Careercow Curtis Adams / Unkle Adams - Delusional, wholesome white rapper who is deeply in debt.

[Rinascere]

I was hoping Heavy Mind would suck in a good way, instead of being so bland. With how much Curtis has started hyping up Overdue, this is definitely a faceplant right out of the gate.

 

[TurdFondler]

Lmao is Overdue really the name of the album?

Because everything on it sounds old as fuck. Someone posted his 2018 song Oxygen a little further up the thread and it sounds basically identical to Heavy Mind.

 

[RichardMongler]

I was hoping Heavy Mind would suck in a good way, instead of being so bland. With how much Curtis has started hyping up Overdue, this is definitely a faceplant right out of the gate.

The track's beat isn't half bad. The chorus itself is actually decent. The trouble is the verses are just so bland, weak and far too few. I remember the days when a single Rap track's lyrics could fill an entire 8"x11" page. This guy's tune could barely scratch maybe a quarter of that.

 

[bobs-chainsaw]

The deluxe version of Dorian Electra's "My Agenda" album dropped this month. That was supposed to be where we would hear Unkle Adams on a major release for the first time in his career. I can't believe its been over a year now since he fucked that up. It still feels like yesterday that he called Fantano "TheNeedleDick".

 

[Spunt]

The track's beat isn't half bad. The chorus itself is actually decent. The trouble is the verses are just so bland, weak and far too few. I remember the days when a single Rap track's lyrics could fill an entire 8"x11" page. This guy's tune could barely scratch maybe a quarter of that.

He doesn't make his own beats, he pays (way too much) to have other people do them for him, which is why the production on his songs is usually pretty good. He even goes to studios to record his vocals, despite all the gear you need to record vocals professionally at home costing at most a couple of thousand bucks, peanuts compared to what he has spent on studio sessions over the years. I don't know if he's too lazy or intimidated to learn to engineer his own vocals (it's really not difficult, if Xanax-addled Soundcloud rappers can figure it out he certainly can) or if he thinks it's beneath him, but he's a textbook example of someone who works their asses off doing all the wrong things because they're allergic to advice. He thinks that work-rate alone is enough to succeed, but it's no good if you spend all your time, money and energy doing stupid shit rather than things that will actually help you succeed.

He's not totally talentless, but there are areas he needs to improve (notably his lyric writing) and throughout his whole saga he's never mentioned working on his art even once. His attitude is that he's already good enough musically and just needs to hustle in the industry (though he fucks that up consistently as well). The gutter of the music industry is littered with people like him, egotists who think they're already good enough to conquer the industry and refuse to accept that they need to improve artistically, as a business proposition, or both, and ignore all advice and try to push the same product over and over when the industry and audiences clearly aren't interested. Most of them don't end up in as much debt as Curtis though, nor having publicly documented their failures in agonising detail like he has.

 

[Bixby Snyder]

He doesn't make his own beats, he pays (way too much) to have other people do them for him, which is why the production on his songs is usually pretty good. He even goes to studios to record his vocals, despite all the gear you need to record vocals professionally at home costing at most a couple of thousand bucks, peanuts compared to what he has spent on studio sessions over the years. I don't know if he's too lazy or intimidated to learn to engineer his own vocals (it's really not difficult, if Xanax-addled Soundcloud rappers can figure it out he certainly can) or if he thinks it's beneath him, but he's a textbook example of someone who works their asses off doing all the wrong things because they're allergic to advice. He thinks that work-rate alone is enough to succeed, but it's no good if you spend all your time, money and energy doing stupid shit rather than things that will actually help you succeed.

He's not totally talentless, but there are areas he needs to improve (notably his lyric writing) and throughout his whole saga he's never mentioned working on his art even once. His attitude is that he's already good enough musically and just needs to hustle in the industry (though he fucks that up consistently as well). The gutter of the music industry is littered with people like him, egotists who think they're already good enough to conquer the industry and refuse to accept that they need to improve artistically, as a business proposition, or both, and ignore all advice and try to push the same product over and over when the industry and audiences clearly aren't interested. Most of them don't end up in as much debt as Curtis though, nor having publicly documented their failures in agonising detail like he has.

I don't know his background but I bet he grew up with money.

He thinks he needs some good beats, he doesn't get some decent equipment and play around because he wants 'the best'. He drops a couple of grand, gets quality -- if generic -- sounds, and then moves on the next thing. Vocals? He could spend a few K and get a discount set-up., or he could put himself into fucking poverty getting studio quality shit that is assured a level of professionalism. I spent some time around rich people and this is their mentality, at least the crazy rich that were always spoiled. If he grew up rich, he was used to buying the services he needed and it was always an option. Since he thinks he is going to blow up, this is just him getting the best to pave the road to success.

If he was poor, or his parents moderated his spending of money then chances are he would be familiar with using sub-par shit. He would be fine making his own sounds on a budget, working with shitty recording equipment that sounds okay, and not even considering dropping thousands on studios.

I could be wrong and he just wants the best of everything -- but as a lifetime poor fucker, I think he never had to work on a budget.

 

[bobs-chainsaw]

I don't know his background but I bet he grew up with money.

He thinks he needs some good beats, he doesn't get some decent equipment and play around because he wants 'the best'. He drops a couple of grand, gets quality -- if generic -- sounds, and then moves on the next thing. Vocals? He could spend a few K and get a discount set-up., or he could put himself into fucking poverty getting studio quality shit that is assured a level of professionalism. I spent some time around rich people and this is their mentality, at least the crazy rich that were always spoiled. If he grew up rich, he was used to buying the services he needed and it was always an option. Since he thinks he is going to blow up, this is just him getting the best to pave the road to success.

Unky didn't really grow up rich at all, just middle class. Problem is, he saw minor local success as a rapper, and believes that "i spend more money i be more successful" completely ignoring the fact that 1: Without decent management to market him to the demographics that would most likely listen to his music he will NEVER be successful and 2: Money rarely equals success as a rule unless you're already successful; plenty of successful artists made their most famous works with little to no budget, like Dylan Brady of 100 Gecs. It's ironic that he has personal experience with Dylan and didn't gain any insight from that collaboration. I'm sure Dylan, Laura, and Dorian all WANTED him to succeed, because they gained absolutely nothing from working with him aside from some random Unk fans being exposed to Dorian's music for the first time.

Also, the 220k or so of debt that Unk is in he owes mostly to his parents. They have probably spent most of their retirement on his misguided choices. Instead of trying to pay them back, he flips power drills and TV's bought with credit cards he will never pay off and of course he refuses to work for a wage. He just likes to spend money he doesn't have.

 

[Rinascere]

We've got a release date for a new song on the horizon, nieces and nephews!

 

[Bixby Snyder]

Unky didn't really grow up rich at all, just middle class. Problem is, he saw minor local success as a rapper, and believes that "i spend more money i be more successful" completely ignoring the fact that 1: Without decent management to market him to the demographics that would most likely listen to his music he will NEVER be successful and 2: Money rarely equals success as a rule unless you're already successful; plenty of successful artists made their most famous works with little to no budget, like Dylan Brady of 100 Gecs. It's ironic that he has personal experience with Dylan and didn't gain any insight from that collaboration. I'm sure Dylan, Laura, and Dorian all WANTED him to succeed, because they gained absolutely nothing from working with him aside from some random Unk fans being exposed to Dorian's music for the first time.

Also, the 220k or so of debt that Unk is in he owes mostly to his parents. They have probably spent most of their retirement on his misguided choices. Instead of trying to pay them back, he flips power drills and TV's bought with credit cards he will never pay off and of course he refuses to work for a wage. He just likes to spend money he doesn't have.

Fuck

I can take him being a retard and putting himself into crazy debt. His middle-class parents spending their retirement fund so their kid can make horrible decisions? That is a whole new level of sadness.

This new track better be a fucking banger

 

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[Bixby Snyder]

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The before and after shot is exact same haha

He‘s lost his fucking mind. I thought he was delusional, but just ‘I work hard I’ll make it no matter what‘ delusional.

He’s fucking crazy

 

[Rekkington]

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[Bixby Snyder]

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I’d laugh if some dude actually beat his meat to that pasty Canadian.

Though, I now want him to start doing ‘Self-Defense‘ videos. Weight loss is a great laugh and he’s officially become delusional, but I now want him to start anti-bullying self-defense school. That would be a whole fucking pail of lol milk

 

[AprilRains]

I’d laugh if some dude actually beat his meat that pasty Canadian.

Though, I now want him to start doing ‘Self-Defense‘ videos. Weight loss is a great laugh and he’s officially become delusional, but I now want him to start anti-bullying self-defense school. That would be a whole fucking pail of lol milk

Just imagine the stiff, awkward moves of Unkle-Fu. That could be cringier than his rap videos.

 

[Rinascere]

We've got a new track, nieces and nephews! What are your thoughts/impressions? I think of his newer material it's a stronger track than Heavy Mind, not really too many corny bars and seems technically sound enough.

 

[Bixby Snyder]

We've got a new track, nieces and nephews! What are your thoughts/impressions? I think of his newer material it's a stronger track than Heavy Mind, not really too many corny bars and seems technically sound enough.

It's pretty good.

I never actually had a problem with his music. The messages may not be something to get me excited but they are catchy. The videos are a little fucking ridiculous but even they were entertaining. 'Original' genuinely still has me come back for the song and the video's antics.

If he was just some dude grinding away with a normal job, making music with what little he could -- I don't think he would be lolcow material. Just another musician chasing a dream, and I cannot say shit on someone for trying. But thankfully for us, his bizarre antics and impractical decisions give plenty of laughs.

 

[TurdFondler]

Some bands don't make it big and you kind of wonder why, while other times you you can tell they'll never chart.

Unk isn't bad, not bad enough to laugh at for his music alone anyway. His stuff, especially his beats, seem kind of sterile. I'm not a fan of the guitar he's got going on in this one.

 

[Bixby Snyder]

Some bands don't make it big and you kind of wonder why, while other times you you can tell they'll never chart.

Unk isn't bad, not bad enough to laugh at for his music alone anyway. His stuff, especially his beats, seem kind of sterile. I'm not a fan of the guitar he's got going on in this one.

The beats feel like he bought them from a catalog, and the bass makes the entire track feel underwater for the first 30 secs.

But yeah, it's a tough industry to break into. Rogan had the guy from Smashing Pumpkins talk about how an overwhelming percentage of signed bands never make a profit. The music isn't bad, they just never make enough sales for the companies to keep them around.

It would have been better if Unk never had any success at all.

He reminds me of a Louis Theroux documentary where he follows an aspiring actor. The guy had been grinding for a decade, spending thousands, and only had a few credits to his name. He was adamant he would make it -- he just had to keep going.

It's Gambler's Fallacy

 

[sheeezh]

We've got a new track, nieces and nephews! What are your thoughts/impressions? I think of his newer material it's a stronger track than Heavy Mind, not really too many corny bars and seems technically sound enough.

Unironically if you pitch down his songs they sound way better

 

[Barrister]

The beats feel like he bought them from a catalog

That applies to pretty much his entire discography. I don't have screenshots saved, but an indie producer who happened to be a member of the Originalposting Facebook group found the beats that Unk used in various songs, including "Original," across three or four freeware sites. Many rappers make their own beats (or work with a producer to make beats) and in doing so they make their own sound or style. Take Ginseng Strip 2002 by Yung Lean for example: the lyrics aren't bad but they're nothing too special. The song is unique and memorable because of its beat. Making a beat isn't easy, but it's also not an inaccessible feat. In fact, there are many free pieces of software that one can use to make beats if they are willing to invest a few hours in learning how to do so. Unkle Adams is the only rap artist I know of who has- to my knowledge- never gone beyond using beats he scavenged from sites he found on the first page of Google results for "rap beats free download."

Unkle Adams's songs feel cheap and low-effort because the vast majority of them are exactly that.