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Damn. I definitely appreciated it. I'm gonna look out for him more. Great wordsmithing.
He also wrote about Fredo recently for noisey
I remember that twice reading David Duke and was very confused
For me it’s Gucci, Waka and Keef who kicked this wave off. Lucki even deserves some love
I would also include Cudi as a major influence to the new wave because of his music prioritizing aesthetic and mood, which is extremely important to most of the new wave rappers.
edit: redundancy
Without cudi there would be no Uzi Vert imo
Or Travis
Uzi actually cites Kanye's 808 and heartbreak as the major influence in his music
I’m speaking more on the “trap” or “drill” scenes specifically. In overall modern hip hop, I’d say Cudi, Kanye and Wayne are deff hugely influential. All the 90s greats too obviously
When I trace back the emotion included in modern rap I always think of Kanye. I'd say he paved the way for Cudi in a lot of ways.
Crazy Gucci Mane signed both Waka and Keef. He's definitely the king of ignorant trap music
Gucci is the modern “trap” king no question
Gucci Mane LaFlare the Trap God
Just signed lil pump too
Three generations of trap ignorance.
What about Wayne?
Wayne's still got the influence but he was the punch line rapper God, not so much trap and gang shit
Lil Wayne's delivery made Young Thug possible, and thugger's delivery and beat style was incredibly influential for all the lil uzi's, baby's and yatchys of the world. IMO Wayne is the MOST important figure in the change of sound because of what he did "melodically" with his voice/the autotune drown. Not to downplay what he did for trap at all, but heads were rapping triplets before Gucci edit: also definitely plenty of gang shit with wayne lol
Why do you think Lucki is so influential? I'm not saying he's not innovative I just don't think that many people listen to him.
He was just doing the style years ahead of anyone. ‘Alternative Trap’ is five years old already. That blows my mind.
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Facts. You can even go back to T.I., UGK and other southern OGs for this current wave of southern-influenced “trap” music. But for the mixtape game, for the online circuit - Gucci is the grandfather of modern trap
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I'd disagree, after a while he's just randomly attributing things to Keef (fucking Rihanna's Anti is mentioned) and ignoring all the people who did the things Keef did before he did it, influential people at that, but still giving him the credit
I don't think it's necessarily crediting Keef with influencing Rihanna
Like "Before SOB x RBE made "Anti", Rihanna made an album called Anti"
This doesn't say that Rihanna influenced SOB x RBE
if you listen to sosa discography in order you can pinpoint where certain artist picked up they style
carti would be that early keef era (finally rich era)
uzi would be the almighty so era when he started experimenting with melodies frfr
Since you did that Carti - Keef comparision, check out Understand Me by Keef and Heavy by Carti, shit is so similiar.
lmao that was one of the first carti songs I heard, the keef influence SUPER heavy on that one
The song Citgo is possibly the biggest example of Keef's influence. There's an entire multinational oil company built around the lessons Chief Keef taught us on that song. Happy black history month!
citgo is one of the best songs ive ever heard
Citco goat gas supplier.
Nope dats me hmu if u need dat tree
Xoxo, Ganjagirl
JIMMMEEEEHHHH got that fye!
Kudos,
I was like "another Citgo post" but then you hit a hard left and made me laugh.
never listened to much keef except for nobody, but this song is awesome.
what else do you recommend?
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his wiki is a mind blowing read what he's experienced at such a fragile age is unreal
It’s mad how much trauma these south side Chicago teens go through , it’s scary how they talk about losing friends like it’s nothing
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RIP Capo and Fredo, I remember in a interview wher G herbo casually talks about he has 20 dead homies on his arm , Chief Keef was naming so many names in his interview with the therapist on vice
RIP JoJo
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You ain’t like sftw?
For real, l’m 17 and l feel unaccomplished as fuck listening to my favorite songs of his which came out when he was my age while l’m not doing shit
Just wait till you 26. I'm older than the newest generation of rappers and a lot of professional athletes
30 here. I’m old as fuck.
35, it just speeds up as you go along.
Never to late to be young. I’m doing at 21 what my grandma of 96 literally never could have dreamed of. Literally. Fucking stop demoralizing yourself, you can and will do it with some effort. Failure is practice. Lose is improve. If your mind state is one of perseverance and mental fortitude. Much love.
It sucks because you feel like you can’t totally fan out on somebody younger than you.
I'm bout to be 20 and I was so weirded out when I saw that half the US Olympians are younger than me 😅
id rather be unaccomplished than born in the hood w like a 50% survival rate
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bruh i got sad when people started getting drafted into major league sports that were younger than me. shit had me fucked up
Between music and sports those are the 2 things that make me feel unaccomplished when I see people my age breaking into each industry. Makes me feel like I need to drop the next Illmatic lmao
It’s ok you’ll have a real job
Musician isn’t a real job title?
Not until it pays the bills
That important tag isn't big enough
Is it possible to get the # in the flair for the big and bold?
I don't know but I want to find out
Sosa started two waves:
Drill rap in 2011-2012. Put Chiraq famous
Lean/Xans slurred/muble flow 2013-14. used now by alot of new rappers.
Now is only to slow for the daily 100 grams of weed. ;)
His mumble rap era with the experimental beats are amazing. Best Keef era for sure.
What are some good songs to start with from this era?
Sosa Style and Save Me off the top. The EQ'd parts on the beats and the simple but catchy lyrics.
Thanks, I've been trying to get into some more experimental Sosa
Save Me is top 5 Sosa for me. I'd also put How It Go in this category of songs.
AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE
Theres the famous ones like Macaroni Time and Love No Thottie.
I love these too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WT3i_F7fSo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmfA8gzmpls
Definitely check out Bang 2, Almighty So, and Nobody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXIAJXkl1a8
he's only 22 years old that's insane
he's younger than Uzi, all the Migos, and 8 years younger than Rocky jesus christ
I thought you were kidding about Rocky but damn he's almost 30
There should be an official documentary on Keef and his rise. Has there been any popular drill music since Keef? I would say maybe Hot Nigga was the end of that era...anyways, he def a legend. The bidding wars for him were crazy too
Rappers like Tay K, 6ix9ine, YBN Nahmir all imitate drill.
It really should be Young Chop/Keef.
You know it's about to be 🔥 🔥 🔥 when you hear young chop on the beat.
Man I remember the first time I heard Don't Like. Shit was hard as bricks
Haha same here, 7 years later and it's still the banger to end all bangers.
Forreal, Keefs flow is for sure crazy influential, but probably 90% of trap beats since their breakout are just iterations of Chop's drill beats.
Great article written by the most knowledgeable Chicago rap journalist.
I’m relatively new to him, are there any top-tier pieces you’d recommend reading first as a good introduction? I enjoyed this one a lot.
Here are some that I like a lot :
http://gawker.com/5892589/hip-hops-next-big-thing-is-on-house-arrest-at-his-grandmas-meet-chief-keef
http://www.urbanlegends.com/2017/12/18/aint-damn-thing-gonna-change-five-years-chief-keefs-finally-rich/
https://www.stereogum.com/1974152/chief-keef-thrives-in-exile/franchises/status-aint-hood/?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ae-chance-the-rapper-and-chief-keef-comparison-0730-20170729-story,amp.html?__twitter_impression=true
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-chief-keef-music-appreciation-20150729-story.html
http://www.complex.com/music/2012/04/where-did-chief-keef-come-from
http://www.complex.com/music/2012/09/trying-to-make-sense-of-chief-keef-and-the-chaos-in-chicago
And a great Twitter thread https://twitter.com/ErnestWilkins/status/942847630186569729
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Fuckers in school telling me, always in the barber shop Chief Keef ain’t bout this, Chief Keef ain’t bout that My boy a BD on fucking Lamron and them He, he they say that nigga don’t be putting in no work SHUT THE FUCK UP! Y'all niggas ain’t know shit All ya motherfuckers talk about Chief Keef ain’t no hitta Chief Keef ain’t this Chief Keef a fake SHUT THE FUCK UP Y'all don’t live with that nigga Y'all know that nigga got caught with a ratchet Shootin' at the police and shit Nigga been on probation since fuckin, I don’t know when! Motherfuckers stop fuckin' playin' him like that Them niggas savages out there If I catch another motherfucker talking sweet about Chief Keef I’m fucking beating they ass! I’m not fucking playing no more You know those niggas role with Lil' Reese and them
ICONIC
This is actually a really great article that actually goes in-depth on Keef's influence. I didn't think much about Keef's influence as a "barometer" for artists such as Chance the Rapper to measure themselves against.
I especially liked that the author addressed the fact that Keef was the fastest growing social artist on Interscope despite having only 50,000 copies sold of Finally Rich.
On a side note, Love Sosa and its legendary intro turns five this year.
Edit: The Love Sosa intro actually turns six this year. It's now old enough to go to school.
Wonder what those fuckers in the barbershop are thinkin now
You won't hear them, they shut the fuck up
song came out in 2012, so it's actually closing in on six!
Oh wait, you're right.