Faux-Rillz was right.
HarveyCanal
"a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
I've noticed lately that when it comes to rap, I am in somewhat of an isolated zone down here in Texas. After listening to so much Z-Ro, Trae, Chalie Boy, Ryno, VIP, Basswood Lane, Nac, Gerald G, etc. I simply can't bring myself to listen to anyone that isn't rapping in some sort of rhythmically coded manner. I still maintain that much of what I like about Texas rappers is that they do many of the same things that Project Blowed rappers like PEACE, Ellay Khule, Ngafsh, da Badstads, etc. have done in the past. I mean, please do go ahead and cram as many words as possible into a line, just as long as you can do it with a consistent and notable style. Twista and Brotha Lynch Hung definitely come to mind as I say that. I'm also thinking of something that I just saw that Bun B was saying in an interview about how when he does a cameo verse that he first listens to the other verses already laid down by other rappers and then decides how much he basically needs to come with it on the intricately complex tip. Somebody link that quote for me if you can recall where I might have seen it. Anyway, I've been noticing lately that as I listen to albums by artists that I have even previously liked, for instance a Motion Man or an OH NO, that I'm now absolutely incapable of stomaching anybody with a weak, remedial flow. Some of that has to do with certain artists being stuck in what should now be considered as untimely retro ruts. And some of it also has to do with way too many so-called rappers still thinking that cadences that they originally picked up from nursery rhymes are still acceptable as rap fodder. I mean, it's one thing to do it on purpose like a Chain Hang Low. But to hear someone like Puffy who is rhyming serious, but his most ambitious melodic tendency is to ultimately remind you of Ring Around the Rosie or some shit...get the fuck out of here!!! Anyway, get on our level...
And yes, Lil Flip and Mike Jones are like our Eazy E's to our Ice Cube's and Ren's...so go ahead and save your banter[/b].
And yes, Lil Flip and Mike Jones are like our Eazy E's to our Ice Cube's and Ren's...so go ahead and save your banter[/b].
Comments
No mo mo like flows on?
Save your banteur, son.
Man, I especially loved the stuff he did as Noggin Nodders for the Wake Up Show. I even liked his last solo album...quite a bit. But for whatever reason I can't even begin to get into his new album. And unfortunately I'm far from alone with that sentiment. Mo did a show here last weekend with Del and Mike Relm and anybody that I've asked about Motion Man has told me that he was straight up WACK.
What a shocking development!
As far as I'm concerned, struggling to survive in a hostile world is the only[/b] content.
Perhaps you might enjoy Rachmaninoff. i would suggest the 2nd and 3rd piano concertos to start off with.
Anything beyond momentary escapism is only good for hippies with trust funds.
Not all of us can expect a miracle[/b].
you carpetbagguers are always so quick to drop an artist as soon as he no longer fits your hipster agenda[/b].
RIF
I still recommended the show in the paper. I would again tomorrow as well.
Is there some question as to which one is the more complicated and engaging topic?
Not enough words per line. Try again.
Man, I love to listen to myself type. My ten tin soldiers line-dancing
like pros across this clattery plastic dancefloor on a mild incline.
This keyboard is my djembe, my bongo head, and my coworkers in the
adjoining cubicles are the whirling dervishes - they also like to listen
to my typing as well. Every time my thumb hits the spacebar it's like
the weekly commercial garbage truck has just set the empty dumpster down.
It's fucking definitive. BOOM.
That's right Jimmy, click clack clatter, the blank space is erased as
I create matter. But laws of equilibrium maintain that nothing is ever
truly created or lost, so for each blank space I erase by filling,
something else inside me has now become blank. This is a law in the universe.
Two strangers looking at a girl's ass collide in a movie theater lobby, and
now popcorn is flying everywhere. Her ass looked like a ceramic peach covered
in a magician's silk.
Back to the flow-zone:
I contend that the Young Joc "It's Goin Down" flow would not exist without
J-Kwon's "Tipsy", and loath as I am to crown the one J-Kwon with anything,
I really think the Tipsy Flow[/b] has become a force of nature with which
we must all reckon, just as we must with Jay-Z's Incredulous Whispering Flow.
Accordingly, I appreciate rappers who realize that that's all they're ever going to say as well.
why did you ever like Oh No?
having an office job can suck sometimes
What I suspect Hiero was genuinely proud of was the fact that they could pull off a freestyle, most times, without falling off beat. OK, that might get your foot in the door, but now that you're here show me something that I haven't heard a million times before from kindergarten teachers, commercial jingles, etc. Give me something that not only sounds good melodically but makes me have to challenge myself to hear the full brunt of. In other words, code your cadences with a style of speech that an MC Pat Boone couldn't pull of if he tried.
At least, that is my preference.