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

I would probably agree with that if Fiend wasn't on it, don't like his verse... that beat is amazing tho.

I really like "Montreux" off of PT2, has a similar vibe to "Flying Iron". Also "Fashionably Late"

i play that track with killa kyleon a lot, "4 hours 20 minutes". scrunch up yr face.

i think i like PT1 a little better. not by much tho. to my mind each enhances the other, like halves of a double album...the sharper caffeinated "proper hip hop album" foregrounding curren$y's lyrics versus the hazy expansive potluck with more emphasis on beats

i think i'm just more of a beats >>>> rhymes guy

― gr8080, Tuesday, December 28, 2010 9:15 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i dont think the sound of his voice even works w/ some of those beats on the 1st one tho

i dont think the beats are better on the 1st one -- certainly not for curren$y -- but i think there's def a lot more diversity in sounds which might be whats roping you dudes in?

well i'm always interested in what deej thinks, especially abt rap music so

glad i could be of service bro! ill mention this again on gchat as well

; )

yeah, the diversity of sounds is def one of the things I like about pt1. the more focused production on pt2 may play more directly to curren$y's strengths, but the album feels a little more narrow as a result. just a little tho. i like em both!

i feel like there's one amazing album to be made from the two of these and that's the one i'm listening to and calling pilot talk

First one has some great beats and great moments, but PT2 is so consistent and cohesive, definitely in the upper reaches of my albums of the year list.
BTW, I'm listening to the new Destroyer right now and thinking that PT2 is like a rap version of Kaputt - similar musical aesthetic. and yes, I just smoked.

i think there's def a lot more diversity in sounds which might be whats roping you dudes in?

― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Tuesday, December 28, 2010 8:40 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

I think it's this exactly. There's some fantastic beats on the PT1, but the ones on PT2 suit Curren$y consistently better.

the non-album single he did w/ fiend was the best thing he did all year

i jsut watched this video for the first time...fiend looks like he's been living pretty well

thoughts on the new mixtape? halfway thru, digging it so far. i like the song where he raps about watching boardwalk empire.

yeah im feeling this for sure

what exactly is on the Ski Beats album I saw in the store today...

its a weird record cuz mos def got removed last minuet

i love how dude is a total rap nerd ... he drops so many references & has a pretty great / diverse selection of beats-from-rap-history & different styles ...

'on..' coming after the midrange-heavy rza beat on 'rain delay' is relieving

also, lol,

2-door listenin to dizzee rascal
right up ya avenue
fly as a parachute, high as a paratroop-er

holdin it down im a paper weight

'frost' is nuts & shits all over corny-ass 'cleverness' like 'the square root of 69 is 8 somethin ... im trynna work it out' type bullshit

yep

i really like how he sometimes lets the beats ride out for way after he's finished rapping. he's definitely a guy who has a strong relationship with the beats he chooses; deej otm calling him being a rap nerd. sucks that other songs get cut short mid bar tho

http://cdn.2dopeboyz.com/m.php/2011/01/20110101-WINNER1.jpg

dope artwork

yeah, dude has probably the strongest aesthetic of any rapper that i can think of right now.

i love how dude is a total rap nerd ... he drops so many references & has a pretty great / diverse selection of beats-from-rap-history & different styles ...

― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej)

total rap nerd loving another total rap nerd shocka

yes

ha. as an aging rawkus nerd, i really appreciate curren$y's ongoing nerdy shouts to mos def -- the respiration quote on 'fashionably late,' "the potency of the beat is consistent with the fact that mos did it"...

i don't think shouting out your producer gets to count as nerdy. ("resperation" quote, sure)

haha yeah ok. still feel like there might inherently be something a little nerdy about working with mos def to begin with. (i mean this as a compliment!)

yeah.

the new tape isn't really doing much for me. it seems like spitta isn't very.....present, i guess, on it.

the rapping just kinda recedes into the background

am I the only who sees m white posts and my brain starts going "MICHAEL WHITE! MICHAEL WHITE MICHAEL WHITE! *skewdodododododo*" now?

i wasn't but now i will be

haha I was doing that but I couldn't figure out why

more anecdotal currensy vs wiz: this evening I showed my sister how to use slsk and the first song she went for was "say yeah"

Will this be the first rap mixtape I ever hear?

!

re currensy as rap nerd:

ok <3 <3 <3 curren$y on mtv jams repping for masta ace and kid frost

― BIG MEECH aka the larryhoover (The Reverend), Saturday, July 17, 2010 6:54 AM Bookmark

Apparently he's got a new album coming out next week? And then Pilot Talk III in April. Dude is one productive stoner.

Apparently he also has an Alchemist-produced mixtape in the works.

curious to hear that.

he used to rap like BG way back in the day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lps5WuVjvw

really like this guy.

that verse is dope

yeah, dude has probably the strongest aesthetic of any rapper that i can think of right now.

the back-cover art of pilot talk being a weedy parody of a motivational poster that used to be in a lot of my high school classrooms was A+

or sorry not back-cover. the booklet. it was in the booklet.

Looks like Muscle Car Chronicles isn't coming out this week then? Guess i shouldn't believe everything i read on Wikipedia