@simulacrum get in here

much love fam

In

my dawg

I got you soon

Came ITT to reflect on some of my personal favorite hip hop moments, starting with ye:

• Hollywood Bowl. 808s is such a special album to me, seeing it live there was unreal. Was broke af at the time, saved up to fly there, see the show, slept in the airport after the show no hotel, flew back to NY the next day.

• TLOP - my most anticipated album ever. So Help Me God, Swish, Waves. Made my way to NYC for the TLOP event - favorite live event of all time. Saw Yachty up on that stage, full Kardashian crew in the audience, had decent seats. Seeing how happy ye was bouncing around surrounded by his friends, unreal. That will forever be my favorite concert experience.

• MBDTF - my favorite album of all time. November 22, 2010 I begged my pops to take me to Target to pick up the album after school. We went, listened to it the whole way home and would listen to it in the car everywhere we went around that time. Thanksgiving/Christmas time will always remind me of that album and those memories. Album holds a place in my heart that is irreplaceable.

waddup

happy 50th to the best genre of music ever made

The love

You been going off lately so if you do choose to share any more thoughts in here I'm looking forward to it

Memphis Rap Appreciation

I don't think a lot of people realize how far the sound of trap goes back. These are some classics only available on Youtube that were doing. Tennessee is my second favorite state for hip hop behind NY

@Vox

Not to mention Dirty South, which was Texas's answer to Memphis Rap that in fact predates Memphis Rap and influenced it. It was way more robust as an industry and a lot of dirty south classics are on streaming and still in print as CDs and vinyl

I'll share more later but I'm out to brunch lol

Oh we crate digging on a Saturday

Real for the Texas love, I grew up there

Had to start OP with Screw

Favorite UGK song

Never thought about this era of Texas rap being a response to Memphis though, always thought of them as regional scenes that developed concurrently but without much interaction

Truth in regards to the ease of access of a lot of the music, always thankful that most of Screw's music is readily available even though he was just making tapes at his crib for friends/family and people who stopped by to buy tapes

Was supposed to hit the Screw Shop in Houston a week into 2020 but it didn't work out time wise and I haven't been back to Texas since

Memphis >>>>>

My post on the first page regarding Memphis only has two songs right now, need to go back and add a bunch more

Can't wait until I can really dive in a time machine and explore all of that, have only really touched the most accessible of that stuff really (ie Tommy Wright)

Need to find a really good archive of as much Memphis material as possible

@january19th what's that Memphis rap album that just got a remaster recently

You put me onto it earlier this year I think but I don't remember what it is

LOVE stories like this, want as much of this itt as possible

So glad you did all of this, incredible

Is there anything in particular from the actual show at Hollywood bowl that's stuck with you? Special performance and I've only seen the video

And do you remember anything about what you were doing during the Yeezus rollout?

50 years from now these MFs will still be in the future

50 years from now these MFs will still be in the future

Love this whole project

Thanks for reminding me @Sk8brdKee

one of my favourite albums ever.

That’s the thing Spanish was my first language lmao. I just grew up alone tbh. Parents always working and sister older than me so I was just finding myself. I grew up in texas so it was mixed neighborhoods and I just hung out with all types of people. I get that a lot that I’m hella different. Do you speak Spanish by chance?

Word I feel you on the parents working all the time part

Moving through a lot of different and mixed worlds too

Grew up in Texas too but nah I don't speak Spanish. Have a lot of friends that speak Spanish though and Spanish is a big part of some things I want to do in the future so you I'm set on learning it eventually after my native language (might start with Spanish first though because it's gonna be way easier to learn than my mother tongue for various reasons)

Did yall peep DJ Premier and Swizz EPs for the 50th anni

Real

Favorite songs? Any memories you got that you associate with the album?