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GAF-Hop |OTXI| Five Year Nation
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CountBlack
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Pickles the Firecat
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srs i couldn't play 2k with people in real life cause id probably assault someone
The Return of
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I hate paper. Sorry CRS
I always watch my replays. Always.
CountBlack
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you asshole you
The Return of
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did you get the space jam mod?
of course i did
I just wanna say Chuuwee ain't never fell off...I'm sorry I stopped stanning, totally back in the wagon. Dude is about to release his third project of the year. Cool World is so fucking dope. His We Made It Freestyle is also the best
Oh shit I forgot about Chuuwee for like a year and a half. crown me king was a fantastic tape and the others I listened to around that time were decent too. What's good from this year edit: dl'd cool world
This. Ultimate Base Roster master race.
Common - Nobody Smiling
What a frustrating album. Nobody Smiling is almost great and that's a more accurate description than calling it decent or good because it symbolizes just how disappointing it is.
The production is pretty overall. You can tell how much No ID influenced Kanye's style, especially at the onset of his career. So Common getting No ID to handle the album is in a way like cutting out the middle man, as the roots of Kanye's styles are very much alive in the aforementioned producer. The beats in the beginning mostly mostly dark and menacing, incorporating synths that wouldn't be place out a funeral procession, but there are also are a few breaks in the somewhat suffocating tone of the album here and there. Kingdom features a choral sample and pace that will instantly remind listeners of Jesus Walks and the simple yet holistically soulful sample on Rewind That would make Dilla blush. The funky blues beat on Out of Bond encapsulates the streets of south-side Chicago so well. 7 Deadly Sins has to be an ode to RZA, it sounds like it could have been a b-side on Wu-Tang Forever, and I mean that in an entirely positive way. And the last track slows the pace down a bit, yet keeps things a bit somber. It's the perfect denouement giving enough Common enough breathing room to really contemplate the zeitgeist with insight and sincerity.
What keeps the album from being great are a few glaring missteps that mostly take place in the middle of the album with the exception of Diamonds. Diamonds is such a fractured mess. Common's verses are on some inconspicuously reflective shit though his tone sounds like he's just trying to swag out. However Big Sean's chorus really suggests that the song was probably meant to be breakout single. Big Sean's entire presence is entirely banal and shallow. He doesn't even sound like he's trying and the content of his raps are poison to a track with a pretty good beat and some decent Common verses.
Hustle Harder is another low point. And it's a damn shame because that beat instantly conjures head banging and toe tapping. Common is entirely to blame for the ruin this time. I'd consider myself a pro-feminist, so I'm all for a song that big ups female independence, but it just sounds so random, cheesy, and forced on this song that it's hard to get behind. Also the way Common constantly measures the hustling women to a nigga is laughably limiting and idiotic. I wish the track was an instrumental interlude.
Lastly, Real isn't a bad track, but it really fucks up the pace and atmosphere of the album. Also it's presence doesn't really add anything to the it. Common isn't really saying much of anything on the track and it just seems entirely insignificant.
The album really starts and ends so well that it kind of makes the blemishes in the middle easier to forgive at first. However, when you think about what the album could have been and just how well some of the standouts work in contrast to the lows the album's squandered potential becomes harder to swallow.
Strong 7
Also this drops on the 12th:
Two Singles
https://soundcloud.com/chuuweeoftus/friends-prod-by-foreign-languages
https://soundcloud.com/amalgamdigital/chuuwee-pmr
Yeah, amazing. He ranted just a bit, which was perfect.
Chromeo and Disclosure back to back was really fun. Also saw festival titties up close.
Fuck no. Joints and blunts are a fucking waste. If you're going somewhere that searches you, then fine. Otherwise, nope.
Glassware >>>>>>>>
Edit: Vaporizing is fine but not for me. I don't ever smoke with other people except when a friend has a BBQ/pizza night so a pipe has always been sufficient.
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
oh shit. i am kinda sad i missed this.
Discotheque
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Any good recent trap stuff? I think Ill get drunk tonight
Third Strike
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Not sure if this was posted yet, but 2Pac's All Eyez on Me has been certified Diamond. Him and Eminem are the only two hip hop artists that have ever had two of their albums to go Diamond:
http://thesource.com/2014/08/01/2pacs-all-eyez-on-me-achieves-diamond-status/
http://thesource.com/2014/08/01/2pacs-all-eyez-on-me-achieves-diamond-status/
What
Third Strike
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I guess I should have worded that better. Pac and Eminem are the only hip hop artists to have more than one of their albums go Diamond (Marshall Mathers LP and Eminem Show, and All Eyez on Me and The Greatest Hits).
I'd made time to listen to race music for the first time today and it's great enough that this one's jumping near the top of my list.
Wish I hadn't let the 70m run time make me put this off for so long.
human civilization.
The Artful Dodger
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It's like they put an ad on Craigslist or reddit and those're the only ones that answered.
Also lmao a Zip Car...
just found my competition for my town's rap scene
soty
actually, i lied. this dude gave me a copy of his mixtape at a gas station a few years ago and i laughed my ass off the whole time i listened to it and i gave it to some chick, who ended up getting killed in a drive by
soty
like it or not they know how to connect with an audience. its not for you.
The Artful Dodger
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Music videos are so cheap to shoot now. It seems like if you're going to have a shitty song the least you can do is make a decent music video...
FormallyFamicom
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Anybody know what is the beat sample in this Droog song? It's been bugging me for over a week and I just can't place it.
I'm actually more curious to know if anyone here likes them.
NipplesAndToes23
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I didn't really know that people were making serious money out of battling. That's interesting and I wonder how it works. To me, or at least with the internet it seems like battle rap is a lot more prominent than it used to be.
I don't know who the fuck Hoodie Allen is but G-Eazy is bassically trying to be the white drake. He makes easy listening rap with enough crude subject matter that some dudes will think he's cool and some chicks will think he's that "bad boy" type. Plus he's got that Abercrombie look so he's marketable. I enjoy some of his stuff because he has had some great production. I dont know if he's still producing his own stuff but his first mixtape I heard a few years back had some of my favorite production of the year on it. And the latest album doesn't quite match that but still has some fantastic stuff. G Eazy himself is a one dimensional rapper who would barely register on anyone's radar from strictly a rapping point of view (his lyrics all basically boil down to how he is going to fuck your girlfriend) but he has what really counts in the music industry, he is marketable and can make a catchy hook.
Net_Wrecker
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Man, the production on the new Armand Hammer EP.
B.E.T. sounds like being followed home by a swamp demon
B.E.T. sounds like being followed home by a swamp demon
PhoenixDark
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blatantly trolling Devolution out chea, damn
I can't stop laughing at this either
The long-ish run time for Race Music is tolerable because the album is so good.
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