tbh i dont much love yelawolf. his album is cool & solid in a well-constructed way, i just dont think hes saying much as a rapper
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Friday, 5 February 2010 05:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i think there's something caught in yr challopian tube
― men lie, women lie, hips don't (zvookster), Friday, 5 February 2010 05:34 (fourteen years ago) link
\oo/ dunno what 2 tell you. not my cuppa
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Friday, 5 February 2010 05:37 (fourteen years ago) link
i disagree that he's not saying anything interesting (what exactly is j stalin saying as a rapper), but even if he wasn't he technically creative & the production on that tape is dope as hell, just totally inventive & different than the other bama rap. even the vocal sampling on "lick the cat" (best nasty rap song i've heard this year) and "fuck you" sound fresh to me, and then he just rips normal boom-bap stuff like that joint w raekwon.
also he's an affecting singer
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 05:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i had to run out in my pajamas and sing the hook on the lawn after deej's post
― men lie, women lie, hips don't (zvookster), Friday, 5 February 2010 05:47 (fourteen years ago) link
even the vocal sampling on "lick the cat" (best nasty rap song i've heard this year)
its only been one day since 'fuck my face' come on dude
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Friday, 5 February 2010 06:40 (fourteen years ago) link
oh i forgot to check that
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 06:46 (fourteen years ago) link
does it have anything as funny as flipping "chief navajo" into "chief lap-a-ho"
http://mog.com/MOG_News/blog/1747875
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Friday, 5 February 2010 06:58 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty reasonable on all accounts -- not exactly sure what fennessey was thinking tho
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 07:01 (fourteen years ago) link
kingdrake1 liked this
― rasta batman gigolo (k3vin k.), Friday, 5 February 2010 07:06 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i36.tinypic.com/1j5536.gif
― rasta batman gigolo (k3vin k.), Friday, 5 February 2010 07:15 (fourteen years ago) link
lmao
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Friday, 5 February 2010 07:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Again my quest to check out every youtube posted here has me way behind. That Shady Nate with the cut up Delfonics sample is doooooooope.
― 80085 (a hoy hoy), Friday, 5 February 2010 10:48 (fourteen years ago) link
always good to hear a cultural event referenced for the first time by a rapper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeEEOuoAFSQ
comin out swingin like TIGER WOODS' WIFE
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 5 February 2010 11:05 (fourteen years ago) link
first time? Maino dropped a whole song about Tiger like 2 months ago.
― some dude, Friday, 5 February 2010 11:17 (fourteen years ago) link
anyway I'm pretty sure Joe Budden keeps Headline News on 24/7 in hopes of being the first guy to have a punchline about Conan losing the Tonight Show or whatever
― some dude, Friday, 5 February 2010 11:21 (fourteen years ago) link
my bad i don't really keep up on maino's career
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 5 February 2010 11:23 (fourteen years ago) link
^ l-l-l-lower than u knooooowwww
― r|t|c, Friday, 5 February 2010 11:30 (fourteen years ago) link
i could fkn kill luda or whoever for letting rick ross sit in the middle of that remix btw. also what's up with shawnna suddenly having nothing to do with battle of the sexes? wasn't it all announced after she signed to nappy boy anyway or am i misremembering
― r|t|c, Friday, 5 February 2010 11:35 (fourteen years ago) link
lol lex
― The Reverend, Friday, 5 February 2010 11:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I fill her up... BALLOONS
man lil wayne and his mates ruined luda as well.
― 80085 (a hoy hoy), Friday, 5 February 2010 12:14 (fourteen years ago) link
nah luda's always been like that
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Friday, 5 February 2010 13:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah but it always seemed a bit subtler I think.
― 80085 (a hoy hoy), Friday, 5 February 2010 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
that jacka track deej posted is great.
deej it's kinda weird though cuz didn't you sorta hate on freddie gibbs for the same reasons you are defending j. stalin and jacka?
just curious, not trying to fight....as you know i believe boring, extremely competent rappers are the only Way Forward we have today.
― i get mines the fast way, the balaclava way (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 5 February 2010 16:14 (fourteen years ago) link
and i don't find them "boring" but i know what people mean when they say that
and, for the record i think yelawolf is a more exciting rapper in some ways than stalin, but i think the best of stalin's stuff has a great atmosphere and the sorta menacing tangerine dream thing is way more distinctive production than anything on yelawolf
― i get mines the fast way, the balaclava way (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 5 February 2010 16:16 (fourteen years ago) link
― some dude, Friday, February 5, 2010 5:21 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
i think how most rappers have "weed carries", budden has guys who do shifts watching cnn/refreshing cnn.com so he can make sure to date his songs as horribly as possible
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 16:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Nice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlJccjewq3Y
― matt2, Friday, 5 February 2010 16:22 (fourteen years ago) link
that joe song ain't bad, the last first single he dropped was awesome
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
your new username! :o
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 5 February 2010 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
PUSHING THE ENVELOPE
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link
woah trap goin canks on that one
― i get mines the fast way, the balaclava way (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 5 February 2010 16:29 (fourteen years ago) link
haha jesus
― J0rdan S., Friday, 5 February 2010 16:29 (fourteen years ago) link
big krit too.
― r|t|c, Friday, 5 February 2010 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
heyyy
― rasta batman gigolo (k3vin k.), Friday, 5 February 2010 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
i like the astatke sample here a lot; maybe my fave nas in a year or so.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1BWXNw5QXU
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 5 February 2010 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
"my man'll speak patois, and i'll speak 'rap star'"
<3 nas for all time
― i get mines the fast way, the balaclava way (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 5 February 2010 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
thank you. the constant flow of love for yelawolf made me click-n-go.loving trunk muzik.
― mark e, Friday, 5 February 2010 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link
listening to the so dang many shrimps best raps 2009 mix! good stuff : )
― XX Decontrol (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 6 February 2010 00:46 (fourteen years ago) link
yo that soulja bangs
― rasta batman gigolo (k3vin k.), Saturday, 6 February 2010 03:09 (fourteen years ago) link
the only rapper who has made any kind of sea-change rap style in the past couple years is gucci imo, its not like im only into rappers who make a huge impact or something tho. but i do tend to be drawn to rappers w/ a stronger personality & KRIT excepted, i think stalin/jacka have really strong personalities, even if they arent a 'way forward' -- or more accurately id argue that for 99% of rappers, including a bunch of my favorites past & present, personality IS the 'way forward' even if not all of them will have the impact of like eazy e / too short / biggie / pac / whoever else that had a huge stylistic impact
KRIT is an exception bcuz hes not really all that well defined yet & i could easily see him slipping into some annoying BOB/Lupe mode (i liked early Lupe tracks a lot I think i did a mediocre blog post about them once) but at this point he still feels like he has a lot of promise. freddie gibbs who again i do enjoy a whole bunch on some tracks esp 'murder on my mind' still feels like a really dry personality in a way that even KRIT doesnt (or KRIT is all over the place).
But Jacka and Stalin push a really strong personality through their raps? Like I hear a single line from Stalin & I can project this entire persona on him, cocky, sorta arrogant, but honest, charismatic center of attention type dude. I never get that from a single line of Pill's or Gibbs'.
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Saturday, 6 February 2010 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link
im at my friends place on his laptop so i didnt get a chance to reread & rearrange that post so my thoughts are kind of out of order but im at least articulating something understandable??
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Saturday, 6 February 2010 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
jacka's personality is a lil more subtle w/ his fusion of cormega style ny delivery & west coast g rap archetype & east coast ny mafioso themes. i think its an impressive skill how hes somehow become the central focal point of his scene. i would say his style is conservative/reserved/subtle but that doesnt make it any less defined than a mystikal/luda extrovert
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Saturday, 6 February 2010 18:00 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh i recommend googling around & finding jacka's "shooterz" mixtape cuz it gives a broader idea of his persona i think, than a few isolated youtubes
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Saturday, 6 February 2010 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
can't find the pack mixtape anywhere, what's the deal with that goons?
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Saturday, 6 February 2010 18:48 (fourteen years ago) link
"the only rapper who has made any kind of sea-change rap style in the past couple years is gucci"
i think i need to have a clearer understanding of what you mean by 'sea-change' because the first person who comes to mind that's really altered the landscape and sound of hip hop for both new and old cats over the past few years is Wayne.
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 6 February 2010 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
wayne did before him. his style changes were happening in like '05 - '06
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Saturday, 6 February 2010 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link
'07
the last couple years = '08, '09 = gucci. lil wayne's style was already pretty established at this pt
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Saturday, 6 February 2010 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link