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Gaf-Hop |OTXII| Avocado Booty Appreciation Thread
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Angelus Errare
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Drake's sadder older brother J.Cole just crossed 750k.
hahaha
Rolling Stone gave him 4/5: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/drake-if-youre-reading-this-its-too-late-20150217
Bubbavelli
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Ebro did a really interesting interview on the combat jack show about how radio works. To give it context, he called Sean Price a minor league rapper because he's underground
Seems to be more than that
Gold in 3 days
Jesus Christ wheelchair jimmy out here eating. Im not the biggest fan of Drake but that's awesome to see from an artist that isnt Kanye, Beyonce, or Jay Z. Especially considering it came almost out of nowhere
Discotheque
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Know yourself after the beat switch is for sure gonna be a track of the year contender
Drake has been in that Kanye/Jay league for quite a while now. Dude has etched himself in history as one of the all time greats with the amount of feats he has accomplished in such a small time.
Discotheque
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Bubbavelli
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Of course. What I was trying to say is that he's a youngin and that's awesome. Establishing a brand rather than solely an artistry is really the only way to sell music anymore.
Discotheque
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how is there not one lex luger track on blue dream and lean 2? man wth happened here.
Angelus Errare
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Lex Luger fell off so quick, dude wore that same ol drum loop, snare and "hype" chick OUT
.........Lex Luger actually has a lot more versatility than you're giving him credit for. It's not his fault that people typecast him for BMF.
That's how the beat making game goes.
Angelus Errare
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Oh I know, dude is a decent piano player and messed with a wide range of stuff (I liked his production on that Wale track "That Way"). But within the confines of his trap beats...he abused that one drum loop, snare and "hype" girl snippet. He didn't help himself at all. Like even after making H.A.M. he stuck to his BMF, he never attempted to inject variety into his trap beats.
Like when an artist says "give me a beat like BMF" they want that same feeling but there is still enough leeway for you to experiment. It's like that for many industries, people want you to produce the exact same thing as someone else but you still find enough room to give them what they want but is distinguishable from your last work enough.
I say that as someone who sometimes freelance designs and I get asked constantly to basically "give me what you gave that person". At the end of the day you have to be the one to guide your client without being overly pushy. Honestly that's what separates a great artist who sucks at selling themselves from a decent aritst but is great at selling themselves. Which is why you get so many poo producers but they keep getting work.
It's the reason why Ye, Timbo and...ugh Pharrell can command the prices they do. They'll give you that sound you wanted but will make it unique enough to be something completely different.
Angelus Errare
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Lex made Wiz Khalifa's Cabin Fever mixtape without his beats, shit would have been asstier...much like most of Wiz discography (Yes, K&OJ is good now stop mentioning it).
Angelus Errare
Banned
Trap Wiz was best Wiz.
I was going to download but now you changed my mind. Blue Dream and Lean was solid effort.
B.I.G. Sean might have album of the year if it's the same quality as these three songs leaked thus far. Detroit on some cheat code shit as far as hip-hop goes. Every time I look up they putting out classics or critically acclaimed albums. Sean did it again. Thankfully Ye has him on a semi annual release schedule where he releases every few years instead of every year like other artists.
Yeezus tree>>> your favorite rapper's tree. With the exception of Consequence everyone puts out dope music or somehow found a way to get them checks. He's like a mixture of the Hov/50 school of artist development. He won't completely leave you on your own but he won't coddle them all the time as well.
Bubbavelli
Banned
It could be argued that he made YG
Angelus Errare
Banned
"Do you eat ass?"
The Return of
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seriously, I love how cartoony Nicki is
Discotheque
Banned
finally we have a decent sequel to this gif
that's some masterful side-eye.
that's some masterful side-eye.
Discotheque
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wait..what.
that ronald mcdonald picture. that has to be a grafitti troll right?
that ronald mcdonald picture. that has to be a grafitti troll right?
The Return of
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I'm feeling this way much more than Chipper Jones 3 or whatever was his last project!
#weback
Discotheque
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new shmurda is shit. business as usual. couldn't even tell it was his track either, belonged to montana.
Syph Medwes
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sigh
Lol, I didn't know Courage was so good at arts and crafts
probably got help from peterboy
Syph Medwes
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"look what you've done"
I was praying I wouldn't be the under 23 white Gaf hopper chosen for this one.
Dipset - Do Something. Hook sucks but I fuck with this.
Full Drake & Nas #SpriteConcert. Shout outs to Drake for giving the little homie a shot. Watching now; Legend is such a good song, the bravado is sold so well.
Joe Budden on Juan Epstein. Seems like this is a more chill episode, look forward to hearing them shoot the shit.
Full Drake & Nas #SpriteConcert. Shout outs to Drake for giving the little homie a shot. Watching now; Legend is such a good song, the bravado is sold so well.
Joe Budden on Juan Epstein. Seems like this is a more chill episode, look forward to hearing them shoot the shit.
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