― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 00:53 (twenty-two years ago)
bonus fabo props..... 'if they want iiiit cowards get iiiit they still wonderrrr how i did iiiit...', 'i aint tryin to send police to yr rest, im tryin to put this piece to yr chest'
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 00:56 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:01 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)
'mama said everything happen to us was part of gods plan / so at night when i talk to him i got a gun in my hand / dont think im crazy cuz i dont fear man / cuz i fear when i kill a man, god dont understand / i got a head full of evil thoughts, am i satan?? / i been coulda killed these men, im still waitin'
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:11 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:13 (twenty-two years ago)
would you really want another mc on the greatest party beat of all time??? his dronelike low key monotone flow is like a neck massage or thick vanilla milkshake, anything more wouldve been overkill and destroyed the mood...even the 'do mase got the ladies' shout out bit is strangely subdued, he just hovers over the entire song giving you a couple catchy lines and jokes to smile at but never overpowering...its exactly the performance the beat demands
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― d k (d k), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:26 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― d k (d k), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― sean g, Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― sean g, Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 01:55 (twenty-two years ago)
― Al (sitcom), Saturday, 9 August 2003 02:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 02:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 02:16 (twenty-two years ago)
NB I am all for the wanksta beat, personally
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 02:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 02:38 (twenty-two years ago)
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 02:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 02:56 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 02:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:04 (twenty-two years ago)
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:11 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― Al (sitcom), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:26 (twenty-two years ago)
Well, sure - that's where the whole authenticity trope gets really interesting for lots of people. But the authenticity trope gets worked a lot different in rap than it does in rock, which is where I think a lot of people e.g. yourself get pissed off at undie rap, which marks as "authentic" a style that's at least as stylized as the commercial rap it deplores.
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:34 (twenty-two years ago)
except for me of course, I am tha realest
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:38 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:43 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:45 (twenty-two years ago)
as to the "money" argument, I think Shadow's making an old but not necessarily bad point, albeit one so firmly in the punk rock side of things that defending it on ilx seems like a particularly Quixotic endeavor - it's a "raw" vs. "polished" argument anyhow, and being as I prefer diner food to fancy restaurant food, I got heavy sympathies with the "raw" side of that binary
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:47 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:53 (twenty-two years ago)
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:54 (twenty-two years ago)
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:55 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:56 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:56 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 03:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)
i.e., ballplayers don't write songs about it and I sure as fuck don't have to read their interviews to enjoy their work
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:04 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:16 (twenty-two years ago)
(Naturally I like Citizen Kane but mainly for its formalism, I have the same issues with it ideologically that I have with "MMMP," ergo Diddy and Welles are the same guy)
xpost trife I gotta hand it to you, that's a genius summary of the Octagon reviews (which record I also hate)
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― s1utsky (slutsky), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― s1utsky (slutsky), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:22 (twenty-two years ago)
Maybe it's all about if you pay attention to the lyrics or not, I dunno. But this would be my lens to use.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:26 (twenty-two years ago)
Yes but John this is a much more enjoyable song topic than worrying about how you're gonna eat. Worrying about which two hot babes are gonna menage in the back of the garage is even *more* enjoyable! Size of problems != greatness of song!
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― s1utsky (slutsky), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:31 (twenty-two years ago)
(xp)
― s1utsky (slutsky), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:31 (twenty-two years ago)
http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=2196
the subtitle of his autobiography is possibly the funniest thing of all time
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 09:06 (twenty-two years ago)
*speechless*
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 9 August 2003 21:45 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 9 August 2003 22:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 9 August 2003 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)
― cloverlandthug, Saturday, 31 January 2004 03:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 31 January 2004 04:30 (twenty-two years ago)