Young Thug thread

Not entirely true, the latest Gates record doubled the 1st week sales of his last. They're going for a slow grind i think

Chance's situation isn't confusing at all afaik; he simply hasn't signed

So, how long before APG completely rebrands? lol

Chance's situation is confusing in the sense that I can't even tell if he's planning to sign or what shape his next project will take. Which is kinda cool, but still.

I hope Gates's strategy is building to a really good career but I fear it won't, don't think anything is a given right now.

Thug's Weezy fixation makes sense given he's essentially a more batshit version of him no? reductionist but still

wish I liked "Stoner," heard that on radio first time yesterday

chance is super interesting because i do feel like he's at the point where he could drop a single and do real numbers with no label

like, earl did 49k in his first week. ferg did 32k in his first week.

i feel like chance could roll out his "debut album" or whatever w/o no label and land somewhere in between those two numbers

obviously his ce

whoops

obviously his ceiling might be higher if he went the full label route but i truly could see him doing something bizarre since he's already made it this far. maybe he'll sign to skrillex's label or something super boutique that could give him some backing while allowing him to do basically what he does now on the business & creative side.

anyway on the point of thug i agree with evan that all of this shouldn't be a huge impediment to his career if he continues on this trajectory, but it certainly shows the importance of having your business strategy straight from the jump in a music industry climate like this one

it's just kinda sad because it's like Gucci's indifferent, self-destructive attitude towards business is almost literally contagiously spreading to other artists

I'm kind of worried that Chance doesn't have another 'Acid Rap' in him :\

yeah part of me wonders that, too. gonna remain optimistic, though, the song on Dedication 5 was crazy.

I'm kind of worried that Chance doesn't have another 'Acid Rap' in him :\

― 龜, Friday, March 28, 2014 6:10 AM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Dude is so young and so smart and so confident in his voice. He might not make another Acid Rap, but I could easily see him surpassing it.

the most fucked up part about that is that the "savior" in his life is birdman, who is notorious for fucking every single one of his artists -- including his "son" -- out of royalty money

chance the rapper's situation is an interesting comparison to this

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, March 27, 2014 5:19 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

shades of ethan's "like father like son" review here

The cruelest April Fool's Day joke is that neither Thugga Mane La Flare or Brick Factory Vol. 1 came out

didn't come out when announced to come out but it's not like 1017 doesn't generally put out what they say they're gonna put out sooner or later

True, I'm just starved for mixtapes right now. I burn through them so fast these days and wanted some new ones I could look forward to listening to at the gym. I am very, very spoiled.

I lost the will to keep up with Jandek Mane's output a long time ago, hopefully one of y'all true believers will let me know when there's a song I wouldn't wanna miss out on

ahahaha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIrrPqFewkI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIrrPqFewkI

He hasn't put out anything essential since his mini-renaissance in 2012, but even with the dip in quality and consistency I started to grow dependent on his near constant releases last year, so his imprisonment came as a blow to me. The good news is he's sounded a lot sharper on the handful of tracks he's teased this year; seems like he was in pretty good form right before he went back to jail.

If Gucci is doing real jail time, and he might be, the thing I'm going to miss more than his output is his ear for new talent. Even during his own creative ruts he's been incredible as developing protege rappers and producers, to the point where him being sidelined feels like a big blow to Atlanta's entire farm system

yeah feel like he was putting together a real cool scene w scooter and thugger

Scooter is absolutely slaying lately. "Disfunction" is one of my fav tracks of the year, and SL2 is super solid, too.

And Peewee Longway also seems to be clawing his way out of the second tier.

Pffffft! Hell Yes and Point In My Life are classics.

So is Activist.

scholar

Gucci's had a 1/15 good song ratio for about 3 years

so 80 good songs in 3 years, that's not bad

lol

otm

80 sounds about right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzodrEFgLms

SHEESH

FENG SHUI!

haha nice

you know Im in with just about any menacing low end horn stab

Just a free mixtape bt Thugga Mane La Flare ws OK at first but by like four tracks in just boringly halfassed

Haven't been able to get it this yet either; a lot of it is a disjointed mess. Thug doesn't sound sharp at all, and even when he does he's on such a different wavelength from Gucci it just doesn't work.

"Siblings" is a nice throwback to the ICFN era, so much so that it might be a leftover from that era

"Thug doesn't sound sharp at all" i'm saying. Moments here I like though, and the beats are good -- def. better than that Bloody Jay collab tape which I got nothing out of

it is cool to have a new rapper (well I didn't get into 1017 Thug 'til after the fact) I'm genuinely excited about though, cuz depending on possibly past-their-prime legends is bad for your health

The first 5 tracks are all straight fire, no clue what you guys are talking about

Loving Young Thugga Mane Laflare with a passion

what am i talking about? i meant 7 tracks

new mixtape sounds pretty good to me. I'm only just starting/trying to get into Young Thug though. but this stuff is a lot better than "Stoner" to me. "Don't Look at Me" is sick.

I've warmed to the opening stretch after hearing it on actual headphones. Comes out pretty strong, and as a whole it's leaps above Black Portland. But the final half still feels like Gucci verses copied and pasted onto Thug tracks, or vice versa

gucci verses are fire too though

she look like a bag of money, bag of kush or bag of them bricks

Closing song is great.

Gucci cracking his iPhone screen is my favorite so far

I think they have p good chemistry: Gucci all laid back and repetitive, Thug restless, all over the place. It makes more sense than most Gucci collabos.

I like "OMG BRO." the other "OMG" not so much

what's up with there being more tracks listed on the back cover image vs. the actual download too, those other three songs actually exist