THREAD FOR GUNPLAY

http://www.freeonsmash.com/news/2012/03/01/gunplay-jump-out/

its time he had his own thread

http://iblog126.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Gunplay-Torch1-520x347.jpg

#gunsounds

it's almost unfair that we're getting a PREQUEL to BOGOTA

BOY I'M BOUT TO BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR FFFFFIREEEEE

lmao he called himself the 'human LA riot'

today i was listening to 'rich forever' and just imagining every guest rapper that isn't nas or styles p being replaced by gunplay

LIFT HIM UP, HE THOUGHT I RAISED THE FLOOR

HOES PLAYIN TURKEY ON MY DICK GOBBLE GOBBLE

Excited to listen to this tomorrow.

Love this dude. Kinda hated all the rewinds on his last tape though. You can rap man, why not show it?

Ok I need to check this out sounds like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lO77CfffIs

MASK ON... MASK OFF

Still my favorite of his.

ROLLIN IN MY BENZ LIKE ITS BORDERLINE BENTLEY,
MY FO-FO NEVER CLOSED SO DONT BORDERLINE TEMPED ME
IM IN TOTAL CONTROL MODE, MOVE YOU LIKE A CHECKA
2 BARRELS ON MY WEAPON, NOW THATS A DOUBLE DECKA

he reminds me of earlier ludacris in a way, got that kinda outsized personality and exaggerated delivery

like the way he says "Shell catchers with the infrared beeaaams" kinda reminds me of luda

Definitely.

a ludacris for a post-flockaveli world

gunplay is such a good rapper

this track is so fucking hard!

he has the same frantic energy as meek mill and the beats these guys are getting are just spot on. MMG feels like an unstoppable force really it's crazy

haha otm

serious amount of gun sounds here

he's a force

i hate DJ Holiday

2 seconds before i clicked on this thread i was thinking "i love DJ Holiday"

jesus christ the "bitches ain't shit" freestyle i'm dying right now

MAYBACH MACHINE
ALL YOU HEAR IS CH-CHING
NEVER FLEW WHAT I FLAUNT
ALL YOU SEEN WAS THE WING
ALL BLACK UP, FROM THE SHOES TO THE RING
INCLUDING THE MINK, I AM AS RUDE AS YOU THINK

I HIDE NO FACE
STILL FIND NO TRACE

WINDSHIELD TO THE WIND
CUP OF GIN TO THE CHIN
JEWELS ON MY LIMBS
DO NOT ATTEMPT
REACH AND I TEACH YA
STAY AT ARM'S LENGTH

STREETS SO CRAY
SKY STONE GREY
WHERE THE BITCHES?
LET'S SEE WHAT THE IPHONE SAY

MONEY STOP AND TIME WON'T STAY
BROKE MOTHERFUCKERS SAY CRIME DON'T PAY

BACK ON THE TURF LIKE I NEVER LEFT THE NERF
FEEL SORRY FOR MY MOTHER SHOULD'VE NEVER HAD THE BIRTH

I NEVER HAD A GIFT DAMN SURE HAD A CURSE
NOW WHO'S THE NEXT TO CLIMB OUT THE BACK OF THAT HEARSE?

HOSTILE, SINCE COKE IN THE NOSTRILS
SKINNY AS 'POSTLE, WITH A BIG OL MOSSBERG

COLOMBIAN COCAINE
GALLARDOS AND GOLD CHAINS
HOGGIN UP THE LANE
SMOKE FOGGIN UP MY FRAMES

HAVE YOU EVER MET A MENACE
LOW INCOME HOUSING TENANT
MY PEN MADE ME SOME PENNIES
BUT I'M STILL FACING A SENTENCE

SHE LICK IT LIKE A STAMP
EAT IT LIKE A RACK OF LAMB
NOW BRING THAT STACK BACK TO DADDY WHILE I WHIP A YAM

HUMAN METHADONE
NOW LEAVE ME THE F ALONE
I TAKE YOUR BITCH AND F HER DOME
IT'S ME THEY WISHING DEATH UPON

MODELS NAKED
BOTTLES BREAKIN
THE HOG'S OUT
HOW'D YOU BREAK IT?
AND PRAY YOU MAKE IT
SHOWIN OUT ON A DAILY BASIS
MY POCKETS FAIRLY RACIST
COULDN'T COPY MY HUSTLE
OR BARELY TRACE IT
I KEEP A THROWAWAY ON MY WAIST JUST TO WASTE IT
TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN
YOUR CHAIN LOOKIN TASTY

STILL SNORT PILLS AND WHITE AVALANCHES
BLACK MAGIC WHEELS JUST SNAPPING AT YOUR HEELS

GO AND TELL THE AMBULANCE CHILL
TRYNA CHILL BUT
I COULD TURN SAVAGE AT WILL

THIS THE MOB BITCH
AIN'T NO TIME FOR SOB FACES
WHEN THAT HAMMER HIT THE SHELL
THAT'S THE LAW OF NATURE

NO PRINTS ON THE RENTAL
AND MO TINTS ON LORENZOS
FOGGIN UP THE WINDOWS
PINNIN UP A PRINCESS
EVERY MOLLY GOT MY BODY FEELIN LIKE I'M OUTTA BODY
I BE HIGHER THAN ABOVE THE RIM
AMARE STOUDEMIRE

LIVIN OUTLANDISH
DEUCE DEUCE ON CAMPUS

YOU BE RUNNIN WITH THE BUZZARDS
I BE RUNNIN WITH THE BUDGET

this shit has be back in the lab like 09 gucci

is inglorious bastard a good place to start?

yep

J0rdan transcriptions aren't as fun without [??]

lol

this is a good! i think i'm getting the stuff outta this that y'all get out of waka and gucci but he's got enough "traditional" type skills which is good for me

i was going to make a joke about how the next 'official hip hop lyric archive' site will be j0rdan doing one for trap music even before i realized that the acronym would be OTMLA

this is a good! i think i'm getting the stuff outta this that y'all get out of waka and gucci but he's got enough "traditional" type skills which is good for me

― a little tiny crunk person (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, March 9, 2012 2:45 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

his lyricism has gotten more pronounced since 'inglorious' imo, which was more like a waka album. it def has it's great lyrical moments but some of the stuff off 'bogota rich' is kinda on another level imo

holy shit i cannot wait to hear this

this is a good! i think i'm getting the stuff outta this that y'all get out of waka and gucci but he's got enough "traditional" type skills which is good for me

― a little tiny crunk person (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, March 9, 2012 1:45 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

gucci had those too tho

not in the way i like i guess, and i kinda disagree in some ways, his diction is not good enuf for me i guess, kinda mushmouthed

i will admit to lolling every time when gunplay says "HEIL LOGAN"

PAINT FILLED TO THE BRIM
SPILLED ON MY RIMS
WINDSHIELD TO THE WIND
CUP OF GIN TO THE CHIN
JEWELS ON MY LIMBS
DO NOT ATTEMPT
REACH AND I TEACH YA STAY AT ARM'S LENGTH
STREETS SO CRAY
SKY STONE GREY
WHERE THE BITCHES?
LET'S SEE WHAT THE IPHONE SAY
MONEY DON'T STOP AND TIME WON'T STAY
BROKE MOTHERFUCKERS SAY CRIME DON'T PAY
I HIDE NO FACE
STILL FIND NO TRACE
A WRAP SINCE I PUT THAT FIRE ON THAT LACE
HOSTILE, SINCE COKE IN THE NOSTRILS
SKINNY AS PASTA, WITH A BIG OL MOSSBERG
MAYBACH MACHINE
ALL YOU HEAR IS CH-CHING
NEVER FLEW WHAT I FLAUNT ALL YOU SEEN WAS THE WING
ALL BLACK UP, FROM THE SHOES TO THE RING
INCLUDING THE MINK, I AM AS RUDE AS YOU THINK
BACK ON THE TURF LIKE I NEVER LEFT THE NERF
FEEL SORRY FOR MY MOTHER SHOULD'VE NEVER HAD THE BIRTH
I NEVER HAD A GIFT DAMN SURE HAD A CURSE
NOW WHO'S NEXT TO CLIMB OUT THE BACK OF THAT HEARSE?

EVERY MOLLY GOT MY BODY FEELIN LIKE I'M OUTTA BODY
I BE HIGHER THAN ABOVE THE RIM
AMARE STOUDEMIRE

^^ deliery of this is insane

are there any must-listen gunplay mixtapes out yet? feeling like i'm missing out on a lot of his stuff

106 & SNORT // 106 & SNORT // 106 & SNORT

http://edge-img.datpiff.com/mcb7c982/Gunplay_106_Snort_Freestyle_Highdayz_Vol_1-front-large.jpg

106 & SNORT // 106 & SNORT // 106 & SNORT

a MONTH?

lol @ "freestyle highdayz"

which i had to decode like a fucking black metal logo

HE RAPPED OVER "GUILLOTINE (SWORDZ)'

http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2012/04/new-music-gunplay-guillotine-swords

FUCK ALL THE LAWS
SUCK ON MY BALLS
FOR FREE ON THE HOUSE
BEAM, BEAM, AHHHHH

RICH AND I'M RECKLESS, SAME DAMN TIME
WHITE AND THE BROWN IN THE SAME DAMN LINE

*SELF-INDUCES 29 DAY COMA*

GOT A GREEDY ASS GRIN AND A SCHEME ON MY SMILE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idhFWNGQy8A

not enough of this guy on Self Made 2

and no 106 & snort :-[

i think he said he wants to release the 'bogota ep' and '106 & snort' at the same (damn) time, so that would explain the delay...

not enough of this guy on Self Made 2

― Number None, Thursday, June 21, 2012 10:25 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

he looks suspiciously like Omarion on the cover art, too

im pretty sure MMG realizing that he'd somehow developed comparable buzz to their a-listers is a fairly recent phenomenon

lol xp

omarion sounds suspiciously like frank ocean on that entire album

GUNPLAY ‏@GUNPLAYMMG
Contracts is signed. Ink is dry!! #BOGOTA (full length album) coming soon!!! #MMG imma turn dis dirt to diamonds,momma dats a promise!!!

Won't come out before God Forgives i'd imagine

yeah i mean the guy has three month delays on his mixtapes

just nice that they're investing in him

this verse sounds incredible

http://www.yamborghini.com/post/27008245817

once she blow my whistle
she know it's dismissal
spread the news i'm official
now hop out my foreign vessel

The swastika tattoo is a big controversial topic amongst your fans as well as critics. Can you clear the air on that?

Yeah, it’s just my symbol of genocide to the bullshit. Mass murdering the bullshit. Too much bullshit out here. I came to Nazi that shit. I came to Hitler that motherfucker. Put all the fake motherfuckers in the gas chamber and gas your fuck ass. That’s what I’m here to do. So niggas better walk light around a nigga. I’ma show niggas. I can talk but I’ma show niggas. All that fake shit, I’ma call that shit out and I’ma stomp that shit out. I got a mission. Just playing the game for the meantime.

omarion sounds suspiciously like frank ocean on that entire album

― J0rdan S., Friday, June 22, 2012 2:25 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark

lol when i listened to the FO album i thought "how come nobody talks about how this motherfucker sounds like Omarion"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzbSiSsR4Cg

this guy is just the greatest. the absolute greatest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSqTXGH93rE

601 is top 5 rap albums of the year fuiud

was about to ask if I need the new mixtape but I suppose that's my answer.

well it's not that good. it could be way better than it is. it doesn't do much more than make you wish for a realer release imo. but of course it still has insane & amazing raps.

ban J0rdan

Bogota Rich: The Prequel is in my top 10 albums of the year, is it better or worse than that?

Bogota Rich: The Prequel is in my top 10 albums of the year, is it better or worse than

ie, it is much better imo

i'd say it's less essential

whiney why don't you just download the no DJ

i didnt know it existed because the official tape he was promoting was dj holidaized

yeah it's been out there for a bit. huge improvement, obviously.

every rap mixtape download should come with an ical reminder set for two months later to google search for the no DJ

i think this tape feels really slight tbh. like, wu freestyles & shit? 'bible on the dash' is must hear tho

idk, i like that there's nyc freestyles mixing with cali freestyles mixing with mia freestyles--he loves all rap--and he's gunplay on all of them. much unlike dipshit lil wayne who freestyles over "Special Delivery" on his new tape and is all like, "I dont like this beat why am i here"

now im wondering what other tapes in my life have no dj versions that i dont know about fuck

bogota rich >>> 601 obv.

by a mile

it's here if needed : http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/18610/gunplay_bogota_rich.html

I listened to the no DJ version on the train today and i still think 601 is better, i dont know what to tell you

I don't get people who don't get Gunplay. What can you tell them? Lost causes, all of them.

Its like you either like rap or you don't is what it boils down to.

I know. But they think they love rap. It's infuriating.

man dude needs to slow down w/this shit he's talking about the 50 cent beef

man i almost never prefer freestyle-heavy tapes to ones of all original songs but this is just so much more immediate than Bogota Rich

what do you guys think he'll change his name to if/when he catches enough buzz to be a priority at Warner Bros. -- G. Play? Funplay?

Playgun

Tity Play

lol

http://www.xxlmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/play.jpg

Gumplay

2 Gunz

Plumgay.

I do think G-Play would work.

Unplay

Cosplay

Rossplay

YEAH I SPILL MY COORS ON YOUR MICHAEL KORS, WHORE

weird, "Bible On The Dash" is on the new Ross tape unchanged

Nunplay

Bunplay ft. Sweet Young Jones.

"free gunplay"

buttstuff

Gun P. ft. Bun B.

Gunpal

lol

in pig latin he would be Un-Gay Lay-Pay

i like Gunpal a lot

doesnt really address the issue at hand

Coldplay

you can pry my gunplay from my coldplay dead hands

All work and no Gunplay makes Rick a dull boy.

Scratch that. "Wale" for "work".

:(

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.21518/title.gunplays-armed-robbery-caught-on-tape-rapper-could-face-life-in-prison

wow

that's depressing

if he goes away for life, rap is gonna be so fucked

boosie, max and gunplay all locked up indefinitely smh. three better rappers than anyone doing it right now and it's not even close.

Boosie's out fairly soon no? and if anyone can make great art out of struggle, it's Boosie.

Really really sucks abt Gunplay though, what an idiot.

ugh. This sucks, so much.

goddamn what a stupid thing to do.

btw, pro tip: don't hire an accountant who's office looks like a broom closet with a desk in it.

hard to watch videos of him at six flags and whatnot and then something like this :(

i would have figured he would get busted for drugs

Looks like he'll be sticking with 'Gunplay' after all.

:-(

I miss yesterday when I was simply worried he'd screw up his major label album.

only heard about this now. Christ. why can't they just trade off and lock up, like, CyHi da Prynce instead

he's 33? huh

http://www.bet.com/news/music/2012/10/22/gunplay-released-from-jail-on-150-000-bond.html

i assume he goes way back with Ross, who's 36, so i'm almost surprised he's not even older

but he has such youthful fire

fucking kills this

http://limelinx.com/cioks

comprendo, compadre? middle finger in your madre, as i pull up to the guard gate

he's so good

gunplay - Definition Of A Plug (Ft. Yo Gotti)

http://www.sharebeast.com/c72xrou2hz9s

beat is so good

definition of a pug

she get it
http://www.sharebeast.com/19gjfoljqyuy

"Definition of a Plug" is crazy good but I don't really like the synth riff

crackmixtapes.com/mixtape/Gunplay-Lock_Down

i never did figure out why whiney says "pug" constantly

in a moment of weak frivolity set Gunplay going "click BOOM" as my text tone, and keep find myself having to go "Christ sorry" on the train, in the office, in the pub etc. Keep meaning to change it but can't quite bring myself to.

his verse on the asap record is, once again, really great

http://edge-img.datpiff.com/m4db11bf/Gunplay_Cops_Robbers-front.jpg

enthused for this one. january is the right time for a new gunplay tape

don't get your hopes up

when's it out?

anyone want to call if his moment was missed or no

Not yet.

not yet it wasn't missed, or not yet you don't want to call it

I dont think he's missed it yet.

i guess maybe if this upcoming album is exceptional, but isn't he pretty clearly guilty on the armed robbery charges?

i give him six months to get something out there ... a genuinely-solid mixtape, or a hit single, or a real released date for the album. otherwise hes done

*release date

Fair enough, but who knows.

sure this is def just a gamble.

maybe he releasing an album finally in 2 years and its like a clipse situation where everyone cheers for it b/c the critics made it happen or sthing idk

feel like these kinds of "what's the hold up?" lulls are pretty common when rappers are in this transitional period where people think they're gonna be a star but they're still one hit away. if MMG can make Wale happen they'll have no prob with him, if the legal shit doesn't stop him.

I dunno, Gunplay doesn't seem as malleable to be reshaped to fill whatever niche will work like Wale is.

yeah but he already makes music pretty close to Rick Ross's niche, so he doesn't need to be reshaped

Rick Ross feels like he's lost momentum in the past 12 mo though. A year ago Rich Forever dropped

yeah RR is not at the top of his game but he's still like one of the top 3 people you would want to be signed to if you were trying to break through

http://i.imgur.com/A6c7CmH.png

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9228795/three-days-rapper-gunplay

Gunplay's other alter ego is Don Logan, borrowed from Ben Kingsley's character in Sexy Beast.

o shit!

5 drug minimum

^^

http://25.media.tumblr.com/b4c46c617f96c2844ce10295c661ed7a/tumblr_mflmptQFJa1ryfrfko1_500.gif
http://www.datpiff.com/Gunplay-Acquitted-mixtape.492165.html

FOUR G'S NO CHEAPSKATE
ORGIES AND EAT STEAK

"cocaina" is so good

No disrespect but life aint nothin' classy
Just Gangsta Boos, Remy Mas... no Cassies

lmao deejs vine

bible on the dash is my favourite rap track of 2013. so amazing. really hope the album, if it ever comes out, is as good as gunplay deserves it to be.

yeah that song is great. I don't know why he hasn't been hitting the features circuit hard, seems overdue for that.

was listening to Bible On The Dash on loop earlier this morning

I asked the pastor what's the fastest way to heaven for a bastard with a tarnished past give me an honest answer

im freaking out over this http://fashionably-early.com/2013/08/13/rick-ross-lambos-ft-trina-yo-gotti-gunplay/

yesss

j0rdan do you know whether gunplay's album is coming along ok? or is it going to be one of those eternally pushed back ones

i kind of imagine it's not really on the horizon until there's at least a single.

that verse is hot, the rest of that track is str8 trash

i doubt that a gunplay "album" is ever gonna happen

that verse is hot, the rest of that track is str8 trash

― johnny crunch, Wednesday, August 14, 2013 8:39 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah -_-

you'd think MMG's top priority would be having a Gunplay single on the next comp that launches him as a radio presence like Meek and Wale had on the first Self Made, but it doesn't look like that's happening. they've put more effort into working Stalley at radio. Stalley.

i wouldn't be surprised if dude was unstable enough behind the scenes that they can manage to have him around for a few verses on these compilations but don't really feel like dumping money into him

i mean he's put out, like, one mixtape longer than 10 songs in his entire career

the single they pushed with ross whose name i've already forgotten was not very good at all

i don't think putting out several 10 song mixtapes instead of a couple longer ones is some indication that he's barely keeping it together to get into a studio

"Bible On The Dash" was a great record, got a few radio spins, but obviously not something that would kick the door wide open

the fact that his name is "Gunplay" is probably an obstacle

we made some helpful suggestions for name changes up thread

Iirc he's said that if he can't be Gunplay he'll go by Don Logan

Drop Da Tint got visuals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X98CR_SNYT8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjeBxR_yOq4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjeBxR_yOq4

such a crime that we cant know for sure that there is a gunplay album coming. i mean, french montana got an album! (not that i hate FM like a lot of people seem to do, but still)

id be happy if he just did an album rapping over old beats like ghetto bird (i bet he would sound incredible over steady mobbin).

for some reason that old rick ross interlude where he talks about gunplay being a different kinda dude made me think that MMG really were behind him but now im not so sure.

like, there must still be a decent, sizeable market for hardcore rappers in 2013, no? or if not, shouldnt it at least be a rap label's DUTY to put out a solid hardcore rap album?

gallardo is hot IMO - gunplay kills it but trina and rozay sound good also.

french montana has multiple hits

one of which is even in his aesthetic wheelhouse, rather than a purchased Banger(tm)

french montana has multiple hits

― rap steve gadd (D-40), Thursday, August 15, 2013 1:32 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

chinese food makes me sick

lol

haha ^5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHz91aXMrL8

^Nardwar interview

Kinda boring tbf

https://soundcloud.com/rickyrozaymmg/gunplay-feat-rick-ross-aiight

a good part of his album will be bad

http://www.audiomack.com/song/diesel-dmp/comin-down-ft-gunplay-cdq-explicit-2

this is a good feature

there's still illusions about him someday dropping an album?

idk this year def jam already released the roots & dj afrojack's albums, and has planned release dates for big krit & fabolous. Why not gunplay ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRtkJEVb2MM

great verse

So good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdDz874e2DA

vid got deleted

tomorrow
http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/30150/gunplay.html

^_^

has some moments but this is p disappointing, dude badly needs to drop his album and actual "songs" which iirc was prob discussed upthread like 2 1/2 yrs ago

yeah otm

oh this tape is a mess. As if the second rate material weren't bad enough the DJs render this unlistenable

drugs are bad I guess

didnt realise he changed his name. hope this means the album will finally come out this year. also hope there arent many features on it - gunplay really sounds best by himself.

bogota rich is still one of the greatest mixtapes of the last 5 tears imo

years... tears...

what do you guys think he'll change his name to if/when he catches enough buzz to be a priority at Warner Bros. -- G. Play? Funplay?

― some dude, Monday, October 8, 2012 11:19 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Playgun

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, October 8, 2012 11:22 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Tity Play

― Mary Ty$ Band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, October 8, 2012 11:41 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Gumplay

― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Monday, October 8, 2012 11:47 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

2 Gunz

― Gelados n cream (longneck), Tuesday, October 9, 2012 2:41 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Plumgay.

― Gelados n cream (longneck), Tuesday, October 9, 2012 10:26 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Unplay

― some dude, Tuesday, October 9, 2012 10:41 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Cosplay

― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Tuesday, October 9, 2012 10:42 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Rossplay

― some dude, Tuesday, October 9, 2012 10:43 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Nunplay

― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Tuesday, October 9, 2012 3:41 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Bunplay ft. Sweet Young Jones.

― Gelados n cream (longneck), Tuesday, October 9, 2012 4:06 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"free gunplay"

― sisilafami, Tuesday, October 9, 2012 6:35 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

buttstuff

― lag∞n, Tuesday, October 9, 2012 6:37 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Gun P. ft. Bun B.

― some dude, Tuesday, October 9, 2012 6:41 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Gunpal

― Number None, Tuesday, October 9, 2012 6:47 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/new-music/2015/05/listen-gunplay-feat-yg-wuzhanindoe/

this is cool, though kinda minor for all parties. like something from one of mustard's mixtapes.

i like it

same

its good but it should have come out a year ago

whither gunplay

his lyrics are pretty uninteresting on this and it sounds like an outtake from 'my krazy life' that someone prob sent gunplay thru gmail

beat is harder than usual mustard fare come on

beat is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uatWbf1aM_o

its good for his profile, but not sure gunplay works that well with mustards precision style of production, doesnt sound like hes totally into it. also, when i saw it was produced by mustard, i was pretty excited, but its just a bit too typically mustard (and a bit after-the-fact)

well, it's here

http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2015/07/stream-gunplay-new-album-living-legend/

looking fwd to it, but given its had the gestation period of an elephant during a time when DL has himself said he fell out of love with music, I'm not expecting too much. single was meh I thought.

it's meh

dark dayz is cool

yeah it's weak, and dark dayz is definitely the best track by a long way. he's sounds really tired. you can tell right from the intro track - and I love absurd self-aggrandising statements of intent, but its without the sort of punch that sort of track needs. he regularly cedes ground to underwhelming guests and only appears as if reluctantly on some songs. that's crazy, he's usually all over his tracks like a terrier, other guests basically having to get him to pipe down ('don't say a sound, gunplay!'). the production around his voice is oddly cotton-wool like on a number of songs, with rick ross (who i find tedious generally) out-gunplaying gunplay on Be Like Me.

he's always been open to comic self-dramatisation - it's one of his best aspects ('What the fuck is Gunplay thinking? What he drinking? Moonshine?!). In fact he frequently comes across as a bit of an ADHD goofball (as numerous interviews and that six flags vid attest, even the nazi stuff, christ), giving a requisite salt to the ultraviolence. a surprising number of his songs involve him coming off second-best: failure and the cussed nature of things often attend the hi-octaine hysteria and hustle.

here that self-dramatisation and cocaina-laced-with-failure attitude becomes a mood of self-pity and recrimination, mainly about the court case he ended up spending his album advance on (among other things you presume). as well as those local circumstances for the uncharacteristically low-key mood, you just feel Gunplay isn't an album person, and that this 1st album has been hanging round his shoulders like lead weights. His mixtapes have always been uneven anyway - it's almost like the album is too self-important a form for him, without enough room for him to just mess around.

at his very best - bible on the dash, the guest on cartoon & cereal, it feels like taking his nervous system to the edge is the instrument he plays (see also Take This). It's the sound of someone running out of fuel, surviving on surviving, and it's unsurprising that's the sound that's most successful on the album. aside from dark dayz, blood on the dope's probably the next best - edgy, end-of-the-road, heist-gone-wrong game's-up desperation, the central image the only thing that matters any more.

dark dayz is the sound of someone on the outside again (as he always has been in a way - slightly older than his peers, congenitally self-destructive), always *just* on the wrong side of the edge between failure and success. 'Straight rum and cake crumbs, not enough birthdays and way too many graves dug' is how he describes where he came from and one of the best lines on the album. And although he goes on to brag about the money he has now, the main message is of someone still having to work the music game with the drug game, in an increasingly reductive pairing: 'So close to just being another stat, being another cat who got capped in his cap, just another a dealer with a 9mm. Can't blame me if I still sound a little bitter.' He's continually *just* evading oblivion and destruction, and knows that that's not a game he can keep on playing. The continually hanging 'they may there to hurt you...' in the chorus, suspended momentarily over the sparse piano and strings, is great - bravado in the face of existential uncertainty is one of his best sounds.

he's like a one-man jim thompson story basically, and there's a weird fascination to listening to this underperforming long player - the sound of the consequences of his life. Maybe Living Legend is the right title in a way - legends usually have the work that established them behind them, and survive of that work. you wonder if he can come back again really, though that is after all the place he seems to thrive best.

ddej nailed it : http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20807-living-legend/

deej*

yeah, thanks sisilafami - just read that, and this "The pathos of his unrealized potential deepens the colors of his best work" is otm isn't it.

deej's review is v good

I didn't find this quite as disappointing as some, but there's an unquestionable aspect of roteness to some of the songs, mostly the MMG-featuring ones. he is just so fierce and charismatic even in boilerplate settings.

"he's like a one-man jim thompson story basically" is a good line

"dark dayz" is still so fucking good meh album or nah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRbTisUk2Xc