This guy.
Just when I thought everything was gonna get all soft and you would have to cry real tears to get any radio play as a rapper in 2012, Kanye West comes in and changes everything, AGAIN. While Drake was practicin his Jewish pirouettes or whatever, and J. Cole was writing a follow-up to album about crying cause he got signed with an album about crying cause he finally got his album out, and Lil Wayne was putting finishing touches on How To Love: The Album, the only album people would look forward to less than Rebirth, Kanye West was working on bringing the people some legit jams for the summer.
“Lamborghini Mercy, Your chick she so thirsty, I’m in that two seat Lambo, With your girl she tryna jerk me.”
That’s the hook, so you know right away this ain’t gonna be some soft bullshit. The beat GOES too, I don’t know this dude Lifted but he laced that shit. Its from the upcoming compilation from Ye’s GOOD Music label, and his crew gets all up on this one. Big Sean drops some solid jokes, Pusha just kills that shit and talks about how he used to sell drugs I think, Kanye changes up the beat for his part and gets all intense, then 2 Chainz drops some ignance. The video is just them fuckin’ around too and doin lil dances, they probably spent most of the budget on bad ass cars and gettin drunk in Paris. This is def that shit you bump drivin’ slow all summer, plus they got a movie coming out with it too, and that shit is played on seven fucking screens, cause fuck you. And its not just a fluke, his next album should be filled with nothin’ but bangers.
Even better beat, great video, great diss lines to Wiz and Kris Humphries, only weak part is DJ Khaled sayin the names of places for like a minute at the end, but I guess Ye lost a bet with him or somethin’. Then he drops a straight banger remix of a Chief Keef track, and like two weeks later dude is signed with interscope. If Kanye touches one of your songs you make a shit ton of money, and it usually takes like 2-4 weeks. And if he keeps up with these tracks, I’m expectin a solo album full of “N*ggas in Paris” level jams, which is a the logical next step after an album that could not possibly get any more critical praise. Dude is gonna let loose, like he doin up in Kim Kardashian right now probably. Which is perfect timing before all this soft shit takes off, and who started that shit anyway?
"I'm going thru some stuff right now..."
Oh that’s right, Kanye did. He was knockin’ soft ass albums out of the park in 2008. “Music writer Greg Kot views that the album “set off” the “wave of inward-looking sensitivity” and “emo”-inspired rappers during the late 2000s (Wikipedia).” And he went all soft mostly cause his mom just died, a little better of a reason than that stripper not calling you back, c’mon son. Just when everybody catches up to him and they start gettin that poutin shit popular, he’s already dusted himself off and reinvented the club banger. More proof that this dude is just runnin’ shit right now, and if anyone wants to hop on trends they better see what Kanye doin and adjust they shit accordingly. Or they gon be left behind.
KANYE WEST: THE CAUSE OF, AND SOLUTION TO ALL OF HIP-HOP’S PROBLEMS
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Looks like Meek Mill is in the right place at the right time, and if Kanye keeps this shit going his next album should blow up too via being loud and ignant and awesome in the best ways. This song right here is fucking great, I suggest you all make it your personal theme song like I have. Download his DreamChasers2 Mixtape right here, shit is SOLID.
The current background is the black kid in the “I’d rather be moshing” sweater. So appropriate given all the talk about day pussy as soft shit being lame as fuck.
To be fair, HYFR is a great fucking song. Samples that screwed music which I can always get behind.
That said, these jams are fucking great! Cold=hard as fuck, new twist to the party jamz I so love. Also backing ‘tard the Meek Millz mixtape. Rick Ross’s “Rich Forever” is also another great free mixtape. Hell, anything Maybach Music touches turns to gold. Great, ignant tracks, loud, brash with more beats than your ass can handle.
Keep partying bros!
Backed hard. Always dug Yeezy, Mercy is hard as fuck, but goddamnit who in the fuck ever gave 2 Cgainz money/thought his persona and rhymes were anything less than fuck all.
tl;dr but those new Kanye songs are sweet.
Couldn’t agree more regarding Kanye. Dude is on a roll. But I’m really feeling Meek Mill. Gotta check his joint “Amen”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ob4AQ874Qo
” A lot of bad bitches in the building-Amen!”
Dude doesn’t have one bad track on a mixtape, and is still probably saving the best shit for his actual album. Gonna be some crazy jams on there.
not really into this guy but i def see the appeal. also fuck yeah DMX
“perfect times for DMX to come back” – solid gold insight doe
brb writing jamz titled I wanna be a bail bonds agent in Arizona
regarding blowing up because of Kanye: My friend used to live with this guy. I met him at a party once and bro’ed down with him about TV shows we both liked all night. At some point he was like “yeah I’m a DJ and things are sort of picking up” to which I sort of just shrugged and said well done. A year or so down the line and I hear one of his tracks on the fucking watch the throne record. Stoked for him. He was a bro.
Bad ass. What track? Only like three songs on that album I don’t love?
‘who gon stop me’ which is sampled from his track ‘i can’t stop’
That’s like one of the best ones, mad props.
AND the thing is plenty of songs on MBDTF were actually total jams as well that you could play at any party, they were just very ambitious and in scale. Is there anything he can’t do (srs)?
“wooo Rick flair nigga” I heard that and knew it was gun b good
diggin chief keef remix.. havent listened to kanye since 808s…
thx to this post i must catchup now….
good shit, doe can’t w8 for DMX to bark out of prison and take his throne back!!
the world is in need for another ruffryder anthem!!!
now i feel like watching exit wounds… =/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6C6Cf3qQg
Single from his upcoming album.
Mercy is fucking awesome and I’m glad to see another rap post 4 sure.
i really hope middle eastern ware becomes the next cool thing. i want to dress like im in the mercy video every day
Middle East girls are fiiiiiiiiiine.
Holy shit Is Kanye even capable of not hitting every one out of the park? Glad to see Pusha T doing so well these days too, he’s insane as ever.
yeah let’s be honest this is more about pusha t pointing kanye in the right direction than kanye himself suddenly growing a pair after his seder with drake at the vancouver senior center
Kanye saves Pusha’s career, Pusha gets Kanye to release less soft shit.
Win win situation if I ever saw one.
I miss Clipse. Their last album was such a let down.
Real men listen to Clipse at least twice a day.
there was apparently an article in the Atlantic that called Kanye “the American Mozart.” i was reading the letters in response and there was so much butthurt; they were all “OMG HOW DARE YOU MOZART IS ZOO GOOD KANYE SUXX”
made me think of a particularly good SYWH comment thread
Tbh Kanye west is more like the Beatles of hip hop than Mozart, but that is an advanced troll!
<3u save parker u bring all the good sound sounds to da yard
adding this to my hip hop summer collection along with albums macadellic, #bitch I’m the shit, and like every kendrick lamar song when driving home on those late nights :D
Still love that Chief Keef track. Kayne makes it better. Also,
A FART NIGGA. THAT’S SOME SHIT I DON’T LIKE.
kayne’s verse was kinda weaker than the others, but i cant help but feel like that was 100% on purpose and that his verse was better because it wasnt as good ? my brain is exploding, conspiracy theory !
Dying @ tag “straight ignance”
my god dat boss fight music when kanye’s verse comes up in mercy
http://www.earmilk.com/2012/06/11/kanye-west-mercy-salva-rl-grime-remix/
scroll down a little bit. then hit play next to the Mercy track.
this remix is better than the one with Kanye.
im jussayin.
Ehhhh, seems like an unrelated dance track with the same samples. Would be better as just a song instead of forcing a remix.
well… true. but i enjoy it more lol.
guess thats kinda hypocritical (?) as this remix has no Kanye in it.
btw i like ur articles.
Its good, just not really a remix. Like a good totally different slightly similar song. I feel you tho.
and <3
this post has been my Monday Morning Playlist, wake your ass UP