i dunno jay and silent bob's young cousin from flint rapping "Bissssh you alooooowne" over casio presets was p cool too
― ruffalo soldier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 August 2014 15:15 (nine years ago) link
this ticks off a lot of boxes for me, and i enjoy listening to it, but it's so vaporous, i have a hard time holding on to what I've heard after it's over. still v impressed with the album, just wish it grabbed me more.
― the late great, Friday, 8 August 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
agree, there is very little in the way of hooks here (vocally or instrumentally).
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 8 August 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
it's occasionally zappaesque
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 8 August 2014 17:02 (nine years ago) link
Can't decide if the Loser edition was named that way because only losers would worry about getting ltd edition purple vinyl or some other reason but I felt like a loser walking around hunting down a copy. Glad I have it now though. Strange title for the ltd ed though.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 9 August 2014 06:21 (nine years ago) link
that's not a Shabazz thing, it's a Sub Pop thing. they call all their limited colored vinyl runs Loser Edition...a reference to their famous tshirt, but i'd guess also a cheeky way of poking fun at vinyl collector nerds. more here: https://www.subpop.com/news/2012/06/05/sub_pop_loser_edition_faq
― alpine static, Saturday, 9 August 2014 06:27 (nine years ago) link
#CAKE video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DDRPf8KHawY
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 22 August 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
weird video. nsfw fyi
― FKATlovestofu better (Spottie), Saturday, 23 August 2014 07:05 (nine years ago) link
that video looks great tho I have no idea what's going on. kind of a gigantic terrifying statue vibe in the final shot
― ogmor, Saturday, 23 August 2014 12:43 (nine years ago) link
it's a feeling
― jaymc, Sunday, 21 September 2014 05:06 (nine years ago) link
the black constellation?
― the late great, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 03:42 (nine years ago) link
i should go back to the new album; songs on it have stuck with me most all year
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 03:57 (nine years ago) link
xp: their collective, also includes Thee Satisfaction, OC Notes, Erik Blood, some visual artist peeps
― I Love Makonnen: New Answers (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 10:29 (nine years ago) link
new song about Richard Sherman :D
https://soundcloud.com/yung-bruh-1/sherm-stick
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb ranks (The Reverend), Sunday, 30 November 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link
this album is still one of the most interesting from 2014, but it is basically just rap music that (apart from cake and a few other songs obv) you could maybe hear in a spa or get a massage to.
― StillAdvance, Monday, 1 December 2014 17:59 (nine years ago) link
http://31.media.tumblr.com/120892984cc145db4accd2b35c4c9a8b/tumblr_mw2ebd2Nv71qbipv3o1_500.gif
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 December 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
if it was instrumental, i would def give it to the masseur next time to go to get my back sorted.
― StillAdvance, Monday, 1 December 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
Times have changed. In my day if the masseur played hip-hop he'd be run out of town.
― Kooki-Wan Tanooki (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 December 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link
seriously, if was instrumental, im not sure anyone would even know it was hip hop. its pretty ambient stuff imo.
― StillAdvance, Monday, 1 December 2014 18:11 (nine years ago) link
forthcoming THEESatifaction album is excellent
― you fuck one chud... (stevie), Monday, 1 December 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
this album owns
― example (crüt), Monday, 12 January 2015 18:09 (nine years ago) link
#latepass
otmfm
Also I relistened to Black Up recently and two years later it completely did my mind in
― all that glitters ain't cyber gold (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 12 January 2015 22:07 (nine years ago) link
both great records that I love but rarely am in the mood to listen to.
― Spottie, Monday, 12 January 2015 23:52 (nine years ago) link
Black Up is my favorite album of the decade so far.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 09:32 (nine years ago) link
^this is why I spun it again. It's prob top 3 for me now. It sounds really radical to me
― all that glitters ain't cyber gold (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 01:49 (nine years ago) link
yeah, this album is truly great imo
― Dan S, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 02:04 (nine years ago) link
black up is 10 times better than lese. which is good but just a bit too meditative. this group need to be careful they dont become a new kind of pm dawn (not in sound, as i actually liked pm dawn, but in perception). but it is interesting how shabazz seem to get more love in non rap than in rap circles.
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 11:13 (nine years ago) link
It's the record label
― Spottie, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 14:35 (nine years ago) link
I need to listen to LM a little more before I can offer any more opinions w conviction but it kind of is like the Tree House to Black Up's Dark York, where both Le1f and SP are sort of evoking cloud rap as a way to transmute their tendencies towards abstraction into something more luxuriant and luminous, aesthetically speaking
― all that glitters ain't cyber gold (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 15:37 (nine years ago) link
good analogy
it is interesting how shabazz seem to get more love in non rap than in rap circles.
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, January 14, 2015 3:13 AM Bookmark
I get why, but a lot of my love for SP has to do with how artfully they capture the hyperspecific context of being a black Seattlite. Moreso on Black Up than LM, even if it doesn't have anything as geographically specific as the line about the fence at Ezell's.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYeTod70_GE
this is what the beats on LM remind me of.
― StillAdvance, Monday, 26 January 2015 11:23 (nine years ago) link
― example (crüt), Monday, January 12, 2015 1:09 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― marcos, Monday, 3 August 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link
also wtf @ this thread title?
― marcos, Monday, 3 August 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
haha yes it is... unfortunate
― Οὖτις, Monday, 3 August 2015 16:58 (eight years ago) link
it came from a twitter post mentioned in The Stranger: http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2010/01/11/shabazz-palaces-bigger-than-jimi
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 3 August 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
A few days ago I was on a date and we randomly walked past Ish chilling on a park bench eating from a takeout container by himself. My date didn't know who he was. Cool story.
― drown zoowap (The Reverend), Monday, 3 August 2015 19:35 (eight years ago) link
would read again
― Spottie, Monday, 3 August 2015 20:08 (eight years ago) link
does anyone really think lese is better than black up?
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 14:53 (eight years ago) link
thee satisfaction are a tad on the corny side as vocalists/writers btw. musically theyre much more interesting.
i don't particularly care that much if black up is better, they're both good
― marcos, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 16:24 (eight years ago) link
xp
― marcos, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 16:25 (eight years ago) link
*this guy*
― Credit: howtokeepapositiveattitudedotcom (stevie), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
yea they have very different vibes imo and sometimes i like the spacier more out there ambient vibe of lese, sometimes i prefer black up
― marcos, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 17:12 (eight years ago) link
i mean i still think black up is a masterpiece too!
― Credit: howtokeepapositiveattitudedotcom (stevie), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 17:13 (eight years ago) link
clear some space out so we can space out
― marcos, Thursday, 13 August 2015 16:24 (eight years ago) link
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, August 4, 2015 10:53 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i actually do!
― marcos, Friday, 18 September 2015 13:57 (eight years ago) link
also the opening two tracks on lese are so inviting that i just think of those opening vibes and immediately feel compelled to put the record on
― marcos, Friday, 18 September 2015 14:03 (eight years ago) link
Ha, that's how I feel about Black Up.
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 18 September 2015 14:04 (eight years ago) link
ha black up is also inviting for sure.
also i have really been digging theesatisfaction's EarthEE, tried a while back and it didn't really stick but i am really enjoying it right now
― marcos, Friday, 18 September 2015 14:12 (eight years ago) link