rolling regional thug thread 2012

oh you've got to be kidding me that that was a thing

i watched a few minutes of The Voice but instead what i saw was Cee-Lo in a long black wig singing "Dancing In The Street"

oh fucking no

http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/video/Goodie-Mob-Fight-to-Win/1397926

fuck you cee-lo

i'm almost kind of impressed that that was as garbage as anyone could possibly imagine

man what the teetotal fuck

1) what is this i can't even
2) i guess the light up grills are kinda cool?
3) maybe like all the guys got real paid for this at least?
4) seriously what is this i can't even

they've reunited like a gazillion times already so at least that's not what this is i guess

well i mean this is the run up for their first album w/ the original lineup in 10+ years

yeah but in theory that's what the 3am times square show I saw them do in 2009 was supposed to be for too

one of the most hilarious parts of the video is how much the light-up grill fucks up cee-lo's diction

My wife loved it \O_o/

you might've noticed that cee-lo is much much much more famous now than he was in '09 and there's a lot of clamoring to release whatever project he wants to work on, and that this performance was on a highly rated television show (that cee-lo stars in) xpost

I was laughing so hard and she was like "what... I think its kind of awesome, you're so weird"

it's hysterical because they were so clearly trying to be everything to everyone and ended up with something that neither the old goodie fans nor the new cee-lo solo fans could possibly embrace

So true.

otm

the upside is that i can sorta square myself with this being the bizarro world al is talking about and still hope the album will have some worthwhile music

the warriors + starlight express + flash gordon + black eyed peas

Kept waiting for daft punk to kick in and for khujo to do a windmill

anyone listened to coke boys 3 btw?

it didn't sound all that great

also it should be noted that both "rolling diplo's homies thread" and "rolling #realtrapshit thread" have been added to my 2013 rap thread shortlist doc

::nods approvingly::

#realtrapshit is good

love noz's review of pluto for spin

^^wow yeah just checked that out. i've not had the slightest interest in future but that convinced me to check it out.

future definitely has some chops

yeah, i've been kind of a future-skeptic but i checked out the song deej was raving about on twitter the other day and it's really good! so, i will be checking out the album

lots of important stuff here

http://www.cocaineblunts.com/blunts/?p=7043

mike jones song is kinda !!

"no cuffin" is o___O but also a total jam

it's like the swag rap version of "toot it & boot it"

re: noz's review, it is very good, i think his conclusion i probably shift in a different direction on, though.

As much as his early tracks benefitted from the freedom that hip-hop offers, he now seems burdened by its conventions. The purist will listen to this and imagine how much better it would be if Future tried to rap more. The more adventurous listener might wonder what he could accomplish if he broke free of his genre's gravitational pull entirely.

maybe i agree w/ this, or maybe i disagree -- but i think its that tension that energizes it, but shudder at the idea of him leaving rap behind entirely? that its grounding in rap convention charges it & gives it a root-edness that creates a necessary tension ... like 'turn on the lights' transcends rap completely, and is stronger for it, but 'permanent scar' is one of my favorite tracks on the record despite being completely about some of the formal defining rap conventions-- that 'turn on the lights' is that much more powerful b/c of its context & surroundings

so i agree w/ him in that, it does make you wonder what it would be like if he broke free, but i think i disagree that it would actually result in better music -- its more of a philosophical question to me, or something, rather than a practical one

Yeah, great points. It's him on the fringes of rap music, still engaging with rap conventions but really engaging with and stretching those conventions. i agree if he forgoes them, i would be very worried.

that fred the godson song on cocaine blunts is pretty damn good...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3DZSnVRBcs&hd=1

sorry abt making you skip one minute in but O_O

i'm voting yes just based on the screencap

Goon anthem?

Feds bust suspected Ecstasy drug network centered around Bay Area rap label

http://www.mercurynews.com/twitter/ci_20469324/feds-bust-suspected-ecstasy-drug-network-centered-around

Twenty-five individuals, many of them rappers associated with one of the Bay Area's largest entertainment labels known as "Thizz Entertainment," have been arrested as part of a major nationwide drug trafficking ring focused on Ecstasy, according to a federal prosecutor.

Agents seized about 45,000 Ecstasy pills, 4 pounds of crack cocaine, a half pound of heroin and $200,000 in suspected drug profits, and forfeited about 230 acres of property valued at about $1 million. The suspects, from Vallejo, Stockton, Oakland, Fairfield, Los Angeles, New York and Oklahoma City, were arrested Thursday, U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner said.

The investigation, led by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, uncovered a network of drug distributors centered in Vallejo's Crest neighborhood, across Highway 37 from the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom theme park.

Thizz Entertainment was started in 1996 by Andre Hicks, a Vallejo rapper who went by Mac Dre. The word "thizz" derived from the feeling one feels while on MDMA, or ecstasy. On November 1, 2004, Mac Dre was shot and killed after a performance in Kansas City, Mo., which started a brief Vallejo-Kansas City rap war.

More than 60 artists have released albums on the label since Mac Dre's death, some were arrested in the federal drug probe.

Arrested on suspicion of multiple drug counts in the two federal complaints and in custody were: Major Norton, performs under the name "Dubee", Lawrence Nelson, Narco McFarland Sr., Eric Robinson, Eileen Knight, Ung Duong, Phat Nguyen, Marcus Davis, Michael Smiley, Anthony Young and Anthony Payton.

Charged and not yet in custody were: Michael Lott, performs under the name "Miami the Most," Gaylord Franklin, performs under the name "Geezy," Clifford Bullock, Latroy Cunningham, Dante Barbarin, Beshiba Cook, Bruce Thurmon, performs under the name "Little Bruce," Damian Peterson, Mikel Brown and Andre Cawthorne.

Charged and released from custody were Nicholas Ramirez and Tiffany Brown.

Little Bruce :/

Phat Nguyen

That's pretty pimpin as far as Al Sh1pleys go.

from last summer, but it takes a while for redneck trap to get to the masses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADC_6XFvIxk

http://evilebenezer.bandcamp.com/

"Half Bird Half Man" features this great Alchemist snap. The rapper is ok, but this beat is really good.

there's some inherent drama in the jawga boys video cuz you keep wondering "is the fat guy in the super cracker t-shirt gonna rap? then he does!

otm

there's some inherent drama in the jawga boys video cuz you keep wondering "is the fat guy in the super cracker t-shirt gonna rap? then he does!

― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, April 26, 2012 4:31 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTM x 10000

He's also the best rapper of the three!

Also... this song is kind of awesome hahahahhaha

riff raff will prob collab w/ them by the end of the year

i absent-mindedly improvised a rap about the dinner i was cooking the other night and when i looked out onto the back porch riff raff was standing there setting up a microphone

lol