These must be printed out and left all over the Vibe offices. For the lulz, you know.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 30 August 2007 19:37 (seventeen years ago) link
De La Soul formed in 1988 and quickly created what is now regarded as an indelible classic, the visionary “Three Feet High and Rising.” The legendary album, most notable for its creation of the “in-between-song skit,” was an instant success. Since then “the skit” has become a loathed tradition in rap music because of its failure to convey any thematic meaning on albums. But De La Soul has persevered in a genre where longevity is difficult to maintain.
― Jordan Sargent, Thursday, 30 August 2007 19:41 (seventeen years ago) link
i like the tpain kanye song
― deej, Friday, 31 August 2007 02:20 (seventeen years ago) link
there should be more guest rappers on this. not cause kanye can't rap (i think i probably like him as a rapper more than 95% of the ppl on here) but cause i always thought he brought the best out of his guests. but what can you do.
trolling for a good lil wayne guest verse nowadays is like throwing darts with a blind fold on.
― Jordan Sargent, Friday, 31 August 2007 02:24 (seventeen years ago) link
blindfold.
― Jordan Sargent, Friday, 31 August 2007 02:25 (seventeen years ago) link
I was talking to a friend about chicken the other day. As it turns out, I completely missed the opportunity of a lifetime (one year's worth of free wings!). Damnit.
― Tape Store, Friday, 31 August 2007 02:33 (seventeen years ago) link
i will hear this 2nite
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 31 August 2007 02:33 (seventeen years ago) link
guys is hoos the fennessey of ilm
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 31 August 2007 02:34 (seventeen years ago) link
I worked at Dairy Queen. Don't ask me about it.
― Tape Store, Friday, 31 August 2007 02:36 (seventeen years ago) link
DRINK UP ALL THE FENNESSEY YA GOT ON YA SHELF
― sanskrit, Friday, 31 August 2007 02:43 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.fennesseyranch.com/boarfennessey.jpg
― gershy, Friday, 31 August 2007 02:48 (seventeen years ago) link
So who on this thread is going to get a cease & desist e-mail first: the guy who posted a download link to the whole Kanye album, or the people clowning on Fennessey?
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 31 August 2007 02:51 (seventeen years ago) link
science projects
― dylannn, Friday, 31 August 2007 02:54 (seventeen years ago) link
I'm liking the album so far. Song w/ T-Pain is way better than the first 2 singles, right now that and "The Glory" are my favorite tracks.
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 31 August 2007 02:56 (seventeen years ago) link
alex on tm
― deej, Friday, 31 August 2007 03:40 (seventeen years ago) link
haha i dunno hoos do you let rap fashions in your house or on your body?
― deej, Friday, 31 August 2007 03:41 (seventeen years ago) link
the only good part of "drunk and hot girls" is the name
― The Macallan 18 Year, Friday, 31 August 2007 03:53 (seventeen years ago) link
BIG SEAN aka the dairy queen
― The Reverend, Friday, 31 August 2007 04:17 (seventeen years ago) link
And a lot of people caught offense to that: "What do you mean you are Hip-Hop?" Obviously, that was not my point of view - that I alone, am Hip-Hop and no one isn't. The point was that while I appreciate and respect the culture, it doesn’t mean I falsely (and lamely) try to emulate it. It has its place. That place just is not in my house or on my body.
- KRS-One
― The Reverend, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:03 (seventeen years ago) link
omigod best use of a Steely Dan sample ("Kid Charlemagne"!) ever, trumping even De La's.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:04 (seventeen years ago) link
i like this album a lot. love what sounds like soft-rock/70s MOR samples.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:06 (seventeen years ago) link
Better than Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz?
― The Reverend, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:09 (seventeen years ago) link
anything as good as drive slow or get em high
― and what, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:12 (seventeen years ago) link
nah
― mh, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:16 (seventeen years ago) link
That's the second time I've been asked.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link
I never liked "Get Em High" so it's hard for me to use that as a point of comparison in a good way.
I love the way the "Kid Charlemagne" sample is chopped, but I wish he didn't slather half of it in those ugly synths, it'd sound so much better without them.
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link
My favorite Steely Dan rap sample is still Freeway and Joe Budden over a "Royal Scam" loop on the Ice City album.
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link
get em high is a shitty beat but lolz lyrically
― and what, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link
i have a blends tape that puts it over atliens thats pretty dope
talibs verse is XD
― and what, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link
it doesnt help that kweli is on get em high either...
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link
cmon man! 'i need some tracks you tryna pull tracks out / as my rhymes finna blow you tryna blow backs out'
― and what, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link
i really just dont like kweli.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link
well i like certain songs here and there (i like the hot thing single out now) but he has maybe the worst voice in hip hop ever.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:31 (seventeen years ago) link
dont mock me because i know all the words to reflection eternal. just call me cultured.
― and what, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:33 (seventeen years ago) link
i liked kweli before he started trying to show he could do battle raps, sex-raps, gun-raps, etc etc. maybe thats me 'limiting' him but still.
2000 seasons was great though, yeah.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Y'ALL ASSUMED I WAS DOOMED OUT OF TUNE BUT I STILL FILL THE NOTES WITH REAL NIGGA QUOTES
― The Reverend, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:36 (seventeen years ago) link
It's weird to think that as short as three years ago, Com could sound pissed without simultaneously sounding self-righteous, but whatever.
― The Reverend, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link
i love tk's verse on get em high but common's kinda suxx
― max, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:56 (seventeen years ago) link
I feel much the opposite.
― The Reverend, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:58 (seventeen years ago) link
ain't you meet that chick at that conference wit yer mom?
― max, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:58 (seventeen years ago) link
REMOTE..................CONTROL
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:59 (seventeen years ago) link
anyone know what the sample on "Big Brother" is? the riff reminds me of Prince's "It's Gonna Be Lonely" but I know that's not it.
-- Tape Store, Friday, August 31, 2007 2:36 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark Link
yeah me too...fennessey needs to stop frontin like he knows the DQ game...if you can't make a peanut buster parfait don't even fuckin speak to me if you see me
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 31 August 2007 17:09 (seventeen years ago) link
slap the mister misty out ya fuckin face
THAT'S WHY I ABUSE YOU WHO ARE NOT THUGS
― The Reverend, Friday, 31 August 2007 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link
he's not literally a dairy queen, he just loves the dress
― and what, Friday, 31 August 2007 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link
And It Don't Stop
Michelangelo Antonioni (1912-2007)
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― da croupier, Friday, 31 August 2007 17:17 (seventeen years ago) link
Hip hop fashion is a distinctive style of dress originating with the African-American youth living in New York City and Los Angeles. Each city contributed various elements to its overall style seen worldwide today. Hip hop fashion complements the expressions and attitudes of hip hop culture in general. Hip hop fashion has changed significantly during its history, and today it is a prominent part of popular fashion as a whole across the world and for all ethnicities. The dashikis, baggy pants, giant clocks that hang around your neck, throwback jerseys — they’re all vibrant and different and fun.
― The Reverend, Friday, 31 August 2007 17:19 (seventeen years ago) link
If I played guitar I'd be Jimmy Page...
Woody Allen (1935-2012)
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― da croupier, Friday, 31 August 2007 17:21 (seventeen years ago) link
the back half of this gets kinda syrupy. in a not so good way.
― Jordan Sargent, Friday, 31 August 2007 17:22 (seventeen years ago) link
btw did al just keep this fennessey article in the holster while waiting for the right time to use it or did he just stumble upon it the around the time the thread was started? we demand answers. or have you dudes lolled @ this before?
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 30 April 2008 03:13 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm often pleased by deadanimalhat.jpeg
-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 06:12 (7 months ago) Link
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 03:32 (sixteen years ago) link
just call me cultured.
-- and what, Friday, August 31, 2007 11:33 AM (7 months ago) Bookmark Link
lost meme
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 30 April 2008 04:11 (sixteen years ago) link
The show's what Kanye would expect from a band A-Trak likes. Loud and aggressive and playful, and he knows he's going to have bruises in the morning. He wants them.
He feels alive like he hasn't in what feels like months. The music drills into his brain, his heart echoes the thump of the bass, and he raises his hands above his head, loses himself in it, in the people, the press of bodies around him. Every once in awhile he catches a glimpse of A-Trak, eyes drifting to his from where he holds court at the bar - making sure I'm okay, Kanye thinks - and smiles. He can't disappear because no one escapes the watchful gaze of A-Trak. Kanye feels safe - first time in awhile for that, too.
When it's all over, A-Trak drives him home. They're silent, most of the way. A-Trak is like that a lot, when the cameras are off and they're out of the public eye. He chooses his words carefully, Kanye thinks. Knows the value of quiet. Smart guy.
They sit in Kanye's driveway for several long minutes, and Kanye mostly waits, because he senses there's something to say. He's more perceptive than people give him credit for.
A-Trak's fingers tap on the steering wheel. "Rosie O'Donnell wants to buy one of my bikes."
"Huh." Kanye's not sure what to say.
"She's gay."
"Yeah, I kind of already figured that out." There's a ghost of a smile on Kanye's lips.
"I'm gay, too, you know."
Kanye starts to giggle, because yes, yes, it's true. A-Trak is gay. A-Trak told them that years ago, when the whole thing started out, and he's not at all sure why it's funny, but Rosie's gay, and so is A-Trak, and maybe they'll be grand marshals of some Big Gay Parade somewhere. The giggles turn to full-fledged laughter, and before Kanye realizes what's happening he's laughing so hard he's crying. Then he is crying, great big fat tears streaming down his face and A-Trak's arms around him, A-Trak's voice soft in his ear.
It's been a long time since he's let himself cry.
When he's done, he wipes his face and gets out of the car, nodding at A-Trak, who rolls down his window. "Good to see you're still alive in there," he says, and backs out of the driveway. "By the way, you should check out this record by these French robot dudes, Daft Punk. Everyone at the club loves it."
Kanye stands there for a long time, well after his taillights have disappeared into the distance.
― and what, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 04:14 (sixteen years ago) link
-- J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:13 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
we lolled on board (and specifically about "I'm often pleased by Rakim" I think offboard) way before this thread, I think I had to stop clowning him (in public) by that point just because I don't need any more tough guy e-mail from dude about it, but the first post in this thread was just an opportunity I couldn't resist.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 04:33 (sixteen years ago) link
had tried to stop clowning him, i meant to say.
this thread = the gift that keeps on givin'
― Beatrix Kiddo, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 14:19 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm translucent btw
― please meh (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 September 2008 08:19 (sixteen years ago) link
got "Barry Bonds" on right now and can't help but be taken with how much it shats on "See You in My Nightmares"
― I CAN'T TAKE THE RONG!!! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 08:21 (fifteen years ago) link
so sean fenn has started a new group tumblr called Fetishizing The Other http://fetishizingtheother.tumblr.com/
do you guys think that he's gonna include "I also love the dress. The dashikis, baggy pants, giant clocks that hang around your neck, throwback jerseys — they’re all vibrant and different and fun."
― total eclipse of the shart (J0rdan S.), Friday, 8 January 2010 05:25 (fourteen years ago) link
that is vile
― Player is killed, but they are resurrected, and the 45 Revolver glow gold (dyao), Friday, 8 January 2010 05:42 (fourteen years ago) link
what a dairy queen
― estelawolf (The Reverend), Friday, 8 January 2010 05:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Huh, I always thought Donald Fagen was saying "Italian," not "champion."
-- jaymc, Tuesday, September 4, 2007 7:00 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
lol @ "did you realize you were Italian in their eyes." paging Passantino...
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, September 4, 2007 3:14 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark
last time i listened to "Kid Charlemagne" i totally sang along to the line as 'Italian' without even thinking about it or doing it on purpose
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link