Sep 30, 2016Just gonna share some albums that I enjoyed throughout 2016 that might not have gotten serious recognition. I'll make note of some tracks that I felt were highlights to make it easier to get into if you have some sort of interest in any of them. If you feel like you have heard of any artist in this thread I'll put their associated acts as well. I'll also link the albums if possible. (IE: If they are available on Soundcloud/Datpiff/Bandcamp for easier streaming. If there is not a link to them they are available on Apple Music and Spotify)
Rome Fortune - Jerome Raheem Fortune (Fool's Gold Records. Released: February 26, 2016 Associated Acts: Toro y Moi, OG Maco, iLoveMakkonnen, Father, Childish Major, Kaytranada)
1. All The Way
2. Love
3. Blicka Blicka
4. Heavy As Feathers
5. Dance
6. What Can You Do
7. Past Future
8. Still I Fight On
9. Alone Tonight
10. Paid Back Loans
11. Find My Way
ZelooperZ - Bothic (Bruiser Brigade Records. Released March 4, 2016. Associated Acts: Danny Brown, Bulletproof Dolphin, Wiki, Dopehead)
1. Summit
2. Inhale
3. Bothic Bout It
4. Paypal
5. Scale
6. Elevators
7. Automatic
8. Heart (feat. Wiki)
9. Ocean
10. ISBD (I Should Be Dead)
Vic Mensa - There's Alot Going On (Roc Nation Records, Def Jam. Released June 3, 2016. Associated Acts: Chance the Rapper, Towkio, Kanye West, Skrillex, Ty Dolla $ign, Papi Beatz)
1. Dynasty
2. 16 Shots
3. Danger
4. New Bae
5. Liquor Locker (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
6. Shades of Blue
7. There's Alot Going On
Joey Purp - iiiDrops (Savemoney. Released May 26, 2016. Associated Acts: Vic Mensa, Chance the Rapper, Mick Jenkins)
1. MORNING SEX
2. GIRLS @ (feat. Chance the Rapper)
3. MONEY & b------s (feat. Mick Jenkins)
4. WHEN I'M GONE (feat. Teddy Jackson)
5. PHOTOBOOTH
6. CORNERSTORE (feat. Saba & theMIND)
7. SAY YOU DO
8. GODBODY
9. KIDS
10. WINNERS CIRCLE (feat. Vic Mensa)
11. ESCAPE
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Father - I'm A Piece of s--- (Awful Records. Released March 25, 2016. Associated Acts: Maxo Kream, iLoveMakonnen, Abra, Playboi Carti)
1. Why Don't U (feat. Abra & iLoveMakonnen)
2. Lanes
3. Slide Thru (feat. Stalin Majesty, Archibald Slim)
4. Big Emblem Benz
5. f--- Up the Sheraton (feat. Archibald Slim)
6. Slow Dance 2
7. Party On Me (feat. iLoveMakonnen & Ethereal)
8. 2 Girl Fantasy 2 (feat. Tommy Genesis)
9. Spit or Swallow (feat. Micah Freeman)
10. Up Still
11. Y U Make It Hurt Like This
12. Why Don't U {Bobby Raps & KCSB Remix} (feat. Abra & iLoveMakonnen)
Nao - For All We Know (Little Tokyo Recordings. Released 29 July 2016. Associated Acts.....She's from the UK, I have no idea.)
1. Intro (Like Velvet)
2. Get to Know Ya
3. Inhale Exhale
4. Voice Memo 161
5. Happy
6. Voice Memo 162
7. Adore You (feat. Abhi//Dijon)
8. In The Morning
9. Trophy (feat. A. K. Paul)
10. Bad Blood
11. DYWM
12. We Don't Give A
13. Give Me A Little
14. Fool to Love
15. Voice Memo 4 (Say Yes)
16. Blue Wine
17. Girlfriend
18. Feels Like (Perfume)
Robb Banks - C2: Death Of My Teenage (Released September 27, 2016. Associated Acts: Zaytoven, Sir Michael Rocks, Denzel Curry, Pouya, Nuri, Uncle Flex, Chris Travis)
1. Holiday
2. Defined
3. It Wasn't Me
4. Transporter (feat. Scooby Santana)
5. Nikki
6. Come Down Pt. 3
7. Stunt-Man
8. BETT
9. Innadat (feat. XXXtentacion)
10. Byrds Flying (feat. Los Hosale)
11. WutUwant
12. Get It B4 I Die (Guess Who)
Ka - Honor Killed The Samurai (Iron Works Records. Released August 13, 2016. Associated Acts: GZA)
1. Conflicted
2. Just
3. That Cold and Lonely
4. Mourn at Night
5. $
6. Destined
7. Ours
8. Illicit Fields
9. Finer Things/Tamahagene
10. I Wish (Death Poem)
Kembe X - Talk Back (Closed Sessions, The Village. Released July 15, 2016. Associated Acts: Isaiah Rashad, Ab-Soul, Chance the Rapper)
1. Buried Alive
2. Carpenter
3. Gino's Disquisition
4. Welcome to America
5. Squad Day (Work Week)
6. Loosie
7. What U Say
8. Alive (feat. Romeo Testa)
9. 10 Feet Tall
10. Paper (feat. Zacari P & Alex Wiley)
11. Talk Back
12. Oxygen
13. Young n-----
14. I Can't Go
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Jun 30, 2026
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- Thread: I'm done.
Aug 5, 2016
Man, f--- Frank Ocean. I bet that's not even his name. His name's probably Fred. Or Fido. I don't f---ing give a f--- any f---ing more.
I'm f---ing seasick of this. Every f---ing time, Fred Ocean delays his f---ing album. He promises but never delivers. What the f--- am I supposed to listen to as I gently stroke my weenie? This is a f---ing outrage.
On 6 God, I want this s--- to end. I'm jumping. f--- Pacifica Ocean, he a snake, word to Kaz. You know, I loved you, Frank. Thought we had something. Know what else, Phil? I wrote you but you still ain't callin. What's up with that? Got something against me? Man, I don't even want to hear it. Goodbye, y'all. I'm jumping. Can't take this s--- no mo.
But before I go I want to give a shout out to my boy @Nori WAZZUUUUUUUP HAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYJun 30, 2026 -
Jul 18, 2016
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It's 2003, maybe 2002. As an enterprising Redditer pointed out, longtime hip-hop exec Steve Stoute had recently launched his own ad agency, Translation (as in translating hip-hop culture for mainstream America) and one of his first major clients is McDonald's. The global burger giant wants to update its image, get younger, fresher, and Stoute's tasked with introducing a new jingle to the world.
Stoute brings in Justin Timberlake, who at the time was at Peak Justin Timberlake, to sing the jingle, and given that the Neptunes had just produced half of JT's solo debut album and their bright sonic style, Pharrell's the obvious choice to produce. Stay with me now.
So, it's 2003 and Pharrell Williams is working on a song. He needs a songwriter. Who's grindin right by his side at that time who could put pen to paper? That's right, King motherfucking Push wrote one of the most memorable commercial jingles of all-time.
Forget anonymous d--- dealers, writing a commercial jingle that goes on to run for over a decade is how you really end up with millions in the ceiling.
I feel safe assuming that, like the Hot 97 crew, your mind was blown by this information. Mine too. But after a very serious and intensive journalistic investigation (aka scrolling through YouTube) I learned that this is far from breaking news. The original 2003 ad also featured an extended, minute long version of the song complete with en fuego verses from Pusha, whose voice at the time would have been essentially unrecognizable to most of America. The vast majority of people who ever even saw the full spot must have just written him off as "some random rapper."
Ready to have your mind blown again?
Holy...sweet...baby...Jesus.
A young Pusha spitting bars about the power of a Big Mac to relieve the stress of a hard day at work is a real thing that really happened in real life. In retrospect we always should have known though. What better way to ensure your four-year-old niece is familiar with the feeling of chinchilla than some good ol' fashioned commercial writing?threee, Ordinary Joel, PRHYME and 18 others like this.Jun 30, 2026 -
- Thread: T.I - Dope ( prod by Dr Dre )
May 13, 2016
THAT BEAT IS
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May 8, 2016
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let me know if you want a mention.
DISCLAIMER:
so before we get started I'd just like to say that I have around 400 young thug tagged tracks in my itunes, and that's maybe 50% of everything he's done since he first started. this isn't a list of the best songs he's ever made (that would honestly be easier), but just my favorite -- as well as I could rank them.@Squid did a top 10 list so I tried to make one myself and that snowballed into 20...30....f--- it 50....and now, as I'm getting to start this list...I made a list of ANOTHER 50 tracks, broken down into songs that came out "too recently," my "favorite features," and songs "i just forgot so f--- me."
I'll start this list in a bit with these bonus 50 tracks. And hopefully by like Tuesday we can start with the real list. for the real list I'll prolly write what I can for each track.
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HONORABLE MENTIONS PT. 1 -- Songs that came out too recently (no order):
1. Hercules
2. King TROUP
3. For My People
4. Texas Love
5. Worth It
6. Tattoos
7. Digits
8. Drippin
HONORABLE MENTIONS PT. 2 -- Informal Favorite Features (no order):
1. Trapper Girl (most played thug song in my itunes)
2. Blood (one of the best features ever)
3. Treasure (one of my favoirte thug verses ever)
4. Good Times (one of thug's best songs ever)
5. About the Money (come on)
6. Home Alone
7. Aint Goin Back
8. Lil Mama
9. Mamacita
10. Chanel Vintage
11. Old English
HONORABLE MENTIONS PT. 3 -- f--- Me, Track I forgot (no order pt. 1):
1. Tell Her Nothing
2. Wanna Be Me
3. Paradise
4. Pacifier
5. Dream
6. 1017 lifestyle
7. Alphabetical order
8. I Aint Drunk Yet
9. Get That Money
10. Be Me See Me
HONORABLE MENTIONS PT. 4 -- f--- Me, Track I forgot (no order, pt. 2):
11. Would Wood
12. Pull Up on a Kid
13. Jungle
14. Danny Glover
15. Stoner
16. Bricks
17. Drawn Down
18. Bullet
19. My Everything
20. Let Me Live
HONORABLE MENTIONS PT. 5 -- f--- Me, Track I forgot (no order, pt. 3):
21. Should I
22. Up Up & Away
23. Keep In Touch
24. Back in the Days
25. UdiggwhatImsayin
26. Mine
27. I Got
28. Hold Us
29. Imma Ride
30. Never Made Love
31. I Mean
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50. Amazing
49. Miss U
48. Nigera
47. Magnificent
46. That
45. Picacho
44. I Swear To God
43. Loaded
42. Rollin Rollin
41. My Baby
40. Constantly Hating
39. 2 Cups Stuffed
38. Strange Things
37. Makaveli
36. That's All
35. Freestyle
34. Just Might Be
33. The Promise
32. Best Friend
31. Spaghetti
30. Proud of Me
29. I Just Might
28. Keep It Leave
27. Red Star
26. Keep it Going
25. Spaghetti
24. She Notice
23. Check
22. See You
21. Hey, I
20. Raw
19. Flaws
18. Just Might Be
17. Take Kare
16. Myself
15. You the One
14. Again
13. No Way
12. Flava
11. Friend of Scotty
10. Free Gucci
9. Tell Em (Lies)
8. Pelican Fly
7. Freaky
6. Calling Your Name
5. The Blanguage
4. Halftime
3. Love Me Forever
2. Guarantee
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Feb 17, 2016
G-Unit.
50centWhat do you see when you look at this picture? I see confusion,I'm not sure if it's just me, I'm a Cancer s--- don't get old with me. I never ask for trouble but I really don't have a problem with it I'm different. The question isn't how I feel about it, but how dose ( Lodi Mac ) feel about it? Some s--- is just better off left alone. #EFFENVODKA#FRIGO#SMSAUDIO
losangelesconfidentialIn response to "50"....... When I heard banks was in Dubai, I told my n----s, "we're goin thru to holla".... My team thought I was on some bs & thought we was going thru to kick off some bs... I then told them, "Naw, we ain't on that... We on the other side of the world enjoying ourselves, 1/2 y'all ain't never even left LA... So we gone go thru, show banks party love & im going to personally let him know that me & him are ... It's been 11 years since I seen banks & the funny thing is, I told myself.. When I got there I was going to go off his energy... & when we seen each other, it was instantly all good energy, so we chopped it.. threw back a few dranks & took a flick for old times sake to k--- the negativity & tension that had once tore one of the GREATEST RAP GROUPS ever apart !!! At some point, you gotta be a MAN about certain situations so last night that's what I decided to do.. It was MY DECISION !!! Whether Buck, gone admit it or not... I talk to that n----- all the time.. As recent as few months ago when I was in Nashville & it was all love.... Don't front now my n-----... This is ME !!! As for me & you "50"... Our past has proven we could both get on some gangsta s--- if need be, being that lives have been lost on both sides..... Lives have been taken from friends, & fathers taken from kids.. Which could've easily been MY LIFE or YOURS..... If you choose to ignore the GROWN MAN approach & continue to harbor HATE for me & my side... That's your decision. I can't speak for Banks, but my pride was swallowed last night along with a shot of Hennesey in that club...... Whatever it's gone be is what it's gone be, I said my peace#HateItOrLoveIt
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Jan 25, 2016
Feeling like you are the non-delusional one in every argument
Being able to roast any artist you want and not feel bad and still enjoy their music
Not being afraid you will murder your pregnant wife because the artist didn't text back
JOIN THE NON-STAN LIFE
(except Lil yachty i stan him he the goat)Franch46, boyz n the suburbs, BIGFOOT and 18 others like this.Jun 30, 2026 -
Jan 2, 2016
Inspired by @BigCountry asking for all of the Mike Will x Future collabs, I put together all the collabs between the two I could find in anticipation for Ape s---. I tried to sequence the tracks to flow into each other as best as I could. Enjoy, @FutureHive. Shoutout @theg for hooking me up with the album cover today, give him a thanks.![[IMG]](http://i.imgur.com/j2Ik0al.png)
Tracklist:- Drinks On Us (Future & Swae Lee)
- Dirty Sprite
- Faded
- Ain't No Way Around It
- My Momma (Feat. Wiz Khalifa)
- Turn On The Lights
- Never Satisfied (Feat. Drake)
- Buy The World (Future, Lil Wayne & Kendrick Lamar)
- Truth Gonna Hurt You
- Neva End (Feat. Kelly Rowland) (Remix)
- Fo Real (Feat. Drake)
- Move That Dope (Feat. Pharrell, Pusha T, & Casino)
- s---
- California Rari (Future, Young Thug, & Problem)
- Itchin
After compiling the first tape I did earlier, I decided to get the rest of the Future x Mike will collabs for this second edition. Just a little something to hold us all over for the forthcoming Ape s---. Another thanks to @theg for the dope a--- artwork and @Cain for helping me find some of these tracks. Here's Prelude number two with 13 more tracks, @FutureHive.![[IMG]](https://forum.sectioneighty.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FZ9QLggb.png&hash=89a196d191438b133e68982162803684)
Tracklist:- b------s & Bottles (Let's Get It Started) [Lil Wayne, T.I. & Future]
- Bugatti (Remix) (feat. Meek Mill, T.I., Wiz Khalifa, Birdman, French Montana, 2 Chainz, & Future)
- b------s Love Me (Lil Wayne, Drake & Future)
- Real And True (Miley Cyrus, Mr. Hudson & Future)
- Win Win (B Smyth & Future)
- Where U Go (Future & Ciara)
- Another One (Future, B.o.B & Young Dro)
- My Darling (Miley Cyrus & Future)
- Against All Odds
- f--- The World (Gucci Mane & Future)
- I'm Screwed Up (Trae Tha Truth & Future)
- MMM (Diddy, Future, & Los)
- b------s Love Me (Solo Future/2 verses)
Jan 2, 2016 [Created by Soldier]
Mike Will x Future - Ape s---: The Prelude [Vol. 1 & 2]
![[IMG]](http://i.imgur.com/j2Ik0al.png)
Jan 19, 2016 [Created by @Ordinary Joel]
Future x Nard & B - Astronard & B
![[IMG]](http://i.imgur.com/3My8eMC.jpg)
May 24, 2016 [Created by Soldier]
Future - Vandross Hendrix
December 3rd, 2016
Future - Secure The Bag
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Jan 2, 2016
i just started a new blog. not sure how much time/effort i'll put into this, but hopefully i'll be able to attend to it regularly.
for now, i wanted a home for this piece on Thug I wrote but wasn't able to get published before 2016.
https://pelicanflyblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/02/young-thugs-secret-sauce-a-year-in-review-2015/
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Young Thug’s “Secret Sauce” (A Year In Review: 2015)
Posted on15 Minutes Ago by narsh94
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Young Thug hates doing interview in the U.S. He believes that those in the states have an issue with, um, “honesty.” That we approach him with an agenda, rather than with the genuine curiosity that he greets us with. Therefore, in the span of a few brazen months (filled with sold out European tours, two mixtapes, a handful of music videos and a short-lived twitter beef for the ages) Thug has taken it upon himself to do his three most articulate and fleshed out interviews overseas.
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The most recent interview has him lamenting on everything from the internal strife he faces when having to discipline one of his children, to just how the f--- he has upwards of a 1,000 songs to his name — and yet one rarely ever sounds like the other. The first interview, from back in October, has him claiming him and Kanye West are from the same block on the same planet in a different galaxy — you know, that “new Earth” Nasa discovered back in July. Yet, the most interesting interview may have been the second one, for Mouv, which is also responsible for birthing his now infamous freestyle. The misunderstood genius of the freestyle aside (because that’s a whole ’nother piece waiting to happen), the interview is noteworthy seeing as how it was done entirely in French with a translator on board for the ride.
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Relaying messages about everything from Young Thug’s insightful breakdown of his impenetrably titled forthcoming debut album, Hy!£UN35, to the sounds his guns make (pew pew), the translator was the real MVP of the session. At one point, the hosts ask Thug what his secret is — his secret for just…everything. His creativity, his taste, his ability to draw from influences he’s never heard of and birth styles he’ll never use more than once. How does he seem to possess this innate sense of enlightenment? And his answer, translated wonderfully by the middle-aged French man next to him, was that he wouldn’t“spill the beans” because — if you remember Spongebob — there’s that “bitty little man always trying to steal the recipe.” He seems as serious as the search for real Actavis when he says “you know I got secret powers right?” And while he may not wish to spill the beans, as bewildered onlookers to the trail he’s been blazing as of late, we can sure try to pinpoint just what makes Young Thug such a driving force in hip hop at the moment.
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It’s impossible to reverse engineer his talent and that isn’t the goal of this exercise. The “secret sauce” to his recipe is not easily derived from just analyzing one or two tracks. However, the following five tracks are some of Young Thug’s most significant contributions to the genre in his most prolific year to date. Each track is easily accompanied by two more, proving that these moments of brilliance don’t exist in a vacuum — they’re the norm for Young Thug. These tracks not only reinforce his pure talent, they each represent a unique facet of his skill set. And with an arsenal like this, it’s no wonder Vince Staples thinks hip-hop isn’t ready for this man.
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(disclaimer: only officially released tracks were up for consideration).
1. Pop Sensibility
Young Thug’s pop sensibility is understated because he never conforms to conventional norms. When handed the rambunctious template for “Pacifier” by Mike Will Made-It, Thug took the embedded wails and the soaring electric guitars and seemingly made an anthem for dads all over the world. In between rapping his a--- off, contemplating about why one’s own community may hate on him down the line (because they weren’t atin’ — oops, I meant eatin’), Thug cries out for a “pacifier” (for his babies, for his haters, for himself — who knows?). In between asking you to “shake your rumidi bum bum” and drinking out of a“baby bottle,” Thug takes a moment to fiercely ask us to “bleed the block…bleed the cops, bleed it, bleed it, bleed it, bleed it, bleed.” His ability to craft incessantly infectious hooks will only continue to make one of the most sought after artists in 2016. His natural talent sees him creating everything from tightly packaged bursts of adrenaline to sprawling anthems that warp the actual textbook definition of a “hook.” Although this particular track was actually dead on arrival, it’s pop sensibility cannot be denied. The fact that it wasn’t the hit it should have been says more about us as an audience than anything else. We are not worthy.
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2. Personality
Despite what they may think of his music, I refuse to believe someone can legitimately hate this man after taking even a passing glance at his incredible origin story. He’s the youngest of eleven children (many of whom who have either been incarcerated or murdered), has six kids of his own (three boys and three girls — which is “perfection,”according to the man himself), and his best friends seem to be his two sisters and his mom (“Mama Duck”). Any hate you can throw this man’s way most likely stems from personal insecurities, above all. But that’s enough of me putting my behavioral neuroscience degree to use (for once). “Halftime,” aside from being a tour de force in technical rapping, is brimming with poignant self-awareness. Although a casual fan may have qualms about Thug’s diction, and that may create an understandable disconnect between him and said fan, when it clicks, it’s magical. It’s a world jam-packed with inside jokes and running gags, tongue in cheek references, and an unparalleled sense of self.“Got 100 million flat like my motherfuckin’ idol/I might eat it, I might lick it, but I swear i’ll never bite ‘em” he ruminates, offhandedly addressing every Lil Wayne/Young Thug clickbait article in existence, before boldly declaring that “every time I dress myself, it goes motherfuckin’ viral.” And he’s right — on all accounts.
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3. Vocal Range
The atypical example for the range Young Thug possess would be “There’s Gonna Be (Good Times),” however, there’s nothing quite like Thug urging himself on during the bridge for “Raw (Might Just),” assuring himself of his talent, before letting out his next conflicted wail. “L-O-V-E” he proclaims at the start of the second verse and, for an instant, that word regains all the childlike wonder and mystique it carried back when we were still in grade school. Produced by Treasure Fingers, this track not only allows Thug to flex his vocals over foreign production, it gives him the space needed to be at his most whimsical, as well as his most endearing. Thug has often thanked God for this “weird voice,” but sometimes it feels like he’s leaving out the radioactive ooze he fell into as a kid — you know, the one that gave him these superpowers.
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4. Songwriting
Although his material may seem haphazard to some, everything Young Thug does has been proven to be deliberate. Various interviews, coupled with in-studio footage, show Thug meticulously crafting each verse. He moves line by line, often times repeating a bar multiple times until he molds it into the surreal monster we come face to face with once we hit play. Each ad-lib is done with purpose, nudged a bit to the left or to the right until it finds its home in a previously undetectable pocket behind the main vocals. As far as content is concerned, “Flaws” is a prime example of Thug’s songwriting. “Baby I love you, in a house full of grown folk, baby I love you/I swear to God you’re my bread and butter/you can still be my all if the Feds destroy us,” declares Thug towards the end of the song — succinctly summing up the premise: underneath all the gambling, all the drinking and sipping and smoking, underneath even the cheating, Thug is a romantic. He offers himself up for those who are willing to accept him, “flaws and all.” Young Thug’s songs often times follow a standard structure, but they never feel anything less than organic. A Young Thug song can span multiple topics and touch on a platitude of emotions. At any given moment it can shift from rib-cracking humor to heartfelt poignancy with a whiplash inducing flourish. And that’s what makes all the jumbled ideas, themes, and feelings — his execution. His songwriting should result in the audio equivalent of a Jackson Pollock drip painting and, to many it is, but there’s a method to the abstractness. Because for every sonic drip painting we get it (see: “I Swear To God”), we get 3 clear-cut, insightful, narrative-driven tracks such as the ones showcased here.
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5. Versatility
The final feather in Young Thug’s high-end fedora is his versatility. From the type of production he can inhabit (what other rapper could treat “Constantly Hating,” “There’s Gonna Be (Good Times),” and “Pacifier” like his playground?), to his content, Young Thug is an enigma. He is pure, unfiltered, expression. He is whimsy personified. “Wanna Be Me” is the kind of track Kanye West wishes he could make. It’s the type of track Lil Wayne tried to make for a while but eventually gave up on. Neither of the aforementioned greats have Thug’s sense of style. His innate ability to craft melodies out of cosmic dust and channel his innermost pinnings, often times seemingly to his own surprise, is unparalleled in this day and age (and, quite frankly, stands strong even when pit against the genre as a whole). “Wanna Be Me” is part endearing, and part completely savage (“if I can’t find a place, I’m pouring your children down the sink (d---!),” Thug declares at one point). Over twinkling production that sounds like it could be part of a new-age holiday soundtrack, Thug declares his love for f---ing like rabbits and dressing in karats. It’s no wonder “Wanna Be Me” is one of Thug’s favorite tracks off of the first Slime Season. When making a hit comes so easily to you, I’d image you’d need to dig a bit deeper to be invigorated and feel fulfilled. And this forward motion, the need to keep impressing and surprising yourself, is what has Thug continuously barreling down through all pre-existing genre barriers. He’s honestly already transcended rap this past year, and this is only the tip of the iceberg.
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happy new years.
-Narsimha Chintaluri (@Narshh)
share/check it out/etc. and let me know what you think!
I'll probably make a thread about in CreativeSXN or something later
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- Thread: Still A GOAT Akon song...
Dec 8, 2015

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- Thread: SXN80 RADIO (Standby)
Nov 28, 2015
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Hello guys!!!
Koolo asked me to maintain a streaming channel for the next listening sessions, but I wanted to do something else...
Introducing: Section Eighty Radio.
In what consists?
The concept behind is similar to, for example, OVO Radio: DJ mixes, playlists that fit certain mood, etc.
The difference: You guys are going to suggest me the songs/playlists (for the last one PM) that we are going to be using
Also, we'll play both famous and SXN80 artists, so if you're looking for some promo this is a good platform to start
Link for the streaming:
Ustream app for Android and iOS
Second session starting 12/12/15
The mixes are done
Support the project
(Also, if somebody could hit me up with a pre recorded adlib for the radio, that'd be great!!!)Last edited: Dec 12, 2015shahidah, RockstarX3000, dkdnfbdjdkdddjdjfvcgfl and 18 others like this.Jun 30, 2026 -
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