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GAF-Hop |OTV| 2Chainz on my neck, 1Finger in my anus
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spindashing
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So I'm at Big Ghost's blog and I'm reading the Life Is Good review...
edit: Charles Hamilton scares the fuck out of me real talk
...and I died. Holy fuck :lolBig Ghost said:
edit: Charles Hamilton scares the fuck out of me real talk
IrishNinja
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big ghost is reading GAF-hop /confirmed
I am big ghostface
Life is Boring got a 4.5 and he gave this a 2.5.
LOL
The review is basically him saying Ross was a policeman and shouldn't be rapping about the stuff he's rapping about. Haven't people gone over this already?
And the fact Ghost and Rawse have been on a track together kind of messes with his shtick here.
spindashing
Banned
The comparison Big Ghost made to BMF/MC Hammer and Hold Me Back/911 is the best shit ever too
I don't think it's amazing either, definitely above average though, better than a lot of stuff that came out this year.
I just feel people have the need to like Nas because he's, well, Nas, out of some backpacker's duty or whatever you know. Nas is hip hop, and at a time when hip hop is at a very high level, higher than it has been for a long time, when you've got up and coming artist (who are kids basically) making some dope shit, what does it mean if Nas puts out a really boring album, with mediocre production and uninspired raps for the most part? Does it mean that the legend is dead?
"NO! We must praise the album, hip hop can't survive without Nas!"
That's what every positive review about the Nas album sounds like to me.
For a rapper at his stage of the game Nas sounds amazing, and is spitting on tracks with more energy than dudes less than half his age. But thats just me. I'm not even a Nas stan, i acknowledge that he can be wooden at times... But he's doing pretty good now. If i was a stan i'd be pretty happy, especially since Jay sucks big veiny cock right now (see: PhoenixDark). I agree that LiG is not a cohesive project in the way of his classic work, but there are tons of songs on there that are dope and he snaps on enough tracks. i aint even disappointed
IrishNinja
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but the last 2 or 3 albums aint really caught praise around here though, that oughta tell you soemthin
that GFID review was amazing though, i think ima stick with "sci-fi stuntin" for a minute cause im kinda tired of that shit. its ironic too cause that was Ghosts' shit for a while there, describing exotic shit i had to look up and shit, but at least he made it interesting for me.
"Encore" came on when i was training today and shit helped, so i gotta ask: if Jay had stayed retired after Black Album (let's say he did features here & there but no albums) ya'll think that wouldve cemented him as top 5/higher up on a lotta lists?
This was a lot better than I expected. It's nice.
Nas put out a good album. It actually had a spine unlike most of the major releases this year. Outside of a few lines and verses where Ross somehow slips out of mediocrity, he's just playing a front. Most heads don't care to a point (the beats are the main attraction, anyways), which is the main theme Big Ghost conveyed in the review. Ghost even said something along the lines of "Ross is just spitting his same old shit/isn't really saying shit on the track but I fucks with it" a few times throughout the piece, and even went so far as to compare Ross' output and quality as an MC to Nas' using TBD as context.
Stay dropping that heat bro!I was going to post this in the pop thread, but with the grimey ass rap beats in the background I think this little R&B gem from last year is better suited here. She doesn't have a very good range, but somehow this still turned out pretty fire.
I'll be keeping an eye on her.
IrishNinja
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ahahaha...siddx ruins something else for me
Glass Rebel
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poke your head inside the gafhop thread and you get a jewel like this.
PhoenixDark
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I don't fucks with Moblin.
LiG is a 5/10 album if i've ever heard it.
It aint terrible but it aint good either.
To put it in perspective I'll drop some numbers on other shit that came out this summer.
GFID: 7/10
Kiss The Ring: 6/10
BoaTS: 9/10
HITstory: 7/10
Cigarette Boats: 10/10 (HNNNNGH so good)
Stoned Immaculate: 9/10
Live From the Underground: 5/10 (veeeeeeeery disappointed in this)
I'm Up: 8/10
I probably have a much different method of rating things than you all do though.
IrishNinja
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thank fuck for that
will get around to kiss the ring i guess, but i'm up...i aint bout that life
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
Or hear me out here this is the best album Nas has dropped in a while and I appreciate him putting the effort in when he could of half assed cause he is Nas and at this point he could of dropped a snoop lion album and idiots would still give him props.
But hey thats my opinion broheim.
BOATS - 8/10 but will probably drop as titty chainz is like cocaine, great at first but wears off quick
GFID - 5/10 thoroughly underwhelming and Ricky is getting tiresome saying the same fucking thing in every verse in every song on every album. I feel like I've been listening to the same song remixed over and over and over.
LIG - 7/10 I really liked it at first but it hasn't had much legs. Score might drop more
C4C - 6/10 Don't like El-p the rapper, do like El-p the producer
RAP music - 10/10 the more I listen the more I realize this is the best album released this year, perfect from start to finish.
Freebasing with Kevin Bacon 9/10 Best mixtape this year, only a few mediocre tracks and endless amounts of bangers. Everyone fingering their brown eyes over titty chainz and ross's ignorant stuff should have this damn album on constant repeat.
Kiss the ring - 6/10 Can't imagine it having much legs but a few of the tracks will get on the "megamix" playlist.
HITstory - 2/10 Busta Ass Niggas is the only thing worth a damn, chuck everything else
Skelethon - 9/10 Second best album I've heard this year
Bottoms up - 8/10 Great production, Obie comes correct throughout, eminem gives his best guest appearance in years, and it has a verse from MC Breed.
Live from the underground - 9/10 Third best album, haters sucks a herp dick
Sex Drugs and Video Games - 8/10 The god preaching is a turn off but can't deny the production.
Block Brochure - 8/10 Never thought I'd say this but this needed to be a double album not a quad release
Breakfast - 8/10 Filled most of my pop rap itch
Habits and Contradictions - 7/10 So many highs (hands on the wheel, druggies with hoes, there he go, nightmare on figg st, gansta in designer) but a lot of boring shit too. Better than ab nobody cares-soul.
Why am I so wise
GFID - 5/10 thoroughly underwhelming and Ricky is getting tiresome saying the same fucking thing in every verse in every song on every album. I feel like I've been listening to the same song remixed over and over and over.
LIG - 7/10 I really liked it at first but it hasn't had much legs. Score might drop more
C4C - 6/10 Don't like El-p the rapper, do like El-p the producer
RAP music - 10/10 the more I listen the more I realize this is the best album released this year, perfect from start to finish.
Freebasing with Kevin Bacon 9/10 Best mixtape this year, only a few mediocre tracks and endless amounts of bangers. Everyone fingering their brown eyes over titty chainz and ross's ignorant stuff should have this damn album on constant repeat.
Kiss the ring - 6/10 Can't imagine it having much legs but a few of the tracks will get on the "megamix" playlist.
HITstory - 2/10 Busta Ass Niggas is the only thing worth a damn, chuck everything else
Skelethon - 9/10 Second best album I've heard this year
Bottoms up - 8/10 Great production, Obie comes correct throughout, eminem gives his best guest appearance in years, and it has a verse from MC Breed.
Live from the underground - 9/10 Third best album, haters sucks a herp dick
Sex Drugs and Video Games - 8/10 The god preaching is a turn off but can't deny the production.
Block Brochure - 8/10 Never thought I'd say this but this needed to be a double album not a quad release
Breakfast - 8/10 Filled most of my pop rap itch
Habits and Contradictions - 7/10 So many highs (hands on the wheel, druggies with hoes, there he go, nightmare on figg st, gansta in designer) but a lot of boring shit too. Better than ab nobody cares-soul.
Why am I so wise
IrishNinja
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but siddx aint even rate it though, and we're at least tied on R.A.P. music
Uno Venova
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Damn this Spitta tape still not out yet.
Jay is easily top 5 material, people just dont like admitting it. 3 classic albums with a few good efforts, commercial relevance for 2 decades in terms of output, some of the best rap singles ever made, an game-changer in collaborations with musicians outside of rap, and arguably the most versatile emcee of all time.
In time, people will come to know that he was really that dude, maybe the most dominant rap artist of all time.
Yeah, from like MTV. The underground and heads dont give the same love. I was one of like 2 people in here with Jay in their top 10 when we listed it earlier, and i see similar rankings and sentiments on other sites.
PhoenixDark
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When I'm honest with myself I listen to Ready to Die more than any Tupac or Jay-Z album, although when I was younger I would have ranked Pac higher. In fact out of the three I probably have listened to Pac the least. : (
In other news Kiss the Ring is good guys, but most of this shit is going to get annoying really quick. I can already tell it won't have any staying power. Ace Hood's last mixtape is probably better.
In other news Kiss the Ring is good guys, but most of this shit is going to get annoying really quick. I can already tell it won't have any staying power. Ace Hood's last mixtape is probably better.
I wonder, now that we're more than halfway through the year, if we did like a midway album/mixtapes of the year roundup from everyone (like a top 10) for the purpose of everyone getting a feel for what are the consensus best releases this year and if there's anything we haven't heard then we can clue ourselves in.
Ready to Die = Reasonable Doubt = The Blueprint > All Eyez on Me >>> anything else they've done. Other good to great albums, but these are the classics imo. Me Against the World and The Black Album are borderline.
I think I forgot to post in here that I finally listened to 2 Chainz. I came to the conclusion that he can't carry an album. Listening to him rap song after song just got so tiring. The production was straight, but yeah I just wasn't down with the rapping. Second half sounded better than the first to me. I'd give it a 6/10 or so.
And I think that 6 is pretty generous.
And I think that 6 is pretty generous.
The heads don't write hiphop history.
White people do. I dont mean this so literally as that. What underground fans think/feel doesnt matter because they are an extreme minority. If it did the DOOM would be the GOAT. Or some other rapper nobody really listens to would be.
Thats one of the reasons Eminem is so lauded.
Hov is top 5 easily and maybe the GOAT.
Btw that JJDOOM album is tight while im mentioning him.
Tokubetsu
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I feel bad because everyone and their mother is in love with R.A.P. Music but I'm just not that into it and I love Killer Mike.
PhoenixDark
Banned
listened once, probably won't listen again. couple good songs but DOOM is out of his element. Danny Brown would turn those beats into a solid album
I would also give RAP Music a 9/10, but it's not something I can listen to all the time.
you just aint tuned to DOOMspeak. Danny Brown might be more immediately entertaining, but not nearly as gratifying.
let that shit take in. it'll take a few listens. DOOM is one of the few rappers that legitimately requires you to spend time w/ the music to like it.
if you only listen once, thats just like not listening at all.
Tokubetsu
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So why give it a 9/10? If you really felt that strongly about it, regardless of content, you should be able to get into it anytime. Music can be fun and challenging at the same time.
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