#Buffalo Rap

[idiotcoward]

Westside Gunn - Pray for Paris I remember when this album came out in 2020 right at the start of the pandemic getting kicked out of my dorm and sitting in rural PA listening to this shit wishing I coulda been back up north smoking with my friends.

This thing is exactly why people who don't listen to rap music are missing out. This album is just amazing beat after amazing beat with Flygod rapping some of the hardest shit imaginable. This is a man who came up from nothing in fucking Buffalo New York. Selling, fighting, struggling, and now you can hear his whole perspective. A good rap album can totally transport you into the perspective or world of the artists who puts it all together. This one makes you sympathize and understand what is going on in Westside's world, and it fucking rules.

Absolutely, a great listen if you know nothing about Griselda or the modern NY rap scene. Lotta metal heads who listen to rap only listen to shit from the 80's and 90's and maybe like a few random guys from the 2000's like Ye. But the scene is just as strong as it's been in decades, and Westside is one of the most popular in a competitive as fuck scene, and that's for a reason. His lyrics are dense as shit, and he's not ass at picking beats and working with producers like another famous NY rapper some metal fans love to spout off about (Nas). He also isn't making shit up and creating a false persona about what he's done (Also something Nas did..). Essentially this shit rules. Listen to it.

[wulfhalls]

Also people want to say all Taylor Swift cares about is making money.. the kpop industry literally only exists to make money. These groups are created out of people that half the time couldn’t give less of a shit about each other. They crank out music and stuff for people to buy multiple times a month. That’s all it’s for. It’s for making money. At least Taylor or any other non kpop artist are trying to tell some stories about their lives. It just feels like a more honest way to consume music if you get my meaning.

girl 😭😭😭😭 any industry is about making money 😭😭 also honest way to consume music??? wtf does that even mean 😭😭😭 and not the bullshit western artist aren't manufactured they have real artistic integrity and authenticity argument on top of all of that 😭😭😭

[monlaffy123]

J.I.D Studio Albums circa 2024

J.I.D, another of my favorite artists from the get go! He has always put out fantastic verse after verse and I'm confident in his longevity. He shines in every single song I've ever heard him on and it's usually not even close unless we are talking about Spillage Village (might do them later on).

[freshthoughts2020]

[blackmensuited]

[newmoneyrecordshop]

YOU LOOK SO PRETTY AT NIGHT WRITTEN BY JOE BUFFALO

INTRO INSTRUMENTAL (2 BARS) YEAH

VS 1 AND WHEN I GET OFF WORK LATE, I TAKE THE STREETS HOME AND I RIDE THREW THE BLOCKS I ONCE CALLED HOME HOOKERS ON THE STREET CORNERS, PIMPS SITTIN IN THE CAR WITH THE BEAMS DOWN LOW, LET THE HOES KNOW THEY AIN'T TOO FAR JUNKY PANHANDLIN' COMPETIN' WITH THE WINO BOTH TRYNA CATCH THE MAN WITH MORE KEYS THAN LIONEL NIGGAS REALLY RICH STILL LIVE IN THE HOOD GOT A CRIB IN THE BURBS BUT YOU KNOW IT AIN'T AS GOOD CUZ THE GHETTO IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND YOU KNOW AND YOU KNOW THE GHETTO IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND YOU KNOW

VS 2 AIN'T NO PLACE ON THIS EARTH GOT THESE KIND OF HOOD BITCHES THEY BE TALKIN' REAL TOUGH BUT WE KNOW THEY GOOD BITCHES WHO JUST WANNA THUG NIGGA, TO PROTECT THEM NOT REJECT THEM. DON'T NEGLECT THEM SHE GIVE YOU ALL HER LOVE, FOR A QUARTER DUB SHE GO TO BAT FOR YOU, SHE DON'T GIVE A FUCK SHE RISK HER WHOLE LIFE AND HER FREEDOM JUST FOR HIM TO BEAT HER YOU KNOW THAT SHE CAN'T LEAVE EM' BUT HER EYES SO SWOLE, SHE CAN'T EVEN FUCKIN' SEE HIM AND HE IN ANOTHER BITCH DM AND YOU KNOW YEA, YOU KNOW BUT GIRL YOU SO BEAUIFUL, YOU SHOULD KNOW YOU KNOW, YEA YOU KNOW (SING) YOU KNOW YOU SO BEAUTIFUL, GIRL YOU SSHOULD KNOW YOU SHOULD KNOW

HUM & WHISTLE OUTRO INSTRUMENTAL (38 BARS)

[zippocreed501]

Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (1989)

[jeffcross5000]

Bust a move for what it's worth.

[djducats]

Benny The Butcher, ElCamino, Rick Hyde & Heem - WE HERE [Official Video]...

[beeaymusic-blog]

No facade

[dripslyrics]

Westside Gunn - FlyGod Jr (Official Video) ft. DoeBoy, DJ Drama

[weaversweek]

5 "Buffalo stance" - Neneh Cherry

writers Neneh Cherry, Cameron McVey, Jamie Morgan, Phillip Ramacon

It's 7.12 on 22 December. Happy new year! 1989 starts right here, right now.

Part of the UncoolTwo50 project, marking the best singles from 1977-99.

ELF POINTS (11 points)

Moving from Stockholm to London, young Neneh Cherry was inspired with the Buffalo Collective, the group of creatives associated with Ray Petri. Petri died in 1989 after developing his own vision of "hard" street fashion in The Face and creating the kind of self-sufficient street cool that emerged in the early boxer shorts-and-Levi's ads. Neneh was less into the actual art - that was Cameron's passion. No, she appreciated the punk ethic of getting on and doing stuff.

Neneh burst into everyone's attention in late 1988, with this "Buffalo stance" song. Tim Simenon's production adds layers to the song, there's a funky mix and a cracking guitar lick to enjoy. But let's not mansplain the song; although quick to acknowledge the team of men behind her, Neneh only made the impression through her own work.

It's about female strength, female power, female attitude. It's a bold song, Neneh knows what she wants to say, and she seizes the moment by the scruff of the neck. It's hip-hop beats, it's soul riffs, if's a carefree swagger full of confidence, all sung-rapped by a frizzy-haired young woman in a shiny copper top wearing a massive medallion around her neck.

There's a proper singalong chorus - "who's looking good today, who's looking good in every way?" And there's a catchy keyboard riff. "Indie guitar meets hardcore rap in perfect hip hop pop. Bold, exciting, and not like anything you've heard before", according to Record Mirror.

"Buffalo stance" is based on an obscure b-side by Morgan-McVey (a duo, the latter is the future Mr. Cherry), chopped up and messed around by hip and happening producer Tim Simenon. It's completely of its time, and it's got a certain something to stand out from the rest of the dance dross around at the moment.

The titular Buffalo Stance, we learn, is a group of young women like Neneh, huddling over to protect each other from gigolos and moneymen - by extension, from all the shit in the world. It's all delivered with sass and verve, and one of the worst cockney accents since Dick Van Duck.

Record Mirror got it, saying it's "the best pop dance record since our lady's "Into the groove". Hip hop merges with a kind of rap and dances round the outside and into the big wide world of 1989." What I didn't realise straightaway was just how important this message was to our peers. By the time school resumed on 9 January, all the young women in class were quoting this song - as a philosophy, not just the aesthetics.

And she appeared on Top of the Pops while pregnant. First person to do that since Alison Moyet, if we're not mistaken. Neneh's very visible lump added to the message: this is someone taking control of her life, doing things in her way and not in any other way. It's an audacious rebuke to the patriarchy. Neneh told Q magazine,

the kind of sexuality on my record is very different to most of the stuff you hear on black radio in the States. So much of it is all the same, all that 'Ooh, baby' and all that boring sex talk. You usually hear all those guys just singing like there's 20 chicks hanging off their arm. I've no time for all that Carry On Bonking stuff where people have to go out and pick somebody up so that they can be somebody with the lads or their girlfriends the next day.

Follow-up single "Manchild" proved she was no one-hit wonder, and the album Raw Like Sushi demonstrated maturity and conscience. But there were bumps in the road: a planned tour supporting the Fine Young Cannibals ended after one date, after which Neneh collapsed through exhaustion. She did return to pick up Best Newcomer at the Smash Hits awards, voted by the kids she was influencing.

How good was Neneh? A year later, there was a hit, "Got to get" by Rob 'n' Razz featuring Leila K. Attention was on Leila K, a young rapper from Stockholm, of mixed heritage. "Got to get" is an A-grade song: great hooks, builds well, Leila K is a seriously good rapper. But when we compare it to "Buffalo stance", we find "Got to get" is too polished, Leila's rap about rapping pales against Neneh's rap about life and society. Leila K gave us an awesome groove, Neneh Cherry gave us a whole flippin' philosophy.

In the years since, Neneh has consistently made great records, if not hit records. Homebrew had its moments, Man had a corking James Brown re-make, and there's the "7 seconds" phenomenon putting African beats into the top five during summer 1994. Very few people have dared cover "Buffalo stance", history does not reflect well on Alice in Videoland or Cher Lloyd.

"The Wild Bunch" in the lyric would later morph into Massive Attack, the trip-hop pioneers. Some argue that "Buffalo stance" inspired Madonna to write "Express yourself". The song includes some samples from "Looking good diving", which was produced by Stock Aitken Waterman and hence is technically their biggest hit on my list.

Also noted: Alison Moyet was on my 500-song longlist with "Invisible", and could have made the 100-tune shortlist. "Into the groove" was not my choice of early Madonna. Fine Young Cannibals did not tickle my fancy. I overlooked "Got to get", it deserved a place in the longlist.

[da-ill-spot]

Music Video: Conway The Machine & Joey Bada$$ - Vertino

[monlaffy123]

Still really proud of my Dirt Pile project. My life kinda fell apart and I never got a chance to fully roll it out the way I would've liked but it's a part of me so I love it!

I performed the chunk of my music from that project a while back and released that on SoundCloud for everyone to have fun with.

[freshthoughts2020]

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