Another thread turns into an irrelevant shitstorm. Don't see whats so hard about saying "don't like it, but 'x' artist delivers a similar message" instead of "lol nothing new here, this guy is shit"

PS. Hopsin is sick. I Can't Decide is probably my favorite song of his.

MyThRiLL

United States44 Posts

July 19 2012 19:52 GMT

#123

On July 20 2012 04:41 Arkless wrote:

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I'm not, go check his wiki, and know what you're talking about. Who cares if he self made his beats or not, either way. They are pretty bland and lame.

Check his wiki and know what you're talking about? LOL? First of all Tech N9ne is a SINGLE person, not a group. Hopsin and Tech N9ne have done 1 song together 2 years ago called "Am I A Psycho". Tech N9ne is apart of Strange Music. Hopsin has his label which he created called Funk Volume.

Tsutchie

Australia951 Posts

July 19 2012 20:15 GMT

#124

On July 20 2012 02:33 viOLetFanClub wrote:
I'll just copypaste what I wrote on FB regarding another bandwagon fan of this horrible song, as I'm too tired to rewrite the entire note:

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To name a few that are just becoming recognized that deserve more attention than this (just a few):
SoulChef
Logic
Intuition
Dumbfoundead
D-Pryde (his older music, not so much his new pop-influenced shit)

Also a list of a few artists both new and old that one should consider listening to before considering Hopsin as a god:

http://pastie.org/private/m9nfhub9uc9qzqrkjcti0a

don't think anyone said he was a god, all the comments i saw just say its good or its not bad or i like it. anyway thanks for the list will check it out.

marttorn

Norway5211 Posts

July 19 2012 20:19 GMT

#125

Oh, didn't know this was out! Different from the kind of rap I usually listen to (mostly just really old stuff). I like the contents themselves better than 4, but they're both excellent in their own right.

BroOd

Austin10831 Posts

July 19 2012 20:21 GMT

#126

Every time I see posts like this I get excited because even though I don't listen to that much rap or hip-hop (comparatively, at least), I love unique voices and original approaches. Unfortunately, in my mind, Hopsin is neither. In place of eloquence or striking word craft, it's another middle-of-the-road rapper with ham-fisted, on-the-nose lyrics and insulting, patronizing delivery. He sets up these inane amalgamations of stereotypes that are supposed to be at once hyper-specific and universal, but it comes across, at least to me, as him propping up scarecrows and then knocking them out with his titanic right hooks. It's accusatory, self-satisfied and doesn't really have any depth to the commentary beyond some Foxworthyesque, hokey "you might be a waste of life if..." routine. Then, almost inexplicably, he lays the weight of his criticism, which from the narrative you would believe was aimed at the people whose avatars he was barking at in the video, at the foot of modern rappers and rap culture. Lazy, lazy, lazy.

I think Saul Williams was more compelling in his indictment of rappers, anyway:

But, that's just me speaking as a relatively ignorant consumer of this genre.

nucLeaRTV

Romania822 Posts

July 19 2012 20:25 GMT

#127

Saw it on reddit. Great rapping on his last song.

Skullflower

United States3779 Posts

July 19 2012 20:26 GMT

#128

On July 20 2012 03:04 matiK23 wrote:

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Uhhh who's flow in the mainstream better than his? You have two choices: Pitbull or Flo Rida

How on earth did you come up with those as the two options? Both have zero flow and are terrible excuses for rappers.

viOLetFanClub

Korea (South)390 Posts

July 19 2012 20:34 GMT

#129

The number of bandwagoners that think Hopsin is the second coming of Jesus Christ and have no knowledge of hip hop in this thread is OVER 9,000!

Soulstice

United States288 Posts

July 19 2012 20:43 GMT

#130

On July 20 2012 05:34 viOLetFanClub wrote:
The number of bandwagoners that think Hopsin is the second coming of Jesus Christ and have no knowledge of hip hop in this thread is OVER 9,000!

Wat 9,000?!?!?!?
The dude isn't terrible, its just that there is hundreds of other hip hop artists that knock this dude out of the box.

LaM

United States1321 Posts

July 19 2012 20:45 GMT

#131

His other songs are way more vapid and horrorcore/gimmicky. This is probably his best track, and even it has some grating elements. Decent rapper being hailed as a beast.

calderon

95 Posts

July 19 2012 20:58 GMT

#132

feat. hopsin. and bob. WATCH.

dSoda

United States122 Posts

July 19 2012 21:28 GMT

#133

He's essentially just ragging on people who do stupid shit. There isn't any subtlety or creativity in his lyrics, and personally any sort of meaningful message (which I don't really see) in this song is spoiled by all of the negativity.

shell

Portugal2722 Posts

July 19 2012 21:28 GMT

#134

I really like hiphop i just can't stand the "gansta" rap of these times..

That's why i really like this dude, he keeps it real, it's not just about bitches, dollars, cars, murder and drugs and a "nice" beat..

this is the real deal, intervention music that has a message, it's raw and tough!

really like this.. thank you

Mattes

Germany1116 Posts

July 19 2012 21:31 GMT

#135

On July 19 2012 16:05 bGr.MetHiX wrote:

and eyedea was the god of freestyling, i doubt many mcs can come close to his rhyming

fix'd :/ Damn shame he had to go this early

RIP

As for the topic...yeah don't know, he's not bad, but it just doesnt resonate with me.
as for rap with message i just choose to stay with Macklemore right now. (September 22nd, Berlin, hell yeah <3) Guy has the right attitude, plus more heart than anyone i've seen for a long time.

+ Show Spoiler +

his most recent release:

probably ma favorite song of his:

maybe his most known song:

he just loves his town, seattle:

Give it a listen if you want,

huehuehuehue

Estonia455 Posts

July 19 2012 21:35 GMT

#136

Why the fuck do you guys take hip hop so seriously. If you like this shit then listen to it, if you don't like it then listen to something else, you don't have to insult him or overanalyze his music or whatever.

matiK23

United States963 Posts

July 19 2012 21:45 GMT

#137

Bunch of elitists in here. Good music is good. Originality is dead anyway. You can only talk about so many things that you can relate to, before topics become recycled. If you relate to it, the song did its job.

BroOd

Austin10831 Posts

July 19 2012 21:50 GMT

#138

On July 20 2012 06:35 huehuehuehue wrote:
Why the fuck do you guys take hip hop so seriously. If you like this shit then listen to it, if you don't like it then listen to something else, you don't have to insult him or overanalyze his music or whatever.

I can imagine a great many hip-hop artists would be pretty insulted by this post. Atleast the ones who aspire to something more than "bob your head".