noslen darb motherfuckers
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 15:40 (nine years ago) link
sounds like some kind of post dilla / flying lotus affair
― Tim F, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 15:55 (nine years ago) link
Star Wars 7 character
― 龜, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 16:06 (nine years ago) link
"llebpmac" might be the worst backwards surname possible
― een, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 16:47 (nine years ago) link
this album <3
― Evan R, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 16:52 (nine years ago) link
Fucked up thing to call darragh xp
― 龜, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
not feeling these dudes at all, do i need to permanently retire my part-time goon credentials?
― gr8080, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
i couldn't even begin to pretend to like this garbage, kudos to y'all
― and I explained the Bechdel Test to her (sleepingbag), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 18:48 (nine years ago) link
much appreciated gab gnipeels
― rob, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 19:50 (nine years ago) link
kind of obsessed with this right now. come get her is perfect
― misterjoshua, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 22:07 (nine years ago) link
these two are basically tweens. fine for a song like no flex zone but really awkward and weird when they start rapping about sex. "safe sex pay checks" is some kind of questionable nickelodeon song
― fennel cartwright, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 23:25 (nine years ago) link
they're both in their 20s
― een, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 01:22 (nine years ago) link
i know. everything about them seems young though. like the skate-video thing in the no flex zone video. plus their faces
― fennel cartwright, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 05:44 (nine years ago) link
except the parts where they reference Kool Moe Dee and Magilla Gorilla like they went to junior high with 2 Chainz
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 06:01 (nine years ago) link
Uaerraj Eneerg :(
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 09:05 (nine years ago) link
Dnerever Srallod is way better and more Sremm-like
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 09:07 (nine years ago) link
I like Safe Sex Pay Checks a lot, actually. More sceptical about the slightly dated/generic sounding My X, mostly due to Chop.
― longneck, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 09:42 (nine years ago) link
"my x" is sort of mean-spirited in a way that jars with what they're like elsewhere, if there's a weak link then it's def it
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 10:00 (nine years ago) link
don't get what's off-putting about teen rap even if they were teenagers
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 10:01 (nine years ago) link
hundreddollarbills
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 16:51 (nine years ago) link
The chorus of “Safe Sex Pay Checks” is a complete lift of Alley Boy/Ty$'s "RNGM" but maybe that's why I like it so much
― Evan R, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
like unlock the swag is toxic no thanks
No way, it's sort of perfect.
Whole album is so gleeful. Haven't heard anything so shamelessly fun in a long time. Nice to start the year with.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 17:53 (nine years ago) link
the beat is v similar to RNGM!
impossible not to love any song that goes 'shots shots shots shots shots shots'
― out here like a flopson (tpp), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 18:05 (nine years ago) link
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, January 6, 2015 10:40 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this might be the winner
― un chill goon (some dude), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
it would be darb noslen in the rae sremmurd formula tho
― un chill goon (some dude), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link
"throw sum mo" may have underwhelmed a little as a single but it bangs in the middle of the album
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link
this album is great
it is the rap bangerz
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link
oh true xp
also true
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link
not inaccurate in that only the singles are listenable
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:23 (nine years ago) link
xpost
Not saying there's anything inherently offputting about teen rap. I think the teenageyness is part of No Flex's appeal. I consider it a kind of a cute and cheerful singalong at heart and was pleasantly surprised at how good natured it sounded. Lex, I feel you about the mean-spiritedness being jarring, and I think I might just be more sensitive to mean-spiritedness as I seem to find it in more places.
― fennel cartwright, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:25 (nine years ago) link
they're not teenagers........................
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:25 (nine years ago) link
pfft
"yno" is such a jam
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:26 (nine years ago) link
"lit like bic" is incredible, you only have to listen to the first song to refute that point
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link
actually heard it on the radio yesterday and it does sound better there than it does played off my browser in my bedroom or w/e
anyway i still need to listen to this
― dyl, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:30 (nine years ago) link
untrue of both bangerz and sremmlife
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:30 (nine years ago) link
At some point this year the streak is going to end, but as of now Rae Sremmurd have yet to release a bad song. Amazing streak.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:32 (nine years ago) link
"throw some mo" is pretty far below the bar of their first two singles though
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:38 (nine years ago) link
― lex pretend, Wednesday, January 7, 2015 2:09 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
Agree, I've been listening to it sandwiched between no flex/no type and it's great
― 龜, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
yeah 'throw sum mo' does sound great on the radio, nicki sounding zzz on muffled midrange really pops out
there's obviously a deliberate lightly absurdity to it which is v funny and tbh rly kinda brilliant imo, like the way its laconic circularity conflates nicki as ogled-by-slobbering-teens-stripper-cashing-in (who better to play this part of course) with inanimate music box doll
clever thing about this album i guess (beyond some cute lines) is how the rare way they embrace their youth lends a more forgiving, even almost sometimes knowing, aspect to the excesses of their behaviour and by extension that of the behaviour of the rap manchildren around them - 'no flex zone', 'my x' and 'this could be us' is a perfectly conceived hormonal triptych iirc
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 21:03 (nine years ago) link
Totally in love with "this could be us".
― Tim F, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 21:10 (nine years ago) link
ikr how good?!
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 21:15 (nine years ago) link
btw whiney's retro accusation + trying to work out what the cover art reminded me of + the huaaahhs on 'my x' can only lead me to conclude this album represents an updated run dmc king of pop-punk
apart from 'unlock the swag' which is more like hot snakes or w/e natch
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 21:18 (nine years ago) link
This is spot on. It's a very clever delivery.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
*prayer hands emoji*
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 21:24 (nine years ago) link
"i can flick the money all night, til my wrist tired"
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link
Listening to this for the first time now, and it's so infectiously fun. It's all in the delivery.
― quan voice (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link
Also, fuck the "shremmerd" pronunciation, much more fun to pronounce it without the "sh" sound. It does explain "unlock the shwag" though.
― quan voice (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 23:23 (nine years ago) link
Unlock the Swag is more fun if you hear it as "Allah, the swag. The swag, Allah"
― quan voice (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 23:27 (nine years ago) link
this album is pretty good, all the tracks are solid
― dyl, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 23:49 (nine years ago) link
i love the idea of waiters on OKC
Listening to this for the first time now, and it's so infectiously fun. It's all in the delivery. --quan voice (voodoo chili)
this undersells the songwriting and general craftsmanship
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 8 January 2015 03:53 (nine years ago) link
pretty funny to me that rae sremmurd and they. dropped an album on the same day
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 12 April 2023 17:11 (one year ago) link
I'm obsessed with "Flaunt It."
― retrofuturist cop slayer! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 April 2023 11:53 (one year ago) link