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Ghost Leviathan posted:and he's about the only one who can maybe pull it off. I mean... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:The goofy pirates from Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea were better rappers and I don't remember if they actually rapped or not. I'm glad someone else remembers this amazing show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtBWrAiWBLc
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I wouldn't call Weird Al a rapper any more than I'd call him an industrial musician or a zydecoiste, but in a sense you're absolutely correct. What Ghost Leviathan said about Eminem having some of the self-awareness and the actual experience to succeed in a niche, and pretty silly, genre of music, absolutely applies to the guy who turned "song parodies" into a decades-long and well-respected career, and became so synonymous with the idea that most of the non-Al song parodies in the Napster era of music downloadin' were attributed to him anyway.
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Phy posted:I wouldn't call Weird Al a rapper any more than I'd call him an industrial musician or a zydecoiste, but in a sense you're absolutely correct. What Ghost Leviathan said about Eminem having some of the self-awareness and the actual experience to succeed in a niche, and pretty silly, genre of music, absolutely applies to the guy who turned "song parodies" into a decades-long and well-respected career, and became so synonymous with the idea that most of the non-Al song parodies in the Napster era of music downloadin' were attributed to him anyway. And of course the Capt Dan fans brought up Weird Al constantly to defend the pirate rapping. Somehow when their parodies are "Rum and Juice" and have songs like "Chests o' Plenty" but just pirate-y lyrics over generic beats the attempt to match their brand of suck to literally the most renowned music parody artist ever fell pretty flat. And maybe I'm reading this wrong, but are you saying rap/hip-hip is a niche genre?
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pentyne posted:
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pentyne posted:And maybe I'm reading this wrong, but are you saying rap/hip-hip is a niche genre? Ghost Leviathan posted:The problem with white rappers in general and novelty rappers specifically is they take themselves terminally seriously while working with a niche of a niche that requires the exact opposite I was continuing on from what Ghost Leviathan said, and I meant to say that novelty rap is niche and pretty silly (and I worded it badly to communicate even that, as Eminem falls outside that, and he's put in a lot of work getting taken seriously.) If you're getting from what I said that rap and hiphop are niche overall, then that's on me and I hosed something up bad. That's not what I intended. Phy has a new favorite as of 22:44 on Oct 19, 2020 |
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Relevant to this, someone just did a recap of the early days of BYOB and the time someone made a BYOB reggae song that no one liked. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3943594 Full disclosure: I made it about 45 seconds into the song before I just couldn't handle it anymore
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oh god the byob reggae, it's been years since i've even thought of that
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Wow, of all the few things I knew about BYOB Reggae, the fact that it was controversial was not something I was aware of. You can tell that the posters in that thread lived in a time without the knowledge of how bad cod reggae could get.
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SpiritualDeath posted:Wow, of all the few things I knew about BYOB Reggae, the fact that it was controversial was not something I was aware of. cod reggae? sounds fishy
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Bingo Bango posted:Relevant to this, someone just did a recap of the early days of BYOB and the time someone made a BYOB reggae song that no one liked. well, the first 15 seconds were listenable at least.
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I mean more white rappers as a niche and white novelty rappers as the niche of the niche, sorry if that wasn't clear. Also that your average ignorant racist white person's dismissing of rap is usually based on the assumption that rappers are too stupid to be in on the joke. Similar to how death metal bands generally haven't all killed themselves in satanic rituals. Even suburban white kids on some level recognise this. Also, Weird Al doesn't count because there's nothing he can't do.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:I mean more white rappers as a niche and white novelty rappers as the niche of the niche, sorry if that wasn't clear. White rappers succeed at being white rappers and not trying to act black. Eminem, Atmosphere, The Streets all did very well at what they tried because they weren't trying to parody something or copy a style that wasn't their own. Capt Dan missed the boat entirely because they just put on an accent and costumes and then tried to rap in a similar style to existing black artists. Even dedicated nerdcore rappers that run with a theme do a better job rather then just coming up with "Rum n Juice" And as far as the the thread's dismissal of rap/hip hop, it was truly mindblowing to see someone actually post and argue that the pirate rappers had better flow then any popular artists out there when Tha Carter III had come out the year before. It's pretty interesting but a lot of those posters in that thread seemed to have stopped posting since the early 2010s.
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Oh my God it's just pirate-themed rap, Jesus Christ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th4Czv1j3F8
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pentyne posted:... That's always the saddest part of reading old old threads. The amount of avatars I remember but haven't seen in years, or just pages of banned users never to return 
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Paladinus posted:Oh my God it's just pirate-themed rap, Jesus Christ. ...that is not rap, my guy
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Crane Fist posted:...that is not rap, my guy It wasn't meant to be an example. But Alestorm have collaborated with Captain Yarrface. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWLJ5wIXu-U
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Oct 20, 2020 07:06
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Paladinus posted:Alestorm have collaborated with Captain Yarrface. cursed loving sentence
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Antivehicular posted:cursed loving sentence Basically this but for pirates 
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In ten years there's going to be a front page article apologising for mistreatment of pirates on SA.
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Never going to miss a chance to show the best (only?) Pirate thrash band, Swashbuckle. Honestly, not bad thrash, if thrash is your thing https://youtu.be/53A4GyB96RI
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Paladinus posted:In ten years there's going to be a front page article apologising for mistreatment of pirates on SA.
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Paladinus posted:It wasn't meant to be an example. A genre of music worse than black metal. It should be impossible but there's video proof right there.
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Paladinus posted:In ten years there's going to be a front page article apologising for mistreatment of pirates on SA. Maybe then they can get their forum back
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pentyne posted:Basically this but for pirates The guy on the left seems to be having more fun
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Funky See Funky Do posted:A genre of music worse than black metal. It should be impossible but there's video proof right there. I'm going to to combine the two and tour under the name Yargh Vikernes.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Lin Manuel-Miranda is gusano scum. Isn't this a slur? I don't like the guy much either, don't get me started, but maybe don't go slipping those in at the last minute. If I'm wrong, I'd like to hear about it.
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Pastry of the Year posted:Isn't this a slur? I don't like the guy much either, don't get me started, but maybe don't go slipping those in at the last minute. I believe it's contextual, and there's essentially no context where someone using it on these forums outside isn't a slur.
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The worst part is that the obvious response to a diss track about your novelty nerdcore pirate rap group is "lol you went to all the effort of recording a diss track about a novelty nerdcore pirate rap group" Captain Dan's worst crime is taking himself seriously.
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Pastry of the Year posted:Isn't this a slur? I don't like the guy much either, don't get me started, but maybe don't go slipping those in at the last minute. "Is This A Slur?" Is my favorite game of 2020 along with "Tag! You're Sick!"
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pentyne posted:Basically this but for pirates Images like this are silly because of course goony weirdos have done weird goony things before the internet. Internet access probably hasn't appreciably changed the amount of weirdos, it's just made them more visible to the rest of us. Pre-internet, only people in their immediate area would be aware of them.
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Eh, it let them find each other. Pre-internet a lot of people probably had weirdo tendencies they never acted on since as far as they knew they'd be doing it alone.
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Pastry of the Year posted:Isn't this a slur? I don't like the guy much either, don't get me started, but maybe don't go slipping those in at the last minute. Slightly out of the usual context, which is 'Cuban exile who whines about Communist brutality and on further questioning is still mad that Castro didn't let them own slaves anymore'. But his father is actively looting Puerto Rico, so close enough.
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Puppy Time posted:Images like this are silly because of course goony weirdos have done weird goony things before the internet. Internet access probably hasn't appreciably changed the amount of weirdos, it's just made them more visible to the rest of us. Pre-internet, only people in their immediate area would be aware of them. no. images like this are silly because it is a webcomic
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Slightly out of the usual context, which is 'Cuban exile who whines about Communist brutality and on further questioning is still mad that Castro didn't let them own slaves anymore'. But his father is actively looting Puerto Rico, so close enough. I don't know poo poo about him, but lol at being mad at someone "whining" about Communist brutality. I also wasn't aware slavery was legal in Cuba in 1959.
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Paladinus posted:In ten years there's going to be a front page article apologising for mistreatment of pirates on SA. I snorted thinking of that particular bit of semi-recent drama. Does PHIZ post anymore, or did the shame of writing a front page article so bad the community begrudgingly agrees with the person they hate the most that it should be removed, drive them to an alt/offsite? This is the embarassing, short lived "We're sorry, Furries!" article, for anyone unaware.
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EasilyConfused posted:I don't know poo poo about him, but lol at being mad at someone "whining" about Communist brutality. I also wasn't aware slavery was legal in Cuba in 1959. i think they were called “indentured servants”
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One More Fat Nerd posted:Does PHIZ post anymore, or did the shame of writing a front page article so bad the community begrudgingly agrees with the person they hate the most that it should be removed, drive them to an alt/offsite?
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Sir Not Appearing posted:I'm going to to combine the two and tour under the name Yargh Vikernes. saying the name Gaahl, but whilst burping
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Sir Not Appearing posted:I'm going to to combine the two and tour under the name Yargh Vikernes. Genuine lol.
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