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GuyBitchy
04/25/09

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I don't think it's going to translate to radio--which is what put Eminem over the top.

Seems like Mickey Avalon was this kid but more entertaining, no?
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Phyllis Nefler
04/25/09

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He sounds like he's bored! Can I get a little excitement? It's like he's rapping off a teleprompter.
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MizValentine
04/25/09

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I'm bored. I was hoping for something like a MC Paul Barman, but this is neither funny, clever nor particularly interesting.
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bananaballs
04/25/09

Did he retire? I miss him.
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onebadclam
04/25/09

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White guys have legitimately mastered jazz and blues but rap may be the fist black art form that cannot be co-opted by pasty white boys.
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contains_hot_liquid
04/25/09

@onebadclam: Aesop Rock.
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brandonjones01
04/25/09

@onebadclam: That's such a white people mentality. Why do they have to "master" everything?
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contains_hot_liquid
04/26/09

@brandonjones01: Ha
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musicandorchids
04/25/09

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i like slug way better. this kid kind of sucks.
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bananaballs
04/25/09

@musicandorchids: I don't know why Slug didn't ever get bigger. He's talented and attractive (if you don't believe me, go to one of his shows--they're overwhelmingly filled with chicks, which is rare for a crunchy hip-hop show). It pisses me off because fucks like this guy get mainstream play but folks like Slug or Aesop Rock get nothin'. Although I can see why Aesop Rock isn't more mainstream. He uses way too many polysyllabic words.
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cupcakes
04/26/09

@musicandorchids: I don't believe in God. But I believe in Slug. And Aesop? Hot damn, I can barely keep my clothes on. Sigh....
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Pope John Peeps II
04/25/09

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He's as popular as will smith and his "clean rap"!

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ambitious
04/26/09

@Pope John Peeps II: I prefer this! I really prefer this.
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SeaSalt
04/25/09

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The Family Guy comparison was pretty apt. And if you want more semi-talented white rappers talking about the suburbs and making pithy observations, there is always Brawdcast. He may be even more blah than Roth. Grouch from Living Legends on the other hand... that's good shit.
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cupcakes
04/26/09

@SeaSalt: Awww, I went to high school with Brawdcast. He had a really cute song about Taco Bell when we were kids, but man, he is terrible. Sweet, but terrible.
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jasonelias
04/25/09

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He's ok. He's not really rapping about anything important, not a lot of wit either. I don't know how he's going to sell 300,000 copies in the first week.
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