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Psychological Intellect

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torre_avenue said:
I mean, he still is. As long as he isn't signed to a major label, he is still independent.

Frank is independent and yet he still took Apple's money in exchange for "Blonde" exclusivity, "Chanel", and a radio show. Fuck, if I were in that situation too, I'd sure as hell take $500,000 for two weeks of exclusivity before I released the damn thing for free too. I mean, if you feel so inclined, you can now download "Coloring Book" on DatPiff.

My point is, Chance made a business decision that keeps him independent, helps him make back some of the cash he spent on "Coloring Book", and gives him something to spend on his future album. It's not a bad deal at all.
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Chanel came out on Spotify the same night and Frank uploads Blonded radio to spotify right when it airs on AM.
 
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torre_avenue

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Psychological Intellect said:
Chanel came out on Spotify the same night and Frank uploads Blonded radio to spotify right when it airs on AM.
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Huh, I didn't know that. Good on you, Frank.

But I think my point still stands. Chance is just as independent as Frank, it doesn't matter if he took Apple's cash or not. He still did what he said he would do with "Coloring Book".
 
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CrazyShady

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How do you guys generally feel about Ross?

I think he's a great rapper but his story telling is hit or miss, mainly due to how its mostly braggadocios fake stories that I know never happened but just sound cool. Authenticity isn't something that's needed entirely for a rapper but I'd like most of the stories to be grounded in some sort of reality.
 
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Koozek

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Man, listened to JEFFERY again for the first time in a while and Thugga's delivery on Harambe is still insane.

New Rozay starts smooth. He just works these soulful beats.

CrazyShady said:
How do you guys generally feel about Ross?

I think he's a great rapper but his story telling is hit or miss, mainly due to how its mostly braggadocios fake stories that I know never happened but just sound cool. Authenticity isn't something that's needed entirely for a rapper but I'd like most of the stories to be grounded in some sort of reality.
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Never really followed him much and especially didn't like the era where he rapped on throwaway Lex Luthor beats, but bumping his Black Dollar mixtape (which is much better than the Black Market album) made me realize he's actually a pretty good rapper (the way he pronounces words is cool, like, how he stretches/emphasizes them).

http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/rick-ross-black-dollar-new-mixtape.116003.html

Andrew Korenchkin said:
Meh.
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Check out the tape above.
 
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Koozek

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Syphon Filter said:
Just finished the ross album, fairly fiyah surprisingly. I only didn't like one track or so.
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Almost through. The one with Thugga is weak, Dead Presidents shouldn't have been on there (that's that 2010 Lex Luthor shit I was talking about in my last post), and the one after that with Gucci is wack too :/ Outside of those it's good. Basically I just wanted him on these dope, soulful beats. What the hell is that beat on the track with Nas, though? Super boring.
 
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Syphon Filter

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Koozek said:
Almost through. The one with Thugga is weak, Dead Presidents shouldn't have been on there (that's that 2010 Lex Luthor shit I was talking about in my last post), and the one after that with Gucci is wack too :/ Outside of those it's good. Basically I just wanted him on these dope, soulful beats. What the hell is that beat on the track with Nas, though? Super boring.
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The beat with the the Nas track did not seem to fit Nas too much but it was aight.
 
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enzo_gt

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Yeah, rockstar, heavy metal, no guitar
Why you pay so much for your Nissan? Because it's GTR
First I shift it, click it, burning rubber like I'm moving dark
Drive at night, I chop my top so I can relate to the stars

yeah

relate to the stars




IMMA RACE YOU FOR A PINKSLIP

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Ninja Dom

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Hitta93 said:
First 3 tracks on that new Ross album are pretty good.
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CrazyShady said:
How do you guys generally feel about Ross?

I think he's a great rapper but his story telling is hit or miss, mainly due to how its mostly braggadocios fake stories that I know never happened but just sound cool. Authenticity isn't something that's needed entirely for a rapper but I'd like most of the stories to be grounded in some sort of reality.
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He's pretty easy to listen to. He's got an ear for good beats to rap over. And you've got to give it to Ross, after 50 went at him hard and tried to finish him, here Ross is with a career still going and a 9th album.

I suppose after a successful 10 years in the rap game some of his lavish living stories have some merit.

This new album is pretty good. Much more laid back than his other albums. I do enjoy a hype Rock Ross track but these mellow tunes on this album are still good.

Andrew Korenchkin said:
Listened to Jeffrey twice this week. Still my AOTY 2016.
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Yeah, Jeffrey was my album of the year 2016 too. My favourite track was 'Floyd Mayweather'. Played that on repeat constantly. Shame Thugga never put a video out for that track.
 
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torre_avenue

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Rumor is this is the tracklist for the Gorillaz new album:

Andromeda (Feat. D.R.A.M.)
Ascension (Feat. Vince Staples)
Busted And Blue
Carnival (Feat. Anthony Hamilton)
Charger (Feat. Grace Jones)
Circle Of Friendz (Feat. Brandon Markell Holmes)
Halfway To The Halfway House (Feat. Peven Everett)
Hallelujah Money (Feat. Benjamin Clementine)
Interlude: Elevator Going Up
Interlude: New World
Interlude: Penthouse
Interlude: Talk Radio
Interlude: The Elephant
Interlude: The Non-conformist Oath
Intro: I Switched My Robot Off
Let Me Out (Feat. Mavis Staples & Pusha T)
Momentz (Feat. De La Soul)
Out Of Body (Feat. Kilo Kish, Zebra Katz & Imani Voshana)
Saturnz Barz (Feat. Popcaan)
Sex Murder Party (Feat. Jamie Principle & Zebra Katz)
She’s My Collar (Feat. Kali Uchis)
Strobelite (Feat. Peven Everett)
Submission (Feat. Danny Brown & Kelela)
The Apprentice (Feat. Rag’n’bone Man, Zebra Katz & Ray BLK)
Ticker Tape (Feat. Carly Simon & Kali Uchis)
We Got The Power (Feat. Jehnny Beth)
 
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Bounceounce

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CrazyShady said:
How do you guys generally feel about Ross?

I think he's a great rapper but his story telling is hit or miss, mainly due to how its mostly braggadocios fake stories that I know never happened but just sound cool. Authenticity isn't something that's needed entirely for a rapper but I'd like most of the stories to be grounded in some sort of reality.
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Talented writer/rapper that makes the same material again and again in a non-interesting way.
 
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Dereck

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torre_avenue said:
Rumor is this is the tracklist for the Gorillaz new album:

Andromeda (Feat. D.R.A.M.)
Ascension (Feat. Vince Staples)
Busted And Blue
Carnival (Feat. Anthony Hamilton)
Charger (Feat. Grace Jones)
Circle Of Friendz (Feat. Brandon Markell Holmes)
Halfway To The Halfway House (Feat. Peven Everett)
Hallelujah Money (Feat. Benjamin Clementine)
Interlude: Elevator Going Up
Interlude: New World
Interlude: Penthouse
Interlude: Talk Radio
Interlude: The Elephant
Interlude: The Non-conformist Oath
Intro: I Switched My Robot Off
Let Me Out (Feat. Mavis Staples & Pusha T)
Momentz (Feat. De La Soul)
Out Of Body (Feat. Kilo Kish, Zebra Katz & Imani Voshana)
Saturnz Barz (Feat. Popcaan)
Sex Murder Party (Feat. Jamie Principle & Zebra Katz)
She’s My Collar (Feat. Kali Uchis)
Strobelite (Feat. Peven Everett)
Submission (Feat. Danny Brown & Kelela)
The Apprentice (Feat. Rag’n’bone Man, Zebra Katz & Ray BLK)
Ticker Tape (Feat. Carly Simon & Kali Uchis)
We Got The Power (Feat. Jehnny Beth)
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With all of those features you could easily mistake this for a new Kanye album
 
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shoelacer

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This Ross album is something. Dead Presidents would be an insanely flat record even if it came out six years ago, but it's impressive that something this phoned in made an album in 2017.
 
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Alpende

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I refuse to believe that that Gorillaz leak is legit. Vince, Pusha and Danny sound amazing. I just don't want to be disappointed.
 
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CrazyShady

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When do we officially start the More Life countdown? At 12 EST so that theres 6.6.6.6.6 hours til OVO Sound?

I'm sorry I'm from T.O I'm pretty hyped
 
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