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[Esch]

We need like a GAF-Hop NPD segment of these threads where people wild out and are at each other's necks over some record sales.

actually i really do enjoy talking about this on the podcast, but generally its not viable for regular discussion. you got the big first week sales to talk about and trends maybe but theres rarely any week over week growth to comment on. let alone get angry over....

 

[WanderingWind]

basically, ain't shit happening right now in hiphop

 

[//B1G]

Basically, the big wigs are allocating less money to buy airplay to artificially inflate their rapper's sales with.

 

[HiResDes]

Did ya'll see those albums for sale on Amazon, all are already big-sellers, representatives trying to inflate the billboards and also land gold/platinum plaques.

 

[overcast]

basically, ain't shit happening right now in hiphop

Macklemore is happening though.

 

[//B1G]

Did ya'll see those albums for sale on Amazon, all are already big-sellers, representatives trying to inflate the billboards and also land gold/platinum plaques.

who's the one that just put out a two-disc release? they do that because it counts as two album sales instead of one. it's a tactic they use to push numbers on the billboard

 

[SoilBreak]

Kendrick Lamar (Poetic Justice) on Letterman

:lawd:

 

[hubes]

Kendrick Lamar (Poetic Justice) on Letterman

:lawd:

this songs beautiful live. that instrumental :gladbron:

 

[Macca]

Kendrick Lamar (Poetic Justice) on Letterman

:lawd:

Finally a Kendrick song on a talk show that wasn't absolutely terrible!

Nothing mindblowing, but nice.

 

[CountBlack]

Kendrick Lamar (Poetic Justice) on Letterman

:lawd:

He said all the words on a song live? :O

Tyler the Creator with the greatest 20 second freestyle on Sway (starts at 3:50)

Spoiler

MY NAME IS MY NAME!

 

[ShinobiFist]

Finally a Kendrick song on a talk show that wasn't absolutely terrible!

Nothing mindblowing, but nice.

Yup. Hip-Hop shows need more live bands in the background then having the whole block scream over an MP3 track.

 

[overcast]

Yeah, live bands add so much to a performance. Or just.. less hype men.

 

[Detox]

While not exactly the same thing, Jay refused to perform during the So So Def show with backing vocals.

 

[T Dollarz]

This new Ill Bill is fucking awesome. It feels like this year's RAP Music, but not quite as polished.

 

[Macca]

Yup. Hip-Hop shows need more live bands in the background then having the whole block scream over an MP3 track.

He had the Roots backing him for Swimming Pools on Fallon, and that was fucking terrrrrrible. This was a huge improvement.

 

[Recon]

Lupe had a backing band both times ive seen him, Kid Cudi too, and it makes the experience so much better. Its really similar to a rock concert but without idiots trying to start a mosh pit. So much damn energy is added just by having live instruments, its night and day compared to the standard DJ+Rapper or Rapper+Backing track.

 

[Esch]

id kill to hear Nas live over the same instrumentation we heard on Elmatic

 

[Recon]

id kill to hear Nas live over the same instrumentation we heard on Elmatic

Id kill to hear Nas over good beats again.

 

[iavi]

Kendrick Lamar (Poetic Justice) on Letterman

:lawd:

Goshdayum.

That just worked

 

[Tokubetsu]

 

[DominoKid]

so bummy it actually works lol.

 

[spindashing]

At least he had the decency to wear socks, I ain't about that no socks-wearing sandals outdoor life.

 

[The Return of]

I am about the socks & sandals life as well

 

[codhand]

the nike chanclas, smedium leather vest on top of hoody, with inappropriate sag levels.. smh

 

[Recon]

At least he had the decency to wear socks, I ain't about that no socks-wearing sandals outdoor life.

Those are about the only sandals you can get away wearing socks with. Honestly, I havnt seen anyone wear that style of sandal without socks. I dont fuck with sandals though.

 

[Esch]

Kendrick is about to get Lupe replacement therapy. if he starts talking about drones in his next couple of songs, you are already dead

 

[Detox]

He will initiated into the program in June during the governor's ball when he meets Badu backstage.

 

[codhand]

first off, if that's nyc, no man would ever be wearing sandals in manhattan, that he adds socks, is just that west coast ig'nance. i really hope he's in toronto or something.

the only kind you can wear socks with? psch, in a dorm maybe.

 

[soul creator]

'Album of the Year’ Folk Band Mumford & Sons To Do Hip-Hop Album

(AllHipHop News) Fresh off defeating Hip-Hop’s golden boy Frank Ocean’s masterful Channel Orange for “Album of the Year” at the 2013 Grammy Awards the English folk band wants to follow up 2012′s megahit Babel with different genre influences.

“We really want to rap,” lead vocalist Marcus Mumford tells Rolling Stone in a recent interview “We’ve just got so much to say – saying it through a melody doesn’t really work for me.” The West London collective are working on their third album and wants to “do something that’s a cousin” to the indie folk/bluegrass sound that populated their first two LPs according to Mumford.

The band have been taking this idea more seriously than a simple pet project with the band admitting to rapping during practice sessions and even consulting a Hip Hop demigod for guidance.

“We’ve been talking with Jay-Z about it, you know. It’s gonna be a fresh experience for our band,” Mumford said.

Babel was recorded in a little over a year and the band expects a longer process for the new album. “It might take a few more years than it took to make Babel.”It might take a few more years than it took to make Babel,” says band member Winston Marshall.

Spoiler

Mumford and Duns

I'm the Banjo Player, He's the DJ

Mumford, son!

 

[codhand]

'Album of the Year’ Folk Band Mumford & Sons To Do Hip-Hop Album

Spoiler

Mumford and Duns

I'm the Banjo Player, He's the DJ

Mumford, son!

can we ban onion articl--- oh wait.

we really want to rap

get in line....ah ba ba. behind jay electronica please, thank you mr mumford.

 

[DominoKid]

i hope M&S raps like Beck.

At least he had the decency to wear socks, I ain't about that no socks-wearing sandals outdoor life.

I am about the socks & sandals life as well

Those are about the only sandals you can get away wearing socks with. Honestly, I havnt seen anyone wear that style of sandal without socks. I dont fuck with sandals though.

socks & sandals is bum life status. i approve.

 

[CRS]

Frank Ocean is hip-hop's golden boy?

I'm not going to judge anything before I hear something but I'm not excited for that album at all.

i hope M&S raps like Beck.

That could work. Que Onda Guero is my shit.

 

[CRS]

Big K.R.I.T. - Shine On feat. Bun B (Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fuck you haters.

 

[SteeloDMZ]

Big K.R.I.T. - Shine On feat. Bun B (Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fuck you haters.

Fuck the haters fuck the hoes.

KRIT delivers, as usual.

 

[codhand]

what did hooks ever do to big krit?

not bad tho

 

[DominoKid]

dat hook. yuck. other than that i like it but that doesn't really mean much since the hook sucks.

 

[Recon]

Big K.R.I.T. - Shine On feat. Bun B (Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fuck you haters.

Song is hot, but how does KRIT keep getting "WORSE" with hooks? He needs 50 to come in and ghost write some, like he did with Game.

 

[overcast]

That Kendrick outfit works strangely enough. It shouldn't, but it does. So far he's done well as far as image is concerned.

 

[Cudder]

Big K.R.I.T. - Shine On feat. Bun B (Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fuck you haters.

i like it after first listen, but i hope he's got some angry shit on the new tape like his 1train verse.

 

[EloquentM]

That Kendrick outfit works strangely enough. It shouldn't, but it does. So far he's done well as far as image is concerned.

He's done alright at best.

 

[overcast]

Pretty good song. Hook isn't that BAD, just same old Krit. Which isn't a good thing.

I am liking that new Joey Badass track. Damn smooth.

 

[spindashing]

Big K.R.I.T. - Shine On feat. Bun B (Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fuck you haters.

This is okay. I think I would dislike it if Bun B wasn't on it to wake me up.

 

[Oldschoolgamer]

what did hooks ever do to big krit?

not bad tho

Lmfao

i like it after first listen, but i hope he's got some angry shit on the new tape like his 1train verse.

Yea. That Krit needs to resurface a bunch of times for his next tape.

 

[//B1G]

IF YOU NINJAS AIN'T SCARED THROW YO SETS IN THE AIR

 

[WanderingWind]

KRIT has a rappers voice and flow but what the fuck is he ever talking about? One or two songs are legit but more are filler songs. On his own records. He's a less fun luda

 

[codhand]

Durag Dynasty (ft. Evidence) - Spiral Event (prod. Alchemist)

Durag Dynasty (Planet Asia, Tristate, and Killer Ben) present their latest track featuring Evidence of Dilated Peoples. Durag Dynasty's debut album "360 Waves" is entirely produced by The Alchemist, and hits stores on March 26th, 2013.

 

[overcast]

Thinking that Juicy J/Weeknd track is my favorite track of the year thus far.

 

[Complex Shadow]

Thinking that Juicy J/Weeknd track is my favorite track of the year thus far.

Agreed. First time I am actually looking forward to a juicy j album.

 

[//B1G]

i liked juicy's verse but i dunno how you guys can feel comfortable listening to that .... alternative lifestyle music

 

[enzo_gt]

STS - Purity Ring. Samples Fireshrine. Rhymes are dope but they way it was flipped is kinda janky.

HASHTAGS - Ep4 - Don't Call it #Beats. Mini documentary on beatmakers. Features Flying Lotus, XXYYXX and TNGHT, among others. Red Bull put it out so you know it's good.

Big K.R.I.T. - Shine On feat. Bun B (Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fuck you haters.

This is soooooooooooooo boriiiiiiiiiiiiing. Tracks like this are what take you out of his entire body of work and realize K.R.I.T. has no range.