t.i. - "what you know about that"

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― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:46 (twenty years ago)

wot a strange request...

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:49 (twenty years ago)

It's awesome! Love the orchestration, love the endless rhymes.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:55 (twenty years ago)

totally cinematic.

― regular roundups (Dave M), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:57 (twenty years ago)

Geeta to thread!

― Paul (scifisoul), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:57 (twenty years ago)

truly unbelievable song, can't wait for the king. question, the beat is one of dj toomp's, yes? on the pitchfork track review, the writer mentions "what you know" being a reworking of the impressions' "gone away." ive listened to "gone away" a couple times looking for similarities but haven't been able to find anything... thoughts?

― lil' ghetto boy, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:06 (twenty years ago)

one of the best.

― deeeeej, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:07 (twenty years ago)

Holy shit, this song is a doozie. It's fucking shoegaze crunk.

― T/S: Pinks/Oki Dog/Scoobys/Tail o' the Pup (Bent Over at the Arclight), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:21 (twenty years ago)

ive listened to "gone away" a couple times looking for similarities but haven't been able to find anything... thoughts?

Yeah, I couldn't figure that out, either.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:23 (twenty years ago)

(xpost) ...Or at least an M83 remix of a Lil' Jon song...

― Tiki Theater Xymposium (Bent Over at the Arclight), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:26 (twenty years ago)

haha geeta said it reminded her of a border community track

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:30 (twenty years ago)

(then i vomed into my mouth a lil)

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:30 (twenty years ago)

Great hook, great chorus, forgettable verses. On first impressions anyway.

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:33 (twenty years ago)

I like the weird little pause between the bass notes that you can only really hear when the main synth line drops out at the very end.

xpost the verses are very memorable, although not always in a good way ("squarey cube"?)

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:35 (twenty years ago)

geeta said it reminded her of a border community track

more like t.i. vs wendy carlos! the organ sound isn't quite there but that sample has baroque traces to it.

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:43 (twenty years ago)

haha yes!! i was waiting for somebody to start a thread about this song!!

― geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:44 (twenty years ago)

genre for this tune -- crunkette?

i was just thinking about finney's 'grimette' genre coinage earlier today!

― geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:47 (twenty years ago)

genre for this tune

von trapp muzik

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:51 (twenty years ago)

must... hear... this... NOW

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:53 (twenty years ago)

check ysi thread

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:56 (twenty years ago)

stop tryna ruin 1 of the best songs out

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:02 (twenty years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drh200/h223/h22382d4ziy.jpg

Nice album cover, I might say.

― A Licky Boom Boom Down (R. J. Greene), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:09 (twenty years ago)

aw, ethan, quit being so glum. it's ok to smile! dare to dream!

― geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:09 (twenty years ago)

haha commas OTM

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:10 (twenty years ago)

Its like basementjaxx-hyphy.

― deeeeej, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:11 (twenty years ago)

deej if you're not parodying the other people in this thread shut up

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:17 (twenty years ago)

if you are though bravo

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:17 (twenty years ago)

i don't care what he's saying in the verses -- they sound so drenched in pathos thanks to the majestic synth-string backing! it's like dj sammy taken down by about 30-40 bpm

― geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:17 (twenty years ago)

haha dude basementjaxxhyphy doesnt even make sense.

― deeeeeej, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:18 (twenty years ago)

good song. it sounds cool. i won't say anything more for fear of internet reprisals.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:25 (twenty years ago)

Someone just mentioned dj sammy in a positive light. Nothing you say can surpass that in wackness.

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:29 (twenty years ago)

dj sammy is crappy mall trance, obviously, but he's also a pop genius. go read this great article, written by a longtime ILMer who will probably punch me for linking to it.

― geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:34 (twenty years ago)

this is why living in atlanta >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reading ilm

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:43 (twenty years ago)

everything >>>>>>>> reading ilm

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

dj sammy, however, makes lame lapdance music

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

just sayin

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

dj sammy is aight

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:46 (twenty years ago)

and come on ethan, von trapp muzik was funny

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:47 (twenty years ago)

nah it was - 'trap' puns >>>> 'crunk' puns

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:48 (twenty years ago)

i aint a gangsta rapper / i aint a trapper neither / but im known to carry paper like a trapper keeper

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:48 (twenty years ago)

i am still lmao at "the apparent trap" btw

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:48 (twenty years ago)

now see i actually made that work!! von trapp muzik is funny but means nothing in relation to this song

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:51 (twenty years ago)

i played the hell out of this song about two weeks ago. very dope

― charlie bucket (charlie bucket), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:54 (twenty years ago)

von trapp muzik is funny but means nothing in relation to this song

it does if you think the sample is kind of regal and baroque and limp-wristed! but not being from atlanta, i think EVERYTHING is like that.

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:00 (twenty years ago)

1) its not a sample 2) how the fuck does regal & baroque = limp wristed

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:00 (twenty years ago)

royalist inbreeding?

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:01 (twenty years ago)

"king of the south marries own sister to continue bloodline."

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:01 (twenty years ago)

maybe that's why he's got that head of his

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:03 (twenty years ago)

I used the word "regal" in my review of this song.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:05 (twenty years ago)

regal and baroque => campy and over-the-top => pet shop boys and erasure

― geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:05 (twenty years ago)

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someone must have sampled "mollo tutto" before swizz beats that sounds so familiar.

if you think "vans" is terrible then well have to agree to disagree.

― artdamages, Friday, 9 March 2007 14:59 (nineteen years ago)

the beats on the third verse of 'get it' are insanely good, i want to hear them right now. and this is a function of not living there but i am a total total sucker for that georgian drawl that t.i. and rasheeda have, esp when they really exaggerate it and draw those vowels out...mmm.

― lex pretend, Friday, 9 March 2007 15:00 (nineteen years ago)

the pack dont need much money man. they are very thrifty.

― artdamages, Friday, 9 March 2007 15:00 (nineteen years ago)

i like it when ti goes "uh-ayyyyyyy". "uh" is really clipped and the "ayyyy" is really drawlled out.

― artdamages, Friday, 9 March 2007 15:02 (nineteen years ago)

RE: goodlife. i like it too and its got some of that weird bouncy housey vibe that why you wanna has, but whenever i heard common i think about the gap and for one thing i thought dude only shopped at thrift stores.

― artdamages, Friday, 9 March 2007 15:05 (nineteen years ago)

i need to shut my trap on this thread, but lex is totally on the mark about that southern drawl thing especially when its on top of hyped up synth beats. one time someone asked me if i was from texas cuz i talk really slow and walk even slower.

― artdamages, Friday, 9 March 2007 15:13 (nineteen years ago)

ok i take back what i said about goodlife its really just a typical neptunes thing (or one of their things they do). but a new neptunes beat that doesn't make me pissed off must have something going for it.

― artdamages, Friday, 9 March 2007 15:17 (nineteen years ago)

When I listen to this now I skip all the GREAT songs and listen to the good ones and its a really enjoyable album.

― deej, Friday, 9 March 2007 15:37 (nineteen years ago)

goodlife actually gets stuck in my head a lot

― and what, Friday, 9 March 2007 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

so shouldn't this have gotten more attention from everyone everywhere? or is it just that the poptimist/i am feeling chart hip-hop/oldILM wave has crested?

― artdamages, Friday, 9 March 2007 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

newest neptunes beat which doesn't irritate = 'i proceed' by ciara. almost entirely because of ciara herself.

i don't think "poptimists" like r&b or hip-hop any more

― lex pretend, Friday, 9 March 2007 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

The Pack released an EP because they are punk fucking rock. What was the last classic hip-hop EP? 100 Miles And Running? Show & AG's Full Clip

It really deserves its own thread.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

kill at will

― deej, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000003BWC.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― and what, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:29 (nineteen years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c496/c496522ny66.jpg

PUNK!

― Alex in SF, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

^^^that one rules!

― deej, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

Creepin' On A Come Up!

When I listen to this now I skip all the GREAT songs and listen to the good ones and its a really enjoyable album.

Oh yeah. King is totally half a great album and half a good album.

― The Reverend, Friday, 9 March 2007 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

question, the beat is one of dj toomp's, yes?

Yes it is, Toomp, formerly one of MC Shy D's DJs on Comin' Correct in '88, and a member of the ODS prodution team that were the 2nd string producers for Luke Records in the late 80s/early 90s.

http://www.discogs.com/image/R-150-122636-002.jpg

― PappaWheelie V, Friday, 9 March 2007 23:13 (nineteen years ago)

nah the beat is by wonder

― rio natsume, Saturday, 10 March 2007 05:36 (nineteen years ago)

nine months pass...

I fookin' love the Crystal Waters sample on "Why You Wanna"

― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 09:38 (eighteen years ago)

R.I.P. all of ILM hyperventilating about a popular rap song all at once

― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 13:53 (eighteen years ago)

love "shoegaze crunk"

― lukas, Thursday, 20 December 2007 00:04 (eighteen years ago)

still rinse it

― pc user, Thursday, 20 December 2007 00:16 (eighteen years ago)

great song for karaoke

― dmr, Friday, 21 December 2007 18:41 (eighteen years ago)

was t.i. vs t.i.p. that bad? i feel like i didn't hear anybody talk about it.

― Jordan, Friday, 21 December 2007 18:50 (eighteen years ago)

Naw, it wasn't that bad, it just wasn't that great, either.

― The Reverend, Friday, 21 December 2007 18:50 (eighteen years ago)

yeah it was pretty decent, besides the 'T.I. side' in the middle.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 21 December 2007 18:52 (eighteen years ago)

Hearing this track when you're coming up is a treat.

― jim, Friday, 21 December 2007 20:17 (eighteen years ago)

"coming up"?

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 21 December 2007 20:30 (eighteen years ago)

nevermind, I don't think I want to know.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 21 December 2007 20:30 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.talktofrank.com/uploadedImages/Drugs/LARGE-PHOTOS_ECSTASY.jpg

― jim, Friday, 21 December 2007 20:40 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

this is a really awesome thread

have there been 3 better major label rap albums released since this album?

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 27 April 2010 21:58 (sixteen years ago)

recession is the only one on its level in terms of feeling like a 'big' & 'important' album and actually being great?

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 27 April 2010 22:00 (sixteen years ago)

well, if Mad Science counts, then DJ Quik-Kurupt's BlaQKout is one.

― Throwing Muses are reuniting for my next orgasm! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 22:04 (sixteen years ago)

haha Sarge what's up with all the T.I. revives today

my favorite major label rap albums since King: The Recession, Game Theory, Best Thang Smokin', Underground Kingz. but yeah admittedly most of them lack the zeitgeist Tip had that year.

― #miap4ksclovetofu (some dude), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 22:52 (sixteen years ago)

ha idk -- putting off doing school work so i read old threads

yeah best thang smokin is prob in my top 15 albums of the decade

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 27 April 2010 22:55 (sixteen years ago)

i guess for a lot of people, the answer to the great & zeitgeisty criteria would be 'carter III' but i don't agree

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 27 April 2010 22:55 (sixteen years ago)

carter III was obv zeitgeisty and like half great but also like half garbage

― what a tragedy for gingers (The Reverend), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 22:59 (sixteen years ago)

yeah

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 27 April 2010 22:59 (sixteen years ago)

yeah really King was the last time a rapper had a big 'moment' and felt like the center of the universe with an album that actually more or less lived up to the hype and actually showed them at their best. and even before that i feel like it didn't happen as often as you might think.

― #miap4ksclovetofu (some dude), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 23:00 (sixteen years ago)

lol @ ppl referring to basement jaxx over & over in the thread

― Gifted Unlimited Display Names Universal (deej), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 01:44 (sixteen years ago)

three months pass...

http://vimeo.com/13706958

i made this video about hummingbirds

― titchyschneiderhouserules (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:56 (fifteen years ago)

i've never seen a hummingbird irl

cool vid

― goole, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:06 (fifteen years ago)

they are so aggro

― titchyschneiderhouserules (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:11 (fifteen years ago)

omg amazing! when i chirp shawty chirp back~~

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:15 (fifteen years ago)

haha u know, i didn't even think about that when i picked the track!!

― titchyschneiderhouserules (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:17 (fifteen years ago)

That is some sweet hb footage, slocki! It reminds me a lot of my childhood in Wyoming, watching those little jerks divebomb each other in a similarly wooded landscape. They are very aggro birds.

― Warum habt Ihr mich totgefüttert? (Abbott), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:18 (fifteen years ago)

it really comes out how like catty they are when you slow down the video

― titchyschneiderhouserules (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:23 (fifteen years ago)

they are total thugs, the bit at 0:48! (to "you know how we ball", lol)

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:25 (fifteen years ago)

I <3 them.

― Warum habt Ihr mich totgefüttert? (Abbott), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:09 (fifteen years ago)

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