regional rap

Midwest \\ Third Coast \\ East Coast \\ West Coast // Locations // Eras  I post what I like and tag everything.

[sickouthere]

rest in peace to big floyd

[crimedawgbylaw]

fuck all cops

[fattonyrap]

[uncanny-era]

Jorge Ben -- “Comanche”

[uncanny-era]

Gal Costa -- “Pontos de Luz”

Kaytranada -- “Lite Spots”

[uncanny-era]

Banda Black Rio -- “Casa Forte”

Mos Def -- “Casa Bey” p. DJ Preservation

[usernameosmium]

[uncanny-era]

Young Thug -- “Chanel” f. Gunna, Lil Baby p. Psymun, Wheezy, SinGrinch

[sisilafami]

Lil Tre -  Water

Lil Tre - Trust

Lil Tre - Fredo

From ‘Unexpected’ the new tape of Milwaukee rapper Lil Tre. He dropped it without any promo which is a shame since the whole tape is really good. Tre is like the incestuous son of Rich The Factor, Filthy Rich and Babyface Ray. Pure midwestern raps right here.

[uncanny-era]

Madlib -- “Stepping Into Tomorrow”

Party people Doom Here to let you know That I have no prior knowledge to any invasion Or... any invasion being planned or executed

[uncanny-era]

Max Romeo & The Upsetters -- “Uptown Babies Don’t Cry” p. Lee “Scratch” Perry

[steadyleanin]

Valee - Womp Womp (feat. Jeremih)

[coachvicbaby]

Chief Keef - Part Ways - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

[uncanny-era]

Freddie Gibbs -- “Death Row” f. 03 Greedo

03 Greezy E.

[coachvicbaby]

G Herbo - Swervo (Official Music Video) ft. Southside

[sickouthere]

[uncanny-era]

arm to the leg leg arm to the head

[uncanny-era]

Adidon and Infinite Games: I Hate Rap Beef

I hate rap beef because when it gets to the point where rappers are actually engaged in zero-sum survivalist competition, the work can only serve that purpose. In general, the “best” rapper isn’t the one who wins the beef. Technical proficiency, lyrical inventiveness, etc. are the conditions to get into the room, but can't win the beef at this stage.

Let's call it little beef and big beef. Like, little beef is an aesthetic competition with an agreed upon set of rules. These can be won and lost within these rules and the rappers can (eventually) agree on who won and who lost. Big beef, real beef is an infinite game where the objective is to continue to play the game. To win at real beef, you need to keep scouting reports on your opponents, find dirt and weaknesses and exploit those. You need to step outside of the aesthetic rules of little beef. When those rules threaten the ability of players to continue playing they are discarded. Hence, rappers diss themselves in route to dissing each other, diss each other's families, involve threats of violence that are no longer hollow. In doing so, the art of the endeavor is left behind in an almost obvious way. “The Story of Adidon” ceases to have aesthetic value in the way “Infrared” has it. "Adidon" is the most devastating diss track recorded in years and I can't even enjoy listening to it. 

[crimedawgbylaw]

Pusha T - “The Story Of Adidon (Drake Diss)”

People said Drake got way too personal on “Duppy,” but Pusha takes things to the next level with “Adidon.” With raps accusing Drake of having a secret child with a porn star and making fun of producer Noah “40″ Shebib’s multiple sclerosis, Pusha clearly positions himself as the Bad Guy in this beef.