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GAF-Hop |OT4| At that Das EFX concert, I riggity realized that I liggity love you
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omg that lolita vs juicy mix. this is actually pretty good.
I agree. Schoolboy Q is my favorite rapper right now. He keeps you engaged through all his songs.
My armband is an eagle, your argument is invalid.
It's a "Oh it's the 00s, everything sucks but this new cat seems nice"-classic. At most.
He was already known for Food & Liquor, so that argument is bullshit. Also, The Cool has one song I skip, everything else is great. I can only think of two other albums with no shippable tracks, and those are Illmatic and ATLiens. You dont consider it a classic, fine, but a bunch of people do.
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I don't hate old-Lupe, but The Cool isn't even in my Top 10 of 2007. Even without the instrumental albums released that year. You're the first I remember calling it a classic.
C'mon son- not in your top 10? :/
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Actually I think you're one of the few people who aren't...definitely the case with it not being in the top 10 for that year
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It not being in someone's top 10 of 07 isn't that far fetched really
People who released albums in 2007. Jay-z, Kanye, Little Brother, UGK, Common, Pharoahe Monch, Ghostface Killah, El-P, CunningLynguists, and Chamillionaire.
People who released albums in 2007. Jay-z, Kanye, Little Brother, UGK, Common, Pharoahe Monch, Ghostface Killah, El-P, CunningLynguists, and Chamillionaire.
Chamillionaire, are you srs?
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My post wasn't whether or not I find those artists good or not. Plus, I'm pretty sure some people here like him. I also, left out Blu without realizing it.
7 days a week over any era Lupe.
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2007 right? Stuff I liked better:
Phat Kat - Carte Blanche
Marco Polo - Port Authority
Pharoahe Monch - Desire
Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
Kanye West - Graduation
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Talib Kweli & Madlib - Liberation
CunninLynguists - Dirty Acres
Evidence - The Weatherman LP
Black Milk - Popular Demand
Plus
Oh No - Dr. No’s Oxperiment
Madlib - Beat Konducta Vol. 3-4: Beat Konducta In India
Onra - Chinoiseries
It seems important to note that these three instrumental releases are 3 solid Top 10 in instrumentals overall for me, so... a bit unfair to Lupe.
To be perfectly honest, I even liked the Afro Samurai OST better... From what I've listened, I'd only put Big Doe Rehab and Killah Priest's The Offering below The Cool. And some Jedi Mind Trick shit. As I said, I don't hate it. It's a good album but I don't really get the "classic" moniker it's supposed to deserve. Call me crazy but this is my honest opinion.
Finally took some time to listen to Big K.R.I.T.'s 4evaNaDay and first things first, the production on it is terrible It sounds muffled and over-produced. KRIT's rapping is also iffy, most songs sounds like he is trying to recreate Country Shit. Still it's my first listen trought it fully, in which I even skipped a song or two, but I'm gonna try to go trough it fully next time. Maby I'm in a bad mood or maby it's just that terrible.
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I personally think that Food and Liquor has aged quite horribly especially since it hasn't been out that long. I'd rather listen to the The Cool songs nowadays than F&L but maybe I'm the only one who thinks that.
Sounds like you are just a terrible listener. Give it a shot another time.
Looking through a list of 2007 hip hop albums, here's some ill shit that gets overlooked:
Sample Track: Hold It Down Feat. Method Man
Sample Track: Hold It Down Feat. Method Man
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Maybe you're just in a bad mood.
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Damn, Finding Forever was 2007 too...
ARRRRH HE DOESNT LIKE IT! LETS STONE HIM.
seriously though it really is an average release
Yeah, weirdly I had the same reaction when I listen to KRIT Wuz Here the first time. I'm in bad mood, don't pay attention to me
I like The Cool better. The songs just hooked me more.
Yup!
And I get the feeling in here that people are either loving or hating 4evaNaDay. Mark me down for love.
Yeah, so after Recon said Liquid Swords wasnt a classic i listened to it all the way through on the way home today. Still the best hip hop album recorded, art and wordplay, atmosphere and razor sharp rhymes. Great album and it only gets better with time.
Maybe you're just hungry.
Maybe you're just hungry.
He said that? Recon can hand in his Hiphop pass right now.
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Serious response though, I don't hear him trying to recreate the country shit at all. That song was honestly like bottom of the list of krit songs i thought he was trying to channel. Felt more like the vent or something.Yeah, weirdly I had the same reaction when I listen to KRIT Wuz Here the first time. I'm in bad mood, don't pay attention to me
Yeah, I liked his flow on most tracks in The Cool as well.
Nope. It is a good album that doesnt click with me. But to say best hip hop album recorded, that is just some bullshit hyperbole.
Its what I think, so go jump off a bridge i guess. But i suppose its the same with me laughing out loud every time i see anything lupe called a classic.
Yo
I'm not caught up in politics
I'm no black activist on a so-called scholar's dick
I come through with the Wu and drop math
And versatile freestyles bombs and phonographs
and deliver, all things and other in weight
searched to death, on how living things relate
Cause at a young age, I was molded in a religion I relied on
and got caught up in superstition
Scared to split pole, duck black cats
Once in a while, threw salt over my back
But with knowledge of self from off the shelf
Made things seemed complicated now small like elves
So turn off the lights light a candle, and have a seance
Pull the lid off the Dean Martin scandal
Witches warlocks spooks and holy ghosts
RZA lets defraud the host
still sends chills up my spine.
It could be a classic, I havnt listened to it enough to care. I just think its silly claiming it as the best hip hop album of all time, when it isnt even the best wu album.
Weird, I actually didn't think of Vent when listening to it. Maby the production on it is very reminiscent of Country Shit, that might have triggerd me to think of that.
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You know like once a week, month maybe. We should name like one album that people might consider is a great album or a classic and see who decides on what it is after a few times listening to it.
Just don't be naming clear classics like Illmatic and shit.
Just kind of funny to see people say what's classic or not.
Just don't be naming clear classics like Illmatic and shit.
Just kind of funny to see people say what's classic or not.
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... >_>
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Yeah, sorry, I can't say it's the best hip hop album recorded but Liquid Swords is still top tier Wu shit. Definitely in a top ten list of mine somewhere.
It's probably also one of my favorite album arts to this day.
I'd get a poster of this shit if I can.
It's probably also one of my favorite album arts to this day.
I'd get a poster of this shit if I can.
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rofl do you know what thread you're posting in?
Edit: I'm actually listening to The Cool right now. Halfway through, and I still only like Go Go Gadget Flow and The Coolest. The rest is either boring or a bit too cheesy/poppy for my liking. Doesn't help that I'd rather listen to Liquid Swords right now...
Edit2: Little Weapon is the perfect example of what holds Lupe back for me. The verses are dope as hell but damn, the hooks just feel off most off the time. Don't like em at all.
Not gonna lie I've done this too. It was awesome, especially with the blacklight I have in my room. I usually didn't make it through the whole thing before passing out though
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The day that Liquid Swords arrived for you, it was a classic.
To me it was just a great album.
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Yeah, Recon, try Liquid Swords out again.
I go through periods when I only listen to new shit, only to turn on a classic album one night and remember how much I loved it and most likely appreciate the lyrics and production from that classic album even more.
I go through periods when I only listen to new shit, only to turn on a classic album one night and remember how much I loved it and most likely appreciate the lyrics and production from that classic album even more.
Hahaha.
The day that Liquid Swords arrive for you, it was a classic.
To me it was just a regular great album.
dont let kanye get into his zone
http://www.kanyezone.com/
http://www.kanyezone.com/
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Wow, this is quite possibly the best thing ever.
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