curren$y (or currensy i guess) - pilot talk

i love the production on this album (the live instruments are a great touch) but I still don't "get" curren$y completely... he's obviously a goo rapper but his delivery/voice is just soooooooo monotonous and boring. i feel like all of the people who've jacked his style (wayne, wiz, etc.) do "curren$y" better than curren$y does

^yea that is otm imo

Don't hear the monotony at all -- sounds like concentration to my ears.

yeah the laziness in his voice is 100% an atmospheric stoner affectation imo

this record is not my favorite currensy material i gotta say

― NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Tuesday, August 17, 2010 4:56 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

currensy still a great rapper tho

― NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Tuesday, August 17, 2010 4:56 PM Bookmark

Yuuuuuup. Smokee Robinson mixtape from earlier this year and How Fly w/ Wiz are my favorite Curren$y material.

a lot of the songs can be read as these blazed daydreams of some guy chillin in his room in nola.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snsx14aGzCA

damn, for some reason i read the word "hotel" into that post, which is entirely key to his aesthetic

and key to my post :(

k this album rulez

this album is better than i thought, but i really love the dynamic that him & wiz have

the thing that's great about him is that it's almost impossible to tell where lines begin and end... he's sort of like someone who raps much faster, except obv currensy is languid as fuck

yeah he just has these run on based or craig finn lines where there isn't really meter he just goes in

I think these beats are gorgeous, languorous things that are actually really interesting if you examine them closely. That statement about Ski is def challops, J0rdan.

i love the production on this album (the live instruments are a great touch) but I still don't "get" curren$y completely... he's obviously a goo rapper but his delivery/voice is just soooooooo monotonous and boring. i feel like all of the people who've jacked his style (wayne, wiz, etc.) do "curren$y" better than curren$y does

― aborted based fetus (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, August 17, 2010 7:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

cant understand anyone thinking hes better than wiz. also dont u like that dude LES??? that guy is the definition of generic

thinking hes WORSE than Wiz i mean

like this dude writes the laziest most stoned paragraphs ever

thinkin that is exactly why the new record is not a good representative of his style

yeah he really has found a near perfect balance between rambling and a precise flow & then sometimes he'll hit you with a sliver of a crystal clear image that kind of stops you in your tracks

like on the "super high" remix when he goes "chronic twisted up like fingers and gang signs"

come to think of it, i wish more beats on this album were like "super high" -- more precise and languid, and less busy

ha sudden memory of late 2008 riding the bus mumbling to myself

"my name is...........my name."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z4MYp2kw2c

like listen 2 this & tell me he cant rap -- he raps circles around wiz here

wiz definitely isn't the more seasoned rapper -- i could see how people could like him more, but he can come off as too much of a goofball at times

like i said tho, i think they have a good thing together and that joint mixtape is probably the most enjoyable thing that each has done

yeah
the backseat is for newborns, homie im grown
i hop in front and drive this bitch on my own
out the driveway, windows half-raised bumpin Maze or some Sade
chuckin the deuces to my neighbors like some Houston players
got the 2-door caprice black & red like a sega genesis
password first pimpin or you can't get into this hanger
access denied, you can't fly
you a lame spider man tangled in a web of lies
local travel, red eyes, plan plot strategize
double XL now i'm after the source and the vibe
only magazines yet to recognize in 2009
nigga worth it he deserve it he aint perfect but he workin on that second album
drop the first one with amalgam
digital dollars
a full flight's weather massages will be provided by my down-ass exotic dancin italian goddess
the planes got it
thats why she ridin with the pilot
fine spitter smoked out in the same crowd where waldo was spotted
orange rectangle boxes in my pockets
niggas on the quest like johnny and hodges

he destroys this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyeYbKqi_6M&feature=player_embedded

damn i aint heard that "how fly" tape. serious shit. it's almost like az in the rapid fire "where is he breathing" style shit.

holy shit xp

I think Curren$y's easily the better rapper between him and Wiz, but Wiz's personality is a little more outward while Curren$y's is more insular. Wiz also has a knack for catchy hooks, more so than Curren$y, I think. But they work well together. Just enough overlap in their styles but enough divergence between the two.

this was one of my favorites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEgZ0sqPLRs&feature=player_embedded

can u see why id be a lil disappointed in the new one after hearing these??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLFqJOzcPRU&feature=player_embedded

dude went from nu-nas to 'i think wiz is better' over the course of one album :-/

i mean the thing is i just don't hear him going for the same stuff on this record. all these beats are so languid and jazz fusiony, he doesn't really give himself a chance to go hard here, maybe for the sake of album flow. there aren't really any bangers!

I think he sorta lets loose on tracks like "Address" (great track: "MAKING HOT WHEELS OUT OF HOOPTIES!"). And I think he goes in just as hard lyrically, it's just that the flows aren't as speedy. But the beats aren't built for those kind of flows.

the thing that's great about him is that it's almost impossible to tell where lines begin and end...

yes, otm!

the thing that's great about him is that it's almost impossible to tell where lines begin and end...

yes, otm!

― The Reverend, Wednesday, August 18, 2010 12:46 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yep.

too cool to bust a gun i don't have to duck and run i can fuck a bum up quick but that's some tenth grade shit

<3 this

the beat is like herbie hangin out on sesame street

i saw the mac when i was only 11 years old
and swore to never to be a simp for a ho
approach the close door
it crack open before my eyes
shorty with a doobie of her own
i am not surprised
cause i don't kick it on the low
with no bitch that don't get high
wrap me a to-go plate
and ask if i want her to drive
cause i got far too much on my mind
industrial size gears
i'm caught in the grind
at ya grandmas house
plastic cover on the couch
before i sit down she crushin me
for smellin like a pound

^^^ killin it imo

so high
my neighbors thought i moved out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9EuIRsXoL8&feature=player_embedded

this was out way before the album but yeah its dope

LOL @ Stalley's Freeway-meets-Rick Ross beard.

new vid btw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kCTqVM6V3c

flow hippie, comfortable, beanbag, chiiiiilllll

on the ground i am
like a quarterback attacking defensive linemen

"the hangover" is kinda hilarious cause he raps over a 110 bpm beat like it was 130 bpm, with the former seeming just as relatively fast for him as the latter would be for most rappers

the more i listen to 'this aint no mixtape' the more i realize i pretty much missed the boat not calling this a classic last yr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYkPxF2bYkg

don't really understand how this guy got so huge, how did ppl become fans of him? like "where da cash at" was cool and if he was still on young money he might be their best rapper, but i've yet to hear any recent solo stuff that's exciting on any level.

this aint no mixtape is awesome man

i mean why are cheech & chong huge .... its no big mystery, hes an affable stoner w/ a unique persona & is a really really skilled rapper

hes also been rapping coast to coast w/ pretty much anybody from j stalin to french montana, doing the regional guest verse thing

this is his best release in a while, feels like stretching out of his sound while maintaining aesthetic

the guests help with that. love french montana's hook and verse

does this break out of his holding pattern at all?

see what u did there

huh?

because Curren$y is usually "holding" you see

ah, right. pun not intended.

lmao no, "holding pattern" originated from jet pilot lingo iirc?

oh godammit

oh, I wouldn't know anything about that

feel like a real rap genius right now

I know, right?

i got it

only bragging cuz it's so unlikely that i would

i downloaded this tho and am rly looking forward to it

feel like a real rap genius right now

― Number None, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 4:11 PM (18 minutes ago)

actual lol

NEEEEEEEEEEEEERDS

this is really good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRZzB5ozHlY

luv this also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8V_Mb9YIZg

Damn. I just started bumpin "Michael Knight" a bunch again these past few days

dont miss this either, this guy puts out some dope stuff, gotta dig a bit sometimes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgOlz37dp_M

Billy Crystal kissed my cheek before the Oscars
He said, "It was my pleasure," I said, "Don't touch my leather"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM5tqXReE60

i rep for thesehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGWzYe-LWyI

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

my embed game is off - 1st one is dojo f/ wiz

revisiting pilot talk 1 and it holds up real well imo