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emptyrave
May 13, 2022

Can someone help me and tell me what producer has the "flex the money flex the money" tag? I can't find it with googling.

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emptyrave
May 13, 2022

Mao Zedong Thot posted:

sure it's not chase the money?

Gah, yes that's it. Thank you. (E: producer is ChaseTheMoney)

Rap tax:
EBK Eski - Even The Score
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5IGl67lva0

Someone linked this a while ago and I've easily listened to it 10+ times.

emptyrave fucked around with this message at 07:26 on Feb 11, 2023

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

Robert Analog posted:

Friend you're in luck EBK Eski came out with an ep recently and it's good. He's really improving, imo the best upcoming rapper in Chicago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBTJe1ASShA

I listened to He Got Gills and really really liked it. I've only listened to it once but I was actively listening without doing anything else and trying to hear what he was saying. I thought it was great even though some parts I couldn't make out the words and a lot of references flew over my head, but even for a casual rap listening I'm sure it's still great.

I looked him up on Genius to read the lyrics while I was listening and I have no idea how he's not bigger than having five of his songs being transcribed. There's so many lines that stick in my head.. I'll be listening to this a lot.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCDqErS8wyMU3a7szN2Kou9J0qwuS6Lnn
Here's the EP

emptyrave fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Feb 14, 2023

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

Double post

I think that everyone should listen to that EBK Eski - He Got Gills EP that I linked.

emptyrave
May 13, 2022


This is so funny. It doesn't even sound unmixed, it's like they purposefully mixed it to sound worse than that. It sounds both clean and dirty at the same time and it hurts my ears.

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

Who are other rappers that are underground (if that's the right word???) like EBK Eski and RXKNephew? I haven't listened to rap in forever and those are the two rappers that I've picked out from this thread. I was shocked to see they don't have nearly the numbers that they should be getting and I think it'd be cool to have other people post rappers they like that are on the same "underground" level as them. I don't care about the style at all.

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

RE: scaring the hoes

Lil B - Connected In Jail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8WzR51PYik

I put this as the fourth track on a CD I gave to Someone while we were both learning about each other.

I still stand by it.

emptyrave fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Mar 14, 2023

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

IDK, JID, Kenny Mason & Dj Scheme - Cereal (Lyrics Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zJEZEzLZwU

I come back to this song quarterly to listen to it 3+ times in a row. I'm not huge on the third verse but it's extremely listenable.

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

I'm not a huge fan of peggy but he had the instrumentals for Black Ben Carson as its own album on Spotify and I listened to it over and over. I absolutely love his production, but his lyrics are pretty meh from what I've heard (Black Ben Carson/Veteran).

JPEGMAFIA - Man Purse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtgMwD8HNuo

I think this is a great example. His whole aesthetic is great but his lyrics are pretty rough. Maybe I'm wrong though since it's been a while since I've listened to him.

Checking out Scaring The Hoes now.

emptyrave fucked around with this message at 06:27 on Mar 28, 2023

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

E: eh jk. story about playing danny brown at my friends party

emptyrave fucked around with this message at 07:21 on Apr 4, 2023

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

Denzel Curry - VENGEANCE | VENGEANCE ft. JPEGMAFIA, ZillaKami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0hMu9FUjmk

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

Danny Brown - 30 - Lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlK06K0yktg

The danny/peggy album had me going back to XXX to see if it's still good. It's still good.

emptyrave fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Apr 8, 2023

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

Eminem - Low, Down, Dirty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_T1_nw77Q4

When he's good he's good. I think Slim Shady LP holds up well but MMLP was kind of a weird relisten. Parts of it are him at his best and then other parts are just like "yeah we get it.. You're the naughty word bad influence man". The edginess feels forced and inauthentic at times but I would definitely recommend people go back and relisten to both (or slim Shady at the very least) if that sounds like it might be interesting to you and it's been a long time.

emptyrave fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Apr 30, 2023

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

Megan Thee Stallion - Something For Thee Hotties (full album youtube playlist)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEMjtUtKjYoTxkktateOv5R_UmIFKYuGP

I think this qualifies as "old head" compared against artists like Carti? she Raps.

It's a real fun listen. It's old now, but if you haven't listened to it yet then I 100% recommend it. Good times and very listenable.

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

capoxxo - perfect ft. oaf1 & dreamcache (Official Music VIdeo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP6W6bC9_m0

And at the same time ------ who cares about lyrics just let me hang with my boys in the mall

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

>_> !
Hmm I think that mixtape is more "old head" than you give it credit for! But I realize that hits the ear very funny lol. I guess I'm thinking of a more modern definition of the phrase, but the whole focus of that mixtape is "look at how I can Rap".

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

Quantum of Phallus posted:

wayne built his whole career on it

drat right, I gripped my fanny
I think they pissed at how thick my fanny is

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

whos that broooown posted:

Golden age rap artist Big Freedia

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

I relistened to Yeezus recently and I was surprised how little I liked it compared to when it came out. I absolutely adored it on release. I still like it but it could've been so much better than it was.

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

I'm not the biggest fan of his vocals and his lyrics always come off as amateurish imo but I absolutely love his production. Spotify has the instrumental version of Black Ben Carson and I've listened to it a bunch over the years.

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

Beve Stuscemi posted:

Which was a real unpopular opinion for like a decade plus there

Are previous fans of his going back on their word and saying "actually I think his music wasn't that good"? I assume "kanye always sucked" is still an unpopular opinion, but this is the only place I read opinions on rap so maybe you're right.

E: VVV I'm talking about his music. Kanye has def always sucked as a person, I doubt anyone disagrees with that. Saying his first four albums suck is wild to me tho idk.

emptyrave fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Jan 20, 2024

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

EBK ESKI & 2UNE - SHARK BOY (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcGINC2CMl0&t=1

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COFjgV2qp38&t=2

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

emptyrave posted:

Megan Thee Stallion - Something For Thee Hotties (full album youtube playlist)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEMjtUtKjYoTxkktateOv5R_UmIFKYuGP

I think this qualifies as "old head" compared against artists like Carti? she Raps.

It's a real fun listen. It's old now, but if you haven't listened to it yet then I 100% recommend it. Good times and very listenable.

Still stand by this.

emptyrave
May 13, 2022


You should listen to Something For Thee Hotties then (everyone should, and the whole thing).

Cuz this song is worse than anything off of the mixtape I linked. Pretty mid tbh.

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

emptyrave posted:

>_> !
Hmm I think that mixtape is more "old head" than you give it credit for! But I realize that hits the ear very funny lol. I guess I'm thinking of a more modern definition of the phrase, but the whole focus of that mixtape is "look at how I can Rap".

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

https://genius.com/albums/Megan-thee-stallion/Something-for-thee-hotties

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

Escobarbarian posted:

You know Megan is one of the biggest rappers in the world rn right

I don't really understand how that's relevant to my claim that she makes oldhead music. (E: re: this mixtape)

emptyrave fucked around with this message at 08:28 on Jan 28, 2024

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

KEVIN ABSTRACT - RUNNER (short film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AHYl3dXeN4

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

thathonkey posted:

thanks for this link

yw. I absolutely love this mixtape and it's better to read the lyrics while listening.

She's oldhead.

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__VkyJWH5ak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCNsx_NyNOU

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

Visibility Sucks - Cakes Da Killa (Short Film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ihwCRIKC68

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

meatcomputer go crazy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MatUJ89RnXA

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

How do I get into Yung Lean? I realized I haven't heard a single song by him, and if I have it was a background song in a random YouTube video.

I like "strange" stuff like meat computer so his projects that are more weird would be more up my alley. Instead of working from most accessible to least accessible.
Same with Bladee too if anyone is passionate enough to give me the rundown on both of them :)

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

Sweet thanks, I listened out some of those songs. From what I've heard I gather it's best to listen to full projects so you can get into a flow state instead of random individual songs. I'll check out those albums and give a trip report in like a week lol.

Does anyone know what happened with David Shawty? I saw some post on Twitter saying "David Shawty haters stay winning" and tried looking into it briefly but couldn't find anything. I wouldn't call myself a fan of his but I liked everything I heard. Sounds like allegations against him or something.

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

People here are that young? :thunk: I listened to some random stuff from both of them and I liked it. But yeah the cult-like fanbase or adoration for them seems like a "you had to have been there". Like trying to get someone in the same mindset as posting on KanyeToThe in 2011 and getting them to listen to Odd Future projects like BlackenedWhite. I couldn't really brainwash myself to get into that same mentality and be a "drainer" lol but I do like them.

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

Robert Analog posted:

I’m 40 and I love yung lean and celebrate his entire catalogue (except maybe frost god). He’s been making music for over 10 years so it’s not like he’s a new artist and I imagine most of his fanbase is a little older. Even the teenagers who were ironically listening to unknown death back in the day are pushing 30 now.

I think you took the opposite of what I meant about age. I didn't think anyone on SA would be young enough to be 17 in 2013. I always assume everyone is like at least 33+, not ~27.

I'll have to listen to more from both of them. I also imagine the reason why I didn't become obsessed with them is because they've influenced so much music I've listened to that the novelty factor isn't there to wow and capture me. Like going back and listening to The Velvet Underground or something lol.

emptyrave
May 13, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PCMq3Ro4dM

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emptyrave
May 13, 2022

I was about to say "drat he looks good for being in his 50s" but he's only 46?! I'm young so I had no idea he was only... well, I guess 21 isn't crazy young for when Incognegro came out. But I always assumed he was a lot older.

Is this when people tell me he's a bad person? Or has nothing come out about him over the years.

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