"Day and Night" once an hour in Atlanta
Terry_Clubbup
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I guess it took awhile to catch on here, but now the big rapp station is playing the Cudi cut at least once an hour. Last night on the top songs countdown it was #2. (I think #1 was that J Money - Fir Nai, Laah Nai song)Hearing "Day and Night" alongside the T.I.s, Jeezys and Ron Browzes...it sounds like a sea change of attitude. I ball hard. I don't catch fillings. I got stacks like the Empire State Building. In other words, I don't know from this "lonely stoner" attitude. Is this an anomaly, or are the airwaves now open to this kind of bedroom rap? Odds on Lil B getting play? (See Cocaineblunts feature on Lil B from the Pack). This song stands for a kind of complete vulnerability or transparency that has become rare in big rapp. I thought something was strange when I first heard that Gorilla Zoe "Lost" song because the vocal approach could have been from a Mr. Glass middle class comic book loner. Speaking of "glass", there was an article in the paper yesterday about rappers wearing a lot less jewelry, and wearing one piece of jewelry consistently, instead of changing out rental jewelry every week.I am more comfortable when this Hyundai of a song, "Day and Night," ends and they go back to playing one of the Eldo-Rad big body songs. Much more of this "lonely" and "free your mind" business, and the bonds of society will entirely disintegrate. 
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I credit Kanye (and to a certain extent, Pharrell) for giving Hip Hop nerds a HUGE confidence boost, as well as making a portion of the listener base okay with them.
Rappin' (or - ahem - posting) like you're better than your audience gets tiresome from time to time. I can relate to the "lonely, free my mind at night" aspect of this song.
It resonates cause it's honest
The underground's been bubbling (can't believe I just typed that) with "everyman" rappers for years now. And some of them are making a damn good living off it too.
This is what I was getting at...new values placed on transparency and vulnerability. Does it really work in a commercial setting?
I would be interested in hearing some entirely honest rapp, such as rapps by guys who drive UPS trucks or who are the managers at regional furniture distributors.
But why do folks seem to think everytime there's some "nerd rap" that goes against the grain of the regular steez, its some "breath of fresh" air.
The same shit happened when De La Soul debuted, and later even that wack shit - I Wish I was Little Bit Taller crap.
She Keep On Passin Me By....'oh its so not like that other hard stuff.'
Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos isnt "Honest"?
I remember this dude I worked w/ talmbout BizMarkie's U Got What I Need being so much more accessible. "Its way better than the angry stuff that I hear.."
Jay-Z's December 4th is just as honest IMO.
that's true, but even gorilla zoe sounds better singing than Cudi. Who's heard this remake of Buggin Out? shit is terrible
So does he actually rap on those songs? I haven't really checked for dude, but it seems like everyone's saying that he's the truth as far as hip-hop is concerned (Including Dante Ross in that interview with video camera dude) but I've only heard this cut where he sings the whole time much to the delight (or so my DJ friends tell me) of Caitlyn and 'nem. Doesn't sound like the "Next School" to me, but then again, I haven't heard his other joints.
I trip out on all these somewhat authentic dudes giving him propers. Dante Ross seems like the type of dude who isn't fooled by hype.
Ummm, not true around these parts AT ALL.
Jay-Z talks about dealing crack. So that's automatically out.
I'm sayin'. His name (cudi's) gets trotted out in lists of dudes who are supposedly "bringing hip-hop back," including Dante's. XXL's "Freshman Class" issue is all hype of course, but if Dante mentioned him I figured he had to have skills.
If he doesn't really rap that well, and his songs aren't as good as the one I don't care for, then that doesn't bode well for the "next generation of hip-hop." You'll forgive me if I return to bumpin' Dah Shinin' and The Infamous like I usually do.
Jonny: I think that was a crack at me, so if it was, please understand that I am well aware of the difference between honest & earnest vs ridiculous & sensationalized.
i would say its more like he whines on those songs....
Good point, but you're forgetting ... "The Kanye Factor." Meaning Kid Cudi is far from a trailblazer, but Kanye's BEEN making these type of songs. And his influence is huge and obvious.
I'm sure you do, but you did just say the other day that you can't hear any more rap that touches crack (pause). I don't recall there being a delineation in that poast between honest & sensationalized crack rapps (and honestly, is there any rap - at all - that isn't in some way sensationalized?)
All Kanye is doing aside from making a good song here and there is making shit whimsical and gay...and while it might pass as a trend for a lil while, it won't last nor carry much of a lasting impact.
I'm sure it doesn't help that it was sandwiched between Beneath The Surface (Blowed, not GZA) and P.E.A.C.E.' Southern Fry'd Chicken either. Ross didn't really stand a chance.