Holy shit that is amazing.
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Holy shit that is amazing.
CountBlack
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I got a feeling if I posted this in an Off topic rap thread, I'd get eaten alive.
i can vouch for this, it's legit terrible,
I got a feeling if I posted this in an Off topic rap thread, I'd get eaten alive.
Why? There were a lot of people in the MMLP2 official thread who hated the album. The Off Topic isn't some Eminem stan zone/forum.
Anyway been out of the loop but like most people Mastermind is a pleasant surprise. I never ever got into Ross and never cared enough to sit through a full album of his but this is good.
But War Ready doesn't work for me at all. Alone on that?
Oxy moron is average. Nothing great but nothing awful either. Not every album is going to be AOTY, GOAT, CLASSIC so we just need to appreciate it for what it is. Some decent to great songs, rest "meh".
What's the initial word on the Pharell album? That one song I heard with Miley is horrible.
CountBlack
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Q Admits to making Compromises for Oxymoron
That's probably why shit like Hell of a Night made the album
That's probably why shit like Hell of a Night made the album
The Artful Dodger
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I wonder what songs were left off for those Radio-Friendly songs.
CountBlack
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Song with Danny and the other one with 50 probably.
then why was Studio in there
Holy shit, this is beautiful. If there was a reason to post it over there, I would.
I got a feeling if I posted this in an Off topic rap thread, I'd get eaten alive.
Q having to compromise isn't surprising. I'd have been more surprised if he didn't and managed to sneak through a HnC part deux after KDot and TDE being on every ones mind watching what they do next.
Maybe next time he has to do this shit he can use those skills he learned in songwriting classes, him and black hippy supposedly took.
The Return of
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Well, I'm about to do Mardi Gras again. Soulard, 2nd biggest one in the country.
have fun. I was going to go to louisana with some homies this year, but shit happens.
PhoenixDark
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Hell Of A Night would be a legit single if it had ASAP and Kendrick on it. Solo Q isn't going anywhere on the charts.
Collard Greens?
The Artful Dodger
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I could see Jay Rock releasing an album that's a surprise hit for TDE without too much marketing behind it.
PhoenixDark
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Does Jay Rock really have fans like that tho? Being "on" in Cali almost certainly guarantees 50k albums in a week but I can't see Jay Rock doing what Q just did (nearly 200k).
The Artful Dodger
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Idk, he's got the TDE crew, and if he's got Tech N9ne on the album too, he'll dip into the Strange Music fandom. I don't really expect it to go plat or anything, I just know if it caught on, it wouldn't seem too far out of left field for me.
GASINMYLUNG (Produced By Paper Platoon) by Spark Master Tape
http://soundcloud.com/sparkmastertape/gasinmylungs-produced-by-paper
Shit Y Not by A$AP Ferg
http://soundcloud.com/asapferg/a-ap-ferg-shit-y-not
Amen (feat. Dash, Ab-Soul, Vince Staples, & Retch) by Larry Fisherman
http://soundcloud.com/larryfisherman/amen-feat-dash-ab-soul-vince
http://soundcloud.com/sparkmastertape/gasinmylungs-produced-by-paper
Shit Y Not by A$AP Ferg
http://soundcloud.com/asapferg/a-ap-ferg-shit-y-not
Amen (feat. Dash, Ab-Soul, Vince Staples, & Retch) by Larry Fisherman
http://soundcloud.com/larryfisherman/amen-feat-dash-ab-soul-vince
Shit, why not?
Net_Wrecker
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Q needing 3 radio tracks is not the issue with Oxymoron. Even most of the non-radio friendly material is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Gaf-hop, I got a new beat sketch here
https://soundcloud.com/corca101/little-drummer-boy
Give it a listen and tell me what you guys think. The biggest thing I'm working out atm is fleshing out the lows. GAf-hop producers in here, how do you fellas mix down the drums n bass?
https://soundcloud.com/corca101/little-drummer-boy
Give it a listen and tell me what you guys think. The biggest thing I'm working out atm is fleshing out the lows. GAf-hop producers in here, how do you fellas mix down the drums n bass?
spindashing
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I actually saw this response before actually taking a look at the song title. :lol
Punk > Metal
Jazz > Classical
Punk and metal are both chaotic, but metal's overall texture is extremely annoying. Ridiculous vocals and rapid fire drums. Annoyingly complex playing that lacks any type of life. LAME
Punk had life.
Jazz doesn't have those sappy ass strings. Sure you could say its masturbatory at times, but there is such an adventurous spirit in jazz.
Do you guyz agree or disagree?
Jazz > Classical
Punk and metal are both chaotic, but metal's overall texture is extremely annoying. Ridiculous vocals and rapid fire drums. Annoyingly complex playing that lacks any type of life. LAME
Punk had life.
Jazz doesn't have those sappy ass strings. Sure you could say its masturbatory at times, but there is such an adventurous spirit in jazz.
Do you guyz agree or disagree?
The Artful Dodger
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Punk > Metal
Jazz > Classical
Punk and metal are both chaotic, but metal's overall texture is extremely annoying. Ridiculous vocals and rapid fire drums. Annoyingly complex playing that lacks any type of life. LAME
Punk had life.
Jazz doesn't have those sappy ass strings. Sure you could say its masturbatory at times, but there is such an adventurous spirit in jazz.
Do you guyz agree or disagree?
I enjoy Classical music alot but I do prefer Jazz, and Punk music was (probably still is) a huge influence on me. It's that "do it yourself", "Fuck the man" attitude that drew me to hip-hop initially. So I'd agree.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Damn I meant the new cudi is terrible. I loved motm1 and 2 but this is trash.
Count warned me.
Count warned me.
Yeah Hell of a Night isn't a single, it's Collared Greens.
I listen to more jazz than I do classical, and a ton more punk than I do metal, but I still wouldn't call one genre automatically better than another I don't think.
I've heard some cool drone and doom metal over the past year or so, and I've found black metal the easiest to get into. though I guess the black metal I've been trying out is heavily punk-influenced or even just "blackened punk", like Raspberry Bulbs from last year.
I've heard some cool drone and doom metal over the past year or so, and I've found black metal the easiest to get into. though I guess the black metal I've been trying out is heavily punk-influenced or even just "blackened punk", like Raspberry Bulbs from last year.
Yes to all of these
I've been really diggin Mac Miller's production lately. Delusional Thomas had some great beats.
50 confronts Steve Stoute. 50 back? Hope he gets his hunger back the game is missing someone with his (old?) mindset. You got Kendrick saying its just friendly competition, Ferg like why not? 50 lays it out straight.
Though I think Steve made a salient point when he said he wished candy shop wasn't a hit because it made 50 keep churning out similar songs rather than branching out.
Rastafarian42
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Why do they have a problem again ?
PhoenixDark
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50 Cent has always been thin skinned. He can analyze others, to the point of dehumanizing them, but when the lens is shined on him he gets upset. Let's be real: 50 Cent, as an artist, is completely irrelevant in 2014 (in the US, I don't give a shit about G-Unit stans in Poland). Stoute was 100% right.
He was unable to adapt to the mid aughts southern ringtone rap phase, he hasn't adapted to the trap shit, nor has he found a lane in the more...vulnerable conscious shit going on. There really isn't a large hunger for NY gangster rap anymore, especially not the type that 50 made. And I think people tired of his pop rap singles. In Da Club was one of his only club records, and the rest of his singles for 3+ albums were lubby dubby shit.
He's done. I think the real reason he won't release an album is because he spent half a decade bragging album album sales, discussing market trends, explaining why such-and-such's first week sales were trash, etc...that he's afraid of releasing an album that sells <160k in the first week.
He was unable to adapt to the mid aughts southern ringtone rap phase, he hasn't adapted to the trap shit, nor has he found a lane in the more...vulnerable conscious shit going on. There really isn't a large hunger for NY gangster rap anymore, especially not the type that 50 made. And I think people tired of his pop rap singles. In Da Club was one of his only club records, and the rest of his singles for 3+ albums were lubby dubby shit.
He's done. I think the real reason he won't release an album is because he spent half a decade bragging album album sales, discussing market trends, explaining why such-and-such's first week sales were trash, etc...that he's afraid of releasing an album that sells <160k in the first week.
50 is super smart to have jumped on songs like Down On Me and (less so) Toot It And Boot It. It wasn't enough to carry his dominance in the mainstream but it let people know he still exists and is still a force.
Unfortunately, his solo stuff hasn't had any smashes since then. Before I Self Destruct was pretty much the logical evolution of the raw/gutter 50 people wanted without it sounding too new money, which has pretty much been what the core has been asking from 50, but even that got dismissed. Then 50 went even further in that direction and it started sounding even more new money somehow and got worse reactions. Then we had Major Distribution and the New Day fuck up and it's been all bad luck since. I really liked New Day too.
Unfortunately, his solo stuff hasn't had any smashes since then. Before I Self Destruct was pretty much the logical evolution of the raw/gutter 50 people wanted without it sounding too new money, which has pretty much been what the core has been asking from 50, but even that got dismissed. Then 50 went even further in that direction and it started sounding even more new money somehow and got worse reactions. Then we had Major Distribution and the New Day fuck up and it's been all bad luck since. I really liked New Day too.
CountBlack
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Really excited for this one. I've liked all the releases from it so far.
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