rolling regional thug thread 2012

like, if i hadn't written about this what would the difference be? a few months extra time spent through word of mouth until someone else cosigned him?

shit was going to happen period

eh... Cuz My Gear is great imo, one of my songs of the year so far. Partly because of RiFF RaFF of course, but also partly because I always think the hook is really about Kanye and them who only want Keef for his "ear".

holy shit england what are you doing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCTxMZrPAYo&feature=branded

what a shitshow

"i got her brain training - no DS" *barfs*

can obama ban "(feat. Wale)"?

not really feeling the new Curren$y so far :/

Rapper Lil Phat Killed in Atlanta Shooting.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rapper-lil-phat-killed-atlanta-shooting-335266

i have spent a month trying to think of anything interesting to say about the future album and now i hate it

i also REALLY hate spaceghostpurrp what is this shit?

yeah spaceghost is pretty stupid -- it SOUNDS good but it's just straight pastiche

He need's a ghost-writer... lol

I don't think it even *sounds* good though.

i think i might have become an old person rap fan cuz i like this way more than most young rappers i hear these days. it's not ground-breaking or anything but it sounds gorgeous, most of the tracks have beats that really push my pleasure buttons. the two singles are two of my favourites over the past year and the rest of the album supports them nicely.

i grant that it doesn't feel massively exciting but i think this might be a function of krit's mixtapes having already provided us with as much krit as we really "need". the mixtape-to-album transition seems pretty vexed right now for a lot of rappers, either stylistically or just in terms of over-saturation.

uhhh wrong thread never mind!

Boo Rossini ft Lil Boosie - Money Cash Hoes
http://www.sharebeast.com/sir2r30m05ht

this song, this is my kind of song

http://soundcloud.com/sofowl/spark-up-prod-clockwork-muzik

FowL - Spark Up

Hey goons. We're covering 'Loyalty' by Invy da Truth over at TSJ this week. Admittedly, I haven't been on top of rap this year as much as I'd like, but I didn't think I'd heard about him from any of y'all, and the track (esp. the production, but Invy as well) is pretty great, imo.

http://www.egotripland.com/invy-da-truth-loyalty/

Any thoughts? Anyone know what his deal is? For some reason I think I read somewhere that he's from Chicago.

ego trip says hes from detroit

myspace said chicago - http://www.myspace.com/invy22 - but who can trust myspace.

St Spittin 'Lighters & Ink Pens Vol. 1' has some jams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gp_MBudC94
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHG8qz1LMZI

Spark Up is awesome.

I never read the Gawker piece before. Gotta say, DJ Kenn's story is kind of amazing, somehow more interested in that...

agree

This is why white people lock there car doors when they see black people on the street

Dr33mCrush3r 5 hours ago

@Dr33mCrush3r Since white people haven't heard of chief keeF I find that unlikely.

mymarkis666 1 hour ago

anticipating the new armstrong tape

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=GJxLVUuK0TI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJxLVUuK0TI

I never read the Gawker piece before. Gotta say, DJ Kenn's story is kind of amazing, somehow more interested in that...

― MikoMcha, Monday, June 11, 2012 4:19 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agree

― tpp, Monday, June 11, 2012 5:12 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kenn is a real interesting dude but i still think keef's is the real story at the end of the day & kenn is a part of that, rather than the other way around. keef's the one who galvanized kids throughout the city and kenn's production talents are notable but not bigger than the wider story about what's happening here.

im worried about hype but only to the degree that it sets unreasonable expectations. but in keef's case, i don't think it's really there... people are interested in his story, where he's from and the songs he's recorded. i dont see why 'hype' would keep him from recording songs like he's done already.

specifically i wanna know more abt this bit:
Kenn had planned to spend just a year in the United States, but within ten months of moving to New York, he flew to Chicago. He spoke little-to-no English, and knew nobody in the city; he just knew he wanted to make music. Chief Keef's uncle Keith discovered him walking down the street in Woodlawn (a neighborhood that is 98 percent African American), and found him a place to stay. "He took me to an apartment right there across the street"—Kenn gestures out the front window—"and I stayed over there and started to do music. Keef came through, Santana came through, and we started recording."

I'm not worried about the hype at all. The man has minor hits, a story to go with them and a production unit with a defined sound. Let's not pretend as if we would be doing him a favor by not listening, writing, talking, quarreling etc. That stuff is plainly hypocritical. This music was made to be heard. If it's out there, it's up for grabs. Keef's objective has never been to become the new Andre 3000. He either makes more hits, more music worth talking about, or he doesn't. End of story. Casting him as some sort of victim to the hype machine is just in bad taste.

DJ Kenn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5VCtngStMY#t=1m27s

Errr... 1m27s - the time embed didn't work.

http://fearlessradio.com/component/k2/item/2698-disrespectful-radio-05-01-12

aww broken link :(

anyway http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/travis-porter-it-ain-t-my-fault-song.861868.html this is so dope

that's on the spotify version of the album i've been listening to, apparently isn't on all versions though?

This is really good: http://untamed256.bandcamp.com/

http://limelinx.com/files/b10836756302033393a9c629400bb617

awesome. could unite generations.

scoop deville has really come out of nowhere this year

i like that description. will try it tonight.

basically all i've been listening to this week
http://themartorialist.blogspot.ie/2012/05/max-minelli-compilation-4-u.html

woah i just looked up scoop deville and he's Frost (Kid Frost's) kid!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k86CV-0c0zk

nice

This street tape by Showbiz & AG is pretty cool:

Mug Shot Music: Preloaded
http://www.mediafire.com/?hsgfikaw53c22hu

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

i just listend to some chief keef and i don't really get it

i guess it's fine and all

Doesn't do anything for me either.

that Amber London is cool but suuuper retro, in a way that sounds nice now but will prob be completely tiresome when g-funk synths become all the rage w/in six months

produced by Spaceghostpurrp

haha of course. well, at least she has more presence than he does

Mystikal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYeQD6zhXao

like that amber london

mmg isn't really sounding too hot this year outside of 'rich forever.' whats goin on