Finally Rich - Chief Keef

love caramanica on this. "there was a period time when there were 4 big rap blogs that were all named for cam'ron lyrics."

ahahaha

def lolled at that too

surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally

Wait so let me get this straight; dude has an Instagram account for pictures of his daughter, ergo that makes him the most publicly-devoted father in all of hip-hop?

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Cheif

is that chris ott?

yep

man he looks terrible

cheif keef is a good googleproof tho

my analogy about pipsqueak dayo from the other day is now me while listening to this podcast

it's almost as if there's a missing link here

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omg @ ott.gif

well they do mention you and your review by name and mention they couldn't afford to fly you out for it

I feel like the entire first half of this conversation is being held between two aliens

lol i'm still only at the point where i'm referred to as "the critic"

screen name

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lol thats bdot tho

"It stinks."

omg b.dot is killing this, the conversation about "Citgo" is hilarious

"If I say Pig Latin on the record, on that same beat, does that make it hot?"

"But if you are in your mid-20s-"
"I am in my mid-20s."

"If I say Pig Latin on the record, on that same beat, does that make it hot?"

― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, January 11, 2013 3:07 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

maybe!

"content director of rap radar" is the most hilarious shit i've ever heard

"If I say Pig Latin on the record, on that same beat, does that make it hot?"

ask missy elliott

#fremmeneppevenette

the idea that bdot is 'killing this' is hilarious

his entire argument is based on the idea that jordan was making out some hidden meaning to keef's lyrics which jordan never actually argues

i think jon makes a good argument although i'd make the argument that lyrically of COURSE keef's stuff is extremely literal in meaning, thats what makes it good lyrically. it's not trying to be 'deep' its just about what its about

http://karmajello.com/postcont/2012/09/you-want-it-one-way-marlo-the-wire.jpg

of course you think Jon is making a good argument, you like the album and have been bending over backwards to describe Keef as a formidable talent

B.Dot is arguing that, unlike practically every other person in hip-hop who has been celebrated as a formidable talent in the history of the genre, Keef's songs are illiterate bullshit, and claiming otherwise shows a disconnect in the values of what makes hip-hop great.

smh

or maybe acting as if those values are the only values by which hip hop can be measured a great are outdated

keef is not at all outside those values, though. we've been over this w/ how rappers rap before. people argued about it with too short

and those people look stupid

i think its wrong to argue, btw, that the lyrics 'dont matter' to keef's appeal b/c i think people like him for his direct & to the point lyrics

i think bdot doesnt bother to listen to the words keef is actually saying

i love how j0rdan has a handle on this and then deej comes in like the people in that mr show sketch about the armless drummer

what the fuck are you talking about

"If I say Pig Latin on the record, on that same beat, does that make it hot?"

― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, January 11, 2013 3:07 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

maybe!

― J0rdan S., Friday, January 11, 2013 3:09 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what if you farted on it instead?

B.Dot is arguing that, unlike practically every other person in hip-hop who has been celebrated as a formidable talent in the history of the genre, Keef's songs are illiterate bullshit, and claiming otherwise shows a disconnect in the values of what makes hip-hop great.

― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, January 11, 2013 3:22 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

or maybe acting as if those values are the only values by which hip hop can be measured a great are outdated

― J0rdan S., Friday, January 11, 2013 3:24 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes. thank you.

keef is not at all outside those values, though.

― rap steve gadd (D-40), Friday, January 11, 2013 3:25 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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YOU'RE NOT HELPING!

its just that the 'pro-' argument that says 'sometimes keef is terrible at rapping' is 1) setting up standards for rapping that i don't think keef is even trying to meet, and 2) is too reminiscent of those stupid articles that fetishized the 'croak' of wayne's voice and said stuff like 'it doesn't even matter what he's saying'

what keef is saying is important to why keef's music is interesting

i'm saying a defense of his music needs to look at the entirety of its effect instead of like 'oh he chose that one cloud-rap beat and that was cool' is a good reason for saying he's a great artist

A fuck nigga, that's that shit I don't like, nah

A snitch nigga, that's that shit I don't like, nah
A bitch nigga, that's that shit I don't like, nah
Sneak dissers that's that shit I don't like
Don't like, like, don't like, like
A snitch nigga, that's that shit I don't like, nah
Don't like, like, don't like, like
A bitch nigga, that's that shit I don't like, nah

[Verse 1: Chief Keef]
A popped bitch, that's that shit I don't like
I got a bad bitch, yeah that bitch right
We smoke dope all day, all night
You smoke Reggie, that's that shit I don't like
We got a fucking Audi, that bitch all white
Pull up on your bitch, bet she gonna like
Sosa bitch, yeah, I done gon' hype
Pistol toting and I'm shooting on sight
A snitch nigga, that's that shit I don't like
Your bitch want do the team bet she won't fight
Bitch, we GBE -- fuck who don't like
And we ain't gon' fight, our guns gon' fight

[Hook]

[Verse 2: Chief Keef]
Fake Trues that's that shit I don't like
Fake shoes, that's that shit I don't like
Fake niggas, that's that shit I don't like
Stalking ass bitch, shit I don't like
I done got indicted selling all white
But I won't never snitch none in my life
I keep this shit 3hunna bitch, I'm going right
Where my niggas when it's time to start taking lifes
Playing both sides, shit that I don't like
Wartime spark broad day, all night
Playing both sides, shit that I don't like
Wartime spark broad day, all night

[Hook]

[Verse 3: Lil Reese]
I'm telling these niggas shit that they don't like
Broski got the 30, he ain't tryina fight
Got your bitch out here in it all night
Fredo in the cut, that's a scary sight
You not with the six you can die tonight
I only want the top, I ain't tryna pipe
Them younguns with the shits they be toting pipe
Floating off at flat, I might take flight
3hunna bitch we hot, we done took flight
Taking shit down, we ain't like the price
Thirsty ass bitches shit that we don't like
OTFGBE yo bitch like

hmm yes, very interesting

LOL

you dont think the meaning of those words in the context of music feeds into what makes the song work?

those are good lyrics

xpost LOOOOOL

that he could just be singing nonsense words and we'd still like it because young chop is great?

pretty much any comparison to a classic "simple" or "not lyrical" rapper does Keef about as many favors as if you compare him to Nas.

I would think some thought went into this if this was all done over a loop of "Waiting on the Robert E Lee"