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[IrishNinja]

westside, right on time.

ok this hard

 

[HiiiLife]

whats the best j cole song

The one where he goes

I'm authentic you niggas autistic retarded.

 

[Koozek]

Hello Gaf-Hop I think I might try to get back into rap. I haven't actively looked for new rap artists since about 2012 I think, and after recent hip-hop topics I kind of want to be back in the loop.

If you would be so kind as to recommend some stuff that would be amazing =).

1. Pick a Coast to rep (Chiraq/Atlantistan/etc)- I'm from Illinois, but near STL...I'll go with ChiTown
2. What’s your favorite subgenre of rap? (Conscious/Backpack, Trap/Drill, Mafioso, WC Gangsta, Swag, Weed, Hyphy, Club, etc) -I guess Conscious
3. Favorite Artists (Pick Five)- Kanye, Kendrick, Drake, Kid Cudi, Nicki Minaji
4. Favorite Artists Outside of Hip-Hop (Pick Five)- Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift, Ed Sherran, Rihanna, Beyoncé
5. What was your hip-hop AOTY last year? What’s your current hip-hop AOTY? - The Life of Pablo or Coloring Book
6. What are you listening to right now? – The Life of Pablo
7. What’s something you like that you might consider a guilty pleasure? What’s something you haven’t listened to that you think a hip-hop aficionado might give you shit for? - New Eminem/Tupac or Biggie
8. Rank a Random Rapper’s Discography (Pick Someone With > 3 Albums) Kanye's: MBDTF>Yeezus=The Life of Pablo>WTT>808's & Heartbreak>Graduation>Cruel Summer>Late Registration> College Dropout

GAF-Hop Discusses

1. What do you like about the current state of hip-hop? What’s missing from the game? - I think it's okay apart from mumble rap. That I just can't
2. Who’s Your Favorite Wu-Tang Member? - Never listened
3. Jay-Z or Nas? Biggie or Pac? Lil' B or Anyone else (correct answer is Lil' B)? - Uh none of the above
4. What Hip-Hop Album Are You Currently Anticipating? - Turbo Grafx 16
5. Who is the Most Underrated Emcee? Who is the Most Overrated? Not Sure
6. Would You Rather Eat An Ass or Have Your Ass Eaten? -Obviously ass eaten
7. Onions, Avocados, Both, or Neither? -Both of course
8. Do you still listen to Eminem? Why? - Not really, I did like some MMLP2 though
9. Who’s your favorite pop artist? And who’s the finest? - Taylor Swift and uhm Beyoncé
10. Recall a personal event that went down about a week ago... –Not sure

You should love the New Chicago wave of artists if you liked Coloring Book:

• Noname - Telefone
• Saba - Bucket List Project

Also you might like these from my AOTY list:

• Bas - Too High To Riot
• Little Simz - Stillness In Wonderland
• Jay IDK - Empty Bank
• A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
• Isaiah Rashad - The Sun's Tirade

 

[Koozek]

Migos rapping a children's book

 

[MoodyFog]

Migos rapping a children's book

lmfao

 

[Nibel]

Casually checked Migos' Wikipedia page and never knew about this

The three members are directly related and were raised together; Quavo is Takeoff's uncle, and Offset is Quavo's cousin.

These guys gon stick together until the end of times

 

[Koozek]

If somebody had told me last year that I would be listening to French Trap all-day I wouldn't have believed them. Can't stop dabbing while listening. Get on this shit stat, brehs.


Hamza - Zombie Life
https://play.spotify.com/track/5sgJQWEF4te8rt4MTz0EJA

Hamza - Santa Sauce
https://soundcloud.com/hamza-le-h/sets/santasauce

Hamza - H-24
https://play.spotify.com/album/5AwWzveaqlZHWC1MgxcShq


Kekra - Vréel
https://play.spotify.com/album/0M2byDqH8YRlenXE2dpp14

Kekra - Freebase Vol. 3
https://play.spotify.com/album/2EcTLthTWkVvRHdXwEpREQ

Kekra - Freebase Vol. 2
https://play.spotify.com/album/0teGYwUsonJzfEBgVpf50g

Kekra - Freebase Vol. 1
https://play.spotify.com/album/3O9DEciAzJjeRgiUuZ3iIv

Mercí to MoodyFog for keeping his boy well-fed with this French cuisine 🙏

 

[MuddyDonut]

Just saw Split. Torre would love it.

It's great. Shamu back

 

[Tokubetsu]

If somebody had told me last year that I would be listening to French Trap all-day I wouldn't have believed them. Can't stop dabbing while listening. Get on this shit stat, brehs.


Hamza - Zombie Life
https://play.spotify.com/track/5sgJQWEF4te8rt4MTz0EJA

Hamza - Santa Sauce
https://soundcloud.com/hamza-le-h/sets/santasauce

Hamza - H-24
https://play.spotify.com/album/5AwWzveaqlZHWC1MgxcShq


Kekra - Vréel
https://play.spotify.com/album/0M2byDqH8YRlenXE2dpp14

Kekra - Freebase Vol. 3
https://play.spotify.com/album/2EcTLthTWkVvRHdXwEpREQ

Kekra - Freebase Vol. 2
https://play.spotify.com/album/0teGYwUsonJzfEBgVpf50g

Kekra - Freebase Vol. 1
https://play.spotify.com/album/3O9DEciAzJjeRgiUuZ3iIv

Mercí to MoodyFog for keeping his boy well-fed with this French cuisine 🙏

 

[Koozek]

S/O if you recognize the videogame sample in this Hamza track:
https://soundcloud.com/hamza-le-h/vraiment-prod-hamza?in=hamza-le-h/sets/santasauce

I think I'll stop using my tired 9th Wonder/Dilla Soul sample folders when I'm making beats next time and instead go through my gigs of obscure JRPG soundtracks more. So many potential gems in there. I mean, already did it a few times (certified Weeb Creds™ to whoever recognizes the sample I used here), but I've been mostly doing dusty Boom Bap stuff in the last year or so.

 

[WaffleTaco]

Great to join the fray, breh.

But no Wu Tang? Check out 36 Chambers.

Oh I will indeed and report back.

You should love the New Chicago wave of artists if you liked Coloring Book:

• Noname - Telefone
• Saba - Bucket List Project

Also you might like these from my AOTY list:

• Bas - Too High To Riot
• Little Simz - Stillness In Wonderland
• Jay IDK - Empty Bank
• A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
• Isaiah Rashad - The Sun's Tirade

Thanks! I will check it out!

 

[Tokubetsu]

S/O if you recognize the videogame sample in this Hamza track:
https://soundcloud.com/hamza-le-h/vraiment-prod-hamza?in=hamza-le-h/sets/santasauce

I think I'll stop using my tired 9th Wonder/Dilla Soul sample folders when I'm making beats next time and instead go through my gigs of obscure JRPG soundtracks more. So many potential gems in there. I mean, already did it a few times (certified Weeb Creds™ to whoever recognizes the sample I used here), but I've been mostly doing dusty Boom Bap stuff in the last year or so.

one of the only two zelda games that matter

this is the french trap i been coming back to the most lately

 

[illadelph]

I always loved the N64's unique (at least to my ears) sound, and thought that it was great for sampling

 

[Koozek]

one of the only two zelda games that matter

Bingo. I hope your other one is either OoT or LA, though.

 

[Tokubetsu]

Bingo. I hope your other one is either OoT or LA, though.

LA is my favorite. I don't really fuck with 3d Zelda. Bless up.

 

[richardhawk]

https://soundcloud.com/lvrnradio/episode6

Been really into this mix lately. Dudes drop some quality shit now and then.

 

[PlayDat]

wait ya'll sure it's a perm? i thought stormy & he both caught perms before but they're on some teflon shit sometimes too

It's a Gaf-Hop meme to call it a perm anytime someone's been banned for more than two days. Surprised you haven't caught on by now. Bout to jack your swag for a minute. I'm starting to get that "scroll through the thread during my lunch break" urge more and more.

whats the best j cole song

I've only listened to FNL. My favorite from that one is Higher

Hello Gaf-Hop I think I might try to get back into rap. I haven't actively looked for new rap artists since about 2012 I think, and after recent hip-hop topics I kind of want to be back in the loop.

If you would be so kind as to recommend some stuff that would be amazing =).

Welcome!
I think you might like these.

Noname - Telefone
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got it From Here Thank You 4 Your Service
Saba - ComfortZone
Antwon - Heavy Hearted in Doldroms
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
QuESt (He goes by his real name Sylvan LaCue now) - Searching Sylvan

My favorite Wu-Tang albums are Liquid Swords and Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version.

 

[enzo_gt]

Red Bull Music Academy segment with Young Thug's engineer, Alex Tumay.

It's mostly technical stuff in there, but it's timestamped at the point he talked about last minute changes Thug wanted for JEFFERY in the 12 hours before it had to be submitted and how he had to mix in an Uber because he couldn't get access to a studio lol

He goes to talk some more about Thug's attention to detail when recording, and helping TLC rerecord all of their songs from CrazySexyCool for the VH1 thing they did, and earlier he talks about mixing Ocean Drive for 21.

 

[Tokubetsu]

https://soundcloud.com/lvrnradio/episode6

Been really into this mix lately. Dudes drop some quality shit now and then.

This is a good mix.

been fucking with this one

 

[Koozek]

Red Bull Music Academy segment with Young Thug's engineer, Alex Tumay.

It's mostly technical stuff in there, but it's timestamped at the point he talked about last minute changes Thug wanted for JEFFERY in the 12 hours before it had to be submitted and how he had to mix in an Uber because he couldn't get access to a studio lol

He goes to talk some more about Thug's attention to detail when recording, and helping TLC rerecord all of their songs from CrazySexyCool for the VH1 thing they did, and earlier he talks about mixing Ocean Drive for 21.

Bless up. I love production/mixing/master talks like this. I watched an interview with Tuamy last year where he talked about Thugga in the studio, too.

Fake-EDIT: LOL, this is the same one.

Saba - ComfortZone

Oh, didn't know this one, will check out. I only discovered Saba after his recent album. Bucket List was on my AOTY list. Do you like this one more than Bucket?

 

[spindashing]

Migos rapping a children's book

FUEGO

 

[torre_avenue]

FUCK. I MISSED OUT ON TICKETS FOR MIGOS' C U L T U R E CLASS.

Migos are hosting an event at NYU where they talk about the album and I missed out on tickets. I'm going to go see if the university has any tickets left at the box office.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

FUCK. I MISSED OUT ON TICKETS FOR MIGOS' C U L T U R E CLASS.

Migos are hosting an event at NYU where they talk about the album and I missed out on tickets. I'm going to go see if the university has any tickets left at the box office.

Huh, that sound interesting. IT's cool that they get rappers to do lectures at university, I know Lil' B did one at MIT.

 

[torre_avenue]

Huh, that sound interesting. IT's cool that they get rappers to do lectures at university, I know Lil' B did one at MIT.

NYU's pretty good with musicians. My freshman year, the Welcome show had Ratking, Jamie xx, and Ghostface Killah. Sophomore year, it was Vic Mensa, Sophie who brought Koi and QT, and Tei Shi. This year, it was DRAM, Kamaiyah, and one more who I forgot. Spring shows are lit too, so far it's been Chance the Rapper and Future.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

NYU's pretty good with musicians. My freshman year, the Welcome show had Ratking, Jamie xx, and Ghostface Killah. Sophomore year, it was Vic Mensa, Sophie who brought Koi and QT, and Tei Shi. This year, it was DRAM, Kamaiyah, and one more who I forgot. Spring shows are lit too, so far it's been Chance the Rapper and Future.

Dude....that's a crazy line-up.

All U of A gets is fucking T-Pain in 2015.

 

[HiResDes]

Bless up. I love production/mixing/master talks like this. I watched an interview with Tuamy last year where he talked about Thugga in the studio, too.

Fake-EDIT: LOL, this is the same one.


Oh, didn't know this one, will check out. I only discovered Saba after his recent album. Bucket List was on my AOTY list. Do you like this one more than Bucket?

Comfort Zone his best work

 

[The Artful Dodger]

From The Guardian:
Wiley: the enigmatic Godfather of Grime

 

[Koozek]

I loved Grime in my youth, but I find it so boring nowadays.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

I loved Grime in my youth, but I find it so boring nowadays.

Never listened to Grime, but I'm guessing Wiley may be a good place to start?

 

[Reckoner]

Godfather was my company for today at the gym and it felt really adequate

 

[Koozek]

Never listened to Grime, but I'm guessing Wiley may be a good place to start?

Dizzee Rascal was the shit back in the days. Mind-blowing when I was a kid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tntRTRkp2GY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZGvnI37mxk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3awpTfbpyyc&list=PL0A1D1F575FC93078&index=3

 

[HiResDes]

K9 and AJ Tracey cool

 

[thabiz]

Just suck his dick already

 

[Cesare Borgia]

Just suck his dick already

He likes the music, why that means he wants to be invited to his genitals is beyond me.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

Dizzee Rascal was the shit back in the days. Mind-blowing when I was a kid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tntRTRkp2GY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZGvnI37mxk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3awpTfbpyyc&list=PL0A1D1F575FC93078&index=3

Hmmm, not too bad. I'll check out some Grime sometime.

I haven't listened to the De La Soul albums yet, but I will get to it, I swear.

 

[ThanksVision]

anybody here ever bought anything off the YSL shop lol? Wondering how the sizing is for tees

 

[Psychological Intellect]

https://twitter.com/MixedByAli/status/824060207546306560

 

[overcast]

https://twitter.com/MixedByAli/status/824060207546306560

My gawd.

Wonder if that means a 2017 release?

 

[PlayDat]

Oh, didn't know this one, will check out. I only discovered Saba after his recent album. Bucket List was on my AOTY list. Do you like this one more than Bucket?

I actually haven't listened to Bucket List Project yet. In general, I'm slow to purchase retail releases unless they're from one of my faves. I mainly eat off the generosity of the underground.

Speaking of retail releases, I feel like Des undersold Nat Love. Kweku Collins doesn't demonstrate any particularly exceptional technical ability, but I dig the hippie shit he's on for that album. It's been growing on me.

From The Guardian:
Wiley: the enigmatic Godfather of Grime

Looks interesting. Bookmarked it. I always appreciate whenever people post hip-hop from outside the US. It's cool to see which parts of the culture influenced them and what kind of spin they put on it, even in cases where I don’t enjoy the music.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

https://twitter.com/vinnie_paz/status/823675678797299712

Yay.

 

[Helmholtz]

K9 and AJ Tracey cool

Yeah I won't pretend to know shit about grime, but some of the AJ Tracey stuff I've heard is real nice.
AJ Tracey - Buster Cannon
AJ Tracey - Leave me Alone

 

[Psychological Intellect]

PLATINUM

 

[LionPride]

PLATINUM

Da god

 

[Syphon Filter]

PLATINUM

wtf I had no idea he was from Brooklyn.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

wtf I had no idea he was from Brooklyn.

A$AP Rocky is from NYC as well.

 

[Psychological Intellect]

A$AP Rocky is from NYC as well.

I believe Dr.Dre originates from Compton California.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

I believe Dr.Dre originates from Compton California.

I think what Filter was getting at is that Desiigner's music feels like it comes from the South. It's sometimes weird when rappers have a sound that is atypical of where they are from.

 

[torre_avenue]

Extended snippet of "Kelly Price."

2 days, and it's good to see the album hasn't leaked yet.

 

[QuantumSquid]

whats the best j cole song

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

You are odd, breh.