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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Jun 4, 2019 1:55:31 GMT -5
He has an EP coming out. No release date has been announced yet.
Hanging out with Blueface of "Thotiana" fame.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Jun 21, 2019 4:41:54 GMT -5
Out now.
Pitchfork review: 4.3 by Alphonse Pierre
The songs on the debut EP from the viral rap and country star do not even come close to the pure magic of “Old Town Road.”
Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” has burrowed itself into the consciousness of an entire nation, managing to stay at No. 1 on the Billboard charts for 11 weeks and elbowing out Elmo on the elementary-school popularity index. It’s part luck, part genius, part of the YeeHaw agenda, a song so unstoppable, it has actually shifted the status quo of country music and is currently one of the biggest singles—and memes—of all time. Even if you pass on bootcut jeans, the meme has the same contagious effect.
Before he became the newly crowned prince of country, Lil Nas X was just another guy looking for fame by quietly throwing his music onto SoundCloud. When it happened, it happened fast: A $30 YouTube beat, a hypnotic Nine Inch Nails sample, a faux-twangy accent, and “Old Town Road” went from a viral moment on TikTok to the center of a controversy about whether or not the song could be classified as country music. (It was initially removed from the Billboard country chart because it did not “embrace enough elements of today’s country music.”) One irresistible, if slightly harrowing Billy Ray Cyrus remix later, and Lil Nas X was back—not just on the country charts, but on the Hot 100 with the biggest song in the U.S.
To Lil Nas X’s benefit, it never mattered whether “Old Town Road” was good or bad. It’s so good it’s bad; it’s so bad it’s good. It’s a critical hall of mirrors from which there is no escape. Criticizing “Old Town Road” is like trying to fight the sun. From the start, the song was completely aware that it was essentially a meme. Everyone was in on the joke, and if you tried to criticize the joke, you were now the joke who was trying to ruin everyone’s fun. The fact that Lil Nas X’s vocals were easily imitable or that the lyrics were packed with country buzzwords gleaned from “Red Dead Redemption 2” or that the drums could be programmed by your little cousin who heard Astroworld one time was irrelevant. “Old Town Road” was a spectacle and everyone loved being a part of the ride.
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Post by Enigma. on Jun 21, 2019 4:46:49 GMT -5
So where's Cardi?
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Jun 21, 2019 5:10:46 GMT -5
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Post by Enigma. on Jun 21, 2019 5:15:21 GMT -5
Oh, wonder why neither the tracklist nor the review mentioned her.
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Post by Janhova's Witness on Jun 22, 2019 1:41:27 GMT -5
.... I fucking love this song... wtf ? 😳
I think p4k is totally wrong on this one
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Post by narp on Jun 22, 2019 1:46:18 GMT -5
Pitchfork is shit and this dude should never write another critique. Best release of the year and I hardly even listen to trap. I listened to every song and none of them I would give lower than a 7/10 rating.
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Post by Enigma. on Jun 22, 2019 2:59:11 GMT -5
The original OTR has suddenly been attached to the EP lmao so no more "7"
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Post by cassiuscasanova on Jun 22, 2019 13:16:42 GMT -5
This is a surprisingly solid project. Rodeo and Panini are his next hits. I love how diverse this album is
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Post by owenlovesmusic on Jun 22, 2019 23:54:34 GMT -5
Lowkey like a lot of songs on this. Surprised.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Jun 23, 2019 3:01:56 GMT -5
#LilNasXIsOverParty is the top trending topic on Twitter right now because some old tweets from his alleged stan Twitter account have resurfaced.
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Post by SHOOTER on Jun 23, 2019 3:25:02 GMT -5
Projected to debut at #1-2 with ~70k SPS (4-7k sales). Billie is his biggest competition.
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Post by cassiuscasanova on Jun 23, 2019 10:35:37 GMT -5
I could see him pulling thru
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Post by Zinc. on Jun 23, 2019 21:58:06 GMT -5
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jun 23, 2019 22:20:06 GMT -5
This reminds me of Supermarket by Logic, LOL, especially with the inclusion of F9mily and Bring U Down.
1st Listen. #noRAGrets
1. Rodeo (WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS THIS?! They were smart to save this, though, so it can smash all over the radio like OTR remix did. Good to know he can be probably at least a 3-hit wonder! But yeah, this is so fucking hot. I want this performed on the 2020 Grammys with Carrie Underwood, Conway Twitty, or Willie Nelson) 2. OTR remix 3. Panini 4. OTR 5. C7osure (You Like) (reminds me of good Kid Cudi or late-era Kanye, like a Life of deleted reject) 6. Kick It 7. F9mily (You & Me) 8. Bring U Down (this and whatever the "Buy weed from me, it's good" remind me of bad Kid Cudi)
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Post by Mauricio on Jun 28, 2019 16:28:51 GMT -5
His ep "7" debuts at #1 on HITS top 50 chart. King coming for blood.
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Post by tamed09 on Jun 30, 2019 16:11:03 GMT -5
Happy for him
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Jun 30, 2019 20:19:06 GMT -5
We knew already NasMaraj we're happy for you.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jun 30, 2019 20:51:06 GMT -5
Congrats on the news officially coming from the horse's mouth and not from Black Twitter. I applaud anyone who takes control of his or her own narrative.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jun 30, 2019 21:05:26 GMT -5
To add a separate, but related thought: Wavey✨️, your post reminds me of the response that some of my friends and family (and a hookup buddy from my closeted days) made directly on my coming out post. I'm sure it's just because you don't know any better and don't mean any harm, but it's extremely counterproductive and toxic to the coming out process. Throwing a "...but we're happy for you tho" at the end doesn't negate that fact. xo.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2019 21:19:04 GMT -5
Congratulations on living his truth and coming and continued congrats on the number one single and EP!
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Jun 30, 2019 21:25:33 GMT -5
To add a separate, but related thought: Wavey✨️, your post reminds me of the response that some of my friends and family (and a hookup buddy from my closeted days) made directly on my coming out post. I'm sure it's just because you don't know any better and don't mean any harm, but it's extremely counterproductive and toxic to the coming out process. Throwing a "...but we're happy for you tho" at the end doesn't negate that fact. xo. It wasn't no ill will. Just a joke due to his previous moniker, where he displayed things that would make one question his sexuality.(not that it even mattered)I am sorry that it triggered something for you. He re-followed Nicki on Instagram.
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Post by Choco on Jun 30, 2019 22:01:50 GMT -5
Nice to see him come clean about it. Not that he had to, but at least the Twitter speculation can finally end.
And it's always good to see more LGBTQ representation.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jun 30, 2019 22:48:12 GMT -5
It's a shame that rabid Barbz seemingly shoved him out of the closet as retaliation for what they consider a betrayal of their Queen, but I am just gonna leave my tweet here, which I believes articulates my earlier post even clearer:
FTR, telling someone who comes out "we already knew" is counterproductive, problematic, and unnecessary, but also a twinge narcissistic. It is not about you, so don't make it about you. All the person needs is a congrats, I love you, or I'm proud. Do not rob someone's power.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Jun 30, 2019 23:37:05 GMT -5
Hey Panini
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Post by SHOOTER on Jul 1, 2019 1:20:37 GMT -5
I personally think there’s a difference between something being a secret and something being unspoken and I personally thought his sexuality fell into the latter based on things I’ve seen and read. But it’s nobody’s business regardless so good for him on feeling comfortable enough to express that to the world.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2019 1:36:15 GMT -5
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Post by die Lotterie on Jul 1, 2019 10:30:58 GMT -5
His EP is so damn good. Loving it. Also, congrats on him coming out, and he can marry me whenever he decides he's ready.
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Post by classictvshowsfan on Jul 1, 2019 10:32:57 GMT -5
Congratulations for him on coming out!
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Post by Tea-why on Jul 1, 2019 15:24:33 GMT -5
I like his EP!! “Rodeo” is really good. I wish him much success with it.
Congrats on him for living his truth as well.
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