Bearigator @ Bearigator @ttrpg.network Posts 133Comments 220Joined 2 yr. ago
This shit is fucking sad. People talk about the black community having distrust in the medical community (came up a ton right around when the COVID vaccine came out) and they talk about Tuskegee and other times when black men and women were experimented on for medical purposes. And that is all valid. They don't talk about shit like this though. They don't talk about the fact that black people are massively more likely to die from asthma, or the increased cancer death rate, or the MASSIVELY increased rate of maternal mortality while giving birth. People talk about it like it is the result of history and not the result of right now. I know I wouldn't trust doctor's either if I was looking at the data and I saw that, statistically, my race made it more likely for me to get shit medical care or a bad medical outcome.
I just set up a last.fm at your suggestion. Took me a minute to get it working so it would track what I listen to on Youtube, but Spotify was easy enough.
I actually keep Ether on my favorites list on Spotify, the beat is hard as hell. Just have to skip it if the kids are in the car, because (like a lot of old diss tracks), there is some stuff I don't want them hearing.
I have 2 because they have very different reasons.
First is Gucci Mane - Truth. This was a diss aimed at Jeezy. The references to the killing of Pookie Loc during the failed robbery at Gucci's apartment is one of the coldest thing's I've heard in my life.
Second is Esoteric - Mercy Killing. This isn't the best diss track in the world, but it holds a special place in my heart. When I first started getting in to rap, I got really in to east coast underground hip hop for some reason. This is also an extremely ambitious track, going after the entire Eastern Conference label, including underground legends such as Aesop Rock and EL-P.
That explains a lot, because I was ~9 when that tape came out and I don't even know if I knew what rap was at that point in my life. I need to try to find some of these old mix tapes from the 90s, I'm sure there is a ton of stuff like this I've never heard.
I love when a rapper tells a good story. I think it must be one of the hardest things to do in hip hop.
I'd never heard of this guy, but my oldest told me I should check this out on my lunch. First 4 songs were dope, tracks 5 and 6 weren't my cup of tea. Gonna give them a shot again tonight or tomorrow though. My taste in music at work isn't always the same as in the evening.
Only made it through Black Ballons so far (~15 minutes), but this is dope. Energy in the crowd seems solid and Denzel is always great. Will have to check the rest out when I get off work, thanks for sharing!
Glad you liked it! You might also like Summer Breeze, which has the 3 same guys. Song is a bit less focused but has a sorta similar vibe. It also features Wax's twin brother, Herbal T.
Pull It (with Camron), Niggaz Done Started Somethin (w/Lox and Mase), We Right Here, The Convo, X Gone Give It To Ya
All solid songs. We Right Here is a weird one for me because it is off of my least favorite album of his (out of his big 5). That said, it is a good fucking track. I just never hear it because if I'm in the mood for DMX, I don't look at that album.
Also, I've never heard Pull It nor have I ever even heard of the album it is on, Clue for President: Vote Clumanatti. This is dope, ty for sharing!
Man, DMX was so good. I haven't heard this track in ages. I know I'm guilty of mostly thinking of him for his more hype songs but he was so good on this less aggressive stuff too. Slippin and Damien off of his first album are probably his best two outside of the style he is known for (and Look Thru My Eyes of course). Fantastic choice.
Never heard of this before today but looks like this is a series. Some are performed in the booth like this one, others are live with an audience. I can't speak to the quality of all of them but I really liked this one when I found it yesterday night.
I am going to have to figure out how bad I want to check this album out. On one hand, I love a good album and finding new artists. On the other hand, I really hate supporting racists and anti-semites. I'll have to find a way to acquire it without him getting sales from it I guess.
I am about half way through Grime MC right now (just finished track 10). Goes hard, I very much appreciate the suggestion. I almost wonder if Grime might be something I prefer over Hip Hop, just because it seems more focused on the actual rapping.
EDIT: Just finished Grime MC. Really loved it. I think Brothers and Sisters might be my favorite track off of it, for sure top 3. Not sure how it has the 2nd fewest listens on Spotify. Probably just because it is the last track and people switch to a different album or reach their destination or whatever before they get there.
I honestly didn't really follow him until after he passed. His early frat-rap stuff that got got him attention initially wasn't really to my taste and I never came back to him until Circles came out, a couple years after his death.
This is one of the few, non-Eminem, rap songs my 12 year old will listen to. I blame youtube meme videos.
Fortunately for me, it kind of slaps.
I will share a few. I'm incredibly basic sometimes so my favorite DMX song is Where The Hood At. I think everybody knows this song. It includes one of my personal grossest lyrics "beat my dick and bust off in your eye so you can see me comin'".
My favorite deep cut is Look Thru My Eyes off of his first album. This was one of the first hiphop albums I ever bought and this song consistantly got burned to the mix CD's I'd make myself.
Favorite feature is on Go To Sleep, with Eminem and Obie Trice. This song makes me want to fight my grandma. The fact that him and this era of Eminem didn't do more together is an absolute shame. Special shout out to Who's Real. This is the better actual feature, just the weaker overall song. This is from well after his prime too, in 2009.
I'll have to check him out, ty for the extra context! My only Grime knowledge consists of "Boy in da Corner", some Stormzy from when he was getting a popular in the US and this video (which I love, I wish hiphop artists did this sort of thing on the regular). So anything extra is appreciated
And from what little I've heard, I can see Skrillex working well with most of the guys in the genre. My understanding is Grime started out in the UK electronic music scene, so he would be very much in their wheelhouse. I'll have to see if he has done more with Grime people after I look in to Flowdan more.
But...but....the Simpsons did it
Not in my part of Virginia, but I assume this would be a pretty regional if it is happening
What's crazy is I didn't mind auto-tune in all the mid-2000s stuff when it was all over the place and really blew up. Just in the past month or two I've noticed it more and when I turned on that playlist, the first 3 songs I heard (with rapping) all had it.
I think I'm just old because your are right. If it is popular, somebody has to be liking it. A lot of somebodies. I'm just not with it.