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  1. Slyk
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    Slyk God made a prophet.

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    There’s nothing inherently wrong with music that’s polarizing, nor with music that celebrates the spoils instead of fixating on the struggles. Considering just how much of the latter Young Thug has experienced in his 23 years in-and-out of the trenches, watching him reap what he’s been sowing since his first “ay” produces an immediately euphoric contact high. Thug births and subsequently masters countless styles before even his own crew can process the register of his delivery, let alone the intricacies of his melodies. On one hand, he’s a caricature of a cartoon character, but on the other, he’s an enigma; a transcendent b------ child of mid-2000s Lil Wayne and Kanye West. And he’s arguably more in tune with the essence of this actavis-leaned sound he’s imagined into existence than any other artist in the genre is with their own respective craft....

    Applause to @Narsh for putting together what is very likely his best piece yet.

    full url: http://sectioneighty.com/review-young-thug-barter-6/
     
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  2. Peter Parker
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    Apr 21, 2015
    Considering how frequently Young Thug creates different flows/melodies/, I wouldn't call him a lazy writer. His lyrics express his character and at times provide some vivid imagery, and they're utilised in the best way possible even when they're bad, like the examples @JCinator mentioned.

    I disagree with the term "lazy" because it actually takes a lot of effort to change the metre and make it sound good, while staying on beat, making nice melodies/harmonies. The writing isn't separated from the music. This only happens in rap, when many people just try to stuff rhymes in their 16's; generally in music, the writing is more dynamic and follows (or is being followed by) the piano melodies, or the guitar riffs, or the different samples, instead of being stuck on the bassline. And that takes a lot of effort to do, without f---ing it up. It's far from lazy imo. "Better" words wouldn't necessarily fit the music that well;

    Ofc he fails quite a few times and uses some bad/goofy lines, but that's not a result of laziness, but because we're talking about this guy

    [​IMG] ---> (character/personality, focus). A better writer/artist might have managed to avoid the few bad lines, but hey. They don't take anything away from the project, if anything, they add to it. It's better to have a goofy/bad personality, than lacking character.

    Gibbs has tried to do something similar to a certain degree (he changes his flows in many tracks), but he always stays more focused on not delivering bad lines, because he cares more about that aspect (he hasn't melodies as good as Thug, on the contrary, because he writes differently). BTNH did something similar, adn their rhymes, on paper, were pretty basic; they weren't writen to stay on the paper though. That's what I think, in general: writing is an organic process and it requires some context (when we're talking about music ofc).
     
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    Apr 22, 2015
    an aggressively bad post, nice
     
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  4. Narsh
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    Narsh

    Apr 29, 2015
    no
     
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Apr 21, 2015
    I told @Peter Parker that awhile back. He didn't think his English was good enough. I didn't even know he was ESL until then!
     
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  6. Narsh
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    Narsh

    Apr 22, 2015
    :sad1: I thought it was at least averagely written :hovcry:
    Why's dome unlistenable? Thought it was smooth



    What features would that be?
     
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    Apr 22, 2015
    Great review
     
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  8. Slyk
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    Apr 21, 2015
    you mean... the official cover art?
     
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  9. Slyk
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    Apr 21, 2015
    @Writers @6ixgawd @Dew @Skippy @Meero @Peter Parker @game time67 @WPG @poop dogg @Swizz @Mikey1990 @Packman @Boos
    ...add any others who have been involved in the B6 convos. too many to go through atm.
     
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  10. Narsh
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    Narsh

    Apr 26, 2015
    started some s--- on KTT with this review :'(

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  11. Peter Parker
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    Apr 24, 2015
    The overly + reviews of Barter s--- are obviously writen by biased thugger fangays :kappa:
     
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  12. Narsh
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    Narsh

    Apr 24, 2015
    quick reminder that these are the 3 best written reviews of Barter 6 on the interwebz (no @Peter Parker ):

    Section Eighty
    Passion of the Weiss
    Pitchfork
     
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    Narsh

    Apr 22, 2015
    yeah man i 10000% respect people that approach, well, life with this mindset lol

    so many are content with just being bullheadedly ignorant
     
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  14. Narsh
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    Narsh

    Apr 21, 2015
    Best post ever

    r u sure you want to turn down my 300th offer to write for the blog?
     
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    Apr 21, 2015
    score is too low
     
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