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Gaf-Hop |OTXII| Avocado Booty Appreciation Thread
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Net_Wrecker
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That conversation DID in fact happen, and we, as a whole, came to the consensus that only the 1st half of Illmatic is a classic, and the rest is U God tier.
I feel comfortable speaking for everyone on this.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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That's what I loved about ITunes, seeing play counts back when my ipod classic was all I used for Music.
Now I got Cds, usb drives, my phone fucking up the stats.
Now I got Cds, usb drives, my phone fucking up the stats.
Billy ocean would probably still be number 1 across em all.
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Yeah, Peterboi will listen to ANYTHING just because it exists. I like that
Speaking of which, just a few tracks into this tin wooki
and yall werent playing. Shit is NICE. Something about him clicks more w/ me than Earl.
ViewtifulJC
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you always come through for me man, just like you will on Temple of Osiris on PS4 Dec.9th
...right?
IrishNinja
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this Fuck That's Delicious shit is making me a bigger Bronson fan
so glad i miss pages here & there
i once knew a dude that's try any food, no matter how bad/stale it looked
he's dead now but he was a good dude
so glad i miss pages here & there
i once knew a dude that's try any food, no matter how bad/stale it looked
he's dead now but he was a good dude
my top shit for the last 12 months is
Artist Plays: Future, Ye, Drake, Travis Scott, Young Thug
Album Plays
Travis Scott - Days Before Rodeo
Drake - NWTS
Future - Honest
Rich Gang - Rich Gang Tape
YG - My Krazy Life
Song Plays
Rich Gang - Givenchy
Travis Scott - Quintana 2
Travis Scott - Mamacita
Rich Gang - Flava
PARTYNEXTDOOR - Recognize
i dunno man. it looks like they have a long way back.
Artist Plays: Future, Ye, Drake, Travis Scott, Young Thug
Album Plays
Travis Scott - Days Before Rodeo
Drake - NWTS
Future - Honest
Rich Gang - Rich Gang Tape
YG - My Krazy Life
Song Plays
Rich Gang - Givenchy
Travis Scott - Quintana 2
Travis Scott - Mamacita
Rich Gang - Flava
PARTYNEXTDOOR - Recognize
i dunno man. it looks like they have a long way back.
Syph Medwes
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Yeah the art is fucking nice as hell and the storytelling makes it feel more like I am reading some fantasy novel than a comic book. Some Beowulf shit
Yeah after listening to probably close to a hundred mixtapes and albums this year I can honestly admit that nothing has hit me on a deep emotional level quite like things like Niggas is Men, Race Music, GNK, and a few other things from last year. There are tracks like Nate that did, but not entire projects.
I still use Last.fm that tracks everything I play from foobar and Spotify but since I've mostly been using Spotify, my Last.fm charts are practically similar.
There's a Chrome extension that tracks what you listen to on the web (YouTube/Soundcloud/Bandcamp/etc.) but I'm kind of OCD about the tagging so I don't even bother.
There's a Chrome extension that tracks what you listen to on the web (YouTube/Soundcloud/Bandcamp/etc.) but I'm kind of OCD about the tagging so I don't even bother.
PhoenixDark
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I know for a fact Questlove puts his money to work in inner cities, having seen it firsthand in Detroit. I can understand questioning certain artists but he's not on that list.
His argument really argues what I and others have been saying. I understand there will never be a "balance" on the radio, and I'm fine with that. People want to party and dance - that was true in the 90s (go look at those rap charts), it's true now. That being said radio isn't the main driving force of music anymore, there are multiple ways to make an impact. Yet the music right now is completely one dimensional - drugged out party n bullshit. I'm not getting my dusty old man preaching shoes on, that's just real talk.
Listening to the general feel of hip hop you would never be able to guess dudes were getting shot down monthly by cops. That's pathetic to me. And barely anyone has shit to say about it. There is no aggression or anger in music, everything is turn up. You have a large demographic of people who feel like no one gives a shit about them, and nobody is reaching them mentally. Yea they're being reached in terms of being given a way to escape through music and have fun...there's nothing wrong with that...but I don't see how nobody is trying to reach their soul.
CountBlack
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Same with Des.
Which is a good thing because we need some tastemakers for some of these projects
IrishNinja
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smh at PD & co acting like the kang didn't just teach these youth to love theyselves
jokes aside, this is absolutely true, and valued
jokes aside, this is absolutely true, and valued
The Last Emperor
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I love myself
I want to hug myself
How can u judge you when I'm a thug myself?
I want to hug myself
How can u judge you when I'm a thug myself?
yeah questlove is about his but he has no pull w/ the youth at all. you can tell it frustrates the shit out of him that's he's basically stuck preaching to the choir.
the music? im not gonna say that everybody wants to hear that turnup but the market that wants to hear something else is so negligible that folks dont even want to pursue it. they don't want the problems that comes with aligning themselves w/ that side of the table. you could make a nice lil cut of change but the grind to glory ratio probably isnt worth it.
CountBlack
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IrishNinja
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i can kinda see that, but dude forged that lane in the early 90's; hard to lament it now
can't even begin to think how many artists would kill to be in his spot...i think the same shit sometimes looking at Cee Lo too
i actually think he had a chance to turn it back around w/ the folks like 2-3 years around me. i remember a lot of young folks kind of feeling some joints off phrenology. they had the song in Madden. The Seed 2.0 got a lot of love. I think Break You Off got a decent bit of radio play.
not sure what happened w/ the Tipping Point then from Game Theory on all their music has such a bleak outlook that it's not even enjoyable.
i've always wanted them to make some shit that actually jams for a while now. give me a whole album of Seed 2.0s and i'd actually be excited about listening to them again.
PhoenixDark
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Agreed, I really don't understand why Questlove doesn't branch out. He runs with the same circles that surround Jay/Kanye/Timbo/etc, why not do something left (for him). From what I understand he's very picky about music which no doubt plays a part...but jeez man, you're already on the Tonight Show doing backup instrumentation for Bobby Shmurda and a host of other sorry folks, why not take a step out the cool kid pool.
The Seed 2.0 ruined the roots. Shit blew up in the wrong way for the band and all the people they scooped up from that track isn't trying to be enlightened by music or communication. So when they never delivered on that level again (birthday girl) they ended up Jimmy Fallon's backup band.
IrishNinja
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i hear you (and those are solid examples) but i don't know how much/long they could've capitalized on it. also PD kinda nailed it, that early/versatile sound they had, the okayplayer etc cred, they went tremendously further than most indie types do and prolly didn't wanna fuck with that much
still, i loved parts of Tipping Point
a) that's failing upwards by most standards tho
b) you sure you aren't thinking of Mos Def
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Action Bronson really just shredded weed and used it as a seasoning tho
Can someone link the latest episode.
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PhoenixDark
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Eh to be fair they released Game Theory a couple years after Seed 2.0. But I get what you're saying. They acquired a new fanbase that essentially sees them as a rap Dave Matthews Band.
woah
ViewtifulJC
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fuckin' internet
I don't understand how we could possibly have a Public Enemy in this era? Like on a popular level, no. Plenty of shit that had a message though, I don't feel deprived.
There aren't many mainstream artists that are trying that route either. People aren't trying to listen to that shit on the radio. Kanye doesn't really try to say much anymore even. I don't mind, I'm a Yeezus fan but he used to be the "mainstream dude saying something"
There aren't many mainstream artists that are trying that route either. People aren't trying to listen to that shit on the radio. Kanye doesn't really try to say much anymore even. I don't mind, I'm a Yeezus fan but he used to be the "mainstream dude saying something"
most people just don't give much of a shit.
they wanna get through their 9-5, stack paper, and don't care whether they're ignorant or not. they don't care about history, the future, our society, or even other people at all really. they live in a microcosm of me me me, and that's whatever.
it makes more sense when you envision the worldview most of the urban radio consumer base like our breh cacophony.
they wanna get through their 9-5, stack paper, and don't care whether they're ignorant or not. they don't care about history, the future, our society, or even other people at all really. they live in a microcosm of me me me, and that's whatever.
it makes more sense when you envision the worldview most of the urban radio consumer base like our breh cacophony.
yeah i used to actively give a shit but now im just trying to get this money and move up. i still care, but it's not something thats pressing to me.
i crave that ignorant shit to decompress from having to keep myself locked in during the workday.
yeah i mean at the end of they day they got that Tonight Show check as long as they want it. Questlove gets to be white folks tour guide into black culture. He gets to preach from on high w/ little to no brushback. They survived the game but I think he'd give up some of that if it meant that he could actually impact the youth.
i crave that ignorant shit to decompress from having to keep myself locked in during the workday.
yeah i mean at the end of they day they got that Tonight Show check as long as they want it. Questlove gets to be white folks tour guide into black culture. He gets to preach from on high w/ little to no brushback. They survived the game but I think he'd give up some of that if it meant that he could actually impact the youth.
You know, I think he even started gaining a bit of pull with like hip-hop nerd types, but once he leaked info about Ye's album and then got mad at people for spreading it across the internet even though he put it out there, I think he pretty much lost it.
He's very careful about what he says, and everyone still respects him, and I don't think he's quite grumpy OG status yet, but I honestly can't think of a reason why this/my generation should care about Questlove aside from telling us stories about the OGs we do care about.
Then again, who does have pull with the youth, really? Can you even pull today's youth? Part of me says if a male boy band can preach celibacy to millions of people worldwide, you can make some social change through hip-hop, but hip-hop acts don't really have a lifespan or that type of fanbase. And those who have that sort of power know they can lose everything for trying.
I don't know what it will take, but people aren't tryna hear anything socially conscious right now IMO. Whether it's on a trap beat or not, whether it's Jay talking or Macklemore, I don't think people consume hip-hop like that anymore. If there was an It Takes A Nation that was made perfectly to reflect the ills of society today, I don't think it would resonate regardless.
EDIT: overcast and Esch on the same wavelength, I see y'all
CountBlack
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Man love this dude, I forgot about my stomach virus while that shit was on.
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most people just don't give much of a shit.
they wanna get through their 9-5, stack paper, and don't care whether they're ignorant or not. they don't care about history, the future, our society, or even other people at all really. they live in a microcosm of me me me, and that's whatever.
it makes more sense when you envision the worldview most of the urban radio consumer base like our breh cacophony.
"Like, a tornado hitsthank god it didnt hit my housetheres no longer an empathy thing of this happened to our community, we have to go rebuild these houses. Weve become such a weird, fearful, narcissistic, individualized culture that we dont even understand that were interconnected and intertwined."
yeah i bumped that shit on my lunch break in the parking lot and despite the numerous flaws i can play all the tracks except Wet Dreamz. now they arent all great but i'm not lunging for the skip button either.
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Yea, lmao there's one part where Action is just so high out of his mind and every bite he takes just seems like he can feel his life changing slowly
What dish are you picking out of those ones he had? I might have to go with those drums of heaven.
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Definitely that then that fried Oreo, fried plantine, and ice cream for dessert
I'm feeling that way right now about the beans and tamales I'm eating while sipping on some scotch.
Heaven.
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