4:38 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is one of my favorite posts of all time

haha ;_;

maybe i'm crazy but i kinda like this new ja rule smooth loverman jam

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/singles/id.15253/title.ja-rule-black-vodka

Yeah, I guess it's weird, but if I were talking about Rev's music (which like, I should at some point because it is fucking glorious stuff, etc. etc.) I wouldn't use his real name - I guess in this case his board name is his music-making name, but I tend to distinguish people from musical persona.

Or like. pre-Heartland, I'm pretty sure that Owen's music was still 'Final Fantasy' for me?