The "Good News" Thread

[SGR]

Originally Posted by jwb

Also... With regard to 3 6 being in the same family as No limit... Its funny cause they both have the sort of low budget production and are both southern so I can see some similarities there, but I wouldn't exactly put them in the same family for a number of reasons.

I assume you're talking about old school Three Six (same era as No Limit). Their later stuff, like Most Known Unkown definitely had a much more polished sound.

I personally think this was the best cut Three Six ever put to tape.



As for No Limit, I think a lot of those guys (and Mia X of course) could easily go toe-to-toe with a lot of the rappers that are popular today in terms of their ability to rap. I supposed it help that their beats almost always went hard. No Limit also really mastered posse cuts as a means to cross-promote.



It's interesting when you're talking about most peoples' views on groups like Three Six, No Limit, and Cash Money retrospectively. I suppose it is unlikely you're going to see a publication like Rolling Stone or Pitchfork do glowing retrospectives on Ice Cream Man or Chopper City in the Ghetto, but I'd bet that if you were talking to big fans of the genre, there's going to be serious respect for what those guys achieved. I gotta say though, as for why Cash Money eclipsed No Limit, I think a lot of it had to with Mannie Fresh's production chops - like man, I still love this tune.

[Mindy]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Styx Come Sail Away

this one jams hard

[OccultHawk]

More than 27 million Americans have received a first shot, and more than six million are fully inoculated. But as wealthy nations accelerate campaigns, there is concern that poorer countries are being left behind.

NYTimes

I’m gonna go with an unusual cup is “half” full optimism on this one.

Especially considering those have mostly been allocated for the elderly that’s a lot less future deaths. March should really look like a new day.

Go Team Biden!

[OccultHawk]

Coronavirus cases have dropped at U.S. nursing homes and other long-term care facilities over the past few weeks, offering a glimmer of hope that health officials attribute to the start of vaccinations

The AP

[Psy-Fi]

Man, 70, rows 3K miles across Atlantic Ocean for Alzheimer’s research

[Psy-Fi]

The world’s first 3D-printed neighborhood is being built in Mexico for families living on $3 a day

[The Batlord]

*CIA has entered the chat*

[Trollheart]

Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

The world’s first 3D-printed neighborhood is being built in Mexico for families living on $3 a day

Lends new meaning to the phrase living in a cardboard box, huh?

[jwb]

Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

The world’s first 3D-printed neighborhood is being built in Mexico for families living on $3 a day

I remember hearing about the prospect of 3D printed housing in China years ago. Kind of surprised to see this happen in Mexico. Is it really cheaper to print a house than to build it the old fashioned way?

[jwb]

Originally Posted by elphenor

China rules!

Mexico just beat them to the punch.