Shadow, known for his darkly cinematic hip-hop, may be on the verge of a musical about-face. It seems he's getting crunk on his new record.
Posting on his official web site recently, Shadow said, "Stylistically, it's very different from The Private Press. Some have said Press was an inward-looking album. If that's true, than [sic] this album is the opposite, and that suits me just fine. I've also stopped worrying if my changing taste in music costs me fans; life's too short to live in anyone's box, especially if that box is constraining your shine."
Shadow expects to complete the as-yet untitled album soon. No word on a firm release date, but fans can listen to the single "3 Freaks", featuring Bay Area rappers Keak Da Sneak and Turf Talk, on Shadow's web site. The video for the single is also available for viewing and a remix of the track is forthcoming. To put it mildly, "3 Freaks" is indeed a departure from the library to the sweaty club. Also, check out the picture of Shadow and David Banner in the site's Album Update section! (Then check out the photo of the orchestra.)
And the new song is...well, not very good, sounds to me. I'm all for people going more pop, but you gotta do it well. There's a good idea there in the chorus, but it's not really executed very well. (Repeating your names is not an acceptable hook, fellas.)
― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 16:57 (twenty years ago)
oh well
― Renard (Renard), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:02 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:24 (twenty years ago)
― Renard (Renard), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:32 (twenty years ago)
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― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:39 (twenty years ago)
― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:41 (twenty years ago)
― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:43 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:44 (twenty years ago)
― ++++, Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)
Do you suppose "your shine" includes diamonds and ho's?
Piss-poor track for Shadow.
― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)
― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:46 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:46 (twenty years ago)
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― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:47 (twenty years ago)
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― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:48 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:48 (twenty years ago)
― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:49 (twenty years ago)
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― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:51 (twenty years ago)
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― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:55 (twenty years ago)
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― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:56 (twenty years ago)
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― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:58 (twenty years ago)
― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:58 (twenty years ago)
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― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:59 (twenty years ago)
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― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 18:03 (twenty years ago)
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― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 18:06 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 18:07 (twenty years ago)
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― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 18:08 (twenty years ago)
― deeej, Tuesday, 4 April 2006 18:09 (twenty years ago)
Ethan on his way to a Dutchmassive PA.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 21:28 (twenty years ago)
― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 21:54 (twenty years ago)
― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 21:59 (twenty years ago)
― Confounded (Confounded), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 01:53 (twenty years ago)
STRONGO AND DPDEE (we need three!) STRONGO AND DPDEE (man, we need freaks!)
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 02:22 (twenty years ago)
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 02:29 (twenty years ago)
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― deeej, Wednesday, 5 April 2006 03:09 (twenty years ago)
# Phonte of Little Brother Says:April 2nd, 2006 at 5:02 am
Very ironic coming from the same dude who skewered Dipset for their ‘genocidal wordplay’ last year, no?
Eh…
I know a backhanded compliment when I see one:
“You’re pretty cute for a fat girl.”“You’re pretty smart for a Black guy.”“You music is pretty good for a group of backpackers.”
Well ‘fuck you’ too, nigga….
― deeeej, Wednesday, 5 April 2006 03:10 (twenty years ago)
posted by plum drank @ 3/18/2006
― Robert L Bell (Robert L Bell), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 12:29 (twenty years ago)
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― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 13:27 (twenty years ago)
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― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 14:55 (twenty years ago)
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― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 15:02 (twenty years ago)
I almost said "don't you mean the Empire Records soundtrack?"
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 15:10 (twenty years ago)
the crow ost is the worst record i have ever heard
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 15:12 (twenty years ago)
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― Renard (Renard), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 17:12 (twenty years ago)
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― Renard (Renard), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 17:16 (twenty years ago)
"Big Bang Baby" isn't on that.
― Zwan (miccio), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 17:42 (twenty years ago)
― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)
“Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I’ll take it away from you, stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger ’til it goes ‘click.’” - Jesus
So the other day I created a post in which I attempted to prove that southern rap fans, and not backpackers, are the most annoying fans in all of hip-hop. I figured a few - maybe 15 or 40 - of these assholes would show up in the comments section with their retarded, misguided, emotional outbursts (filled with ridonkulous mispellings, ALL CAPS, and what have you) thus proving my point. Never would I have guessed that over 100 of these d-bags and counting, including the biggest southern rap stan of them all, Bun B, would all respond within the space of 2 days. Ah, the Internet.
In fact, when I heard Bun B had responded to the post, I hoped he had actually read it and would respond to some of the points I made in it. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Bun B did nothing of the sort. Instead he let loose with the kind of comment that begins, “You sit in your fucking cubicle all day…” It could very well be the case that Bun B doesn’t know how to read, and that one of his hoes read it for him (while Pimp C pointed a gun at her, natch) and then typed up his response. Does that seem too unlikely a scenario? How else to account for the fact that Bun B is accusing me of all kinds of weird shit that doesn’t have shit to do with shit?
First of all, Bun B goes on a lengthy-ass rant about how people in the South have supported all kinds of music for over 20 years. Um, OK. First of all, as a matter of explanation, I’m not from New York. As mentioned in my post about why Reggaeton should be banned, I visited there briefly last year and didn’t particularly care for it. In general, I found it dirty and vastly overpopulated. I was born, raised, and currently reside in St. Louis, MO. As I’m sure you’re all aware, there are a few very popular (a lot more so than UGK) rappers from around here, but I don’t pretend to like them just because I come from the same town. What kind of gay-ass shit is that?
Nor do I feel any obligation to “support” someone just because they rap. In general, I don’t encourage anyone to buy anything they don’t really need, but then I’m gully like that. As the President would say, you speak of hip-hop as if it’s some sort of entitlement program. On the rare occasion that I do buy a CD, I buy it because I want to listen to it. I could give a fuck if the artist makes $5 or $.05 from it. Am I supposed to be impressed by the fact that people in your region spend more money on rap CDs than people in any other region? Could it be that people in Texas have lower standards of quality in music than people in other parts of the country? That would certainly explain the popularity of “turning lane rap,” or whatever it is you call it.
I will say I was rather impressed by his lengthy list of important friends in the rap industry. Indeed, I’m impressed in general by people - adults - who attempt to win arguments by name dropping. Since we’re on the topic, I suppose I should mention that I went to high school with a guy who once met Lisa Loeb. And my old roommate occasionally caddies for Bob Costas. Ever heard of that fruity major label anarchist band the Living Things? You guessed it, homo, I went to high school with at least one, if not all of them. And don’t even get me started about the guy who wrote Hello, My Name Is Scott. Or the time I met one of the guys from Hoop Dreams at the Missouri Black Expo. I could go on, but I think you’re beginning to see my point.
And you say I only hear what I want to.
But the part that really got me is when Bun B suggests I might be in the wrong place at the wrong time and end up in a situation similar to his life partner Pimp C. Um, since when is pulling a gun out on a woman in a mall a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time? Come on, bro. Did he mean to suggest that if they weren’t at a mall, but rather, say a showing of ATL, it would’ve been the right time to do something like that? The truth of the matter is that anyone who would flash a piece out in front of a motherfucking Orange Julius is a fucking idiot. If anything, Bun B should be worried about himself being out somewhere with that asshole.
Finally, if Bun B is such a badass (no one doubts that Pimp C is - he’ll pull a gun out on you), why is he going on the Internet typing long-ass paragraphs about people that hardly said shit about him? If you read my post carefully (slowly, if necessary), you’ll notice that at no point in it did I suggest that all or even most southern hip-hop is bad. Meanwhile, Curtis “Interscope” Jackson is on the record as saying just that. Funny, I don’t see Bun B going on the Internet (or anywhere else, for that matter) and telling him to shove anything in his pussy. Hmm, I wonder why that is… Could it be that Jimmy “Double Fantasy” Iovine doesn’t allow Bun B to say shit about 50 Cent?
People, there’s a reason why Bun B is the only rapper who can’t even manage to sell 500,000 CDs, and yet and still manages to grace the cover of magazines like The Source and XXL seemingly every other month; and it ain’t got shit to do with the fact that he thinks he’s friends with “Cool Herc” (sic). Bun B is a tool of the industry and a sorry old man who only ever had a hit when he did a song with Jay-Z, who will do a song with anyone. The Soundscan numbers don’t lie, fags. UGK wasn’t selling shit back before southern rap was popular, and they still aren’t selling shit now that it’s the hottest thing out.
Your revolution is over. The bums lost.
― +++++, Wednesday, 5 April 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)
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― and what, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 03:27 (eighteen years ago)
ahahaha
― and what, Monday, 21 April 2008 00:13 (eighteen years ago)
Glad that box wasn't constraining his shine.
― Bodrick III, Monday, 21 April 2008 00:34 (eighteen years ago)
wow I wish Bun B stomped that dude out in real life....
also The Soundscan numbers don’t lie, fags. UGK wasn’t selling shit back before southern rap was popular, and they still aren’t selling shit now that it’s the hottest thing out.
did he make any posts when undergroudn kingz went #1???
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Monday, 21 April 2008 00:50 (eighteen years ago)
wow has it really been two years since the bun b/bol beef
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 21 April 2008 00:51 (eighteen years ago)
bun b/bol blog beef
bun bablaws bol blog
― and what, Monday, 21 April 2008 00:57 (eighteen years ago)
lol preview of the matrix 12 u know that "alex in baltimore" is the dude who writes that blog right?
― max, Monday, 21 April 2008 01:01 (eighteen years ago)
God forbid you’re in the wrong place and the wrong time like Pimp and have to spend 4 years of your life behind bars. You’re a black man, so fuck how educated and well read you are. You’ll ride just like Pimp, and you’ll be sorry about it, just like Pimp. The only difference: nobody’s gonna wear a fuckin t-shirt with yo face on it.
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― and what, Monday, 21 April 2008 01:04 (eighteen years ago)
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― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 21 April 2008 01:12 (eighteen years ago)
Well guess what you Elks lodge habitatin, Masters in Augusta wanna-be, finger-pointin behind the bushes, throwin a rock and runnin ass nigga, I just thought I’d tell you to take whatever preconcieved notions you have built up in your air and watertight cranium AND STICK IT IN YO PUSSY!
― The Reverend, Monday, 21 April 2008 02:22 (eighteen years ago)