rolling regional thug thread 2012

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

dude, he mentions you in passing as someone who is covering the scene, relax with the "I told the story, i didn't create it" stuff

man an old favorite i found on spotify :):)

secretly one of the greatest southern hip hop records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enk0q_1Db9g

a+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lIqNjC1RKU
video finally dropped for killer mike's "reagan"

dude, he mentions you in passing as someone who is covering the scene, relax with the "I told the story, i didn't create it" stuff

― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Friday, October 5, 2012 12:40 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nah i appreciated being mentioned i just get cautious abt being seen as a 'booster' i guess; i am in the sense that i'd like to see it succeed, but i feel like ive been careful not to misdescribe it or w/e

well if you're saying you're a booster of the art that comes out of a scene, not of the violence or the uglier shit that comes out of the scene, I'm more sympathetic to that line of thinking and can see where you wouldn't want to get painted as A DARK CHRONICLE OF GHETTO LIFE or whatever but I didn't really see that implied... i guess you could read it that way?

I dropped this in the "forks videos" thread but in light of Matt dropping his back in the day faves here's one that i just rediscovered
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNsyJiF1b_4
WHAT'S UP WHAT'S UP WHAT'S UP WITH THE BANKHEAD BOUNCE SHAWTY

^i can listen to this track basically all day^

i once made a thread about that song bankhead bounce

such a classic vid

http://www.gifsoup.com/imager.php?id=1423842

missed that thread; a victim of my general avoidance of ILM i guess

xxxxps thats not really what i meant but w/e its not important

okay

whiney tweeted about it and reminded me to listen to 100 - Ice Cold Perm
digging it! he's got skills

also like the "DJ Quik joins Boards of Canada" music

i really do like ice cold perm; hope that guy gets more attention.

that record is cool but not mind blowing imo

haha of course

It's way nastier than I was expecting (had no expectations).

idk its got some cool beats & hes a solid rapper but not like amazing or anything

i f/w the 3 best songs pretty heavy

"some cool beats & a solid rapper" is about all we need these day.

dear m@tt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA0LKoQkRp0
all day

One of my favorite albums, that.

word up i got shit to do ya... TEST... TUBE... BABY
kekekekeke

de la really is one of the greatest groups of all time, they've done a tremendous amount of great music after their critical and commercial peak

remaster of "L's Anthem" is really cleaned up & sounds incredible

bookmarked for future thread beef:

http://videoeta.com/images/news/goon_game2.jpg

nice

ha awesome

for those who liked 'good vibes'

http://indy.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/19105/uptown-xo-the-color-grey.html

yeah that whole tape is p cool & makes me feel want to be a backpacker again way more than joey bada$$

Yep.

LL COOL J has released his new song “Ratchet” from his highly anticipated upcoming new album, AUTHENTIC HIP-HOP, coming soon.

LL should've dropped a joint right after he beat the shit out of that guy who tried to rob his house, i would've been all YEAHHHH no matter what it was at that point

yes

ask caniburglar, he aint understanding this
cause 99% of his fans don't exist

My favorite semi-back packy tape lately is the Bentley one. He's treating these old(ish) beats as a challenge, not as a crutch. So refreshing.
http://intelligenthoodlum.bandcamp.com/album/bootleg-b-sides-no-dj

this krit beat is good

http://www.livemixtapes.com/player.php?album_id=19204&select=7

Q: should there be a separate drill thread? For me, this is has such a dominant sound of 2012.

Only just catchin up with the Lil Reese tape after the Us remix, but that said, Beef is a huge track.