rolling regional thug thread 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coF-KsSb4iU

this shit has been made for yeeeears

are krispy kreme guys the grown up manic dancing kids?

Am I the only one who finds the Krispy Kreme stuff extremely unfunny?

no, it's not funny or especially interesting.

except for immobile skinny guy and "pretty little thang from tennessee, i like you and you like me"

oh wait, this is a thing isn't it

new Juvenile seems pretty good so far!

Love the song "Power" with the Chill Rob G/Snap! sample :)

yeah "power" is fantastic

actually dudes i was gonna start a list thread but I think that's like my single favorite micro-genre of music - raps songs where there's a repeated vocal sample that finishes lines for the rappers, like "oh boy", this song, etc

that's literally the greatest thing in music history

good call on this juvy

that came out last year & i swear we discussed it here before

i guess the vid just leaked. anyway i love how smart of a song it is

i cant decide if i like this or no -- i think i posted it awhile back & said the same thing but now it has a video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y-RCc6UL30&hd=1

forks is killing, forks is shilling, what more can i say, here's the billing:

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http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2012/06/azealia_banks_a_ap_rocky_tnght_and_the_end_of_hip_hop_regionalism_.html

as much as you hood rep deej; i'm curious what you make of that piece.

Article is otm, but regionalism has been dying for a long time

Cfe: dre, em, and 50's early 00s stuff was all basically the big screen dre expensive sounding aesthetic... And 50 def sounded a little more southern than was typical of nyc..or jigga what by jay and big pimpin was him getting at the south

Or timbo/missy def had an aesthetic that didn't seem tied to a region and tim would make tracks for everyone

article is incredibly myopic w/ its examples & that fundamentally undercuts trying to say something at all relevant about the subject

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUkoe_Sr5i0

around 2 min. keef does a double time flow that kinda kills

Well, this is too hard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttPE8WCEsmM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPQ7a-yJ7cg

this goes hard too altho durk kinda kills reese on it

only b+w videos today

pha'tal f. chief keef - fuck around
jack, mike larry, blast holiday and mistah fab - get money
lil durk f. lil reese - OTF

That slate piece is a weird piece of work.

lil durk >

Juvenile album is pretty boring to me, but the Wacko/Skip section toward the end kinda redeems it. been hearing "Nolia Clap" a lot lately and thinking about what a classic it is.

From a historical perspective, Ice Cubes Amerikkkas Most Wanted is probably the most important album in the decline of regionalism, him going over to the bomb squad and doing a verse on PEs burn hollywood burn felt pretty important at the time, esp when east/west tensions were high and cube was perceived as gangsta and pe perceived as conscious

Also kool g raps live and let die embraced thicker west coast beats and had sir jinx productions

Actually the source review of ready to die was framed as biggie taking the dominant west coast style and adding an east coat spin to it

What about LL's Bigger And Deffer? He recorded that with some LA producers.

Juve album is pretty garbage really. 1st half outside of Power is a total loss. Still Here beat was ruined by the hook. idk, maybe 3 good tracks total.

Rev, yeah the LA Posse I think, still LA didn't really have a distinct identity then, or not unless it was super local and underground

So I don't think it was perceived in the same way, or that anyone thought LL was changing his style

LA had that whole Egyptian Lover/Uncle Jamm's Army/World Class Wreckin Cru electro-hop steez.

Yeah but I don't know how much that traveled

I think around 84, 85 you could go to any city and kids were dressing like run dmc & LL

plus nothing on bigger and deffer sounded electro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K42vy6aReco

dang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfY-G9z9U4Y&feature=youtu.be

i smell a goon classic

http://s.ytimg.com/yt/img/image-404-vfl1vwmey.png

is this the face one makes when one smells a goon classic

that vid isn't loading for me for some reason. can someone c+p the url?

like i just see a blank space

word. eager to listen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV1tMUP5z5A

Where's the drop!?

He's got a great voice. Like a scarface/mystikal mix, but more sloppy. Love the melody on the hook.

Where's the drop!?

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haha

i like how it sorta blurs the line between a hymn and being lyrical on a young dro tip

makin discussions with russians and still whippin cookies

or

seats television, the interior jellyfish

or

me and scoop, hoppin outta two coupes, in two suits, with more o's than two bowls of fruit loops

but it's still this real swampy spiritual kinda thing

lol parts of the video look so strange set against that track

i love it. like scarface with a lil goodie mob via some grindin'. and yeah def. pickig up on the dro or gucci style lyricism. thank u j0rdan.

i think the disconnect ive felt between the rap i hear & whats hot in nyc has never been more distant. did you guys know 'hands on the wheel' is IN ROTATION in new york?

ha i listen to hot 97 on my phone sometimes & i hear it as frequently as any other song. it's pretty bizarre.

that fat joe/kanye song is pretty dope tho

Alpoko Don: Rap game Dr. John.

the bubble of new york people who think a$ap rocky will be/already is a 'UGE 'UGE STAR is hilarious