GAF-Hop 2011+ |OT| of Listening to Classics (Not f&$@ing U-God)

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Tokubetsu said:
http://read.mtvhive.com/2011/06/14/is-kanye-west-going-home/
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Although this sums up Kanye very well, the real reason it was left off of MBDTF is, well you know, it sounds nothing like the rest of MBDTF. Same with Chain Heavy. Live Fast, Die Young would have fit in the beginning area though, but Ross did that great beat justice so I think it ended up in the right place.

Ye can go back to rapping about that stuff if he wants, but he's not in the same mind frame or lifestyle anymore, so why rap about what you yourself can't relate to anymore? It's like listening to a modern Jay record if he raps about being all hood and shit- it would be weird as fuck cause he's sitting on multimillion dollar investments and is married to a pop diva. Hence the evolution of subject matter throughout his career.
 
My top 5 thus far

1. Curren$y - Covert Coup

Tightly packed collection of dope, lush production and Spitta's signature magic. I don't know how he does it, dude is just dope

2. CunninLynguists - Oneirology

Nearly a perfect album. Like Kno's Death Is Silent the album keeps a consistently dark theme and atmosphere, mixed with great rhymes and guest appearances

3. Reks - 25th Hour

Reks is unfuckwithable. Not much else to say

4. Raekwon - Shaolin v Wu Tang

Disappointing but still a good album.

5. Meyhem Lauren - Self Induced Illness

41 tracks, a host of guest appearances and producers..yet the album manages to stay relatively consistent. Lauren is a throw back rapper, and one of the last to brag about the food he eats more than the car he drives. Fuck a budget
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HmkDVwH1xU
 
Big Krit's album is dope, probably deserves a spot in the top 5 actually. I haven't listened to it in ages though; to be fair I haven't listened to Rae's album much either.
 
dskillzhtown said:
Where do you put The Most Known Unknowns?

Stay Fly
Roll With It
Side 2 Side
Pussy Got Ya Hooked
Poppin My Collar
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A bit lower. Outside of these songs the rest of the album is kind of boring.

Also: New Pimp C album? Fuck yes.
 
Im pickin up a lot of new music rite now along with the obligatory Random Axe.

I picked this up:

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no idea who the dood is, album prolly sucks too lol, but look at that lineup!!!

that's enough to get my money lol
 
my #1 of the year (so far)

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Lyrically he's not the best (and I mean compared to Shad and Theo3, not to someone like CONWAY) but I like the production on the album. Good enough for me.
 
spindashing said:
It's a Dan Black song. Memories (feat. Kid Cudi). There's a video out for it too.

Used to be my ring-tone for a bit last year.

/Cudistan
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It's actually called Symphonies..but I'm sure enzo figured that out by now
 
Don't care how big I am, won't find me at an airport in sweat pants, or anywhere in sweat pants really. Presentation is everything. My mother raised me better.
 
Tokubetsu said:
Don't care how big I am, won't find me at an airport in sweat pants, or anywhere in sweat pants really. Presentation is everything. My mother raised me better.
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fuck it if i'm flying, i'm bout to be comfortable and what beats sweats?
 
hawt said:
Damn, this is good! Really liking the organs on the beat.

This reminds me that I need to go back and listen to UGK's other albums. The only one I've listened to is Underground Kingz. Any suggestions on where I should start?
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Ridin' Dirty
Too Hard To Swallow
Supertight
 
it's like...i can appreciate what my man tokus is sayin.

but me, id not wear fucking shoes half the time if i didn't have to. #gully
 
Tokubetsu said:
Don't care how big I am, won't find me at an airport in sweat pants, or anywhere in sweat pants really. Presentation is everything. My mother raised me better.
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High five, son.

I never wear sweat pants outside.
 
Anybody listen to the new CyHi mixtape? what movies did he pull from for the Interlude

Spadez: ????
Heartz: Titanic
Clubz: ???? (I know its an HBCU band standard)
Diamondz: Ali i think

its a decent mixtape. the middle suuuuuuuuuuucks (Heartz/Clubz sections)
 
Ashhong said:
It's actually called Symphonies..but I'm sure enzo figured that out by now
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Lol!

Confused it with the other Cudi track that David Guetta did. =(

Shame on me.

I'm going to listen to Big Sean's album, but dude always striked me as a boring assed rapper. I hope the production can keep me interested or at least the features...
 
spindashing said:
Lol!

I'm going to listen to Big Sean's album, but dude always striked me as a boring assed rapper. I hope the production can keep me interested or at least the features...
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Didn't listen to any of his mixtapes, but guy is pretty boring. No idea why people are drooling over it. Some of the tracks have great production but Sean himself adds nothing to them, except giving me the thought of "I wish a better rapper picked this track up"
 
Yeah, I remember asking GAF-HOP what to listen to if I wanted to get into Big Sean and I tried his Finally Famous vol. 3 mixtape.

I didn't really like it. I'll report back after checking the album out.
 
spindashing said:
Yeah, I remember asking GAF-HOP what to listen to if I wanted to get into Big Sean and I tried his Finally Famous vol. 3 mixtape.

I didn't really like it. I'll report back after checking the album out.
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His first tape (FF 1) is way better than FF 3, made me a fan. His other tapes were kinda disappointing.
 
spindashing said:
Yeah, I remember asking GAF-HOP what to listen to if I wanted to get into Big Sean and I tried his Finally Famous vol. 3 mixtape.

I didn't really like it. I'll report back after checking the album out.
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No one suggested FF3, I remember everyone including myself recommending FF1 or UKNOWBIGSEAN...Dude is a C-tier rapper though, but he used to have some hilarious Weezy-style metaphors.
 
For the 1000x time he never was gone..just because most of the hip hop world chose to ignore his solo album because Weezy wasn't on it doesn't mean he was gone.
 
Jay Sosa said:
For the 1000x time he never was gone..just because most of the hip hop world chose to ignore his solo album because Weezy wasn't on it doesn't mean he was gone.
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In 2010 he made Take Ya Shirt Off and?
 
i still cant believe Birdman tried to short Mannie Fresh his money. dude was basically the architect of their success on the music side.
 
DominoKid said:
i still cant believe Birdman tried to short Mannie Fresh his money. dude was basically the architect of their success on the music side.
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I love Mannie Fresh, but Birdman and Weezy commercially have done so much better without him.
 
Does he have to release an album every year?

He produced a track on the Dee 1 tape I'm pretty sure he also worked on some stuff for other people as well. I do remember him saying that he wants to focus on making beats for new artists.

From May 2010:

(AllHipHop News) Former Cash Money super producer Mannie Fresh has opened a new chapter in his musical evolution with a new group called Sole Fresh.

The group, comprised of a pair of New Orleans teenagers, garnered Mannie’s attention as they found a following on the local music scene.

Knoxx St. Peter told AllHipHop.com, “We just created some buzz in the city. We were opening for Drake, Knuxx and Tyga and Mannie is like the kingpin of New Orleans, like the Hip-Hop scene. He ended up signing us to his label.”

"These are white kids that wear skinny [jeans]. When I met them, they didn't feel out of place," Mannie Fresh told AllHipHop.com. "[Sole Fresh] just like 'Hey, dude, this is what we do.' I feel you have to have courage these days anyway."

The pair said Mannie Fresh took them to his new studio in Houston, where they found they worked well together. The pair impressed Mannie and he signed them to his Chubby Boy Music imprint.
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Doesn't sound like he was on a hiatus to me
 
No Action Bronson in anyone's AOTY list? I know it's not really doing anything 'different' like Goblin or Oneirology, but Dr. Lecter is solid as fuck and has been in rotation since it dropped.
 
Jay Sosa said:
Does he have to release an album every year?

He produced a track on the Dee 1 tape I'm pretty sure he also worked on some stuff for other people as well. I do remember him saying that he wants to focus on making beats for new artists.

From May 2010:



Doesn't sound like he was on a hiatus to me
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No one said anything about his albums.. The industry needs his sound badly IMO why hasn't he been out there getting Rick Ross or someone blowing up his beats..
 
Yeah well like I said he seems to be a bit fed up with the industry and just releasing a track here and there and honestly I can't blame him. I liked him best when he basically produced each and every CMR classic all by himself. I rather hear him producing an entire album for some unknown group than hear his beats wasted by wack ass Gucci or Flocka.

All I'm sayin is he isn't/wasn't really gone just out of the spotlight for a minute.
 
Vik_Vaughn said:
No Action Bronson in anyone's AOTY list? I know it's not really doing anything 'different' like Goblin or Oneirology, but Dr. Lecter is solid as fuck and has been in rotation since it dropped.
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It made my top 25 albums in all genres, but I posted that list in the NPR thread.
 
Jay Sosa said:
Yeah well like I said he seems to be a bit fed up with the industry and just releasing a track here and there and I honestly I can't blame him. I liked him best when he basically produced each and every CMR classic all by himself. I also rather hear him producing an entire album for some unknown group than hear his beats wasted by wack ass Gucci or Flocka.

All I'm sayin is he isn't/wasn't really gone just out of the spotlight for a minute.
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Mannie doesn't have the best eye for talent IMO so not exactly holding my breathe that he can find the next big rapper...

Would love to hear him with Ace Hood or Luda or even Game...
 
Well we agree to disagree then.

I mean if he would produce an entire album for them maybe (Luda hell yeah, Game hell no haven't heard enough from Hood to comment on him) but if I hate anything about current trends in rape (well it's been going on for years) it's this every track different producer shit. At least try to make it sound cohesive like Currensy on PT where you wouldn't really know which track was NOT produced by SKI.
 
Jay Sosa said:
Well we agree to disagree then.

I mean if he would produce an entire album for them maybe (Luda hell yeah, Game hell no haven't heard enough from Hood to comment on him) but if I hate anything about current trends in rape (well it's been going on for years) it's this every track different producer shit. At least try to make it sound cohesive like Currensy on PT where you wouldn't really know which track was NOT produced by SKI.
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Yeah, but...

Jay Sosa said:
I hate anything about current trends in rape
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...okay, see, autocorrect usually inserts words you use often. So, either you work for a rape crisis hotline, or you worry me...
 
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