i would like it way better if it just didn't have dr. dre on it
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
i dont see why this is the best he's sounded in years
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
ive said this elsewhere (or here maybe, too, i don't remember) but dre's parts on it sound 100% like kendrick karaoke, which makes sense since kendrick of course wrote the verses.
but idk i find it distracting and kinda embarrassing... not as much as "i need a doctor" but it def has the feel to me of an old baller trying to do a bunch of and 1 tricks or something
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I agree with that; the verse is not Dre's voice (in so much as Dre even has a voice these days). I give it a pass, though, just because his presence is so iconic and it's a key part of the song's Visit L.A. sales pitch
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
Dre's verses have always been karaoke
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
u sound young
he used to be better at hiding it
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
thats silly. ppl used to criticize his rapping all the time & they were wrong then too
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
xpost I dunno, 2001 was pretty much all Dre karaoke and it was awesome in part because of that (this was the beginning of his "so what if I use ghostwriter? no shame in it phase.") I think the problem is he's never had a ghostwriter with a voice as distinct as Kendrick's
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno, he used to seem less slavish in his imitation of his writers. i kind of put the fault on kendrick for writing dre something so obviously in his own voice tho.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
eminem?
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
xp i don't buy that. jay-z, eminem, snoop, cube, doc?
yeah, eminem/snoop/cube were all strong voices too, obviously, but their personas heavily overlapped with Dre's in a way that Kendrick's doesn't. They all have their quirks, but there are a lot of interchangeable verses among the four of them. Kendrick is a real outlier
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
i kind of put the fault on kendrick for writing dre something so obviously in his own voice tho.
yeah, this is kind of true, but I give him a pass since I like the verse well enough anyway
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
i dont think kendrick is an outlier, its just a new voice'forgot about dre' is super obviously a bunch of em verses in like every way, we just give it a pass cuz we heard it a bunch & its a dope song
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i don't know how you could consider kendrick's flow more distinctive than now "eminem" dre's verse in forgot about dre was
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno, maybe it's just that i didn't realize he didn't write his own raps at the time, but dre sounds way more "himself" on the chronic and 2001 to me.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
totally agree; the ghost verses on "Forgot About Dre" were all angry and defensive, so they played on the popular image of Dre in a way that was believable enough
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
it must have been hard for eminem to channel than angry and defensive vibe dre wanted
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
for me it's less about the content than the rhythms
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
otm
― Number None, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
some spin on the ball here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwamhuY6Yy8
― Reg, Monday, 13 August 2012 14:07 (eleven years ago) link
i like this guy's stuff.
― sorry for asshole (dog latin), Monday, 13 August 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
This guy is the new Nas
Take that as you will
― protected by viper. stand back. (D-40), Thursday, 16 August 2012 02:34 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6krHJGimets
― "Batshit crazy," the foam clog tycoon said. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 August 2012 02:44 (eleven years ago) link
i really like him. take that as you will.
― scott seward, Thursday, 16 August 2012 02:55 (eleven years ago) link
Doing a track with Lady Gaga apparently
― Number None, Thursday, 16 August 2012 09:10 (eleven years ago) link
i'm actually looking fwd to that quite a lot, doesn't seem like a natural fit
― lex pretend, Thursday, 16 August 2012 09:25 (eleven years ago) link
i like him too. i also like nas
― protected by viper. stand back. (D-40), Thursday, 16 August 2012 09:26 (eleven years ago) link
― protected by viper. stand back. (D-40), Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:34 PM Bookmark
This could mean practically anything.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 16 August 2012 10:01 (eleven years ago) link
ie maybe he is literally writing the songs on the new nas record
― very sexual album (schlump), Thursday, 16 August 2012 11:01 (eleven years ago) link
i dont see how that could mean practically anything; he holds a very specific place in hip hop
― protected by viper. stand back. (D-40), Thursday, 16 August 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
so specific, in fact, that calling anyone else "the new Nas" is utterly meaningless
― some dude, Thursday, 16 August 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
well, you can take it as you will.. you must guess at D-40's own appraisal. and if you guess wrong, BAM in the dunk tank you go
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 16 August 2012 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
lol seriously
― some dude, Thursday, 16 August 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
i dont really see what's so hard to understand about that parallel
― protected by viper. stand back. (D-40), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
who's putting anyone in the dunk tank?
i mean, it seems evident to me Kendrick is a really talented rapper who's talent is so uncontroversial that he becomes a stand-in for 'quality rap' -- focus on skill above all, dry rap style, this kind of focus on purity of rap as a technical skill
you guys really cant figure that shit out on your own?
― protected by viper. stand back. (D-40), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
track in the OP = the new biddybiddybop
― bert yansh (Hurting 2), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
Section 80 was a lot weirder than that description suggests. Not too mention stuff like Cartoon & Cereal
― Number None, Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTsKXc3Cixg
― "Batshit crazy," the foam clog tycoon said. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
haha Nas is about 2 billion times weirder than kendrick
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
"Not too mention" christ
― Number None, Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
matt otm
i assumed deej's post was a comedy copy&paste due to the capital letters. guess not :/
― ticagrelor rotini (k3vin k.), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
kendrick and his pals are kinda the kinder gentler odd future in a way. your mom would like kendrick! but he's got the goods! and he is totally interesting to listen to. you want to hear what he has to say. and in that way he is nas-like definitely.
― scott seward, Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
it's to the point now where it makes it hard for me to listen to nas...am i'm one of the boring ones that thinks illmatic will always be the greatest hip hop LP ever....but yeah he's got such a heavy vibe of just being fucking nuts now, he weirds me out....and it's not in this like Lil' B/Kool Keith way where their persona is being kooky (B) or insane (KK) but there are always like 25 throwaway o_O lines on any Nas album (if not more) where you're like what the fuck are you on dude?
like some dude pointed out on twitter the weird "b3stiality p0rn" reference that comes out of nowhere on the new album
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
haha you're overstating it a little but that creeping strangeness and oversharing is part of what imo makes post-Illmatic Nas continue to be worth listening to
― some dude, Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
yeah maybe!
i like the new one pretty much
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
omg google upper mississippi sh@kedown and find bestiality porn
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
Lol
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
i attribute those weird nas throwaway lines less to weirdness per se and more to a certain tone-deafness about how to say things, which is obviously an odd thing to say about a rapper, but i finished his latest album feeling vaguely sorry for him
― lex pretend, Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
hah
I was being a dork the other day and was pondering whether carpetbagger would be more accurate than colonizer but nobody outside of a high school history teacher is going to get that ref and colonizer is in the current vernacular and also hits harder
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 20 May 2024 17:05 (four weeks ago) link
Also Drake is a foreigner
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Monday, 20 May 2024 17:18 (four weeks ago) link
he’s no dirty white boy but I tire of people trying to make him a juke box hero
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 20 May 2024 17:24 (four weeks ago) link
not like us is great obv, both as a bop and as a chess move, but good lord euphoria just keeps getting better and better
― poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 03:52 (three weeks ago) link
it's come to my attention that Thomas Chatterton Williams has weighed in on this, and the ATL colonizer bit is, it turns out, antisemitic ;_;
― rob, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 14:03 (three weeks ago) link
he has a personal stake in this since rap music made him abuse his girlfriend
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 14:05 (three weeks ago) link
god I hope he doesn't start colonizing now that he's heard this song
― rob, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 14:08 (three weeks ago) link
Why can’t it be read on more than one level?— Thomas Chatterton Williams (@thomaschattwill) May 19, 2024
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 14:13 (three weeks ago) link
kendrick please get in a beef with thomas chatterton williams
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 14:51 (three weeks ago) link
thomas got a weird case, why is he around?
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 15:02 (three weeks ago) link
Chatteron will beat him with 15,000 books
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 15:30 (three weeks ago) link
I saw a clip of Joe Budden (the worst person you know made a good point onion hyperlink) where he pointed out that "Not Like Us" tailor made to be a HBCU marching band classic this fall
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 22:05 (three weeks ago) link
omg
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 22:28 (three weeks ago) link
(the worst person you know made a good point onion hyperlink)
lol what does this even mean?
if you're implying joe budden is a terrible person, yes definitely.
ephemera- potential move for kendrick:commit so fully to the whole thing that he relocates to atl permanently. the proper lead single for his next album is yet another knockout blow, this one written specifically to be played only by hbcu marching bands and ends up like the "tusk" of morehouse or smthg idk we're in uncharted waters here and kendrick is a fucking psychopath.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 22:48 (three weeks ago) link
but like a cartoony bizarro world anti-psychopath, conducting weird social experiments. #zombiedrake
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 22:50 (three weeks ago) link
sorry! i was referencing this and it was actually clickhole not the onion
https://clickhole.com/heartbreaking-the-worst-person-you-know-just-made-a-gr-1825121606/
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 22:56 (three weeks ago) link
, without any warning,
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 23:01 (three weeks ago) link
lol THE AUDACITY
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 23:02 (three weeks ago) link
but yeah, he's got a point. thx for the laugh.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 23:03 (three weeks ago) link
Unfortunately I have picked up multiple verbal stims from Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" and none of them are appropriate to say in public— Ebeggin (@ebeggin1) May 21, 2024
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 23 May 2024 00:40 (three weeks ago) link
certified alligator, certified crocodile
Can't get the KidzBop version out of my head now.
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Thursday, 23 May 2024 00:55 (three weeks ago) link
Hey Drake, I hear you like gum.
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Thursday, 23 May 2024 01:41 (three weeks ago) link