Doin Thangs

Jun 16

Oh yes, this is motherfucking GOOD.

Also, I’m putting content unrelated to Southern rap up at conracks.tumblr.com. I might put Southern rap content up there instead of here in the future, IDK, CHOICES.

May 22

Oh my God, I love 15-year-old regional dance music

Also, couldn’t the disputes about whether T.I. was or was not “really” from Bankhead have been resolved with an old utility bill or something? It’s good enough for the NYPL.

Mar 23

Mar 12

Jan 16

“See, I like the bacon, but they want the ham, BoBo, know what I’m talking about? They looking for the ham; they want the ham. I just want the bacon and the bread and the cheese.”

Dec 17

White People Things

The elevators in my office all have little TVs, content for which is provided by something called the Captivate Network (which gets on my nerves, since, you know, do you have to rub in our collective face the fact that once in the elevator we become a captive audience for between one and 39 floors?). Yesterday, two of the headlines were:

“Western Civilization” (no further explanation)
Some news story about how contemporary white people living in ~70% white neighborhoods have a higher quality of life than white people in the 1970s, who lived in 85+% white neighborhoods, which I guess is presumably newsworthy because we’re supposed to be surprised that quality of life and having nonwhite neighbors isn’t necessarily inversely correlated?

Dec 2

Is any Southern rapper more underrated than Project Pat?

Nov 15

Pleased by Lil Wayne’s Basquiat reference, disappointed that Fiend’s claim that “I spit Black Flag” wasn’t a similarly genre-crossing nod to Henry Rollins

Oct 26

This is the song that inspired OutKast’s “if you think it’s all about pimpin’ hoes and slammin’ Cadillac doors, you a cracker” spoken-word interlude, right? ALREADY.

Oct 24

Multiple tracks on B.G. and Soulja Slim’s Uptown Souljas sound like their melodies were recorded on an ice cream truck