rap acts on the stereogum 40

THE RECESSION IS OVER

well araabmuzik produced this

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

so i vote for him

why on earth would u read stereogum

rhetorical question or question for the OP?

yeah why are you specifically reading stereogum

also tbrr none of these ppl are rappers

yeah why are you specifically reading stereogum

― Lamp, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:37 PM (39 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i know the answer to this!

this tweet piqued my curiosity

https://twitter.com/#!/gorillavsbear/status/113653466592845824

also tbrr none of these ppl are rappers

― Lamp, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:37 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

icy hot stuntin from ilx's resident jana winderen stan

apparently tom breihan has left pfork for stereogum

i guess that moves ilxors up the rap pecking order there

also tbrr none of these ppl are rappers

― Lamp, Tuesday, September 13, 2011

don't understand this post

new question: why are you following gorilla vs bear on twitter

i dont really like tom breihans writing

me neither

this is gonna be a great thread i can tell

post something

Action Bronson - only heard 'imported goods' but he raps his ass off. v retro tho.
AraabMusik - dope producer i haven't checked for the new instrumental stuff tho
Asap Rocky - 'peso' is great but not sure yet whether this guy is much more than some cool production
Clams Casino - probably my pick here. 'i'm god' and 'motivation' are both classics imo. feel like his stuff has influenced a lot of rap coming out right now
Main Attrakionz - some really chill vibes but the only song i really bump is 'legion of doom' (is that another clams production actually? sounds like it)
Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire - haven't heard
Shabazz Palaces - i liked this but found it kinda abrasive?
SPACEGHOSTPURPP - i think i checked this out but can't actually remember. all this stuff blurs together a bit

all this stuff blurs together a bit

DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER

voted Shabazz Palaces, fwiw

haven't heard most of these and the few I have I didn't like - except for my man Butterfly who is awesome, so I voted for him

i like some spaceghostpurp songs, especially the one thats like, "suck a dick every day" for the first minute and a half, or whatever it is, but its too harsh &trebly to ever listen to the whole album

this is basically chillwave the rap genre

wait, there is a rapper named asap rocky?

http://www.thecitrusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/aesop-rock.jpg

i LOVE LOVE LOVE action bronson but i would

just listening to eXquire today and really digging it! el-P beats :)

dig what i've heard of araabmuzik but seems more like dance music (at least the album i heard)

don't feel real strongly about clams casino and main attrakionz, but they are ok

haven't heard spaceghostpurp

i dig shabazz palaces but the new one was kinda a let down from the EPs i thought

asap rocky didn't leave much of an impression on me in the couple songs i heard

this is basically chillwave the rap genre

― D-40, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:53 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i was sayin the same thing. only thing its missing is CITIES AVIV

new action bronson > the last ghostface IMO even tho he sounds exactly like ghostface

his producer dude who's name i forgot makes really fun rowdy classic NYC type beats

i was sayin the same thing. only thing its missing is CITIES AVIV

― James Ferraro Boyz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:57 PM (22 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

if i wanted to read a writer who covered all of these artists who would you recommend

i dig shabazz palaces but the new one was kinda a let down from the EPs i thought

yup

mb someone already said it somewhere else but something interesting to be said here about how the internet/tumblr has created a new route into the indie consciousness/acceptability for rap on the "backpacker" side of things, only Rap Acts here distinctly in the populist gangsta- is asap rocky and i guess sgp (dont count araabmuzik even tho he makes dipset beats cuz his solo stuff is, as m@tt said, more like trip-hop/idm)

i had the same reaction as jordan

is asap rocky like aesop rocks brother or something

sgp is p backpackery

if i wanted to read a writer who covered all of these artists who would you recommend

― D-40, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:58 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the big homie b soderberg has the chillwave rap game on love lockdown right now, tho briehan is creepin on ah come up in his new digs, it seems

knew someone was gonna refer to a blogger as "the homie" itt

definitely prefer chillwave indie pop/dance to chillwave rap

lol "someone"

can someone explain the asap rocky-aesop rock conneciton

appeal to the same fans thats about it

what's the deal though? isn't sterogum an indie rock site?

this seems like the kinda rap(ish music) that an indie rock site would put on some list i guess

who cares?

(jk they dont really ... ime aesop rock fans now are primarily into like tom waits)

n August, Rocky hosted collaborators and internet friends, SF rap duo Main Attrakionz and Florida’s Spaceghostpurrp, at his Garden State condo. Rocky’s been busy in the city, so we met him downtown in a secret blunt-safe basement beneath a clothing store. He told us why he’s not selling drugs anymore (“It’s corny”), what ASAP stands for (everything) and what kinds of girls he likes to fuck (weird ones). Rocky performs with Spaceghostpurrp, GHE20 G0TH1K and Das Racist tonight at Santos Party House. See you there!

Read more: http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/08/interview-asap-rocky/#ixzz1XrRvKWYX

im into toto

someone needs to tell this asap rocky fellow about aesop rock

GHE20 G0TH1K

who is this / do i want to know

He told us why he’s not selling drugs anymore (“It’s corny”),

nice

ITS A FUCKINGC OINCIDENCE NMAX FUCK OMG SOUTH CENTRAL CARTEL HAVE A GUY NAMED HAVOK AND PRODEJE HOW MOBB DEP

whiney break down what subcult affiliations this GHE20 G0TH1K group / artist has

i love "africa" by toto, what a song!

i guess they are djs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F9hXAfH1ZU

i love "africa" by toto, what a song!

amen

where is danny brown itt

where is mtv riff raff sodmg itt

WHERE IS LIL DEBBIE

^^^plz tell me there is an actual rapper named Li'l Debbie

where is danny brown itt

― D-40, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:18 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

The Danny Brown mixtape >>> all this except Shabazz

lol shakey never change

also im pretty sure lil debbie is posting pictures of giant asses to her tumblr

this list is obv boring in its homogeneity. guess i'd vote for clams?

oh lol Kreayshawn's DJ I see

props to the gum for not making this a 40 page gallery

lol at claiming that cam'ron has had a reemergence

also im pretty sure lil debbie is posting pictures of giant asses to her tumblr

― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:35 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

hmmm...tell me more

this is dumb, but at this point either main attrakionz or spaceghostpurp.

danny brown isn't that great tbh.

danny brown is a much better rapper than main attrakionz or spaceghostpurp

although i'm not a superfan

also tbrr none of these ppl are rappers

― Lamp, Tuesday, September 13, 2011

don't understand this post

none of the 'artists' listed itp are rappers ducy

but i think spaceghostw/e has some 'good songs'

i think the source of confusion lies in the fact that most or at least half of them are rappers

a few of those are retro artists & might as well be washed up

er washed out -- that was unintentional fwiw

looool

ok well i admit i havent heard the dude who isnt aesop rock or action bronson but i cannot imagine, on being included itp, that they are rappers

they both are. action bronson sounds like ghostface & asap rocky is a harlem dude managed by http://www.realniggatumblr.com/

time to recalibrate yr imagination

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

do any of these guys have songs that sound like/are '93 til infinity? cuz i would vote for that 'rap act'

xp is he actually managed by realniggatumblr? i guess i have 2 believe u

when it comes down to it i like action bronson the most out of all of these

Lol @ that washed up/out slip.

xp is he actually managed by realniggatumblr? i guess i have 2 believe u

― Lamp, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:09 PM (14 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

idk that was posted on here so im assuming it to be true. he def manages the asaprocky twitter iirc?

time to recalibrate yr imagination

::installing all updates bro::

Action Bronson or Shabazz for me, and what do you know, they have the least to do w the rest of that list.

washed up slip out

spottie ottie otm

that has a nice ring to it

lol

I like some of what those other acts are doing as well. They just haven't really had much payoff yet.

i like when araabmuzik sticks to making rap beats

his instrumental stuff is zzz after like 2 tracks

god i love that action bronson song, such a great beat

that little blues guitar lick is so dope

he has cooking videos!

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

I really can't get past the Ghostface thing with Bronson

"his instrumental stuff is zzz after like 2 tracks"

Ya I actually kind of use it for 'wash over me' listening. Like at work or something. Not really something I dive into at all, just let it ride out in the background, same with Clams I guess.

Jordan, he's like a trained chef or something iirc.

He has a song called "Amuse Pusche"

which is always XD

i like all of these, except for action bronson who i have not heard. it seems a little tedious to care about who also likes them. also i can't tell if calling sgp backpackery was a joke or not.

were you in naughty by nature? need to know

i honestly don't know much about him, but spg sounds more like achingly self-aware art-school type making the Three6Mafia version of chillwave than like some "authentic" outsider weirdo R Stevie Moore of dicksuck rhymes.

whiney i originally thought the same about purrp cuz of the obvious influences, but now i think he's actually some weird nasty kid who discovered witch house. i voted sgp btw. i like his production about the same as araab, and he has cool raps too and probably the tightest flow out of all the above i've heard (everyone but bronson, asap rocky, and exquire).

but yeah like is it really unheard of for a young kid to be spending lots of time on internet and therefore being exposed to pyramids and 90s shit?

i actually think sgp is pretty sincere in his apeing of three 6 mafia, same goes with that chopped and screwed nate dogg tribute he did this year. if you like a lot of that early dj paul/three 6 mafia recordings you're going to have to dig the 'poor' sound quality that goes with it, i think he is just vibing with that tbh.

im not saying he's insincere. i'm saying if you hung out with tantrum-boy Ariel Pink or Jandek or something it would probably be pretty weird and outsider, but you could prolly wkiw with Space Ghost and dude would prolly have a pretty lucid convo about Juicy J or the Flatlinerz. I think the "outsider" aspect is an artistic construct than genuine craziness--not that there's anything wrong with that (cf. Edan, MF Doom, etc)

like our boy John Maus in that respect

zing it, shitface

sgp is at least 30% self aware but no more than 70% self aware feel me

i think we're on the same tip here but sgp is basically part weirdo, part construct, which is ok.

also ariel pink can be lucid too

zing it, shitface
--Lamp

No ones zinging anyone but Ariel Pink. Dry your eyes, mate

Yeah, i've read interviews with Ariel Pink where he comes across as pretty normal. Just seems to get a bit weird when it comes to actually playing music

Araab obviously...I also like ASAP. Clams has some dope beats, but is kind of overhyped. Don't care about the others.

clams is soooo overrated

No ones zinging anyone but Ariel Pink. Dry your eyes, mate

nah it was just some lazy referential humor idk i am overexplaining this?

btw sgp is the tumblr rap dirty beaches imo

ASAP Rocky's name always makes me feel like he's 'street rap' for Aesop Rock fans

i never made the connection at all

ASAP Rocky is such a diff vibe from aesop rock as a name

yeah i honestly never even thought about that until shakey said that today

hmm no

ha i didn't read the whole thread obviously

i saw sgp and asap rocky last week. they felt like much more traditional rappers in the live setting.

what does that mean

it means i really don't understand lumping them in as backpackery or weirdo art school kids or whatever

oh, yeah definitly agree there

tho I don't think they're being classified as backpackers or w/e, just that their fanbase is primarily hipsters/bloggers

sorry shakey i thought Jordan's post was yours

wtf is Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire

btw, y'all are mad, Shabazz EPs were cool, but Black Up is top 3 albums this year (with Beyonce & Quik)

(voted for Shabazz obv)

I really can't get past the Ghostface thing with Bronson

― you will always be wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:21 AM (4 hours ago)

you really should!!!

spg sounds more like achingly self-aware art-school type making the Three6Mafia version of chillwave

srsly h8 this guy

u r otm tho

Shabazz LP >>>>> the EPs for real tho

this whole lineup is Artists You've Written Off/Pointedly Ignored because of their name incarnate

SPACE

GHOST

PURP

SPEEDRACERSWAG

gr8 which of these dudes is good i trust you

haven't heard any of them outside of araab's rap production

Lamp if that "gr8" is directed at me, I've only really fucked w/ Action Bronson but (until he did a misogynistic murder fantasy video) i was way into him, still sort of am.

look at this loveable goofball:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiAQ9xQQHeQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hadfatj4e-Y

this is prob my favorite verse by him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brLkWas0DSo

if you were just saying "great," to some dude then disregard me plz

also Jordan OTM: search his cooking videos.

yeah it was directed @ you sorry im 2 lazy to type all the extra #s

watching these vidz i guess i had heard action bronson b4 just didnt remember the name

No ones zinging anyone but Ariel Pink. Dry your eyes, mate

I never seen a man cry til I saw Whiney G quote the Streets

RIP

xpost

yeah he sounds a lot like ghostface but i dunno, i guess if you listen to more than 3 or 4 of his songs and watch his videos and absorb him some, then he's totally his own, loveable thing.

k one more just cause i love all his attire choices in this one, and "get off my pp" is a dope hook imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7_04nNpvbQ

also he's in a graffiti crew that is anti-galleries and has gotten in to turf battles w/ banksy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Crew

k one more just cause i love all his attire choices in this one, and "get off my pp" is a dope hook imo

This is the only ‘tube I’ve clicked in this thread and yeah it‘s kinda good in a ‘90s throwback way, everyone OTM about him sounding like Ghost, but his attire choices just make me think “drunk Kevin Smith”

oh shit i didnt realize clams casino was dude behind my favorite lil b beats

i just listened to all 3 shabazz palaces releaces and i dunno-- not rly feeling

i guess i like action bronson cause he's kind of like "dad rap"?

also lol @ how whiney leaves polls open for a whole dam month

http://i.imgur.com/OEwRG.png

XD

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

wtf is Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire

― The Reverend, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 6:16 PM Bookmark

v popular apparently

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

this seems as good a thread as any to mention that carmancia wrote ASAP up in the times

good story tho http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/arts/music/asap-rocky-new-york-rapper-with-a-hint-of-elsewhere.html?_r=2&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimesmusic&pagewanted=all

wow lotta stereogum fans up in here

A$AP: I'm not the leader [laughs]. People try and focus on me, but Clams is an impeccable producer, and so is Ty Beats, so is Spaceghost. We all became vegetarians about a month ago-- that means these guys are really dedicated.

prince fielder as spiritual guide

new planetary system