The hip hop never ever ever stops thread

other_life

other_life

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DannyL said:
Case in point:
Heard this for the first time the other day. Lots of wild performances and freestyles to be found on this and other similar YouTube rap channels.
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version said:
This popped up in the relateds of that tune hint posted in the 90s thread and stuck out to me for sounding halfway between then and now.

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these are both great but still can't see them as avenues to like, related new music. my ability to calibrate 'what i like about new rap' and ability to talk intelligently about it feels totally busted. subreddits for local rap scenes ie DMV, Michigan, London are all fight videos and crash-out voyeurism 😵‍💫
 
other_life

other_life

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no i mean that as a personal failing of. curiosity/willingness to 'live with' what is to me anonymous new music to a) develop a context for it b) be able to decide which ~belongs in my personal canon~
luka slated the list noz did for last year/his lists for the last decade but that kind of criticism feels more helpful to me than "Here is this one tune"
 
other_life

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'"lick" is barely a song - two minutes, no hook, just a thirty six bar numbed/nonchalant/sardonic mission statement, rushed in delivery but with every word in its right place.'
^ have a problem with this becoming a generalised format in our era. it's why i liked young thug a lot less after 2016 save for super slimey. 'not songs but orphans'
 
Corpsey

Corpsey

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i think tiktok/streaming etc has taken away the incentive for releasing full songs, loads of the new york drill tunes are about 2 minutes long tops

catering to shorter attention spans and ensuring more streams
 
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DannyL

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other_life said:
these are both great but still can't see them as avenues to like, related new music. my ability to calibrate 'what i like about new rap' and ability to talk intelligently about it feels totally busted. subreddits for local rap scenes ie DMV, Michigan, London are all fight videos and crash-out voyeurism 😵‍💫
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Yeah. A side effect of distribution patterns changing is the discourse around it changes also. Where do you go for intelligent chat about new rap? Not sure if I know now.
 
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DannyL

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BTW anyone listen to Stove God Cooks? His album is great, though maybe the most concentrated mediation on cocaine I've ever heard. He has a really musical style, tons of sung hooks.
 
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