if you look at the artists who are actually legitimately out there experimenting in their music, it very rarely if ever manifests itself in the form of them getting some old music dude involved but rather their own expression. this literally is cosplaying lol

I don't know what to expect but if it's some L$D type of s***.... man

Should be interesting atleast. I'll give it a listen.

Yikes at the posters above me hating on L$D when it's better than most of the music rocky makes

I love that rocky still at least tries to experiment with each album but it’s all been consistently trash. His best selection is ass too. I guess yams was handling the beat selection? Idk. He just desperately needs to get back with clams and make a classic

this post is gonna a lot of mfs angry, but it's true

a lot has changed since that interview. that was like 10 years ago

😂

rocky will do anything to get people with septum piercings to listen to his music, smart move tbh

I think he just likes the smiths

Hi Rocky's lawyer

Even if he likes The Smiths, getting Morrissey to work on a rap album doesn't come without a layer of pretense. But Rocky is already known to be a pretentious guy.

It's kinda sad that those alternative rappers prefer to work with indie rock dudes instead of hip hop/soul/jazz legends.. ppl who actually have the rhythm, groove and soul in them.

Danny had a great album with Q-Tip.

Should’ve kept this one a secret Rocky

i get getting someone like james blake or kevin parker to produce hip hop music or something adjacent to it but getting Morrissey is just plain out weird i always thought the genius of the smiths was from Johnny marr not Morrissey lol

i agree also with your other point

i don't see it being any different than the rappers who get wayne on something

most of the time tho niggas do be doing s*** to make it seem like they fw that kind of music. and rocky is definitely one of those types. aesthetics over everything type s***

carti does this also

Yeah and most of his stans are the same type of person as him. Obsessed with "aesthetics" and shallow s***.

he gave this off heavily when he explained that MFDOOM line. it was some goofy s*** he said i don't exactly remember but i was like yea he don't bump DOOM lol

you would think with how he portrays himself his stans wouldn't be so close minded

I read that long interview and he only talked about "looking fresh" and "being pretty" 90% of the time. He's compensating for a lack of personality with that s***.

But a lot of it is just Ye's influence. For example Ye used to always namedrop white indie acts that he surely stopped giving a f*** about a year later.

They do it so publications and hipsters will see them as "artistic" and "different than those other rappers"

Fwiw I love the smiths (altho I haven't really listened heavy in a few years!) and I definitely would say a huge part of their appeal was Morrisseys delivery and the sort of knowingly overly grandiose lyrics and prose. but it's questionable if that's been maintained over the last few decades and also whether its the type of thing that lends itself well to Co producing a nominally hip hop album lol

Why’s Rocky working with trash?