Andrew Korenchkin
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What's up with this? I'm completely oblivious to Taylor Swift, so I'm curious about how she comes off.
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What's up with this? I'm completely oblivious to Taylor Swift, so I'm curious about how she comes off.
Andrew Korenchkin
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All I know is that Love Story is one of the worst songs I've ever heard. Fuck that song to hell and back.
Minus the white feminism shit, she's fake and always plays the victim and shit. It's just ugh
Andrew Korenchkin
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OK, I see what you mean.
Bounceounce
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The video didn't show the "bitch" line, just the sex part, we don't know whether or not she agreed to that.
Spine_Ripper
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LTTP, but The Feminine: Act II by Anna Wise (Kendrick's go to female vocalist) is pretty damn groovy. Alternative, r&b, pop, some hip-hop. Lyrics a lil 🌽 in a few parts, but her vocals and instrumentals are fucking gold. Always been one of my favorite parts of Kenny's music. Kinda like Mike Dean synths and guitar solos on Kanye records.
Not gonna lie, I fucking love this show
Old man Budden vs Akademiks is fucking hilarious and reminds me a lot of typical rap message boards these days where different generations of rap fans collide and roast each other
Nothing to do with the clip but YT comments never fail to be gross.
torre_avenue
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Spotify leaked the cover to Vince's new album, hopefully it's coming soon then.
Spotify leaked the cover to Vince's new album, hopefully it's coming soon then.
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Net_Wrecker
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Random Masta Ace thoughts after listening through his discography for the first time in at least a decade.
-This guy is beyond underrated.
- Sittin' On Chrome is a greattttttttttttttttttt album, and I did not appreciate how great it was back when I first listened. Like a lot of people, my first real exposure to Ace (as in not on "The Symphony" or "Jeep Ass Niguh") was Disposable Arts (I distinctly remember Disposable Arts, MMLP, and Blacktrash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones being recommended together constantly around 01-02), so I didn't really get how good his 90s album were at the time. Sittin' On Chrome is a fantastic mix of 1995 East and West sounds, which is only appropriate seeing as Ace seemed to be caught between the coasts during the first half of the decade. Sooooooo chill.
- People love to cite how Eminem was influenced by him, but fail to mention how Ace was influenced right back. Disposable Arts has a ton of bars that sound like SSLP era Eminem. Same inflections, same multi style. His vocal tone was already changing by the time he made Sittin' On Chrome, but there was clearly a style change in the late 90s as well.
- Beautiful is one of my favorite hip-hop tracks ever. That and Brooklyn Masala on the same album whew. The whole project is dripping with warmth and nostalgia, but these two tracks in particular omg.
- Just realized he dropped an album last year, The Falling Season, and managed to go back to the well with another concept album to deliver a good body of work. The actual story isn't as entertaining as DA or ALHS, this time looking back at his high school years, but the music is good. The best tracks here have the same airy nostalgia that the best stuff on A Long Hot Summer had, and Ace, as one of hip-hop's all time best storytellers, is as learned and down to earth as he's ever been. Soulful hip-hop, built to last. One of the greats.
-This guy is beyond underrated.
- Sittin' On Chrome is a greattttttttttttttttttt album, and I did not appreciate how great it was back when I first listened. Like a lot of people, my first real exposure to Ace (as in not on "The Symphony" or "Jeep Ass Niguh") was Disposable Arts (I distinctly remember Disposable Arts, MMLP, and Blacktrash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones being recommended together constantly around 01-02), so I didn't really get how good his 90s album were at the time. Sittin' On Chrome is a fantastic mix of 1995 East and West sounds, which is only appropriate seeing as Ace seemed to be caught between the coasts during the first half of the decade. Sooooooo chill.
- People love to cite how Eminem was influenced by him, but fail to mention how Ace was influenced right back. Disposable Arts has a ton of bars that sound like SSLP era Eminem. Same inflections, same multi style. His vocal tone was already changing by the time he made Sittin' On Chrome, but there was clearly a style change in the late 90s as well.
- Beautiful is one of my favorite hip-hop tracks ever. That and Brooklyn Masala on the same album whew. The whole project is dripping with warmth and nostalgia, but these two tracks in particular omg.
- Just realized he dropped an album last year, The Falling Season, and managed to go back to the well with another concept album to deliver a good body of work. The actual story isn't as entertaining as DA or ALHS, this time looking back at his high school years, but the music is good. The best tracks here have the same airy nostalgia that the best stuff on A Long Hot Summer had, and Ace, as one of hip-hop's all time best storytellers, is as learned and down to earth as he's ever been. Soulful hip-hop, built to last. One of the greats.
Two of my faves of his too! A Long Hot Summer is the only album I really know. Will check out some of the earlier ones now. The new one had some nice tracks too on my first listen, though too many skits. Funnily, Masta Ace was my first live show ever when I was 14 or so. Didn't know him before, just randomly went there.
theignoramus
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I dont fuck with Pitchfork at all, but Im DEAD at them calling Logic's album an "alllivesmatter" rap album. Like, this nigga Logic crafted his entire project to cater to the type of people that work for pitchfork and they saw through every bit of it. They was like "nah fam. We'll take a pass on that"
Shit is hilarious.
Shit is hilarious.
Reading right now.
For a significant portion of the album, Logic stakes a claim to his blackness with receipts, citing his great-grandfather the slave, his cousin Keisha, and saying ”nigga" a few times. None of these race raps do anything meaningful. They say very little about the mechanics of racism and they say next to nothing insightful about being black in America. He spends more time denouncing rioters than killer cops on ”America." Trump gets a single bar of disapproval but Kanye gets several for meeting with him. Logic's calls for civic action seem woefully ignorant to how oppression and white supremacy work—from the role of private prisons and redistricting to stop and frisks. To that end, not once does he consider how being white-passing could skew his perception of what it means to be black. He never even probes what it might mean when people assume that he's white; either he refuses to engage thoughtfully here or he's simply irresponsible. This isn't just lazy, it's messy. It's the #AllLivesMatter of rap albums.
This was exactly my issue. He's been speaking on current race issues clearly like someone who, outside of the way his own, white mother treated him, didn't experience the same treatment from society as black-passing biracial persons.
That whole review is Ether
Net_Wrecker
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The skits are a part of his style now. Hearing Fats Belvedere again on the new album, fam (; _
This is great.
IncredibleReading right now.
For a significant portion of the album, Logic stakes a claim to his blackness with receipts, citing his great-grandfather the slave, his cousin Keisha, and saying nigga a few times. None of these race raps do anything meaningful. They say very little about the mechanics of racism and they say next to nothing insightful about being black in America. He spends more time denouncing rioters than killer cops on America. Trump gets a single bar of disapproval but Kanye gets several for meeting with him. Logics calls for civic action seem woefully ignorant to how oppression and white supremacy workfrom the role of private prisons and redistricting to stop and frisks. To that end, not once does he consider how being white-passing could skew his perception of what it means to be black. He never even probes what it might mean when people assume that hes white; either he refuses to engage thoughtfully here or hes simply irresponsible. This isnt just lazy, its messy. It's the #AllLivesMatter of rap albums.
This was exactly my issue. He's been speaking on current race issues clearly like someone who, outside of the way his own, white mother treated him, didn't experience the same treatment from society as black-passing biracial persons.
Good thing I got Drake for that. #goat
Nabs
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Reading right now.
For a significant portion of the album, Logic stakes a claim to his blackness with receipts, citing his great-grandfather the slave, his cousin Keisha, and saying nigga a few times. None of these race raps do anything meaningful. They say very little about the mechanics of racism and they say next to nothing insightful about being black in America. He spends more time denouncing rioters than killer cops on America. Trump gets a single bar of disapproval but Kanye gets several for meeting with him. Logics calls for civic action seem woefully ignorant to how oppression and white supremacy workfrom the role of private prisons and redistricting to stop and frisks. To that end, not once does he consider how being white-passing could skew his perception of what it means to be black. He never even probes what it might mean when people assume that hes white; either he refuses to engage thoughtfully here or hes simply irresponsible. This isnt just lazy, its messy. It's the #AllLivesMatter of rap albums.
This was exactly my issue. He's been speaking on current race issues clearly like someone who, outside of the way his own, white mother treated him, didn't experience the same treatment from society as black-passing biracial persons.
Give it to me
Uno Venova
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Reading right now.
For a significant portion of the album, Logic stakes a claim to his blackness with receipts, citing his great-grandfather the slave, his cousin Keisha, and saying nigga a few times. None of these race raps do anything meaningful. They say very little about the mechanics of racism and they say next to nothing insightful about being black in America. He spends more time denouncing rioters than killer cops on America. Trump gets a single bar of disapproval but Kanye gets several for meeting with him. Logics calls for civic action seem woefully ignorant to how oppression and white supremacy workfrom the role of private prisons and redistricting to stop and frisks. To that end, not once does he consider how being white-passing could skew his perception of what it means to be black. He never even probes what it might mean when people assume that hes white; either he refuses to engage thoughtfully here or hes simply irresponsible. This isnt just lazy, its messy. It's the #AllLivesMatter of rap albums.
This was exactly my issue. He's been speaking on current race issues clearly like someone who, outside of the way his own, white mother treated him, didn't experience the same treatment from society as black-passing biracial persons.
still tho 250K first week
logic winning
ThanksVision
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so much heat on the new payroll album for DBC fans everywhere
then cardo dropping big bossin 2 this summer with him... What did I do to deserve this
then cardo dropping big bossin 2 this summer with him... What did I do to deserve this
Bumped Big Bossin' Vol. 1 a lot last year.
LUCKI interview, a lotta rappers talk that Xanax drug shit but listening to Lucki you can really hear how scary and irrational it is. Really feeling Watch My Back, it's got a true paranoid, vulnerability tone to it. It's like I Don't Like Shit if Earl got so Xan'd out he couldn't rap on a high technical level anymore but the metaphors and themes were still present.
Coreda
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Last one reads like a Commentiquette post
Only now discovered this:
Last Friday, in between stories about Kendrick not listening to his albums after they're turned in for mastering and DAMN. becoming the highest-selling debut of 2017, DJBooth scribe Miguelito penned a think piece entitled, "Praise & Questions: How Kendrick & Chance Talk to God in Different Ways," which aimed to break down the very different ways the two biggest mainstream religious rappers display their faith.
To our surprise (and excitement), less than 12 hours after publishing Miguelito's article, Kendrick sent us a message, acknowledging that he had read the article and offering a complete explanation as to how he expresses God.
Rather than think piece his response to a think pieceLord knows, we don't need another think piecewe asked Kendrick for his permission to print his full, unedited message below.
He said yes.
To our surprise (and excitement), less than 12 hours after publishing Miguelito's article, Kendrick sent us a message, acknowledging that he had read the article and offering a complete explanation as to how he expresses God.
Rather than think piece his response to a think pieceLord knows, we don't need another think piecewe asked Kendrick for his permission to print his full, unedited message below.
He said yes.
Kendrick Lamar:
Long time no talk. Congrats on the work. Honored to say I still enjoy the write ups. Y'all accuracy lets me know this site has a deep respect for the culture. Much appreciated.
Your latest read is really interesting to me. I didn't expect anyone to catch it. How I express God. I went to a local church some time ago, and it appalled me that the same program was in practice. A program that I seen as a kid the few times I was in service. Praise, dance. Worship. (Which is beautiful.) Pastor spewing the idea of someone's season is approaching. The idea of hope. So on and so forth.
As a child, I always felt this Sermon had an emptiness about it. Kinda one sided, in what I felt in my heart. Fast forward. After being heavily in my studies these past few years, I've finally figured out why I left those services feeling spiritually unsatisfied as a child. I discovered more truth. But simple truth. Our God is a loving God. Yes. He's a merciful God. Yes. But he's even more so a God of DISCIPLE. OBEDIENCE. A JEALOUS God. And for every conscious choice of sin, will be corrected through his discipline. Whether physical or mental. Direct or indirect. Through your sufferings, or someone that's close to [sic] ken. It will be corrected.
Hence the concept "The wages of sin is Death." It shall be corrected. As a community, we was taught to pray for our mishaps, and he'll forgive you. Yes, this is true. But he will also reprimand us as well. As a child, I can't recall hearing this in service. Maybe leaders of the church knew it will run off churchgoers? No one wants to hear about karma from the decisions they make. It's a hard truth. We want to hear about hope, salvation, and redemption. Though his son died for our sins, our free will to make whatever choice we want, still allows him to judge us.
So in conclusion, I feel it's my calling to share the joy of God, but with exclamation, more so, the FEAR OF GOD. The balance. Knowing the power in what he can build, and also what he can destroy. At any given moment.
I love when artists sing about what makes Him happy. My balance is to tell you what will make Him extinguish you. Personally, once that idea of real fear registered in my mind, it made me try harder at choosing my battles wisely. Which will forever be tough, because I'm still of flesh. I wanna spread this truth to my listeners. It's a journey, but it will be my key to the Kingdom. And theirs as well. I briefly touched on it in this album, but when he tells me to react, I will take deeper action.
So thank you for your great work. It inspired me to reply with this long ass message. Hopefully, you'll take the time to read mines like I do yours.
Long time no talk. Congrats on the work. Honored to say I still enjoy the write ups. Y'all accuracy lets me know this site has a deep respect for the culture. Much appreciated.
Your latest read is really interesting to me. I didn't expect anyone to catch it. How I express God. I went to a local church some time ago, and it appalled me that the same program was in practice. A program that I seen as a kid the few times I was in service. Praise, dance. Worship. (Which is beautiful.) Pastor spewing the idea of someone's season is approaching. The idea of hope. So on and so forth.
As a child, I always felt this Sermon had an emptiness about it. Kinda one sided, in what I felt in my heart. Fast forward. After being heavily in my studies these past few years, I've finally figured out why I left those services feeling spiritually unsatisfied as a child. I discovered more truth. But simple truth. Our God is a loving God. Yes. He's a merciful God. Yes. But he's even more so a God of DISCIPLE. OBEDIENCE. A JEALOUS God. And for every conscious choice of sin, will be corrected through his discipline. Whether physical or mental. Direct or indirect. Through your sufferings, or someone that's close to [sic] ken. It will be corrected.
Hence the concept "The wages of sin is Death." It shall be corrected. As a community, we was taught to pray for our mishaps, and he'll forgive you. Yes, this is true. But he will also reprimand us as well. As a child, I can't recall hearing this in service. Maybe leaders of the church knew it will run off churchgoers? No one wants to hear about karma from the decisions they make. It's a hard truth. We want to hear about hope, salvation, and redemption. Though his son died for our sins, our free will to make whatever choice we want, still allows him to judge us.
So in conclusion, I feel it's my calling to share the joy of God, but with exclamation, more so, the FEAR OF GOD. The balance. Knowing the power in what he can build, and also what he can destroy. At any given moment.
I love when artists sing about what makes Him happy. My balance is to tell you what will make Him extinguish you. Personally, once that idea of real fear registered in my mind, it made me try harder at choosing my battles wisely. Which will forever be tough, because I'm still of flesh. I wanna spread this truth to my listeners. It's a journey, but it will be my key to the Kingdom. And theirs as well. I briefly touched on it in this album, but when he tells me to react, I will take deeper action.
So thank you for your great work. It inspired me to reply with this long ass message. Hopefully, you'll take the time to read mines like I do yours.
Don't know him and haven't watched it yet, but quickly read an article about him and damn. Will watch the interview later. This whole Xanax and prescription drugs epidemic in the US is crazy.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Will listen. Xanax is pretty easy to abuse, it's crazy. Never taken them eveb though a few people have suggested them.
Well if you never listened to Lucki you should probably start with X or Son of Sam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_aAHXGH3sQ
I remember me when he made this I knew it was really getting ugly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mksqn0PHNUg
People talk a lot about vulnerability in Future's music but it's mostly shallow and conceited focused on the ill effects to his moral fiber, which was nonexistent way before he ever popped a pill. I've been listening to Lucki for about four years and within that short amount of time you can really hear and see the downward spiral.
People talk a lot about vulnerability in Future's music but it's mostly shallow and conceited focused on the ill effects to his moral fiber, which was nonexistent way before he ever popped a pill. I've been listening to Lucki for about four years and within that short amount of time you can really hear and see the downward spiral.
The Artful Dodger
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This is good. Should I go through all his music or is there a specific mixtape/ep I should just pick up?
I do find it fun/amusing that basically Future's music is about how shitty of a person he is, but yeah it is fairly shallow.
Bounceounce
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"I gave you fair warning, beware."
He's so xan'd out that it's hard to recommend an entire tape but the ones were he started using most of his production are my favorite including X, Son of Sam, Watch My Back and Body High. You have to be in a certain zone before you listen any of his shit and some tapes I might only love like four or five tracks but those tracks are like brilliant to me. Definitely hard to get into and hard to recommend fully, might just be my own personal thing like Key!
Andrew Korenchkin
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Mobb Deep,eh?
Bounceounce
Member
Nah, that's just the sample, I was listening to "Beware" by Big Pun.
Andrew Korenchkin
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I warned you, mourne you...
Actually, that song is the first I think of due to the sample.
Just listened to Sittin' on Chrome for the first time and it's really nice!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Sb4MDy86U
Andrew Korenchkin
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https://twitter.com/Logic301/status/862904006665846784?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet
Making fun of Logic is an American past time?
If i was on Twitter, I'd like his tweet, though.
Making fun of Logic is an American past time?
If i was on Twitter, I'd like his tweet, though.
Moltisanti
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thought this was pretty dope. came out in march
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Hey, thanks man, looks dopethought this was pretty dope. came out in march
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