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

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

maybe 20% of all rappers talk a ton about smoking weed, though, and him and wiz aren't exactly red & meth in terms of approaching it w/ humor or personality

there really arent that many rappers who talk about it this exclusively! kinda tiring of the Some Dude 'why is this rapper suddenly so popular??' thing -- made more sense when u were talking about big krit, less so a rapper who has been releasing mixtapes and building steady buzz for the last four years while guesting on lots of ppl's songs

xp i don't think the point of curren$y is to approach it with humor--his thing is a lot darker imo.

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

― NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Thursday, August 19, 2010 1:21 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

spent a second trying to remember when cheech & chong became really skilled rappers

curren$y isn't about being funny (even if he is sometimes), he's about being ~~fly~~

word

damn... higher than 30,000 feet

d-_-b

whoa this is good

30,000 feet or pilot talk?

pilot talk

i'll check out some of those tapes in a bit, don't think i've heard any of em

i've been out of the loop on rap for a couple years now, gotta start lurking rolling goon thread maybe

i get why ppl think currensy is boring if theyve just heard pilot talk tbh

yeah, it's fine has its moments obv, but i think it's prob the least good currensy album/mixtape i've heard

i dl'd this a while ago and still haven't listened to it, so hi thread.

i think maybe 'elevator musik' is my fav currensy track right now

that one is super-dope

ok this doesn't sound quite as miraculous a few days later but it's still the best rap album i've heard in 2010. which probably means i need to hear more new stuff, but i haven't seen anyone repping hard for any albums/tapes this year except for this one and the big boi disc.

i liked this but didn't love it, maybe need some more listens tbh

i agree that curren$y is more of an effect than a leader on this album but goddamn the beats are good and C doesn't take anything away from them.
This feels a little frontloaded to me. Real nice overall tho'.

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