Azealia Banks

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:06 pm

Shes dope.

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ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:34 pm

She fits in the realm of Yo! Majesty, Amanda Blank, and Dominique Young Unique. Not bad.

Rabbi Jihadovich · Post by **Rabbi Jihadovich** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:55 pm

she's very cute

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:22 pm

ardamus wrote:She fits in the realm of Yo! Majesty, Amanda Blank, and Dominique Young Unique. Not bad.

Some blog described her as a hipster Nicki Minaj. I think that's accurate. Shes working with a lot of very trendy producers too.

She signed with XL who also have Tyler on their roster.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:03 pm

Comedy Quaddafi wrote:
ardamus wrote:She fits in the realm of Yo! Majesty, Amanda Blank, and Dominique Young Unique. Not bad.
Some blog described her as a hipster Nicki Minaj. I think that's accurate. Shes working with a lot of very trendy producers too.

She signed with XL who also have Tyler on their roster.

Like I said, she's in that whole cluster. Its not a bad thing but its in that whole fast-rap/party/hipster/ghettotech style shit. More times than most, they show they can rap.

starks · Post by **starks** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:46 am

best chick rapper out

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EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:24 am

she sounds like minaj (good way)

if she's on the same label as tyler seems like they'll let her do her thing w/ the album

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:41 am

Would not object to seeing her rapping in a video showing off her ass.

Mindbender Futurama · Post by **Mindbender Futurama** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:23 am

^^^ THAT

starks wrote:best chick rapper out

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this is not very good rapping

two things come to mind:

"THERE'S A SIGN AT THE DOOR: NO BITING ALLOWED"

and

"I SEE YOUR INFLUENCE STILL SHINING"

too much Nicki Minaj, not enough HER.

not sold yet.

starks · Post by **starks** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:14 am

Mindbender Futurama wrote:
starks wrote:best chick rapper out

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this is not very good rapping

you're crazy god.
shit is dizzying. i don't see the minaj comparison at all.

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:18 am

Comedy Quaddafi wrote:Shes dope.

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still listening to the wack bullshit that the kids like to get some pussy eh queerdaffi?

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:20 am

^:copy:

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:23 am

Fuck so much of today's "Hip Hop" is just bullshit made by fakes, biters and idiots that coon hard until the cows come home, fuck the industry.

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:03 am

Yes, it's all so terrible.

You're not listening hard enough if you don't like this. Shes a very skilled girl and has a lot more natural talent than Nicki.

Soggy Soba Soldier · Post by **Soggy Soba Soldier** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:54 am

damn talented and often enjoyable.
I'm a bit worried tho after reading some interview with her (too lazy to rummage for the link) where she said some ignorant shit along the lines of singing being more important and full of possibility than rapping. She is the graduate of the same performing arts school minaj want to. Banks was studying to be a singer and actor. I have little doubt she is just using this rap shit to propel her to "higher" levels of stardom. but i'll be listening for the dope rap tracks she drops on the way.

and best female in the game? Dessa. Without a doubt.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:57 am

no the best girl rapper out is slash from sms

Mindbender Futurama · Post by **Mindbender Futurama** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:08 pm

Soggy Soba Soldier wrote:damn talented and often enjoyable.
I'm a bit worried tho after reading some interview with her (too lazy to rummage for the link) where she said some ignorant shit along the lines of singing being more important and full of possibility than rapping. She is the graduate of the same performing arts school minaj want to. Banks was studying to be a singer and actor. I have little doubt she is just using this rap shit to propel her to "higher" levels of stardom. but i'll be listening for the dope rap tracks she drops on the way.

sigh x barf

that's why none of these people make records that MEAN anything.

half the world is going to hell in a handbasket made of shit... but would you know that from listening to any of these new school MCs?

she's kinda talented/skilled, but she's far from original, in my ears. I'll give her a chance again later... but i ain't digging these joints :kanyeshrug:

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:19 pm

you can def tell her apart from nicki but the influence is undeniable on 212 (best track posted here)

yo jaz everybody knows qaddafi fucks cougars what he wants with young broads??? gtfo

Fuzzy Logic · Post by **Fuzzy Logic** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:23 pm

man jaz you are a goof

step one · Post by **step one** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:03 pm

its pretty much what I expected.

I cant believe there isnt something else you'd rather listen to than this.

Fucking terrible. Shitty beats & shitty rapping. Dont try and pretend its anything else just so this time next year you can say you were into her before she blew up and had that #1 with David Guetta & Will I Am.

starks · Post by **starks** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:12 pm

Soggy Soba Soldier wrote: and best female in the game? Dessa. Without a doubt.

maybe if you eat granola and go to poetry slams

ILL SEER · Post by **ILL SEER** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:12 pm

better than minaj

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:16 am

Mindbender Futurama wrote:^^^ THAT

starks wrote:best chick rapper out

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this is not very good rapping

two things come to mind:

"THERE'S A SIGN AT THE DOOR: NO BITING ALLOWED"

and

"I SEE YOUR INFLUENCE STILL SHINING"

too much Nicki Minaj, not enough HER.

not sold yet.

this reeks of jealousy

why would you think this is good rapping when it's actually on-beat and she is saying things in a manner that is listenable

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:37 am

Fuzzy Logic wrote:man jaz you are a goof

Because I speak the truth on the wack bullshit and you cry into your green tea herbie?

Big props Step One, I like how you speak your mind and the truth and the sheep can't handle it and find lame excuses to defend shit.

Req · Post by **Req** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:10 pm

Soggy Soba Soldier wrote:She is the graduate of the same performing arts school minaj want to. Banks was studying to be a singer and actor.

holding out for her to do a collabo with Cole Marano, he got them multis yo

http://www.prestigenyc.com/youthdepartment.html

odium-LSC · Post by **odium-LSC** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:26 am

Jaz wrote:
Fuzzy Logic wrote:man jaz you are a goof

Because I speak the truth on the wack bullshit and you cry into your green tea herbie?

Big props Step One, I like how you speak your mind and the truth and the sheep can't handle it and find lame excuses to defend shit.

I don't get why it is you get so upset about people liking music that you don't. I don't like this shit to tell the truth but the fact that other people do doesn't make me angry. You seem to take it insanely personal when people like shit that doesn't meet your standards.

Req · Post by **Req** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:56 am

It's a bit creepy to see 35+yr old men critically analyzing music made by teenagers for teenagers.

Like fuck, imagine when you guys were kids listening to your Public Enemy records and ur dad would come in telling you how terrible the shit sounds. You've essentially become your parents.

Except you Jaz, you've become your pedo uncle.

david111 · Post by **david111** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:31 am

this is music 35 year old men think is for teenagers but that no non-theater kid teenagers are actually fucking with

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:31 am

Req wrote:It's a bit creepy to see 35+yr old men critically analyzing music made by teenagers for teenagers.

Like fuck, imagine when you guys were kids listening to your Public Enemy records and ur dad would come in telling you how terrible the shit sounds. You've essentially become your parents.

Except you Jaz, you've become your pedo uncle.

Shes 20 and I think she appeals mainly to people in their 20's. The production she choses is pretty contemporary, Lunice, Jacques Greene and Machinedrum are hipster / snobstep heavyweights and I think this has a lot to do with her sucess. I think a lot of people who listen to her don't really listen to rap.

You might wanna jump out a window after reading this

http://theremixbaby.tumblr.com/post/131 ... s-212-9-10
Michelle Myers: In her second and third verses, Banks crafts much of her lyrics out of the גooג and גuhhג vowel sounds found in native Manhattanגs realest area code. What ensues is a relentless stream of assonance: גkool-aid dude,ג גblue bayou,ג גdoo-rag too, son,ג גthe new one too, huh,ג גyou know you were too once.ג And like any good drama student, she puts those vowels to work, stretching them, pulling on them, playing in them. Of course, itגs all a build up to that delightfully nasty גimma ruin you, cuntג punchline, which Banks delivers as if it were already Impact text on an image macro. Banksג lyrical skill wouldnגt matter much if she werenגt also positively oozing with personality. Luckily, she spits with the kind of mirthful insolence that I imagine music-crit bros hear in Tyler, the Creator. Except sheגs way better at rapping.
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An addendum:

Obviously Azealia Banks is not the first or the best rapper to use assonance and internal vowel rhyme this way. I hope my blurb doesnגt make it seem like Iגve never heard rapping before. Iגm fully aware that most גgoodג (god whatever that means amirite) rappers play with phonemes, both vowel and consonant, in a similar manner. But Azealiaגs use of assonance struck me for two reasons. First, she sustains a very high level of internal rhyme based on the same few sounds (say ג212ג and then say גruin you cuntג) for two whole verses. Which is impressive although Iגm not interested much in גimpressiveג rapping. I own a Twista album. I got it. But all the assonance, especially when combined with Azealiaגs bitchy flow (the verses are, fundamentally, just a stream of rudely-posed questions), simply makes the rapping fun to listen to regardless of the actual substance of what sheגs saying. A lot of rappers just donגt get this shit. Iגm not a hip-hop geek and I know some people will disagree with me on this one, but, in my opinion, you can rap about the dumbest, most useless shit ever as long as you sound hot on the track. The other effect of the the assonant lyrics, is that Azealia ends up holding her mouth in a גooג position a lot, which, in the snobby drawl she affects sounds more like an גeww.ג Azealia puts that גewwג sound to work. I know I said that in my original blurb, but I donגt really know how else to explain it. Itגs a concept I learned doing Shakespeare showsגyou give respect to the sounds, let them resonant through your body, and they will work for you, they will help you be truthful in your circumstances. The sounds are honest. So Azealia Banks filters the tone of the rapping through the actual sounds sheגs rapping. Without ever needing to say it or even perform it, she reads as disgusted, bored, and condescending. She raps like a classically trained actor (and about oral sex and talkin shit at that!), and I mean that in a good way.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:34 pm

She's not that cute and not a very good rapper. Nicki Minaj >>>>>>>>>>>>

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