Okay who is friends with Spose
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Ryan Michael Peters (born July 1, 1985), better known by the stage name Spose, is an American rapper from Wells, Maine. Although he began rapping in eighth grade, he did not pursue it as a career until after he graduated from Wells High School in 2004. As a youth, he started a rock band, The Frothy Four. Peters attended University of New Hampshire as an English major and later transferred to Suffolk University; however, he was offered a record deal when he was two classes from graduating and did not finish. Adopted the stage name Spose, he self-released his first album, Preposterously Dank in 2007. Spose released his ninth studio album, Get Rich Or Die Ryan on October 20th, 2021. It was announced to his personal YouTube channel on August 27th, 2021.
Okay who is friends with Spose
Seems like there a lot more going on here, than I had time to take in today. I’m liking what I heard though, it’s got more of a punk ethos than a lot of the punk records on the original list. DIY but with talent and something to say. I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt and go 5 stars, to try and make sure I listen to more when I can find the time. Nice recommendation OP.
Dudes didn't have to be this lyrically masterful.
This was overall sort of forgettable. The definition of a 3 star album (for me)... ...EXCEPT "Dudes". That was an awesome song and I had to stop what I was doing and read the lyrics. What a banger. Great lyrics and samples. Rest of the album was not as good, but "Dudes" alone is worth an extra star. "Motherfuckers (Bring You Down)" was a fun song too.
What an insane, fascinating album; I have so many thoughts. First, spose music that is not called I’m awesome is something I did not know existed. Second, this is one of the corniest rap albums I’ve ever listened to rivaling only tom Macdonald and hopsin. Third, it’s the most shallow and obvious “I’m gonna speak my mind on everything going on in the world” that’s more of a window into Ryan’s psyche than anything Rather than just recount all of the dumb stuff he talks about I’m gonna try to describe spose based on this album: He’s a recently divorced father of four who really likes tennis and smoking weed. He apparently had a rough childhood (that I thought sonically sounded straight out of illmatic right before he name dropped nas) and struggles with mental health and being a father and seeing hot women on instagram. Rather than actually engage in politics he takes the teenage redditor position of “everyone’s evil and bad” Finally, he likes to think he respects women with a song dedicated to how cool they are then undermines that with literally every single bar on the Instagram model song. Normally, cringe like this would’ve made me turn it off right away but the beats and flow were just good enough and the lyrics just funny and ridiculous enough that it kept me going through 96!! Minutes. Basically
Atrocious lyrics, like super bad
I can’t deny this LP has heart, but man is it dumb as fuck. Would’ve loved to see the audio tech’s face on some of the vocal takes here, and can’t imagine how much this guy spent on studio time to make nearly 100 minutes of Limp Bizkit revival meets AJR.
The music on this album is ok, but it's way too long. The first half "Get Rich" an alternative rock album, the second half "Die Ryan" a rap album. The performance and songs are nice, but the lyrics fail. Even considering they are supposed to be funny a lot of the time, they are shallow and all about frustration and blaming others.
Good for Spose. It must have taken a lot of dedication listening to 1,089 much better albums before he was able to submit his own to this list.
96 minutes. Fuck you.
Definitely better than you would expect. Though definitely long, there's enough creativity both lyrically and musically that it stays pretty interesting. Certainly "Dudes" is a standout, but overall i like the cheeky/fun style delivered here.
I think I was turned off by Spose due to his silly music video's but listening to Get Rich or Die Ryan has been fun. I'll check out some of his other albums/EP's based on this reintroduction.
It definitely has “white boy” rapper vibes but I got more Dave than Eminem. I liked the personal elements and there were far more shreddy guitar licks than I expected on the album. All in all, a good find and one that I will re-listen to, even at 96min run-time.
Not sure this needed to be 90+ minutes long. Especially since this guy rapped about being a dad of 4 kids for a quarter of the songs. I know more about this guys life than most of my coworkers. Lyrically he has skills and combines humor within the raps that make it entertaining at times. Several of the songs also offer some unique perspective that you don’t hear much in rap. Overall it was decent for as corny as some of it was. 6.3/10
Rating: 6/10
The 2 parts are really different. I likes the first part, but was a bit disappointed hearing the second, expecting more of the same
90+ minutes? I guess it better be good... Got around to listening to this today. Some of it was pretty good. But man it went on for far too long. I feel like a strong editorial hand might help here. Not a fan but I don’t hate it.
From reading the description I expected to be annoyed by this, but it really wasn't what I expected, and though it's not really my kind of thing, it had some interesting things going on musically and lyrically.
Comedy hip hop, alternative hip hop, hipster hop. Ni fu ni fa.
A very long, very variable (quality wise) album
I’m glad o didn’t check how long the album was before I started because I would have gone in with a bad attitude. I was 3/4 through before that attitude kicked in, and by then it was too late. I liked Dudes.
I've tried to listen to this album a couple of times, and I still don't know what to make of it. At first I thought it was two different albums mixed together, but nope, it's all one thing. I like the dude's style overall. It doesn't feel coherent, but there's also nothing wrong with liking to make a few different types of music. I think a double album is a bit much, which is why I didn't give it a higher score, but I also appreciate this dude's versatility 3/5
Why no, it's German. "Get Rich or The Ryan". This is a really mixed bag. On the one hand, there's a lot of tracks in here that I enjoy. However - it's an hour and half long, for crying out loud. That's too much for anything. Especially when, for a lot of this album, the flow is an offensively nasal monotone. Ryan clearly has some talent, and he can spit out the rhymes - but why on earth did he elect to include the drab, when he's overstuffed a double album. I'd be prepared to go 4 stars for this, but the duration and the adenoidal efforts must ding it.
There are flashes of something interesting here, but man, do I find Spose's vocal annoying. Also, yes, it's way too long.
Second disc elevated this to a 2
Hearing a bar about "sus amogus" 90 fucking minutes into this godforsaken album felt like biting the curb. It's not horrible. The flows are pretty good at times, but Jesus Christ, this has to be the corniest shit I've ever heard in my life.
Sorry not for me.
Okay in places, occasionally weird, also genuinely terrible in places. Mostly completely unremarkable, but a wide variety of unremarkable. To the user who shared this: congrats on finishing as user #420.
I'm not sure if I actually finished this. But I'm not going to go back and start it again. This felt a bit bloated and self indulgent. OK in places.
Like the music made by high school kids who think they're cool
This looks like it's gonna be dumb. Oh and it goes for an hour and a half lol. Not fuckin likely. I'll listen to disc 1. Oh Christ, really? This is fucking lame. It raps, it rocks, it sucks. Why would you waste your album choice on this troll attempt? 1/5.
Cheesy af
Dreading this & I've put it off for several days. It's as bad as everyone says & goes on forever.