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PhoenixDark
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Seeing people compare King Kunta to Will Smith/Wild Wild West reminds me of people who compared i to 90s pop rock. A stunning level of musical ignorance. I understand disliking a song, I'm cool with that. But where were your parents, brehs? A whole generation of people who didn't know who James Brown was until a movie came out, don't know what "funk" is, don't even know about 90s shit either. My first reaction to King Kunta, besides the Quik reference, was "this sounds like The Payback mixed with Bop Gun." It has a Parliament vibe.
I understand someone not knowing about Parliament, sure. But...I was talking to an 18yo acquiescence and in the convo I realized he had never heard The Chronic or Doggystyle. How? And he likes Snoop...
I understand someone not knowing about Parliament, sure. But...I was talking to an 18yo acquiescence and in the convo I realized he had never heard The Chronic or Doggystyle. How? And he likes Snoop...
Haven't listened to the full King Kunta yet, but it'd be a pretty massive achievement if it's as good as Wild Wild West.
We're talking certified classics here.
EDIT: Wale and Kanye recorded a song in Paris last week, snippets here.
We're talking certified classics here.
EDIT: Wale and Kanye recorded a song in Paris last week, snippets here.
PhoenixDark
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Space Jam has the GOAT first scene of any movie.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
You know what though? The world has been missing that summer blockbuster Will Smith. It's too bad that like other artists, he had a kid and started sucking. I want to see AW HELL NAH Will Smith at least one more time before he starts exclusively pushing Willow's failed Broadway endeavors like a suntanned Charles Foster Kane.
Youre old now breh. Accept it.
It's better than Glory.
Discotheque
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Suicide squad might be it, looking forward to that one
But what we really need is a bad boys 3
dying
PhoenixDark
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Suicide Squad won't come out...at least not with the cast they think they'll have.
Discotheque
Banned
Lolwat. It's filming next month. Hardy da gawd is out but everyone else is in
I really liked ali and bad boys 2, everything else post 90s been shit tho
Discotheque
Banned
And I can definitely hear the funk influence in King kunta but the problem is I don't find that song anywhere near as groovy as it could have been, plus kendrick just can't really sell a song like this with his flow or voice
100s Ivry was the funk rap we deserve
I like how the track doesn't stop and keeps its momentum, and the guitar loop is nice too but I don't think he did anything special with it
100s Ivry was the funk rap we deserve
I like how the track doesn't stop and keeps its momentum, and the guitar loop is nice too but I don't think he did anything special with it
PhoenixDark
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Another thing bugging me about the Dame interview...in what world do you not use other people's money to make investments? We've got some business people in here. What type of business looks at banks investors and says you know what, fuck you, I'm going to use my own money. Seriously?
Agreed. Ivry was top 10 for me last year.
Rastafarian42
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20th anniversary for 2pac's Me Against The World one my favorite albums of all time the way he expressed how he felt at the time period always resonated with me.
Oh and nice to see some IVRY love tape was far too underrated whole thing fucking slapped hopefully 100s new name Kossisko and style resonate.
Oh and nice to see some IVRY love tape was far too underrated whole thing fucking slapped hopefully 100s new name Kossisko and style resonate.
Preach
Seen Focus? He's legitimately great in that one.
I usually post grime to the electro thread, but I've been banging on this today so I'd thought I'd post it here.
Eski RnB
Murlo & Gemma Dunleavy - Deep Breath (VIP)
Eski RnB
Murlo & Gemma Dunleavy - Deep Breath (VIP)
PhoenixDark
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The weird thing is that the last verse is perfect. He's bopping over the beat. But those first verses and the female vocals feel off. The energy doesn't match the beat. Give that to Snoop and it would be dope as fuck.
spindashing
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I don't like King Kunta as much as I thought I would. Don't get me wrong, I like funk/G-Funk/etc too but something about it doesn't sit right with me. Maybe it is Kendrick's energy.
Are there any clear statements from Kendrick about what he's trying to do with this album yet or is he taking a "let the people figure it out" approach?
I feel this weighs heavily upon how I will judge the album. You can't really divorce yourself from that completely either since we've heard some stuff already but I'm wondering if he's put a mission statement out there.
He's definitely under the microscope right now, but that comes with the territory.
I feel this weighs heavily upon how I will judge the album. You can't really divorce yourself from that completely either since we've heard some stuff already but I'm wondering if he's put a mission statement out there.
He's definitely under the microscope right now, but that comes with the territory.
PhoenixDark
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Apparently the album has a lot of spoken word segments discussing the concept of the album, abstractly and through conversations with his homies. similar to The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill.
I agree with you that it's weird Kendrick is nowhere to be seen, with less than 10 days to go. He went on Big Boy's show and wouldn't even reveal the name, only for TDE to randomly drop it a couple days later at 1AM EST. I don't understand what they're doing, at all. Could it be an arrogant refusal to go the J Cole route, promo wise, because "it's been done before"?
Another potential problem: Kendrick doesn't really give good interviews. He's not that articulate in the moment, and instead seems like someone who sits down and really thinks to get his point/lyrics on paper. Could that be why he really doesn't do much press, despite people wanting to hear from him to prove or disprove the various views they hold about him?
A thinking man is best anyways. Shame everyone want's to be entertained by even promotional material. I'd much rather a more tamed insight into the actual person rather than get some distilled personality in some buddy buddy interview filled with drama.
Who is actually GAF-Hop's biggest Ye stan
Face it Tiger..
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I nominate peter.
Discotheque
Banned
We all saw the yeezus review
he should just release the album now, snatch all those itunes pre-orders before everyone realizes the album is shit and cancel their pre-orders.
grab the album that has one track in it, change the artist to AAAAALIZ or whatever. hit OK then go back and give it the proper name again.
grab the album that has one track in it, change the artist to AAAAALIZ or whatever. hit OK then go back and give it the proper name again.
someone's not a real fan
Emperor Bohe
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what was he looking at?
His last album sales afaik
Discotheque
Banned
The tracklist on his last album
I think editing multiple items within iTunes' tag editor sometimes fixes it, though I'm assuming you already tried it.
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