i'm just posting as a friend -- i'm taking no sides in this issue, largely bcuz it's at the point where i'm not totally sure what everyone is arguing about anymore
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
it's what i said upthread -- the fact that you'll go to any lengths & for any length of time to defend even the most minute point that you've made means that you wear on lots of ppl and also makes you seem insecure & to some ppl kinda crazy
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:41 AM (28 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
im sorry you think im crazy, i kind of think al is an asshole
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
this is my 'main takeaway from the thread' & ill stop now
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm cool with being an asshole fwiw.
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
http://h-6.abload.de/img/0371_s7wp.gif
― bananas foster wallace (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Monday, May 2, 2011 9:44 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
i don't -- i'm just hazarding a guess as to how a large portion of non-goon posters feel when they stumble upon convos like these
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:47 (thirteen years ago) link
oops yeah i guess i made it sound easy and john is right, it's not, but i meant more the 80s brought so much gating and all that stuff and now it's even worse, like i meant use good mics and a good room and a producer that knows how to do it and don't mess it up with processing
― coo coo khal (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:47 (thirteen years ago) link
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkld71FgpZ1qzhfhso1_500.gif
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:47 (thirteen years ago) link
whatever happened to melissa joan hart. a friend of mine is a pretty decent sound engineer, and his proficiency seems rooted in the same stoicism/reptilian focus that makes him a champ at shit like rubiks cubes and world of warcraft; just being able to keep tweaking and revising over&over oblivious to hunger or fatigue. but I think approaching it from a sort of more producerly standpoint is worthwhile, keeping you focused on your ears and what the sound is up to, and it seems taking the time to relisten is the only real way, so
― ogmor, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link
melissa joan hart has a show on abc family with joey lawrence. she still looks good & has a big ol ass.
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:58 (thirteen years ago) link
remember getting into an argument w/ a kid who had a huge crush on her when I v young over whether or not she had freckles
http://www.realbeauty.com/cm/redbook/images/8b/68_melissa-joan-hart-lg.jpg
stephen halliwell, we can now move on
― ogmor, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 02:03 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP max b
― don't judge a book by its jpg (Edward III), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
fucking hilarious mod bias that i was banned from the hug it out thread but some dude wasnt
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
my issue w/ al basically comes down to, for whatever reason, his 'zings' often come across like personal criticisms while others dont. they come across like dismissive condescension rather than just-lolz. obviously, he doesnt give a fuck, which is fine, but he cant act shocked if someone takes it personally
kinda lukewarm on this dude. i really like "where do i go" and other joints like "live comfortable" but unless he really connects with his hooks or like, wakes up on his verses, he's pretty boring. it's mostly his vioce for me, which is really dry/anonymous - i mean i've loved other rappers with shitty articulation but he doesn't have 50's knack for melody or like, gucci's bounce or deep pocket of flows. or the sense of humor of either. idk maybe i have to listen to more
― the buttonmasher, the party crasher, the forget-my-lotion skin rasher (k3vin k.), Thursday, 5 May 2011 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i think u have to listen more pretty much everything u said is 100% wrong/the opposite of max b reality
― flopson, Thursday, 5 May 2011 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
haha
i think his style's just not what i dig
― the buttonmasher, the party crasher, the forget-my-lotion skin rasher (k3vin k.), Thursday, 5 May 2011 23:11 (thirteen years ago) link
ha was gonna say -- like or dislike him, vocal personality, 'knack for melody,' 'deep pocket of flows' are all things dude totally ownz
not that he doesnt have some blander songs
BUT i am a gang starr fanboy & find myself drawn to dudes who are sort of anti-ludacris types in their delivery
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Thursday, 5 May 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
cool, relaxed, behind the beat, understated, etc
"knack" was my operative word really - again all i've heard is the debut but while he definitely has a tendency toward melody, to me he uses it more as a crutch than anything else - hit/miss ratio on the hooks isn't that great imo
"understated" is otm i guess, can't really pin down what bores me about dudes like him yet for the most part I dig someone like mega
― the buttonmasher, the party crasher, the forget-my-lotion skin rasher (k3vin k.), Thursday, 5 May 2011 23:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i think i'm actually fronting a bit - i actually enjoyed it more than i'm admitting, even if i didn't like the aesthetic - kind of the converse of your typical "didn't like it but i respected it" line
really i think it's his voice more than anything
― the buttonmasher, the party crasher, the forget-my-lotion skin rasher (k3vin k.), Thursday, 5 May 2011 23:36 (thirteen years ago) link
listen to coke wave
― flopson, Thursday, 5 May 2011 23:39 (thirteen years ago) link
woof yeah if all you've heard is this record i'm not surprised you're ambivalent on it
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Thursday, 5 May 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
coke wave, public domain 2, quarantine are all better points of entry imo
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Thursday, 5 May 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
lately ive been giving PD2 a whole bunch of playhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZngJt-p-QQ
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Thursday, 5 May 2011 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i cant get over how much Noe sounds like Jay-Z though
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Thursday, 5 May 2011 23:48 (thirteen years ago) link
so much of max's appeal for me is in the total package of how his music operates -- how he slurs his words, the sly humor, how equally sleazy & charming he is (not an easy thing to pull off) -- the vibe is incredibly unique
― n/as (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 May 2011 00:22 (thirteen years ago) link
this music feel good like wakin up, scratchin your ass
― D40 (D-40), Saturday, 14 May 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llzjpaEbFg1qc1u5zo1_500.jpg
― J0rdan S., Monday, 6 June 2011 04:06 (twelve years ago) link
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― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Monday, 6 June 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
this thread's title always gets digable planets stuck in my head. "max b the thread what key be to lock"
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Monday, 6 June 2011 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
did this album even come out or what
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Monday, 6 June 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
released on amalgam digital = u can buy a digital copy from the amalgam digital site
not sure how they handle hard copies
― lebroner (D-40), Monday, 6 June 2011 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
my #1 album of the year
― J0rdan S., Monday, 6 June 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i bought the digital copy
― shalmaneser (tpp), Monday, 6 June 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
lol when I search amalgam digital their google link reads "Amalgam Digital is proud to release physical copies of Max B's debut album in this Limited Edition Vigilante Season CD+T-Shirt package." but I can't find any evidence of it on the site once I click thru
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Monday, 6 June 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
o here it goes
http://www.amalgamdigital.com/vigilantecdpackage
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Monday, 6 June 2011 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://i55.tinypic.com/2rz993a.jpg
fuuuuuck might have to cop that
― J0rdan S., Monday, 6 June 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
f'real
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Monday, 6 June 2011 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
i posted that somewhere before on ilx but it wasnt here or summer tees. hmm
― lebroner (D-40), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBW3PnKZDf8
classic max on this
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
Ha I think I posted that up thread. Love the beat
I suppose there has been no word on appeal
― arachno-misogynist (D-40), Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
^^very awesome
― frogbracist (J0rdan S.), Friday, 24 June 2011 03:42 (twelve years ago) link
I keep going back to Model of Entropy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw95xdfMQnY
I'm particularly fixated on the way he sings "truuuuuuue/bluuuuuuuue" like his voice is about to give, also the way he drags his sssssssssssss's. These type of suave little details that Max seems to be loaded with are what keeps me coming back for more.
He is new for me, still getting acquainted with all this but that track really stands out. That tight snare has a warm pop to it, sounds really nice at high volumes with that sub bass rolling around underneath.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, 24 June 2011 05:33 (twelve years ago) link
thats one of the few traxx w/out dame grease production -- agreed that it stands out tho
― arachno-misogynist (D-40), Friday, 24 June 2011 06:21 (twelve years ago) link
That explains why it doesn't really sound like anything else on VS. Also just realized he might be singing "too" in staid of "true."
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, 24 June 2011 07:08 (twelve years ago) link
anyone else finding it hard to get into the mood to listen to max b in the summer? listening to such sleazy music in sweltering heat, it just makes me feel like hot stinky garbage. early spring when the snow was melting but, like, grey & dirty--thats the season for max b imo
― flopson, Friday, 8 July 2011 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
maybe the mixtapes, yeah
there are some total windows down summer jams on 'vigilante season' tho
― gucci mande (J0rdan S.), Friday, 8 July 2011 01:49 (twelve years ago) link
want to call that out for being whatever the music crit equivalent of 'pop psychology' is but i kind of agree
― *rolls eyez on me* (D-40), Friday, 8 July 2011 01:50 (twelve years ago) link