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GAF-Hop |OT8| Let Blackace Down
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Spiderjericho
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Again, I said he's a consistent performer. And he hasn't lost his spot in the game. Not many artist can claim that benchmark. If rap was a marathon not a sprint, he's managed to outlast his peers and stay near the head of the pack in music. He's one of the few rappers to go platinum in the last year (not to say that's the only gauge of music success).
But did he ever sell diamond like Em or Outkast? Almost 9 million like 50 Cent? 8 million like Nelly? He's just never been a musical phenomenon or DMX'd the game. Of course DMX like a lot of these rappers have 5-minute careers. Like Jay said he's not a business man, he's a business man.
U no I love U ace
Those ones at bottom are fresh. I need to grab a clean pair of exercise kicks myself ,cause my Five Fingers are on their last legs. Still there enough to be viable for weightlifting, but the cardio has done them in.
those Sprite colored Frees are nice.
I see it as a talent. I don't think his music is amazing by his own standards but to remain relevant and important is phenomenal.
Kanye West is super low even commercially speaking.
Spiderjericho
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Based on that list, no. He's where he should be based on his sales performance in the 2000 decade.
#10 is debatable, especially taken as a solo artist. And the omission of Nelly given Country Grammar, Nellyville and Sweat Suit alone is strange. I mean they had Cam'ron on there.
It's a 2 mic album and I'm being generous. Who cares if it's a commercial failure when you're making as much money as Ye...Yeezus will be looked at as good experiment as time passes, while MCHG will be looked at Hov's worst album, which it might just be...I don't get this whole if it sells then it's good outlook on music...That's bullshit.
The most questionable inclusion is Cam, but I give him 900000000 points for his internet rap influence.
Hey, I don't make the rules. Just telling you what the people think.
Hey, I don't make the rules. Just telling you what the people think.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Really? I think MCHG is a decent album
I never have been a huge Jay fan anyways tho
But personally it's in the top 5 of his albums for me
"The people" still think Eminem is good too.
PhoenixDark
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MCHG is worse than Blueprint 3. At least that had Thank You, A Star Is Born, and even Run This Town.
why do you acknowledge mchg as the album of the summer if you think its wack?
does album of the summer just mean "what the lowest common denominator hip hop fans are listening to the most on commercial radio" ?
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Blueprint 3 had Empire State of Mind and On to the Next One but outside of that it was trash
Now I will say the bads on MCHG are as bad as I heard from Jay
I imagine it's because there wasn't much else going on this summer.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
People listen to commercial radio still?
if only for those wonderful radio personalities.
BP3
Thank You
Forever Young
Run This Town
On to the Next One
Empire State of Mind
MCHG
FuckwithmeyouknowIgotit
Heaven
Oceans
Crown
Part II On the Run
Somewhereinamerica
Nickels and Dimes
Picasso Baby
Beach is Better and Versus are good, but still snippets. Need remix.
for me. Kingdom Come still WOAT though, that shit left a bad taste in my mouth.
Thank You
Forever Young
Run This Town
On to the Next One
Empire State of Mind
MCHG
FuckwithmeyouknowIgotit
Heaven
Oceans
Crown
Part II On the Run
Somewhereinamerica
Nickels and Dimes
Picasso Baby
Beach is Better and Versus are good, but still snippets. Need remix.
for me. Kingdom Come still WOAT though, that shit left a bad taste in my mouth.
its mentioned in here all the time. this is getting radio play, that isnt, etc. i assume these people are listening to the radio. but yeah its shocking to me too.
I don't think many people like that many songs from MCHG, even those that bought it...
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Yuck
I concur, I hope I never have to hear that song again.
speaking of commercial radio, i had to drive from seattle to montana and back with no ipod, functioning tape deck, anything. so i listened to a good sixteen hours of mainstream radio shit. you know what i heard the most, hiphop wise? macklemore bitches. THE HEIST 2013 album of the summer. done.
ugh i know its soppy but i love it. that used to be the jam when it dropped.
dont care lol
i flip back and forth between the rap and pop stations (2 of each) like every song depending on what's on. mostly to avoid fucking Blurred Lines. and i have never heard Macklemore on the rap stations.
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Seattle is why he actually managed to hear Macklemore on the hip-hop radio.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
CountBlack
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https://twitter.com/kendricklamar/status/372126025276485632
Apparently J. Cole and Diddy got into a fight last night at a VMA after party show?
Take everything with a large grain of salt.
Link with some tweets about the altercation
Jhene Aiko got into a bad car accident last night
Spiderjericho
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I never listen to the radio. Probably why I'm out of touch. I just throw music on a thumb drive. I wish my radio had XM or play music from my iPhone through Pandora, etc.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
KUBE?
Yep. Not so much anymore but other EDM stuff sneaks in there every once in a while.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
That's because EDM is popular
i read this thread and ask myself the same question every day
The one on the left looks like easy pickings.
I listen to radio at work a decent amount. I don't mind, it helps me get a handle on what's hot right now, and pop shit for playlists when i'm out or having a quick pregame at my place. The macklemore thing is hilarious because he gets ridiculous spins on the pop stations but on the black owned rap stations he gets paid straight dust, though on the hybrid pop rap one here he gets some play.
You say this based on what?
Whether the people on this forum like to admit or not, Jay Z's album is liked by the mass majority of the people. Call them whatever you want, but his songs are all over the radio here in NYC. The pop stations play Holy Grail while the rap stations also play that they also rotate 2-3 other songs from the album.
I am not arguing its merit, but if you are looking at how popular it is or how people received it, its largely positive.
To me its an average album. Nothing earth shattering but not garbage status either. Which seems to be the new barometer for all entertainment. Either the greatest thing ever or worst thing ever.
Macklemore is finally getting play here on the 2 rap stations. They won't play his latest but while the pop stations are done playing Can't Hold Us and Thrift Shop, hot97 and power 105 just started to.
I bet they really wish they didn't have to. Could have squeezed in another trash Drake or Wayne remix if they weren't forced to play him.
get ready for more east/west shit if people actually buy into this.
https://twitter.com/kendricklamar/status/372126025276485632
Apparently J. Cole and Diddy got into a fight last night at a VMA after party show?
Take everything with a large grain of salt.
Link with some tweets about the altercation
Yeah, right. I'm sure even if it was about Hov (and Cole put it on the same album as songs where he brags about being signed to the Roc), Hov would be too busy caking off of Cole to be trippin'. Hov isn't one of those emotional rich types. He's too big to give a fuck.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
There is something to getting media play
Being able to create music that appeals to a huge audience
That is why it is brought up as a valid point of discussion
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
So which of the two is repping the west?
east/west with most of today's rappers would be squirt guns at best.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
This is what I was wondering.
I could load every gun with bullets that fire backwards
You probably wouldn't lose a single rapper
Cole and Diddy might have had tension in the past with him declining the invite to Diddy's white party and all.
Jay kinda seemed kinda indifferent towards Cole in The Breakfast Club interview, but it's been so consistently like that, it's hard to tell if that was irregular or not.
Jay kinda seemed kinda indifferent towards Cole in The Breakfast Club interview, but it's been so consistently like that, it's hard to tell if that was irregular or not.
CountBlack
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Yea. I'm sure there was an altercation, but I doubt any of the shit I quoted might've been true or not.
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