Comments on: The New Rap Language: Vol. 2A http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/ Because I'm naughty by nature, not cause I hate 'cha Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:19:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: ItsDutchy http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-120019 ItsDutchy Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:31:20 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-120019 How did you get that version of the Alex Ludovico song? If you download the mixtape the real version ft. THE DUTCHMASTER is on it...go to myspace.com/alexludovico and download the whole album free How did you get that version of the Alex Ludovico song? If you download the mixtape the real version ft. THE DUTCHMASTER is on it…go to myspace.com/alexludovico and download the whole album free

]]> By: AaronM http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-119762 AaronM Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:31:46 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-119762 Wow, Luda's Dre voice is hilarious. Love it. Wow, Luda’s Dre voice is hilarious. Love it.

]]> By: Trey Stone http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-119602 Trey Stone Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:15:07 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-119602 i wonder what Lamont's opinion is of Snoop's debut. as for Luda, regardless of what approach he should take to his new music, i thought his last album failed mainly for the same reason almost every Southern rap album last year did. namely because the production was generic as hell. no classic hopes involved. i wonder what Lamont’s opinion is of Snoop’s debut.

as for Luda, regardless of what approach he should take to his new music, i thought his last album failed mainly for the same reason almost every Southern rap album last year did. namely because the production was generic as hell. no classic hopes involved.

]]> By: Disco Vietnam http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-119601 Disco Vietnam Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:53:36 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-119601 I disagree with that assessment completely Tray. I think a mature Ludacris, while maybe not preferable, was inevitable. If he did the opposite to what he's doing now -- more "Move Bitch"/"What's Your Fantasy" -- it would be contrived and dishonest. Look at Busta's Back on My Bullshit; it both pandered and bricked. I also don't buy this idea that because Ludacris is no longer great he is no longer good. I disagree with that assessment completely Tray. I think a mature Ludacris, while maybe not preferable, was inevitable. If he did the opposite to what he’s doing now — more “Move Bitch”/”What’s Your Fantasy” — it would be contrived and dishonest. Look at Busta’s Back on My Bullshit; it both pandered and bricked. I also don’t buy this idea that because Ludacris is no longer great he is no longer good.

]]> By: Tray http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-119597 Tray Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:31:55 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-119597 "If you didn’t like “Theater of the Mind” and the last tape with Drama, you’re asking for too much from Chris Bridges. We’re going to have to get over the classic album thing with Luda (and probably a lot of other people too.) At this point, his Greatest Hits can go fro to fro with practically any rapper to emerge this decade." That's nonsense. It's true that you could make an awfully good Greatest Hits of Luda, but when would all these hits come from? Four years ago and prior, probably ending at the fairly lackluster but still mildly amusing 'Pimpin All Over The World.' The last million Luda singles, including Runaway Love, have been crap. (Maybe 'One More Drink' is a kinda-sorta exception here.) No one ever expected Luda to make a classic album; we just thought he'd keep making more Rollouts, Move Bitches, What's Your Fantasies, etc. Today, he doesn't have a smidgen of the entertainment value or sense of humor he used to have. Nor is he, technically, a good rapper anymore; his flows are all very mannered and forced, his punchlines have become mostly mediocre. “If you didn’t like “Theater of the Mind” and the last tape with Drama, you’re asking for too much from Chris Bridges. We’re going to have to get over the classic album thing with Luda (and probably a lot of other people too.) At this point, his Greatest Hits can go fro to fro with practically any rapper to emerge this decade.”

That’s nonsense. It’s true that you could make an awfully good Greatest Hits of Luda, but when would all these hits come from? Four years ago and prior, probably ending at the fairly lackluster but still mildly amusing ‘Pimpin All Over The World.’ The last million Luda singles, including Runaway Love, have been crap. (Maybe ‘One More Drink’ is a kinda-sorta exception here.) No one ever expected Luda to make a classic album; we just thought he’d keep making more Rollouts, Move Bitches, What’s Your Fantasies, etc. Today, he doesn’t have a smidgen of the entertainment value or sense of humor he used to have. Nor is he, technically, a good rapper anymore; his flows are all very mannered and forced, his punchlines have become mostly mediocre.

]]> By: Sach http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-119568 Sach Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:49:35 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-119568 I'm just about ready to replace the term Baduizm with Andreizm until dude pulls his head out of his ass and raps about something other than a chick he wants to bang or the clothes other rappers wear. His flow is still godly but I want to hear his loverman shtick over 80's pop records just about as much as I want to hear Nas sleep through Polow da Don beats. I’m just about ready to replace the term Baduizm with Andreizm until dude pulls his head out of his ass and raps about something other than a chick he wants to bang or the clothes other rappers wear.

His flow is still godly but I want to hear his loverman shtick over 80’s pop records just about as much as I want to hear Nas sleep through Polow da Don beats.

]]> By: Disco Vietnam http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-119563 Disco Vietnam Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:15:28 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-119563 I feel like that was more the case with Release Therapy but the success of "Runaway Love" validated it. I feel like that was more the case with Release Therapy but the success of “Runaway Love” validated it.

]]> By: Pepe Le Mofo http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-119399 Pepe Le Mofo Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:15:23 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/07/13/the-new-rap-language-vol-2a/#comment-119399 The problem with Theater of The Mind wasn't that it wasn't a classic album, it was that Luda was <i>trying</i> to make a classic, and lost most of what was fun about him. This was less a problem on the Drama tape. This track is OK, but his voice sounds lower and not quite as energetic as on his best shit. Like I just can't picture him beating up mailboxes with giant popeye arms and rolling with a crew of badass fat chicks to it. The problem with Theater of The Mind wasn’t that it wasn’t a classic album, it was that Luda was trying to make a classic, and lost most of what was fun about him. This was less a problem on the Drama tape. This track is OK, but his voice sounds lower and not quite as energetic as on his best shit. Like I just can’t picture him beating up mailboxes with giant popeye arms and rolling with a crew of badass fat chicks to it.

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