a "a consultant working with a few Sociologists from Berkeley" just sent me an email (well, emailed a letter to the village voice, which was emailed to me) asking if i can put him in touch with riff raff
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 July 2012 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
first you get the hipsters, then you get the academics, something something power
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
Al you didn't want to go for a "riff raff collabing with Berkley Sociologists by the end of the week" joke?
― ♆ (gr8080), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
when the tpp's "riff raff collabo by the end of next week" crack on the kitty pryde thread was actual BEHIND schedule of what ended up happening i think that one expired. we're gonna need a bigger joke.
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha otm
― ♆ (gr8080), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
Kind of worn out by riff raff. Like, I think hes funny and has some good songs but would expend about zero energy defending him. Like, end of day, its just fucking riff raff
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Thursday, 5 July 2012 05:35 (eleven years ago) link
Agree, the novelty is wearing thin.
― n00bs on my damn chain (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 5 July 2012 05:50 (eleven years ago) link
riff did do one new song that sounded kinda amazing on a chamillionaire/z-ro tip. he said the video is dropping on tuesday.
― J0rdan S., Monday, July 2, 2012 2:30 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark
so yeah this song has turned out to be incredible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3xU0h92FN8&feature=plcp
― J0rdan S., Friday, 6 July 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
i was gonna go to the gym but now i think i'm just gonna lay down for an hour and let the phrase "the drop candy swan" wash over me
― J0rdan S., Friday, 6 July 2012 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 July 2012 17:52 (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lmao
― carly rae (flopson), Friday, 6 July 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
MIGHT SWANG THRU YOUR PROM WITH THE WAND IN MY PALM
― J0rdan S., Friday, 6 July 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
his lyrics are better when they make sense, he goes off the deep end w/ absurdity too often
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Friday, 6 July 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
i'd more or less agree w/ that
― J0rdan S., Friday, 6 July 2012 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
he's a pretty decent singer! the melody on that hook is really good actually, the "who would expect i'm in a drop top six" part in nice
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 6 July 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's just a really great chorus. when he does stuff like this there's always the small chance that it's nicked from some houston song that no one is remembering, but i don't think that's the case here.
― J0rdan S., Friday, 6 July 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
why does he always only rap one verse per song ?
― sisilafami, Friday, 6 July 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
he's (successfully) targeting the youtube generation's short attention span?
― ♆ (gr8080), Friday, 6 July 2012 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
lot of 50's early mixtape songs were like that, feel like there's a long tradition of one-verse-between-two-choruses quickie rap songs like that.
― some dude, Friday, 6 July 2012 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it didn't strike me as unusual
― J0rdan S., Friday, 6 July 2012 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
i mean it's slightly a new development for guys like him and lil b to shoot videos for one verse songs but that'll happen when you shoot that many videos i guess
― some dude, Friday, 6 July 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
so otm
― hardhouse banter (tpp), Friday, 6 July 2012 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
feeling him singing the hook tho. i just want riff raff to do classic swishahouse rap shit not this youtube bullshit but idk what can you do.
― hardhouse banter (tpp), Friday, 6 July 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
his best shit is stuff that sounds absurd but when you break it down you realize it makes beautiful sense
― ♆ (gr8080), Friday, 6 July 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
he can be great and totally absurd at the same time but he's usually best when he finds a balance
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 July 2012 01:03 (eleven years ago) link
ok this is also amazing
tko capone skipping all over a "ambitionz az a ridah" sample
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW1PR4jt-Aw&feature=plcp
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 July 2012 05:26 (eleven years ago) link
THAT'S A FUBU SHIRTACTIN COO COO, JERKI'MA SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE HOW THE DEUCE DEUCE WORKNOW ALL A SUDDEN YOU LIKE WHO WHO HURTCUZ I HAD MY CHICK HIT YOU WITH A VOODOO CURSE
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 July 2012 05:28 (eleven years ago) link
capone has three videos over 2m+ including "harry potter" which is now past 8 mill
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 July 2012 05:31 (eleven years ago) link
ok this "in the end" sample is kinda brilliant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxo42gyAHiw&feature=plcp
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 July 2012 05:35 (eleven years ago) link
those two other videos over 2m have only been up since feb and march of this year
not sure what that means but
incite bitches with my ice twitches
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 July 2012 06:03 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg3n-D8aXkc
― Number None, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
that's good!
haven't really approached either new album cuz they're odds & sods type stuff... but did get high quality/no-tag mp3s of "lil mama i'm sorry" & "we like to party"
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 18 July 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
What's the other album?
― chain the color of am0n (The Reverend), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
rap game bon jovi
tho that one is basically all old stuff afaict
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 18 July 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
the song that he starts singing at 3:00 here -- i'm assuming it's the forthcoming joint w/ snoop -- sounds amazing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5YEOKlTFkc&feature=youtu.be
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 05:13 (eleven years ago) link
dude is really good at writing sung hooks
Yea, his most successful recent songs have pretty much all had those half-sung sugary indulgent choruses. I think he's got a pretty good voice within the context of what he does.
― bass, Friday, 27 July 2012 09:05 (eleven years ago) link
I like Playing With My Heart:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdXgllog2OU
― (professor) (longneck), Monday, 20 August 2012 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
anyone know if there is an ethos behind the cheap sound of these productions? i know it's subjective, but these days it's not that hard to make your shit sound like the big guys, or at least closer than these beats anyway. most of this stuff sounds like glossed up reason beats made in a few minutes
- and i like that, because it's refreshing after the last decade of ultra hifi hiphop.
― KitevsPill, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 01:39 (eleven years ago) link
this dude has become insufferable imo
― protected by kl0pper. stand back (D-40), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 04:25 (eleven years ago) link
his art has gone very much off the rails
yet he's still responsible for some of the best rap songs of this year *shrugs*
his pitchfork freestyle was really dope
― a hoy hoy heat (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 05:00 (eleven years ago) link
it was awful!
― protected by kl0pper. stand back (D-40), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 09:47 (eleven years ago) link
he was actually freestyling! i loved it
― a hoy hoy heat (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
anyone else think he looks like goldie?
― KitevsPill, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 05:53 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/09/13/weird-vibes-episode-12-mtv-vmas-2012-riff-raff/
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 06:10 (eleven years ago) link
Hmmm, apparently this happened outside Riff's Seattle show (which kind of sucks because the event was put on by this great non-profit org that provides a venue for all-ages shows. don't want this to impact them)
http://t.co/5w4vdfPv
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 09:45 (eleven years ago) link
errr this
https://o.twimg.com/1/proxy.jpg?t=FQQVBBhNaHR0cDovL2Rpc3RpbGxlcnlpbWFnZTExLmluc3RhZ3JhbS5jb20vYjU2OTQxNmUwNmU3MTFlMjkzNGExMjMxMzgxNDE5NTZfNy5qcGcUAhYAEgA&s=voCIxjnmjURLwf-rRSXXSWe31xSiry-8WHqyFHAmcPA
weird
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 14:07 (eleven years ago) link
it was inevitable that this would happen eventuallyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbg67ShDohQ
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 4 October 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
oh my god http://www.datpiff.com/TKO-CAPONE-Tko-Capone-Duck-Season-Pt1-mixtape.402918.html?utm_campaign=piff.me&utm_source=http://t.co/GpcXP7NE&utm_medium=piff.me
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link