kidshuffle wrote:Yeah but you see his hip hop songs got no exposure over here, regardless if he was on hot 97 or BET. I remember when Maths + English came out I had to specially order it from HMV because they weren't stocking it. The people pushing Amy may have been the ones pushing him, but its insanely hard for a foreigner to break into hip hop in the US, especially with the accent (changed or not) and especially at that point in time.
The only songs that saw success were shit like bonkerz, which is what I thought you were talking about, thus why I was talking about Europe. That shit was easily forgotten about over on this side.
Ofcourse, dont school me on rap dude, please!
I'm saying he prioritized having a go at trying to become a us rap artist, over maintaining his spot as a young fresh producer that even got a mercury prize for his work, that inluded him making the beats. It was never going to happen, but maybe he was apart from a few jamaicans and canadians the closest to maybe getting there, but it was a dumb decision not just artistically.
Re: The Fedora/Cringe thread
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 3:55 pm
by titchbit
kidshuffle wrote:Yeah but you see his hip hop songs got no exposure over here, regardless if he was on hot 97 or BET.
hubb wrote:He was getting a lot of shots, like hot 97 and other shows like that, posse cuts etc.
wait, ppl listen to hot 97... not on the radio?
Re: The Fedora/Cringe thread
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 4:36 pm
by Harkat
kidshuffle wrote:
Anyways this was sick.
this tune got 13 year old harkat into grime
Re: The Fedora/Cringe thread
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 6:54 pm
by Nihilism
Harkat wrote:Dizzee produced too. How much of the third album did he make the beats for? It's weird to me that all his shit now is just random electro/trap beats made by pop beatmakers. I mean he was a grime artist not just a rapper right? His old beats were actually sick, I Luv U, Stop Dat, Brand New Day, Graftin etc. How do you just stop doing that? Wonder if he still sits down and fucks around on a DAW sometimes.
he is just a dude from minnesota. he reminds me of 2014 atomsphere, also minnesota and a precursor to white mid west rap.
Im not sure u can wave that reposted cultural appropriation stick of yours at him. you don't have the skills or knowledge to assess that right now.
what culture is it that he is appropriating? internet culture? 'black culture' or 'hip hop culture' ? whatever it is he has approateted it in a good way.
he has a great voice, can clearly sing. this is a case of the image of something trumping the content in a negative way.
i agree he is super hyped but there is substance to it.
Re: The Fedora/Cringe thread
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 4:12 am
by rickyarbino
Who is spooky black? Depressed promo shot please?
Re: The Fedora/Cringe thread
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 4:20 am
by bennyfroobs
little white boy wearing a durag fubu and calling himself spooky black
nowt legit about that
id poke him right in the eyes with that stick and be justified to do so
he sounds hollow and whiney imo, my chimny sings better when its windy, i cannot appreciate it in the slightest ;<
Re: The Fedora/Cringe thread
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 4:22 am
by bennyfroobs
also dno what u mean by "reposted"
is it cos i said the same thng about him in an earlier thread or are u saying im reposting that 'stick' from elsewhere?
