Fudge for Hands posted:

I think part of the reason for the lack of southern discussion could be a shortage of new, decent music coming out of the south.

Diodeous posted:

there's this guy Fat Tony, who I've been all about lately. He's really really unlike the rest of Texas and reminds me more of Lupe type stuff.

phractured posted:

Hate to be that guy, but Gibbs is not a southern rapper.

Bluetooth human being posted:

Royce Da 5'9" and Slaughterhouse is actually the reason I started listening to rap in the first place.

Jock Mocken posted:

"I smoke bigger bowls wit' bigger pros and bigger hos..."

Gaupo Guacho posted:

listening to Wu-Tang makes you a dork

alansmithee posted:

There's only a handful of southern dudes I'd consider good rappers, or even average: Outkast, Luda, Scarface, Jay Electronica, Wayne, T.I., Goodie Mob, Krit...that's about all I can think of.

Sokrateez posted:

Last year I got into hip hop with A Tribe Called Quest, Midnight Marauders specifically. Since then I've been staunchly east-coast/"golden age"/New York hip hop with my favourites being Public Enemy, Quest, LL Cool J, Eric B. and Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, and the like, but lately I've been listening to 2Pac and I'm liking what I hear. Where should I go from here for more gangsta rap type hip hop?

Bloopsy posted:

Backup Snacks posted:

I can only hear about how much someone with millions of dollars is making it snow at the traphouse for half a track before I turn it off. Which is probably why I can't stand Rick Ross

Backup Snacks posted:

Rereading my posts, I feel like I came off as an ignorant dick at points. To repent, here's one of my favorite tracks someone posted in the last thread: Celph Titled & Buckwild ft R.A. - Mad Ammo

powerful drum sound posted:

Also when you're done with those delete all of it from your hard drive and listen to T-Shirts and Buddens.

x TOMMYBOY x posted:

I'm interested in your reasoning as to how this album is "hands down" worse than Recovery and Encore.

edit: The voice thing is not a good enough reason.

err posted:

The new Royce is dope.

Randomly browsing Youtube I found out I slept on Lupe Fiasco, really digging what I heard. Can someone recommend me his best albums/mixtapes?

Korak posted:

I feel like such a poser but are the only really great possible albums coming out in the next few months Royce, Lil' Wayne, and maybe at some point in the future Kingdom Come?

BigHustle posted:

I do some volunteer work writing concert reviews and music articles for the local independent radio station here in St. Louis and was sent to review the Cee Lo Green concert tonight.

Hoodie Allen opened and sounded great, but the real poo poo went down halfway through Cee Lo's set.

He sends the girls in his backing band offstage and asks if we knew where he came from and what he did before his fame with Gnarls Barkley and the new album. He goes on about Atlanta and poo poo and says "Here, let me introduce you to my family" and brings out Khujo, T-Mo, and Big Gipp.

The four of them nearly tore down the house running through Cell Therapy and Soul Food. As they went off stage, Cee Lo said they'll have a new album coming out soon.

Am I the only one who didn't know they had reconciled to the point where they were going to record again?

Fodder Cannon posted:

I like Aaliyah and all, but we all know Timbo's never done anything as good as his JT stuff.

alansmithee posted:

Don't be getting all snotty just cause you pissed your pants. Dude I warned you beforehand that people who are particularly soft might not wanna watch. Now grab your Drake CD and cry yourself to sleep or w/e.


Yung LA (lol). Actually I just found out about that looking for Alley Boy stuff and reading about the Yung LA beef, mixtape supposedly out tomorrow so might wanna check for that.

Also if anyone does have more info please do speak up, cause that's some generally hard poo poo.

alansmithee posted:

Yeah that's some of the stuff I was looking up. If all that is to be believed (and don't know how you'd fake a tattoo) I think that's the most shameful rap-beef ever. I mean it's one thing to get slapped or w/e, but to have people force you to get a tattoo removed?

Backup Snacks posted:

Prince Among Thieves is definitely one of the dopest albums I've heard in awhile, thanks for that.

My (worst?) vote for the best Timbaland beat is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA3s9bOvcQE

Morphix posted:

A bunch of do-nothing assholes standing around in front of a cheap apartment complex flashing guns they don't know what to do with.

Morphix posted:

I identify with that whole hustler spirit because I'm involved in it.

Khalil posted:

First Big K.R.I.T. song I ever heard, now i need to acquire his album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sadSa9Kb1VA

x TOMMYBOY x posted:

Hey so check this rap this girl at my school made. Skip to about 0:49.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAil6JfF7Vw

chopper city posted:

I think sometimes he just says words and they don't mean anything and it's annoying. I actually do like some of his poo poo though http://youtu.be/cY1mR7k0rzA

glorp posted:

This mixtape came out a couple months ago... I can't remember if any of yall posted it. One of the best groups out of Dallas, A.dd+ with their single produced by PicnicTyme featuring Brown from Sore Losers (if you're a Dallas hiphop fan you know all these people are monsters) Like A Mug

glorp posted:

well i lived in dallas/plano for three-four years when i was a wee lad, but now i lay my dome in the atx

e: oh i just saw your post... my boy jrhodes is a really talented producer (won the ascap istandard showcase, a really prestigious producer event) and a dope mc as well... also a really humble guy who i cosign 100%, his videos have been shown on that mtv rap fix show with sway on it

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HatchetDown posted:

Sarx posted:

What is the purpose of creating a label for you John Brown?

I'm just wondering because I know lots of people "who own their own label", and often times its a waste of time, money, and energy because without distribution and a great line-up it just means instead of having to build one brand as an artist you now have to build two.

Unless you have a lot of money or some really good investors starting a label from scratch with any hope of success is going to be really tough (and probably not worth your time).

HatchetDown posted:

I've got an interesting challenge that's surprisingly hard for me. I have a friend who challenged me to "find him a rapper that goes harder than Eminem". While this sounds easy enough, he's not exactly what I would call a true rap fan. He's completely submerged in top 40 stuff so I can't give him a lot of the better rap I have because I think it'll go unappreciated. All I can think of off the top of my head that'll satisfy him is a bunch of old Three 6 mixtapes or maybe Kendrick Lamar since he's current. Any ideas?

Morphix posted:

this kinda hard?
http://youtu.be/TdJjqApa3e0

alansmithee posted:

Really? I always thought Mixtape About Nothing and Back to the Feature were much better. I didn't really like More About Nothing, he sounded off or something. Might have to check it again but I wasn't digging it on first listen.