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The beginning? I believe that's King L.
RBelong2Us
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Can't believe how much people are really feeling this. The lyrics are so astoundingly bad, dude is basically a parody of himself.
R.I.P to old school hip hop heads?
R.I.P to old school hip hop heads?
Good riddance
Stuck in the 90's ain't a good look
RBelong2Us
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This isn't hip-hop, plain and simple. No matter if you love this or hate it, it's just not
Define hip-hop. Be careful. You will most likely dig your own grave here.
so then how is it the death of hip hop heads?
Oldschoolgamer
The physical form of blasphemy
How is this not Hip Hop? Lol
You know there can be multiple styles within a genre? And you are welcome to enjoy as many of them as you want?
RBelong2Us
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When production overlaps lyrics, it becomes something else.
What other great rap artist do people really say, well his lyrics completely suck but that production is amaze balls?
I mean really, who cares? Does Kanye have to make purely hip hop music? Does him releasing this album mean there wont be a jillion other analogues of the boom bap or w/e you like out there?
Cmon son.
shit.
RBelong2Us
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Because we are supposed to take this as a hip-hop album and people actually believe that it is.
Ether
wow. just wow.
RBelong2Us
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It's a concept album. Like 808s
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
I got to go and listen to this but the statements like ^this here are making me an unbeliever already.....
there cant be hip hop concept albums?
im pretty sure hip hop is defined by the 5 elements. not some bullshit production vs lyrics criteria.
What is russian roulette by alchemist?
RBelong2Us
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So hip hop albums cant be concept albums?
True, anything can be but there's no specific category to solidify what this is. It's its own thing. There's no label and that's fine, love it, hate it, whatever. But ranking it with other hip-hop albums on the basis that its Kanye West? Yeah, no.
The Return of
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I am entertained by RBelong2Us reaction. I knew this was going to happen and I was honestly hoping for it
Lol okay
Tier listing is for fun and street fighter neckbeards who gives a shit lol
RBelong2Us
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Yeah, I don't understand the whole 90's hip hop look is a bad look now?
GKMC's roots are straight 90s hip-hop with a contemporary vibe and that happens to be arguably the best hip-hop albums in a while.
Man, discovering Bones and having 6 albums of his to listen to all at once is dangerous, don't wanna burn out on his deep voiced laid back weed rap, nomsayin? still enjoying his shit immensely.
I always took "stuck in the 90's" to mean (to me anyway) that experimentation or going outside the traditional boundaries of "hip-hop" is being frowned upon.
Pinko Marx
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You're right, Yeezus is more of a Rap album.
brokenbeans
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Nope still here.
The Return of
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I actually wouldn't agree with that at all. I find it more in common with albums released in 00s
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
I got to listen to it,so I am not talking about Yeezus specifically. However, in general when kanye gets on his weird tip (cause he does do his share of good music) kanye musical choice is the epitomy of Jay's line
Cause a dude wear a kufi, it dont mean that he bright
'Cause you dont understand him, it dont mean that he nice
It just means you dont understand all the bullshit that he write"
Who are some of these artists Kanye is drawing influence from?
Leave.
PhoenixDark
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Edit: beaten
Ultimately I think this is a good thing, and a good point. But I think the unfortunate thing is that historically hip hop has been quite a disposable art form. Every other genre of music has multiple legends who can still make a living off their music today because it's passed from parent (or uncle/granddad/etc) to child. Taylor Swift can do a live performance with Stevie Nicks and cause thousands of 12 year old kids to discover Fleetwood Mac. Meanwhile rap fans today dismiss Run DMC, Whodini, etc as sounding dated or being old. Shit is pathetic.
This applies to the mainstream/underground rift too, although it's less severe. Most kids who listen to this album aren't going to say "wow, I need to find more stuff like this!" Instead this is what's going to happen, IF the album is a big success: some sound from the album will be further mainstream'd by the Camel, others will follow suit, and will have another BMF situation where everyone is doing the same thing again. Meanwhile El-p, Flying Lotus, and others will be left out of the circle of success.
I haven't noticed this.
Pinko Marx
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El-P, Flying Lotus, Death Grips, UK Grime artists such as Dizzee Rascal.
Off the top of my head.
brokenbeans
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Pinko Marx
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Well yeah but his first two albums were about as grime as grime gets.
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