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13404746, Dis Songs Aimed At Ordinary People
Posted by spirit, Wed Sep-23-20 07:03 PM
Just listened to this song Michelle by Sir Chloe and whatever Michelle did to deserve this song must have been horrid LOL

How many songs are there out dedicated to dissing individual random regular people? List Post time LOL

Peace,

Spirit (Alan)
http://wutangbook.com
13404767, Julian Moon - A Cup of Coffee
Posted by JFrost1117, Thu Sep-24-20 02:16 AM
https://youtu.be/qrQN6eJxQ-k
13404778, Of Montreal - She’s a Rejecter
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Sep-24-20 08:21 AM
Not sure how I found this group but that song is just ridiculous.

Not sure who it’s about but damn...

There's the girl that left me bitter
Want to pay some other girl
To just walk up to her and hit her
But I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't

13404794, I would have never pegged you (or anyone) as an of Montreal fan
Posted by MEAT, Thu Sep-24-20 09:31 AM
Definitely not from that album time period.
13404835, I think okps old front page is part of the reason for that
Posted by upUPNorth, Thu Sep-24-20 12:09 PM
for me at least, I vaguely remember this link to a top albums of some time period that had placed Connected and Madvilliany close to the top, that had Franz Ferdinand debut, Arcade Fire's first, that Of Montreal album, and Modest Mouse's Good News above them, and it was kinda the reason I gave them all and chance and checked them out. Was pretty much when I started broadening my tastes lol.
13404861, 2008 for me. I had a bad breakup and was staying with a friend out of
Posted by MEAT, Thu Sep-24-20 01:18 PM
state.
Her roommate was like check out this new of Montreal ... and I was like ... who
And man, Skeletal Lamping ran my LIFE for a while
I decided that week that I was going to listen to new music, eat new foods, and just do new shit.

Like a woman that cuts her hair in a movie and that denotes a transition ... that was me with OM ... and I'm glad it was that album because there stuff since ... meh.
13404877, College and growing up in the burbs in the 80’s
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Sep-24-20 01:44 PM
When I heard Duran Duran, The Police and Ah-ha I was like hold up.. you mean there’s more than Stevie, EWF, Prince, MJ and Luther??

Part of the reason my wife and I hit it off is because we were both big Bjork, Prince, Goodie Mob, Radiohead fans.
13404874, I take great pride in my musical taste
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Sep-24-20 01:37 PM
I was in Kentucky in 2007 and didn’t have shit else to do besides dig for music. I believe it’s the We Were Mutants song that grabbed me and I copped based off of it.

I think it was NPR or some station that played it.

In college my roommate and I used to have some serious competition for finding next shit.

13404876, I started seeing them in shows shortly after and what a weed experience
Posted by MEAT, Thu Sep-24-20 01:44 PM
Man o man.
13404878, I’m listening to Lysergic Bliss right now.
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Sep-24-20 01:46 PM
I never went back to them after that album. This post is going to introduce me to some more new shit.

13404883, Drop your spotify. My entire music steeze is finding obscure shit
Posted by MEAT, Thu Sep-24-20 01:55 PM
13404888, Not sure how but I will try.. lol. I’ll inbox you
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Sep-24-20 02:01 PM
13405011, Here's a playlist I put together mostly of obscure Black artists
Posted by MEAT, Fri Sep-25-20 09:05 AM
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/72c2EvNezPxNl7OkURKZpW?si=OcvJgS41RW-vDeSW0A-zeQ

Admittedly not all songs are gems. But the goal was more that I was tired of hearing emotions coming from white people and figured I could dig for Black artists.
13405189, Here you go
Posted by legsdiamond, Sat Sep-26-20 09:46 AM
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1r0vdP6JDV74y1dscGEZB6?si=ZQBFsE7GRPueyQu8DrBmtA

Little bit of what I’ve been listening to the last few years.
13405201, thank you! Great list!
Posted by spirit, Sat Sep-26-20 11:45 AM
>https://open.spotify.com/playlist/72c2EvNezPxNl7OkURKZpW?si=OcvJgS41RW-vDeSW0A-zeQ
>
>Admittedly not all songs are gems. But the goal was more that
>I was tired of hearing emotions coming from white people and
>figured I could dig for Black artists.

I don’t know quite a few of these acts. Thanks for sharing this playlist! Good stuff here!

Classic Bad Brains is always a good pick.

Peace,

Spirit (Alan)
http://wutangbook.com
13405238, RE: Of Montreal - She’s a Rejecter
Posted by Nodima, Sun Sep-27-20 12:06 PM

>
>Not sure who it’s about but damn...


It was a concept album based on a disastrous trip through Europe with his wife that nearly resulted in getting a divorce and led to him getting on antidepressants and becoming a more gender fluid, Prince-obsessed weirdo (in a good way). A lot of the women he references on that album are actually references to him repressing his feminine side and struggling to come to terms with being a man and a husband.

The trajectory of of Montreal is fucking nuts considering they started out as the most twee and folky of the twee and folky Athens, GA scene that also put out Neutral Milk Hotel, Apples in Stereo, Elf Power and whatnot.


~~~~~~~~~
"This is the streets, and I am the trap." � Jay Bilas
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz
13405899, The documentary is streaming on Prime
Posted by MEAT, Wed Sep-30-20 03:44 PM
https://www.amazon.com/Past-Grotesque-Animal-Kevin-Barnes/dp/B00KCCZVJ6/ref=tmm_aiv_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
13404779, I feel like De La owns this post tho
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Sep-24-20 08:22 AM
Seems like they always had some random name in skits and songs of people they hated on.
13404832, Derwin STILL hasn't recovered....
Posted by FLUIDJ, Thu Sep-24-20 11:58 AM

"Get ready....for your blessing....."
"Bury me by my Grand-Grand and when you can come follow me"
13404793, Always got something to say like a okayplayer hater
Posted by Hitokiri, Thu Sep-24-20 09:28 AM
13404802, Damn, Delores, pick another subject please
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Thu Sep-24-20 10:14 AM
Idk if Delores was based on a real person, but that sounds like a pretty bad date.
13404808, Kill Doug Szathkey
Posted by stylez dainty, Thu Sep-24-20 10:39 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPSOGk7_zao
13404809, Aint that a good bit of Taylor Swift's discography?
Posted by WarriorPoet415, Thu Sep-24-20 10:40 AM
disses aimed at ex boyfriends?
______________________________________________________________________________

"To Each His Reach"

but.....

Fuck aliens.
13404831, Lily Allen really shitted on Alfie
Posted by Nopayne, Thu Sep-24-20 11:51 AM
Although I guess he kinda won in the end.
13404863, Not a diss song but Kathleen Jenkins was slut shamed
Posted by micMajestic, Thu Sep-24-20 01:22 PM
Two different men alleged she engaged in the same carnal ritual with them on different versions of the same song. One of those men was a dwarf so I'm sure that escalated the level of public stigma she faced.
13404866, Same with Racia. She ended up suing MC Pooh over it.
Posted by mrhood75, Thu Sep-24-20 01:29 PM
13404879, J to the A to the N to the E was wild
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Sep-24-20 01:47 PM
13405301, You Right About All The "Jane" Rap Songs
Posted by Dj Joey Joe, Sun Sep-27-20 08:37 PM
EPMD started it off and did a few of them, but Tha Alkaholiks did a Jane song "Mary Jane", so did The Cella Dwellas (but that one got shelved before the album dropped, lank: https://mega.nz/file/m6ZSRJ4b#OT4a_pGGoAANe42-jUPUyrtZx9lK3T4B5jFw-ua29ts ).


13404887, Oh, and same with Suzette
Posted by mrhood75, Thu Sep-24-20 01:59 PM
RZA later said that was the name of an actual girl that many people in Staten Island were intimate with.
13404895, Alanis Morrissette was PISSED on You Oughta Know
Posted by Damali, Thu Sep-24-20 02:45 PM
one of my favorite songs to do in karaoke LOL

"and every time i scratch my nails down someone else's back i hope you feel it"



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13404902, LMAO! This & the "Waiting to Exhale" soundtrack both dropped in 1995
Posted by Marbles, Thu Sep-24-20 03:07 PM

Btween the 2, they had Black women & white women just PISSED all the time! A young brother had to tread lightly when trying to spit his game.
13404901, Billy Jack Bitch - Prince
Posted by go mack, Thu Sep-24-20 02:57 PM
think was going at a specific reporter, song is funny to me tho
13405199, Cheryl Johnson from the Star Tribune
Posted by Cornbread, Sat Sep-26-20 11:26 AM
https://www.startribune.com/c-j-prince-was-indelibly-interesting/376786671/
13405950, 'It's In The Dictionary, See J'
Posted by Dr Claw, Thu Oct-01-20 07:21 AM
13405032, Does Danyel Smith count?
Posted by Numba_33, Fri Sep-25-20 11:19 AM
Del dissed her twice; the last verse on Check It Oout and if memory serves me right, the last verse on The Doctor Is In.
13405033, One of those dudes that rapped w/ Mobb Deep or CNN...
Posted by flipnile, Fri Sep-25-20 11:26 AM
...wasn't a diss song, but dude took time out to say "fuck you" to the female CO at the prison he was at, and how "he's home now, you cant do nothing to me b****" Wans't even bars, dude was talking all this at the end of the song.

Always wondered what went down to make dude put that on a song.
13405200, Too Short went OFF on dude on World is Filled with Pimps and Hoes
Posted by soulfunk, Sat Sep-26-20 11:34 AM
I mean he went all the way IN. “You just a rest haven for hoes”

And the hardest diss on the song was calling dude a nerd. You felt every piece of the disdain in his voice when he said NERD.

“Bitch only fuckin' with you cause you had a good ass job, NERD”
13405224, He really DID sound like he was talking to some specific person
Posted by Adwhizz, Sat Sep-26-20 08:36 PM
Like he mailed the CD DIRECTLY to that Dude's house once it got pressed up

And my thing is... If you're the one fucking his girl why is SHORT the one sounding so pissed off
13405240, Phoebe Bridgers ICU - "I hate your mom/I hate it when she opens her mouth"
Posted by Nodima, Sun Sep-27-20 12:25 PM
In a song that's already about how she's getting disinterested in her current relationship this line just comes out of nowhere like a Tyson uppercut aimed at somebody totally on the periphery, it's hilarious



~~~~~~~~~
"This is the streets, and I am the trap." � Jay Bilas
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz
13405241, Milo - Landscaping had me wondering if it's about a known or unknown person
Posted by Nodima, Sun Sep-27-20 12:41 PM
"You remind me of how a parrot talk in
Stages like the words don't belong to you
Just mimicking sounds, sounds, sounds
Y'all was imitating God trying to mimic our sounds"


~~~~~~~~~
"This is the streets, and I am the trap." � Jay Bilas
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz
13405242, Fleece - Love Song for the Haters is a fun one
Posted by Nodima, Sun Sep-27-20 12:46 PM
It HAS to be about one very specific person who I could imagine hearing this song and kind of liking it.


"I put your picture on the wall
So I could see you so small"

"Something about today
Makes me feel okay

That you're gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone"



~~~~~~~~~
"This is the streets, and I am the trap." � Jay Bilas
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz
13405897, lmao I posted this reply already, getting old
Posted by micMajestic, Wed Sep-30-20 03:41 PM
nm
13405900, "The Judas Theory" by Tragedy is a good one
Posted by micMajestic, Wed Sep-30-20 03:48 PM
He is dissing whoever it is that has their picture blacked out with the words "snitch" in the "War Report" album fold out art.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HfqSG6WbTA
13405902, Was Rob-O talking to CL on "Fakin Jax"? If not then that verse fits
Posted by micMajestic, Wed Sep-30-20 03:52 PM
You can't tell me he's not talking about a specific person. And that person must have felt like a bum after hearing his verse.

https://youtu.be/MlOw9FgdpSc?t=94