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Dayum, that song gets me pumped straight away.[video=youtube;jkHI1hGvWRY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkHI1hGvWRY[/video]
This song gets me pumped lol
[video=youtube;uFaz2GN8FKY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFaz2GN8FKY[/video]
Been on repeat for like an hour now.
Loved this part of the interview.
[video=youtube;GGLimEFY1jc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGLimEFY1jc[/video]
The original was so straight up awful that I hated it, but this remix is straight filth.
The thing he said that I liked the most was about how being lyrical has gotten to the point where it is considered a sub genre of hip hop and that is pretty embarrassing. I'm not one of those people who is narrow minded thinking all hip hop needs to be lyrical cause it doesn't as rap needs a balance. Same time though don't think lyricism should get shoved to the side and treated as something "geeks" only like just because some fans of rap aren't very bright. That is why it is important that guys like Kendrick and Cole have success but since they are having success esp Kendrick of course you're going to get the hipster fan turn on him because he is having success and can no longer call him underrated and doesn't feel as "cool" anymore to root for the guy like it was before the success which is Blue.The original was so straight up awful that I hated it, but this remix is straight filth.
Wale speaking the truth. I agree that nobody really cares about lyrics as far as the mainstream goes anymore. Whenever I'm riding with this one friend of mine, he'll be bumping Rick Ross or Meek or French Montana and I'm just like how do you listen to this shit? He'll just be like bro I don't give a shit about lyrics, the beat gets me hyped. It doesn't even matter what they say as long as it has a nice beat and a catchy hook. I'm so glad Kendrick brought lyricism on GKMC but it's unreal that people immediately accuse him of selling out just because he made it to a major label. It's like you can't even go mainstream without being accused of selling out and it's true most people just want to hear straight forward raps, but why can't it still have a story and some lyricism? Eminem is really straight forward a lot of the time, but it doesn't matter because he uses so many multisyllabic rhymes and just flows so viciously that he is still a great lyricist and I think J. Cole is the same way with his lyrics. How often do you have to listen to a Cole record twice to really get it? That doesn't even matter because he's such a good storyteller that I still consider him to be a good lyricist. Wale goes more of the Lupe Fiasco route. Lupe's music is so complex that I'm still catching stuff after listening to Food & Liquor and The Cool for the tenth time. I'm not saying Wale is quite that complex but he wants it to be nice before it clicks and then really nice after it does. Kendrick is basically above every other mainstream rapper in terms of lyricism at this point but that's good cause he's keeping it alive. Wale's next album should be real nice, I like what I've heard so far. Much less with the MMG bullshit and more just Wale...
... I don't know why they mention Wayne as being nice in that video. Wayne blows. I get it: there was a time when Wayne's wordplays were fresh but they're so stale at this point that he needs to retire. Nothing he raps ever flows together to form a single thought and every bar is a shitty simile. It's pathetic really.
Lyrics are more important than the beat. That is all I gotta say.
The thing he said that I liked the most was about how being lyrical has gotten to the point where it is considered a sub genre of hip hop and that is pretty embarrassing. I'm not one of those people who is narrow minded thinking all hip hop needs to be lyrical cause it doesn't as rap needs a balance. Same time though don't think lyricism should get shoved to the side and treated as something "geeks" only like just because some fans of rap aren't very bright. That is why it is important that guys like Kendrick and Cole have success but since they are having success esp Kendrick of course you're going to get the hipster fan turn on him because he is having success and can no longer call him underrated and doesn't feel as "cool" anymore to root for the guy like it was before the success which is Blue.