rolling regional thug thread 2012

yea that's amazing. lol at pitchfork & fader shoutout tho

i think i'm the only person to have written about soulja boy on pitchfork, so i'm taking that as a direct shoutout

congrats

hello regional thugs

so i decided my early new years resolution was gonna be to make a consistent effort to listen to more us urban radio, for reasons you've probably seen me detail before

if there's any dependable stations / fun mixshows you'd like to recommend i'd appreciate it, doesnt have to be bleeding edge exclusives

listened to a bit of wgci last night (jamal smallz & dj a-oh), nothing yall won't know very well but i really really enjoyed it, haha probably my favourite thing was the radio edit of 'my hoes they do drugs' which is awesome and so jagged it kinda turns it into this bugged-out bounce tune #littledidtheyknow

also something called 'blackout' by someone called agassi, he might've been a bit corny but the beat was cool

pusha's fake ye verse on 'mhtdd' is seriously pitiful btw

http://kysdc.com/

DJ Pharris on Power 92 is often legendary

listening to power now

the fuck is this song 'ALIENS & QUINCY JONES'

DJ Slugo's about to spin, dope

i really dont understand how trinidad james has gotten where he is.

all the way up to that place where 2dopeboyz post about you

our generation's icarus in training

I didn't "get" him at first but I watched the "all gold everything" video the other night and yeah I guess the Atlanta version of asap rocky would become famous. makes sense to me. I like that song btw.

nah his buzz goes a lot further than that

eh whiney that post is gonna look stupid in 3 months

He panders to the same audience as rocky & in the same way, the music & imagery is just slightly different

i can see that

there's still a void in ATL... Someone needs to replace 2 chainz now that he's officially on the t.i./jeezy level

Love this whole tape:
http://static.djbooth.net/pics-albums/clydecarson-stsa.jpg
Clyde Carson - S.T.S.A.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xekw2mbkLzM

yeah I DL'd that interested to hear

'slow down' is one of the best rap songs of the year

that's a really cool album cover

This new 50 Cent single is truly horrendous. Ugh.

feat eminem and adam levine!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgthY0154w8

this is so great.

Very nice. P sounds good.

I've haven't listened to any E-40, where do I start? (links would be appreciated, thanks)

Here be a pretty good e-40 thread with links:
There wasn't an E-40 thread

#actually like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb5M3S2AkT8

doubt it has much replay, but nice hook/beat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMkSp0NNUYs

from the same Traxamillion album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx2KKknwdXs

history: mob and function music is dope, but e40's been remarkably consistent putting out like what 200 songs in the last few years?

droop-e is so underrated as a producer, these tracks fucking knock

yeah those albums are good, although imo a little short dog goes a long way and it's clearly 40's show to a kind of absurd extent

true, but i actually think 40 and short dog work well off each other

It's clearly an E-40 affair, but too short's presence is really useful. Without him it probably would've been too 'monolithic' or something.

without him it would've been even more exactly like the last seven E-40 albums

which is why his presence elevates it past that

also "cali" on the first disc is amazing

"without him it would've been even more exactly like the last seven E-40 albums"

more like his last 3 imo.

i gave up on e-40 this year

then you gave up on consistently good rap music

yeah but it's bay rap, not really deej's kind of thing

there's a diminishing returns thing with most artists at a certain point cf currensy

no yeah i totally feel you, the flood of material is more exhausting than it is exciting at some point

a fair point. i guess i just really like the bay area sound, especially as done by 40. i think history is actually much better than the last few solo e40 efforts, too short is a really refreshing presence

yeah the problem with the triple disc isn't that it's too much music, it is that it's too much music that is no that good.
history is better, as was the revenue retrievin series.

i like french montana ft. lil wayne rick ross 2 chainz - marble floors

was there a good french montana tape this year?

I like the new one, Mac and Cheese 3. It's not great or anything but I find that I suddenly kinda understand why the kids love him so much.

interested to see if french's album is going to end up being a bitter industry orgy than the game's album