The Streets
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- DaveId0
"having a polished delivery is what matters as far as rap goes. i realize the streets is not a rap group, but the best mc's all have buttery smooth deliveries and styles."
--------------------------------...no way! are you kidding?
it's all about being smooth?
wowsers, did i have it all wrong! I've been wasting my time buying the wrong "rap" records for, like, twenty years now!
whatever happened to smooth b? he was like the smoothest ever and he didn't even make Source's top 100 MCs.
someone outa notify chuck d. i think he has a new record out. oh wait, maybe he's not a "rap group'' either. how do you distinguish? is Zach la Rocha a "rap" singer?
come to think of it there's a huge list of "rap" guys that need to be told what's up, from A(d rock) to (Z)ev love X (or whatever his new name is...)
thanks for schooling me john! i was totally listening to the wrong MCs this whole time.
* heads to corner record shop to trade in company flow records.
- blackspade0
closed minds
taste police
- robotron3k0
after Julia Childs died, nothing has been the same in the UK...
- tymeframe0
did the search. seems to be an even spit of love and hate on this guy.
it's good stuff to me either way. Stay positive.
- blackspade0
'this band'
ha
"we aint a band bitch, we dont play instruments"
- johndiggity0
"i'm not comparing him to those guys, i'm just saying i personally can't stand polished deliveries. i don't even really listen to that much hip-hop anymore because it's so .... whatever. whatever.
DaveId(oct 19 04, 13:05)"
having a polished delivery is what matters as far as rap goes. i realize the streets is not a rap group, but the best mc's all have buttery smooth deliveries and styles.
- robotron3k0
the brothers rapping are pretty decent, "yo i know you go those double Ds but don't keep bothering me..." ha!! and the women rappers are close to great too, the worst of the lot is the skinny white dude, damn he's terrible... jeez. they would do better to drop him by the 3rd album, else he may sink the ship...
- mr_snuggles0
I'm not a big fan. That Blinded by the Lights track has it's moments, but it just seems very choppy and doesn't really flow too well. My 2 cents...
- tymeframe0
"I actually think that people liking the streets is a massive conspiracy against good taste." -normal
haha
is that "good taste" being your everyday MTV balla?
- normal0
I actually think that people liking the streets is a massive conspiracy against good taste.
I mean seriously I have actually heard them playing in the background and asked, "What the fuck is this shit?" and gotten the response, "the streets".
It's probably just me, ignore if you wish, but I seriously think that everyone has collectively put their heads up their ass in reference to this band and how great they are.
I honestly, just don't get it.
- DaveId0
" let's not kid ourselves by saying he can rap or has any sort of rhythm."
dude, to each his own.
that's what they said about monk. or dylan. or kool keith for that matter when critical beatdown dropped.
i'm not comparing him to those guys, i'm just saying i personally can't stand polished deliveries. i don't even really listen to that much hip-hop anymore because it's so .... whatever. whatever.
- blackspade0
'let's not kid ourselves by saying he can rap or has any sort of rhythm.'
no one is.
he has an original delivery style
- johndiggity0
it's different in that there's a lot of story telling involved. it's okay for a road trip when yu can listen to the whole album, but track by track, not that good. and let's not kid ourselves by saying he can rap or has any sort of rhythm.
- blackspade0
*his flow isn't revolutionary, but it's different. i kind of like fucked up rhyme patterns.
the content is the best part for me. it's mundane. he's like mike leigh with a microphone.*
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exactly what i was thinking
he doesnt 'flow' in the typical sense
and thecontent is the best thing about it, mundane, life stories
boring shit about getting is TV fixed and how he hates his phone
rather listen to that than hear him talk about how big his mag wheels are and how they spin round and round
;)
- DaveId0
i kind of disagree.
beats are ok
his flow isn't revolutionary, but it's different. i kind of like fucked up rhyme patterns.
the content is the best part for me. it's mundane. he's like mike leigh with a microphone.
whatever, still wouldn't call myself a fan though.
- blackspade0
yea a little to many references to
*fucking phones man* *wheres my fucking phone man*
in the second album.
Blinded by the lights is a nice track, the video is sweet 2
search the PVN for the other streets threads
beware 'streets hate' is ripe on NT :)
- JazX0
hey if you like it that's all that counts
- robotron3k0
the music is okay, the boy has really got no flow though. sad but true. as much as he's a fad, i just can't seem to like him...
- tymeframe0
whatever, it's different shit. Blinded by the Lights is a bad ass tune, you can't disagree.
I just bought the first album. Let's Push Things Forward is great too.
- Dunners0
Too long... The ad campaign is lovely though - not sure who did it...