Yelawolf: Trunk Muzik/ TM 0-60 / Radioactive

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).

comparing him favorably to gucci & waka does u no favors

except that he's right

hes not, but at least hes contributing anything resembling 'content' to ilx discussions which is more than i can say for you

"content" ≠ having beef with lots of ppl on ilx and derailing thread w/ inane arguments

anyway... this yelawolf. so good.

are you for fuckin real

ilxor actually does contribute pretty decently to some of the metal threads and stuff, but i have no idea why he comes across as str8 trollin' in so many other ones

Anyway, because I want deej to have more reason to not take my opinion seriously (and bcz someone else asked me), here's my top 10 rap records of the year:

1. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
2. E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift/Night Shift
3. The Roots - How I Got Over
4. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
5. Rick Ross - Teflon Don
6. Freeway & Jake One - The Stimulus Package
7. Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik 0-60
8. Bun B - Trill O.G.
9. B.o.B. - The Adventures of Bobby Ray
10. Diddy-Dirty Money - Last Train to Paris

(I know #1 will right away make deej hate this, #9 will make everyone on ilx hate this, and #10 keeps on growin on me)

i will rep for 1, 3, 4, 5, 7

need to hear 2, 6, 10

don't much care for 8, 9

Can anyone post anything with numbers on it without you giving a fucking play-by-play?

You really really need to hear the E-40. I had been sleeping on his recent stuff, hadn't really listened to him in years, but I am so glad that I jumped back on with this one.

Like when ilxor goes out to the Chinese restaurant with his friends is he all, "i will rep for 1, 5, 7; I still need to taste 2, 6, 10; don't much care for 8, 9; the 3 and 4 are a little spicy but good"

okay, I don't want to lol at that, but I will anyway

i really just posted my list so the swag cru could now how completely to ignore my thoughts on rap

could "know" jesus christ

chinese food is overrated, it's all about thai imo, also, will rep for anything spicy having tasted it or not

Is ilxor the sb equivalent of a revolving door prisoner?

wtf does that even mean?

i really just posted my list so the swag cru could now how completely to ignore my thoughts on rap

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, December 30, 2010 12:05 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

your #2 is my #1 fyi

are we allowed to vote for those as 1 album in the year-end poll

i dont hate yr #1 i just think its kinda milquestoast, which, whatever, for an ilx poster

its lame for publications w/ music focus ... nothing wrong w/ liking a big boi album in & of itself

milquetoast

8. Bun B - Trill O.G.
9. B.o.B. - The Adventures of Bobby Ray

these two are grosser, tho, and i think rick ross is mad overrated

I totally get why you would (and do) hate B.o.B., but I'm not sure why you don't like the Bun B. I'm pretty sure we had a discussion back when it came out that, yeah, he has totally fallen off, but its still my favorite thing he's done since Underground Kingz. The only "gross" thing about it is all the Drake bullshit.

you mean the fact that his rap style is all of a sudden Drake bullshit?

No the fact that Drake appears on it plus that awful intro thing with Bun claiming Drake.

I knew thats what you meant. I was using sarcasm to help drive home the point that the album sucks shit.

I knew you knew, but was deciding to ignore your obvious trolling.

the pimp c record was better i thought

I knew you knew, but was deciding to ignore your obvious trolling.

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, December 30, 2010 3:14 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

how is "trolling" to point out that a legendary and gifted MC is audibly changing his style to sound more like a popular lowest-common-denominator flavor of the month cheesecake TeenBeat "rapper"

good thing he's doing all them hashtags raps now. teenage girls are gonna get weak in the knees when they see this fuckin guy

http://www.nodjzone.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bunb.jpg

bun's always regarded rap as a business first so godspeed you black emperor but after listening to a little of the new bun album i think i'll just keep warm with my memories of what was

how is "trolling" to point out that a legendary and gifted MC is audibly changing his style to sound more like a popular lowest-common-denominator flavor of the month cheesecake TeenBeat "rapper"

oh come on dude, you pretend like you never post purposefully inflammatory shit to rile people up, but at the risk of being stupid and taking you at face value, I do not hear that at all, I don't think he sounds anything like Drake, he's slowed down, sure, but I just don't hear what you do

tho i suppose a closer listen couldn't hurt.
I'm currently sort of immersing myself in this year's top of the pop hip hop albums to get caught up, one more is fine

I saw Yelawolf here in town the other night. He put on an energetic, brief set. I was satisfied.

"good thing he's doing all them hashtags raps now. teenage girls editors at the source are gonna get weak in the knees when they see this fuckin guy"

haaah

does anyone really view drake as a sex symbol though? i mean, plies and the-dream have done popular love songs too, but its obv not about looks in their cases