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it is celebrated 🤣🤣🤣
kodak the slurologist
its midnight im not very sleepy
early (currently "BIG early," also known over the years as mrunusual2, earlyman, "im almost there," and BIG live laugh luv, plus a backup account called "not here") has about 84,500 posts. He arrived around page 23,200 in September 2023. His busiest stretch was early 2024, and he's still a daily regular.
He's the thread's builder. Most regulars talk about music. early makes it and ships it:
He's the one who actually finished. In October 2025 he told Wesley that "if wes doesnt drop his album by december, ill drop my songs that were supposed to be on my 2027 album on a mixtape." Then he did it, four months before Wesley's premiere.
He's the Future crew's other half. HNDRXX is his closest partner by far, the person he replies to most and the person who replies to him most. When a Future track comes up, COWBOY ARTIST and bmass tag them together for a listening session. His taste runs from Future and Gunna to Tyler, Metro Boomin, Daft Punk, MF DOOM, and Madlib and Dilla, and he once proposed a VZ run through five years of SoundCloud, one year per round.
He has a chaotic streak he's fully aware of. He's the author of the thread's "Bruises is KTT Illuminati" theory, which he openly admits he made up. He once said he wished Vibe would come back on an alt "just in time for the Tyler VZ." He also posts plenty of lyrics and memes as though they're autobiography, so his stated age and some of his "life story" posts are bits, not facts. Camille's read: "early just pisses people off itt like nort / the energy he exudes is very separating."
What's real is low-key and warm. He's a New Yorker with a job. His posts about his brother are consistently proud ("just wanna see my brother WIN"), and he wrote about "a two hour chat with my mom going down memory lane." In late 2024 he reported that his work crush "is actually a fan of tyler / i'm back in love."
The numbers: he writes short posts (30 characters at the median), but they land. At 0.93 likes per post, he's fourth among everyone with 5,000+ posts, behind only Kdogone, Camille, and Stankie.
In short: early is the thread's quiet producer. He's part troll and part craftsman, and he turned a forum hangout into an audience for things he actually made.
VZ PLANNER MUSIC TASTE REPORT
Kodak Spice — Loves: Carti, Ice Spice, Doja Cat, Nicki, Dua Lipa | Trashes: Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, FKA twigs
Camille — Loves: Kanye, Drake, Madonna, the Beatles, classical | Trashes: Kendrick, MJ, Carti, The Weeknd
Nort — Loves: Kanye, Lil Wayne, Radiohead, Prince, Stevie Wonder | Trashes: Kid Cudi
HNDRXX — Loves: Drake, Future, Kanye, Anuel/Arcángel, Gunna, Lil Baby | Trashes: A$AP Rocky, Bowie, Tyler
Bruises — Loves: Kanye, Paramore, Radiohead, Vince Staples, Bladee | Trashes: Travis Scott, Kendrick, Billie Eilish, Neptunes
COWBOY ARTIST — Loves: Madonna, FKA twigs, Janet, Mariah, Kelela, Sade | Trashes: Travis Scott, Radiohead, Taylor Swift
Purrp — Loves: Bowie, the Beatles, Radiohead, Kid Cudi, Rosalía | Trashes: Rauw Alejandro, Tyler, Björk
bmass — Loves: Drake, Kanye, Peso Pluma/corridos, Anuel, Rauw | Trashes: FKA twigs, Frank Ocean
ET — Loves: Drake, Kanye, Kendrick, Carti, Travis, Nas | Trashes: Taylor Swift, Yeat, Lil Baby, Lana
Sizzy — Loves: Drake, Kanye, Kid Cudi, Clipse, Janet, the Strokes | Trashes: Tupac, Nicki
BIG live laugh luv — Loves: Drake, Kanye, Carti, Gunna, MF DOOM, Madlib/Dilla | Trashes: Neptunes, Jay-Z
frenchpress — Loves: Kanye, Drake, Frank Ocean, Sade, Lana, Rosalía | Trashes: Olivia Rodrigo, Carti, Travis
Wesley — Loves: Kendrick, Kanye, the Beatles, J. Cole, Radiohead, SZA, Bowie | Trashes: Doja Cat, Taylor Swift, Biggie
back 2 black — Loves: Kanye, the Beatles, Mariah, Aaliyah, Amy Winehouse, Brent Faiyaz | Trashes: The Weeknd, Ariana, Lil Baby
Mmm Hmm — Loves: Drake, Kanye, Kendrick, J. Cole, Kid Cudi, Big Sean | Trashes: Taylor Swift, Neptunes
Tuneout — Loves: Drake, Kanye, Tinashe, Burial/Four Tet/Jamie xx, shoegaze, Bon Iver | Trashes: Travis Scott
ICEMAN PAPI DAVE — Loves: Drake, Nicki, Kendrick | Trashes: Kanye, Prince
Echi* — Loves: Drake, Lana, Lady Gaga | Trashes: Kanye
internet buddy* — Loves: Madonna, the Beatles, Nirvana | Trashes: Beyoncé
rvi — Loves: Charli XCX, Madonna, the Beatles, Captain Beefheart, Zappa, Black Sabbath | Trashes: Drake
Allison — Loves: Kanye, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Mariah, Neptunes, Clipse | Trashes: Prince
CutiePieHole — Loves: Drake, Charli XCX, Nicki, The Weeknd, Björk, Lady Gaga | Trashes: FKA twigs, Doja Cat, Ariana
Kdogone — Loves: J. Cole, Future, Drake, Jay-Z, Vince Staples, Anderson .Paak | Trashes: Usher, MJ, Kendrick
FBG LIIIIT* — Loves: Kanye, Future, Gunna | Trashes: Drake
xxxkiraxxx — Loves: Kanye, Prince, The Weeknd, Brent Faiyaz, JID | Trashes: Charli XCX
Orangutan — Loves: Drake, Future, shoegaze | Trashes: Carti, Travis
lioned* — Loves: Kendrick, Future | Trashes: Drake
fuego — Loves: Drake, Gunna, Outkast, PND, Future | Trashes: Jay-Z
KobeToTha — Loves: Kanye, Kid Cudi, Pop Smoke, corridos | Trashes: Tupac
John Mauve — Loves: Kanye, Eminem, Taylor Swift, Nirvana, Talking Heads | Trashes: Charli XCX
Prez — Loves: Drake, Eminem, Kanye, Taylor Swift, J. Cole | Trashes: nobody
mos def — Loves: Nas, Lupe | Trashes: nobody
Stankie — Loves: Kanye, Black Sabbath, country | Trashes: nobody
UncMC* — Loves: Kanye, Chief Keef/Durk, MJ | Trashes: Drake
BM_* — Loves: Taylor Swift, Travis, Kendrick | Trashes: Drake, Kanye
PADYBU* — Loves: Lil Wayne, Nas, Kanye | Trashes: nobody
Kee — Loves: Kanye, Neptunes, Kid Cudi, Tyler, Tribe/De La Soul | Trashes: Drake
Classique — Loves: Drake, Jay-Z, Kanye, Nicki, Yachty | Trashes: nobody
BIGGEST HATERS: Camille on Kendrick (34 knocks), Bruises on Travis (20), ET on Taylor (23), Orangutan on Carti (16), CutiePieHole on FKA twigs (14)
ONLY REGULAR WHO'S NET NEGATIVE ON DRAKE: rvi
NEVER TRASHES ANYONE: Prez, Classique
MOST TALKED-ABOUT ARTISTS
Drake 10,614 mentions, Kanye 7,515, Kendrick 2,946, and at #4... Madonna, 2,096. 79% of all artist talk is neutral. Most of the time we're just talking about them.
MOST LOVED: Drake, Kanye, Kendrick, Lil Wayne, Future
MOST DIVISIVE: Drake (1,488 praises, 1,086 knocks), Kanye (1,039 / 639), Kendrick (390 / 295)
MOST DISLIKED OVERALL: Billie Eilish (41 knocks, 25 praises), the biggest name the thread is net negative on. Sabrina Carpenter, Lil Baby, Tupac, and Yeat are just barely underwater.
I trash nobody i will change this
F*** kendrick worst feature rapper BY FAR
My character in Primetime was wildly inaccurate and sensationalized
im so unpredictable my next crashout could be this week, this month, this year, this decade
im so unpredictable my next crashout could be this week, this month, this year, this decade
Only a brand new poster would entertain this at this point
im so unpredictable my next crashout could be this week, this month, this year, this decade
Possibly even this millennium
Only a brand new poster would entertain this at this point
u mean like induce one out of me?
In short: early is the thread's quiet producer. He's part troll and part craftsman, and he turned a forum hangout into an audience for things he actually made.

u mean like induce one out of me?
Or like keep going
Or like keep going
I would egg him on for the bit
Or like keep going
lol tbf i can get way more responses just arguing than crashing out
ty papa @Extraterrestrial
I would egg him on for the bit
But you wouldn’t be able to in a serious authentic way
I actually was a little irritated with kodak recently. We talked about like an artist named underscores for like an hour and 2 days later he asked if i f***ed with that artist 
Like WTF. Ok. Then He @ 6 other times asking me if i fw that artist
like is kodak a gold fish ?
Weed brain
I actually was a little irritated with kodak recently. We talked about like an artist named underscores for like an hour and 2 days later he asked if i f***ed with that artist 
Like WTF. Ok. Then He @ 6 other times asking me if i fw that artist
i donr remember talking about that w u bro deadass
Weed brain
Gooning induced cte
005 by Ken Carson - Played on Soni
@Orangutan
monday joint = youre a hobbyist
just accept it
if i drank a glass of wine on a monday am i a wine hobbyist?
⚠️ October 2025 – Discord Incident
A message surfaced on the off-thread Discord containing homophobic slurs and personal attacks, attributed to KodakSpice, one of the thread’s central figures.
The post violated community standards and was broadly condemned.
Discussion afterward focused on moderation, accountability, and how to separate the thread’s performative chaos from real harassment.
It marked a sobering moment that forced the community to reflect on its boundaries.
Gooning induced cte