Hip Hop Discussion/Album Review Thread.

[Second City Saint]

Fortunately for them your user name trumps them in both departments.

[Morrison]

oh noez, and here i was hoping everyone would think i was the bee's knees cause of it!

i obviously don't give two shits about my user name. perhaps i'll run to mth! cause that's totally what i generally do when people say dumb things at me...

[Second City Saint]

Aha nice work Bert.

[Matthew]

oh noez, and here i was hoping everyone would think i was the bee's knees cause of it!

i obviously don't give two shits about my user name. perhaps i'll run to mth! cause that's totally what i generally do when people say dumb things at me...what are you replying to?

[Second City Saint]

Something I said to Bert on MSN

[Bert]

oh noez, and here i was hoping everyone would think i was the bee's knees cause of it!


Insect ligaments, I'm the bees knees.


Aha nice work Bert.

I just didn't understand why you would think that and thought it was funny.

For the record though:

Slaughterhouse > HRSMN
Joe Budden > Canibitch
Royce Da 5'9"> Canibitch

Anyone who hates on Budden must not have heard Who Killed Hip Hop Parts 1-3.

[Matthew]

so confused

[Morrison]

so confused

scs was afraid to post that sick burn about my user name cause he thought i'd run and tell mth, i guess cause i got annoyed during the fantasy baseball draft or whatever.

[Matthew]

morrison your name is great dont listen to these white kids

[Morrison]

HATERS GONNA HATE.

[Second City Saint]

For the record I do listen to Childish Gambino and have seen him in concert, I have no problem with him. [/on topic]

[Morrison]

i just spent $438 by accident to see him this upcoming wednesday. BIGGER FAN.

[Second City Saint]

I saw him for free. I'm actually more proud of how much I spent to be honest.

[Matthew]

i never seen him, or listened to his music 8)

i would edit so the sunglasses face would come up, but nah im just gonna leave it so some of you think i have an 8th point im making

[Second City Saint]

Have you heard his stand up?

[Matthew]

nope or his sit down either

[Matthew]

should i listen to this guy?

[QuietStorm]

Absolutely.

[Bert]

QuietStorm likes people besides Canibitch?

:panic:

Have I entered an alternate reality like on Fringe?

:panic:

[QuietStorm]

I like loads of shit, but they usually don't need me defending them lol.

[QuietStorm]

YouTube - I Think I'm Noam Chomsky

[QuietStorm]

STOP and THINK and CONSIDER,

Poetlauete8 - account showed up and hit Royce up first. Royce claimed the account only knew inside info.

Ok, if true on inside info. It has to be Royce, Bis, or someone connected to them. Why would Bis go at Royce or whoever that way? It's not like him, if he wants it said, he says it to them and has Bis ever been active on twitter? No, only to show it's not him. Canibus has said that account isn't him. Isn't this enough for everyone?

Now see, here's how I imagine Royce went about it....Royce says to other ppl (Buddens, Ras, Crooked, Ortiz, etc..) that the account has to be Canibus, because it knew inside info. and says Canibus is trying to play games. They foolishly and money blindly say ok must be true.

Canibus has said the account isn't him. See, they trying to play Bis like he's the instigator. THE REAL FUCKING JOKE? Why does Ras and Crooked I continue to entertain this fake ass account when they have been told the account is fake? These dudes twittering on their phones or some shit, but they dont dial numbers anymore?

I said I would leave CC forever, but this is disgusting to me. I am nobody, but fuck no, Canibus aint gonna get played like that. This is like some modern day Def Jam ban....but what the fuck Ras? Wasn't it rumored that while Ras was in jail Bis visited him, fuck even if it was rumor, Ras has let the devil get him. And sure he can say it's not my battle, but why continue to entertain the fucking fake account?

With twitter giving any info.... Twitter wont. They wouldnt even give the info when the shit with wikileaks was going down. Well they at least let the dude and chick know what was taking place. They pride themselves on privacy.....Well.............. hmmmmmmmmmmmm................ Crooked I could claim that one twitter post was a threat and get the police to get subpoena for the accounts records and voila, they would all see it's not coming from Bis. But that's a stretch and it wont happen, cuz they all know it's not Bis by now..fucking clowns.

This shit is disgusting. Shady Records trying to be Def Jam.
Ok, I am done with this for good. It just sucks when my boy gets played like this. It's happened his entire career.

Everyone wants to forget the Crooked I and Royce Twitter comments from months ago that were entirely needless. Oh yeah, they can start shit but when a response comes.... must be Bis' fault. Those jackholes are still beefing with a fake Canibus Twitter account. Ras made an ass of himself tonight.

[Bert]

Like Ras said we don't know everything we only know about the stuff talked about on twitter.

Well, and Canibitch's songs, which aren't biased at all. :rolleyes:

I just find it hard to believe that Slaughterhouse is solely to blame for this shit.

Why would they start a beef with a guy who isn't even relevant? That makes no sense.

[Morrison]

Why would they start a beef with a guy who isn't even relevant? That makes no sense.

why would he have to be relevant for it to make sense? if they have issues, they have issues. relevancy of any of them doesn't matter.

[QuietStorm]

Royce, four studio albums. Ortiz, two I think. Budden, two. And Crooked I, the famous ZERO. Canibus.... 11 solo albums once July rolls around.

Canibus consistently puts out good product and has gotten better with age. The PL Infinity project is something no one is touching. No one else has provided their fans infinite rhymes. He is the most fan-friendly hip hop artist around right now. Not even sure many people understand how he is taking hip hop into the future. Just saying.

All you need to do is look at all the different mixes that have been made out of five 11-minute PLOO tracks. And the best is yet to come. 10,000 bars of PLOO.

http://canibuscentral.ihiphop.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=63653

[Fro]

Canibus is cool, I bought his Mic Club and Rip the Jacker albums and bumped those shits for a while, and good on him for all the shit he puts out for his fans. But if I had to listen to 10,000 bars of his I'd probably shoot myself. Switch up your flow son. I'm also gonna go out on a limb here and say that he hasn't provided infinite rhymes.

Anyway, how upsetting is it that hip hop beef now involves discussions of twitter accounts? That post you just quoted didn't make me side with Bis, it just made me disappointed that this is what we've come to. I'll let you figure out who's twitter comments are legit and who tweeted first and I'll just listen to the diss records, thanks.

[Simon]

Royce, four studio albums. Ortiz, two I think. Budden, two. And Crooked I, the famous ZERO. Canibus.... 11 solo albums once July rolls around.

Canibus consistently puts out good product and has gotten better with age. The PL Infinity project is something no one is touching. No one else has provided their fans infinite rhymes. He is the most fan-friendly hip hop artist around right now. Not even sure many people understand how he is taking hip hop into the future. Just saying.

All you need to do is look at all the different mixes that have been made out of five 11-minute PLOO tracks. And the best is yet to come. 10,000 bars of PLOO.

http://canibuscentral.ihiphop.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=63653

No one cares about Canibus. You are dreaming if you think Royce (or any of the Slaughterhouse mob) would waste their time with him. If you could remove your tongue from his arsehole for just one second you would see how ludicrous your zealotry is making you look.

[Bert]

Thanks Simon, that's what I've been trying to say.

Why would Royce or someone from Slaughterhouse make a fake twitter account to start a beef with a guy that no one but his die hard fans even care about?

That's what I meant by it doesn't make sense because he's not relevant.

If they just wanted to start a beef for publicity I would think they would have picked someone way higher on the food chain.

It's not like they even need publicity now that they're signed to Shady, anyway.

And if it's not publicity what possible reason would someone have to use a fake twitter account to start a beef?

[Fro]

To be fair, Canibus does have a better solo career than any of the SH guys and could still go toe-to-toe with any of them. He's just outnumbered here.

[Eddie Colon]

nobody cares about canibus but then again nobody really cares about slaughterhouse outside of Buddens pathetic fans.

[Morrison]

And if it's not publicity what possible reason would someone have to use a fake twitter account to start a beef?


because they didn't like him or have a problem with him? that's typically how this stuff starts.

[Bert]

nobody cares about canibus but then again nobody really cares about slaughterhouse outside of Buddens pathetic fans.

Who are you?

[Eddie Colon]

Do I have to be a well known poster to have an opinion now?

[Ringo]

Eddie Colon is great actually. I fully endorse his opinion.

[QuietStorm]

Any Buck 65 fans out there? Here is his new vid:

YouTube - Buck 65 - Paper Airplane - Official Video

[QuietStorm]

nobody cares about canibus but then again nobody really cares about slaughterhouse outside of Buddens pathetic fans.
I would have a difficult time supporting someone who is a woman beater and caused a miscarriage. But to each their own I guess.

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh7IS7n4Er30sQG3np

[Bert]

:rolleyes: Like that has any merit to it whatsoever.

She denies cheating on him with Derrick Ward when even Derrick Ward has said it happened but he thought they were broke up already because that's what she told him.

So, this stupid ass interview with Black gossip :zzz:


Do I have to be a well known poster to have an opinion now?

Yes.

Or at least not be a total moron. Obviously Royce Da 5'9", Crooked I, and Joell Ortiz fans care about Slaughterhouse too. And loads of Eminem fans now after 2.0 boys.

Because you know, they're fantastic. :cool:



Anyone who hates on Budden must not have heard Who Killed Hip Hop Parts 1-3.


Also, this is still true.

[QuietStorm]

I've never hated on him because of the music, just his persona which is embarrassing to hip hop.

[Bert]

What persona? Being a real person and being real on songs and not being some caricature of what people visualize a rapper to be?

[QuietStorm]

Perhaps you are a bit young to realize it, but beating up women and not paying child support is frowned upon. If that is what real is for him, give me one good reason I should respect it.

And starting Twitter drama with exes is not a good look.

[Bert]

Perhaps you are a bit young to realize it, but beating up women and not paying child support is frowned upon.


:rolleyes: Like that has any merit to it whatsoever.

If you listen to the whole song and not just the part they play in that stupid Bossip interview you might understand.

[QuietStorm]

YouTube - Canibus ft Joe Budden - 1 2 let's go - ploo

[Bert]

YouTube - Joe Budden - Who Killed Hip Hop (Part 1) Official Video

YouTube - Joe Budden - Who Killed Hip Hop (Part 2) Official Video

YouTube - Joe Budden - Who Killed Hip Hop (Part 3) Official Video

[Morrison]

good lord this is a lame argument.

[Miotch]

I feel like this thread has become unreadable for the most part.

[Fro]

Feel free not to read it.

[Bert]

good lord this is a lame argument.

Well, your face is a lame argument!

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.15032/title.royce-da-59-talks-eminems-ocd-delusional-canibus-and-writing-for-dr-dres-detox

Soon, fans of the Bad Meets Evil duo will be able to feed their need for relentless rhyming from Royce and Eminem together when the 9-song EP, Hell: The Sequel, arrives in stores and online June 14th.

:hyper:

That's 3 more songs then I thought we were getting (I was going by the Slaughterhouse EP being 6 songs). And Echo and Living Proof won't be on the EP either. So, after Fast Lane there's still 8 more tracks to hear.

:hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper:

[QuietStorm]

I feel like this thread has become unreadable for the most part.
The Atmosphere album is dope. But you know this. :heart:

[Fro]

Prodigy has been coming out with some quality tracks since he got out the clink.

YouTube - Prodigy - Twilight feat. Havoc (Produced by Sid Roams)
YouTube - Prodigy - Black Devil (Prod. by Sid Roams)

[QuietStorm]

Always been one of my faves, hence the screen name. These tracks are hot. Thanks, Fro.

[Stringer Bell]

He has a 5 track EP out as well..

I bought the audiobook version of his autobiography from iTunes, I'm actually listening to it as I type this... it's really interesting. I've never done the audiobook thing before, but hearing it narrated by Prodigy himself is pretty cool. Glad I got it.

[QuietStorm]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1nss_x9tr4&feature=youtu.be

Feel free to not listen, but here is the new Canibus single which he released today. I know at least Chris Scott cares.

"The Lullaby of Champions" off Lyrical Law.

I guess while we're at it, here is the first single too. "The Ghost of Hip Hop's Past".

YouTube - ** NEW 2011** CANIBUS - "THE GHOST OF HIP HOP'S PAST (FIRST SINGLE OFF "LYRICAL LAW")

[Dubya]

All this nonsense about Common is seriously ridiculous.

Watching rich white people that have never heard Common in their lives and had no idea who he was until yesterday.. sit there and disect his music like they have the slightest clue what he's talking about.

You'd think they were talking about Eminem the way they're condeming the guy.. and he's like the tamest rapper alive. I mean, wtf???

[Bert]

I don't watch the news and Common is lame.

They should have invited Kanye to the White House instead.

That would at least be newsworthy.

[Dubya]

At least they'd have someone actually controversial to talk about then

[Fro]

Yeah republicans are fucking retarded.

Picked up Goblin today for 7 bones. Good album.

[Morrison]

shitting on canibus and common but defending joe budden? i have trouble wrapping my head around that, to be honest.

[Matthew]

well you wouldnt have trouble if your head wasnt already wrapping your brain and shit. like i dont think you have the resources to wrap anything else with it.

[Morrison]

you underestimate the size of my head.

[Bert]

YouTube - D12 - I GO OFF (OFFICIAL VIDEO 2011)


Bizarre was weak. The rest were good.

[QuietStorm]

YouTube - J-MAC CLUB HOP

Song of the year right here. Rhymesayers and Strange Famous will be fighting for this cat.

[Simon]

D12 without Eminem and Proof = :no:. Swifty is ok but the other three are weak. Also, D12 are looking fucking OLD now.

[Stringer Bell]

I just found it rather ridiculous that the whole song was about killing and shooting people, when one of their closest friends was killed violently. Sure, there has always been that element in their music, but I would think at this point (they are indeed pretty old, Simon), they'd have some other messages to get across. I guess not, apparently.

Elzhi's Elmatic dropped last week and I'm kinda shocked I haven't heard a peep about it around here. It's a remarkable tribute to Illmatic (obviously), really well done with live instrumentation, fresh new lyrics, and the works. Can't recommend this enough: http://hulkshare.com/0hibtwqcoetn

Also, The Weeknd has been getting a whole lot of spins from me. The comparison is becoming cliche at this point, but think Frank Ocean mixed with Drake.

[Ringo]

Given Elmatic a couple of listens. Liking it quite a bit so far. Great to see Elzhi back in action too. The man is fantastic.

[Bert]

YouTube - BBC Music Showcase. Odd Future - Sandwitches


:rofl:

[G-Fresh]

I just found it rather ridiculous that the whole song was about killing and shooting people, when one of their closest friends was killed violently.

What do you expect when Bizarre and the other turds in D12 that ain't important enough to remember swing off Psy and RLP now?

[RuneEdge]

http://atrilli.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/eminem_royce_cover.jpg
Official artwork.

[QuietStorm]

Apparently there were glass bottles thrown on the stage at the Odd Future show at the Majestic tonight. They walked off stage and the show is over. Stay classy, Detroit.

[Morrison]

i really want to go to the odd future show this friday in philly, but i really can't take off work and find a ticket.

[tarantino]

YouTube - BBC Music Showcase. Odd Future - Sandwitches (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iWY10jGGcQ)


:rofl:

This is hilarious.

[Fro]

Odd Future started a riot in Boston after a CD signing last week when they got on the roof of Newbury Comics and started inciting the crowd. Those crazy kids.

My thoughts on Goblin after a week: it's good but it's kind of hard to listen to all the way through in one sitting because it can get a little dull at times. Lyrical content-wise the comparisons to Eminem are pretty apt.

[tarantino]

Odd Future started a riot in Boston after a CD signing last week when they got on the roof of Newbury Comics and started inciting the crowd. Those crazy kids.

My thoughts on Goblin after a week: it's good but it's kind of hard to listen to all the way through in one sitting because it can get a little dull at times. Lyrical content-wise the comparisons to Eminem are pretty apt.

I agree. I like most of his beats, his style, and his persona (from what I've seen), but I feel like he may be trying a bit too hard to be controversial, much in the same way I felt Eminem did when he started.

Their show last night in Detroit was stopped after fans threw glass bottles at them on stage. Throwing them was wrong, but it seems strangely ok at an Odd Future show.

[Ringo]

Yeah, Goblin is pretty damn disappointing overall. Some absolutely fantastic tracks ("Yonkers" and "Sandwitches" are perhaps the two best songs though and we already had both of them). "Burger" is a great bonus too. It's really overlong though, feels more like the beginnings of cool songs than actual fully resolved ones, and some of the lyrics are a little cringeworthy. I look forward to future releases though, especially when he's older, more refined and EARL is allowed to participate. EARL & Tyler, with some of Frank Ocean's flavour and the occasional Hodgy Beats verse. Yes please.

Lots of comparisons to the Marshall Mathers LP of course, but it's not nearly at that level. As a collective they don't come close to Wu-Tang's early days either.

[Morrison]

as somebody who didn't follow odd future at all and only started listening because of the hype surrounding this record, i don't find it disappointing at all. goblin is a fun listen that's in line with how he seems to want to start and end his albums, then you got yonkers which is obviously a beast of a track, i'm one of the people that really love radicals, she is a good song with a great frank ocean hook, i fucking adore transylvania, tron cat and sandwitches are both awesome. i do tend to lose a bit of interest toward the end of the album, but all the bonus tracks are great, so i tend to get right back into it. i find myself liking it more with each listen.

[Miotch]

I'm with Morrison. I love it more and more. It may not be the most 'accessible' album ever, but it's witty and funny and they have some serious skill on the mic.

[G-Fresh]

For the Wu heads

SOLOMON CHILDS - HEAVY METAL (OFFICIAL HD VIDEO)

[Stringer Bell]

Yeah, Goblin gets way better with time.. There's some real gems tucked in there.. I love the "I wish Thebe was here" line on the title track.. The production is really something special..

Wish I could catch them in DC tomorrow

[QuietStorm]

I am warming up slightly to Odd Future, but I still think they have some shitty attitudes. To be 20 years old and think you have the God opinion on what makes good hip hop, yeah ok. For example, I am not a huge fan of Lil B either but the dude is smart and knows how to sell records and market himself. Odd Future is just as much an image as Lil B, so get off your fucking high horse. I guess I am mostly talking about Tyler here.

On more of a me-note, Canibus is so classy to his fans. One of the C-C cats had made a Poet Laureate Infinity mix a while back which starts at the 4-minute mark on the title below. So what does Bis do? Rips it for another two minutes on the same beat. Some of the nicest lyrics I've heard from him in a minute. Hopefully this is a nice peak into what Lyrical Law has to offer.

http://www.reverbnation.com/canibus

MAY 16 XPRMNT 2011 Part 02

Konogoro is the language, out here Inugami mountain
Out here trying to promote this album
Examine the translation; but what's the situation?
I thought Hip Hop was the language of many nations
A chance at exploration not exploitation
We goin' in big circles on some run away slave shit
I thwarted the attack, but you don't see it like that
Just like you don't see how many verses came outta that track
I grab the mic off the mic stand with my Hellboy hand
Then I proceed to battle Hell boy's man
My father was bitten by a poisonous snake in Guyana
He was treated by Birmingham's doctor
That's where I learned to play soccer
The sun burning hotter outside watching Rap City with the Rasta
Grateful and relieved about what has been achieved
Not scornful with desires and unabated greed
Even the uneducated seed can agree
That modern day emcees is not like they used to be
I still get busy usually, not in front of everybody
Just you and me, I'll show you how it used to be
I seeded the planet, Canibus evolution advancement
In infinite commandment, what's the advantage?
There is none, open your mind, seek out the sun
In the background you see a Brown Dwarf on the drums
Maharaji, my head Yogi told me
I "am not alone not matter how lonely, so walk boldly"
Purpose is removed, then sacrifice ignored
Hip Hop is restored through Lyrical Law
We never been regular rappers, see the names on the nebula ballad
Special, lyrical, RTJ tactics
He claimed that he'd written the greatest rhyme of all time
And NOW is the time to take it out the archives
The Adamic Race was created by those who landed from space
Atlantis was only one planetary base
Appalachia, Terrania, Palencia, Oceania
Yeah, shut the fuck up and show me on camera
The national reconnaissance guys are disguised
As flies that are really micro-electronic spies
Flies on the wall that read your thoughts through sub-sonic pulse
We're all just better off being quiet, boss

[Stringer Bell]

No post about the Canibus/Keith Murray record? :p

[QuietStorm]

It's nice. lol. Not the greatest thing ever, but any new material is cool with me. I don't get all the Murray hate though, he does his thing just fine.

[QuietStorm]

When asked about the HRSMN, Ras Kass instantly began talking about the alleged feud between them and Slaughterhouse, another group made up from 4 different emcees. The feud was given some fuel via Twitter and it even lent itself to a Canibus diss track (http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.14986/title.canibus-goes-at-joe-budden-royce-da-59-on-diss-track).
"It's a beautiful thing. Honestly, I would say we're about 60 percent done with the HRSMN," he said when asked about the group. "The HRSMN are intact. There's nothing but love for everybody else. Some things are dirty laundry. I was always taught not to air my dirty laundry. Unfortunately, Twitter and Facebook are ways where laundry that shouldn't be [where this] gets aired. But then we gotta close house and deal with this dirty laundry."
"HRSMN are HRSMN. Slaughterhouse is Slaughterhouse," he continued. "There's a lot of interconnected family. There's nothing but love. There was some things where people see things and it's a non issue. I won't address it anymore past that. There is family and we are going to continue to respect each other as family."
Going back to their Twitter feud, Ras explained that they want to continue moving forward without any problems with other emcees.
"We full speed ahead. Sometimes, we've got to sit back and analyze what's going on because people like drama. They want something against something...I can have love for my nigga but sometimes these social media things can create things that don't really exist and sometimes you can get wrapped up in it."
"The Horsemen, we had to go take some inventory, sit in a house and say, 'Hey, man, what's going on? Let's be right about shit. We goin' to work and just make sure we doin' what we're supposed to be doin', never disrespecting. We don't want to be disrespectful to anybody and I don't think anybody wants to be disrespectful to us.' There's room for everybody out here. We're all talented. Much success to everybody. We gettin' ours together and it's coming out incredible."


So there you have it. Basically Royce needs to get off the Twitter. But aside from that, things appear to be calm.

[Fro]

That's a shame - it could have been good. Seems like everyone wants to avoid beefs these days. :no:

[Chris Scott]

I just bloody can't wait for the new HRSMN stuff.

[QuietStorm]

That's a shame - it could have been good. Seems like everyone wants to avoid beefs these days. :no:
I am ecstatic that it has apparently been squashed. I assumed it had since Canibus took the diss tracks off his Reverbnation page a couple weeks ago.

It is the only time he ever gets publicity and it has severely damaged his career.

[G-Fresh]

Killah Priest alone would make all of Slaughterhouse look like bitches.

[Bert]

:zzz:

[QuietStorm]

http://www.afterellen.com/column/lesbros/astronautalis

This Is Our Science, out Sept. 13. Dude puts on the most energetic and awesome show I have ever seen. Awesome guy too, the first time I went to one of his shows he wanted to ask me a bunch of questions about sports writing. Highly recommend the $15 or whatever the low cost is if he plays in your area.

Also, my girlfriend wants to bone him. So that's awesome lol.

[Ringo]

http://youtu.be/ep0hay4Qw54

Video for Kendrick Lamar's "HiiiPOWER", which has to be one of the best Hip-Hop tracks of 2011. :yes:

[QuietStorm]

The latest leak off Bad Meets Evil is embarrassing for all parties involved. Surprised it hasn't been linked by Black Titan.

[Brady]

Sad thing is even when you can tell that Royce and Em are messing around on 'I'm On Everything', they are still better on it then the majority of rappers trying.

[G-Fresh]

CANIBUS/KEITH MURRAY

[QuietStorm]

Sad thing is even when you can tell that Royce and Em are messing around on 'I'm On Everything', they are still better on it then the majority of rappers trying.
The rappers I listen to don't mess around when they know people are spending their hard-earned money on their material.

[Bert]

The rappers I listen to don't mess around when they know people are spending their hard-earned money on their material.

But they're boring and predictable.

[QuietStorm]

Just drawing names out of a hat, if you want to call someone like Shad or Sole or Sage Francis or Icon the Mic King boring and predictable then that is your own thing to deal with. Sorry, not everyone has to suck Slaghterhouse's cock. See what I did there?

Honestly, what is your deal? You've been nothing but a cunt to me in this thread.

[QuietStorm]

My bad, it was Slaugterhouse. Either way, don't get your crew's tattoo spelled wrong. It's just embarrassing. Just like his little freestyle after the beef was squashed.

[G-Fresh]

The rappers I listen to don't mess around when they know people are spending their hard-earned money on their material.

I recommend checking out Almighty if you haven't yet. It's a solid album if people would just give it a chance.

Almighty - Killa Bee Swarm (Feat. Timbo King)

[Simon]

Just drawing names out of a hat, if you want to call someone like Shad or Sole or Sage Francis or Icon the Mic King boring and predictable then that is your own thing to deal with. Sorry, not everyone has to suck Slaghterhouse's cock. See what I did there?

Honestly, what is your deal? You've been nothing but a cunt to me in this thread.
Most people don't realise you like anyone except Canibus because he's all you ever talk about in here. And he fits the boring and predictable tag very nicely indeed.

[G-Fresh]

Canibus is a fuckin beast.

[QuietStorm]

Most people don't realise you like anyone except Canibus because he's all you ever talk about in here. And he fits the boring and predictable tag very nicely indeed.
It is certainly not all I talk about in here. And I like to promote his new stuff because he has always been cool with me, not my fault the rate he releases it at is faster than just about any other rapper I know aside from maybe Sole. Puts someone like Immortal Technique to shame.

[Bert]

That doesn't matter if every song sounds the same.

Rebecca Black could release a different album every day with Friday as every single one of the songs on the album and she wouldn't be any less shit.

[QuietStorm]

Just shows how uninformed you are.

[Bert]

No, it just shows how much of a fanatic you are.

[QuietStorm]

So you are saying what he does on Hip Hop 4 Sale is in no way different than what is on 2000 B.C. or Rip the Jacker? Every solo album and every collab album such as Cloak & Dagga, he changes up his subject matter and rhyme scheme and flow.

Anyways, RIP Gil Scott-Heron. You were an inspiration to so many.

[G-Fresh]

Plus Canibus records 4 versions of every one of his verses so they are all to his liking.

[QuietStorm]

YouTube - ‪Jehst - England‬‏

Brand-new Jehst.

[Simon]

Jehst is awesome. Liquor Soaked Sentiments and 1979 = my shit.

[BBF]

Jehst is pretty good. Been getting into British stuff more lately. Some good stuff going out there at the mo.

[Stringer Bell]

If anyone here is interested in vinyl, Urban Outfitters is exclusively carrying a special edition of J Dilla's Donuts this summer. The original vinyl didn't have the smiling Dilla cover like the CD, but this UO wanted to carry it with that cover, so Stones Throw decided to give it to them. The original is going out of print.

[QuietStorm]

YouTube - ‪Canibus - Money‬‏

Something new off Lyrical Law. Ain't no raspy Canibus on this one, if that is your issue. Pakman, however, is still awful.

[QuietStorm]

If anyone here is interested in vinyl, Urban Outfitters is exclusively carrying a special edition of J Dilla's Donuts this summer. The original vinyl didn't have the smiling Dilla cover like the CD, but this UO wanted to carry it with that cover, so Stones Throw decided to give it to them. The original is going out of print.
J Dilla was tops. Nice to see Urban Outfitters has some ears for what is good.

[G-Fresh]

I don't know if it's cool to post links to leaked shit so delete it if it ain't.

http://www.popkiller.pl/files/gfx/T/techn9ne6s7s.jpg

No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "The Pledge (Intro)" Ben Cybulsky 0:42
2. "Technicians" Soleternity 3:52
3. "Military (Skit)" Ben Cybulsky 0:21
4. "Am I A Psycho?" (featuring B.o.B & Hopsin) B.o.B 4:04
5. "He's A Mental Giant" Seven 3:54
6. "Worldwide Choppers" (featuring Busta Rhymes, Ceza, D-Loc, JL of B. Hood, Twista, Twisted Insane, U$O & Yelawolf) Seven 5:26
7. "We Miss You Man (Skit)" Ben Cybulsky 0:46
8. "I Love Music" (featuring Kendrick Lamar & Oobergeek) EmayDee 3:46
9. "Strangeland" J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League 3:35
10. "Call From Richie (Skit)" Ben Cybulsky 0:34
11. "The Boogieman" (featuring First Degree the D.E. & Stokley Williams of Mint Condition) J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League 3:51
12. "Cult Leader" (featuring Liz Suwandi) Seven 4:46
13. "Call From KC Poet Camile (Skit)" Ben Cybulsky 0:59
14. "~censored~ Food" (featuring Krizz Kaliko, Lil Wayne & T-Pain) Seven 4:55
15. "Overtime" (featuring Stevie Stone) Jayson "Koko" Bridges 3:00
16. "Pornographic" (featuring E-40, Krizz Kaliko & Snoop Dogg) Seven 3:52
17. "You Owe Like Pookie" (featuring Jay Rock & Kutt Calhoun) Seven 3:28
18. "Delusional" (featuring Nikkiya) Will Power 4:12
19. "So Lonely" (featuring Blind Fury & Mackenzie O’Guin) Wyshmaster 3:54
20. "If I Could" (featuring Chino Moreno & Stephen Carpenter of Deftones) Seven 3:27
21. "Angry Caller (Skit)" Ben Cybulsky 0:20
22. "Love Me Tomorrow" (featuring Big Scoob) Seven 3:54
23. "Mama Nem" (featuring Krizz Kaliko) David Sanders II 4:22
24. "Promiseland" (featuring Nikkiya) Wyshmaster 4:41



http://www.mediafire.com/?ry7bs8zpa2654a7

[Bert]

It's fine. And holy fucking shit 24 tracks, I had no idea there were that many. Amazing. Thanks.

[QuietStorm]

That many tracks on a Tech N9ne album isn't that shocking. I'll give this a listen tomorrow, thanks.

[Bert]

I take the skits off my iPod which is why it seems like more than usual. Without skits K.O.D. is 17 tracks.

[G-Fresh]

"Cult Leader" should have featured Ill Bill. I guess there is also 3 tracks that come as digital DL's when you buy it at Best Buy.

I didn't like KOD at all because of King Gordy.

[RuneEdge]

Nice. Thanks for link.

[G-Fresh]

Bong hits for everyone.

[Chris Scott]

I've never heard any of Tech's stuff so I'll give that a listen later.

[G-Fresh]

I don't really like his newer shit. Everready and everything past is whatever to me. I've seen him live a bunch of times cause he's cool with ICP and KMK. peep


YouTube - ‪tech n9ne i'm a playa‬‏

YouTube - ‪Tech N9ne- Slacker‬‏

YouTube - ‪Tech N9ne "Imma Tell"‬‏

[QuietStorm]

Chris, check out Anghellic and Absolute Power. Those are the musts before judging any other Tech N9ne works.

[G-Fresh]

Chris, check out Anghellic and Absolute Power. Those are the musts before judging any other Tech N9ne works.

agreed

[G-Fresh]

This is the Tech that I miss. FTI shit.

YouTube - ‪Tech N9ne - Industry Is Punks‬‏

YouTube - ‪Tech N9ne - Absolute Power‬‏

YouTube - ‪F.T.I.2 Kottonmouth Kings and Tech N9Ne‬‏

[Chris Scott]

Chris, check out Anghellic and Absolute Power. Those are the musts before judging any other Tech N9ne works.

Ok will do.

[Fro]

My bad, it was Slaugterhouse. Either way, don't get your crew's tattoo spelled wrong. It's just embarrassing.

hahahaha I hadn't heard about that. That's hilarious.


The latest leak off Bad Meets Evil is embarrassing for all parties involved. Surprised it hasn't been linked by Black Titan.

Just listening to it now. It's not so bad - I like this part:

Bitch it's on again, yeah
break that klonopin in half
while i smoke some chronic in the cab
with donovan mcnabb
and i die my hair back blonde again and laugh
i'm the real macaroni you cheesy bitch, i'm demonic with the craft
there's a devil in my noodle, you- angel haired pasta
flows dreaded like some fuckin tangle haired rasta

[Bert]

YouTube - ‪Tech N9ne - Like I Died (Remix) Feat. Krizz Kaliko & Craig Smith‬‏

YouTube - ‪Tech N9ne - In The Trunk (K.O.D. King Of Darkness 2009)‬‏

YouTube - ‪tech n9ne strange music box ft. krizz kaliko, brotha lynch‬‏

This was the first Tech N9ne song I ever heard:YouTube - ‪Tech N9ne Caribou Lou‬‏

YouTube - ‪Tech N9ne - Here Comes Tecca Nina‬‏

YouTube - ‪Tech N9ne- Stress Relief‬‏

YouTube - ‪08 Tech N9ne - All Day All Night (Bad Season Mixtape)‬‏

I wish there was a No DJ version of this mixtape, I would listen to it more. Hearing whooooooooooooooo kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid gets annoying.

[Bert]

YouTube - ‪Eminem - Lighters ft. Bruno Mars [Official Music]‬‏

[G-Fresh]

YouTube - ‪Kottonmouth Kings f/ Tech N9ne "City 2 City"‬‏

YouTube - ‪Let em Bleed vol 3 DJ Clay Tech n9ne let's ride‬‏

YouTube - ‪Twiztid ft. Tech N9ne-Serial Killaz‬‏

YouTube - ‪Insane Clown Posse ft. Tech N9ne - Madhouse‬‏

YouTube - ‪Thug Pit-ICP,KMK,Tech N9NE, Esham, Bone Thugs N Harmony‬‏

YouTube - ‪I Am Everything - Tech N9ne‬‏

YouTube - ‪Twiztid Ft Tech N9ne Big Krizz Kaliko & PDM - Need Some Help‬‏

YouTube - ‪Twiztid - Bury 'Em All (Tech n9ne, Big krizz, Potluck) Fast‬‏

[G-Fresh]

I'm disappointed after listening to All 6s & 7s, but I knew I would be with the features and the fact that he is trying to get national attention. He might as well go all the way and sell out the right way and get Soulja Boy on a track.

[Bert]

I like it. Like K.O.D. I think it flows a lot better after removing the skits.

Woah. Didn't see this coming.


He also has a duet with Odd Future front man Tyler, The Creator on a track called "Martians vs. Goblins." "Oh yeah, Tyler [The Creator] is on the album. I forgot about him. He ain’t really doing features for nobody. He feels like fuck everything and I don’t blame him either," he explained. "It’s a California thing, and I got respect for him and his hustle and what they’re doing and just being kids and being rebels for the cause. And he respects me for doing what I did for California and the West Coast, I guess. I met him at a Diddy concert and we chopped it up and we got a song called ‘Martians vs Goblins.’ It’s dope.”

[Fro]

They're both from LA, makes sense.

[G-Fresh]

I like it. Like K.O.D. I think it flows a lot better after removing the skits.


King Gordy ruins the whole CD with his shitty verse on Horns.

[RuneEdge]

http://atrilli.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/eminem_royce_cover.jpg
1. (00:02:58) Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 - Welcome 2 Hell
2. (00:04:10) Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 - Fastlane
3. (00:04:50) Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 - The Reunion
4. (00:03:30) Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 - Above The Law
5. (00:04:31) Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 - I'm On Everything
6. (00:04:34) Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 - A Kiss
7. (00:05:04) Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 - Lighters
8. (00:03:26) Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 - Take From Me
9. (00:04:20) Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 - Loud Noises
10. (00:03:55) Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 - Living Proof (Bonus)
11. (00:04:55) Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 - Echo (Bonus)

http://hulkshare.com/0co1llhrv8la
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D8TYI7IY
http://www.zshare.net/download/9100614890d2239d/
http://www.filesonic.com/file/1126886094/bme-atrilli.net.zip
http://www.fileserve.com/file/K2kjYPf

[Brady]

Fire.

[G-Fresh]

Fuck Eminem

[Bert]

Calm down bro.

[Fro]

Lighters is catching some flak but I think it's actually quite good and will kill as a single. Just finishing up my first listen of the EP and it's definitely banging. Loud Noises is a fucking jam.

[G-Fresh]

Calm down bro.

It ain't my fault that him and his fans suck horse cock.

[Bert]

What basis do you have for this? Pictorial evidence?

[virms]

Well there is that pic of you sucking that horse's cock bert.

[G-Fresh]

exactly

[virms]

This jug know his shit bert.


GET A JOB!

[G-Fresh]

WHOOP WHOOP

[virms]

WHO'S GOIN CHICKIN HUNTIN?

[G-Fresh]

Esham in this cover

Esham - Chicken Huntin (cover)

[QuietStorm]

YouTube - ‪Canibus Ft. MC Vorple - I thought HipHop was the language.wmv‬‏

Filthy.

[Bert]

Loud Noises is a fucking jam.


You weren't kidding. Joey killed it especially. Maybe one of these days you guys will stop sleeping on him. Either way, I can't wait for their album. :hyper:

Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 - Loud Noises ft. Slaughterhouse (Bad Meets Evil)

[G-Fresh]

Fuck some Joe

[Bert]

Royce Da 5'9 - Second Place (Prod. by DJ Premier) 2011

[Fro]

Fuck Royce!

DVDA couldn't make it so he told me to pass that along.

[Dubya]

YouTube - ‪Tech N9ne ft. Lil Wayne & T-Pain - Fuck Food‬‏

[G-Fresh]

Fuck Royce!

DVDA couldn't make it so he told me to pass that along.

Black power, my brotha

But for real fuck anybody cool with Eminem

[G-Fresh]

YouTube - ‪Tech N9ne ft. Lil Wayne & T-Pain - Fuck Food‬‏ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCUULhGMKts)

That song sucks, but lol @ T-Pain out rapping Wayne.

[Fro]

Rock the Bells lineup this year is looking pretty killer.

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/8345/rtbactslaunch4.png

[Simon]

Jesus fucking christ.

[son_of_foley]

Lads I'm going to see Tip with a live band next month. Cannot fucking wait.

[QuietStorm]

Rock the Bells should be an alright event this year lol.

[QuietStorm]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy82TY3SJUA&feature=youtu.be


New Sole/Mac Lethal/Bernard Dolan off Nuclear Winter Vol. 2.

[G-Fresh]

Rock The Bells looks weak compared to last year

The GotJ has a fuckin nice lineup this year though

Insane Clown Posse
Twiztid
Blaze & The R.O.C.
Anybody Killa
Boondox
Dark Lotus
Psychopathic Rydas
Ice Cube
Busta Rhymes
Tech N9ne
Kottonmouth Kings
Saliva
Dope
E-40
Vanilla Ice
Dayton Family
Paris
George Clinton & P-Funk All-Stars
DJ Quik
CKY
Juvenile
Mystikal
MC Hammer
Xzibit
AMB
Wolfpac
Kung Fu Vampire
Menace to Sobriety
Ajax
Downtown Brown
Critical Bill
Mastamind
Project Born
Lil Wyte
Liquid Assassin
Smokehouse Junkiez
Claas
V Sinizter
Prozac
King Gordy
Ill E. Gal
Ikkurruz
Scum
Unstable
F Dux
AJ Jordan
So Sick Social Club
Plus 2 surprise performances announced on stage

[Bert]

The GotJ has a fuckin nice lineup this year though


Busta Rhymes
Tech N9ne
Kottonmouth Kings
Xzibit


Ok lineup.

[G-Fresh]

Three 6 Mafia will be one of the surprise guest performances. I don't know if I'm healthy enough to deal with the 110 degres heat for 5 days. I'd like to see

Insane Clown Posse
Twiztid
Blaze & The R.O.C.
Dark Lotus
Psychopathic Rydas
Ice Cube
Busta Rhymes
Tech N9ne
Kottonmouth Kings
Dope
E-40
Vanilla Ice
Dayton Family
Paris
George Clinton & P-Funk All-Stars
DJ Quik
Juvenile
Mystikal
MC Hammer
Xzibit
Mastamind
Project Born
Lil Wyte
Claas
V Sinizter
F Dux

[G-Fresh]

Plus Bloodymania is always badass

Jerry The King Lawler
Honky Tonk Man
Rock N Roll Express
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Koko B Ware
Sunny
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Terry Funk
2 Tuff Tony
Mad Man Pondo
Necro Butcher
Richy Boy Bryar Wellington & Butler Jeeves
Rhino
Bob Conway
U-Gene
The Weedman
Isabella & Tracy Smothers
Corporal Robinson
Bull Pain
Ring Rydas
Officer Colt Cabana
Kongo Kong w/ Truth Martini
Zach Gowen
Booker T
X Pac
Raven
Vicera
Tank Abbott
Chyna
Scott Hall

[Fro]

Some might find this corny but I think it's great. Eminem is finally having fun again.

YouTube - ‪Bad Meets Evil - Fast Lane ft. Eminem, Royce Da 5'9‬‏

[Bert]

:lol: That was great. It was way over the top but that was what made it great. I loved the getting in front of each other at the end. I hope they make a video for Loud Noises now.

[G-Fresh]

gangsta gangsta at the top of the list

YouTube - ‪Quick Fast V-Nasty Verse‬‏

[Bert]

Awful.

[Chris Scott]

Yep from first listen, I liked Anghellic and Absolute Power by Tech. I will judge again with another listen,

[Stringer Bell]

YouTube - ‪The LOX -- New York Rap - - HIPHOPNEWS24-7.COM‬‏

Loving all the new material from these guys. First actual new LOX song in who the fuck knows how long.

[G-Fresh]

Yep from first listen, I liked Anghellic and Absolute Power by Tech. I will judge again with another listen,

Tech has so much talent. It's a shame he wastes it trying to get commercial love. Everything Everready and past is mainstream sounding trash for the most part. MLK, Sickology 101, and Gates Mixed Plate are collabo CDs with shitty guests and Killer and KOD just fuckin suck. All 6s & 7s is loaded with shitty beats and guests on almost every song.

[Bert]

Mainstream doesn't equal trash. Stop being so close minded. Oh wait, I forgot who I was talking to for a second. Carry on. :lol:

And KOD is his best overall album. :headbang:

[G-Fresh]

King Gordy ruined KOD. Mainstream/commercial rap hasn't been good since the mid 90s.

[Bert]

YouTube - ‪Fat Joe - ' Drop A Body ' ( Official Video ) HD 2011‬‏


That can't be Fat Joe, it's an imposter!

[Morrison]

it's skinny pete from breaking bad.

[Simon]

Would it be in poor taste to say that the wrong enormously fat Terror Squad member lost weight? Big Pun could have been one of the greatest.

[RuneEdge]

He actually said he lost the weight cuz too many of his friends were dying due to weight related problems.

[Simon]

Probably true, Cuban Link isn't exactly lithe either.

[Stringer Bell]

Game says that the song with Tyler on his album will also have Wayne on the hook... hmmm..

[QuietStorm]

Would it be in poor taste to say that the wrong enormously fat Terror Squad member lost weight? Big Pun could have been one of the greatest.
I still consider him one of the greatest.

[Simon]

I don't know if he can really match Nas or Jay-Z based on one great album. Same with L...I mean for me even Biggie doesn't quite match up to them because of a lack of material. But any of those three could have been up there with the very best.

[Stringer Bell]

That Fat Joe song is quality by the way. Seems like a lot of guys are taking a similar approach to what Raekwon has done lately, and leave all the poppy/radio attempt bullshit at home and just come back with hard, quality music. Rae has done it twice now with little promo and great results. He's more credible than ever..

Just saw this interview with Meth that has me optimistic for his next project. They don't actually talk about the new album til the very end, but I like the sounds of darker, 1st and 2nd album sounding stuff. Hopefully RZA is involved.

YouTube - ‪*EXCLUSIVE* Method Man Speaks On "Crystal Meth" Album‬‏

I wish Redman would come back and drop some classic style shit. Give us that Muddy Waters 2.

New Smif N Wesson/Pete Rock album coming later this year is sounding good..

LOX album possibly on the way..

Whatever Wayne ends up doing. I'm more excited for new Drake stuff honestly.

Dipset..

New Rick Ross album. Those are always a lot of fun

Nas on the way with a new single... and album..

Odd Future madness.

Jay-Z and Kanye on the way..

Should be a great summer

[QuietStorm]

Hello Cruel World, Lyrical Law, and This Is Our Science. July through September will be fantastic for me.

[Stringer Bell]

Nas on the way with a new single... and album..


Well, that didn't take long

YouTube - ‪Nas - Nasty [TAGS/DOPE/2011] *NEW* (Life Is Good Album)‬‏

[Stringer Bell]

All sorts of new goodies...

YouTube - ‪Nas - Nasty (CDQ)‬‏

YouTube - ‪Lil Wayne - Dear Anne (Stan Part 2) [FULL/CDQ/DOPE/2011] Carter IV‬‏

YouTube - ‪Kanye West - Mama's Boyfriend (CDQ) | NEW - 2011‬‏

YouTube - ‪Big Sean ft. Rick Ross & Pusha T - 100 Keys "New 2011"‬‏

YouTube - ‪Drake - Marvins Room (Real Audio Original Song)‬‏

[Winkle van Tinkle]

Big Sean album is decent. Really enjoying it.

I'm also love J.Cole's new one. Really looking forward to the album now.

YouTube - ‪J.Cole - Lost Ones‬‏

[Fro]

Nasty is an amazing song. It really sounds like Nasty Nas.

[Fro]

http://cdnl.complex.com/assets/CHANNEL_IMAGES/MUSIC/2011/06/Features/BAD-MEETS-EVIL/Bad-Meets-Evil-Complex-Cover-Animated.gif
ahahaha @ Royce's face at the end.

[G-Fresh]

It's lookin like All 6's & 7's is gonna debut at #4 with 55,806 units moved

Congratulations Tech. You can't even buy a top 3 spot.

[son_of_foley]

Loving the J Cole track cheers Cuncha

[Simon]

I've asked this before but where do you lot get your hip-hop downloads from? I struggle to keep up with new tracks coming out, is there any one site which provides links to all new uploads on Megaupload or similar? I used to go to www.vesselforlife.co.uk but they don't upload much nowadays, the odd track or mixtape but nothing substantial.

[RuneEdge]

http://hear-it-first.net/
Try that. They're pretty up to date.

[RuneEdge]

It's lookin like All 6's & 7's is gonna debut at #4 with 55,806 units moved

Congratulations Tech. You can't even buy a top 3 spot.

He's not even on a major record label. You can't really knock him for the numbers he's doing.

[Ringo]

Bizarre comments from DVDA.

The new Nas track is terrific.

Pitchfork actually posts something about Hip-Hop that I agree with:


Nas can do this. It's easy to forget sometimes. For the past decade and a half, few rappers have had more frustrating careers, and the Queensbridge legend's predilections for zero-character beats, nonsensical collaborations, half-baked concepts, and empty-calorie sloganeering have worked, time and again, to undermine his vast reserves of pure rap talent. But every once in a while, he crackles back to life in a very serious way, his stone-faced tough-talk speeding through rock-hard beats with a Rutger-Hauer-in-The-Hitcher intensity. Think "Thief's Theme", or "Nazareth Savage".

Or think this new one, an out-of-nowhere blast of hurtling vocabulary that never pauses long enough for a chorus to find its way in. Nas starts out in monster form: "Late-night candlelight fiend with diesel in his needle/ Queensbridge leader, no equal/ I come from the will of Ezekiel/ To pop thousand-dollar bottles of Scotch, smoke pot, and heal the people." Then, for the next three minutes, he stays there, proudly displaying how he can still handle just about any rapper on earth bar-for-bar. Salaam Remi's beat is fast and minimal, and it keeps him sticking and moving. For a few bars, it drops out entirely, and Nas keeps going like he doesn't notice. It makes sense; he's in a zone. Imagine if it was always this way.

[RuneEdge]

He needs to use more mainstream beats. Apparantly he's got Swizz Beatz, Dr. Dre and Kanye West lined up as possible producers so I'm expecting something amazing.

[Simon]

God no. There's enough fucking Swizz Beats, Dre and Kanye around. IMO Nas doesn't suit the commercial style of someone like Dre, he's better on a laid-back, smoother groove OR a raw, "real" hip-hop sound,

He should be hitting up Premo and Large Professor for some classy stuff and come back with a KILLER album. Those two are responsible for most of his best beats - Halftime, You're Da Man, One Time 4 Ya Mind, It Ain't Hard To Tell, NY State Of Mind, Nas Is Like, Represent, I Gave You Power...add a couple of Remi and Alchemist tracks in the mix and you could have a great album.

[Fro]

Either way he just needs to pick good beats, which has been somewhat of an issue for him throughout his career. Salaam Remi and L.E.S. are his go-to guys then he needs to fill it out with whoever.

Agreed on not particularly wanting Swizz Beatz or Dre on there. Kanye I'd be happy with though - Let There Be Light is one of my favorite Nas songs, so classic.

Obviously Premo would be amazing. They really need to reconnect.

[G-Fresh]

He's not even on a major record label. You can't really knock him for the numbers he's doing.

Fuck major record labels. He went from screaming FTI to buying up shitty commercial guest features. Strange has Fontana for distribution so it's easy to find at any Best Buy.

[Stringer Bell]

Simon: pretty much one site will take care of you.. nahright.com. Aside from some silly politics with artists like Lupe and Odd Future (they don't post music from either), that's by far my go-to spot for new rap. Most other sites simply repost content that came from Nah Right or one of their associates..

DVDA: Do you know for a fact that Tech "paid" for those guest appearances? I don't really follow his stuff enough to know, but he was getting more attention than ever over the last couple years (features in XXL, Source, etc.).. maybe collaborations with people like Wayne were simply born out of a mutual respect? I dunno. Stuff like B.o.B does seem weird. But, when you've got Royce Da 5'9" in 2011, working with someone like Bruno Mars, stuff like that just doesn't surprise me anymore. You gotta give him props for having that hustler's mentality and wanting to expand his business.

[G-Fresh]

And here are the numbers for All 6's & 7's.....

#4 Billboard 200
#1 R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
#6 Digital Albums
#1 Rap Albums
#24 Canadian Albums
#1 Independent Albums

And Strange paid for the majority of the features according to the mods at The Siccness.

Tech is a leech. He has no problem charging 10,000-20,000 for an 8 bar feature, but gets pissed when people do the same shit to him. Prozak and Brotha Lynch are the only people that still live up to the Strange name. Grave Plott was wack, but they fit the Strange theme

[Bert]

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/singles/id.15405/title.j-cole-work-out

COLE SUMMER.

[Stringer Bell]

That J Cole single is terribly disappointing.

[Fro]

Yeah I've long had the feeling that he will fall into the Wale category of peaking with his mixtapes (although I'm looking forward to Wale's MMG album and that was a great move for him). I like Cole but he has been so overhyped.

[Bert]

I disagree. COLE SUMMER.

I'm loving the Bad Meets Evil EP. I have that on repeat all day.

YouTube - ‪Converse: Bad Meets Evil Meets Converse‬‏


:lol:

[Dubya]

stuck on these 2 songs from the new tech n9ne cd .. I saw it debuted at no.4 on the billboard 200. not too bad for tech.

YouTube - ‪Tech N9ne - Worldwide Choppers feat. Yelawolf, Busta Rhymes, Twista, Ceza, D-Loc, Twisted Insane‬‏

YouTube - ‪20.Tech N9ne - If I Could feat. Deftones 2011‬‏

[G-Fresh]

He could have got Ice Cube, RZA, or someone along them lines instead of the trash features that he did get.

[Bert]

The whole point of Worldwide Choppers is having all of the fastest rappers on it. The features were great on the album anyway. I wish he could have got Eminem for So Lonely but Blind Fury did great on it.

Basically, "quit yer bitchin"

[G-Fresh]

Like that's gonna happen. Tech owes most of his success to Twiztid and the Psy camp.

[Bert]

Let's say for arguments sake that is true, that shouldn't mean he has to put them on every record. Plus he's gotten out of a lot of that horrorcore bullshit, it's called growing up.

[Ringo]

Top 7 Hip-Hop Albums/Mixtapes of the 1/2 year:
1. Saigon - The Greatest Story Never Told (Haven't listened to anything as much as this from the world of Hip-Hop in 2011)
2. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up (Gaining on Saigon tbh)
3. Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R.
4. Big K.R.I.T. - Return Of 4eva
5. Elzhi - Elmatic
6. Tech N9ne - 6's & 7's
7. REKS - Rythmatic Eternal King Supreme

Tracks I've listened to loads:
Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPower
Tyler The Creator - Yonkers
Frank Ocean - Songs For Women
Frank Ocean - Strawberry Swing
Blu - Amnesia (might technically be 2010)
Childish Gambino - Break
Childish Gambino - Freaks & Geeks

[Stringer Bell]

Ringo, believe it or not, Amnesia is actually from 2009. I'm just hearing Her Favorite Colour in full this year, and I really love it.

If I were to kick out a list, I can tell you that the new CyHi The Prynce Royal Flush 2 mixtape would definitely be on there. I'm so impressed with this tape. The first Royal Flush was pretty disappointing to me, but this is like a completely different project. Almost every track is quality.

Can't forget Pusha T's Fear of God and the Curren$y/Alchemist project. Random Axe is getting a lot of spins from me lately, too. So much good music this year.

I've been in love with this track right here. I don't really know much at all about the artists, I don't think they are even considered hip-hop, but this track right here sounds like somebody pulled it straight from Kanye's archives circa 2004. So catchy.

YouTube - ‪Teams vs Star Slinger Punch Drunk Love‬‏

[Winkle van Tinkle]

Like that's gonna happen. Tech owes most of his success to Twiztid and the Psy camp.

Don't talk absolute shit.

[RuneEdge]

Fuck major record labels. He went from screaming FTI to buying up shitty commercial guest features. Strange has Fontana for distribution so it's easy to find at any Best Buy.
:rolleyes:
That's not the problem. If you dont have your videos played or your songs on the radio, no one's gonna buy your album no matter how many stores you find it in.
Like Black Titan said, "quit yer bitchin".

[Matthew]

let's face it. tech probably became more popular because he dropped the dumb clown people

[Bert]

YouTube - ‪Tech N9NE - This is Hip-Hop (feat. Brotha Lynch Hung) HQ‬‏


This is a bonus track on all 6's and 7's. It should have been on the album.


Top 7 Hip-Hop Albums/Mixtapes of the 1/2 year:
1. Saigon - The Greatest Story Never Told (Haven't listened to anything as much as this from the world of Hip-Hop in 2011)
2. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up (Gaining on Saigon tbh)
3. Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R.
4. Big K.R.I.T. - Return Of 4eva
5. Elzhi - Elmatic
6. Tech N9ne - 6's & 7's
7. REKS - Rythmatic Eternal King Supreme


I'm surprised at the lack of Goblin.

[G-Fresh]

Nobody except horrorcore kids knew who Tech was before he was featured on The Green Book along with other multiple Psy and Subnoize albums, playing the GotJ multiple times and going on multiple tours with Psy and Subnoize. If All 6's & 7's can't make top 3 on the top 200 nothing he releases will. Strange is trash in general excluding Brotha Lynch.


:rolleyes:
That's not the problem. If you dont have your videos played or your songs on the radio, no one's gonna buy your album no matter how many stores you find it in.
Like Black Titan said, "quit yer bitchin".

Fuck off you stupid faggot bitch

[RuneEdge]

Grow up, FFS.

[Winkle van Tinkle]

Nobody except horrorcore kids knew who Tech was before he was featured on The Green Book along with other multiple Psy and Subnoize albums, playing the GotJ multiple times and going on multiple tours with Psy and Subnoize. If All 6's & 7's can't make top 3 on the top 200 nothing he releases will. Strange is trash in general excluding Brotha Lynch.


What about when he was on the 2Pac song, Thugz Get Lonely Too in 1997. I'm sure those "unreleased" albums got heard by more people than The Green Book.

[Bert]

If All 6's & 7's can't make top 3 on the top 200 nothing he releases will.


Who cares about top 3, he cracked the top 5. #4 is still amazing. Why would this mean that he can never crack the top 3?

He's getting more and more known so obviously it's more likely, not less likely, that his next album will crack the top 3. You have some retarded logic.

[Winkle van Tinkle]

DVDA really overstates the importance of Psy, and it's fans in the rap industry.

[Dubya]

Like that's gonna happen. Tech owes most of his success to Twiztid and the Psy camp.

:lol: That's not even remotely true. If his success is relative to their success, he wouldn't be doing interviews on MTV cuz MTV doesn't give a fuck about Psychopathic Records.. plus he hasn't really done anything with them in a few years now.. at least not on his own albums. I can't speak for their albums cuz I don't listen to them.. but if he's on their albums and they're not on his.. it sounds like they want him more than he wants them. He gets paid to be on their cds. Indie rappers need to be paid and any exposure is good exposure.. so you're saying he's guilty of using another rapper's platform to further himself .. HOLY SHIT ALERT THE PRESSES .. every rapper in the world is guilty of that. Every. single. one.

He owes most of his success to no one but himself. There are very few.. if any.. rappers that tour as much as he does. Tech N9ne is on the road all year long doing shows. All year. All over the world, not the country.. the world. He doesn't sell millions of records at all, but his label was just valued at around $20 million .. which for a young indie label, fueled almost entirely by his own albums and ticket sales .. is pretty good. The dude is a relentless promoter and promotes the hell out of himself and his label. If there is a Strange Music album dropping in the next month, you can't drive anywhere in KC without knowing it. It sounds stupid and cliche, but when he says he's not going maisntream, the mainstream is going Tech .. it really is pretty accurate. He's also supposed to be on Tha Carter IV, which is probably the biggest platform he's ever been given.. so there's a chance this small taste of the spotlight he's seeing right now could stick around and get bigger. I hope it does. The dude really does deserve it.


Nobody except horrorcore kids knew who Tech was before he was featured on The Green Book along with other multiple Psy and Subnoize albums, playing the GotJ multiple times and going on multiple tours with Psy and Subnoize. If All 6's & 7's can't make top 3 on the top 200 nothing he releases will. Strange is trash in general excluding Brotha Lynch.



That's incredibely wrong as well.. Anghellic and Absolute Power were both released before that. They sold around 600,000 copies combined.. a lot of people knew who he was before then.. a lot more than just "horrorcore kids" .. and Brotha Lynch is hardly the only good artist on Stange Music. Yukmouth, Big Scoob and Jay Rock are where its at.. Krizz Kaliko & Kutt Calhoun aren't that bad either.


DVDA really overstates the importance of Psy, and it's fans in the rap industry.

He really and truly does. That's not even a knock at him or them.. its just the truth.

[Simon]

Why do you lot even bother trying to discuss with DVDA? He has no interest in anything other than stating the same old tired opinions he's held for the past decade.

[Dubya]

Boredom.

[Bert]

I choose to never give up hope that one day he will come to his senses.

[Fro]

That's incredibely wrong as well.. Anghellic and Absolute Power were both released before that. They sold around 600,000 copies combined.. a lot of people knew who he was before then.. a lot more than just "horrorcore kids" ..

Yeah I know in my high school people were feeling him starting with Absolute Power. That's when I first heard him. Also I've never heard of The Green Book until now.

[Dubya]

Not to mention, those are still his 2 best-selling albums.. well maybe not after 6's & 7's is done, but right now.. they're still his 2 best-selling albums and they were before he started doing the few things he did with Psychopathic.. which would actually indicate a downturn in sales once he started working with them.

Tech's been around for a long time and people have known about him.. he just hasn't always really been a lot of people's cup of tea. Its not like he's really just now exploding or anything though .. his last 5 albums have all debuted in the top 20 .. and 2-3 before that debuted in the top 50. That's pretty good for an indie rapper thats pretty much consistently been outside of the mainstream for his whole career.

I really think he should release that song with the Deftones to rock radio at some point in this album's cycle. It has a smooth flow to it and a good chorus.. I think it could do well on alternative radio, which would broaden his audience even more.

[QuietStorm]

YouTube - ‪Canibus - T.H.E.M snippet 1993‬‏

Eighteen years of ripping.

[QuietStorm]

Sole's Nuclear Winter Vol. 2 is all ready for your listening pleasure.

https://www.circleintosquare.com/item/nuclear-winter-vol-2-deathpanel

[G-Fresh]

There was a total of 3 people I knew 10 years ago that knew who Tech was and they were all white and the only song they knew was Get Blowed. Fast forward to 2003 and a shitload of people knew him just for being featured on HC and being on The Green Book.

The only people that gave a fuck about him before that were people from the Missouri area.

[Bert]

"A shitload of people" being people who listen to ICP and whatever else is on Psychopathic.

Which in the grand scheme of things, really isn't "a shitload of people" at all.

[G-Fresh]

If ya dig Tech ya will probably like George Zelaya too. Him and Matic Lee are featured on a few songs



01 We Can Get It On Feat Speedy The Artist
02 We Go Hard Feat Petey Pablo, Neema, Liquid Assasin
03 So What Feat Speedy The Artist, Cash Clepto
04 Fuck Em
05 Clappin-Feat Tech N9ne
06 What Am I To Do
07 Turnt Up Feat Second Family, Dice, Kola
08 Pray
09 Mosh Pit
10 Family Feat LatinRose
11 Voice Cries
12 Wont Let Me In Feat Matic Lee (Bonus)
13 Clappin Remix Feat Tech N9ne, Matic Lee (Bonus)



http://www.sendspace.com/file/yj9z6z

[Winkle van Tinkle]

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh4TFwXhWMOHAt12df

fucking hell, stupidity must run in the brown family.

Frank Ocean is all :cool: not running away.

[Bert]

Like Chris Brown would even fight another male. :rofl:

[Ringo]

I THINK this is a proper V0 of Weekend At Burnies...

http://www.filesonic.com/file/1296391141/CR-1011-Burnies-At-Weekend-Currensy_Sparhawk.rar

If it is then fucking hell. :hyper:

[Fro]

Gotta say...

The Big Sean album is dope.

[Dubya]

YouTube - ‪Big Scoob - Doin My Thang (Ft. Krizz Kaliko)‬‏

I'm diggin' this new Big Scoob cd. It's got a good summertime feel to it.

[G-Fresh]

Scoob is trash and Krizz is a piss poor Nate Dogg biter. I'm more interested in what Follow Me Home is gonna sound like and how well it does.

[Ringo]

Album cover for Kendrick Lamar's "Section 80"

http://i.imgur.com/yP6uN.jpg

:hyper:

There is just so much good stuff to look forward to in the second half of 2011. Wow.

[QuietStorm]

Lyrical Law (minus three tracks) is available for download on ITunes. Royce is featured on "The Cypher of Bread & Butter".

[QuietStorm]

YouTube - ‪Canibus - "Cypher Of Five Mics" Feat Chino XL‬‏

"It can't get no hyper than this"

[Dubya]

YouTube - ‪Jay Rock x Kendrick Lamar "Hood Gone Love It"‬‏

[Stringer Bell]

This Canibus album had better be fucking good with that tracklist. Looking forward to it, downloading now.

What's up with all the weed on the Kendrick Lamar album? Doesn't he have a lot of songs where he talks about how he doesn't smoke? I've read it in interviews too. I mean, sure, maybe things changed, but it just seems kind of like he's pandering to that demographic when it's not something true to him. Which, leads me to a whole different thing involving him that I won't attempt to touch on right now. Basically he just confuses me. Kind of similar to the whole Saigon thing early on where you couldn't tell if he wanted to save the world or kill it by thugging it to death. Similar stuff with Kendrick. I do like him a lot though. I think his buzz is going to hurt him though, these new guys keep getting hyped up as the second comings before they even get a chance to drop a project, and it keeps backfiring..

[Morrison]

not smoking doesn't mean you can't appreciate the imagery or want it somehow incorporated into your art.

[Ringo]

I think his buzz is going to hurt him though, these new guys keep getting hyped up as the second comings before they even get a chance to drop a project, and it keeps backfiring..

Who specifically? Obviously Wale, and people are talking about J. Cole going the same way, but his debut isn't even out yet. There's definitely a danger of that happening though. Jay Electronica too.

[RuneEdge]

What do you guys think about Wale joining Rick Ross' label?

[Fro]

After the crapfest that was Attention Deficit he has nowhere to go but up. It was a good move for him.

[Simon]

Wale is a wasteman. Fuck Wale. So is Rick Ross, come to think of it.

[Dubya]

Travis Barker f. Tech N9ne & Bun B .

YouTube - ‪Travis Barker - Raw Shit (featuring Tech N9ne & Bun B)‬‏

[Stringer Bell]

Who specifically? Obviously Wale, and people are talking about J. Cole going the same way, but his debut isn't even out yet. There's definitely a danger of that happening though. Jay Electronica too.

The Cool Kids are a good example. They weren't touted as the saviors or anything, but they had an explosive buzz so early in their movement, and are just now getting a chance to put out an album, at a time where unfortunately it seems like a lot of people aren't as interested.

Definitely Wale. As much as I like him, he's never come close to matching the hype he came in with. With J. Cole, it's definitely hurting him because it seems people have put a lot of stock into him and he couldn't even get his record out before Big Sean (not necessarily his fault, but still). Same with Jay Electronica, although for some reason there seems to be this sense of forgiveness with a lot of critics/fans when it comes to him. Like they just don't mind waiting. I dunno.

Odd Future would be the opposite. By the time the hype came, a lot of material was already there, and then an album (with more coming) followed almost immediately after the buzz began. Now they're riding that shit for all it's worth and are by far the biggest act of the year, probably the last few years..

Then there's someone like Curren$y, who has steadily built a pretty huge following, all organically, pretty much by himself and with friends. No magazines or blogs ever said he was the Nas to Drake's Jay-Z, or said he was the next _________. With him, the music speaks for itself. And there's a whole lot of it.

Of course, the artists can't be fully blamed.. being independent is a huge advantage

I will say it seems like Kendrick was pretty prompt with this release. His buzz hasn't quite peaked yet, and this is pretty much perfect timing to get an actual album out. I just think some of the hype is a bit strong. I think people like him because he's unique moreso than actually great. Just my opinion though. Definitely looking forward to the album.

[Fro]

Why the fuck didn't anyone tell me about Hopsin? Dude is sick.

[Bert]

Why the fuck didn't anyone tell me about Hopsin? Dude is sick.

I loved him on Am I A Psycho? But I wasn't sure what other material he had out. Links please?

[G-Fresh]

Strange Music Releases Official Statement On Reno, Nevada Shooting


Strange Music provided HipHopDX with the following official statement: "Earlier this morning in the city of Reno, Nevada an unfortunate incident took place involving a performer with an opening act on Tech N9ne’s current U.S. Tour. Nearly two hours after the show had ended, it appears that this performer was the victim of a random and senseless act of violence on a nearby city street adjacent to the club where he had performed hours earlier. By all reports, the victim was talking on his phone when he was approached by six individuals who had not been in attendance at that evening’s show. Shortly after, shots were fired and the victim was struck multiple times. He was rushed to a local hospital where he remains in serious condition but is expected to recover. Not long after the incident took place, four suspects who had fled the scene on foot were detained and taken into custody by local law enforcement, including what appears to be the main suspect and shooter in the incident. No other info has been made available at the time of releasing this statement.

[Bert]

So they're not saying who was shot? Who opens for him?