Yelawolf: Trunk Muzik/ TM 0-60 / Radioactive

imagine alll the people

didn't like the new songs at first but they're growing on me

really like how he rides "that's what we on now" with a slight swing thats not present in the beat

The Minaj point is an odd one because she is the only new rapper where she is involved in trying to do something different and people are actively wanting to do so. Yela has an interesting take that hasn't really been done often before and people are calling him out on it before he's really been given a chance to show how he can use it. Seems like part of that sped up blog cycle of hype-then-hate.

nah i think now's exactly the right time to start analysing yelawolf - i'm far from convinced by deej's argument but it's always good to see an artist move out of the "rolling [x] thread" pack where everyone just nods along to the mixtape or random track. yelawolf def has something TO analyse now.

bubba does not suck - i love this yelawolf album but it's nowhere near as great as deliverance imo - but i don't hear them as particularly comparable; if we're gonna pull out the white rapper comparisons, eminem springs to mind far more, it's that sharp-elbowed and slightly scrawny me-against-the-world tone to yela's flow. though where eminem was sociopathic, i'm getting a hint of southern gentleman beneath yela's rowdiness (that i've just realised can't totally be backed up, it's just a slight vibe i get).

This guy doesn't make me think of Em or Bubba tbh

or the beasties, 3rd bass or anyone on def jux

dude is more 'calm busta with song ideas instead of crazy shit'

The rock aspects are being way overemphasised here, there are like what two tracks with guitar samples here?

yeah this is pretty amazing. boy's skilled.

http://yourstru.ly/2010/11/29/yelawolf-the-boy-who-cried-wolf/

good shit -- would like to hear a better recording of the version he did w/ the roots a few weeks back

second verse of "pop the trunk" is the fucking shit

of the new songs i really dig the opener & "i just wanna party" (might make my p&j ballot) & even "marijuana"

but the OG trunk muzik is better by virtue of having "lick the cat" & "speak her sex"

i love "love is not enough" as well -- sonically it reminds me of 'aquemini'

chorus is hella impressive too -- the way he slips seamlessly from double time rapping into the crooning of the chorus always catches my heart a beat the first time

also mixtape cover >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this cover

performing "daddy's lambo" on mo'nique's tv show, shirtless, wearing a russian fur hat and stupid glasses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nd3UjympFM

got this a few days after it dropped. I really love Yela's style. the Twista influence is obvious, love his voice too. the imagery of "Pop the Trunk" is fantastic. love his dexterity.

dude knows how to write a hook too. I find myself going back to this one a lot -- one of my favorites of the year.

people always reference Twista re: Yelawolf but his doubletime style sounds way more like Bone Thugs to me

after spending some time with both i gotta say i still like the mixtape version way more than the EP

d/ling the Trunk Music mixtape as we speak.

one thing i'm really enjoying about it, is how he uses the familiar language of rap to sound like a gangster rapper but is never posturing. Two examples

1. Pop The Trunk sounds exactly like a brusque exploration of gunplay, but notice that Yela never actually holds a gun in the song. He's just got a short-tempered dad (verse 1) and a vengeful friend (verse 2)

2. Also love when he says to Bun B something like, "Yeah I got a POCKET FULL OF STONES... when I fell of my dirtbike"

The mastering is so dope on 0-60 that I'll never so back to the mixtape as much as I miss "Fuck You" and "Medicine (Remix)." Making a bonus CD-R of the 6 missing mixtape tracks and the "Lemonade" freestyle and the Unplugged "Pop The Trunk" that I'm gonna keep in my CD case

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yeah

1. Pop The Trunk sounds exactly like a brusque exploration of gunplay, but notice that Yela never actually holds a gun in the song. He's just got a short-tempered dad (verse 1) and a vengeful friend (verse 2)

his verses in this are basically my favourite thing ever.

I still don't really care that much for the new songs on 0-60 except "I Just Wanna Party".

I love Get The Fuck Up. and yea, I Just WAnna Party is tight.

'i just wanna party' is growing on me tbh

yelawolf gucci collabo song being about getting drunk makes sense in a way that when you've had a few you make bros w/ folks you might not normally hang w/ out of drunken stupid camaraderie, imo it helps the collab make sense.

otm

i've found 'that's what we on now' and 'billy crystal' to be the best of the new tracks so ymmv i guess

oh and daddy's lambo of course

"daddy's lambo" is growing on me

billy crystal is the jam

GO BILLAY

honestly he sounds straight-up great on 'go crazy'

like, converts me to an all out fan almost

keep the sweat drippin from ya girlfriend's pores

i like this slowed down flow, its intense, rhythmically in the pocket. reminds me of my favorite husalah verses that way. When he switches into double-time it feels more like part of the structure of the track

rather than overly technical

"i just wanna party" is probably gonna be in my top 10 -- would've been a hit in 2002

thats one i will rep for too -- i think i posted about that somewhere else tho too

it was up thread?

possible, cant be 'arsed' to look

it was a huge pain for me to scroll up 7 posts to find this

yelawolf gucci collabo song being about getting drunk makes sense in a way that when you've had a few you make bros w/ folks you might not normally hang w/ out of drunken stupid camaraderie, imo it helps the collab make sense.

― *plop*ism rules (deej), Saturday, December 18, 2010 7:03 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark

thnx, yr like my fonzworth bentley

keep the sweat drippin from ya girlfriend's pores

Perhaps this should go on the goons using google thread but all year I've heard this as "keep the sweat drippin from ya girlfriend's paws" and not been quite sure what Yelawolf was implying.

When he switches into double-time it feels more like part of the structure of the track

― classic fat joe face (deej), Wednesday, December 22, 2010 6:17 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is one of the things that immediately impressed me about "trunk muzik"

OTM - he is *amazing* when it comes to using the tone and momentum of his voice to suit the dramatic tension of the track. He can do sinister in a way that you don't hear very often. Like... it wouldn't surprise me if it emerged that Yelawolf was actually a professional actor who'd created this rap persona?

Great as 'Marijuana' is, I really hope his label allows him to focus on dark storytelling shit rather than route-one stoner-friendly rock-rap.

Like... it wouldn't surprise me if it emerged that Yelawolf was actually a professional actor who'd created this rap persona?

http://cdn.sheknows.com/articles/Diddy-Joaquin-Phoenix.jpg

I am really, really liking this. I'm finding him much more exciting and engaging than Gucci, Waka, or most of the other big, new hyped guys. Still on early listens, so I haven't exactly solidified why I like it so much, but I think it has a lot to with his delivery and persona.

1. Pop The Trunk sounds exactly like a brusque exploration of gunplay, but notice that Yela never actually holds a gun in the song. He's just got a short-tempered dad (verse 1) and a vengeful friend (verse 2)

Yeah, this is really key. I feel like Yelawolf harkens back to some sort of outlaw country strain in a way that even Bubba never did, at least topically. As Whiney points out, the substance of "Pop the Trunk" doesn't sound very far off of some of Shooter Jennings or Hank Jr. (And now I get sb'd for that comparison, but it totally makes sense to me).