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[Immaculate]

Childish Gambino- ROYALTY
Action Bronson-Rare Chandeliers
Danny Brown- XXX
Kendrick Lamar- Good Kid Maad City
Chance The Rapper-Acid Rap

Hopsin - Raw.

lol

 

[Electrocats]

Futuristic - Raise the Bar Cypher
K.i.D and Mr. Man "Talk That Shit" - Official Music Video
A$AP Rocky - Goldie
PRO ERA - Resurrection of Real (Ala Sole, Nyck Caution)(Recommended)
Kid Cudi - King Wizard
Danger Doom feat. Talib Kweli - Old School(LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM, ADULT SWIM GUESTS, 10/10)
Childish Gambino - Freaks And Geeks
Chiddy Bang - "Mind Your Manners
Earl Sweatshirt - WHOA(Insane Lyrical Skill)
MellowHype - Fuck The Police (w/Tyler, The Creator)
Odd Future - Orange Juice
Tyler, The Creator - Domo 23(Not For Everyone)
BANG (Ft. Mr. Man)(Underground Artist-ish)
"No Budget" - D. Fields, Mr. Man, Futuristic, K.i.D, SK4MC, D-WHY(Awesome Video)

 

[Northeastmonk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InGtiEXQyF0

^good song to listen to.

 

[Immaculate]

Futuristic - Raise the Bar Cypher
K.i.D and Mr. Man "Talk That Shit" - Official Music Video
A$AP Rocky - Goldie
PRO ERA - Resurrection of Real (Ala Sole, Nyck Caution)(Recommended)
Kid Cudi - King Wizard
Danger Doom feat. Talib Kweli - Old School(LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM, ADULT SWIM GUESTS, 10/10)
Childish Gambino - Freaks And Geeks

listen to this man OP. He knows well

 

[grosvenor_92]

Nas - Life Is Good
Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse especially if you love lyrics
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Phonte -Charity Starts At Home
Skyzoo - The Salvation

 

[HiiiLife]

This guy knows his Hip Hop.

I'm glad a stand up fella like Macca agrees with me. I'll also recommend Childish Gambino, OP.

 

[Macca]

Lol at the Childish Gambino suggestions. It's like Enzo city up in here.

 

[HiResDes]

Childish Gambino is garbage tho.

 

[Immaculate]

Childish Gambino is garbage tho.

Lol at the Childish Gambino suggestions. It's like Enzo city up in here.

garbage? nah

 

[HiiiLife]

Childish Gambino is not garbage. Where's Kentpaul when you need him.

 

[Esch]

garbage? nah

straight garbage.

 

[Electrocats]

childish gambino appeals to new age hipster kids, it's not bad, it's just a different branch of hip hop.

 

[Immaculate]

straight garbage.

Camp was pretty meh/decent but ROYALTY is leagues better.

Does this and this sound like straight garbage?

 

[Macca]

Gambino is what Drizzy would be if he couldn't rap/sing

 

[Jitters]

Camp was really bad.

 

[Discotheque]

childish gambino appeals to new age hipster kids, it's not bad, it's just a different branch of hip hop.

danny brown's a lot better at this. whom he also recommended

 

[HiiiLife]

childish gambino appeals to new age hipster kids, it's not bad, it's just a different branch of hip hop.

Lies. I'm far from a kid.

 

[Immaculate]

childish gambino appeals to new age hipster kids, it's not bad, it's just a different branch of hip hop.

I'm not a kid, I just listen to alot of new school hip hop

Gambino is what Drizzy would be if he couldn't rap/sing

lol

 

[Electrocats]

nobody said you guys were kids, heck i'm 23 here, i believe the youth always brings out the best music.

it's always the 17 year olds spitting flames like a pro, except for jaden smith.

 

[-tetsuo-]

 

[HiiiLife]

OP needs to check out Thoughts of a Predicate Felon by Tony Yayo.

 

[Electrocats]

HOW COULD I FORGET, BOW TO THE GREAT ALMIGHTY MASTERS.

 

[DominoKid]

Gambino is what Drizzy would be if he couldn't rap/sing

 

[Switch Back 9]

My man.

This is my favourite album of all time.

 

[-tetsuo-]

 

[Soler]

garbage? nah

He's had a decent mix tape in camp
Everything else is garbage

 

[Bowl]

Aesop Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QL8ZlidMmU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeh6jhHLgtg

The Uncluded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoXlhYyr5XY

 

[Soler]

YES!!!!

 

[Immaculate]

holy shit

yesss

 

[-tetsuo-]

I see we have some JMT fans in here. Too bad they never came close to that afterwards.

 

[Soler]

I see we have some JMT fans in here. Too bad they never came close to that afterwards.

Vinnie had some okay songs here and there afterwards but yea they couldn't even come close afterwards

 

[Fjordson]

Blu! My favourite rapper out there right now. He's painfully inconsistent at times, but when he wants to he puts out top notch shit. Easily his three best albums are:

sample track - modern classic. Down to earth, personable lyrics, great storytelling, and incredible soulful production.

sample track - a sequel of sorts to Below the Heavens. Pairs Blu with the same producer from Below the Heavens (Exile). The production is once again beautifully soulful and uplifting, but this time Blu is a bit less humorous and a bit more introspective with his lyrics.

sample track - for my money the most interesting Blu release ever. Originally a free mixtape that was remastered for a full release, this one is a completely solo joint. No guest verses, all beats done by Blu. Some incredible jazz samples on this one and listening to it from start to finish sort of feels like a movie. With the skits and vocal samples from movies like Punch Drunk Love, Buffalo 66 and The Life Aquatic. Overall this one is more out of left field compared to the above two albums, but it makes for an interesting listening experience I think. It has a sort of French New Wave/film noir atmosphere on most of the tracks.

 

[Switch Back 9]

I see we have some JMT fans in here. Too bad they never came close to that afterwards.

Agreed 100%. Jus Allah is my fave MC ever on that album and just got worse and worse over the years.

However JMT did give rise to AOTP as spiritual successor and all 3 of those albums are awesome.

 

[Electrocats]

i think K.i.D/KYLE needs some more love here, he's not as big as he should be.
K.i.D - Lexicon
KYLE - Silver Platter
K.i.D and Mr. Man "Don't Tie It"
K.i.D and Mr. Man "Chucks On A Wire"

Some Futuristic also.
Futuristic and K.i.D "La La La"
Lil Wayne - My Homies Still ft. Big Sean - Futuristic Cypher - Remix
Damn - Futuristic

 

[Esch]

Gambino is what Drizzy would be if he couldn't rap/sing

and cried about being a nerd more

so you play vidya games and shit mr. glover who cares lmao

 

[Immaculate]

He's had a decent mix tape in camp
Everything else is garbage

I don't know I kinda liked Culdesac but everything prior to that is shit

ROYALTY>Camp>Culdesac

 

[Discotheque]

he's an entertaining standup comedian though, I'll give him that

 

[Switch Back 9]

Actually OP check out Hilltop Hoods: the Hard Road Restrung. Dope album remixed with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra doing the instrumentlas. Phenomenal album.

 

[Esch]

he's an entertaining standup comedian though, I'll give him that

his standup is just as bad and narrow "waaahhhh im an awkward black nerd with good diction"

shits tired as hell tbh.

 

[noquarter]

Eardrum, Quality, The Beautiful Struggle - Talib Kweli
White People - Handsome Boy Modeling School
The Mouse and the Mask - Danger Doom (MF Doom and Danger Mouse
Madvilliany - Madvillian (MF Doom)
Black on Both Sides - Mos Def
Hi Tek Vol 2 - Hi Tek
Do You Want More??!?!!?!, Illadelph Halflife, How I Got Over - The Roots
AOI: Bionix - De La Soul
The Black Album - Jay Z

If your aren't listening to the lyrics you might try:

Rip the Jacker - Canibus
Visions of Ghandi - Jedi Mind Tricks
Anghellic - Tech N9ne
The Iron Flag - Wu Tang

If you listen to a lot of rock, gonna suggest Phrenology by The Roots

 

[toastyToast]

God damn, I haven't listened to this in years. I was obsessed with this album in '05

 

[Switch Back 9]

Eardrum, Quality, The Beautiful Struggle - Talib Kweli
White People - Handsome Boy Modeling School
The Mouse and the Mask - Danger Doom (MF Doom and Danger Mouse
Madvilliany - Madvillian (MF Doom)
Black on Both Sides - Mos Def
Hi Tek Vol 2 - Hi Tek
Do You Want More??!?!!?!, Illadelph Halflife, How I Got Over - The Roots
AOI: Bionix - De La Soul
The Black Album - Jay Z

If your aren't listening to the lyrics you might try:

Rip the Jacker - Canibus
Visions of Ghandi - Jedi Mind Tricks
Anghellic - Tech N9ne
The Iron Flag - Wu Tang

If you listen to a lot of rock, gonna suggest Phrenology by The Roots

Iron Flag mostly sucks. Props to the DangerDoom that album is wicked.

 

[Jitters]

I think Gambino seems like a really cool guy. Its just the music thats bad.

 

[Electrocats]

the hate for gambino here is incredible, there's nothing wrong with him, he's young and hip and that's what he raps about.

either you like it or you don't
but he's not a shitty rapper, ....you know who's a shitty rapper? chief fucking keef(that's that shit I DON'T LIKE), gucci mane, and maybe lil wayne, but i've heard lil wayne spit some raw flame so i don't know, i hate his new stuff though

 

[Fjordson]

Gambino's music sucks, but that's okay. He's got some back up career options.

 

[-tetsuo-]

his standup is just as bad and narrow "waaahhhh im an awkward black nerd with good diction"

shits tired as hell tbh.

u mad?

 

[rosarkar]

THERE ARE TWO "PERIODS" OF RAP - BEFORE AND AFTER THE BLUEPRINT.

Essentials - start here

Jay Z - The Blueprint (Modern, NY)
Nas - Illmatic (Vintage, NY / "Dust")
Outkast - Stankonia (Modern, Southern)
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (Modern, West Coast + Conscious)
Kanye - Late Registration (Modern, Soul-Sampling + Orchestral-arrangements + Conscious)
Lil B - God's Father (Modern, Based)

Deeper We Go - once you have the above covered

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (Modern, West Coast + Conscious)
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot (Modern, Southern)
Big Krit - Live From the Underground (Modern, Southern)
Kanye West - College Dropout (Modern, Soul-Sampling + Conscious)
Nas - Life Is Good (Modern, NY)
Kanye / Jay Z - Watch The Throne (Modern, Braggadocious + Conscious)
Chief Keef - Finally Rich (Modern, Drill Scene)


That should be enough of a background to give you perspective of the genre. Just remember, The Blueprint is arguably the most important hip hop record from a genre-history perspective.

 

[noquarter]

Iron Flag mostly sucks. Props to the DangerDoom that album is wicked.

It does, but it is cleaner than 36 Chambers and has some decent beats on it, maybe Pinky Ring will get him to listen to 36 Chambers again or try Killa Bees.

 

[Switch Back 9]

THERE ARE TWO "PERIODS" OF RAP - BEFORE AND AFTER THE BLUEPRINT.

Essentials - start here

Jay Z - The Blueprint (Modern, NY)
Nas - Illmatic (Vintage, NY / "Dust")
Outkast - Stankonia (Modern, Southern)
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (Modern, West Coast + Conscious)
Kanye - Late Registration (Modern, Soul-Sampling + Orchestral-arrangements + Conscious)
Lil B - God's Father (Modern, Based)

Deeper We Go - once you have the above covered

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (Modern, West Coast + Conscious)
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot (Modern, Southern)
Big Krit - Live From the Underground (Modern, Southern)
Kanye West - College Dropout (Modern, Soul-Sampling + Conscious)
Nas - Life Is Good (Modern, NY)
Kanye / Jay Z - Watch The Throne (Modern, Braggadocious + Conscious)
Chief Keef - Finally Rich (Modern, Drill Scene)


That should be enough of a background for your opinion to be respected in a serious hip-hop discussion.

Get the fuck out of here. Essentials? Are you serious with that list?

 

[Esch]

u mad?

nah, just telling you like it is. Dude sucks. He's ok on Community tho. I suppose as long as someone else is keeping him out of full creative control its all good.