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[Net_Wrecker]

I really wanted to like American Gangster. I bought it day one, even after buying Kingdom Come day one and getting burned. I just couldnt get into it.

I never understood the hate AG got over the last 5 years. I find it way easier to go back through than some of the 97-2000 Jay-Z albums with those corny singles on them. Only really 3 skip worthy tracks on there- Hello Brooklyn, I Know, and Party Life.

 

[Izick]

I never understood the hate AG got over the last 5 years. I find it way easier to go back through than some of the 97-2000 Jay-Z albums with those corny singles on them. Only really 3 skip worthy tracks on there.

It's not bad, but it's not better than any of the ones I put before it. A lot of its shit is just forgettable compared to some of Jay's earlier stuff, even the hits.

 

[Blackace]

So pretty much a Doomtree mix...

Doomtree/UGod mix ftw

 

[Esch]

American Gangster.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

It sounded fine when I heard it. But I dont instantly think of drag queens/homosexuals when thinking about females, so maybe its me.

I stopped taking your opinions seriously after you recommended that Grieves shit salad of an album.

 

[kamspy]

1. Reasonable Doubt
2. Vol 1
3. Blueprint
4. Black Album
5. Watch The Throne
6. Roc La Familia
7. American Gangster
8. BP2
9. Vol 2
10. Kingdom Come
11. BP3
12. Vol 3

Definitive Hov Listing

Just noticed top 5 are all 5 mic albums. Cottdam Hov. Jordan of rap for real.

Jay-Z just doesnt give a fuck anymore. I mean, he has more money than I think he ever thought he would attain, a beautiful wife who didnt have mess up her body with silly things like child birth. He has no motivation to drop anything good.

pfft. his verse on GFID is A1 and Watch the Throne was the best rap album last year.

 

[The Return of]

God forgives, Moris doesn't

 

[Izick]

BP 2 and Roc De La Familia are way too high.

 

[siddx]

Black Album>Half of Vol.2>fuck everything else he's done

Black album is immaculate though.




Normally not a Wayne fan but I'm loving "My Homies Still"

I stopped taking your opinions seriously after you recommended that Grieves shit salad of an album.

My favorite part of your posts is how they are so few and far between and yet are always completely fucking awful.

 

[Esch]

1. Reasonable Doubt
2. Blueprint
3. Black Album
4. Vol 1
5. BP2
6. American Gangster
7. Watch The Throne
8. Roc La Familia
9. Vol 2
10. Vol 3
11. BP3
12. Kingdom Come


Definitive Hov Listing

yeah man i totally agree

 

[kamspy]

Moris is the man. Not his fault he can't get into scraggly emo white kid rap.

 

[The M.O.B]

COLE WORLD IS BACK!

THE CURE



He raps over the worst song off WTT.

 

[siddx]

Moris is the man. Not his fault he can't get into scraggly emo white kid rap.

Moris has shit taste is music. Not that you'd notice.

 

[The Return of]

Black Album>Half of Vol.2>fuck everything else he's done

Black album is immaculate though.




Normally not a Wayne fan but I'm loving "My Homies Still"

I agree, Love black album. It wasn't my number 1 at first but over time, I'd definitely consider it.

Also, I like My Homies still too, just a fun song really. I like wayne when he is on these silly beats(Carter 3) and not on some serious trap type beats, I think it fits his rhymes and such way much more.

 

[kamspy]

BP 2 and Roc De La Familia are way too high.

I have no love for Vol 2 or 3. Roc La Familia has some of his best verses and songs. BP2 is a great roadtrip CD. Lot of stuff I can dig off both discs.

Plus, how can GAF HOP not love Kanye's rapping debut? (even though he did it under a different name).


Yall know Kanye's first paid beat was The Truth on Beanie Siegal's The Truth? (also a 5 mic album. Beans was soooo ill)

He raps over the worst song off WTT.

He didn't rap over Welcome to the Jungle. Plus, his verse was even weaker than Jay n Ye's on Lift Off. Taking shots at Memphis? smh

 

[Esch]

COLE WORLD IS BACK!


He raps over the worst song off WTT.

J cole should pick a fight with a woodchipper

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

My favorite part of your posts is how they are so few and far between and yet are always completely fucking awful.

 

[siddx]

Thank you for proving my point.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

Moris has shit taste is music. Not that you'd notice.

No Kings was in my top 10 last year....you may be onto something...or just really bitter.

 

[siddx]

No Kings was in my top 10 last year....you may be onto something...or just really bitter.

No Kings wasn't even in my top 50 so I don't know what the fuck you're assuming. But it's incorrect.

 

[kamspy]

I can't be the only gaf hopper to do a bid. Tell me this isn't the most atmospheric song in recent hip hop.

http://youtu.be/Svq4zSiN4dc

 

[Esch]

I dont hate Beans. I just nothing beans. He just is. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[kamspy]

I dont hate Beans. I just nothing beans. He just is. Nothing more, nothing less.

Then you've never gave The Truth a serious listen.

 

[siddx]

I agree, Love black album. It wasn't my number 1 at first but over time, I'd definitely consider it.

Also, I like My Homies still too, just a fun song really. I like wayne when he is on these silly beats(Carter 3) and not on some serious trap type beats, I think it fits his rhymes and such way much more.

I don't know what happened in that studio but for one album Jay ascended into the rapper he tries to fool everyone into thinking he is. For one album he really was the GOAT. And then the spirit of biggie and pac left him and he went back to using the same exact bars to rap about nothing 95% of the time.

 

[Recon]

1. Reasonable Doubt
2. Vol 1
3. Blueprint
4. Black Album
5. Watch The Throne
6. Roc La Familia
7. American Gangster
8. BP2
9. Vol 2
10. Kingdom Come
11. BP3
12. Vol 3

Definitive Hov Listing

Just noticed top 5 are all 5 mic albums. Cottdam Hov. Jordan of rap for real.


pfft. his verse on GFID is A1 and Watch the Throne was the best rap album last year.

Stop taking those Bath Salts kamps, it has rotted your mind. WTT was a shit album by any metric. NiP was the ONLY listenable track. Exactly why they play that shit 10 times at concerts.

 

[kamspy]

Opinions man....

oh, and my homemade salts are only for the fiends. If I want to get geeked give me adderall or good scale. Lil DMAA, lil pharmacy grade caffiene, throw it in a clear capsule, $20 a pop.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

I dont hate Beans. I just nothing beans. He just is. Nothing more, nothing less.

That's pretty spot on. If I see him listed as a feature on an album it doesn't get a reaction out of me.

 

[Syph Medwes]

Stop taking those Bath Salts kamps, it has rotted your mind. WTT was a shit album by any metric. NiP was the ONLY listenable track. Exactly why they play that shit 10 times at concerts.

Illest motherfucker alive would like a word.

 

[Recon]

Illest motherfucker alive would like a word.

I used to think so, but it really was just average. The best tracks on WTT were bonus cuts(NiP aside).

 

[PhoenixDark]

American Gangster is like a lazy attempt at 90s mafioso rap. Even the beats are overrated...

 

[Recon]

American Gangster is like a lazy attempt at 90s mafioso rap. Even the beats are overrated...

This. It just felt so forced and generic.

 

[The Return of]

I thought WTT had some of Jay's best verses in awhile, but yeah, he definitely goes autopilot rapping still.

 

[Recon]

I thought WTT had some of Jay's best verses in awhile, but yeah, he definitely goes autopilot rapping still.

They were genius compared to the shit smeared bull shit Kanye was trying to pass off as "rapping". God, that album was a complete let down. After MBDTF and WTT, I refused to get hyped for any Yeezy shit....although Cruel Summer sounds promising, DAT New God Flow!!!

 

[ShinobiFist]

Napoleon WU-TANG (WU-Syndicate)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eK2cYN7_1tc#!

 

[Syph Medwes]

DAT New God Flow!!!

"Went from most hated to the champion god flow, I guess that's a feeling only me and Lebron know" has gotta be one of my favourite lines of the year so far.

 

[Recon]

"Went from most hated to the champion god flow, I guess that's a feeling only me and Lebron know" has gotta be one of my favourite lines of the year so far.

I have that shit going constantly on Spotify. Mercy was pretty good too.

 

[siddx]

I have that shit going constantly on Spotify. Mercy was pretty good too.

Don't fall for it Recon, it's still Kanye, he'll fuck it all up.

 

[Recon]

Don't fall for it Recon, it's still Kanye, he'll fuck it all up.

I know this to be true...

 

[kamspy]

They were genius compared to the shit smeared bull shit Kanye was trying to pass off as "rapping". God, that album was a complete let down. After MBDTF and WTT, I refused to get hyped for any Yeezy shit....although Cruel Summer sounds promising, DAT New God Flow!!!

Mind naming some specific Yeezy verses? His shit on No Church was on my short list for verses of the year.

 

[siddx]

I know this to be true...

Every track he releases from now on will be a country/polka hybrid where he sings in German and yodels for 3 minutes straight at the end of every song.

 

[Recon]

Mind naming some specific Yeezy verses? His shit on No Church was on my short list for verses of the year.

This would require me to listen to WTT again. I am not falling for your trickery. Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, fuck you.

Every track he releases from now on will be a country/polka hybrid where he sings in German and yodels for 3 minutes straight at the end of every song.

Kampsy's album of the year.

 

[kamspy]

This would require me to listen to WTT again. I am not falling for your trickery. Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, fuck you.

This GAF mane. We need sources. Trolling off clouded memory ain't cool brah.

Kampsy's album of the year.

But I hated the later third of MBTDFD

 

[Recon]

This GAF mane. We need sources. Trolling off clouded memory ain't cool brah.

I only have the cold, dark, shitty feelings. I cant do it man, I cant go back there.

 

[Zeus Molecules]

I am not the biggest Jay fan but I always assumed Jay has been semi retired since the Black Album.

Everything since has been more about getting mainstream audiences money than anything else.

He can still rap but why bother when he could half ass it and make 3x's the money.

 

[Recon]

I am not the biggest Jay fan but I always assumed Jay has been semi retired since the Black Album.

Everything since has been more about getting mainstream audiences money than anything else.

He can still rap but why bother when he could half ass it and make 3x's the money.

If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be
Lyrically Talib Kweli
Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense
But I did 5 mill' - I ain't been rhyming like Common since"

 

[kamspy]

I only have the cold, dark, shitty feelings. I cant do it man, I cant go back there.

Surely such hatred toward a record could at least remind you of a song.

I think you got caught up, cuz Yeezy came correct on WTT. It's an easy album to hate on though. Big names, easy targets and all. Go on.

I don't even defend Kanye like that. Yall know that. I think he was really trying his best to hang with Hov, even though he only eclipsed him on No Church, but that's even a toss up.

 

[Zeus Molecules]

If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be
Lyrically Talib Kweli
Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense
But I did 5 mill' - I ain't been rhyming like Common since"

Yeah basically he even said it himself.

 

[IrishNinja]

Okay not 3rd, but...

1. Reasonable Doubt
2. The Black Album
3. The Blueprint
4. American Gangster

Meet me somewhere.

im okay with this. i gotta re-listen to vol 1 sometime though, kams rates it crazy high.

Doomtree/UGod mix ftw

the mashup girl talk was too scared to make

Stop taking those Bath Salts kamps, it has rotted your mind. WTT was a shit album by any metric. NiP was the ONLY listenable track. Exactly why they play that shit 10 times at concerts.

it's a year later, and you're still wrong on WTT. it's a solid album, and (autopilot) jay's best in a while too.

Napoleon WU-TANG (WU-Syndicate)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eK2cYN7_1tc#!

time to check this out, affiliate stuff is the definition of hit or miss for me so here's hoping

 

[kamspy]

If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be
Lyrically Talib Kweli
Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense
But I did 5 mill' - I ain't been rhyming like Common since"

E-40 said it well too.

Don't freestyle / don't rap for free mane

/rest of gaf hop notices there are no official E-40 mixtapes.

im okay with this. i gotta re-listen to vol 1 sometime though, kams rates it crazy high.

The early songs with Blackstreet and Lil Kim will throw you off, but at the time it was Castle Music. So just skip right over them.

 

[Recon]

Surely such hatred toward a record could at least remind you of a song.

I think you got caught up, cuz Yeezy came correct on WTT. It's an easy album to hate on though. Big names, easy targets and all. Go on.

I don't even defend Kanye like that. Yall know that. I think he was really trying his best to hang with Hov, even though he only eclipsed him on No Church, but that's even a toss up.

"Lift Off"....thats the part of the record where the mean man touched me...