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Madlib x Freddie Gibbs "Thuggin' EP" is online now:
http://stonesthrow.com/store/ep/freddiegibbsmadlib/thuggin-ep
https://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2011/11/freddie-gibbs-madlib

Whoa. Had no idea they were working together. Picked the wrong day to leave my headphones at home.

 

[tycoonheart]

Good to see Madlib actually working with a good rapper. A lot of these dudes who get his beats (MED, Guilty, Nitty, etc) aren't interesting rappers, and they're the definition of average at best. Meanwhile Madlib/Stones Throw fanboys often don't seem interested in rappers at all, they're just beat (or loop, depending on your troll level) junkies.

I think it's also fair to start the debate on quality vs quantity at this point with Madlib. A lot of the stuff he released last year just wasn't interesting, to put it lightly.

His work with Percee P was sooo good. Short album, just over 30 mins from what I remember, but good lord it was good.

 

[K.Jack]

Kevin Durant (aka The Notorious S.K.I.N.N.Y.) freestyle

The lockout aint no joke.

No, KD. NO.

 

[GodfatherX]

Top albums of 2011 (No particular order):
Anticipating:
Doomtree - No Kings
Tonedeff/Kno - Chico and the Man

Let down of the year:
Blu - NoYork

No Kings is out, Chico and the Man delayed..from what Kno said on qn5.com likely until late march

disappointments of the year
-Atmosphere
-WTT
-Lasers

 

[tycoonheart]

Ah shit, there is new Atmosphere out? I've been so out of the loop the last couple of years. I didn't enjoy When Life Gives You Lemons though, thought that was the best album the year it dropped. I like Slug, so I will probably give it a listen anyway.

 

[kamspy]

That ASAP Rocky might make it's way into my top ten...

Biggest personal disappointment was Yelawolf. Not to say it's a horrible album, but Trunk Muzik only had one song to skip (Marijuana). The rest was pure gold. Every track had a brand new feel.

As far as Action Bronsenelli, I think Bon Appetite is still my favorite joint. Doesn't hurt that it's pushing 40 tracks (never understood the "I like albums with less songs!!" point of view...).

My AOTY right now is still a toss up between Goblin and Watch the Throne. They are completely polar opposites too. Weird.

 

[PhoenixDark]

That ASAP Rocky might make it's way into my top ten...

Biggest personal disappointment was Yelawolf. Not to say it's a horrible album, but Trunk Muzik only had one song to skip (Marijuana). The rest was pure gold. Every track had a brand new feel.

As far as Action Bronsenelli, I think Bon Appetite is still my favorite joint. Doesn't hurt that it's pushing 40 tracks (never understood the "I like albums with less songs!!" point of view...).

Damn I've been putting off copping that. Gonna get it over the weekend

 

[siddx]

Ah shit, there is new Atmosphere out? I've been so out of the loop the last couple of years. I didn't enjoy When Life Gives You Lemons though, thought that was the best album the year it dropped. I like Slug, so I will probably give it a listen anyway.

Must not unleash my Atmosphere stannery....

Actually I was slightly disappointed by The Family Sign. It reminded me of "You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We Are Having" in that it feels like a transition album that they built around the idea of using more simple, guitar based production. It feels like a half effort and I expect, like with YCIHMFWAH, that the next one will be a more focused effort. Lemons is my favorite album of all time hands down, so I may just be engaging in wishful thinking that the next album will be more like it.
That said, Family Sign is still better than the vast majority of garbage put out this year sitting on some top 10 lists. But for me, it's probably just outside my personal top 10.

 

[Tokubetsu]

Must not unleash my Atmosphere stannery....

Actually I was slightly disappointed by The Family Sign. It reminded me of "You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We Are Having" in that it feels like a transition album that they built around the idea of using more simple, guitar based production. It feels like a half effort and I expect, like with YCIHMFWAH, that the next one will be a more focused effort. Lemons is my favorite album of all time hands down, so I may just be engaging in wishful thinking that the next album will be more like it.
That said, Family Sign is still better than the vast majority of garbage put out this year sitting on some top 10 lists. But for me, it's probably just outside my personal top 10.

Same. I auto-buy Atmosphere albums and barely put in any spins on Family Sign. The EP that came out a couple months before it was better (to all my friends...). Lemons was/is great though.

 

[Esch]

I'm all about dälek. Their stuff prior to this album is better, in my opinion, but "Paragraphs Relentless" is one of the very best songs they've ever done.

If you like this kind of stuff you should hunt down Paradise Don't Come Cheap by New Kingdom. I try to sing their praises whenever possible. This is one of my top 5 albums of all time, I absolutely adore it. It sounds way ahead of its time. The beats are all dense and distorted and heavy, the rhymes are pretty great. It's just a great album. I woke up with "Mexico or Bust" stuck in my head today. Here's a couple tracks:

"Mexico or Bust"
"Unicorns Were Horses"
"Animal"

God dammit, I need to find a copy of this on vinyl.

Cool stuff.

Funnily enough I wrote that post re: Abandoned Language and then I realized that I like From Filthy Tongues of Gods and Griots a little better. Absence has good cuts, but is inconsistent, and Negros Necros Nekros or whatever is just eh to me.

 

[DominoKid]

Top albums of 2011 (No particular order):
Cunninlynguists - Oneirology
Big K.R.I.T - Return of 4Eva
Curren$y/ Alchemist - Covert Coup
Danny Brown - XXX
Kendrick Lamar - Section 80
Raekwon - Shaolin vs. Wu-tang
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
The Throne - Watch The Throne

Under Consideration/Need to re-listen:
Thurz - LA Riot
Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows
Strong Arm Steady - Arms And Hammers
Statik - Selektah - Population Control
Yelawolf - Radioactive
Schoolboy Q - Setbacks
Jet Life - Jet World Order
Jay Rock - Follow Me Home
J.Cole - Cole World
Dj Quik - The Book of David
Das Racist - Relax
Danny Brown & Black Milk - Black & Brown
Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel
ASAP Rocky - LiveloveASAP
Childish Gambino - Camp

Anticipating:
Doomtree - No Kings
The Roots - UNDUN
Statik Selektah/Action bronson - Well Done
Tonedeff/Kno - Chico and the Man
Common - The Dreamer, The Believer

Let down of the year:
Blu - NoYork


I'm gonna have to wear headphones from now until Christmas to get a top 10 down.

I already have my top 10 down. I'll warn everyone now there are some surprises. There's maybe 1 or 2 more albums I need to hear before I post my list.

 

[siddx]

Same. I auto-buy Atmosphere albums and barely put in any spins on Family Sign. The EP that came out a couple months before it was better (to all my friends...). Lemons was/is great though.

It's odd, there are no songs that I dislike on Family Sign. Nothing is "bad". And some of the songs are really very very good. But as a album, it just doesn't hold my attention. One of those weird instances where the sum of all the parts isn't greater than the individual pieces.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Those are all hot trash, yet Lift Off manages to be even worse..

How to Love.

Better than Lift Off.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Arguing that Lift Off is better than How To Love is like arguing that "this" pile of shit smells better than "this" one.

They both stink, mang.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Arguing that Lift Off is better than How To Love is like arguing that "this" pile of shit smells better than "this" one.

They both stink, mang.

Lift Off is stepping on an ant.

How to Love is finding a loved one defiled and rotting in the street while bums take pisses and put out cigarettes on them.

 

[Az]

Radioactive is not bad so far. Will listen trough a few more times before judging

 

[overcast]

Same. I auto-buy Atmosphere albums and barely put in any spins on Family Sign. The EP that came out a couple months before it was better (to all my friends...). Lemons was/is great though.

Yup, agree that EP is better. The album makes sense because of where Slug is in his life. I still prefer Lemons by a lot. Lemons is right behind GLU for me.

 

[siddx]

Radioactive is not bad so far. Will listen trough a few more times before judging

Like I said, it's those fucking hooks in the middle. I literally recoiled the first time I heard Made In the USA's hook. It just reeked of Eminem fuckery. But some of the hooks I ended up liking after a few listens. Animal and Everything I Love the Most for instance (both of which have great beats too).

 

[Blackace]

Thanks for the compliment boo <3

uhh....what?

 

[njean777]

does Jay Rock have an album or anything to listen to?

 

[siddx]

uhh....what?

I think he's hitting on you

 

[siddx]

does Jay Rock have an album or anything to listen to?

Follow Me Home. Which is the best of the black hippie (still fucking lol at that name) movement's albums. However I think I'm the only one who feels that way.

 

[coldvein]

i need to catch up on some new atmosphere apparently..

 

[Esch]

How to Love vs. Lift Off is like having Walter jr. and Michael J. Fox face-off in a dance competition

WTT is a fun album for what it is but Lift Off....eeew.

LOL.

How to Love is still worse.

 

[Blackace]

I think he's hitting on you

Never been called "boo" over Zelda inspired music..

 

[njean777]

Follow Me Home. Which is the best of the black hippie (still fucking lol at that name) movement's albums. However I think I'm the only one who feels that way.

Well I love Kendrick's album, been playing it for 2 weeks straight, so I will look into Follow me Home. I am not all into the hood music, but what I have heard from Jay Rock has been pretty good.

 

[Recon]

It's odd, there are no songs that I dislike on Family Sign. Nothing is "bad". And some of the songs are really very very good. But as a album, it just doesn't hold my attention. One of those weird instances where the sum of all the parts isn't greater than the individual pieces.

I only really enjoy one song from Family Sign, and that is The Last To Say. I dont dislike any of them, but The Last To Say is the only one that sticks with me.

 

[PBY]

I only really enjoy one song from Family Sign, and that is The Last To Say. I dont dislike any of them, but The Last To Say is the only one that sticks with me.

That's the only song I remember as well

 

[TheOddOne]

Common - Celebrate (Produced by No I.D.)

..ehhh it's ok.

 

[Recon]

Common - Celebrate (Produced by No I.D.)

..ehhh it's ok.

I like it. I like the beat a lot.

 

[PBY]

Common - Celebrate (Produced by No I.D.)

..ehhh it's ok.

Great feel good song; perfect for this time of year

 

[JackEtc]

I like it. I like the beat a lot.

Agreed, love the Celebrate Me Home sampling.

Really like it, only thing I'm not that hot on is the chorus.

 

[Az]

Like I said, it's those fucking hooks in the middle. I literally recoiled the first time I heard Made In the USA's hook. It just reeked of Eminem fuckery. But some of the hooks I ended up liking after a few listens. Animal and Everything I Love the Most for instance (both of which have great beats too).

Agree 100%, I think it will grow on me.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

This Common album is coming too good. No I.D. is out of control.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

Been on complete blackout for Common's album, should hit me hard.

 

[Cudder]

Get Away on Radioactive is definitely my favourite song, love the beat and vibe of the song.

 

[siddx]

I only really enjoy one song from Family Sign, and that is The Last To Say. I dont dislike any of them, but The Last To Say is the only one that sticks with me.

My Notes is one of my favorite songs they have ever done. It's so fucking good. But it's way way way too short.

Get Away on Radioactive is definitely my favourite song, love the beat and vibe of the song.

I really like the beat and yela's verse, but both shawty fatt and mystikal drop complete garbage that ruin it for me.

 

[Jay Sosa]

Just heard Childish Gambinos "Heartbeat" for the first time, is the rest of his debut as awesome? Kinda hard to take him serious though, I always wait for Abed to show up.

Oh and f*** vimeo. Every video I try to watch stutters, even on SD but maybe thats just the shitty computer at work.

Been on complete blackout for Common's album, should hit me hard.

Yeah me too!

Will continue to ignore it when it's released.

 

[Throavium]

Just heard Childish Gambinos "Heartbeat" for the first time, is the rest of his debut as awesome? Kinda hard to take him serious though, I always wait for Abed to show up.

Oh and f*** vimeo. Every video I try to watch stutters, even on SD but maybe thats just the shitty computer at work.

There's a stream link in the OT for Camp.

 

[The M.O.B]

For the 5 people who for some reason care, Cudi is releasing a song off WZRD tonight...............................*crickets*

 

[Recon]

For the 5 people who for some reason care, Cudi is releasing a song off WZRD tonight...............................*crickets*

Two unreleased songs from Cudi were released today also. Probably much better than anything that will be on WZRD

Kid Cudi-Rain

Kid Cudi-Mr. K.I.D.

 

[mileS]

Common - Celebrate (Produced by No I.D.)

..ehhh it's ok.

link isn't working anymore.

http://youtu.be/y2sX22KEkkE

 

[siddx]

As someone else said, hook on that common track is painfully generic and dull, but the beat is nuts and common comes correct. So far my hype for the album has gone -1 +1 -3 +1

 

[Cudder]

For the 5 people who for some reason care, Cudi is releasing a song off WZRD tonight...............................*crickets*

Whatever's been released from WZRD so far has been shit, and I love Cudi. Too bad, it really could have been interesting shit if he was still stoning. He could have made some interesting rock shit on par with how unique his rap vibe is. Oh well.

 

[K.Jack]

Common - Celebrate (Produced by No I.D.)

..ehhh it's ok.

Wtf Common, that's hook is horrendous. The verses were throw away quality too anyway.

This is by far the worst of everything we've heard from the new album thus far.

 

[Knux-Future]

For the 5 people who for some reason care, Cudi is releasing a song off WZRD tonight...............................*crickets*

I care son.

got 40+ plays off the last two songs.

I think I have a problem

also New T.I

http://thathustle.com/forums/f2/new-music-t-i-pyro-prod-band-geeks-7638897.html

It's meh but hey at least dude isn't back in jail....yet.

 

[kamspy]

Only Com track that's got me hype is Sweet. But I'm pretty confident it will be the only one of it's kind....so, in a way, I already have the entire album. It's not bad!

http://thathustle.com/forums/f2/new-music-t-i-pyro-prod-band-geeks-7638897.html

Lyrics and beat are there, but where the hell is T.I.'s raw delivery? Dude can't be that full. It's like he rapped it laying down.

 

[Esch]

oh, like that new song. y'all are right about the hook tho.

 

[mileS]

Only Com track that's got me hype is Sweet. But I'm pretty confident it will be the only one of it's kind....so, in a way, I already have the entire album. It's not bad!




Lyrics and beat are there, but where the hell is T.I.'s raw delivery? Dude can't be that full. It's like he rapped it laying down.

Yea. amazing lyrics like "even the sun fin' to cum" right...

has to be one of the corniest lines I've heard in a while.

 

[Knux-Future]

I like the beat.

Will get plays off of that alone I guess.

I'm easy to please anyway...as I am probably gonna love Cudi's track tonight.

Watch I will say it's meh when it's posted.

and then in a few hours I will have played it 20 times.

SMH @ Myself