rolling regional thug thread 2012

i sort of suspect that that linkin park rap remix album was a huge influence on lupe

― fadanuf4erybody, Friday, September 28, 2012 2:18 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh i bet lupe and mr. hahn meet up twice a year to show off their latest gundam purchases

I fear a that new horrors await now that gangnam style has put chumps like lupe and wale up on k pop

you sir are a frightening cassandra

I think I mostly follow hip hop now out of morbid curiosity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzlarD9YhJA

i hate bein sooooober

those new keef songs sound dope. is "hate being sober" available anywhere?

that song sounds incredible

are they skipping 'finally rich' and just going forth with an album?

young chop on the beat, obviously?

i think the album is gonna be called 'finally rich'

chop & keef are working together again yah

yeah they looked to be having a good time -- nice to see

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuYUbVw0AKw

speaking of chop. .... :O

holy shit this song is amazing

agreed

This makes me happy:
http://supakingbigpope.bandcamp.com/track/asthma-attack

yeah, THAT i like

meek tracklist isn't a disaster

1 Dreams And Nightmares (produced by Tone the Best Bully for Nightrydas Productions)
2 In God We Trust (produced by Black Metaphor for Nightrydas Productions)
3 Young & Gettin’ It featuring Kirko Bangz (produced by Jahlil Beats)
4 Traumatized (produced by Boi-1da)
5 Believe It featuring Rick Ross (produced by Young Shun for Maybach Music Productions)
6 Maybach Curtains featuring Nas, John Legend & Rick Ross (produced by Infamous & The Agency)
7 Amen featuring Drake (produced by Key Wane and Jahlil Beats)
8 Young Kings (produced by Lee Major)
9 Lay Up featuring Wale, Rick Ross & Trey Songz (produced by Kane Beatz and Co-Produced by Ashanti “The Mad Violinist” Floyd for The Building Productions, Inc.)
10 Tony Story Pt. 2 (produced by Boi-1da)
11 Who Your Around featuring Mary J. Blige (produced by Tommy “TBHITS” Brown and Travis Sayles for Darkchild.com)
12 Polo & Shell Tops (produced by Cardiak)
13 Rich & Famous featuring Louie V (produced by Jahlil Beats)
14 Real N***** Come First (produced by Kenoe and Got Koke for Nightrydas Productions)

good cover art too

http://fashionably-early.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dreams-and-nightmares-official.jpg

lol damn i never used to make that mistake and now i've made it twice this week

http://fashionably-early.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dreams-and-nightmares-official.jpg

yeah, really good cover

meek tracklist looks good

Xzibit and e40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIevXc0Oalo

for those who care (me!), rich kidz have a new mixtape coming in the next few months.

also they signed to columbia.

^_^

more Liknuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JSP0yu8VOs

feeling that. this is the one old-man-rap record i can think of that i'm pretty excited to hear

title of the year

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/282240_10151074206568365_1763789187_n.jpg

yeah i love that

lol

mixtape or album?

ehhh ross getting a title from a jay line from 5 years ago blunts the novelty value a bit, to say nothing of the "HYFR" video

it mostly the cover that's amazing

that's actually an untreated photograph of ross in his gucci snowsuit

Did I get accused of boosterism & get called a nu alan lomax in the newspaper of record

say what bruh?

lol deej, you asshole

so confused right now

deej is passive aggressively humblebragging about caramanica mentioning so many shrimp in a NYT article from today about chicago rap controversy

actually not entirely convinced that despite the mention it wasnt a lil backhanded in that his thesis is kinda 'this is happening because people are writing about it happening'

like, as much as its a big deal to be mentioned i'm kinda unsure i completely agree w/ its framing

Link?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/arts/music/chicago-hip-hops-raw-burst-of-change.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

the passage in question doesn't even make sense to me -- rap coverage on the internet "has increasingly focused attention on the grittiest corners"? no fucking way

tbf, it probably has where jon reads

asap rocky and azealia banks

the grittiest corners

i guess i dont really get at what point i crossed a line where I'm a part of the story

instead of someone bringing new information to light

i told the story, i didn't create it

it's a pretty passing mention of so many shrimp, though LOL at the idea that blogging about youtube videos is akin to alan lomax field recordings...i mean, you seem to question the ways that various rap acts or songs are covered in the media, it didn't seem unfair to me.

the only bullshit would be that lomax kind of comes with an insinuation of exploitation, though i just finished a really good history of the blues book that calls into question who was playing who

yeah 'lomax' being used or interpreted as a simple shorthand for exploitation is pretty problematic. i'm not so sure caramanica even meant it that way at all.

this is the book i just finished:
http://www.amazon.com/The-History-Blues-Francis-Davis/dp/0786860529

it's pretty interesting...he's harder on john hammond sr. than lomax....though it's interesting, his case is that the old blues guys were way more entertainers that played everything from delta blues to tin pan alley songs or whatever people liked, but they sensed what lomax wanted to hear and sort of tailored their stuff to fit his idea of "pure primitive" blues

like, for instance, who's this tortured, bedeviled soul named robert johnson doing this peppy little ragtime number?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOXXh24HnmY