Young Thug thread

a willowy rapper with a septum piercing who liked toying with gender constraints

great interview

calling her a stylist is selling her way short tho, shes straight up making those clothes herself

JZ: He doesn’t wear anything loose. He told me, "I only feel comfortable with really tight pants." I will go buy him a pair of men’s pants, and I cut and sew them to a women’s fit. I might buy a dress, and then I’ll cut it, and I’ll add a men's t-shirt, and do something crazy. Mixing men’s and women’s, that’s how I work. I’Il look at three pieces and make one out of it. I put Thug in this cool red coat with fur in one of his videos. Everybody called me, like, "What designer is that coat?" I was going by a theater costume store and I saw a red coat. I cut up this other coat I had with fur, and I added it to it. The other day I made a jacket out of a backpack. I have no limits.

o hi dere
http://www.rlgri.me/summerstage/

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7aNoqUIQAAkS6m.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7aNoqVIUAA9LSZ.jpg

they r selling the brown sonic shirt on his website but I feel like it would actually be corny n not cool to wear irl

http://thehotboxsocial.tumblr.com/post/122310447071/metro-thuggin-young-thug-metro-boomin-loosies

http://pitchfork.com/news/60400-young-thug-arrested-on-terroristic-threats-charge/

"terroristic threats"

terroristicish threats

terrr-rristic threa yeahhh

this is bullshit

Wtf??

Apparently he threatened the other day to shoot a mall security cop. Haven't we all?

you guys didn't post this video here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTGQrA5HHIU

because that is the best video.

BIG HEAD Mode Unlocked

antisocial 2.0

MikePetchenikWSB ‏@MPetchenikWSB 11h11 hours ago
More: Indictment alleges Jimmy Winfrey "carried out" #YoungThug's threat by shooting at #LilWayne's tour buses in April. #wsbtv.

More: Prosectors cite #YoungThug music video for #HalfTime showing Winfrey with assault rifle, lyrics about #LilWayne as evidence. #wsbtv.

More: Indictment alleges #YoungThug, #Birdman, #Lilwayne and Jimmy Winfrey are members of the #Bloods street gang. #wsbtv.

More: #YoungThug and #Birdman aren't charged in the indictment, only named by #CobbCounty prosecutors as working with Jimmy Winfrey. #wsbtv.

Indictment alleges #YoungThug, #Birdman involved in conspiracy with third man to kill #LilWayne on his tour bus in #CobbCounty. #wsbtv.

i cant really engage with barter 6. 1017 thug was incredible, but barter is a bit duller, and more conservative in comparison. like thug's energy has been sapped out of him. quite like flaws though, of the 10 or so leaked songs i DL'd.

I feel quite the opposite, really. Barter stacks its best tracks towards the end and would have benefited from a proper London On The Track hit, but apart from those minor flaws it's definitely the most ambitious, accomplished and adventerous release of the two.

woooow xxp wtf is this real?

def

http://pitchfork.com/news/60416-young-thug-and-birdman-accused-of-conspiring-to-kill-lil-wayne/

idiots

this saddens me

This on top of Barter 6 being empty garbage, fuck this guy

the first part of that sentence is pretty silly

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/16/did-young-thug-and-birdman-try-to-kill-lil-wayne.html

This article is so weird. It tut tuts Young Thug for being immature. ("Just because his name is Young Thug doesn't mean he has to act like one.") Plotting to kill someone seems too serious to discuss in this way...

i blame birdman

bad influence

oh Birdman is definitely evil

there's no way any of this shit actually happened

You guys, the only evidence they're claiming is that the shooter holds a gun in Thug's video where Thugger obliquely references Wayne in a non-threatening manner, about two minutes after the reference. He's not going down over this.

the trend of rap lyrics being used as evidence in court is so troubling

http://pitchfork.com/news/60417-cash-money-sues-jay-z-tidal-for-50-million-over-lil-waynes-the-free-weezy-album/

the implied narrative by all these headlines is pretty amazing

*lil wayne sues birdman*

birdman: 50 mil? fuck am i supposed to get that?

birdman: let's just kill him

*failed murder attempt*

birdman: damn

*tidal releases 'free weezy album'*

birdman: maybe we can get it from jay

You guys, the only evidence they're claiming is that the shooter holds a gun in Thug's video where Thugger obliquely references Wayne in a non-threatening manner, about two minutes after the reference. He's not going down over this.

― The Reverend, Thursday, July 16, 2015 7:52 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah but it's fishy. Why else would someone shoot at lil wayne's tour bus?

https://soundcloud.com/300-entertainment/young-thug-pacifier

it's whineybait because it has sampled snare drums but it legitimately is great and probably the best thing young thug has done this year

Great MWMI beat, quickly ruined by Whiner McMumbles spitting all over it.

Dimwit here... I'm really enjoying all this Lil Wayne-influenced hip hop recently. This "cloud rap" & Southern Rae Sremmurd/Young Thug stuff seems too "out there" to have become as popular as it has, though... from my perspective it's like Bjork-inspired acts took over a large chunk of radio rock!

Basically this stuff seems so avant garde, lyrically, that I don't understand how it's become so popular. I know I'm speaking from ignorance here (Canadian living in Cambodia), but I'm so ignorant I don't even know why I'm wrong. Can someone clue me in? Yeah there are parallels in the past with James Brown or early electronica where the music simply went over a lot people's heads, but a core component of this new stuff seems to be dadaist lyrics. Even the silliest doo-wop (and this could be called doowopcore imho) had the love song structure. Rock has had "Bird's the Word"/"Song 2"-type songs but they were always considered novelties within the genre. Are there past examples of genres centrally featuring dadaist lyrics becoming as popular as this wave of hip hop, or it historically unique? Is there criticism which has touched upon this? I know that there's a lot of meaning going over my head, but the bizarreness of Young Thug's lyrical style is a major part of the appeal, no?

RIP Camp Lo's former wikipedia page ;_;

speaking of... their new album is a blast

xxp this is p much why currently i'm listening to more hip hop than i ever have.

i mean, i used to listen primarily for the productions, not being a big lyrics guy, but these days it's the delivery of the vocal and the sheer fun with - i don't want to say wordplay - but fun with words in general, pronunciation etc.

omg this new song!!

Yes. Dropping it right now after 14 months of limbo feels like massive damage control from 300 Ent, but if this is indeed the first single from the album I'm not mad at all.

Yeah me too doglatin, it's some of the freshest stuff out there and I keep coming back to it... but I've imagined how I'd feel if "Hey QT" or "Lemonade" shot to the top of the charts. Stunned. Guess it's already happened with Southern Hip Hop and I'm just out of touch (main difference from 2000s crunk & Lil Wayne is in no way does this feel like a novelty).