i'm not saying the hemiola thing is real or not, don't know enough to say
but i think deej is right that there's some kind of method to the madness, rhythmically, which i think is illustrated by the difference between the tracks where the way in which keef is offbeat works and the one in which it doesn't, like this finally rich song really fucking sucks
but then on hate being sober, love sosa, 3hunna, etc it kinda vibes in a weird/cool way
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
"cigo" - again reminds me of chillwave type stuff, at least the intro
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
Travis Porter joint is good!
― future kendricks (longneck), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
that jeezy verse is terrible imo
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
like... "damn, can jeezy still rap?" terrible
lyrically i like the jeezy verse but it definitely sounds stiff & old mannish by comparison
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
And citgo is very chillwave, yes.
― future kendricks (longneck), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
this citgo song is bizarre
yeah the jeezy verse wasn't good really, but it was just sort of interesting as a point of comparison, like maybe these beats aren't made to be rapped on beat?
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
VSTs becoming mainstream has really changed hip hop
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
al should be embarrassed
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, January 9, 2013 1:34 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i know! i don't know how i went years without actually hearing his music
― ThePartyHater (some dude), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
he is not saying 'fart' what is wrong with u people
been busy all morning but this is really a must for the new ilm board description
― too many encores (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
The 5 Tyson comparison is ridiculous (albeit amusing) but this definitely isn't the first I'm hearing of the "fart" thing.
― tsrobodo, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
haha got them bands is ridiculous
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
hmmm
i kind of don't know what to think, it's really something!
i def agree w/aero & the haters that he's not a great rapper per se, but on the better songs he definitely functions are part of the track in a unique and very catchy way. it's distinctive for sure.
the biggest worry i would have if i were from the deej/j0rd camp is that, with a couple of exceptions, the best songs on this are the big songs that were around before the album comes out....
overall, it's kind of an exhausting listen and i'm not sure i will listen to it again.
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
aero & the haters are playing at the vfw next week btw, please come out and support the scene
― too many encores (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
more than half the album was out before the album.
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
aero & the haters vfw jackoff jam sesh
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
the biggest problem i see is that where does he go from here? he either gets more conventional and "better", which would probably lose what makes him distinctive, or stays in the same stylistic rut, which, judging by this album, he may have already released the best, most iconic keef qua keef tracks before the album even came out.
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
would love to hear Joe Perry do one of these
― regarding an eccentric and non-existent American Gladiator (crüt), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
I mean one of these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAMdXIASuo8
This. I prefer small doses of Keef, the entire record just wears me out so much.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
aero & the haters' "misunderstood demon (bel canto aria)" b/w "fun. loves my shit" is a nu-hardcore classic imo
― da croupier, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
thx matt
― keef qua keef (Jordan), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, January 9, 2013 2:05 PM (20 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
p a good idea since he smell like farts e'ryday iirc
― NINO CARTER, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, January 9, 2013 2:03 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah this is why j0rdan's super confident "he's gonna be around for a bit" proclamations make me curious what people believe his best case scenario is
― ThePartyHater (some dude), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
keef qua keef
<3
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
a queef n---a, that's the shit i don't like
― ThePartyHater (some dude), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
say "keef qua keef" five times fast
― da croupier, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
I'm gonna incorporate "keef qua keef" into my vocal warmups
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
diction is done with the keef qua keef qua kee-eeeef
― NINO CARTER, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
Discussion is reminding me of the late 80s when hardcore bands who picked up instruments for the first time a week before they recorded an ep were described as Beefheartian in zines
― President Keyes, Wednesday, January 2, 2013 10:17 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i thought this was kinda otm, not even so much the beefheart thing but ultimately a lot of the great hardcore bands really only released a small handful of great/vital/amazing songs and then were fairly used up but that's cool, like how many MDC songs do you need? but there are parallels, in that keef seems to be rooted in this really grassroots, insular local thing (and obv the violence has some parallels to hardcore too)...but it almost feels like i don't like/sober/sosa/etc are like the faith/void split kinda thing and how much more keef will i ever need?
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
it almost feels like i don't like/sober/sosa/etc are like the faith/void split kinda thing
whether I agree with the point or not you deserve an award for this
― too many encores (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
― ThePartyHater (some dude), Wednesday, January 9, 2013 1:09 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
there are more than a few tracks on this that could be singles imo. considering everyone keeps saying he has '15 mins' meanwhile his buzz lasted all year & resulted in 50k in first week album sales with zero songs in rotation, a song shooting up the hot 100, i can see why people think he's probably got more staying power than critics keep suggesting
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
i guess i wasn't talking about commercial success or buzz, more just as an artist in the long term
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
i dunno i think so far he's shown a gift for hooks & an addictive rap style, we'll see how long it takes for him to burn out like anyone else
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
looks like he might get sent to jail tho
oh man, let's just hope he doesn't jump straight to the No Mercy/Trouble Man part of his career
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
gucci got a few chances
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
yeah he got to release a mixtape with "back" in the title three years after his last major label LP and everything
― ThePartyHater (some dude), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
serious question; has anyone taken Gucci seriously since he tattooed an ice cream cone on his face?
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
thats like the 9th time he went to jail though
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
xp
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Wednesday, January 9, 2013 2:34 PM (16 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ppl ive talked to believe that he did that to help w/ his mental health plea in court
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Wednesday, January 9, 2013 3:34 PM (20 seconds ago) Bookmark
yeah he had a pretty normal year. i mean his music isn't nearly as good as it was but he put out 3 mixtapes this year and everyone treated him as if he was just another rapper.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
if anything people are more respectful of him now than they were when he was making his best music (per usual...)
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
true
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
can't wait til we reach that point with Keef
― Number None, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
@ChiefKeefChief Keef and Will Smith what would the movie be about ? Retweet that Gbe
― ThePartyHater (some dude), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
that is, im guessing, a tweet from one of his mgrs