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[Discotheque]

So Rocky is actually dropping on May 12th.

Wonder how he'll do. Album doesn't seem to have that much buzz or hype tbh

rocky isn't like kendrick or j cole with that huge established fanbase. without a big single like fuckin problems i don't see it doing that well.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Young Thug is a bright future in an otherwise boring and hellish landscape.

The hero we need right now.

beautiful review. he, much like makonnen, is using his voice as an instrument to move the landscape of rnb and rap forward.

the dog yelps, the SKrepFEIRJOIJOIHFUHPBAHWVASCAWK FLOK NO WOK, often nonsense but it works with the beats and never goes off flow.

edit: oh shit btw this aint sarcasm. it all works even though you'd think it wouldn't.

lol @ the bold. When his gibberish on Just Might Be not only worked, but flew right past me without so much as a raised eyebrow, that's when I knew something....different was happening. There's so much on here that shouldn't work.

Hip-hop gods are pleased going by these last 2 months. More human sacrifices asap so we can keep this rolling through May.

 

[Tokubetsu]

counterpoint: thugger is a boring and hellish landscape in an otherwise bright future

Old and weak die first when the fires come.

Rocky ain't moving no units in a week with no promo or backing. He's about to do Odd Future numbers at best.

 

[siddx]

The young and foolish die first, the old are wise and hardened by life, we will eat the flesh of the young to sustain ourselves as we build a better world.

 

[Tokubetsu]

The young and foolish die first, the old are wise and hardened by life, we will eat the flesh of the young to sustain ourselves as we build a better world.

I miss the old, and fun siddx.

 

[siddx]

I'm so out of the loop with music these days, every time I come to this thread I have no clue da fuck everyone is talking about and I end up just going to OT to laugh at people who need 200 strangers to tell them how to ask a girl on a date. The struggle is real.

 

[Syph Medwes]

There is no way to look worse than Drake.
Drake the type of dude to award points for clinches in boxing.

read that first as "clenches" and honestly it still made sense given the Drake context

 

[Nibel]

SWISH is such a powerful statement on contemporary urban apparel. Encapsulates the struggle of non-athlete millionaires trying to make it in this cutthroat industry, the monopolies that help keep #classismasthenewracism, all while literally representing the sound of both success and hands-offness of the system that keeps my dark skinned brothers down.

gawd

lmao

 

[OG Kush]

Big up GRIME HEADS! Skepta's (that UK guy grime who's gaining traction in the US) brother, JME, has released his new project.
JME's new album/mixtape/project is called Integrity.

Itunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/integrity/id975188017?ign-mpt=uo=4
Stream on spotify here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1D9L39944TjCRUuLTYJqBn

Definitely some bangers. The opening tune "Pulse 8" is on some classic grime type stuff, glad someone did a track over the instrumental.

A highlight for me is his track called "Game", the story telling verses are just jokes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNrqWLmpQp4
Specifically this one, which us video game heads will appreciate:

I'm an Xbox man fam, FPS
Bad man on any FPS
I'mma get a PC so I can leng man on a hundred and twenty FPS
I don't really play RPGs, all of your lyrics are PG
Man wanna war me, I will rocket jump over man with an RPG
Fam I have to let them know, I haven't spent time on a MMO
but if i did i will take off head tops make man at home all bend control
Trust I said I got bare XP, me and my G's outlive bare MCs.

Other highlights:
Integrtity - Banger.. and opens up with another video game reference:

Shh!
Before I start top lip slapping
Think me and Skepta were born rapping?
Born in the ends, move food in the ends and that's the new meaning of spawn trapping

Calm
Amen Ft. Skepta, Frisco, Jammer, Shorty
96 Fuckeries
Don't @ Me ft Skepta, Frisco, Shorty

 

[HiResDes]

See Toku post that looks exactly like yours on the last page.

 

[joelseph]

New Cities Aviv - Your Discretion Is Trust - $10



Tracks 1 & 4 prod. by RPLD GHSTS
Tracks 2, 5, 6, 10 & 12 prod. by Cities Aviv
Tracks 3, 7, 8 & 13 prod. by WGM
Track 9 prod. by Jimi Nxir
Track 14 prod. by RPLD GHSTS & WGM

 

[HiResDes]

GOOD LOOKS!

 

[thabiz]

 

[Jay Sosa]

Big up GRIME HEADS! Skepta's (that UK guy grime who's gaining traction in the US) brother, JME, has released his new project.
JME's new album/mixtape/project is called Integrity.

Thanks for the heads up!

I just recently "discovered" JME thanks to Channel AKA...

That's not me

EDIT:

A highlight for me is his track called "Game", the story telling verses are just jokes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNrqWLmpQp4

Damn, nice..I'm a sucker for VG samples.

 

[PhoenixDark]

UK rap is corny as fuck to me but Skepta isn't bad. My problem with grime in general is that it sounds like someone who can't dance trying to salsa. That accent doesn't lend itself to smooth flowing.

That being said I thought this was pretty cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68JQmKitwZc

 

[Koozek]

I don't listen to Grime anymore but I loved Dizzee Rascal's first albums as a kid. Around the same time when I started making hilariously wack electronic beats with Fruity in '04/'05 that actually sounded a bit like Dizzee's stuff before I even heard it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tntRTRkp2GY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3awpTfbpyyc

 

[naw]

instrumental grime is piff

 

[MuddyDonut]

Boy In Da Corner is a personal classic

 

[Emperor Bohe]

I don't listen to Grime anymore but I loved Dizzee Rascal's first albums as a kid. Around the same time when I started making hilariously wack electronic beats with Fruity in '04/'05 that actually sounded a bit like Dizzee's stuff before I even heard it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tntRTRkp2GY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3awpTfbpyyc

Boy In Da Corner is a personal classic

yep, i bought that CD back in the day (still have it now). too bad about his later albums.

my man

 

[Discotheque]

jme sounding good but lmao at those lyrics you posted...

...never go full gamer

 

[OG Kush]

UK rap is corny as fuck to me but Skepta isn't bad. My problem with grime in general is that it sounds like someone who can't dance trying to salsa. That accent doesn't lend itself to smooth flowing.

That being said I thought this was pretty cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68JQmKitwZc

I would argue that UK rap and Grime are 2 different genres but do overlap.
The accent doesn't lend itself to smooth flowing? Lolwut..

 

[enzo_gt]

Rocky still did like 140k with his album leaking a month early last time. I expect somewhere in the 100-150k range. Maybe less, but even with that dedicated fanbase I feel like he still needs heavy promo like his peers.

EDIT:

Vic Mensa - Down On My Luck (Chuck Inglish Remix).

Trouble - Ready.

 

[IrishNinja]

New Cities Aviv - Your Discretion Is Trust - $10

Tracks 1 & 4 prod. by RPLD GHSTS
Tracks 2, 5, 6, 10 & 12 prod. by Cities Aviv
Tracks 3, 7, 8 & 13 prod. by WGM
Track 9 prod. by Jimi Nxir
Track 14 prod. by RPLD GHSTS & WGM

outta nowhere, nice

 

[PhoenixDark]

Vince Staples - Señorita (ft Future)

sounds like such a typical Def Jam single. Buy a chorus from someone and tack on some verses. Trash.

 

[Dominator]

Call me a Tech stan cause I like most of his work but his new album is one of his best. Some really great tracks on there.

 

[Detox]

Vince Staples - Señorita (ft Future)

sounds like such a typical Def Jam single. Buy a chorus from someone and tack on some verses. Trash.

It's a sample tho.

 

[Detox]

lil Bibby - Better Dayz f Lil Herb

 

[enzo_gt]

I'm so out of the loop with music these days, every time I come to this thread I have no clue da fuck everyone is talking about and I end up just going to OT to laugh at people who need 200 strangers to tell them how to ask a girl on a date. The struggle is real.

tell us about your crush breh

 

[Rastafarian42]

Vince Staples - Señorita (ft Future)

sounds like such a typical Def Jam single. Buy a chorus from someone and tack on some verses. Trash.

It's cool but it sounds like Future ft Vince staples song more than anything else.

 

[Storm Chamber]

I'm now reminded that Madvillainy 2 is likely never going to happen

 

[codhand]

lil Bibby - Better Dayz f Lil Herb

new lil bibby > new vince staples

 

[enzo_gt]

OG Maco: I'm competing with Kanye & Drake, not these new artists.

hate your best song and call your garbage multilayered brehs

 

[Black Republican]

OG Maco: I'm competing with Kanye & Drake, not these new artists.

hate your best song and call your garbage multilayered brehs

poor thing

 

[Tokubetsu]

Record industry in 2015 brehs

 

[Detox]

Record industry in 2015 brehs

Fuck Ronson and Mars

 

[Fjordson]

It is a little crazy how iterative music is these days when you dig into it. Especially some mainstream stuff. That percentage breakdown of Uptown Funk is hilarious.

But I don't really mind it, as long as the right people get their cut (though I guess that doesn't always happen).

 

[illadelph]

Record industry in 2015 brehs

haha damn this is disgusting

 

[IrishNinja]

Record industry in 2015 brehs

make a dragon wanna retire, man

Fuck Ronson and Mars

this was fun too

 

[MadSkillzBahamut]

JME been corny AF for a minute now. I don't really know what's wrong with him, he wasn't always that bad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7GpEBbROyA

This was a pretty big song back in the day

 

[PhoenixDark]

Record industry in 2015 brehs

Reminds me of how Michael Jackson has a songwriting credit for King Kunta simply because Kendrick said "Anne are you ok" lol. I can't hate on artists for squeezing money anyway they can, given how labels have fucked them for years, but this is still lol worthy.

 

[Tokubetsu]

JME been corny AF for a minute now. I don't really know what's wrong with him, he wasn't always that bad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7GpEBbROyA

This was a pretty big song back in the day

he became vegan and gave up herb and drink?

JME - Man Don't Care

 

[Syph Medwes]

hate your best song and call your garbage multilayered brehs

doesn't that just reinforce his point?

hehe

 

[cb1115]

lover yourselves, brehs

 

[DTLIONS1013]

New Tech N9ne is ridiculously good

 

[enzo_gt]

The Chemical Brothers ft. Q-Tip - Go video. I like this.

Tech N9ne ft. T.I. & Zuse - On The Bible video. I kinda like this.

Future - Peacot video. I like this production.

Diddy & Cassie's NSFW ad for their fragrance. Uh, okay.

 

[overcast]

Is Chance really gonna release? Cause he doesn't have the power to do a sneak release. Dumb.

I think Rocky gets 120K first week

 

[HiResDes]

Fuck Ronson and Mars

Fuck Mars especially.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

The Chemical Brothers ft. Q-Tip - Go video. I like this.

Tech N9ne ft. T.I. & Zuse - On The Bible video. I kinda like this.

Future - Peacot video. I like this production.

Diddy & Cassie's NSFW ad for their fragrance. Uh, okay.

Mmm Tech 9 and my baby Cassie. Top tier Blasian right there.

 

[Coolluck]

Fuck Ronson and Mars

Because it sounds like older stuff? In a hip-hop thread where stuff is just straight sampled so often? Man...

 

[PhoenixDark]

Fuck Mars especially.

why?

Pretty funny seeing black people catch feelings over Ronson...sampling. Gasp!