Glass Rebel
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Not sure if this was posted but if you didn't like Ye's verse...
THat Part (Black Hippy Remix)
THat Part (Black Hippy Remix)
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Yeah couple pages back. It's hard to believe a shittier verse than Ye's surfaced. Thanks Ab Soul.
I was just thinking of switching this in instead of the original. But I'm one of those dumb album puritans, so I'll probably leave it as is.
Pupperbabysassy
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I'm half way through this Schoolboy Q album. Does it pick up? It's very bland so far.
!llmind - BoomTrap Vol. 4.
Cam'Ron ft. Juelz Santana - Oh Yeah video.
Gang of songs coming out today about police violence:
Young Buck - Riot.
Z Ro x Mike Dean - No Justice No Peace.
Mistah F.A.B. - 6 Shots.
DJ Greg Street ft. Akon, B.o.B., & Big K.R.I.T. - I Am Somebody.
Swizz Beatz ft. Scarface - Sad News.
Some are cheesier than others, but overall, I surprisingly enjoyed all of these TBH.
Echoing everyone else's impressions on this. Great overall though.
I don't know how you could listen to that Jay track and even begin to think that he had flow.
I haven't heard anything that off-beat in years. There was zero rhythm. We give a lot of rappers hyperbolic shit for rapping off beat, but Jay was literally just talking as fast as he could with a beat on in the background.
RespectThySole
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This Q album is dope. Ride Out is heat.
Pupperbabysassy
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The Schoolboy Q album picks up. He really needs to thank Miguel, Vince Staples, Anderson Paak, Dogg Pound and E-40 for their verses. This album would have been disappointing without them.
I have horrible timing for posting this kinda shit, but whatever, Supa Bwe dropped Dead 3
FULL COSIGN
This is dope as fuck
Storm Chamber
Banned
Really liking this Blank Face album. Q's best work to me.
Glass Rebel
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this new migos is aight, nothing special
hope they got some better for no label 3
hope they got some better for no label 3
Net_Wrecker
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That's the point though. When's the last time he tried something, anything on a beat? I don't know where this sentiment that riding the percussion = optimal, but there's a million ways to attack an instrumental. That spoken word offbeat style hopping in and out of the pattern in the first verse is the most experimental he's been in a long, long time. Ever since like Blueprint 3 he's been on that lazy start-stop UNH/UH/AUGH flow with nothing interesting happening.
This E-40 verse is so bad omg
belongs in the garbage can, the trash
belongs in the garbage can, the trash
The sentiment comes from shit that sounds put together, as opposed to shit like this that sounds discordant. I'm not sure where the opposite sentiment comes from, where being as far removed from all parts of the beat as possible constitutes a good flow. Even DOOM's haphazard style touches in more than this. Slap it with an "experimental" label if you want, but it just sounds like a mess, and the label this type of rapping usually gets is "aye, were his headphones even on?"
Storm Chamber
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The disrespect of 40 Water in here
Net_Wrecker
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I never said that discord = good, as if that's the only interesting way to rap. I can appreciate Nas' structure on NY State of Mind just as much as I can appreciate BIggie making awkward scheme switches seem natural, or Snoop Dogg's easygoing style, or Pharoahe Monch going nuts on Bring It On, or Doom's hyper multis, or Young Thug's weird harmonies, or Future's droning, or etc. etc. Jay's not "as far removed from all parts of the beat as possible" holy exaggeration. He's clearly jumping into the fast talk- something he used to do a lot btw, remember- and jumping back out to land on the beat. He doesn't need to do this all the time, but this was a guy once revered for his varied ways to tackle an instrumental.
Rastafarian42
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Yeah I'm feeling this way myself after a couple of listens.
The disrespect of 40 Water in here
smh straight :scust: his verse was dope
dat three 6 mafia sample
Definitely agree with this
ViewtifulJC
Banned
There's at least 4 tracks that I never need to hear ever again
Big Body I didnt need to hear the first time
RespectThySole
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Yeah, it drags at points in the second half.
I'd take out Kanye from THat Part even though the song itself is meh to me regardless. Take out whatever Tyler put in, take out Overtime cause it's just mediocre. But the rest I'd keep.
I might be in the minority on this but I fucks with WHateva U Want heavy. I don't usually like popish cross overs but I really like the beat and flow to it and think it adds to the album.
Gun to my head, maybe the Swizz Beats track and the Lance Skiiwalker part in Kno Ya Wrong too. Even though I think their decent to good but don't really reach the other and plentiful highs in the album for me.
Travis is and always will be a better producer than Tyler
also y'all need to check out the Supa Bwe Des linked
Looool
also y'all need to check out the Supa Bwe Des linked
Looool
Net_Wrecker
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That Part, Whateva U Want, and Overtime can go. Dope Dealer's on the edge too.
EDIT: Big Body is first ballot cut though, how could I leave that out.
On HnC I'd only cut Grooveline and Sex Drive.
Tookie Knows >>>> Tookie Knows II btw, even though the first one is basically a bunch of adlibbing.
EDIT: Big Body is first ballot cut though, how could I leave that out.
On HnC I'd only cut Grooveline and Sex Drive.
Tookie Knows >>>> Tookie Knows II btw, even though the first one is basically a bunch of adlibbing.
The song that will be used in cuckold porn compilations for years to come.
Cesare Borgia
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Wow how did I not figure out that Lord Have Mercy samples Cristo Redentor. Impressive sample chopping.
Donald Byrd whew.
Donald Byrd whew.
Jay's flow is pretty great on the new track...it's unorthodox but never wanders off too far to come back around. I wonder if the same people who dislike it also think E-40 is trash...
I haven't gotten to listen to Blank Face yet, but I bumped that Maxo Kream today, and goddamn, it is fuckin phenomenal. Everyone needs to check that out if you haven't already
I haven't gotten to listen to Blank Face yet, but I bumped that Maxo Kream today, and goddamn, it is fuckin phenomenal. Everyone needs to check that out if you haven't already
Andrew Korenchkin
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Man, this album is really that good? I'm in for a treat!
Discotheque
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I dunno if I'd put it over HnC right now but still this fucking album is solid. My favorite TDE anything since at least good kid maad city
Net_Wrecker
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Groovy Tony / Eddie Kane is soooooooooooo good. They took what was already a dope single and turned it into one of my favorite tracks of the year. Jadakiss' verse, the bassline and progression on Eddie Kane, Q's verses, whew
Storm Chamber
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Rappin' my ass off, nigga
You're tryna blur my picture
Want me down there with you
Tryna blow my high
You wanna steer my drive
You ask for more than my moms
Try corruptin' my mind
Do some work with them palms
When I was broke, you was gone
You're tryna blur my picture
Want me down there with you
Tryna blow my high
You wanna steer my drive
You ask for more than my moms
Try corruptin' my mind
Do some work with them palms
When I was broke, you was gone
Discotheque
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I just started grinning when they throw some synth into the Eddie Kane track. that shit progresses so smoothly.
Gotta disagree on Tookie Knows 1 > 2 though. The new one just feels like a pure old school gangster rap song.
Bounceounce
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I thought Jay's flow was off on each feature he had this year, I thought it was perfect on this song, never wavered from the beat once, rose with the piano, sped up with the empty parts, went with the dips, everything was perfect.
!llmind - BoomTrap Vol. 4.
Cam'Ron ft. Juelz Santana - Oh Yeah video.
Gang of songs coming out today about police violence:
Young Buck - Riot.
Z Ro x Mike Dean - No Justice No Peace.
Mistah F.A.B. - 6 Shots.
DJ Greg Street ft. Akon, B.o.B., & Big K.R.I.T. - I Am Somebody.
Swizz Beatz ft. Scarface - Sad News.
Some are cheesier than others, but overall, I surprisingly enjoyed all of these TBH.
Echoing everyone else's impressions on this. Great overall though.
I don't know how you could listen to that Jay track and even begin to think that he had flow.
I haven't heard anything that off-beat in years. There was zero rhythm. We give a lot of rappers hyperbolic shit for rapping off beat, but Jay was literally just talking as fast as he could with a beat on in the background.
On a side note the first verse is top ten Jay verse worry imo.
Net_Wrecker
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Tookie Knows II is cool, I don't dislike it, but eh. Traffic + TF's verses are just kinda there. Plus Overtime right before that...... eeehhhhh. They're basically bonus tracks with the way TorcH and Blank Face (title track) bookend the album.
Anyway I'm just happy to say it's a good album. The highs are really high and production is mostly great throughout. It's not as psychedelic and dark/trip-hoppy as HnC, which is why I STILL think that's the best TDE album, but it's a much better project than Oxymoron.
Joo crazy. Beat's great, Ab-Soul pre-death, EXTRA PILLS
Andrew Korenchkin
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Favorite GZA verses?
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