rolling regional thug thread 2012

New Meek Mill single
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLN5zGGnIGE

lol i fuck w/ this title

new travis porter, killin it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYaMIOSsR5c

title is lolz

i say it every year but i am going to try and keep up w/ the thread this year. and yet still listen to every youtube posted. (and to prove this i am way ahead of where i was last year, i only have about 10 youtubes left from gunsounds/sandboxrapthread)

I will once again attempt the same. This is a constantly losing battle but it's a rewarding one, so whatever.

"regional thug" is perfect actually but "youtube" is unnecessary imo

2012

kevin otm

i feel bad for not even making an attempt at listening to all the youtubes :/

i like that youtube implies that some of them may only be thugs on youtube

its also the primary delivery method to ppl's knowledge of 'regional thug' music, without it, we're stuck listening to (you know the rest)

DJ Khaled's Primary Delivery Method: The new rap-rock album for troubled teens like YOU

kevin otm

dope beat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwoNeHdC4gs

http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/GOON_poster.jpg

"regional thug" is perfect actually but "youtube" is unnecessary imo

― k3vin k., Tuesday, January 3, 2012 12:27 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

kevin otm

― The Reverend, Tuesday, January 3, 2012 12:45 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

kevin otm

― some dude, Tuesday, January 3, 2012 8:08 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this travis porter off the mike will tape is also amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O7kOXfmVx0

also all the future stuff on there is pretty great

stanning for future is some sad desperate shit imo

who stans for future?

i'm not saying he's your max b but you did just bump two threads in the last 5 minutes to rep for songs he's on

the meek song is awesome -- is it actually a "single"

well idk, i bumped this thread really to mention the travis porter song

"your max b" -- doesn't he post abt max b as much as anyone?

the meek song is awesome -- is it actually a "single"

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, January 3, 2012 1:05 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

a street single

i think it makes a good album track / street single. it's hella ferocious but not really pop /too harsh to be a real single

lmfuckinao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFmqMe0pQ5A

"rack city" is seriously the worst rap hit in years

really? I don't like it that at all but it's reasonably innocuous imo

it's just so, so unpleasant

Rack City sounds like it came out six years ago, i like it

I put this wen i bonning
gelio21hernandez 13 minutes ago

i mean it does sound kind of like a shitty ripoff of "the whisper song," yeah

i dont rlly hear the whisper song, idk, its just the last rap song i'd considering 'grating', just kind of milquetoast

eh it just sounds like he's forcing his voice into that croak in a really unpleasant way to me.

since we pretty much have everyone-but-deej consensus, can forks or somebody take the wack 'youtube' out of the thread title.

i still disagree albeit i supposed "rolling regional youtube thug" would have been better

rolling regional thugtube

people still find rappin grandmas funny?

regional *glug*

there's really no reason any form of 'youtube' needs to be in there

well this thread is basically a youtube repository..........

at its worst, yes

i think at it's worst its pedantic sniping but ymmv

the title seems indicative of a paucity of movements to get behind but w/vs i don't really care what these things are called. i'd've probably just voted for reusing "gunshot sounds"

roach gigz going to sxsw apparently

"gunshot sounds"

i liked when it was rolling rap on the sandbox

what is the best king louie tape to get?

idk the best-of i suppose. http://www.box.com/shared/f2543tq15mycszdhgn7l

cheers deej. also you going crazy over a chart w/ lots of rapper names set up by some spin intern has been making me giggle while trying to catch up on my pre-sandbox gun sounds. never change.

That's the first one I copped on Deej's recommendation. Totally great! 'Too Cool' is amazing.

I said it on the old thread just before the changeover, but the new T.I. tape is surprisingly enjoyable. Seriously, check it out.

i'm really feeling mata "pic em up" and the laroo/turf talk trax that were nominated for the 2011 poll! also the new meek mill single.

Been playing the new T.I for the last 2 days on your rec. #0. Beats are great, definitely worth checking.

XP, if you're feeling that Pic Em Up track then you'll like the full tape:

http://trapsntrunks.com/?p=20433

One of my favorites last year, Pic Em Up is the only song Ive been able to find on youtube. Get Ya Weight Up w Jackie Chain is great. Heavily is great. He even takes a stab at singing on the final track. DJ Burn One and the Block Beataz produced some of it, sounds really crisp.

new azealia banks track 'liquorice' lives up to her hype.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjm5s_TAAvs
I will check out that tape spottie, was curious what Burn One was up to.

also since the original poster doesn't wanna change the thread title, I'm leaving as is

Burn One produced a massive amount of stuff last year, most of it was for relatively unknown regional thugs tho

laroo/turf talk trax that were nominated for the 2011 poll!

wait which were these I don't follow annual polls/threads (mostly cuz I tend not to care when things are released)

get that bullshit off this thread forks

azealia banks smh

regional theater kid

anyway i suspect this is a forks & deej mindmeld track??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9A1yZWZdsw

i keep wanting to turn on this guy & then he goes & does something hilar and awesome

unabashedly love that dude

he sounds **so much** like ghostface & collabs w/ statik selektah ... but then he drops a track where he's rapping over a malfunctioning jukebox & i'm like, ahh well

yeah that's pretty funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dhCCx22JFw

Maybe this one, Shakey Mo. Beat is bananas.

lol @ how angry azealia banks makes deej. what possible reason is there for not posting her in here!

idk why not post lmfao in here too?

& i like that one lmfao song, but it just doesnt belong here

oh Money 2 Blow yeah that was good

azealia belongs in a rap thread just like brianna and reema major and nicki minaj and kid sister do

Action Bronson track is a party.

action bronson (almost abbreviated as AB before realizing potential confusion with azaleia banks) is a total ghostface copy but he's really good at it so who cares

I care

I just picture Ghostface sayin "that guy's eatin my lunch!" a la Mike Love

yeah, when he's over generic boom bap its pretty corny, i think as long as his production & execution sounds like they don't give a fuck about "new york rap tradition" & fake premo /rza beats, he'll be tolerable at worst

also since the original poster doesn't wanna change the thread title, I'm leaving as is

― walking liquidity crisis (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 January 2012 16:44 (21 minutes ago) Permalink

with this logic we'd have spent all of 2010 reading the rolling euroswag thread--just change it bro

kinda dope at best

wtf is wrong with youtube?

azealia belongs in a rap thread just like brianna and reema major and nicki minaj and kid sister do

― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Thursday, January 5, 2012 11:03 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the last time nicki minaj belonged itt was when she was with mizay imo
im really not trying to thread police this too hard, but seriously, azealia sounds a lot closer to lmfao than actual rap music. she already said she doesn't even consider herself a rapper iirc?

also this isn't really related to whether she belongs in this thread, but good lord does she come across as an entitled snob
http://www.pitchfork.com/news/45003-azealia-banks-slams-kreayshawn-and-xl-recordings-confirmed-to-play-coachella/

like she was just waiting for an excuse to diss kreay

and that story abt XL is like the definitive example of how sometimes telling your side of the story just makes ppl wonder about the other side

fyi deej there's another thread on top of sna where theyre discussing azealia banks

that story = yikes

otoh West Bumblefrickin Nowhere

good point. lets never mention her here again

http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/05/mack-maine-f-lil-wayne-fortune-teller-mp3/

btw this is a random mack maine track from like '07 that just got released for the first time, kinda wacky lil wayne chorus, i like it

talking shit about xl!! <3 <3

i feel like i don't even want to get sucked into a deejbate but why would new nicki minaj material not belong in a rap thread

i can't remember the last time i witnessed such ott ridic thread policing here!

that action bronson track knocks

deej can you just consent to the thread title change please? we have to look at this all year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT4V8ujoK-I

Kind of weird how French Montana went from Max B's lackey and feuding with Jim Jones to being the hottest New York rapper, but I'm not complaining.

oh no you have to see the word youtube!

its not 'euroswag,' it actually makes sense, until someone makes a cogent argument against it why wd we change it?

can we never let deej start this thread again. "my title only! my choice of artists only!"

forks stop being an asshole and change the thread title

i don't really see the need to post about banks in here... just seems like she's already outgrown this thread. like if posters like tracer hand are arguing about her

i can't listen to action bronson -- the guy is pretty talented and a good rapper but he sounds so, so much like ghostface that i can't really listen to more than two tracks in a row

oh doubtless i'd naturally post in her own thread and nicki's own thread for their material, it's just deej getting all THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THEM HERE as though they aren't even proper rappers is total #rmde

its not 'euroswag,' it actually makes sense, until someone makes a cogent argument against it why wd we change it?

― Regional Thug (D-40), Thursday, January 5, 2012 12:32 PM (3 minutes ago)

you mean why would YOU change it. WE already want to change it

it's a redundant word and breaks with tradition. 'rolling regional thug thread' or even 'rolling regional thug thread 2012' is much more concise and just looks better.

you guys are being really obnoxious

i don't like the year in the title.

but otherwise i dont care. and can live with it. also anyone who raps shld be allowed on the thread, even if we mock them after. deej the thread policeman is nagl.

suck a dick this thread is all about policing content. azealia banks is wack bullshit, stop talking about it in here

i can't listen to action bronson -- the guy is pretty talented and a good rapper but he sounds so, so much like ghostface that i can't really listen to more than two tracks in a row

― J0rdan S., Thursday, January 5, 2012 11:39 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

listen to the song we posted. it's not what you think

yeah, i think it's okay to police in here

i'm at work right now

i also think it's okay for the majority to rule on a thread title change

i think its ok to stop bitching about it & maybe i'd consider it if u had more of a reason than it apparently hurting you to read the word youtube

i feel like 'youtube' is an important factor in the regional thug mythos personally; it's the only delivery system for regional thugs

ayo I heard this was the place where we could talk about azealia banks, pumped for this, can somebody direct me to some of her music? thx

"like if posters like tracer hand are arguing about her"

Azaelia's great, suck a dick if you disagree. she totally belongs in here. comparing her to LMFAO is hella tone deaf.

I will cop to needing a late pass for Action Bronson and deej, you're right that this is where we intersect. I found him only a few days ago when dallas penn was pushing him hard to me. Pretty dope. It's totally tony starks derivative but ghost is getting older and sounding a little different these days and young dude has a full head of steam. i gotta spend more time with this cat.

if you guys all hate the thread title so much, make a new thread and take the rap discussion there. this is a silly argument.

i love how i'm like the equivalent of the new york times writing an article about grunge

i feel like 'youtube' is an important factor in the regional thug mythos personally

while this may be true, it's kind of disappointing that a guy with very deep grounding in rap can't hear that the rhythm of "rolling regional thug thread" is A+ good and "rolling regional thug youtube thread" is clunky as fukk

action bronson sounding like ghostface is a big problem only if he uses ghostface like or generic boom bap beats, which is def no an issue w/ the track i just posted.

i don't agree that azealia banks is closer to rap than to lmfao -- they are both doing dance music w/ corny party rapping, one is trendy, the other is popular, but they're much closer than azelia and trina or we/

while this may be true, it's kind of disappointing that a guy with very deep grounding in rap can't hear that the rhythm of "rolling regional thug thread" is A+ good and "rolling regional thug youtube thread" is clunky as fukk

― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, January 5, 2012 11:57 AM (49 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

oh fine change it, but you're all a bunch of whiney babies

i'm pretty sure that when it's 99% vs 1% in any sort of debate, it's the dude in the 1% that's the whiny baby

y'all r really arguing about the "rhythm" of thread titles now?

http://i39.tinypic.com/mb47zn.gif

genuinely surprised you think azealia's skills don't go further than party or novelty status

then again she's no tyga

i'm pretty sure that when it's 99% vs 1% in any sort of debate, it's the dude in the 1% that's the whiny baby

― J0rdan S., Thursday, January 5, 2012 11:59 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol @ you trying to co-opt 99% when its like 6 dudes dicking around in this thread

incessant internal bitching that drives away all but 6-8 posters is pretty much the goon legacy...

i wasn't drawing a comparison b/w occupy wall st, you retard -- i'm saying that you're being outnumbered in this argument 99-1 (numbers approximate)

you guys spent about 30 posts w/ 'incessant internal bitching' because the thread title had the word 'youtube' in it.

nice job making the thread a total pain to read through yet again, though

thread fixed.

azaelia can fukken rap is the difference! She's got tight flow and her lyrics are quick footed.

rolling hipster pedant azealia banks fanclub dipshits more like

thread fixed.

lol

her lyrics are quick footed?

"I was like, this is not what I worked so hard my entire life to do-- to be rejected by some English guy in West Bumblefrickin’ nowhere London, telling me I’m amateur or something like that. So I just said, 'Screw you!'"

what, you think they're slow footed?

she's a good rapper, i don't see the need for her to be discussed in the goon thread. even tho i think comparing her to lmfao is pretty dumb, i more or less side w/ deej on this one.

if she ever has a song as good as 'party rock anthem' i'll bring the comparison up again otherwise otm

dance rap like that has never really been the jurisdiction of this thread -- we post about na'tee in here, but not minaj and kid sister. banks is as good as any of them (imo) but she's much closer aesthetically to the latter two

ok well then dont discuss it. you can do that and not be a dick.

i really like action bronson. it does get p weird at times though when he is in super ghost deini mode.

yeah there is enough azaelia discussion elsewhere, but she's definitely a good rapper and fits in this thread imo if Kreayshawn does.

deej listen to "L8R" if you haven't.

this may lead to a distinction i'm not following: "goon" is different than "rap" how exactly? cause if this is a thread for trap artists exclusively then someone needs to open a separate thread for, what, CONSCIOUS/POP artists or something? And what's the point of that exactly?

Kreayshawn, to restate my earlier position, is fukken horrible.

forks disliking kreayshawn = more evidence for the defense obv

kreayshawn rapped like a rapper over a rap beat; we don't dislike pop rap itt, that's always been a staple

we posted about minaj in the rap threads until she got famous enough to merit her own thread (not because of a stylistic change)

i don't really see why dance rap can't be discussed in here. pretty sure the kid sister/gucci mane collab was posted in last year's thread and no one got butthurt

kraey was first picked up by rap fans (for lol n word discussions and rubbish connexions to other rap music) is the difference, no? whereas i needed to read p4k to see az banks.

consistently amused by your argument that if i don't like something it's proof that it's worthwhile but if we BOTH like something then it's aok

it doesn't really matter to me where ppl talk about banks, i just kinda thought she had reached an audience that transcended us goons. i just think policing the goon thread is okay.

wasn't aware of a.banks as a pitchfork artist, i got her on the jukebox with 212 and then roamed youtube and was impressed and the new single is fucking good.
this attitude that it's the media that gravitates to the art that defines what it is rather than the art itself is spectacularly wrongheaded imo

if she drops more songs like l8r its permissible to bring up i guess itt but there's no reason for the world's most popular "i don't like rap, but..." this side of childish gambino to be discussed here.

under no circumstance should someone rapping over blog house be considered for this thread. it's hipster dance music.

btw something that has bugged me ever since i started posting on ilx is you idiots saying "fukkin" or "fukken" like y'all are eazy or some shit

like, we all dissed that riff raff / diplo song for the same reason

the influence of canks i think xp

i'm emulating cankles honestly, xp

The Laroo posted up thread is p.sweet so thx whoever did that.

i think it's more that when you spell out "fucking" it seems really angry, 'fukkin' just makes it seem more guarded & barbed but less "u mad"

the laroo turf talk has an official vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUdYVc-7A7w

incessant internal bitching that drives away all but 6-8 posters is pretty much the goon legacy...
― J0rdan S.

honestly, the last 100 posts or so more or less reflect this as fait accompli; halfway surprised you love keeping your sandbox filled with ONLY your rock gardens rather than letting other people in to plant cactus and spread catshit. hermetic approach to music is the fastest means to suffocation

that you was directed at the "6-8 posters"

thread title needs more "youtube"

^^^

luckily, it still does in the bookmarks

honestly bitching about the thead title is a tradition that's not going anywhere, & like i said before this one was the most instantly-accepted of the past few years & deej should be proud of himself, but he just made it harder than it had to be. props on doing the right thing cuz

actually, you know what: i am actually hella tired of this dynamic.

"fukken" on my part is straight metal-zine speak - not all fukken is drawn from the same source

forks if I paypal you five bucks will you delete deej's bookmarks so he doesn't get to see youtube in the title

lol @ all of this

I had hoped I'd find links to regional rappers I'd never heard of due to underexposure etc but after a strong start it looks like this thread is actually about T.I., Nicki Minaj and posters bitching at each other?

Rolling YouTube 2012 Non-Drama YouTube Rap YouTube Thread

for reference, olds:

rolling gun sounds thread
rolling stupid fruity crazy swag thread
rolling ringtone thread 2008

note the thread title discussion in the first 50 posts

lol k3vin "you guys! it's always this dumb & has been for at least five years, get w/the program"

this is from last year, but I was sleeping on this mixtape:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv7SvxG6xHM

Anticipating the new Schoolboy Q album/tape/whatever. Out at the end of the month i believe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9bsJ7oGokg

lol k3vin "you guys! it's always this dumb & has been for at least five years, get w/the program"

― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, January 5, 2012 1:39 PM (2 minutes ago)

ha i dunno man doesnt feel like anyone's feelings are getting hurt, just tradition, a bit of fun let's be cool

ooh brainwasher that's dope, what's that mixtape called?

Money,Moet & Memories

yo Number None that is a really interesting track to me, thanks for that - amazing vibe

lol @ forks

this is like goon thread secession

goon balkanization

get 2012 out of this ffs

aero download setbacks if you haven't. i preferred that to kendrick lamar's record & most of the other music coming out of that crew

I'm on it man, I went from that track to "sky high" and though...fuck...I can dig this

hey guys
been gone
what's going on??

thuggin

missed you boo

woah Setbacks is kind of amazing

this is goon civil war

yeah totally need to get up on my black hippy

[that said i didnt care much for section.80]

Ab-Soul's LongTerm: Mentality is very much in the same vein as Setbacks

listening to setbacks, first few seconds sound like diamond d produced it!

man this is great so far!

Setbacks >>>> Longterm: Mentality >>>>>>>>>> Section 80

somewhere, Jay Rock wipes away a tear

Setbacks >>>> Longterm: Mentality >>>>>>>>>> Section 80

Nonsense

And that Jay Rock is pretty damn good.

There's not that much between any of them imo. They're all over each others albums anyway.

Jay Rocks is a little more *street* than any of the others.

woah Setbacks is kind of amazing

^^^ today kicks ass for teaching me about this

[that said i didnt care much for section.80]

yeah me neither, was totally disappointed

what makes the other stuff better?

I kind of dug Section.80, moreso than Shabazz Palaces (which is not at all what I expected to happen going in)

opposite reaction for me

hey guys it looks like the thread title issue has been resolved but if there's any further argument i suggest we just name it after this:

http://www.strangefamousrecords.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2063&sid=71b1fe4f3fa832278e982dd58c6ec184

Digging that Square Off that Brainwasher posted a lot.

http://rapradar.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/rich-forever-cover-final-1.jpg?w=540
http://rapradar.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/rich-back-v2-4web.jpg?w=540
TOMORROW AT 3:05. WE SO EXCITED.

every time i look at a rick ross tracklist i think "seems pretty cool BUT NEEDS MORE GUNPLAY"

This beat right here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOMwJ9WZxr8

whO_Oa

classic timbo vibez

i wish one of you guys would just start a new thread without dipshitty 'youtube' '2012' showing up in my bookmarks and 300 posts about how much we love northern state 2012

seriously, j0rdan just start a new thread and I'll start posting in there with out deej's paz-style ruining of a classic

classic was ruined a long time ago dude

rolling autogoon thread 2009
rolling 2007 snap thread
rolling ringtone thread 2008

Whiney can't you remove the bookmark and readd it & then it'll be the new title?

you know what was great about the thread being called the "rolling snap thread" instead of "rolling hiphop/rap thread" is that googlers stumbling on ILM never clicked on it to share their opinions

― max, Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:58 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

nah that doesnt work xp

do we even get a lot of googlers now tho? not many I think

woah Setbacks is kind of amazing

― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Thursday, January 5, 2012 1:19 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

that was one of my fav albums last year. yall should pay more attention

& yeah wtf is whiney talking about, the year has totally been used in the past & imo is totally fine?

let it be known that while i'm ok (altho peeved) at the lack of youtube i will not stand for removing the year from the thread title

and anyway, if you liked Setbacks & are wondering what else you've been missing out on

20. KLC – Grand Theft Audio
19. Don Trip & Starlito – Step Brothers
18. Gunplay – Inglorious Bastards
17. Kendrick Lamar – Section.80
16. Big Wiz & Tree – Wizardtree / Tree – The Tree EP
15. DJ Quik – Book of David
14. Max B – Vigilante Season
13. DB the General – King of Oakland
12. Stuey Rock & Future – FDU & Free Bandz
11. Trouble – December 17th
10. Fat Trel – April Foolz
9. Travis Porter – Differenter 3 / Travis Porter – Music, Money, Magnums
8. Sen City – Til The Lights Turn Out 2
7. E-40 – Revenue Retrievin
6. Schoolboy Q – Setbacks
5. HD – Fresh
4. V/A – Mobbin Thru The West
3. King Louie – #ManUpBandUp Pt. 1
2. Meek Mill – Dreamchasers
1. Boldy James – Trapper’s Alley: Pro’s and Cons

the bookmark thing is pretty annoying but i'm okay w/ letting it ride out -- it beats seeing "euroswag" at the top of ilx for a whole year

who produced the chris millie song

that was one of my fav albums last year. yall should pay more attention

someday you too will give way less of a shit about whether what you're digging is from this year or last

J0rdan - DGainz

never heard of him, def a cool beat

need an mp3 of that 4realz

He's produced some stuff for King Louie
http://www.youtube.com/user/DGaines1234

someday you too will give way less of a shit about whether what you're digging is from this year or last

^^^ for realz I could care less when something came out for the most part

oh yeah this action bronson thing is totally fantastic

Yo Gotti does trance rap! But it's actually dope!:

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

lol at goons' totally hypocritical stance of GIRL TALK BAD HIPSTER INTERLOPER, ACTION BRONSON GOOD MASHUP YOUTUBE ICON

oh yeah this action bronson thing is totally fantastic

― J0rdan S., Thursday, January 5, 2012 6:56 PM (59 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yay!

is action bronson a hipster thing now whiney?

think it's time to reboot the whineybot

i think i'll make a list of all the dope tapes released since Xmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I1OFODPL7E

Kevin Gates - I Don't Know What 2 Call It
Propain - Dangerous Minds
Supa Villain - 40 Acres & A Muller
Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire - Merry eX-Mas & Suck My...
TREE & NEMESIS - THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON EP
Vince Staples - Shyne Coldchain Vol. 1
T.I - Fuck Da City Up
YG Hootie & A-Wax - Interstate Trafficking (Pre-Album Mixtape)

Yo Gotti - January 10th

DGainz is a dope producer who also shoots videos around Chicago. I've been subscribed to his fbook feed since this summer, Louie is the best rapper he's worked with by far but there are some really promising kids involved. I actually posted something he did on last year's thread iirc:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhTtDh4iiv4&hd=1

and noz posted another on Fader, which is probably why he's suddenly getting a bunch of tumblr attention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_gfDcT9Q_o&hd=1

I would urge you guys to not think this is all the chi scene is about tho, i feel like there's an abstract perception to outsiders of a 'chicago scene' revolving around the most youtube-visible artists, but this is just one aspect of it.

Mike Will - Est. In 1989 (Last of a Dying Breed)

i should give setbacks another chance. it kinda glazed past me the one time i listened to it.

i like the song posted earlier, but i still don't find schoolboy q that engaging a rapper tho.

am i the only thinking that jay rock is way way way behind the k. soul & q ?

the jay rock record has some jams but for me, schoolboy q's is the best followed by kendrick, although i can see why non-rap fans might prefer the kendrick but it's a bit too arch / ambitious while schoolboy q seems perfectly satisfied making just-rap music

pretty sure kendrick's album is way more popular among rap fans too, dude. that's a bullshit false dichotomy.

also why are being arch or ambitious inherently bad things?

you're misunderstanding bro. i'm not talking about how popular they are with rap fans at all; Kendrick is obviously the bigger breakthrough name. I'm just saying for non-rap fans, I think Kendrick is an easier sell.

and being arch and ambitious aren't inherently bad things, they're just not things i tend to look for in rap music very often, personally.

of course ambitious is a v. broad word to use, but in this case I mean it in the Lupe/BoB sense. I mean, I really like the Kendrick record, but to me its a very very well done version of a kind of rap I usually avoid; the fact that he pulls it off is all the more impressive to me. But end of day, the schoolboy Q is def more in my wheelhouse

I fuck with Jay Rock. think his debut album was a solid B+, didn't maintain the same tenacity towards the end, but I like him on Strange.

love the Kendrick too. ain't heard Schoolboy Q but now am curious.

oh i think i forgot to mention that whiney sounds ridiculous hating on that action bronson song, it's not a 'hipster mash up' u goofball, hes rapping over standard '80s jukebox music in a 'jackin for beats' style

white rap wh1ney likes =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Twftjv5yg

This beat right here:

http://www.youtube.com/v/OOMwJ9WZxr8&fs=1&hl=en

― Water In The Z-Bo (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, January 5, 2012 5:06 PM (6 hours ago)

whoa

too bad about the rapping

oh i think i forgot to mention that whiney sounds ridiculous hating on that action bronson song, it's not a 'hipster mash up' u goofball, hes rapping over standard '80s jukebox music in a 'jackin for beats' style

― Regional Thug (D-40), Thursday, January 5, 2012 10:44 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

girl talk jacks the same songs!

i don't think you even know why girl talk is bad, do you

i like girl talk!

the vibe i got was that ilx doesn't because 16 year old Tumblr whites can only get with Boosie if Jeff Mangum is honking underneath him or something

that's one hell of a sentence, Whiney

haha. well, it is true that i prefer bronson rapping over phil collins to bronson over generic dinosaur boom bap / wu revival, but i think the dynamics at play are different CALL ME CRAZY

the pfork singles review where they call the Azeaealia Bank mixtape "a jaw-slackening demo reel" is 100% funnier than "regional thug" btw

lol whiney's like the dad who comes home drunk & wants to pick a fight except he doesn't drink

thug waffle, btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do9VLONS86Y

http://www.flatbushzombies.com/

20/30-something white male rock critics are gonna be helpless against this

READY THE THINKPIECEMOBILE

hahaha brainwasher & i were just talking about tis

brainwasher: it's like an SNL Digiital Short

me: oh god whiney posted about that zombie shit
it's starting

sounds like a blend of odd future & mr. muthafuckin exquire

has a cartoonish video look

INSTANT SENSATION

not only that, but their website is basically 4chan + Vice magazine

pug waffle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbBE4Y3eZRY

...

i feel like flatbush zombies is an attempt to troll music critics

a test to see if a marketing company can successfully get an Ego commercial in your favorite magazines

Eggo

How bout that Sisqo/Stalley mashup lookin dude though.

the name Flatbush Zombies instantly made me think of "grim reapah!" burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb

feeling that yo gotti bw. been jamming that whole mixtape actually.

lol at thug waffle

this thread could have been called rolling regional thug waffle. what a missed opportunity

never too late for you to step away from the dark side deej

would just like to chime in that Girl Talk is total shit gtfo with that nonsense

I don't even like Action Bronson but the jackin for beats 2.0 thing was mildly entertaining

whiney it must be really exhausting to think the way you think and view the world the way you do

um that jackie chain song is AMAZING

er i mean this one, i think i may have landed on it somewhere else

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9SZJ_pCDbc

the beat!!!

whoa yeah that's great

nice find I dig it

it's from a mixtape he's got coming out of "electronic productions" on Fool's Gold. I fear it may be too hipstery for this thread

hey thirston howl III how you doing man? (you look HUGE)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yrW0-iN3KA&feature=player_embedded

lol he definitely looks like one of those guys who only does bicep curls at the gym

ONE HOUR!

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luu820QNeA1qg6iygo1_500.gif

I think I used to work with Thirston Howl III, only he was into death metal at the time

http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/15656/rick_ross_rich_forever.html
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lovln8sBYL1r0u8ydo1_500.gif

the first mixtape to ever set a time and date and actually come out on time?

delayed mixtapes is a new thing haha

chuck inglish from cool kids got a placement on this

Think the entire world is copping Rawse cos livemixtapes won't load for me atm

yeah same thing happened to me

blasting this shit, slowpokes.

fwiw Rick Ross is my 2012 death list

ON my 2012 death list

if yours is a wish list then me too

you guys are counting down to a rick ross mixtape smh

so fucking glad i care more about azealia banks than rick ross

oh i forgot he's "improved" lol

countdown to mindless babble about Me'Shell Ndegeocello in 3...2....

so fucking glad i care more about azealia banks than rick ross

― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Friday, January 6, 2012 6:25 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

l-m-a-o

mew ross tape is fucking awesome btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0tT5uCR2p4

>>>>>> anything azealia banks will ever producer in her life bruh

that beat bangs but his voice is so boring! he has one cadence to his flow and he still sounds out of breath all the time. cannot see how it's even possible to argue that he's a better rapper than azealia banks, her nimble wordplay and command over her voice on "212" >>>>>>> anything rick ross can do

"somebody call the brinks truck" >>> more memorable lyric than any azealia banks will ever have in her life

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lovln8sBYL1r0u8ydo1_500.gif
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lovln8sBYL1r0u8ydo1_500.gif
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lovln8sBYL1r0u8ydo1_500.gif
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lovln8sBYL1r0u8ydo1_500.gif
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lovln8sBYL1r0u8ydo1_500.gif

THUG WAFFLE is my jam, f tha hataz.

ok d/ling this mixtape. lex's vow of disapproval is just the stamp of quality I needed.

thanks for the heads up on the new TREE, sisilafami

also, that Mike Will tape is awesome

oh man this beat on "Holy Ghost"

lol Timeline reference

fuck off neanderthal, what is your problem with me?

rawwwwwr

oh hell might as well d/l the new T.I. too, see if he got rid of the Santorum-stench of No Mercy

New T.I. mixtape is awesome bruh

been sayin

i mean its no neon-colored blog-house Kitsuné aMaisin' jaw-slackening Faderp RSS-bait Kid Sister little sister firsties """rap""" like azalae bank but T.I. will do, pig, T.I. will do

whiney is diablo cody co-writing your posts now or something

i was just saying that i really wish t.i. would return to form - would certainly show rawse up for the mediocrity he is

(i have the mixtape, not got round to it, not going to today due to hangover, i don't listen to rap when i'm hungover)

I mean this has got to push a lot of goon buttons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLNjJCtFDFI

The title track with Jeezy is the best rap song I've heard in 2012!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TzbhzBkEeo

Also, I love how no one ever talks about how T.I.'s porno raps are more disgusting than anything that Tyler or Necro does. I don't think rock critics really listen to T.I. outside the singles

there's a Mannie Fresh production! and Just Blaze! and...Dr. Dre

hearing Jeezy on that track pretty much illustrates why I found the new Jeezy a disappointment. THIS was the kind of track I expected to be all over TM103 and there's barely one of those rough-edged tracks to be found. it's too 'smooth' (and considering it's still not really polished, shows you how hard-edged Jeezy usually is).

wow, Young Dro with the reference to the Indiglo watch

mew ross tape is fucking awesome btw

is that the cathead rick ross who raps in meowing 'cause I can't stand that shit

Is that fuck da city beat lifted from somewhere else that I should know about? Cause otherwise it sounds a whole lot like
http://lucabrazi.bandcamp.com/track/rich-nigga

Multiplatinum icon Rick Ross def taking his cues from 2009 Conscious-Goon one hit wonder Luc Brazi

1: fuck da city is TI
2: i don't think Luca Brazi has had a hit yet
3: TI didn't produce that track, it's listed as "Chuck Diesel". Luca did produce all the beats on Ear Candy though.

Jeezy guests on Fuck Da City

i can't believe lex was in here arguing w/ deej about azealia banks v rick ross instead of zinging him for being over a year late on the rick ross bandwagon

t.i./travis porter/young dro is a real fantasy collab for me

esp a song called "hot wheels"

??? ive repped for rick ross since deeper than rap? iirc you repped for this era of the boss so u dont really have ground to stand on as that goes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78hT0H8nt_E&ob=av2n

boys, boys...there's never a right time to start liking shitty rappers

SD this album is really good ....

imo better than teflon don

would rather be 'late' on a bandwagon when the music gets better 'later'

trilla is a dope album btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6d6QjtrTaU

ross has improved, yes, but he was never bad in the first place

ehhhh I can't agree w/ that. thats a cool song but cmon. he's peaking right now. his writing is stronger now. it requires him being at the top of the rap game for it to even feel impactful

deej otm

imo better than teflon don
--Regional Thug (D-40)

You're the worst.

?

lol @ pug waffle

well yeah he's peaking now obviously, but that doesn't mean his earlier work isn't good - you guys make it seem like a Gucci-level improvement where he suddenly because this dope rapper skill-wise where that isn't the case - he's pretty much doing the same stuff he was doing on Trilla his craft is just sharper.

well i always liked "Hustlin," i just found that he was pretty hit or miss. right now he's becoming like a better-writing version of Diddy, where he just makes anthems & has memorable bars. i still don't think he's one of the greatest rappers, but he's def one of the great rap artists at least in the last few years. sometimes i think small improvements, tightening up his songwriting & everything actually goes a long way

he's kind of a one-man movement, you can't really divorce the quality of his music from the perception of him succeeding

imo

t.i./travis porter/young dro is a real fantasy collab for me

― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 January 2012 21:08 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

esp a song called "hot wheels"

― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 January 2012 21:08 (Yesterday) Bookmark

yeah that's what i thought

btw gonna go ahead and say the new ross is a legit classic and the best ross record. At the least, its better than the t.i., jeezy, 2chainz, etc. lps.

btw gonna go ahead and say the new deej is a legit dumbass

but stan, why are you so mad?

Seriously, have you listened to this? Most consistent high-profile rap lp since flockaveli, no joke

but stan, why are you so mad?

― Regional Thug (D-40), Saturday, January 7, 2012 9:02 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol

dude, the ross TAPE is good dude, but it's completely batshit that in like less than 48 hours of listening you're calling a hodgepodge of tinny 192kpbs mp3s better than like 2010's lushest best rap album featuring like the two most influential Lex Luger beats ever and prime Kanye. Your whole schtick of finding some ass-backwards YouTubey path to stumble into every rapper is like those dudes in 1993 who were saying like Bunnygrunt demos are really better than Liz Phair or w/e.

Lmao. Youre so disconnected

This isnt a "hodgepodge of mp3s" moron. Listen to the tape

That's definitely not something hipsters say!

Lmao. Youre so disconnected
--Regional Thug (D-40)

This is definitely not something hipsters say!

This isnt a "hodgepodge of mp3s" moron. Listen to the tape
--Regional Thug (D-40)

The tape is good!

You just compared the new ross tape to bunnygrunt demos lmfao

kanye had a beat on flockaveli? what was that a reference to?

also this is a "mixtape" not an "album", no?

xpost Teflon Don

For my purposes its the same thing. These are allll original songs and beats

I think whiney is just trying to g check me for daring to like rap he didn't hear about from someone else first? Idk but what hes saying has no relevance to my contention that this is the best high profile rap record since flockaveli

What the fuck does that even mean?

I WAS SUCH AN EARLY ADOPTER ON DEF JAM SIGNED AND MARKETED RAPPER RISS ROCK

I do like this more than teflon don. Is whiney trying to tell me I wasnt aware of teflon don? Lol. This is a longer, denser record; its to its credit that it makes td seem slight in comparison

I wasnt talking about ross dipshit but youre the one who brought up bunnywhatever demos, not me

Im checking you for your bullshit challop opinions that always find an excuse to shit on great major label albums; an opinion tiring from the last 30 years of indie kids doing it.

Were talking about Ross, what are you talking about?

Dude get over your firsties paranoia. I honestly don't know or care if you heard Teflon Don five minutes ago or were in the studio with crab meat man while he was recording it. Saying this tape is better is a complete bullshit posturing opinion

How is this a "bullshit challop opinion"? flockaveli was a major label record I was comparing this to, and this might as well be major label, for all intents and purposes

Lmao dude, having an opinion is "bullshit posturing position" now? Take a valium

Most consistent high-profile rap lp since flockaveli

― Regional Thug (D-40), Sunday, 8 January 2012 02:04 (17 minutes ago) Permalink

seems to be the case, teflon don is dope but he has improved even since then as a rapper & performer. its true teflon don has prime lex luger & kanye but the production on this is extremely strong

Major label records are mastered

so are you saying this will be as good as td when a nodj cdq of this drops?

rick ross beats sound expensive

this record sounds mastered to me \oO/

but im just listening on koss porta pros

regardless, the notion that mixtapes can never be as good as LPs is total bullshit. i'm not trying to be 'indie' here, sometimes i love major label lps, sometimes i prefer mixtapes, in this case imo the mixtape wins out

he has improved even since then as a rapper & performer

Lol yall keep telling yourself this #fillingavoid

lmao

itd be easier to take you seriously if you didn't think azealia banks was better than rick ross off one campy hipster dance youtube

dude ANYONE is better than rick ross. reema major is a better rapper than rick ross. so is andre nickatina. so is na'tee. so is young bleed. it's not hard! "better than rick ross" = "adequate"

well by anyone obv i don't mean drake or 2012 kanye/jay-z

everyone's taste is terrible in 2012

it was all good just a week ago

man I never feel less in touch with what's up than when I hear any of you guys praising Rick Ross as a rapper or a point of interest at all. I tried. I listened when he first came around and I try every time he comes up with something new. straight garbage, bad writing, bad rapping, dull character, I don't get it. to hear dudes who legitimately love live & breathe rap praising that dude is like hearing guys who saw Glenn Gould play saying "you know who else is good on the keyboard, John Tesh"

^^^^^^^^^^

don't you think the same about jeezy? maybe it's something about overweight breathy types rapping over those grandiose synthy productions

hip hop hooray
\o\
hoooooooooo
/o/
heyyyyyyy
\o\
hoooooooo
/o/

he can write verses, he's got a gift for theatrical imagery, but really end of day it comes down to Bangers, and he makes huge ones. It just makes other dudes songs sound tiny in comparison. this is massive blockbuster rap music, it just bulldozes everything else

"King of Diamonds" is probably the most epic Luger-esque beat yet

otm xpost

mmm, the idea of rick ross being able to make a banger half the standard of say "what you know", that does all the things you're pretending he can do.

"he can write verses" again with the high standards!! #fillingavoid

what an embarrassing series of posts for you

why are you embarrassed?

http://www.yidio.com/images/article/images/pee-wee-herman.jpg

Ross is about both volume and economy all at one. You guys sound like Rush fans making fun of Flipper.

Ross is about both volume and economy all at one

soooooo his selling point is that he's loud + basic. riiiiiight

seems to be your posting style and we still let you on the rap threads

man I just went and listened to "B.M.F." I mean...he is just a horrible rapper. the comparison isn't Rush to Flipper, it's Flipper to Rhino 39. "Who?" you say. Exactly.

lol xpost

also no way, aero

like how a guy who loves rap as deep as Whiney can rep in any way for this is like just deeply confusing to me. I like math-metal and I like bonehead death metal and a lotta shit in between, but that doesn't mean I gotta like bands who suck & are awful. I'm not even trying to be contentious it's just like when I hear actual encyclopedic-rap-knowledge cats riding for Rick Ross it really is like seeing people eat a Happy Meal and going "you gotta admit, this food is excellent, really good food here at McDonald's"

Ross's voice is awesome and it's not like he's still doing "boss/ross" rhymes anymore. guy isn't a lyrical mastermind but he drops catchy couplets, and has a knack for catchy choruses.

catchycatchycatchy

man I just went and listened to "B.M.F." I mean...he is just a horrible rapper. the comparison isn't Rush to Flipper, it's Flipper to Rhino 39. "Who?" you say. Exactly.

― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, January 7, 2012 11:17 PM (42 seconds ago)

those big luger joints aren't my favorite ross eithern try my favorite ross song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyJ-I88nFdo&ob=av2e

or his verse on the new juvenile single - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUQ1gJcu9Dc

if you don't like either of those you prob won't like any ross

he drops catchy couplets, and has a knack for catchy choruses.

again with the high standards

dude, smug dismissals are so 2010. go back to your me'shell ndegeocello rimjob thread

dude, smug dismissals are so 2010.

oh word? cool, good to know

go back to your me'shell ndegeocello rimjob thread

wait hold up

that was for lex yo

michaeljacksoneatingpopcorn.gif
fwiw i've heard ross sound okay on a few far-and-in-between tracks, but for the most part i find him as enjoyable as waka flocka, which is to say not.
aero, try this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XrtRrRPePY

also, the degree of temptation i'm suppressing right now to rename this thread "rolling me'shell ndegeocello rimjob youtube thread" is INTENSE

xxxpost like seriously, what is with this 'high standards' stuff? it's not like anybody has said "well, Ross is better than most of the other mainstream rappers out there" or any other watered down defense that focuses on the lack of bad qualities rather than presence of good ones. Even saying he "writes good verses" was lampooned. isn't writing good verses a prerequisite for a quality rapper?

Since when do all rappers have to be technical wizards to be enjoyable? Ross as a lyricist doesn't even remotely scrape the top in the genre, but I enjoy his lyrics, simplistic as they are. If his lyrics were all inane boring shit, nobody would see the big chasm of difference between Trilla and the stuff he makes today (I do like Trilla tho).

*cue someoen saying "OH, BUT THEY ARE INANE BORING SHIT", then die a little inside*

lol what is w/ lex and STANDARDS
u lil rockist u

RICK ROSS WRITES HIS OWN SONGS

Rick Ross is enjoyable the same way Dr Dre was circa 2001.

there's also a similarity in the importance of economy & hugeness

not saying hes better cuz dr dre in that era holds a special place in rap memory for me, but i dont doubt that kids today feel the same way abt Ross

neanderthal i think you have posted more about meshell than i have this year, but you can definitely shove your ad hominem nonsense up your cunt. quit addressing me. don't even look at me. you're unattractive on the inside

I am beautiful, lex...no matter what you say

aero, you may also wanna check out blow, for da low and push it; all of which are ross at his less monosyllabic lowest common denominator mode
that shit is working well for him at the moment so no surprise he's leaning heavier on it. I happen to like him a bit more when he's a bit campier and seems less serious about the pro wrestling schtick.

so in seriousness, lex, you asked me what my prob with you is. it's not that you have opinions. it's that you spent many days hijacking the Drake thread bitching that people liked the album when you didn't and that they gave too much attention to it and that all of the people who liked it were clearly getting sucked in by the mainstream media (even though the track history of the goons hyping the album refuted that point).

now you're doing the same thing here. like aero doesn't like Rick Ross, but at least I respected his reasoning for it, your responses are all like LOL, HIGH STANDARDS MANG? anytime someone says why they like him. smug, baiting 'lol u like shit music' replies get old real real fast.

go tell that to deej next time his knee jerks about az banks

i think i posted on that drake thread for maybe two days? drake fucking sucks though for real

I've criticized deej several times. there was even a comment from last year where I said his posting style was like Jeff Gordon heading for the wall in a NASCAR race. xpost

at the end of the day tho i trust dude's taste

also i've elucidated my problems with rawse far more than deej has with banks - none of her h8ers here have talked about her actual flow at all, it's all been "ew hipsters ew dance music"

her flow is terrible

^___^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB3ft4cqs7I
I sware it's legit :)

lol lex u posted on the Drake thread for like 9 days (starting around like 11/10, ending about 11/19)

like this is basically the best thing i've read about azealia pro or anti

http://theremixbaby.tumblr.com/post/13146055905/thesinglesjukebox-azealia-banks-212-9-10

and if you're gonna be anti that's what you have to refute

nice that u keep track xp

all this arguing got me pent up. i'm gonna stab my stuffed teddy bear in the dick now.

you see there's this thing called 'search' xpost

like no one else on ilx posts about artists they dislike smh

i had a huge argument w/ people about the azealia track already & my criticisms included her rap style so idk what your problem is. she's only been brought up here b/c you tried to tell me she was better than rick ross which, lol

sadly i did not read that argument

not sadly for me

i dont really want to talk about her now tbh. I just wanted to talk about how dope the new ross is

Don't we have a rolling dumb neon bloghouse thread to discuss Alzjsjsbd Bank

I can't wait for 212 to make top 5 on the tracks poll

that song sucks, legit thought she was british the first time i heard it

Otm

imo neanderthal should change his dn to "unattractive on the inside"

like this is basically the best thing i've read about azealia pro or anti

http://theremixbaby.tumblr.com/post/13146055905/thesinglesjukebox-azealia-banks-212-9-10

and if you're gonna be anti that's what you have to refute

ok...

"she raps like a classically trained actor might, and that’s a very good thing."

change to:

"that's a very bad thing."

the nas verse on the ross tape is his best (that i've heard) for ages

very glad I was out hanging with La Chat last night instead of taking part in you guys' stupid ass argument about Ross.

i'm having a post argument mimosa

ruh

lmao

i was at some amateur improv last night so i can't say that i'm happy that i wasn't having a stupid argument about rick ross but smh nonetheless

im just listening to this now

"high definition" beat is hot as hell

40 by my dick i keep pissing on the hammer
when they talkin slick i double back like that banana

lol

2 chainz' verse on "fuck em" is a very 2 chainzy masterpiece

i really do not like john legend

thread got awesome, would c&p and otm every aero post

i honestly feel like there has never been a rapper as popular (at least a 'cool street rap guy' type star) as Rick Ross has never and will be really worshiped or respected by anybody, occasionally surprises people (i'll give him props for "Mafia Music") but doesn't really ever inspire awe or, like lex said, make songs anywhere approaching,say, "What You Know." like his whole career is just the culmination of rap fans' desire at the moment to a) rally around someone when he's 'hot' whoever it is b) prove they don't care that much about 'street cred' by embracing a hilarious fraud and c) enjoy the increasingly Wesley Willis-like comedy of listening to this fat moron talk about crab meats.

i royally fucked up the beginning of that, should read:

i honestly feel like there has never been a rapper as popular (at least a 'cool street rap guy' type star) as Rick Ross that has never and never will be really worshiped or respected by anybody etc.

Rick Ross fandom is the most baffling thing in the world to me. Who knew that hip-hop was yearning for its own version of Poison?

haha i know right. i have a hard time imagining even like the most clueless middle school kid genuinely LOVING rick ross and his music the way you know millions feel or have felt about wayne or tip or jay etc. ross reaching this level of success as kind of a genial collaborates with everybody isn't better than any of them jolly fat man figure just cements how cynical this whole era of rap is.

dude if the success of khaled didn't already tip you off to that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEYUTR1p0jM

ross staying in the dj khaled posse cut rotation for 5 years straight until he was actually as popular as everyone else on those songs is very similar to the 'this week's frontrunner: herman cain/rick santorum/etc.' GOP race.

Can never be posted enough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PssFx7vHo7s
AND THAT WHUP CREAM IS ON YER FACE AND EVEN HITS YER NOSE
YOU DON'T EVEN GET MAD
YOU DON'T EVEN WIPE IT OFF
CAUSE YOU IMMEDIATELY GO BACK IN
FOR MORE HOT CHOCKLET

the triumph of ross as bangers over everything is a-ok by me

btw this song w/ kelly rowland where she sings about mind games should not actually be called "mine games" right?

when i saw that on the tracklist i was really hoping that it was a song about diamond trafficking and not a mistagged mp3, but oh well

You don't have to play mine games
Just tell what's yours is mine

Pretty dumb but i think it is meant to be "mine"

big krit or currensy should've been on "party heart" instead of stalley

french's hook on "stay schemin" is so dope

^^

i agree that rick ross is never inspiring and yes it's true that he is filling a void but i'm not ashamed of enjoying mainstream rap albums with brilliant guest features and hot production. i just like the void he is filling idk

y'all sound very disconnected imo

people love ross in deez streetz

stay schemin should be a hit

ILM selfmade
aerolexdude just affiliated

I'm not a Ross stan by any stretch but it seems t o me his appeal is fairly straightforward, no? He has a moderately compelling character, sounds badass and picks great beats. Good guests and fairly consistant albums just add to it. Sure he's no lyrical genius, but he's good enough to create michael bay-esque picture of his lifestyle.

He's also come a long way from

"I'm fronting money
My money is right in front of me"

Still delivers a groaner now and then but far less than in his early days

he doesn't need to deliver groaners because he is a groaner

I don't see what his bedroom mannerisms have to do with anything

Rick Ross fandom is the most baffling thing in the world to me. Who knew that hip-hop was yearning for its own version of Poison?

this is the most brutal takedown

What's wrong with Poison?

Rick Ross fandom is the most baffling thing in the world to me. Who knew that hip-hop was yearning for its own version of Poison?

this is the most brutal takedown

― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, January 8, 2012 2:51 PM Bookmark

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haha i know right.

ship doesn't fuck with poison :(

I think he also compares well to Creed - rock for when you sort of can't tell the difference between Jimi Hendrix and Pat Travers

quick, what's aero's next "majorly respected dude vs. majorly unrespected dude" dichotomy

Whiney vs. Brad Nelson

Whitney Houston vs Gunnar Nelson

Hansen vs. Gunnar Hansen

creed owns

I feel sick

lmao @ jordan nitpicking. stalley is fine on his tracks, and i think that guy is pretty boring. i don't know what krit would really do better. he'd be more distracting, probably

went back and listened to teflon don today, i still don't think it's that great a record outside of the (obviously awesome) couple of singles. IMO this is a better record

haha i know right. i have a hard time imagining even like the most clueless middle school kid genuinely LOVING rick ross and his music the way you know millions feel or have felt about wayne or tip or jay etc. ross reaching this level of success as kind of a genial collaborates with everybody isn't better than any of them jolly fat man figure just cements how cynical this whole era of rap is.

― seasonal thug (some dude), Sunday, January 8, 2012 11:05 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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lmaooooooooo amazing

LOL

haha

i didnt know azealia banks wasnt british

i thought that was the appeal

apparently she's from harlem! who knew

re: some dude, aero, DJP, etc.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShsoUL_zj4

wau, gucci-esque

the triumph of ross as bangers over everything is a-ok by me

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 8 January 2012 12:17 (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

agree with this but i think theres a bit more to it than bangers over everything, imo the raekwonesque namedropping of luxury products over string samples is a crucial counterpart to the relentless bangers. also theres a humour to his epic imagery that carries the bangers by not having the tone be too bleak or monochromatic, which at its worst is confounding ("bitch i got 8 balls") and at its best absurd hyperbole ("talkin to the holy ghost/in my buggati")

apparently she's from harlem! who knew

― rebecca blah (k3vin k.), Sunday, January 8, 2012 6:55 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark

um, everyone, considering how she named her track "212"

flopson i don't mean bangers as in literal like lex luger beats, i just mean dope rap tracks overcoming everyone's collective unwillingness to take him seriously

agree with that obviously

apparently she's from harlem! who knew

― rebecca blah (k3vin k.), Sunday, January 8, 2012 6:55 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark

um, everyone, considering how she named her track "212"

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 8 January 2012 19:18 (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

okay but then why does she rap the entire thing with a british accent?

it does kinda sound like it could be a sarcastic 'lol i'm repping noo yawk bruv' thing the way she delivers it

i don't know, but any of y'all that heard her make repeated references to new york ("212", "two-one-zoo", "uptown A") and thought she was british are straight retards, sorry

none of those code as new york to me, idk

anyway she sucks who cares

haha none of those "code" as new york to me, says kevin k about the song being titled after manhattan's area code

k3v have you ever been to new york

have ANY OF YOU BEEN TO NEW YORK

ah cool apparently she lives in montreal

lol

i dont have 2 know where new york is 2 vote 'empire state of mind' #1 in p&j imo

i'm not saying i thought she was british, just that a casual scanning of that shitshow of a song could plausibly lead one to that idea

k3v have you ever been to new york

― bob loblaw people (dayo), Sunday, January 8, 2012 7:40 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ha yeah I dont have its area codes committed to memory tho. and i haven't really listened to the lyrics or anything. just going by her voice

xp yeah and then knowing lex liked it i just assumed

2 dope records have dropped since the new year, the Ross & I Self Devine's new tape

http://rhymesayers.com/iselfdevine

very difft records, obv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBYAMjXBdA8

if you're not familiar, this is one of my fav songs off of his mid-00s record

listening to this new one, nice call, this is great

he's dropping 3 mixtapes in the next 3 mo. in the lead-up to a full album release. this first tape includes production from alchemist & oh no

"production from oh no" is batsignal to dudes like me, awesome

i think what really makes it work is that i just like i self devine more than most dudes who seem to work w/ this kind of production. he strikes me as being a supersmart dude, his time not involved doing music is spent in like community leadership & etc., & he just has a good rapper's voice

this isnt the kind of thing that will appeal to brainwasher or jordan s, most likely, but I think it's a lot stronger than the typical boom bap type shit the true school dudes rep for

are we really supposed to hear "212" and think the ny area code automatically? it's not like 90210 or something, i've never even heard it in association with the city. those other references are even more moonspeak to me. mind you im on the west coast and thoroughly underwhelmed by azealiea's whole shtick

90210 is a zip code, for one

212 is pretty well known as NYC, just like 213 = California

man, this Common album really sounds incredibel

newest one? yeah I really like it

No ID making a much needed return

Knowing what lyrics "scan as new york" means you listened to more than 30 seconds of Alicia Banks without closing your browser window in disgust; so there's probably a TuNeYardS thread you should be posting in, bruh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi1v1gP_NCM&hd=1

slept on him this year

whiney, you got the order of capital-lowercase wrong there
also love that you came straight home and got on this thread.

i'm well aware of the zip code/area code distinction, just pretend i said 707, 510, 213, or 504 if it bothers you that much, those are some actually notable rap area codes. i've never heard a rapper rep 212 and i'm not going to bother googling random azelia lyrics. brb though the tuneyards thread has new answers

why tf are u doofuses still talking about her smh

listen to the j stalin i just posted shit is west coast wavy

I love J Stalin. Prenup and Gas Nation are both stone cold classics...and that track is no exception

he looks hella short next to that chick tho

btw they made a t-shirt out of that groaner Mac Miller line about not being a hipster but making your hips stir :(

the micranots were decent

lol rick ross.

lol azeilia 'carlton' banks.

j stalin is dope obv. if ever there is an artist i need to spend more time w/ its that dude.

mock Rick Ross all you want, dude is laughing all the way to Golden Corral

odds on him becoming a future replican presidental nominee

I dunno, replicant technology isn't far enough along yet

TI folds up a little origami crab

thinking about it a bit more i think one of the things i most respond to in a rapper is nimbleness, which is one quality rick ross has none of whatsoever. yeah i loved crunk and lil jon is hardly nimble but the beats were, it was club music first and foremost - the beats rick ross chooses are like elephants sitting on top of elephants

http://assets0.ordienetworks.com/tmbs/e2b57c8aa0/fullsize_11.jpg

really really really loving Triple Beam Dreams

man...I almost don't need God Forgives, I Don't to be great now...cuz this mixtape is solid front to back.

Lamest rap beef of all time?

http://globalgrind.com/music/common-drake-beef-drama-diss-stay-schemin-lyrics-song-details

gonna post this picture in every ilx hardman hip hop war of words from now on
http://static.globalgrind.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_images_540/images/2012_january/drakecommon_0.jpg

DO NOT MAKE DRAKE TAKE OFF HIS SLEEVES

common kinda went ham

COMMON WILL FUCKING SHOOT YOU MANG

"Common, the test group has replied AGAIN that you're too soft. You need to beef with someone. We made a list of rappers for you to beef with that couldn't beat your ass, and well....you have a choice of Drake or Astro".

j stalin is dope obv.
slept on him this year

just abt to ask why nobody told me to listen to "I'm Sellin Dope" --- just caught up with it, real good shit

I emerge from the motherfucking poppy stem ---

t.i. mixtape is awesome

damn Common

hopefully some tennis journalist thinks to ask serena about it all at the australian open

/I’m taking a too long with this amateur guy/You ain’t wettin’ nobody n*gga you Canada Dry.

tbf, this is pretty good

yeah that was the killer line

as much as I like Take Care, I don't think Drake should attempt battle rapping anybody. he's still kind of the dude you insulted in school that stayed up all night thinking up a comeback while the other dude had already moved on

i've never heard a rapper rep 212

lol waht

in other news, Rick Ross standom is just sad aero otm

http://instntrply.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/airball.gif

the beats rick ross chooses are like elephants sitting on top of elephants

― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Monday, January 9, 2012 8:05 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you DO get it, then

uh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rhFywKCUTo
i mean
uh

twitter has been very strongly in favor of this. smh

dear hip-hop dudes; stop rapping about yr kids, almost all of you are terrible when you do this

I mean, I'm happy for you and all, but try writing an essay for your kid rather than inflicting a sappy song on your fans

you're my child with the child from Destiny's Child - DUDE NO, JUST STOP

i mean no song about the birth of your child should under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES include the phrase "shit happens"
also: "you're a child of destiny / you're the child of my destiny / you're my child with the child of destiny's child" is so UH

lol xp

I wonder if Beyonce knows her husband just put news of her miscarriage out there

ok maybe i won't listen to every youtube posted in here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an32fp4AHuo

this shit bangs

90% of all songs written about the artist's new kid are terrible. It's not just confined to rappers

I agree, but this thread is about hip-hop...?

just sayin

sisi, curious about the "internet gangsta" bumper on that song

i rlly like that sisi!

90% of all songs written about the artist's new kid are terrible

lies I can think of a bunch of good ones

they aren't rap songs tho

i did allow 10%

'Double salute me' sounds a helluva lot like a pastor troy record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xg06f5C6no

this beat is the hardest shit in life

"'Double salute me' sounds a helluva lot like a pastor troy record"

a good thing obv

oh yah no diss

"sisi, curious about the "internet gangsta" bumper on that song"

http://hulkshare.com/9d46uck0bbcw

entirely unrelated, here's Ol' Dirty Bastard's actual FBI file

gracias

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS8OMv8VF70&hd=1

didnt realize it when i first posted but this got an official video today

this is like the first time in years jay's actually had a decent excuse for his awfulness. he's a new dad and he probably did it in 5 minutes! it's kinda sweet. the child of destiny's child line is so bad it's almost endearing.

the beats rick ross chooses are like elephants sitting on top of elephants

― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Monday, January 9, 2012 8:05 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you DO get it, then

that wasn't in the good way

elephants sitting on elephants can only possibly exist in the good way

unless you get squashed

let me rephrase it: elephants sitting on top of elephants sitting on top of your face

take it to the fetish thread pls

d4vid dr4ke, elephant porn enthusiast

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Future is the 2012 Cyhi

look at the kind of tactics al has resorted to lol

Hahaha

why are zings always 'distortions' or 'tactics' with you, you sound like a fuckin politician

that was a joke dude. you said like elephant porn....

What does elephants and ice cream have in common?

Both are things that have appeared in a deej sex dream?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=944cPciN-kw

Man at least put a sock on the door

Cant get this Kevin Gates 'Love You' melody out of my head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8vAKLpDsFQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkT1RFDWS8I&hd=1

LMFuckinO who knew Juicy J could fall so far

laughing my fucking uckin off

juicy j over enigma is just fine

but y'know thanks for bringing it up because the mix is pertinent to my etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER2QpaJKJKI
I mean can you really not see that this is the 3-6 trendrider track where they anthropomorphize the style of the beat into a woman and then they rap about her? which is kinda like super standard? Or maybe you didn't get past the kanye-esque opening, which I honestly wouldn't fault you for.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9i8pTsN67g
also: officially sold on kevin gates now.

you deej, just to say i've discovered some great stuff from your 2011 tracks list (including Kevin Gates). Especially like the Shady Nate and Slick Pulla tracks.

that gates track is dumb as fuck but really awesome -- i'm dying at "alleviate your clothes"

and i vote yes on "everyday is halloween"

That line is great.

Its all about his delivery though. His voice fluctuates all over the place, sometimes it kind of reminds me of that Chocolate Rain youtube video/kid.

yeah no there's stupid melodies on there, totally in my wheelhouse

Live from the Kitchen is badass as hell

ross' verse on 'high definition' is legit

* ross' verse on 'high definition' is legit

NN, have you got a stand out track or two from that Yo Gotti?

"Testimony" and "Harder", the two leadoff trax

"rack city" is kinda my shit

and i kinda like the tyga verse on "the motto" remix, lord help me

how did shipley call "rack city" the most unpleasant rap hit of the past 5 years or w/e? it's just straight strip club music, idk

luv rack city

we talked about it before but man that 'he's on fire' king louie joint really is next level.

haven't heard the gotti album yet but i definitely f/w with 'single'

haha this action bronson thing from upthread is amazing!

d-_-b j stalin d-_-b

cool video too. can't wait for the new album.

if i wasn't a regional thug, would you still want me around?

"Stalin has some problems with a couple broads but manages to work it out."

^^^^

"stunt'n like a fool" off the t.i. tape is so dope

really feeling 'letter' from the gotti album