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Ka will be so different from everything else 2016. I can not wait
Unbelievable
silentcapybara
Banned
it's out in the wild
edit: and good looks on that year in review wrap-up, des. 2016 has blessed us
Cool playlist, thanks. Probably gonna listen to some of it after I finish this new Berserk.
Unrelated to anything: I guess I'm seeing Louis CK live tonight for free. Should be interesting. Never been to live stand up before.
IrishNinja
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Ka & Roc have me hyped, red keeps teasing Muddy Waters 2 but we'll see...hoping to catch him & meth again in october
wait what's kno dropping?
i still need to visit CRS one day & debo his Death is Silent vinyl
wait what's kno dropping?
i still need to visit CRS one day & debo his Death is Silent vinyl
MuddyDonut
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I really like that Goodbye Tomorrow track you uploaded yesterday. Some maximalism Travis Scott shit.
Peep their mixtape, beats outta this world.
Emperor Bohe
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bruh is it bad that i'm like
to the rich chigga joint
to the rich chigga joint
Storm Chamber
Banned
Marci and Ka in the same year again
Net_Wrecker
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Bones, August 5th. Hoping it's a another solo album.
I forgot Roc Marciano was dropping soon-ish too. What a time to be etc. etc.
This is nice, thanks for this.
And Caskey made it to the list! Now I won't be the only one listening to him lol.
edit: Bought what I could off amazon
Andrew Korenchkin
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Always wanted to ask this. How would you rank the members from the Wu-Tang Clan, from least favorite to most favorite? Speaking as rappers, though.
10. Crappadonna
9. RZA
8. Masta Killah
7. Ol' Dirty Bastard
6. U-God
5. Method Man
4. Ghostface Killah
3. Raekwon
2. Inspectah Deck
1. GZA
I woudl actually put RZA higher, but he got worse and worse as he went on. He killed it on 36 Chambers though. It's a tough question for me; nobody except Cappadonna (who wasn't even in the group during their prime anyway) is sub-par.
10. Crappadonna
9. RZA
8. Masta Killah
7. Ol' Dirty Bastard
6. U-God
5. Method Man
4. Ghostface Killah
3. Raekwon
2. Inspectah Deck
1. GZA
I woudl actually put RZA higher, but he got worse and worse as he went on. He killed it on 36 Chambers though. It's a tough question for me; nobody except Cappadonna (who wasn't even in the group during their prime anyway) is sub-par.
That's the worst, most nonsensical list I've ever seen that wasn't an obvious troll
Andrew Korenchkin
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Sure.
I find U-God's deep delivery to be....eh, I'll probably put him at 8, but he's underrated. He doesn't have a defining characteristic of guys like Ghostface and GZA, though. Not a single member of the Wu Tang (aside Crappadonna) is sub par, although of course the solo releases of each member will vary. No member was able to make a Liquid Swords although some tried and mostly succeeded.
EDIT: Nah.
i thought the first 3 were good enough to listen to... i skipped a few and listened to the tax stone and charlagmane the god one ... i liked it a lot
This any good? I've not heard his stuff before.
Oh yeah, how did that Banks & Steelz turn out? That was the new RZA project.
EDIT: My mistake, it's not out yet. But I think there's a single out called Giant.
Fakeknowledge
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Gaf-hop, you wanna hear about a rap album about love from 2 British white guys?
Great! Love the enthusiasm.
Pictured: Sweg
Ed Scissor and Lamplighter. I think it’s difficult to quickly and accurately explain their thing but if I had to I would describe it as “Radiohead raps”. Now, I don’t listen to nearly enough Radiohead to say whether that’s a very good description or not but as a quick and loose one I think it works well enough, with this album and there last EP at least, and it sounds cool, so yeah.
Londoner Ed (left) raps all the raps, Glaswegian Lamplighter produces all the beats. These two first came together on Ed’s 2012 debut album BETTER.LUCK.NEXT.LIFE which was entirely produced by Lamplighter. Ed’s lyricism is abstract, brooding, dark, heavy, sombre,depressive and all those other deep sounding words, and he found the perfect match in LL’s unconventional beats that fit most of the same descriptions whilst having their own distinguishable beauty, and I use the word beauty very deliberately. Their vibes combined and entwined so brilliantly on that first album that even though it was only Ed’s name on the album cover, I instantly considered them a pair, and if the next Ed Scissor album wasn’t entirely produced by LL again I would not be a very happy chappy.
4 years and 3 EP's of progress and refinement between them later, a slight tweak to the name and an even sharper turn into the left field and we here.
Album 2, 10 tracks,1 hour, no features. Tell them it’s Winter ruminates over life-and-lust-and-love before settling on the notion that every human being is on the hunt for the same thing. Ed’s rapping has developed into a sort of spoken word style that better accentuates his voice and vibe over the last few years and Lamplighters beats have gone to completely new levels. Ed describes them as being cinematic and filmic given they have their own emotional beats and clear beginnings, middles and ends and he’s bang on. He always lets them set the mood for a good 30 seconds before coming in on them, but rather than listen to me chat bollocks forever, you can listen to Ed talk about the album/love/his song writing and LL’s beats himself here
One or two choice quotes...
You can also read an excellent interview with Lamplighter here
LL on his beats and electronic influences..
I suppose it would be good idea to get round to actual music at some point, so here are the singles in order of release and Ed’s description of them.
TTIW
Many Made One
Hyperballad
Weeks
Descriptions for the other tracks on the album.
I had stupidly high expectations for this and i've had it on constanlty since yesterday. It's fair to say they've matched them at least, as much as I knew LL would kill it I was perhaps more impressed that Ed has managed to match him with every step, i think having more identifiable themes and relatable topics has helped in this regard, tracks like “Light Round Here” prove beyond any doubt he’s one of the best lyricists around right now. So dim the lights and give it a rinse, because this is peak experimental hip-hop rightchea.
Great! Love the enthusiasm.
Pictured: Sweg
Ed Scissor and Lamplighter. I think it’s difficult to quickly and accurately explain their thing but if I had to I would describe it as “Radiohead raps”. Now, I don’t listen to nearly enough Radiohead to say whether that’s a very good description or not but as a quick and loose one I think it works well enough, with this album and there last EP at least, and it sounds cool, so yeah.
Londoner Ed (left) raps all the raps, Glaswegian Lamplighter produces all the beats. These two first came together on Ed’s 2012 debut album BETTER.LUCK.NEXT.LIFE which was entirely produced by Lamplighter. Ed’s lyricism is abstract, brooding, dark, heavy, sombre,depressive and all those other deep sounding words, and he found the perfect match in LL’s unconventional beats that fit most of the same descriptions whilst having their own distinguishable beauty, and I use the word beauty very deliberately. Their vibes combined and entwined so brilliantly on that first album that even though it was only Ed’s name on the album cover, I instantly considered them a pair, and if the next Ed Scissor album wasn’t entirely produced by LL again I would not be a very happy chappy.
4 years and 3 EP's of progress and refinement between them later, a slight tweak to the name and an even sharper turn into the left field and we here.
Ed Scissor and Lamplighter – Tell Them it’s Winter
Album 2, 10 tracks,1 hour, no features. Tell them it’s Winter ruminates over life-and-lust-and-love before settling on the notion that every human being is on the hunt for the same thing. Ed’s rapping has developed into a sort of spoken word style that better accentuates his voice and vibe over the last few years and Lamplighters beats have gone to completely new levels. Ed describes them as being cinematic and filmic given they have their own emotional beats and clear beginnings, middles and ends and he’s bang on. He always lets them set the mood for a good 30 seconds before coming in on them, but rather than listen to me chat bollocks forever, you can listen to Ed talk about the album/love/his song writing and LL’s beats himself here
One or two choice quotes...
Quite..
You can also read an excellent interview with Lamplighter here
LL on his beats and electronic influences..
I suppose it would be good idea to get round to actual music at some point, so here are the singles in order of release and Ed’s description of them.
TTIW
Many Made One
Hyperballad
Weeks
Descriptions for the other tracks on the album.
I had stupidly high expectations for this and i've had it on constanlty since yesterday. It's fair to say they've matched them at least, as much as I knew LL would kill it I was perhaps more impressed that Ed has managed to match him with every step, i think having more identifiable themes and relatable topics has helped in this regard, tracks like “Light Round Here” prove beyond any doubt he’s one of the best lyricists around right now. So dim the lights and give it a rinse, because this is peak experimental hip-hop rightchea.
That thing felt dated to me like a month later. I definitely enjoyed it for about a week but yeah fell out of love with it real quick.
You never heard Young Jefe 1, you fucking up.
Also this shit dropped:
Really feeling some retail some stuff too including Clams' 32 Levels, Polyester the Saint's American Muscle, Nolan the Ninja, and Dreezy's No Hard Feelings
...21 Savage got some ridiculous beats and didn't shit with them, sound like a lazier less stylish version of Key!, just an easily marketable no talent copycat.
Glass Rebel
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That moment when the page post count saves your eyes, ears & life 🙏🏼
Always wanted to ask this. What's with your obsession with ranking shit? Honest question.
Always wanted to ask this. What's with your obsession with ranking shit? Honest question.
Pupperbabysassy
Member
I don't know. His verse on Winter Warz is one of the best things the Wu as whole ever put out.
I'm with you there. Memorized that whole verse.
MoodyFog
Member
Fakeknowledge
Member
Yes Dom. Something different, can't hurt to check it out.
Far too good a post to be stuck at the bottom of the page anyway so here it is again for the lads.
wheeeeeeeeeeew
Or so you'd think lol, and how would you know that unless you saw it?
Far too good a post to be stuck at the bottom of the page anyway so here it is again for the lads.
Gaf-hop, you wanna hear about a rap album about love from 2 British white guys?
Great! Love the enthusiasm.
Pictured: Sweg
Ed Scissor and Lamplighter. I think it’s difficult to quickly and accurately explain their thing but if I had to I would describe it as “Radiohead raps”. Now, I don’t listen to nearly enough Radiohead to say whether that’s a very good description or not but as a quick and loose one I think it works well enough, with this album and there last EP at least, and it sounds cool, so yeah.
Londoner Ed (left) raps all the raps, Glaswegian Lamplighter produces all the beats. These two first came together on Ed’s 2012 debut album BETTER.LUCK.NEXT.LIFE which was entirely produced by Lamplighter. Ed’s lyricism is abstract, brooding, dark, heavy, sombre,depressive and all those other deep sounding words, and he found the perfect match in LL’s unconventional beats that fit most of the same descriptions whilst having their own distinguishable beauty, and I use the word beauty very deliberately. Their vibes combined and entwined so brilliantly on that first album that even though it was only Ed’s name on the album cover, I instantly considered them a pair, and if the next Ed Scissor album wasn’t entirely produced by LL again I would not be a very happy chappy.
4 years and 3 EP's of progress and refinement between them later, a slight tweak to the name and an even sharper turn into the left field and we here.
Ed Scissor and Lamplighter – Tell Them it’s Winter
Album 2, 10 tracks,1 hour, no features. Tell them it’s Winter ruminates over life-and-lust-and-love before settling on the notion that every human being is on the hunt for the same thing. Ed’s rapping has developed into a sort of spoken word style that better accentuates his voice and vibe over the last few years and Lamplighters beats have gone to completely new levels. Ed describes them as being cinematic and filmic given they have their own emotional beats and clear beginnings, middles and ends and he’s bang on. He always lets them set the mood for a good 30 seconds before coming in on them, but rather than listen to me chat bollocks forever, you can listen to Ed talk about the album/love/his song writing and LL’s beats himself here
One or two choice quotes...
Quite..
You can also read an excellent interview with Lamplighter here
LL on his beats and electronic influences..
I suppose it would be good idea to get round to actual music at some point, so here are the singles in order of release and Ed’s description of them.
TTIW
Many Made One
Hyperballad
Weeks
Descriptions for the other tracks on the album.
I had stupidly high expectations for this and i've had it on constanlty since yesterday. It's fair to say they've matched them at least, as much as I knew LL would kill it I was perhaps more impressed that Ed has managed to match him with every step, i think having more identifiable themes and relatable topics has helped in this regard, tracks like “Light Round Here” prove beyond any doubt he’s one of the best lyricists around right now. So dim the lights and give it a rinse, because this is peak experimental hip-hop rightchea.
wheeeeeeeeeeew
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Sure!
Lists to me are fun because I love simply knowing about others favorites and preferences, but I guess people tend to not realize how benign my attitude is towards most of the stuff I like and how relaxed I am about others opinions. You do realize how little of a quality gap there is regarding each Wu Tang member for me, right?
For that matter, if you were to ask me this question a while ago when I first discovered 36 Chambers, RZA was near the top. He definitely killed every verse on that album. Oddly enough, I think GZA was one of my least favorites going by that album....until I heard Liquid Swords. I think the tone of that album didn't really give him the chance to REALLY show why's he elite.
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