Oh, man. Last time I stood here promoting Sam Adams, I wound up getting knocked out by a kitchen sink. A year and some change later, I may not have completely regained consciousness, because I’m right back on my soap box, speaking on his latest single, “Blow Up.”
After making a few bold proclamations about, “Driving Me Crazy,” the last track Sam had bubbling, this record reinforces my belief that dude still has success ahead of him. Riding a J.O.B. and MadV beat that swipes The Pixies addition to the Fight Club OST, this pale ale MC can lyrically be found attempting to prove naysayers wrong and wondering why his time has yet to come. And, while the song has an almost identical to hook to Pill’s duet with Iyaz of the same name, Sam’s take has a much more cover-all sound, but still carries all the cliches of a successful rap record in today’s market.
With that said, if the song title doesn’t come to fruition for Sammy, he’s still gonna’ have to find a way to break me off some cash for my medical bills, because I definitely won’t make it out of the comment section alive.
Sam Adams – “Blow Up” (Prod. By J.O.B. & MadV)
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This is a watershed moment for rap music because this is so sugar-coated it makes Vanilla Ice sound like M.O.P. – Maybe we should be conducting a retrospective reappraisal of the Iceman’s recorded output in this new light? Because if this is rap music now then so is “Summer Girls” by that legendary rap outfit LFO…
i ve always liked those couple songs sam adams did with curren$y…i dont think this is up to par but meh
I’ll have a Sam Jackson. It’ll getcha DRUNK! You’ll be fuckin’ fat girls in no time!
@ Don King….
Funny you bring LFO up. As it turns out, they were a decade ahead of the curve.
Somewhere, Justin Beiber is updating his iPod.
…..they were a decade ahead of the curve.
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I don’t think I want to live in a world where LFO are “pioneers” of anything. I can see rap kids 10 – 15 years from now being asked who their influences are and them reeling off a list that includes Bieber, LFO and the white boy pop rap answer to Jay-Z….Marky Mark Wahlberg.
Sam Adams is open about being POP-RAP which is good least he isn’t claiming that he is making actual Hip-Hop. Everybody on this sight is going to have to be prepared for this kind of music. Its coming wether hardcore rap fans want it or not. Pop Rap is just going to be a new thing we have to deal with. Look at the bright side maybe this will get more people into Rap so that deserving albums such as Section 80 can be at the top of the charts… just my opinion
two things
1. people are quicker to comment on things they don’t like vs. things they do. if they took that same energy and applied it to being vocal about their like for artists, maybe sales and revenues would increase for said artist. Instead, most keep said artist as their “best kept secret”…while bashing what they don’t like.
2. We post a lot of stuff that we find interesting. That will never change. Ever. Never ever ever. If you don’t like one artist/song/album/post, there are over 19,185 and counting posts on this site. Don’t let one ruin your day lol.
Everybody on this sight is going to have to be prepared for this kind of music. Its coming wether hardcore rap fans want it or not. Pop Rap is just going to be a new thing we have to deal with.
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Pop Rap or White Rap? Cause as PC as everyone tries to be, that’s what the issue is. White artists are finally starting to break into the industry & are gaining acceptance & fans by making music that specifically targets that suburban teen demo.
Nelly was Pop Rap & Sam Adams ain’t Nelly.
I’d only be reluctant to label it ‘white rap’ since there’s so many other credible white rappers whose good names would be tarnished by that term.
These guys to me have as much authenticity as rappers as Arthur Fonzarelli has to being a tough guy….could this awful new subgenre be christened “Fonz-rap” as a tribute?
j cole inspired?? yup
1. people are quicker to comment on things they don’t like vs. things they do. if they took that same energy and applied it to being vocal about their like for artists, maybe sales and revenues would increase for said artist. Instead, most keep said artist as their “best kept secret”…while bashing what they don’t like.
2. We post a lot of stuff that we find interesting. That will never change. Ever. Never ever ever. If you don’t like one artist/song/album/post, there are over 19,185 and counting posts on this site. Don’t let one ruin your day lol.
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I’d only be reluctant to label it ‘white rap’ since there’s so many other credible white rappers whose good names would be tarnished by that term.
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I can agree with that, but what else can you call it? Cause this kind of music is being made for white kids in their teens/early 20′s. It’s not geared for my lil cousins & it’s certainly not made for me. These artists aren’t worried about being credible to purists cause the music is made for a completely different group of listeners. There’s no attempt to cross over to an urban market because there’s no need. I’m not saying if that’s a bad or a good thing. I’m just saying it is what it is.
I can agree with that, but what else can you call it? Cause this kind of music is being made for white kids in their teens/early 20?s. It’s not geared for my lil cousins & it’s certainly not made for me. These artists aren’t worried about being credible to purists cause the music is made for a completely different group of listeners. There’s no attempt to cross over to an urban market because there’s no need. I’m not saying if that’s a bad or a good thing. I’m just saying it is what it is.
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This is an excellent point/thought. Hip-Hop has changed and this is almost a sub-genre within Rap music at this point.
I personally prefer to call it Hip-Pop. It is like calling Blink-182 Punk – they are Pop Punk. That is no disrespect to them as a band (I am a fan). But to me, it is more disrespectful to true Punk bands to label them in the same category. I suppose the same can be applied here.
I would say hip-hop/rap is one of the most diverse genres of music. For example, my gangsta ass cousin would never throw some Childish Gambino or XV in the whip, but on the flip side my white college buddy can’t get into somebody like Freddie Gibbs. I think we all get into labeling things soft or hard instead of just lettin it be what it is. Everybody wants something they can relate to.
That applies to Rock as well. There are so many sub-genres (and rightly so – not all Rock is the same, just as not all Hip-Hop is the same). I believe that we are getting to that point in Rap/Hip-Hop where more defined classification is necessary. I cringe at those whom make the argument that “it is all Hip-Hop.” Well, no, it is not. Have you ever had someone you know refer to an R&B artist as a rapper? That is why you have news articles referring to artists such as T-Pain as a “rapper.” T-Pain a rapper? Come on. Those on the outside looking in need as much help as the can get. Sub-genres will help with that.
We all knew Nirvana created Rock music, but at the end of the day, the sound was Grunge.
*they can get
I think breaking things down into infinitesimally small subgenres doesn’t help anything much, it would only serve to confuse the issue.
When you get R&B singers wrongly labelled as ‘rappers’ in the media that’s just a common mistake made through ignorance of the genre and incorrectly thinking rap and R&B are the same thing. If a journalist can’t tell the difference between rap and R&B then there’s absolutely no chance in hell they’ll do the necessary research to distinguish between “Mid 90s East Coast Boom Bap” and “Early 90s Jazz Rap” (for instance)
As for Sam Adams – If this guy raps then he’s a rapper, it doesn’t mean he’s any good at rapping, but he is making rap music….just not the sort that an aficionado might rate very highly. Truthfully the categorisation of the music doesn’t bother me as much as the potential for revisionist takes on what constitutes ‘good’ or ‘bad’ rap. If you have a bunch of people raised on (what I would call) ‘bad’ rappers then the bar for what is deemed ‘good’ or ‘bad’ is adjusted accordingly. Soon you have the scenario that happened to me recently where someone who claimed to be a rap fan lectured me on how Biggie was shit and Jay-Z wasn’t ‘real rap’…!!
If the next generation of rap listeners is raised on Bieber and LFO clones then what happens to the legacy of someone like Kool G Rap, Big L or Akinyele?
We’re always hearing about how quickly rap fans forget yesterday’s heroes but if you try to maintain any link to that era whatsoever you’re a “purist” and clinging on to the past….
If the next generation of rap listeners is raised on Bieber and LFO clones then what happens to the legacy of someone like Kool G Rap, Big L or Akinyele?
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Let the church say amen
damn i was gonna sample this song lol…mine woulda been harder though
@DK
I guess I just love Hip-Hop too much. If Vanilla Ice were to drop “Ice, Ice Baby” tomorrow, I would not want him considered Hip-Hop. It confuses the casual listener. I nominate Hip-Pop as the sub-genre. If it bothers those labeled under it… perhaps they will rethink the type of “Hip-Hop” music they make.
But I still get weirded out when I see all these cats wearing skin tight jeans. But let them be young. Once you get to Weezy’s age you need to stop… but the teens… let them be young. I just do not get it though lol
garbage. garbage. garbage.
very good thought-provoking discussion here. love the points made by don king, TRA, & Amp. definitely needs to be expanded upon further.