Nov 16, 2017 That's not necessarily an attack on it even though I don't like macklemore, I think it was purposeful in sounding like that with the crumpled up paper noises and stuff. It's one of the best things he's released lyrically in a long time, it's just not for me personally.
Nov 16, 2017 where you been? You think you can just come into our lives and walk out whenever you feel like it. We have feelings. @Koolo had to teach me how to ride a bike all by his self. It's not easy growing up in a one parent forum
Nov 16, 2017 man i'm just navigating through this law school thing. s--- has ramped up so much that i had to just cut everything in my life down to a minimum to try and stay afloat. i miss this place so much tho
Nov 16, 2017 i just got the impression it was a lame callback to stan when i heard that in the background
Nov 16, 2017 honest thoughts: i knew a long time ago that eminem was no longer for me, but being a beyonce collab, i peeped. i appreciate eminem for speaking directly to the gripes we've all voiced with his music for the past decade. but the song itself just sounds like a skylar grey collab from 7 years ago with all the disjointedness and lack of flow that has plagued eminem for as long as i remember now. it really sounds like eminem records his music without any background music and then just cuts and pastes it on to the production. idk if he's deaf to production now, but it seems like he can't even do something as simple as beat counting anymore either. i feel bad for shi--ing on em on a song that he raps about getting s--- on, but that's just how i feel about it. good for him for trying to be honest in the subject matter. good effort. his music just isn't for me anymore. mumble rap the new wave
Nov 16, 2017 Awesome piece, reminds me of when I went to see Common & Jay Electronica at a show in Brooklyn some time ago. I enjoyed the experience of listening to some of my favorite Com songs live but it's probably the last time I ever go to one of those type of smaller venue/alternative rap shows--the energy was so dead and the pretentious vibe I got from the crowd killed it for me. Admittedly I did crack up hearing Jay's unsober rant about Iggy Azalea ruining the then 2014 state of hip hop. Maybe cause I'm in NY I always find myself arguing with dustheads despite being one myself, it's like arguing with a wall.
Nov 16, 2017 Great article. @bigcountry Could've name dropped Kevin Gates in those final paragraphs. He's a "mumble rapper" (you kind of won me over on abandoning that label) who does all kinds of stuff that Eminem Stans typically drool over. He makes vulgar pop, writes entire verses that adhere to the same rhyme, and probably has the most extensive catalog of songs about volatile relationships since Em's early work.
Nov 16, 2017 asap mob walk on water >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ems
Nov 17, 2017 the article was decent, but the part about the mumbling being a positive because it takes u 10 listens to understand everything and peel the layers away is hilarious
Nov 17, 2017 If that's the takeaway you got from this article I dunno what to tell you. I gave an example of what I meant with regard to young thug right after that.
Nov 17, 2017 I mean, I don't think anyone else took it that way and it's clearly not what I meant. I said that listening to a young thug song rewards you on repeat listens because the first time I listen to it the melody gets me, then the next time his delivery, then you unpack the lyrics. I'm saying there's more there than just straightforward, traditional lyricism.
Nov 17, 2017 i understood that lol i generally enjoy thug music, i just don't agree that it's an offensive term, we all know no ones listening to thug for lyrics even if he pronounced them properly. you can't say s--- nowadays without people getting offended, move the f--- on lol
Nov 17, 2017 literally left the site on and off for 6 months and BC still campaigning against mumble rap
