Tue 17 Apr 2012
Waka Flocka Gets Turned Upside Down For Spin Magazine
Posted by Matty U under album preview , interview , photos , videos[18] Comments
Miss Info has been raving about ever since she got to hear some of his new album out in L.A. (“rooster, rooster, rooster”). Now, it seems like Waka is starting to set the hype-machine behind it…and he starts off by covering SPIN Magazine’s May/June “LOUD” issue. Not only does this cover characterize what his music embodies, it defines his personality and character. In this special issue, SPIN staff writer Julianne Escobedo Shepherd ventures with Waka from Atlanta to Paris and observes his breakthrough in hip-hop. “Triple F Life” in stores June 12th.
Hit the jump to see a hilarious video of Waka taking charge at the SPIN Magazine offices, also featuring a cameo from Info’s friend Peter Gaston.
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April 17th, 2012 at 3:08 pm
This has a “chick laying down talking on the phone” type of vibe… terrible.
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goodoljay Reply:
April 17th, 2012 at 6:09 pm
lol
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April 17th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Seriously I am only commenting on this to ask one question…. Am I the only one who thinks that Waka is the shittiest rapper since Soulja Boy? That fact that sonically they sound similar and their collective IQ’s are probably that of a flunking elementary school kid speaks volumes about the kind of music to expect from these clowns…. Trash!
Only thing about Waka’s album ppl are anticipating is how low those sales numbers are gonna be….
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paul Reply:
April 17th, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Have you ever been to a club and witnessed what happens when ANY Waka song comes on? He has hits regardless of what your definition of a talented rapper is…
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April 17th, 2012 at 4:04 pm
Upside down, inside out, front, back, & side to side… Don’t matter how the F%^& you position it. He’s still TEEEE-RRRRAAAASSSSHHH on the mic! PERIOD!
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30 Day Internet Marketing Challenge Reply:
April 17th, 2012 at 5:25 pm
AGREED! Just hot garbage comes out of this nigga’s mouth when he tries to rap.
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April 17th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
I’ve got some craazy footage of that waka show!! He just jumped in the crowd and walked around like it aint nohting performing everywhere..fights were starting all over the place and the military police had to be called
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April 17th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Wow!! Didn’t know waka had haters still. He set the standard for the new sound in hip hop. Everyone wanted a Lex Luger track. He has a place in hip hop.
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goodoljay Reply:
April 17th, 2012 at 6:48 pm
“He set the standard for the new sound in hip hop.”
LMAO!
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Truf.com Reply:
April 17th, 2012 at 7:26 pm
yeah, you should have disagreed chefjp’s comment the moment he mentioned ‘haters’. It’s the word-du-jour of all simp-minded niggas.
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chefjp Reply:
April 18th, 2012 at 2:20 am
ok…that’s cool. But those opinions don’t change the fact that Waka’s hit song Hard in the paint by his producer Lex Luger set the tone for the new sound in hip hop for 2010-until. That new sound elevated Rick Ross to a new level. The spotlight has been on him now more than ever because of the BMF beat. Jay and Ye recognized the change…..Ace Hood’s Hustle Hard….all because Hard in the paint worked.
Miss Info Reply:
April 18th, 2012 at 2:33 am
hmm! interesting point…..
cooler side of the pillow Reply:
April 18th, 2012 at 4:11 am
” Lex Luger set the tone for the new sound in hip hop for 2010-until”
“That new sound elevated Rick Ross to a new level.”
that’s not true if it wasn’t for the justice league rick ross sound would not have elevated. that lex luger sound is the most repetitive sound in rap right now plus you cannot elevate what everyone is doing elevate means to go higher to go the next level to elevate a sound you would have to change the sound example pete rock j dilla
and i don’t wanna hear “oh when a waka joint comes on in the club it’s like jesus dropped the record people go crazy” get the hell out here that’s the problem too many people in the club so therefore nobody knows what’s going on outside
chef jp Reply:
June 12th, 2012 at 4:52 am
Kanye is known for keeping his finger on the pulse of the moment to create something greater. After “H.A.M.” he moved on—there were no other flourishes of Waka-ness on The Throne album. But Rick Ross delved deeper into the sound, co-opting it as his own. “That’s crazy,” says Waka. “But what you gonna say? This nigga out here making 30 fucking sounds with your sound. He watering it down, just putting words together that sounded good. Shit would be harder if it was the truth.”
If you think Waka might be supremely pissed about the imitators, you’re right. He is. “That shit made me tight,” he says. “Niggas built labels off our sound—like, literally. You know how many niggas sound like Lex Luger and Southside? I go in niggas’ studios, all their beats sound like my producers. I be like, What the fuck?” But above all he tries to maintain perspective: “You can’t be mad at something you can’t control.”-Complex Mag
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Truf.com Reply:
April 18th, 2012 at 10:09 am
two things:
1. I actually like “Hard in The Paint”. Not only is it Waka’s best song IMO, I think that was clearly the dopest ‘mainstream’ record of that year. And it was definitely a rawer sound than what was out.
2. but it wasn’t that big of a song. “No Hands” was bigger for Waka. And I’d argue that Lex Luger’s sound was really big when BMF got big, which has nothing to do with Waka.
Even so, it set the standard for hip hop? until when? 2011? lol. A full six months? Is Lex Luger even in the game anymore? That was one short run of a ‘standard setting’. 2011 brought along a whole new different sound.
So I’m not sure what you’re getting at. Unless you’re giving Waka props for working with Lex Luger first/putting Luger on.
Either way, these cats make trivial effervescent music and their 15 minutes is round the corner.
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chefjp Reply:
April 18th, 2012 at 5:05 pm
lol!! I never get this much healthy feedback from my comments. Thank you all in advance. I still stand by those words. Once there is a hit song no matter how long the trend last the industry doesn’t go back if the formula works.
Discrediting the demographic that goes to clubs to listen to music doesn’t change the fact it’s a great testing ground to see how a record works. It seems to be a proven method for artist to be able to use it to even book shows.
Also I’m not defending Wakas position as a artist that’s a matter of opinion….I am saying just like Rick Ross gets credit for picking great tracks and producers like the justus league…..Waka has a great ear. And his musical choices are changing the landscape of what is working. The industry is noticing. Public agreeing is another fun discussion.
@cooler side “that lex Luger sound is the
Most repetitive sound in rap right now
Plus you cannot elevate what everyone
Is doing…”
Thank you. “Imitation is the highest form
Of flattery, but clones kind of get it
Wrong because we are promoting individuality…”
-Brain Molko
I’m glad we agree that the industry took
Notice of the success his new sound had
And every artist new and old wanted their
Own “Hard in the paint” or “B.M.F.” even
Producers took notice and tried to duplicate
The sound to also have that same success.
Like the NY Times wrote “if you manage
To change the beat- if your sound drifts
Upstream from mix tapes to pop radio, if it
Becomes the only thing anybody wants to hear-
You can change hip hip”. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/magazine/lex-luger-hip-hop-beat-maker.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
A great example of this is when Dre
Slowed down gangster rap with funk or soul
tracks. While Just Blaze sped them up and Ye
Looped them different. In their own right
They all set the new tone for that moment
In hip hop.
Jay-z was credited with ye’s early success because he was on the for front choosing this producer and the same goes for just blaze.
And if there wouldn’t have been a Waka
There wouldn’t be a “hard in the paint” or “bmf” to
love or hate. And this new sound couldn’t be repeated.
His next challenge is to prove the sound he’s known for doesn’t define him. He needs to push past the copy cats and recreate.
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London Town Reply:
April 19th, 2012 at 10:11 pm
the song was quite alright but the rapper is trash. im sure we can agree on that.
April 20th, 2012 at 1:58 am
He’s not my first choice lol! I’m a Lupe, Pharoahe Monch, and lil boosie fan
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