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[Pathogen-]

What do you guys think?


Personally...I think Baltimore's image can do without the typical gangsta mentions of "ice", "mah soljahs", rims, "<profanity removed> We already have this great city known as thug central, a ghetto city, trash, etc... I'm tired of it. It IS a great city, but unfortunately this type of showing makes us all look bad

Musically, its just bad. Bad rhymes, horrible production value, autotune all over the place, bad hooks...its just a mess of a lot of crap slapped together

and...PURPLE REIGN?? really? Because I know that nothing inspires fear in opponents and pride in your city and team like the image of PRINCE dancing around in a purple coat with BUTT-LESS CHAPS. oooooo! intimidating!

[PeRK82]

What do you guys think?


Personally...I think Baltimore's image can do without the typical gangsta mentions of "ice", "mah soljahs", rims, etc etc. We already have this great city known as thug central, a ghetto city, trash, etc... I'm tired of it. It IS a great city, but unfortunately this type of showing makes us all look bad

Musically, its just bad. Bad rhymes, horrible production value, autotune all over the place, bad hooks...its just a mess of a lot of crap slapped together

and...PURPLE REIGN?? really? Because I know that nothing inspires fear in opponents and pride in your city and team like the image of PRINCE dancing around in a purple coat with BUTT-LESS CHAPS. oooooo! intimidating!

Its ok but it certainly not the new Anthem.

Nothing will beat the 7 NATION ARMY.
I know soccer and collage did it before us but we were the first to do it in the n.f.l and it stuck.

I saw other teams try and bite off us this yr, TRYING TO DO IT.

[rmw10]

He's a local rapper that has roots in Baltimore. No one's expecting this to be the new Ravens theme song, but for those who like rap, it's a great song. Some people don't enjoy rap, and some people don't enjoy rock.

[Pathogen-]

True, and I definitely don't enjoy rap. I do, however love true hip hop. and rock. i don't like death metally rock at all tho, too inbred for me lol

[rmw10]

True, and I definitely don't enjoy rap. I do, however love true hip hop. and rock. i don't like death metally rock at all tho, too inbred for me lol

When you really get down to it, hardly anyone would even know this song existed if it wasn't for Torrey Smith retweeting it. Now that it's known, you may hear the hook in the stadium at times, but don't expect this song to personify the Ravens.

Edited by rmw10, 25 January 2013 - 01:07 PM.

[hawkprey]

Pick your battles - don't hate on a guy trying to give back to the city you share with him. And Seven Nation Army sucks.

[itscbm5042]

I definitely don't appreciate that it got recognition on the Ravens home page for something that is poorly produced and has less views other fan generated content that board members like myself and others have created. For that to be called out and receive special notoriety is wrong. Maybe an article needs to be written that covers ALL of the fan generated playoff and Super Bowl content which I find unique to our fan base. I think that is where the real story is at. Ravens website team please take note and consider this, thanks I think we would all appreciate it!

Edited by itscbm5042, 25 January 2013 - 01:39 PM.

[NaveSenrag]

I definitely don't appreciate that it got recognition on the Ravens home page for something that is poorly produced and has less views other fan generated content that board members like myself and others have created. For that to be called out and receive special notoriety is wrong. Maybe an article needs to be written that covers ALL of the fan generated playoff and Super Bowl content which I find unique to our fan base. I think that is where the real story is at. Ravens website team please take note and consider this, thanks I think we would all appreciate it!

It got mentioned because Torrey tweeted it. I get the feeling that the writers don't trawl the forums and youtube for content.

That said, Purple Reign isn't all that great. The various technical problems have been elaborated, but my biggest beef is that it isn't really about the Ravens. What mentions of the Ravens that there are just the backdrop for the actual rap. If there's going to be a song for the Ravens (SNA excepted) then it has to actually be about the Ravens.

[EricH]

I'm just praying they don't play it during the Superbowl.

[Pathogen-]

they won't. the stupid gangsta references won't clear it, imo. its too wannabe thug, with a couple ravens references thrown in, like an afterthought to a recycled song

[flynismo]

You want to get rid of Bmore's scumbag image? Every other large city has that problem as well (points finger at detroit)

[Purple Nurple]

Im a fan of hip-hop from days past. I just cant feel anything thats come out after the late 90's. It all seems like recycled garbage.

So I think this song sucks.

And as someone already mentioned, all I can think of is Prince when I hear the title. He's hardly making anyone shake in their boots.

[cobrajet]

I appreciate the singer trying to give love to the Ravens, but personally I am not a big fan of the song. I don't think we need an anthem when we have a decent fight song our very dedicated Ravens Band plays their hearts out for all of us all season long. The fans have also been rocking the Seven Nation Army chant and it sounds awesome!

[Pathogen-]

people pay attention to the band? this is breaking news! wait...we HAVE a band?

why not let paying fans of the team grab those seats.....would def be more use

[yogismo]

Im a fan of hip-hop from days past. I just cant feel anything thats come out after the late 90's. It all seems like recycled garbage.

Ever heard of the Roots?

[Purple Nurple]

Ever heard of the Roots?

Of course. They're fantastic. They've been around since the late 80s

Edited by Purple Nurple, 26 January 2013 - 03:19 PM.

[BloodRaven]

Of course. They're fantastic. They've been around since the late 80s

99% of people who say "Yeah man, the Roots are cool" don't know one song.

Also, this song sucks. Nelly's "Heart of a Champion" is probably the best song that mentions Ray and the team, and I'm not a big fan of his either.

[BmoreLuv]

I don't care for the song at all. I agree with the dude who said recycled garbage. 90's was the best musically. This shouldn't have made the home page.

[Chris J. Faria]

I haven't listened to song, actually (nor do I have any intention to do so), but I highly, highly doubt Purple Reign "takes-off", per say, to point where it's synonymous with Ravens, like how Ice Cube is associated with the Raiders. That said, I wish King Los the best of luck in his future making music.

But, hands down, Seven Nation Army IS the Baltimore Ravens theme! I mean, I was one of the members of The Flock who was there, last Sunday, at Gillette Stadium; and once all the Patriots left before the final seconds ticked, it was just us Ravens fans. So, where am I going with this? Well, before the stadium cleared, practically every, single Baltimore fan, who was there, sung the main guitar riff to Seven Nation Amry as they exited the building, together. The song has become synonymous with the franchise and the fans.

[ROH522155]

people pay attention to the band? this is breaking news! wait...we HAVE a band?

why not let paying fans of the team grab those seats.....would def be more use

The band is a tradition in Baltimore going back to the days of the Colts! They deserve our respect!