[Severian]

I'm sorry but I don't buy that the delays have all been CashMoney's fault. Wayne made promise after promise, and he did it on his own. If the label was being so weird, why did he act like the V was going to drop any minute for the entire year?

Regarding Sorry 4 Tha Wait 2... Hey, great that a new mixtape's coming out. But couldn't he have made better use of that time by spending it on... I don't know... The album that fewer and fewer people are waiting for?

I'm sure it will be pretty good, but I'm not even sure I care about CV anymore.

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I think i am more excited for the mixtape at this point.

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i don't remember a single Wayne album that came out when it was originally meant to. his projects always get pushed back to generate some buzz.

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A$AP Yams (their founder, director as well as the one who picked all the instrumentals on Live.Love.A$AP) has died. RIP.

i'm wondering how this is gonna affect the future of their careers, especially Rocky's..

 

[noisereductions]

So sad

[Severian]

Sad when anyone dies, and I am definitely bummed, but he seemed like kind of a sleazy back alley business motherfucker. I highly doubt he's chillin under a halo. Still, he was a person, and I am a definite fan of Rocky's, even if the rest have yet to win me over.

Hopefully it doesn't impact anything regarding their careers. They're very close to being adults at this point... At least in age... Rocky should be more of a veteran, capable of mentoring his own 20-year old cash cows.

No disrespect. I'm sad that he's passed, and I hope it was quick and painless.

I don't know a lot about the crew's history. My introduction to "A$AP" was "Live Love" ... I didn't even know there was an actual "mob" of mothetfuckers named A$AP until Ferg broke. I worry about young kids who end up making money for fat guys in sweaters like the one Yams wearing in that pic.

I feel bad for saying that, but it happens a lot. Not just in entertainment or sports or gangs, but in corporate offices and fucking Fortune 500 companies.

Anyway, they'll carry on.

[Severian]

Oh, I totally fucking forgot...
Has anyone else heard Tetsuo & Youth yet?

Because DAMN.

 

Having never been a true Lupe fan (I like him, don't dislike him, but generally feel that the universe doesn't need him because, all things being equal, he's basically like the imperfect missing link between Talib Kweli and Kanye West; born with neither the lyrical nor the musical/production skills to survive. Actually more like a little brother to those two, who keeps trying to wear both of their clothes and not pulling it off.

But it's a fucking good record! Shit!
“Mural” is going to be a hard pill to swallow for critics of his "nonmusical" style. I think it's kind of a fucking home run! Hopefully this will be a comeback, or if nothing else, a cult hit that alienates the shallower parts of his audience. It's less accessible, which is almost always an awesome thing for big rap icons.

 

(I like this, whatever it is. Won't have an actual hard copy til Tues., so I'm not sure whether this is official or fanart, but it's prbably not official. Too cool to be.)

[Severian]

Ok, please forgive me for my lack of knowledge about modern druggy beverages popular among urban millennials, but what's the purple shit in Yams cup up there?

Is that uhhh... Sizzurp? Or Purrp? Or some kind of Xanax smoothie? I know I know this one... It's in my brain sonewhere, but the context clues are mostly in the form of Rocky lyrics and my own dated knowledge of what the kiddies used to drink when they were feeling normal.

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well he was basically the creative mind behind A$AP's whole aesthetic.

EDIT: oh yeah, it's the purple drank, also known as Sizzurp. i don't think he was an angel.. just posted that pic cuz i saw it somewhere and reckoned some of you might find his face more familiar than his name.

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like i always say i love Lupe's first two albums, and his verse on "Touch the Sky" is one of the best. but i have a feeling like this album is gonna be hard to digest.. i mean, 8-9 min songs consisted of nonstop rapping? kinda weird. i'll give it a shot though.

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just watched the video for Old English and wow it's great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OpdjbzTIhM

if you don't know it's a track that features Young Thug, Freddie Gibbs and A$AP Ferg who was absolutely the standout here. it serves as the 1st single for Nas' new label compilation.

"SHE HAS TO TRAP IN THE BANDO, CUZ HER MOMMA GOT CANCER".

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http://www.complex.com/music/2015/01/asap-yams-obituary

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yo, i just found out Aaliyah loved Korn and Nine Inch Nails.. dope.

[Severian]

Originally Posted by louder

well he was basically the creative mind behind A$AP's whole aesthetic.

EDIT: oh yeah, it's the purple drank, also known as Sizzurp. i don't think he was an angel.. just posted that pic cuz i saw it somewhere and reckoned some of you might find his face more familiar than his name.

1. Yeah, I've read through the Twitter comments from fellow artists and industry folks... I was speaking too soon (or way too late, if you prefer) and I apologize for being something of a stereotyping cunt.

Seems like he was close to a RZA figure than he was to, say, ah... That fat Floridian paedo who "groomed" the Backstreet Boys and *N'Sync and Brittany.

Sorry.

[Severian]

Why so much Aaliyah chat lately?

[Severian]

Originally Posted by louder

like i always say i love Lupe's first two albums, and his verse on "Touch the Sky" is one of the best. but i have a feeling like this album is gonna be hard to digest.. i mean, 8-9 min songs consisted of nonstop rapping? kinda weird. i'll give it a shot though.

It's excellent. Yeah, rapping for long periods over the same instrumental can be a bit exhausting, but "3030" & "Triumph" have proven that it can also be absolutely badass.

"Mural" is one of the 8 min.+ tunes and it's great. I think this may be something like Lupe's defining statement. May be too early to say if it's his MBDTF, but it's certainly an intriguing album, with a singular feel. I love the cover art. I can't stop listening. Give it a listen louder.

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I think my fav long raps would be the "intro" etc on Carter II. Whooo. Unreal.

and if we're counting crews, "Oldie" is amazing. And "Protect Ya Neck" of course. And "1Train," OMG.

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Originally Posted by Severian

Why so much Aaliyah chat lately?

her birthday was a few days ago.

when it comes to Aaliyah i think her music was good (solid albums, CLASSIC singles) but it was rather her spirit and image that made her so influential. i reckon if Britney died at her peak when she was still very young she would've been glorified the same way as Aaliyah.

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Originally Posted by noisereductions

I think my fav long raps would be the "intro" etc on Carter II. Whooo. Unreal.

and if we're counting crews, "Oldie" is amazing. And "Protect Ya Neck" of course. And "1Train," OMG.

1Train is an example for a song i could play over and over again and never get tired of. i think the biggest issue i have with the song lengths on Tetsuo & Youth is that Lupe is the one rapping on them.

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the official cover art for S4TW2: