OPO: current rap labels/crews

Maybach Music Group

Though I think I'd be fine with 18 months of the perenially whatever-to-excellent Wu-Tang output

over any of this

yeah... i think black hippy might take this but between ross, meek and gunplay, i'd def take MMG

then for me it would be a tie b/w black hippy (i'm only really a kendrick stan, think everyone else is okay to alright) and young money (interested enough in drake & nicki to endure the rest)

my darkhorse pick would be asap mob, interested in the rest of those dudes enough and i still have some hope that rocky's studio album might be good if he gets himself out of the internet rap ghetto by working with dudes like hit boy and swizz beatz

rest of these are kinda irrelevant... good music can fuck off the most, obv

where do Curren$y and Big K.R.I.T. fall here I'm not sure

yeah it shortchanges some artists... i tried to avoid big umbrellas like Def Jam or w/e while also sticking to groups that have real affiliations, and aren't just connected by the fans or press they share or being in the same city

who's on bad boy now?
man i'm so out of touch w/rap now days

it's been awhile since there's been a whole gang crew of guys I thought were good. Black Hippy and Odd Future have like 1 or 2 guys (at the most) that I'm interested in. 40's got Sick-Wid-It but it's not like the other artists really churn out a ton of stuff. K.R.I.T. seems kinda in his own post-Organized Noize universe. And Curren$y's great but I don't really give a shit about his other Jet Life buddies.

I know LOL BACKPACKER HERB GO ROCK SOME MISHKA HIPSTER FUCK YOU GO LISTEN TO PIGEON JOHN SOFT SERVE FUCK LMFROL

But whatever you call the El-P/Danny Brown/Das Racist/Action Bronson/Mr. MFKN eXquire/Despot crew is making probably the most consistently enjoyable rap right now as far as crews are concerned

Das Racist is some of the worst rapping I've ever heard

Bronson = eh you know what I'm gonna say here...

at some point this year das racist/heems totally clicked for me.

I haven't heard the latest but previous efforts were like sub-Run DMC in the rhyme-scheme department

i literally stifled a laugh when i scrolled down to A$ap Mob

xpost, i don't even LIKE old Das Racist mixtapes but am fully comfortable telling you, once again, you opinions on rap music are misinformed and ultimately less than worthless

I don't know of any rappers I enjoy among this list

oh nm this is a dope song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adg6iEz3-Ow

lol whiney. keep it real youngster

LOL @ youngster. Please, dogg, I was listening to rap music when most of the goons were playing on their little league teams

dunno how anything else on this list is arguable over black hippy, unless you're a 12-yr-old odd future stan swagging the fuck out and burning shit and being radical

so has there been some stratospheric leap forward from Das Racist's old mixtapes that I'm missing or what? Cuz I liked their production aesthetic it was just all the sub-Geezer Butler verses/rhyming multiple variations on the same word/Hahahaha JK-style lyrics that really grated.

xp

no grand hustle? young dro, killer mike, trae tha truth all positive points. b.o.b a negative. and there's iggy azalea who is...something or other

I gotta do some catchin up w Killer Mike, thx for reminding me

"big beast" was terrific from this year, haven't heard anything else that may have emerged from the album yet

I think the general Bay Area axis or Livewire if we have to stick to a real label would be my real answer

real real

"rhyming multiple variations on the same word"

yeah, this is really more accurately descirbed as "sub-Run DMC in the rhyme-scheme department" instead of "post-Dipset"

whats the current state of brick squad didnt u guys love them

"sub-Run DMC in the rhyme-scheme department" instead of "post-Dipset"

lol these things are not mutually exclusive

you didn't answer my question

or mine!

god damn it

lag∞n, the gods of ilx are fickle indeed

Whiney is very correct about the El-P/Danny Brown/eXquire/Bronson/DR/Despot(/Big Baby Gandhi/Lakutis?) axis. if they had a name they would be on here and would get my vote.

any of these get played at the ballpark?

yea theres like maybe 1 act i like in each cru. i might take oddfuture strictly cuz earl over the next 18 months is unmissable shit, or at least has the potential 2 be

or else ill just vote 'other' and it means ill only listen 2 lil b

And Curren$y's great but I don't really give a shit about his other Jet Life buddies.

― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, April 13, 2012 3:06 PM Bookmark

Fiend, motherfucker. (Altho otm about the rest of them obv.)

Black Hippy have made the most music I like recently, but I might take MMG just for sheer variety (as long as I don't have to listen to Whale).

yeah the idea of voting for the next 6 Wale R&B singles is the main thing keeping me from being sure whether to vote for MMG

But whatever you call the El-P/Danny Brown/Das Racist/Action Bronson/Mr. MFKN eXquire/Despot crew is making probably the most consistently enjoyable rap right now as far as crews are concerned

― Frog File Killie (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, April 13, 2012 6:09 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

i had greedhead on here but that's still basically just das racist, so i left them off

who's on bad boy now?
man i'm so out of touch w/rap now days

― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, April 13, 2012 6:04 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

french montana, machine gun kelly, red cafe

And Curren$y's great but I don't really give a shit about his other Jet Life buddies.

― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, April 13, 2012 3:06 PM Bookmark

i prob should've put JET LIFE on here, i totes forgot that he had a crew

no grand hustle? young dro, killer mike, trae tha truth all positive points. b.o.b a negative. and there's iggy azalea who is...something or other

― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, April 13, 2012 7:08 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

lol at the idea of grand hustle putting out albums

who's on bad boy now?
man i'm so out of touch w/rap now days

― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, April 13, 2012 6:04 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

french montana, machine gun kelly, red cafe

― J0rdan S., Friday, April 13, 2012 9:10 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

i'm biased obv but Los is by far the only guy on Bad Boy worth really giving a shit about, hopefully they'll give him an actual push soon

this poll was sorta inspired by ship's young money article, but it sorta emphasizes that there's no real bulletproof crew out there right now

yeah, i forgot about los

they're mostly such weird hodge podges of different people from different cities or whatever. not into odd future or lol a$ap mob but rap crews that are people who grew up together are generally so much cooler than all these industry marriages of convenience.

who's the hook singer on "peso," the guy from the shins or something? is he in a$ap mob?

it's the white girl that says the n-word in the the "purple swag" video

oh ok, it always sounded like a fey dude to me. haven't heard his other song.

it's the white girl that says the n-word in the the "purple swag" video

― J0rdan S., Friday, April 13, 2012 9:22 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol @ this

(ship, that was a joke)

(i always assumed it was a sample, personally)

Purple Swag.
@AnnaPerp
FUCK SWAG. IM HIGH ON THE REGULAR. I GOT GOLDS & ... ? I SAY NIGGA & ... ? I'M WHITE & ... ?

lol

alternate version of that coke zero commercial

a sample of what? it doesn't remotely even sound like a sample!

idk maybe it's some random

sufjan stevens has sold a lot of records, man, not really fair to call him some random

the problem w/ this line of jokes is that no punchline can be funnier than dude collaborating with lana del rey and then stealing the song for his own album

don't bum me out by bringing that up, my attempted sting operation to get them in the same room and then store them in an airsealed 'august 2011' time capsule was a total faiure

they're mostly such weird hodge podges of different people from different cities or whatever. not into odd future or lol a$ap mob but rap crews that are people who grew up together are generally so much cooler than all these industry marriages of convenience.

― some dude, Friday, April 13, 2012 6:19 PM Bookmark

yeah. still lol at noz calling MMG "the island of misfit rappers"

this poll was sorta inspired by ship's young money article, but it sorta emphasizes that there's no real bulletproof crew out there right now

― J0rdan S., Friday, April 13, 2012 9:15 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Young Money is pretty bulletproof right now, certainly commercially

yeah i mean it seems like Ross just wanted to build up a bankable roster but knew Triple C's wasn't really popping off so he just threw a few darts at the XXL Freshman issue covers. (xpost)

well yeah, i guess i meant critically

yeah well we all learned our lesson from pitchfork's purple summer i guess

i would start a tumblr that aggregates Whiney's potshots at pitchfork but it'd sorta be a full time job

Agreed with some dude, the whole idea of a ”crew” from different cities and all different ages and styles is weird to me

It feels more like d generation x or nwo from wrestling than an actual crew

more of a team than a crew really

more like a 2012 sports franchise as opposed to a 1950s sports franchise

mmg, black hippy are pretty much the only ones here

disappointed in jordan for including asap mob, then going so far as to call them a 'dark horse.' ask ppl about their personalities & its like, um, one of them is really into streetwear...

but GBE are more promising than most of these

whats the current state of brick squad didnt u guys love them

― lag∞n, Friday, April 13, 2012 6:46 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

occasional songs are good but they sort of watered it down by releasing too much stuff. wooh da kid's last tape was disappointing too

also, i do think the death of slim dunkin prob took some of the wind out of their sails

some jams on the ice burgandy tape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlJFp7duLGU

#bricksquad2012

ymcmb, ever so slightly over "other" vote of turquoise jeep records

also, is it just me or has waka seemed a little sedated over the past 6 months? verse on "wild boy" not withstanding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDh0FcJ1atA

no sleeping on GBE

i didn't realize that keef & those dudes had their own crew -- was trying to stay away from, like, "underground chicago rappers"

still would take MMG & maybe black hippy over GBE tho

love that video

meek & gunplay >>>>>

kevin gates is on young money now so that's a plus.

worst crews are good music, roc nation, & shady

MMG.

I am occasionally half curious about all the Das Racist-related stuff because descriptions often make it sound intriguing, but then it seems the rappers always are mostly unlistenable - e.g. big baby gandhi's new mixtape.

das racist were the worst when they came out with that fucking novelty song two years ago and they continue to be the worst

who's actually good on mmg besides meek mill though? teedra but i'm assuming r&b singers don't count in this poll. is reema major signed to them yet? smh @ anyone repping for mmg on the basis of rawse and whale

DON LOGAN aka GUNPLAY

oh really? awesome.

(kinda think his verse on "cartoon & cereal" was better than anything on the mixtape though i haven't given it proper attention yet

yeah gunplay obvly

DONAL LOGUE aka GUNPLAY

das racist were the worst when they came out with that fucking novelty song two years ago and they continue to be the worst

― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Sunday, April 15, 2012 7:47 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

but they're BRINGING NEW YORK BACK with their neo Paul Barman flava!

still would take MMG & maybe black hippy over GBE tho

― J0rdan S., Sunday, April 15, 2012 12:45 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah me too but considering the quality of the other acts listed, lol shady records, idk why you'd avoid underground chi rap

id also take Livewire over more than a few of these

underground bay rap but its also still better than shady records roster

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not mad at these results
i do fuck w/ bad boy a bit tho, just for los & french

and you like MGK

surprised to see brick squad so high

yeah mmg should really have taken it over brick squad imo

really heartening to see how much the world has ceased to give a fuck about odd future

"the world"

lol

Everyone in "the world" too busy talking about Lena Dunham iirc

congratulations, you found a new innocuous phrase to be a dick about

and you like MGK

― night ripa (J0rdan S.), Friday, April 20, 2012 8:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well the single anyway
ive also heard he puts on a dope ass live show

cant really be mad at the bad boy roster at some level. i just doubt they'll be putting out any classic albums

Bad Boy's roster would seem pretty good if the new guys had a relevant A-list rapper to rally around of instead of just Diddy, as it is it feels like kind of a rudderless assortment of would-be B-listers

congratulations, you found a new innocuous phrase to be a dick about
--some dude

You spelled "inaccurate" wrong

i know you saw someone else play the hyperbole police with me in the girls thread and it looked like fun, but trust me, you can't really pull it off

No deej but Odd Future is bigger than ever, breh. I'm at Coachella and the tent to see Odd Future's Frank Ocean was bulging out of every side until you couldn't see or hear him. Don't assume "the world" stopped caring just because Ryan had Larry Fitzmaurice stand down on liveblogging Tyler's Twitter feed.

the phrase "how much the world has ceased to give a fuck about odd future" doesn't actually state how much that is or that it's a lot. just that it has happened to some degree.

wait theres still a coachella????

also frank ocean as a solo artist is kind of a different kettle of fish, at least as far as the 'rap crews' thread goes