http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/ I'm a Bartender, I Do Great Things. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:23:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-44719 Chris Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:39:12 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-44719 "I think you have this backwards. Swagger is real. These guys are just lacking in it. Yeah, Jay’s gone downhill lyrically, but he also lost his swagger. Compare the sheer cockiness of his verse on Diamonds, the last great thing he did, to Jockin Jay-Z. There he believes what he’s saying; now it’s just posing. Those two lines on Diamonds where he just rattles off the names of all the mediocrities on Roc-A-Fella (”Teiarra Marie, Peedi, Foxy”) are more engrossing than anything he’s done in a long time." I agree swagger can be good.Just look at Method Man I dont think you'll ever confuse him with a lyricist like nas or gza but he makes it work.The thing with meth is that he doesnt talk it he just comes off as cool.T.I and especially kanye and lil wayne sound like those fat girls at school who wear tight clothes and obviously tryin to come off like there hot and talk about how hot they are but end up getting laughed at.Thats lil wayne and Kanye and there are local newsanchors with more swagger than lil wayne and kanye. Im not even gonna comment on sellout jay-z. “I think you have this backwards. Swagger is real. These guys are just lacking in it. Yeah, Jay’s gone downhill lyrically, but he also lost his swagger. Compare the sheer cockiness of his verse on Diamonds, the last great thing he did, to Jockin Jay-Z. There he believes what he’s saying; now it’s just posing. Those two lines on Diamonds where he just rattles off the names of all the mediocrities on Roc-A-Fella (”Teiarra Marie, Peedi, Foxy”) are more engrossing than anything he’s done in a long time.”
I agree swagger can be good.Just look at Method Man I dont think you’ll ever confuse him with a lyricist like nas or gza but he makes it work.The thing with meth is that he doesnt talk it he just comes off as cool.T.I and especially kanye and lil wayne sound like those fat girls at school who wear tight clothes and obviously tryin to come off like there hot and talk about how hot they are but end up getting laughed at.Thats lil wayne and Kanye and there are local newsanchors with more swagger than lil wayne and kanye.
Im not even gonna comment on sellout jay-z.

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-44717 Chris Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:28:25 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-44717 Lil Wayne is very hit and miss with his verses just the inconsistency kills him with me I cant get into it.I had to go into his stuff with an open mind and I only thought of it as average. And Kanye is a damn joke anyway.I admit to having bought like 30 copies of graduation just to make sure he beat fiddy and force him to stop rapping.And even though he won fiddy didnt retire. Lil Wayne is very hit and miss with his verses just the inconsistency kills him with me I cant get into it.I had to go into his stuff with an open mind and I only thought of it as average.
And Kanye is a damn joke anyway.I admit to having bought like 30 copies of graduation just to make sure he beat fiddy and force him to stop rapping.And even though he won fiddy didnt retire.

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-44714 Chris Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:22:01 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-44714 It was pretty bad I liked Jay-zs verses but no to lil wayne and Kanye West.Lil Waynes was terrible it made me laugh and Kanye just all around sucks.Lil Waynes got to be the most overrated overhyped mc since 50 Cent and his get rich or die tryin.T.Is was alright.All they really did was just talk about how much cooler they are than everyone else.Kanye has about as much swagger as Dan Rather so why hes on a song about having swagger. This was the worst song I've heard since the last soulja boy song released as a single. It was pretty bad I liked Jay-zs verses but no to lil wayne and Kanye West.Lil Waynes was terrible it made me laugh and Kanye just all around sucks.Lil Waynes got to be the most overrated overhyped mc since 50 Cent and his get rich or die tryin.T.Is was alright.All they really did was just talk about how much cooler they are than everyone else.Kanye has about as much swagger as Dan Rather so why hes on a song about having swagger.
This was the worst song I’ve heard since the last soulja boy song released as a single.

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-34138 Carlos Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:27:01 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-34138 I guess they decided it wasn't worth spending more than a few minutes on this track when all they had to do was stamp their names on it and send it off to the radio stations. I guess they decided it wasn’t worth spending more than a few minutes on this track when all they had to do was stamp their names on it and send it off to the radio stations.

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-33376 shabooty Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:16:03 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-33376 i laugh because it seems like you put more work into this post, than they did on the song. i laugh because it seems like you put more work into this post, than they did on the song.

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-32433 THHEE Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:22:50 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-32433 Two Words- Great Post Two Words- Great Post

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-32085 Reader, Meet Lazy Author | floodwatchmusic.com - Punching the Sky Since 2006 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:38:24 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-32085 [...] usual, Jeff “Passion of the” Weiss hits the nail on the head with the near-painful “Swagger Like Us” debacle.  Is this [...] […] usual, Jeff “Passion of the” Weiss hits the nail on the head with the near-painful “Swagger Like Us” debacle.  Is this […]

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-32045 Trey Stone Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:21:48 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-32045 i mean, i could do the same thing and over-simplify with just about any emcee like you just did, but it wouldn't make it accurate. i mean, i could do the same thing and over-simplify with just about any emcee like you just did, but it wouldn’t make it accurate.

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-32019 Deen Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:33:43 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-32019 There's nothing mysterious about being a gravel-throat drug addict. I recognize the talent though. There’s nothing mysterious about being a gravel-throat drug addict. I recognize the talent though.

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-32007 Renato Pagnani Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:17:44 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/09/03/the-dull-competence-of-tis-swagger-like-us/#comment-32007 All I want to add is: Jay-Z is looking pretty gangster in that suit and scarf combo. All I want to add is: Jay-Z is looking pretty gangster in that suit and scarf combo.

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