Young Thug thread

Numbers all day.

it's pretty implausible to even imagine Young Thug getting a Grammy nomination anytime soon. and afaik singles are only eligible the year they're released, regardless of when the album comes out (i.e. "i" got Kendrick a couple Grammys before the album was out).

My fave YT beats are the energetic uplifting booming ones which is why I'm disappointed with these idling downtempos.

Not saying this album isn't good in it's own right.

popism is partly to blame for ppl shitting on this record imo

first time i put this on i had to listen to it three more times, haven't done that with any hip hop tape/album in a loooong time. totally love it

popism or the fact that YT made a few actual pop hits last year and there don't seem to be any on this record? I mean I like it but I can understand someone at least hoping for something as immediate as "Lifestyle" or "Stoner."

popism is partly to blame for ppl shitting on this record imo

― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, April 20, 2015 3:12 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark

isn't it just you willfully misreading what people mean by "hits"

he's obviously just saving the hits for the album

maybe he ran out of hits or accidentally dropped them in the ocean

popism is partly to blame for ppl shitting on this record imo

― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, April 20, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz86prvGGOc

'halftime' > 'danny glover'

popism or the fact that YT made a few actual pop hits last year and there don't seem to be any on this record? I mean I like it but I can understand someone at least hoping for something as immediate as "Lifestyle" or "Stoner."

― some dude, Monday, April 20, 2015 2:33 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sure for a casual listener i get being confused but for a bunch of rap critics to be vexed by the idea of like, album tracks that are also dope? i think among critics its the fault of popism, among regular ass rap fans its more of a classism type thing w/ people who think young thug = migos = all ratchet rap ever

like ppl who can't see a qualitative different between young thug & cash out, say

there's such a clear cut expectation of what kind of things a rapper should do or what kind of projects they should release when their career is on the upswing, and Young Thug has kind of confounded them at every turn...when people wanted an essential go-to solo project, instead they got Black Portland, leftovers from Gucci's vaults, and the Rich Gang tape, only the latter of which really satisfied most people or gave them something to rally around, while still not a solo project. i feel like it's possible he didn't realize that when he put together Barter 6, or maybe he knew and didn't care and wanted to keep confounding expectations, which would be consistent with his attitude towards the press, and towards the things people say about the way he dresses, him and Wayne, etc.

The more I play this the more every song on it sounds like a hit. Not a regular hit, of course, more like a song you actually want to listen to in a number of different settings.

This unrequited stalker thing with Lil Wayne is weird,

YT sounding like Lil Wayne
YT wanting to name his album Carter 6
Lil Wayne dissing Thug, saying don't listen to his music, and generally fuck him
Lil Wayne's daughter calling YT a fraud,
YT forcing into not calling his album Carter 6
Appears in video in Birdman's jet
YT calls his album Barter 6
Signs to Birdman's label
First song features Lil Wayne's "father", Birdman

"Never Had It" is my second fav on this so far behind just might be

If Halftime's meant to be a highlight, more meme rap pls

maybe he ran out of hits or accidentally dropped them in the ocean

― lag∞n, Monday, April 20, 2015 3:02 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

'speed racer' and 'warrior' and the ocean is actually metroboomin's soundcloud

"sure for a casual listener i get being confused but for a bunch of rap critics to be vexed by the idea of like, album tracks that are also dope?" has anyone actually voiced that opinion?

anyway i like this album a lot more than i did at first, a bit dull in the second through fifth innings-ish but otherwise very good to great

I actually... LIKE this.

"I'll get pretty and fuck your father" is a truly terrifying threat.

^^ Is this a quote from "numbers"? Isn't "i'll get prison and Fuck your father Up"?

I like longneck's version better.

It's from Numbers, yes, and there's some debate about what he's actually saying. There might well be a prison in there, but I'm not sure about why he would "get" it. Not hearing the "up" at all though. He's def going for my father.

to my ears it sounds like longneck's version.

I like this thing as much as his other stuff: there's stuff I skip and total bangers.

It is 100% "get prison" but there's no "up" at the end

"sure for a casual listener i get being confused but for a bunch of rap critics to be vexed by the idea of like, album tracks that are also dope?" has anyone actually voiced that opinion?

anyway i like this album a lot more than i did at first, a bit dull in the second through fifth innings-ish but otherwise very good to great

― soyrev, Thursday, 23 April 2015 01:35 (12 hours ago) Permalink

Yea lots of people have been like "where are the hits"

If Halftime's meant to be a highlight, more meme rap pls

― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Wednesday, April 22, 2015 6:29 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol I mean

someone jokingly paraphrasing your characterization of their opinions is not evidence for the accuracy of your characterization

B6 is fine but clearly the new Rich Forever that deej is hellbent on canonizing as the artist's masterpiece regardless of what anyone else thinks

Could it be "fuck niggas wishin i get prison I'll fuck your father"? Would make sense.

Lol what? I'm not trying to canonize it as his masterpiece and you can do a quick Twitter search for Barter 6 and the word hits, you're liable to find plenty of people whining about the lack of singles on it there

And I'm def not the only one who thinks rich forever is one of Ross' best projects, where are u even getting that from? Is this your way of bringing back the "chief keef had no influence on anything ever" argument you're curiously invested in?

I didn't just come up with this out of nowhere, like, I saw lots of people from many walks of life complain about the lack of hits. I mean, you can listen to it and hear it actively seems to spurn hit records. Not sure what you're even arguing with

what comedian does a bit where he threatens to seduce your father and make him fall in love with him and destroy his sense of self? it's gotta be louis, right?

Last night at a boosie listening boosie described his song with young thug and a very aggro beat as his "Chicago record"

xp yeah it's a bit called "i hate this one kid" from the beacon theater special

(actual thread-related thought: barter 6 is really good although i havent really dug into thug's mixtapes other than the one with quan so i don't have as many points of comparison)

That kinda makes sense. I've previously argued that "there's something wrong with the pussy" is Thug's version of Seinfeld's big vagina routine.

Ehhhhhh Larry David's I mean. Brainfart.

Yea lots of people have been like "where are the hits"

― deej loaf (D-40), Thursday, April 23, 2015 10:05 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah but not at the expense of "album tracks that are also dope." the popular opinion on that has been more like "there are a lot of album tracks here that are not dope (and sound samey); some hits would have been nice."

Sure but these are all dope album tracks so

basically

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

hes wearing his belt-jacket!

the comments section for your review (good read btw) is...something else deej, although that's to be expected considering the crowd

rough interview

link 2 deej review

http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/young-thug-is-getting-weirder-and-better-1699533605/+robharvilla

Just read the Pitchfork review and man Garvey is easily one of my favorite critics right now; her reviews for We Invented the Bop, the Future Brown album, and now this are all so on point. Even her blurb for 1989 on the Top 50 Albums list of 2014 was incredible.

Yeah she's great.

@D-40 ah okay, couldn't tell you felt that way

don't love the album as a whole *quite* as much as her, but yes, the Garvey review is really nice. and she even makes space to acknowledge the level "Just Might Be" is on :D