rolling regional thug thread 2012

from westwood interview:

I seem to recall we were taken to several strip clubs when we were there.

Yeah, strip clubs are important. A lot of big records come out of the strip clubs. A lot of the records are made for the strip clubs and then they become hits from there. It's how the hit records are broken.

That makes strip clubs the rap equivalent of the Zane Lowe show!

Er, I wouldn't say that man, they're not corny.

Corny?

Did I say that? Must be this telephone (2). But at those clubs, there's a different attitude. Over here you wouldn't want to admit you went to a strip club. But over there strips clubs are proper nights of entertainment. One of the most incredible places I've been to is King of Diamonds in Miami. It's legendary in the game. It's the most hood experience you can possibly imagine.

What's it like?

It's in a massive warehouse, like a Tesco megastore, and the poles go right up into the rafters. And these girls will go 40ft in the air, do amazing acrobatics. People change their dollars into stacks (3) and will spend so much that the strippers have these guys going around with brooms and enormous boxes and they sweep all the notes in. On his birthday Rick Ross spent a million dollars in there. It's nothing for Lil Wayne to go there every Monday and spend $30,000 just throwing dollars up in the air. It's an incredible experience. And then halfway through the night they put up a boxing ring and the strippers fight each other. They put on gloves and headshields and be fighting naked and people will be betting thousands of dollars.I've been hood places from the Tunnel Club in New York to hood spots in Miami, hood spots in Jamaica, hood spots in Africa … but this one is the ultimate experience.

goon crew fap?

SMH at so many parts of that, especially the lol britisher bits. Z*ne L*we should never be mentioned on a rap thread.

it's Westwood tbf

so Jeezy is in town for All-Star weekend doing two small shows. neither of his events are in my price range (note: actually both are, but they're beyond the price I'm WILLING TO SPEND for 50 minutes of rapping). tomorrow's is $200. ugh. he's not coming here on his tour either.

Oh well...kinda thing being wall to wall with as many people as would be there during All-Star weekend would give me claustrophobia anyway.

I saw Cormega live last night. really awesome. He has the most devoted fans (all men btw)

it wasnt a huge crowd but it wasn't sparsely attended either, but like everyone there knew almost every word. It was really awesome

really awesome really awesome sorry i kind of rocked out afterwards & am having a rough hangovergangover

am having a rough hangovergangover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8tMANFyXI

oh man....I love Cormega. bet that was dope.

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http://iput-my-nuts-in-urmouth-then-i.tumblr.com/post/17999703338/what-happened-to-the-real-music

lol @ putting the Be cover on there

Huh those dudes don't like busta anymore? I thought he got a lifetime pass for scenario

i can't honestly determine any of the organizing principles behind this

i don't see what's offensive about miguel either, though i wouldn't classify him as hip hop

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― D-40, Saturday, February 25, 2012 8:45 PM (3 hours ago)

common, now that's more like it

http://www.inflexwetrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Picture-44.png

cant stop laughing @ that

Mystory sounds like the title of the next Drake album

of all the all-star weekend closeout parties this week, Birdman's (the Cash Money Closeout) seems to be the least popular.

for anyone who wanted to like the Death Grips record but didn't like the screaming, their new joint is much more low-key:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIrKSqb4H4A&feature=player_embedded

http://cdn.thefader.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CONSIGNMENT-FRONT.jpg

need z_s to have lana del rey pop out of that

hahahaha

hang on i just discovered that brianna = the lil brianna who was on this trina joint in 2002

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7tWcHgqttw

old old old we are old

("all the kids at school call me baby trina" was probably the most shocking line on that album)

holy shit that album cover is terrible

http://i41.tinypic.com/10hn0wz.jpg

xxl freshmen 2012:

future
kid ink
danny brown
french montana
macklemore
don trip
machine gun kelly
hopsin
iggy azalea
roscoe dash

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Jeez, that list. Listening to the new Don Trip tape right now however, and it's excellent

oh fuck, i didn't even notice Macklemore at first

we make polls for these!

altho interested in the "ringtone rap" feature, seeing as it's as strong as ever. unless they mean literal ringtone downloads of rap music.

hahaha, i came in here to post WHAT HAPPENED TO RINGTONE RAP?

if xxl is really that interested in what happened to ringtone rap they should give me a job

if you've heard over half of these people, you need to get off the internet: xxl freshman 2012

I FUCKING TRIED TO WARN PEOPLE ABOUT MACKLEMORE BUT NOOOOOOOOO

there's also this today http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/the-10-worst-rap-lyrics-of-all-time/

Louie 31 minutes ago

"Arm and hammer propaganda" like...hammer and sickle. Propaganda. Soviet Propaganda. how were you not getting that? The style of rap you're referring to with nicki minaj is called "hashtag rap", because it resembles a tweet where the punchline is the hashtag. everyone is fully aware that lil mama and soulja boy are terrible rappers, the reason they exist is because they use ideas that people are supposed to DANCE to, not listen to and go "OHHH THAT WAS SUCH A HOT LYRIC OH WOW" and they represent the more ignorant form of rap because why would you want to THINK about what you're listening to while you're dancing to it? that's what makes it fun. whoa, lil wyte and aaron carter are bad rappers on principle? gee, you don't say. gucci mane is a trap rapper, white people aren't supposed to 'get' their lyrics, because they're heavily coded by trap nigga drawl and copious amounts of 'slang'. and apparently you're missing the entire point of lemonade. "Grits" = ci/garettes/, for example. then again, the fact that you actually appreciate wale says a lot about your credibility in writing about how 'bad' rap lyrics are. sorry, not everything can be as 'brilliant' as neutral milk hotel. talk to your only black friend and ask them before your next article about this (which, hopefully won't happen at all).

YourWelcome 0 minutes ago in reply to Acewonders

Dear AceWonders,
Its hilariously ironic that YOUR PROLIFIC IGNORANCE has made it onto a website called - THOUGHT CATALOG. Your name is appropriate, because you really do make me wonder what possessed you to pull the race card (pun intended). I'm black, and I'm ashamed of you. Why are you so defensive about people's lyrics and a white girl's (black, asian, hispanic's) opinions of them? Let Young Dro pull the punchs on his own ish, you don't have to jump to his defense and be like oooo ooo this and that...yes its real that that lyric has more intelligent content than Ms. Fagan has given credit, but DAMN chill out. I interpreted her introduction to be a satirical disclaimer, not a "real" im so bad ass invitation to sh*t on all of these people because she has the authority as a hip hop veteran. Your argument is more socioeconomic than racial.

radsmum 2 hours ago

Well this made me laugh, we could add a hundred more "songs" to this. I really love rap and hip hop bc I can totally relate. I mean a song all about a hoe and smoking blunts, wow just living the dream. Who cares if the writer knows ANYTHING about rap, the fact that most of this shit exists is sad. Even better songs are rapping about ridin on dubs and smackin bitches....oh America....

The Reverend wrote this on thread WHAT KILLED THE UNDERGROUND on board I Love Music on Aug 29, 2007

I haven't read the whole thread, but the Defari & J-Zone bits at the top and bottom are definitely what's up. I hate the hiphop scene here, because the only things that get championed are nerd rappers with names like Common Market and Optimus Rhyme (actually, that's a great name, but damn if I wanna listen to anyone who calls himself that) and Macklemore, who raps about his white liberal guilt, and anything that sounds like it was made by actual humans, instead of backpack-bots gets overlooked.

:((((((((((

looooooooool

delmar 2 hours ago

I don't care if you're white black a bitch or a fucking bum off of the streets. If you rap about shooting people, smoking blunts, wearing timbs, drinking hennessy, and whatever else, I'll buy your music. If you rap about your girl, but don't call her a bitch, fuck you. If you rap about the economy and how its hurts migrant workers, fuck you. If you rap about your rap telekenisis or some equally retarded nerd shit, fuck you. That basically how I break it down to an extent.

thank you, thank you, thank you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17G3FgRCKTY

So, this is what we've come to: #menswear rap. The world did not need this.

obviously that '10 worst rap lyrics' is an excellent troll but anyway those dro lyrics are some of the best raps i've ever heard.

"clothes getting weirder"

yeah those comments are crazy but pretty otm since the young dro and gucci are undeniably great verses. also most of the rest are just cheap shots

lol at that list. love teh responses.

I just imagine the author sitting in his room with a glass of merlot reading these comments and wondering aloud why nobody else likes the same limpdicked hip-plop that he does.