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Roymega posted:if that's your depiction of the rap scene then I feel very sorry/bad for you ehh it's not really a "depiction of the rap scene" so much as shorthand for Drake's involvement with it. I think what he's saying is valid; more so than most genres rap is all about collaboration and Death Grips haven't engaged with the wider community at all
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Baron Patsy posted:
If this gets the kids into danny brown, french, and hopsin then it's worth it.
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Feb 28, 2012 19:49
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Once again xxl proves how much they know about current hip hop Theres a couple dudes on there that are dope, tho French Montana has been around for a long time, I don't think you could consider him a freshman. Also if you like Hopsin then kill yourself, dude is beyond awful. He's got that middle school marshall mathers ICP vibe
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Feb 28, 2012 20:31
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juicy_J posted:Also if you like Hopsin then kill yourself, dude is beyond awful. He's got that middle school marshall mathers ICP vibe I just cannot understand the concept that people actually listen to him unironically. Like, I can't even wrap my head around it.
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Feb 28, 2012 20:37
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Griff M. posted:I just cannot understand the concept that people actually listen to him unironically. Like, I can't even wrap my head around it. Same with tech nine, that whole facepaint & contact lens rap is so embarrassingly bad I don't understand all the accolades they get. It's the rap equivalent to Korn or Slipknot
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Feb 28, 2012 21:17
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farmtrill posted:cmon, really? drake collabs with loads of rap dudes, he is part of the scene/culture. deathgrips arent part of that world is all im saying, they are a band with a dude rapping in it. they arent out smoking blunts with lil wayne and doing songs with waka I get you, I just think "blackjack" has more in common with 2pac than something like "take care". Rap game.
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Feb 28, 2012 21:18
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There are as many white people on this year's cover as all other years combined! Who the gently caress is Macklemore? Is he popular somewhere?
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Feb 28, 2012 21:22
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Alastor_the_Stylish posted:If this gets the kids into danny brown, french, and hopsin then it's worth it. Alastor_the_Stylish posted:I just realized Yelawolf listened to some Das Racist while making "Everything I Love the Most." Alastor_the_Stylish posted:I'm sure they only did it ironically. Alastor_the_Stylish posted:Nacho Picasso dude you're hilarious keep it up
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Feb 28, 2012 21:25
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The best rapper on that list is future. LET THEM BIRDS TAKE A BATHHHH edit: and they come out cleeeean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX8CIkNqE6Q
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Feb 28, 2012 21:26
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He's a Seattle based rapper best known for a song he made about baseball/one of our local celebrity baseball announcers Dave Niehaus (RIP). He's sorta known in Seattle cause of that song cause we all loved Dave but he's not really big or anything http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvNQWQSwmow He's not really bad or anything just pretty plain. Anyone from Seattle gets a nostalgia smile watching that video though
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Feb 28, 2012 21:55
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I had never listened to him before today, are all his songs about serious nostalgic poo poo trying to pull on your heartstrings? Probably the least fun music I've ever listened to. God even his videos are all shot at sunset. Dude probably can never get drunk because he pours every drink he has out for some sad poo poo that happened 20 years ago.
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Feb 28, 2012 22:24
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I was hoping to see some Action Bronson. I just listened to Well Done, and its a really dope album.
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Griff M. posted:I just cannot understand the concept that people actually listen to him unironically. Like, I can't even wrap my head around it. Is he the dude with the chainsaw? if so I already hate him. Also today I learned ASAP Rocky dates Iggy Azeila. What a bummer to have your girlfriend beat you to the XXL cover.
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Feb 28, 2012 23:17
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Lotta haters here. Is how a person dresses or paints themselves that much of a reason to knock someone? I actually just heard Hopsin a few days ago and dude can spit. I think one of his main problems is the production, his beats are samey and have the same 'dark, evil, twisted' sound to them. If you put him over some different beats I bet he would sound more appealing. Tech is definitely talented and is also an awesome dude, puts on amazing live shows and comes through with some sick production, too. I feel like I'm the only one who can't give a gently caress less how they put themselves out there. I KNOW there are some Wayne fans in here, and I feel that he has them same aesthetic as Tech for the most part, and the same type of fans. Does that change your mind about him? I don't care enough about any of these dudes to truly defend them, but I just don't understand it. This, coming from a guy that likes both Slipknot and Korn as well as poo poo like Gucci and Rocky. Slackerish posted:Is he the dude with the chainsaw? if so I already hate him. No, he's the guy behind him with the pipe lookin' thing. edit: fixing warzero. fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Feb 28, 2012 |
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Feb 28, 2012 23:23
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Slackerish posted:Is he the dude with the chainsaw? if so I already hate him. warzero: I like dark, evil and twisted poo poo, it just feels really forced when done by Hopsin and to a lesser event tech.
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Feb 28, 2012 23:30
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Bulging Nipples posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvNQWQSwmow There's not enough semaphore in rap
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warzero. posted:Lotta haters here. Is how a person dresses or paints themselves that much of a reason to knock someone? I actually just heard Hopsin a few days ago and dude can spit. I think one of his main problems is the production, his beats are samey and have the same 'dark, evil, twisted' sound to them. If you put him over some different beats I bet he would sound more appealing. no shots, but you just proved my point. Korn and Slipknot fans WOULD love hopsin and tech nine
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Feb 28, 2012 23:51
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Slackerish posted:Is he the dude with the chainsaw? if so I already hate him. ASAP was offered the XXL cover but turned it down for some reason.
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Feb 29, 2012 00:00
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I used to do shows w/Macklemore like 5 years ago, surprised to see him up there but stoked for him. Just heard the original song that "oh boy" sampled and I just got tickets to see Big K.R.I.T. on Thursday, biatch.
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Feb 29, 2012 00:00
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Bulging Nipples posted:He's a Seattle based rapper best known for a song he made about baseball/one of our local celebrity baseball announcers Dave Niehaus (RIP). He's sorta known in Seattle cause of that song cause we all loved Dave but he's not really big or anything Yeah I know what you mean. I do think this is pretty good song though. Beat is catchy as hell. http://soundcloud.com/macklemore/macklemore-x-ryan-lewis-cant
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juicy_J posted:no shots, but you just proved my point. Korn and Slipknot fans WOULD love hopsin and tech nine Yeah but I'm not just some dude that loves Slipknot and Korn and just so happens to like Tech or Hopsin. I don't wanna toot my own horn but I'm pretty educated and up to date on both hip hop and metal (theyre my fav genres). I just honestly don't see anything wrong with em'. Tech kinda wastes his talent with having nothing to say, while Hopsin can spit but also just bitches about not being famous all the time over ICP sounding beats. Give Tech some inspiration (lyrically) and Hopsin some dope production and I think both could be way better, facepaint and contacts be damned. edit: To clarify, I'm one of the dudes that in the middle between loving the wordplay and technical aspects of hip hop and just listening to the whole thing as one piece. That's why I feel like these dudes aren't bad at all. Looking at Tech, dude definitely knows how to crank out bangers and for Hopsin, his wordplay is dope if it wasn't always about the same poo poo and over corny beats.
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warzero. posted:edit: To clarify, I'm one of the dudes that in the middle between loving the wordplay and technical aspects of hip hop and just listening to the whole thing as one piece. That's why I feel like these dudes aren't bad at all. Looking at Tech, dude definitely knows how to crank out bangers and for Hopsin, his wordplay is dope if it wasn't always about the same poo poo and over corny beats. see, i haven't seen any sound demonstration of either of these things. tech and hopsin are both really good at double-time poo poo but i have never heard anything from either of them that didn't just sound like a hollow technical exercise. this is, to me, the epitome of nagl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bULBnef6w6k dude's relying on his eminem-derivative flow and jokes to make an impact, but he hasn't done anything to make that flow interesting or unique and his jokes are (somehow) even more immature and unfunny than em's. he can rap really fast but there's no complexity or linguistic depth there. his lines are weak as gently caress. that video is loving embarrassing and i think it's one of his better tracks from what i've heard. like, this poo poo is somehow even worse, and it was the lead single off of his latest album. Baron Patsy fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Feb 29, 2012 |
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The best part of the XXL list is Noz's response, this year is no exception. I wonder if the XXL-Interscope ties are the reason A$AP Rocky didn't agree; Warner did
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Feb 29, 2012 01:26
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thunderthief posted:
Apparently Big K.R.I.T. and J. Cole are supposed to do a show at my university but I can't find ticket information anywhere  . Also listened to Hopsin, holy poo poo that was awful. Dude has an ok flow but his lyrics are poo poo. Like, worse than ICP.
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snyprmag posted:The best part of the XXL list is Noz's response, this year is no exception. I wonder if the XXL-Interscope ties are the reason A$AP Rocky didn't agree; Warner did quote:Hopsin You know, all the nuance and taste.
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snyprmag posted:The best part of the XXL list is Noz's response, this year is no exception. I wonder if the XXL-Interscope ties are the reason A$AP Rocky didn't agree; Warner did Hahaha can I see the commentary on last year's list? Also that was my first taste of Iggy Azeila and I hate to say it but...I kind of dug it. It had a nice beat. And didn't ASAP make like, $3 million from his label?
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chopper city posted:You know, all the nuance and taste. That's the joke.
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The new Don Trip mixtape is pretty decent. I'll cosign him and maintain a soft spot for Roscoe Dash but yeah otherwise lol. Also reading a new post on coke blunts (2 in 1 month!) I checked noz's twitter feed and found this:  and yeah, that's pretty much right. In addition to hating on a great Dro line, here's the intro to the piece: quote:I’m a big fan of hip hop. (But really, what middle-class, sheltered, suburban white kid isn’t?) It’s an amazing, incredibly versatile genre. To briefly give myself some cred (lol), some of my favorite artists include Atmosphere, Brother Ali, and Murs. Now that you all know I’m extremely cultured and have incredibly good taste when it comes to rap, I feel I speak with some authority on the lyrics that have most spectacularly missed the mark in terms of rhyme scheme, content, and general literacy. Here, in no particular order, the wordsmiths and their craft that should probably not get their rapper license renewed this year. The only other actual rap verses in her top ten are from Gucci and Lil Wyte, both of whom I will always stan for, so t  > random white girl!
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Atmosphere, Murs, and Brother Ali. In fact, the minute I hear Murs, I've started tuning out someone's opinion.
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temple posted:Atmosphere, Murs, and Brother Ali. In fact, the minute I hear Murs, I've started tuning out someone's opinion. Murs sucks but his poo poo with Felt is good. Felt 2 is an awesome album and if Atmosphere rapped more like that than I'd probably respect him a lot more.
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I can't believe she starts it out like "I'm a big fan of hip hop" and then lists off Slug, MURS and Brother Ali as her top three rappers. Usually when you tell people your favorite rapper is Slug you preface it with "I don't like rap at all, but..." that is a list of the worst rap lyrics according to a terrible white girl who doesn't like rap. Also how you gonna put Flocka's verse from No Hands on there?! That's like his best verse on Flockaveli
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juicy_J posted:Once again xxl proves how much they know about current hip hop Yeah that's what's so great. Eminem is to Christopher Reeve as Hopsin is to Easy E's wife. Baron Patsy posted:dude you're hilarious keep it up seriously what's wrong with Nacho? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIKnwhovmaE Alastor_the_Stylish fucked around with this message at 06:33 on Feb 29, 2012 |
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I'm not white or one of those pretentious dudes who starts with "I don't like rap at all but..." or "I listen to real intellectual conscious rap!". I was a little kid raised on Ice Cube and NWA albums (probably not a good thing for my development) and I really dig rappers like Aesop Rock, Brother Ali, Atmosphere, and Murs (him specifically not as much but he has a couple songs I enjoy). Sage Francis and Tech not so much anymore at all, though I did enjoy them during my teen years. Plus I thought that one song off the last mostly lovely Sage album was pretty cool- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA8hzUDXvtk&ob=av2e Punkin Spunkin fucked around with this message at 06:50 on Feb 29, 2012 |
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Dazed and Confused posted:Yeah I know what you mean. I do think this is pretty good song though. Beat is catchy as hell. http://soundcloud.com/macklemore/macklemore-x-ryan-lewis-cant I will say one positive thing about Macklemore, he always sounds/looks SO loving HAPPY to be rapping
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Slackerish posted:Also that was my first taste of Iggy Azeila and I hate to say it but...I kind of dug it. It had a nice beat. That beat's from a Kendrick track.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5eT6TaEtPI Which is actually from a..... Childish Gambino track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npTqyATr65M She's not bad though.
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Slackerish posted:Apparently Big K.R.I.T. and J. Cole are supposed to do a show at my university but I can't find ticket information anywhere seeing his album release thursday in manhattan
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farmtrill posted:you know exactly what i mean so get off your high horse fight music guy, wayne and waka are 2 relevant cultural signifiers i used as an example, to properly define the 'rap game' is going to be an essay long post. While I agree I still say just because you're in the "game" doesn't mean you're a "player".. You think these guys are sitting around arguing about what genre their music falls into? gently caress no
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