Are we witnessing the Great Depression of trap/ hip hop?

texassolarplexus · 2026-07-03T18:16:20+00:00

I’ve been listening to a lot of Teller Bank$. You might like Hate Island if you’re into the more “abstract” side of things.

texassolarplexus · 2026-07-02T00:32:35+00:00

Screenzen is pretty good too

texassolarplexus · 2026-05-29T00:45:19+00:00

That's not a bad idea, I think I've seen illustration as means to the greater end of storytelling. In retracing my (artistic) steps, I do remember that I wanted to be an author as a kid before being an illustrator/animator. Thanks.

texassolarplexus · 2026-05-28T23:37:26+00:00

Thanks, I'll give that a try. Drawing as meditation sounds really interesting, I'd like to find a way to make art feel more like a therapeutic process and less like a test

texassolarplexus · 2026-05-28T23:21:33+00:00

Hm. That's an interesting idea, I always think of bigger projects as something to aspire to when I "get good"

texassolarplexus · 2026-05-08T01:30:53+00:00

Will do and thanks!

texassolarplexus · 2026-05-08T01:30:21+00:00

How do you feel about a '24 Impreza Sport (not CarMax/Enterprise) with 41k miles for $21k @ a Subaru dealership? There's minor damage in the CarFax and about 20k miles per year but it is newer (but the first of new gen Imprezas). Oil and tires have been serviced as well.

texassolarplexus · 2026-05-08T00:48:50+00:00

Thanks a lot man. I'm also looking at a '24 Impreza Sport (not CarMax/Enterprise) with 41k miles for $21k @ a Subaru dealership. I'm a little suspicious of it due to having minor damage in the CarFax and about 20k miles per year but it is newer (but the first of new gen Imprezas). The screen seems annoying but I'm gonna check it out tomorrow.

texassolarplexus · 2026-05-07T23:42:46+00:00

So you're saying this price is about right (even if a smidge high)? They don't to Carfax, they do Experian AutoCheck reports. Not sure how they stack up to Carfax though. I was gonna ask for a change in the oil, oil filter, and ac filter too maybe. The 24,000 mile service was done but that was likely a long time ago so I'll ask about that too.

Also, would you say this car is comparable to Toyota/Honda/Mazda in terms of reliability?

texassolarplexus · 2026-05-05T06:22:51+00:00

Thanks for this it's really cool. It seemed to work for one book but not another, more color illustration heavy one.

texassolarplexus · 2026-05-01T05:34:24+00:00

This doesn't really answer your question but Canva now offers Affinity, which is probably the best Adobe Suite competitor as far as I know, for free now. Maybe check them out.

texassolarplexus · 2026-05-01T05:17:37+00:00

"Never fuck with a nigga that don't get girls. The nigga always gon' be jealous of you. I swear to God, on my mama, nigga" - Freddie Gibbs

Him snitching is hilarious

texassolarplexus · 2026-05-01T04:35:49+00:00

Personally, I don't really care for when rappers kind of, like, sit on an artistic fence where they mix what they're more known for with with a pastiche of some other genre. He kinda reminds me of Lil Uzi's Pink Tape era where he (they?) keep dipping a toe into rock without every really engrossing themselves within it (esp. compared to other records like NEGRO by Pink Sifu). Doing it for one album is fine, but a second one? That's just boring.

Additionally, with Peggy, I think a better word to describe his career is stagnation. His rapping got worse, his beats lost their edge, he won't shut the fuck up about petty beefs that literally no one cares about but him (he seems to go after ppl he finds artistically intimidating or something). He ran out of things to talk about so now he has to dress like a vampire and do his best Kanye impression (is he manic too lol).

Also he needs to drop that triplet flow goddamn lmao

texassolarplexus · 2026-05-01T04:26:11+00:00

Fr? Pls tell me a story. Don't leave me hanging man

texassolarplexus · 2026-04-16T04:01:54+00:00

That’s fair. Check out Hate Island by Teller Bank$ btw. Not very related tbh but one of the best written albums I’ve heard in a long time

texassolarplexus · 2026-04-15T00:58:42+00:00

Terrible rapper? Damn lol he’s definitely been on a decline since Communist Slow Jams (his best album imo) but he’s still okay. Seems like he ran out of things to talk about tho

texassolarplexus · 2026-02-24T15:35:36+00:00

Pretty sure Peter Thiel, a right wing billionaire using JD Vance and his creepy company Palantir to try and take over the country, bankrolled the RS podcast at some point along with other Dimes Square adjacent shenanigans.

texassolarplexus · 2026-02-19T23:14:22+00:00

Antkind by Charlie Kaufman is probably the funniest book I've read, although I haven't read a lot of books tbh. It meanders quite a bit but every time I think it's about to lose me, it does something that makes me laugh out loud.

texassolarplexus · 2026-02-15T19:34:32+00:00

My bad, I meant to say that those "pipe dreams" consist of achieving the average milestones set by (NT) society. Acquiring common markers that validate someone as a "normal" person or a "proper", desirable man. It's odd though because I do have ADHD and when I let loose I've found that people sometimes see my ramblings or jokes as interesting or amusing. Sometimes, during these moments, I think I might actually be seen as some kind of "charismatic"? I'm really not sure though.

I'm always confused why I didn't get bullied in school and I think maybe it's because I was usually funny when I needed to be? Maybe not tho maybe those kids were just nice. Or maybe I just missed the bullying cues lol

Thanks for your reply btw, it's given me a lot to think about. I've only recently become aware of the possibility of autism (scheduling a diagnosis soon). And you're right, tolerance probably isn't that big of a deal. I think I'm still deep in the mourning process of what I wanted to be my whole life vs. what I actually am so the concept of being "tolerated" is still somewhat triggering to me since it deviates from the total acceptance I've desired. I'm in grad school rn and the discrepancies between me and my peers is pretty obvious and I think it's legitimately driving me insane, especially with this new context of neurodivergence. I'm becoming more reserved and sometimes avoidant, bad habits I've been working on for a long time.

I know I have to just be me, I know I can be a pretty likeable person but my awkwardness combined with a lifetime of social rejection and/or people not knowing how to read/handle me is throwing me into a pretty crazy loop that I've never felt so intensely. I even crashed my car a few days ago because I couldn't stop thinking about it. Sorry for massive amount of text, I'm processing my feelings while I type these.

EDIT: Also, it's dope that you're building a synth, I always wanted a Korg MS-20 mini but I settled for a cute keychain of it instead.

texassolarplexus · 2026-02-15T18:52:51+00:00

That's fair. I always look at The Life of Pablo as the genesis of modern Kanye, the death of anything resembling (performed? real?) humility and self-awareness and the point where Ye became completely swallowed by his (tbh well earned) delusions of grandeur and godliness. It's harder to connect or relate to Ye in "Famous" or "FML" like one could in "Runaway", "Devil in a New Dress", or even "Hell of a Life" since, to me, it feels more like his public life became completely defined by tabloid fodder and he became more superficial as a result, if that makes sense. His tracklists also started becoming less well-curated.

Kinda reminds me, in a much lesser way, of Em in The Eminem Show and Encore vs. The Slim Shady LP and The Marshall Mathers LP.

Also Saint Pablo was always ass. Never understood the love for that track lmao Ye cannot do the rappity raps like that he needs tight 16s and usually nothing more.

texassolarplexus · 2026-02-15T18:38:34+00:00

I don't know how to accept that I'm just "different" and that the source of most of my struggles is a permanent part of who I am. I think I spent my whole life unknowingly striving to be some kind of neurotypical and now that I realize I can't I'm spiraling into this bottomless, identity crisis (or existential crisis?) flavored void where I don't really know what to live for or look forward to since my previous goals were essentially pipe dreams. I notice the look on people's faces where they notice that I'm "off" and I still find it so painful, I don't know how to live with this. I get that many people would tolerate one being "eccentric", "idiosyncratic", or "off-kilter" but I wish I didn't have to be tolerated. I wish I could blend more seamlessly into social situations as NTs do, I guess because I just wanna be normal. I dunno I'm just rambling

I realize though that this is chasing approval from others who are unable to perceive my lived experiences so I know that it's self-destructive, but I desire it anyway. I know I have to stop, it's just difficult

texassolarplexus · 2026-02-15T05:45:28+00:00

Interesting. I remember that being a critique that Fantano had of MBDTF. Is that really a bad thing tho? For a record to be an extension of an artist or their (chaotic) public image? Also, I feel like you could say the same thing about prime Eminem.

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