Hip Hop Discussion/Album Review Thread.

[MikeHunt]

You would not believe the power of reason. It's a fantastic programme. I'd advise anyone wanting to create original synth sounds, drum loops ect to use reason.

Also as dvda says an mcp for sampling is by far the easiest method. If you have an iPad I believe there's an attachment mpc for that now that's very reasonably priced.

[Simon]

That's odd you can't drag into the playlist, but there are other ways of doing this. In the mixer, try adding the Edison effect to one of the tracks(on the far right of the mixer, there are empty slots numbered 1-8 with drop down menus on the sides that lets you pick different effects, and one is Edison). Try dragging the song into there.

If that doesn't work, drag the song into the browser(the side bar that lists all the different effects, plugins, projects and all that mess) and it should add the folder the song is in to the list. Then right-click the song you wanted and click "edit". That will open it up in Edison automatically for you, but it will likely be tied to the master track if that's something you're worried about. In most cases it won't matter because you'll be transferring the sample into something else.

If this doesn't work, let me know and I'll try to help you out. If it does work, then I guess let me know if you have any questions from that point on how to manipulate your sample.

Cheers :yes: it turned out I had the entry version of FL - I upgraded to the producer edition and now I'm able to do it. £80 but well worth it, already managing to kick out some decent samples.

[Nash Diesel]

Just got the news that DJ EZ Rock died over the weekend. For those that don't know, he was the other guy with Rob Base lol. "It Takes Two" is a classic, easily one of the most popular and well known of all time rap/dance songs.

[G-Fresh]

I seen that earlier. R.I.P. dude.

[Fro]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ34LJcr5Uo

Pretty cool.

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFB5UJsvPNg
http://i.imgur.com/zihzPXh.jpg

[Bert]

The creator of that video posted high res images of the characters if anyone wants to use Kanye or Kendrick or Tyler.

http://i.imgur.com/BahM34t.png

[son_of_foley]

This Andre 3 Stacks feature is insane

http://nahright.com/news/2014/04/17/future-ft-andre-3000-benz-friendz-watchutola/

NOBODY LIKED THIS? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

[Bert]

I didn't listen to it until now because I don't like Future.

It was good.

[Psycho666Soldier]

That whole Future bit. That's my reason. Future is garbage.

[Fro]

Yeah I did listen to it earlier. Andre was great (tho he's a shell of his classic self let's be honest).... but the Future parts were unlistenable as usual. Move that Dope is the only listenable song by Future I've ever heard and even that one's good in spite of him.

I get that Andre is from Atlanta and so is Future but can he please do better features? What's he done... Wayne, Rick Ross, Drake and Future?

[Fro]

btw did anyone post this song in here? the Jay Electronica/Jay-Z remix of that Drake song? love this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYvRpzUdNu4

[Nash Diesel]

I want beats from MikeHunt.

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKYrTC2UsUw

This video is hype. Hopefully the album leaks in a few days since all of Strange's stuff leaks months early.

[Simon]

New beat I'm working on if anyone gives a shit :D

https://soundcloud.com/sobmusic-1/give-it-up

[Psycho666Soldier]

New beat I'm working on if anyone gives a shit :D

https://soundcloud.com/sobmusic-1/give-it-up

I CAN dig it. Sounds fresh, man. Great job on the sample chopping.

[MikeHunt]

New beat I'm working on if anyone gives a shit :D

https://soundcloud.com/sobmusic-1/give-it-up

at 1:03 theres a little clip or skip in the beat. is this intentional? also at times the lead keyboard/guitar melody goes slightly off beat. again this may be intentional but it sounds a bit off at the start and when the vocal comes in. id suggested scaling back the delay/reverb on it if there is any and possibly taking the volume down slightly. there is a few other parts where its a bit clunky as well.

good effort though mate. seems you have plenty of ideas going on and you are only just starting out. personal taste again but there are ways to clean up the sample so it sounds crisper and less crackly. again this maybe what you are looking for it to sound like.

[Simon]

Cheers for the feedback lads, it's still very rough - when I try to trim the samples down to remove those skips it goes out of sync with the drums and I haven't worked out how to fix it yet, still learning all the time though haha.

The crackling was deliberate on my part as I thought my drums sounded a bit too clean and fake alongside this old sample...I even added in a sample of some actual vinyl crackle at the start so it didn't start clean before the sample started :ashamed:

To make this post a little less self-indulgent, this track is a ridiculous banger by a guy I went uni with. That beat, eurrrrrrrgh.


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

[MikeHunt]

Can I suggest one thing to anyone making hip hop beat is to try and make one that is heavily syncopated. I've can't think of any off the top of my head that are You could really stumble on something very unique.

[MikeHunt]

Think of only counting on the "and" beat of a 4/4 throughout a whole beat. Don't change it stick with it throughout.

[Simon]

I don't understand any of that :(

[MikeHunt]

So if you count a regular beat as,

"one, two, there, four"

a heavily syncopated you count,

"One, and, two, and, three, and, four, and"

in the same time frame.

If you were to have a synth lead and baseline running off the straight count and drums only playing off the beat the sound would be totally unique to anything going on in hip hop right now.

[Simon]

Ah right, I sort of understand I think...I haven't really got to grips with making my own stuff from the database of instruments yet, where do you get your sounds from? Other than the drum beat (which is very basic) and the vinyl crackle, everything on that beat I posted is sampled.

I'm thinking of picking up some books about hip-hop sampling and beat production to help me, anyone recommend any?

[MikeHunt]

I would use reason for making sounds, I believe 7 is the latest version. You should be able to download it for free (you won't be able to save though) however you will probably need a midi controler if you are going to start doing that as doing it with your keyboard/mouse is frustrating.

As for books I'll have a look around my flat see if I've still got any left from uni, I think I've just got shitty buisness ones though.

Simon on have you considered going to an evening class on music production or djing? I would seriously consider taking up djing if this is what you are interested in doing as there is no better way of breaking down tracks than learning them inside out djing IMO.

[Simon]

Dunno if DJing is something I'm really interested in beyond adding scratches to beats etc. I'm definitely going to get a MIDI controller (does it make more sense to buy a MIDI or a keyboard that comes pre-loaded with instruments? They're more expensive I think but dunno if it's worth the outlay), any recommendations on what one?

[MikeHunt]

Get reason and just a plain midi controler.

[MikeHunt]

I've never used it but this would be a nice starting point for a midi controler.

http://m.musicradar.com/reviews/tech/lpk25-and-lpd8-237834

also a good forum.

There should be a starters thread and hip hop one.

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/

[Nash Diesel]

lol, gear slutz? That's awesome.

Reason is a solid program to use. A few beatmakers I know use that as the foundation for some of their instrumentals, then they'll load their beats all chopped up by instrument into Pro Tools. I used to make beats but rarely would lay anything on them because they'd come out sounding more like background music to Resident Evil than something you could lay a verse down on, so 99.9% of my beats were for getting stoned and listening to when everyone was out of the house lol.

[Stringer Bell]

What have you guys been listening to lately? I've still been stuck on Freddie & Madlib. The new Pharoahe Monch is probably the only thing giving it a run for its money.

Also enjoying the new ones from L'Orange (beautiful instrumentals), Smoke DZA, Mobb Deep (surprisingly), Ratking, and Lakutis.

The YG and Future albums are pretty enjoyable, too.

Haven't given it many runs but wasn't thrilled with the new Cunninlynguists. Way too many phoned in guest spots.

[Ringo]

Yeah, still all over Piñata and PTSD. There's some great stuff on the YG and Future albums but I can only take them in small doses. Haven't got around to listening to any of the other stuff you listed - might as well grab that Mobb Deep and DZA now. Been hearing good things about this Ratking record. That too.

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu_tvemD578

I'm digging this.

[G-Fresh]

Redman is one of the most consistent rappers around.

[Stringer Bell]

Consistent on the mic for sure, but damn if he hasn't dropped some deplorable albums over the years.

That song's cool though, the original Kanye version is great too


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22ZW8XQr2SA

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-w_dRDgCw8

Really good.

[Fro]

Not sure if anyone's been following this but Dr. Dre won so hard with Beats. They're selling to apple for $3.2 billion, Dre stands to make about a billion on the deal by himself, and now the new report is that "Apple is also willing to shell out high-ranking positions to both Dr. Dre and Iovine at Apple. It is unclear what the pair’s specific jobs will be, but it has been reported that they will work directly with Apple CEO, Tim Cook."

Good for him but fuck this is ridiculous.

[Ringo]

No wonder he's not arsed about Detox ever seeing the light of day.

[G-Fresh]

The lineup of the GotJ has been released.

Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Dark Lotus, Psychopathic Rydas, Zug Izland, Anybody Killa, Legz Diamond and the Purple Gang, Axe Murder Boyz, Big Hoodoo, Boondox, Biohazard, La Coka Nostra, Kottomouth Kings, Madchild, Johnny Richter, Ces Cru, Cypress Hill, Da Mafia 6ix, Tech N9ne, Whitney Peyton, Cannibal Corpse, Hopsin, Wayne Static, Caskey, Wolfpac, Yelawolf, (hed) P.E., Dizzy Wright, Lil Wyte, Mowtown Rage, Bone Crusher with Special Guest D Money Blockboy and Michael Lee Warren, Insane Poetry, Underground Avengers, Jarren Benton, Jelly Roll, Stevie Stone, Twisted Insane, Tre Lb. (of Chop Shop), NoEmotion GoldMask, and SHOCK G of Digital Underground featuring Humpty Hump, DJ Fuze and PeeWee.

[Psycho666Soldier]

The lineup of the GotJ has been released.

Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Dark Lotus, Psychopathic Rydas, Zug Izland, Anybody Killa, Legz Diamond and the Purple Gang, Axe Murder Boyz, Big Hoodoo, Boondox, Biohazard, La Coka Nostra, Kottomouth Kings, Madchild, Johnny Richter, Ces Cru, Cypress Hill, Da Mafia 6ix, Tech N9ne, Whitney Peyton, Cannibal Corpse, Hopsin, Wayne Static, Caskey, Wolfpac, Yelawolf, (hed) P.E., Dizzy Wright, Lil Wyte, Mowtown Rage, Bone Crusher with Special Guest D Money Blockboy and Michael Lee Warren, Insane Poetry, Underground Avengers, Jarren Benton, Jelly Roll, Stevie Stone, Pedulum Stage, Twisted Insane, Tre Lb. (of Chop Shop), NoEmotion GoldMask, and SHOCK G of Digital Underground featuring Humpty Hump, DJ Fuze and PeeWee.

Isn't this like the third time Cannibal Corpse have been o the festival? And Biohazard is still a band?!

Not really looking like very many non-Psychopathic-affiliated Hip-Hop acts, which is a shame. Dizzy Wright could be cool, but other than that it seems like a bit of a weak line-up.

[Simon]

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

Banger by a guy I went uni with. The beat is unggghhhhhh

[Nash Diesel]

Not a bad lineup. I just lost a lot of respect for that event over the years. Shock G though, that's my childhood hero.

[Nash Diesel]

Does anyone around here know anything more about a collabo album with Sean Price and ILL Bill called "The Pill"? Most of the stuff I've googled or wiki'd is from 2012 and mostly Sean P talking about he's just been waiting on Ill Bill so I wasn't sure if some of you other cats out there had any other info.

[G-Fresh]

That's about it dude.

[Simon]

New beat I'm working on sampling that old school Marvin Gaye steeeeez

https://soundcloud.com/sobmusic-1/old-soul

Any feedback appreciated as always, does the bass sound ok? I feel like it's slightly off but I've listened to it so much I feel like I've gone through the looking glass and basically can't hear any of it any more, it's just a wall of noise.

[Nash Diesel]

That's about it dude.

That's one thing about the rap game, you hear about some cool shit and then that's about all that happens, mugs HEAR about it lol.

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFt28T0qjGg

Wrestling references the rap.

[Bert]

http://www.datpiff.com/Slaughterhouse-House-Rules-mixtape.607538.html
http://i.imgur.com/DpiDEaX.jpg
Only 3 weeks late.

[Fro]

The new Roots album is excellent as usual (though they seem to keep getting shorter lol)

[Nash Diesel]

What was the last album you guys BOUGHT?

[Bert]

Childish Gambino - Because The Internet

I bought it on iTunes and the physical cd.

[Fro]

yeah I think BTI is mine as well actually... which means I haven't bought any this year which is kinda sad. been a weak year so far. I need to pick up ATYSYC

[G-Fresh]

What was the last album you guys BOUGHT?

The Get Twiztid EP.

[Stringer Bell]

On track 2 and I already like this tape WAY more than the last Slaughterhouse album and mixtape. Especially the album, I know a lot of you guys liked it but I tried and tried and just couldn't get with it.

This shit though :yes: :scared:

Love the new Roots album too. I like that it's short, I've listened to it a bunch and it makes it really easy to just throw on and enjoy.

The last album I bought was Freddie Gibbs and Madlib Pinata, which I think is the album of the year. I just bought it on cassette too for that extra dusty sound. Before that it was Danny Brown Old. Next up is probably gonna be the Roots album, and I'd like to grab the Pharoahe Monch too.

[Nash Diesel]

Pretty jealous of my best friend, dude is going to Soundset up in Minnesota this weekend, tons of great artists ranging from Cypress Hill to Earl Sweatshirt.

[Bert]

On track 2 and I already like this tape WAY more than the last Slaughterhouse album and mixtape. Especially the album, I know a lot of you guys liked it but I tried and tried and just couldn't get with it.

This shit though :yes: :scared:

I like how they each got their own songs to seemingly just vent on. I'm still a Joe Budden mark.

Bars, no VH1 it's mouse shit.

[Bert]

http://cdn.hiphopdx.com/images/rickross-NikkoHurtado.png

Terrible.

[Ringo]

What did everyone think of the XXL Freshmen class? Seen a fair bit of criticism but there always is.

http://www.xxlmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/XXL-Freshmen-2014.jpg

There's a freestyle and short interview with each on their youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/XXLMagazine/videos

Rashad and Connor's freestyles were solid. Didn't know anything about Jarren Benton so I'm impressed with him. Rich Homie Quan is a lovely chap. Vic Mensa is Chance's buddy and sounds a bit like him. Durk & Bibby are Chicago Chief Keef kids. All about Kevin Gates - the Luca Brasi Story was top notch. And then there's Ty Dolla Sign and August Alsina who aren't straight up rappers anyway.

[Stringer Bell]

Bibby is actually really good, one of the few Chicago street kids with lyrics.

[Simon]

Are these dudes well known in the States? Right up my street this, that beat on the first video is ngggggggggggggg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVUm4mpGC-Y


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_7WFFJtQW4


Also I got a new beat up for you wankers, check it out...

https://soundcloud.com/sobmusic-1

[Bert]

http://www.mtv.com/news/1840901/andre-3000-went-to-childish-gambinos-governors-ball-show-because-of-course-see-the-pics/
3 stacks cosign.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaoDP6df3dI

http://i.imgur.com/7rSNKAX.jpg

[son_of_foley]

http://www.mtv.com/news/1840901/andre-3000-went-to-childish-gambinos-governors-ball-show-because-of-course-see-the-pics/
3 stacks cosign.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaoDP6df3dI

http://i.imgur.com/7rSNKAX.jpg

Apparently there is an EP coming out

[Bert]

Not sure I buy that or not. He joked about it when Chance got that verse on a Bieber song and then we never heard anything after that. Guess we'll see.

[son_of_foley]

You heard any of the social experiment stuff chance has done. That I am so lonely song is class. He's gone way up on my list of artists I want to see live

[Bert]

I'm kind of mad at how much he improved. I saw him open for Gambino in 2012 and he was so mediocre at the time.

I like that so lonely song too.

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxWjC3_JD54


"The difference between me and these spitters and "lyrical killers?" I'm actually talking about something."

Damn.

[MikeHunt]

New death grips opinions?

i actually cant stop listening.

[Ringo]

Need to give that a listen.

Here's a TOP NINE for the year so far:

1 Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, “Piñata”
2 Blu, “Good To Be Home”
3 The Doppelgangaz, “Peace Kehd”
4 Rick Ross, “Mastermind”
5 YG, “My Krazy Life”
6 The Roots, “And Then You Shoot Your Cousin”
7 RATKING, “So It Goes”
8 Schoolboy Q, “Oxymoron”
9 Pharoahe Monch, “PTSD”

[Bert]

Mursday will be in my top 10 for the year. So many bangers.

[Bert]

https://soundcloud.com/your-old-droog

Nas or Nah? What do you guys think?

https://soundcloud.com/user1402886/gunsmoke-cologne-pitch-corrected

[Simon]

I done some more music, check it out cool cats!

https://soundcloud.com/sobmusic-1

[Simon]

https://soundcloud.com/your-old-droog

Nas or Nah? What do you guys think?

https://soundcloud.com/user1402886/gunsmoke-cologne-pitch-corrected

Definitely not Nas. A very good likeness but the tone is different enough to know it isn't him. Reminds me of when Game came out and people said he sounded like Nas - this guy sounds somewhere between the two.

Hopefully this dude gets a bit of shine off the similarity though because that track is niiiiiiiiiiiice.

[Bert]

He's already got a lot of attention.

Just Google your old droog. The whole mixtape is pretty good.

[G-Fresh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXRwf-5KWv0

[Stringer Bell]

Great to see how much success Danny is having. I went to see him recently, the show was sold out and packed with a ton of teenagers which kinda surprised me, but it's awesome to see him doing well. Love that new Busdriver track with him and Aesop Rock, never thought I'd hear that.

As far as Your Old Droog, I'm really not sure. When I first heard it I completely dismissed the Nas talk, then the more I listened the more I thought it could be possible, but now I dunno. Regardless it's really, really good.

And I'm always down for some lists, top 10 of 2014 so far..

1. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Pinata (no question #1)
2. Pharoahe Monch - PTSD
3. Step Brothers - Lord Steppington
4. The Roots - ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin
5. Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
6. Blu - Good to Be Home
7. Skyzoo and Torae - Barrel Brothers
8. Ratking - So It Goes
9. L'Orange - The Orchid Days

I actually can't decide on a #10 so here are some more really good ones

Kevin Gates - By Any Means
Meyhem Lauren & Buckwild - Silk Pyramids
Apollo Brown - Thirty Eight
Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
Lakutis - Three Seashells
Smoke DZA - Dream Zone Achieve
Freddie Gibbs & The World's Freshest - The Tonite Show EP
Slaughterhouse - House Rules
Styles P - Phantom and The Ghost
Black Milk - Glitches in the Break EP
Your Old Droog EP (whoever it is, it's awesome)

[Simon]

Haven't had the chance to listen to that Skyzoo/Torae album yet, might give it a go today. Torae is a beast.

[Bert]

Bino and Cudi are opening for Outkast in their homecoming ATL show.

[Nash Diesel]

Man I hope I get to see Outkast live before it's all said and done. I would honestly say that out of any genre, any group, my favorite album of all time is ATLiens. Outkast is one of my favorite groups, but I really don't like anything they did after that album, which was only like what, 2-3 albums, 1 being the double solo disc that was pretty weird, but again, great first 2 albums, especially ATLiens.

[son_of_foley]

Bino and Cudi are opening for Outkast in their homecoming ATL show.

Would sell my balls for a ticket to that

[son_of_foley]

Unfortunately the wife owns them so its out of the question

[G-Fresh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xhAYxOQbxk

This whole shit is dope. Peep it out.

http://www2.zippyshare.com/v/60790585/file.html

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T19KO1IlNeQ

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgFZ8VLJKcI

Snow > Nicki

[Fro]

based on that one verse I will have to disagree, though she certainly sounds very similar to nicki

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUSEvWGV7zo

Classic Game.

I wonder if Jon Connor or Jarren Benton will make a track in reply.

[Fro]

I dig that. Game was always great at diss tracks.

[Bert]

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.29385/title.rick-ross-absent-from-detroit-s-summer-jamz-concert

Rick Ross was slated to headline HOT 107.5′s Summer Jamz Concert Saturday night in Detroit but didn't reportedly due to a mob of over 100 people blocking his entry.

The controversy between the Maybach Music Group headman and Detroit may have something to do with a song released by Motown native Trick Trick, who released a song called "No Fly Zone," featuring Royce Da 5'9." The single's main message calls for a ban of any artist who doesn't collaborate with artists native to The D.

The plan succeeded as Ross did not perform as scheduled. HOT 107.5's program director, Jay Hicks, subsequently explained his absence to the crowd.

“I'm going to be real with y'all; I'm going to be real as fuck. We had Rick Ross right outside here tonight," Hicks said. "At about 11 o’clock, when he was pulling up to come into Chene Park, he was met by 100 individuals outside. We have tried to pull every resource together and asked him to come back. He is in fear of his life.”

The program director would go on to say that Rick Ross may never come back to Detroit because of the actions of the city and reiterated that Ross was in fear for his life.

"And he may never come back to Detroit, and that's no bullshit," Hicks said. "This is some real shit. He was in fear of his life and he is not performing here tonight."

Hahaha, this should happen at every concert.

[G-Fresh]

Fuck around with Trick Trick and you'll get robbed and/or killed.

[Bert]

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

#BeardGang

[G-Fresh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRkNdeXoOS4

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnfPBmqLv0g

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4xd37uEiK0

[Bert]

So I looked up some of the albums talked about here and I've been listening to them.

Ratking - not really digging it.
Freddie Gibbs - Loving it.
Barrel Brothers - Loving it.
Swollen Members (shoutout to DVDA) - Really liking it.

Then on the website I found those I ended up downloading some random albums I've really ended up enjoying.

The first one being Donnie Darko - Redemption.

Here's one of the best songs off of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTL0cWKfp3s

The second one being Speak - Gnarly Davidson vs The Marlboro Man

First off he supposedly wrote most of Gucci Gucci for Kreayshawn so you know he has talent for at least making pop rap records.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwBv4tJ95Xg

He also has an affiliation with Odd Future and did some songs with Mike G and Syd.

[Nash Diesel]

If there was one rap album you could be buried with and bump in the afterlife, what would it be?

Im torn between Outkasts ATLiens and Cages Movies for the Blind.

[Simon]

If there was one rap album you could be buried with and bump in the afterlife, what would it be?

Im torn between Outkasts ATLiens and Cages Movies for the Blind.

Bit of a cliche but it would have to be Illmatic. Just a fucking unbelievable, perfect album.

[Miotch]

Give this a whirl. It starts very good and by the end is fucking ridiculously great.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TScKTDWl8g

[Bert]

If there was one rap album you could be buried with and bump in the afterlife, what would it be?

Huge cliche but The Eminem Show, it's what got me into rap.

[JRSlim21]

Illmatic or funny enough, College Dropout. I say funny because out of listening to this stuff since the Native Tongues movement, I'd never pick someone out there like Kanye even if there was a dramatic difference between Dropout and Yeezus

[Fro]

would probably be The Blueprint for me.

oh and saw this posted on a blog... awesome to see all the legendary rappers who came out for Arsenio's last episode in 1994.


http://youtu.be/Fo-vJFr0P-k

[G-Fresh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt_L5Xv0SRM

I'm happy with it. Monoxide destroys shit as usual. I don't like the way J sounds though.

[Simon]

Illmatic or funny enough, College Dropout. I say funny because out of listening to this stuff since the Native Tongues movement, I'd never pick someone out there like Kanye even if there was a dramatic difference between Dropout and Yeezus

IMO College Dropout is a real classic, everything he's released since then has been a huge dropoff. That first album though, fucking hell. The beats.

[BBF]

I don't think there has been a huge drop but a definite decline overall.

College Dropout and Late Registration were top notch, Graduation and MBDTF were solid but 808s and Yeezus were below par IMO.

[Simon]

I liked Late Registration but even that was a huge drop off IMO...like I said though, to me College Dropout is a classic, 9/10 album. And for me (I've said this so many times I bore myself now) Never Let You Down is the best hip-hop track of the 21st Century bar none. Since LR I would argue he hasn't even released an album I'd describe as good, let alone great...MBDTF and Watch The Throne are patchy with fantastic isolated moments (All Of The Lights, That's My Bitch), the rest are mostly just rubbish. I know I'm in a minority with that opinion though.

[BBF]

I'd rate but LR and CD as 9/10. MBDTF and Graduation as 6/10 and the rest at about 4.

Watch the Throne is just a middling album I think. 5/10, actually a little disappointing.

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I was sitting in my garden a couple of weekends ago listening to Wireless Festival (Finsbo Park is only 5 mins up the road) and Outkast were fucking class. J Cole and Wiz also sounded great but Chance, BOB and Earl Sweatshirt were fucking ON IT.

[son_of_foley]

MBDTF is a 9/10 album.

It's phenomenal.

Stop being wrong

[son_of_foley]

Devil in a new Dress alone pushes it above a 6. FUCKING HELL

[Bert]

Then it stays at a 6. Maybe a 7. Yeezus doesn't even make it that far. Yeezus is like a 4. 4 points for being recorded with a microphone.

[Fro]

MBDTF is Kanye's best album and also the best hip hop album of this decade so far, for my money. 10/10

[son_of_foley]

good kid m.a.a.d city for me.

Flawless

[MikeHunt]

I liked Late Registration but even that was a huge drop off IMO...like I said though, to me College Dropout is a classic, 9/10 album. And for me (I've said this so many times I bore myself now) Never Let You Down is the best hip-hop track of the 21st Century bar none. Since LR I would argue he hasn't even released an album I'd describe as good, let alone great...MBDTF and Watch The Throne are patchy with fantastic isolated moments (All Of The Lights, That's My Bitch), the rest are mostly just rubbish. I know I'm in a minority with that opinion though.

WRONG


Then it stays at a 6. Maybe a 7. Yeezus doesn't even make it that far. Yeezus is like a 4. 4 points for being recorded with a microphone.

SO WRONG and what?

[Simon]

I thought Good Kid Maad City was massively overrated as well :\ I don't tend to be one of those ":rolleyes: God why are you going on about his famous album when he did a WAY better EP in 1991 that only six people heard :rolleyes:" types but I honestly think Section.80 is a more enjoyable album...it doesn't hang together the way GKMC does, but ADHD, Rigamortis, Keisha's Song, Hi Power and Poe Man's Dreams are better than anything on GKMC in my opinion. Again I know hardly anyone would agree.

TBH the standard of major hip-hop albums has been below par for a long time. Eminem's most recent would be in my top 5 this decade despite being way way way down on his best period. I honestly can't think of a single CD since 2010 that I'd rank higher than a 7 - the Em and Kendrick albums would be there with Joey Badass' 1999 and Statik Selektah/Termanology's 2012, both good albums with some fantastic highs (1999's Survival Tactics, 2012's Up Every Night) but obvious filler throughout.

In fact after a quick look back through Wiki for rap albums of recent years, I don't think there's been a classic since College Dropout (2004) and hasn't even been a really GOOD album since Be by Common a year later. I don't want be to one of those bores that goes on about the golden era of hip-hop in the early-mid 90s, but I don't need to be to make my point - even 2003 had Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Get Rich Or Die Tryin' and The Black Album which are all 8s in my book, and Deliverance which is a 9. A year further back you've got Original Pirate Material, God's Son, Phrenology and The Eminem Show.

I guess what I'm saying is that, as good as College Dropout is, it killed mainstream hip-hop. Stone dead. Luckily with the advent of cheap home recording devices and easy marketing tools like Soundcloud, it's incredibly easy to find awesome unknown hip-hop nowadays - below is a link to a zip file of a load of great unknown artists from both the UK and US (possibly a few other places, I forget) that people might like. Some real quality stuff is around if you're willing to dig.

http://www.filedropper.com/soundcloudhip-hop

[son_of_foley]

Fuck off Deliverance is a 9 behave yourself.

Also Black Album is majorly filler. Speakerboxx/The Love Below is the same too I mean there's a lot of filler on that too.

Good Kid is storytelling perfection and despite having 1 overall cohesive narrative has some banging singles. That's amazing. That's timeless.


Also Run the Jewels was out last year. That was incredible

[son_of_foley]

THE ROOTS AS WELL JESUS. The roots and john legend album was awesome.

WAKE UP! SIMON

[Fro]

Life is Good, gentlemen. Probably my favorite Nas album since Illmatic.

And yea How I Got Over is practically a perfect album. If you find fault with that one then you can just fuck off

[son_of_foley]

How I got Over is probably a lot better than Wake Up!

I liked R.A.P music by Killer Mike

I'll sleep when you're dead by EL-P

[Simon]

Fuck off Deliverance is a 9 behave yourself.

I LOVE Deliverance. One of the most underrated CDs of all time for sure. She Tried is an incredible track, and I love the country vibes running through it. I know that that style isn't to everyone's taste so I understand why it is relatively unloved, but I think it's a really great CD, easily in my top 20 of all time.


Also Black Album is majorly filler.
There were a couple of weak tracks - off the top of my head I didn't like the Em-produced Moment Of Clarity and Justify My Thug was poop, but most of the rest of it was really good without any real stand-out tracks. I wasn't a huge fan of 99 Problems or Change Clothes but in terms of lead singles to sell the album to the mainstream they were good. Lucifer, Dirt Off Your Shoulder, Encore, December 4th, PSA and What More Can I Say were bangers.


Speakerboxx/The Love Below is the same too I mean there's a lot of filler on that too.
In all honesty I agree with you and didn't think The Love Below was that great, but included it on that list because I felt like it was expansive and creative even if it didn't all work...I admit that there's an inconsistency there though, because I'm allowing for that CD to be considered great even though I didn't like it because of the critical reception it got, but not making the same allowance for Kendrick's CD.


Good Kid is storytelling perfection and despite having 1 overall cohesive narrative has some banging singles. That's amazing. That's timeless.

Also Run the Jewels was out last year. That was incredible

The narrative through GKMC is good but I just didn't get the love for what seemed quite pedestrian, almost dull tracks like Swimming Pools, Sing About Me and Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe...I just didn't get it at all. I finally got around to Run The Jewels earlier this year and it was just...nah. Wouldn't even describe it as ok.

As I've mentioned before though, I don't particularly like the fashion for the more electronic sounds in modern hip-hop (with a few exceptions - Full Retard by El-P is nuts) so a lot of newer stuff just isn't to my taste.

[Nash Diesel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt_L5Xv0SRM

I'm happy with it. Monoxide destroys shit as usual. I don't like the way J sounds though.


Twiztid killed it, the others sucked haha. I just haven't been a fan of anything by the ICP in so long, it's very very hit or miss for me. Twiztid on the other hand, they kill it consistently, Blaze I've never really liked anything by him since that very first EP he dropped. The EP was dope, everything since, subpar minus a handful of tracks. I hope the rest of the album is solid, not sure if I'll snatch it up, I only have the 1st 2 DL albums and they were OK.

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bricLC4Z3QM

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBsA2ETp7JA

[JRSlim21]

Ive been kinda meh to him but this is a beast of a track

[Nash Diesel]

The only negative about Hopsin is when he does his Slimy Shady impersonation. Good rapper but yeah, that shit is weak.

[G-Fresh]

If I'm gonna be listening to that style of rap it will be G-Mo Skee.

[son_of_foley]

http://www.audiomack.com/song/jonwayne/special-herbs-medley-1

This is worth a listen if even just to remind you of the fucking insane mf doom beats

[son_of_foley]

http://nahright.com/news/2014/07/20/video-vic-mensa-fire-in-the-booth-freestyle/

This man needs to calm down. VIC IT'S ALREADY DEAD BRUV

[G-Fresh]

http://www.faygoluvers.net/v5/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/darklotusmudwaterairblood_1-400x400.jpg

01. The Mud, Water, Air and Blood
02. Garden of Evil
03. My Head is Haunted
04. Death in a Jar
05. The Mud
06. Debbie in the Dark
07. Morbid
08. My Kinda Party
09. Price of Life
10. The Water
11. Villainous
12. 45 Minutes
13. Coagulate
14. The Air
15. The Drought
16. Let it Rain

http://www24.zippyshare.com/v/33629468/file.html

[Matthew]

datrk
lotus

[son_of_foley]

Listening to Game Theory again today.

Fuck me that still bumps

[Simon]

Anyone listened to Common's new CD? Apparently it's on some 808 electro vibe, if so that is bullllllllllllllshit.

[Nash Diesel]

I've found that once rappers go Hollywood, their records after the fact are just garbage 90% of the time. I'll be honest, haven't listened to anything by Common in probably 10 years so I could be wrong, but if he's doing some mainstream cornball shit it wouldn't surprise me. Almost all rappers get super lazy once they go Hollywood.

[Fro]

Be, Finding Forever and The Dreamer, The Believer are all aces. Especially the first 2 which had prime Kanye production

Haven't heard the new one yet

[JRSlim21]

Be, Finding Forever and The Dreamer, The Believer are all aces. Especially the first 2 which had prime Kanye production

Haven't heard the new one yet

This.

I've been lazy to listen. I was wondering if anyone listened yet. I've only heard that Kingdom track which is pretty good.

[Fro]

the new one is entirely produced by No I.D. just like Dreamer/Believer. I'll definitely peep this soon.

[Fro]

Just about done with my first listen of Nobody's Smiling and it's very good. In what's been an extremely weak year for mainstream hip hop... This might be my favorite so far.

[Simon]

That makes me feel a bit better, what did you make of the production though, is it on some modern shit? :\

Common is one of those low-key rappers that I absolutely love but would never think of when you ask me about my favourite rappers. Resurrection, Be, ODIAMS, Like Water For Chocolate and Finding Forever are all ace. Just checking out his discography prior to sending this post I just realised Resurrection isn't his debut, is Can I Borrow A Dollar? any good or is it one of those early joints like Infinite and Mobb Deep's debut that was an official LP but so little known that people tend to forget it?

[JRSlim21]

Blows to the Temple is my favorite off that 1st Common album. Such a b-boy track, at least beat wise.

[Fro]

That makes me feel a bit better, what did you make of the production though, is it on some modern shit? :\

No, definitely not on some modern electro vibe. Not sure who was talking that nonsense - sounds like they were describing his crappy Universal Mind Control album from a few years back (which was awful except for the song Gladiator). I'm really really loving this album right now. I prefer it to Dreamer/Believer.

[JRSlim21]

I need to give it a second run through, but he's definitely on his traditional vibe. Good listen, definitely.

[Fro]

Bonus tracks are dope too especially this one:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNB42rzz0gI

[G-Fresh]

Da Mafia 6ix have found a home at Psychopathic, where DJ Paul will also be releasing his next solo album. The group of ICP & Da Mafia 6ix will be called The Killjoy Club. Madchild has signed a deal with Psychopathic, where future Swollen Members albums will also most likely be released by the label.


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

[MikeHunt]

Danny brown and Rustie have a new track together and Simon I really suggest you go out your way to listen to Rustie and his production techniques as this is a guy who is top of his game.

he does a remix of "trouble on my mind" as well which is absolute dynamite

[G-Fresh]

Rustle makes some fuckin dope beats and they fit Danny really well.

[MikeHunt]

I think danny brown is possibly the best rapper of this generation. He can rhyme over any kind of beat and continues to keep his style which is IMO fucking incredible.

[Simon]

I think danny brown is possibly the best rapper of this generation. He can rhyme over any kind of beat and continues to keep his style which is IMO fucking incredible.

Joey Badass nigga.

[Simon]

No, definitely not on some modern electro vibe. Not sure who was talking that nonsense - sounds like they were describing his crappy Universal Mind Control album from a few years back (which was awful except for the song Gladiator). I'm really really loving this album right now. I prefer it to Dreamer/Believer.

This is from the review I read...


Fellow Chicagoan (and the man who showed Chi-town's Kanye West his way around a mixing desk) No ID produces, and indeed the same distortion-is-king technique from Yeezus is all over Nobody's Smiling, with Common's verbose verses dovetailing nicely with productions that are at times more like techno than hip-hop.

[Psycho666Soldier]

Joey Badass nigga.

This. I kinda feel like Bada$$ is underrated on this forum, but he's one of my favorite new rappers that's getting buzz.

[Simon]

This. I kinda feel like Bada$$ is underrated on this forum, but he's one of my favorite new rappers that's getting buzz.

I just think he smashes every track he's on. These two are a couple of the best tracks I've heard in recent years.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EInMASNQOU0


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDWAk8-leVA

Also I think Capital Steez was possibly even more talented before his life was sadly cut his short.

Fuck that Survival Tactics beat is still insane.

[G-Fresh]

Freddie Gibbs is hella underrated too.

[Bert]

Thuggin' is fucking great. Keeps getting stuck in my head.

[Fro]

Capital Steez definitely renegaded Joey on Survival Tactics but I haven't actually listened to any of his own mixtapes... Any good?

[Bert]

I don't agree that he got renegaded. I think Joey has the better verse.

[Bert]

Check this though Fro:
http://www.complex.com/music/2012/12/rip-remembering-capital-steez-1993-2012

[Bert]

The beat is from Styles of Beyond by the way.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coF-KsSb4iU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8g0XKLvCo0

[Fro]

I don't agree that he got renegaded. I think Joey has the better verse.

come on now.

[Bert]

:dunno:

[Fro]

steez killed it. but thats also probably one of my top 5 verses this decade. its legendary tbh

[Simon]

His flow is nuts right from the off..."six milli ways to die, my nigga choose one" fucking hell. Fro his stuff is patchy but Infinity And Beyond is a great track.

Nice find on that original Survival Tactics Bert, never heard before but they smash it almost as hard as the Pro Era boys.

[Stringer Bell]

I think danny brown is possibly the best rapper of this generation. He can rhyme over any kind of beat and continues to keep his style which is IMO fucking incredible.

Yup. Been sayin this. :heart:

That whole Styles of Beyond album is good.

Gotta give it to Cap Steez. Dude killed it, I feel like that was the verse that pretty much universally made people take notice of him.

I'm not crazy about the new Common, need to listen more.

My favorite new shit right now is the Cormega/Large Professor - Mega Philosophy album. Only knock is that it's too short.

Also Cam'ron is doing some fun stuff. His last EP was really good and he's dropping another one on August 1st.

[Bert]

There's features where I enjoy the high pitched voice thing Danny Brown does but mostly I like his songs better where he raps normally.

[Bert]

NEW JOE BUDDEN.


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

Still waiting on Some Love Lost and All Love Lost, whenever you're ready Joey.

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK-vxMO9vrU

This is fucking awful. Like unbelievably fucking awful. He should have at least auto tuned it to cover up how fucking awful it is.

[G-Fresh]

That shit is wack.

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra2ZyuUv1dw

Digging this. Going to check out that album now.

[Bert]

http://2dopeboyz.com/2014/07/29/run-the-jewels-blockbuster-night-pt-1-snippet/

That beat is HARD. #RTJ2

[son_of_foley]

Loving the RTJ sample

Chance has a new song. Probably not to most peoples taste though so I'll not post

[G-Fresh]

I don't really fucks with Rittz that much, but this shit is dope.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPgN5wS_kZE

[G-Fresh]

All 3 destroy this shit.


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

[Bert]

Loving the RTJ sample

Chance has a new song. Probably not to most peoples taste though so I'll not post

Fuck that shit, post it.

Have you learned nothing?

[Bert]

Nevermind sof you pussy I got this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTkmSKzT3xM

And I just had this huge moment of nostalgia about that show. Great song.

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHQ2sHyA9SI

White people be crazy.

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdqfR0wRTbI

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRyi-_NAoCU

That Ubi verse, damn.

[Bert]

Ok I'll continue to post in my thread since no one else wants to.

http://i.imgur.com/pyHeeSz.png

http://i.imgur.com/g2uABwO.png

http://i.imgur.com/ytErWEe.png

[Atty]

When is the Chris Pratt/Eminem tour?

[Matthew]

shut up bert

[Bert]

This new wu is kind of lame. Sorry to say.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxOLZVIRBM4
I like the solo Raekwon track though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV4ANEyWSsI

[G-Fresh]

Rae is the best General. Dude keeps it hood.

[Fro]

new wu?

[Bert]

I edited in the clip for the song.

[Fro]

I dig it.

[G-Fresh]

Juggalos Brutally Maul Fellow Fan for Dissing ICP

A Maryland man says two of his roommates attacked him this week in an attempt to remove a tattoo on his arm with a knife and fire, all in the name of their higher power, Insane Clown Posse. He suffered a series of horrific injuries and has since had to have the egregiously damaged limb amputated below the elbow.

The victim, 31-year-old Zachary Swanson, apparently "disrespected" ICP in front of his fellow Juggalo roommates Paul Martin Hurst, 33, and Cary Lee Edwards, 35, on Monday morning in the tiny town of Hebron. At that point, the men fractured Swanson's nose and face, broke 11 of his ribs, lacerated his liver, and caused his brain to bleed. Hurst and Edwards now face charges that include attempted murder in the first degree, and they remain held without bond.

A local Maryland newspaper has more on the brutal nature of the crime, but the men used weapons like shovels and lighter fluid to try to punish Swanson for disrespecting Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope. Their focus, at least for some of the attack, was Swanson's ICP tattoo. The "burning was in an attempt to remove a tattoo that Edwards did not believe that Swanson earned," read the court papers charging the men.

The Insane Clown Posse and its followers are no strangers to controversy, of course, including an FBI decree that ICP fans can be legally classified as gang members, as well as a sexual harassment lawsuit from a former employee against "Dirty Dan" Diamond. For photos from the 2014 Gatheirng of the Juggalos, which included a wedding, check out SPIN's gallery. For photos of the accused, look no further:

http://www.spin.com/sites/all/files/twosuspects.jpg

http://www.spin.com/articles/insane-clown-posse-juggalo-murder-tattoo-knife-attack/?utm_source=em&utm_medium=dailynl&utm_campaign=080714&utm_content=article1_cta

[son_of_foley]

I completely missed this album earlier this year.

Anyone listen to the hs87 album from hitboy and his CRU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrX8L1n8YPM

[son_of_foley]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL6MwB5E9mM
So Chance has a younger brother and fuck he can go too

[son_of_foley]

I WANT A NEW CLIPSE WITH THEM PLEASE THANKS K BYE XX

[son_of_foley]

Posting this again


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-MwH6mP7bM

Vic Mensa is a cool do. I might dye my hair blonde too

[son_of_foley]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEQYn4qHqBE

Think they've maybe messed with the speed to stop it getting taken down but this is pretty powerful by J Cole about the Mike Brown murder

[Bert]

RTJ signed with Nas's label.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29rAszvJf6Y

[son_of_foley]

FILTHY.

Album out in October. Cannot fucking wait

[JRSlim21]

YES!!! More RTJ! And while we're at it, can we get more Czarface?

[QuietStorm]

Just came here to see if Bert is slacking. Looks like Bert is slacking.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb62DRv80RI

[Bert]

Yeah, I was out with friends last night.

I did slightly annoy them by playing the song as soon as I saw it was online though.

So why don't you post here anymore QS? You can post canibus songs I won't get mad. This thread needs more activity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhVmMzvd6Cw

[Bert]

http://2dopeboyz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/eminem-shady-xv-slide.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2pYNk-Gxxk

After unveiling the single, "Guts Over Fear," last night and then subtly announcing the project's title, Eminem has formally announced that his upcoming Shady XV will be a double-disc effort that will indeed drop on Black Friday (November 28th). One dis will include some of Em's greatest hits spanning his illustrious career, while the other disc will be all-new music featuring himself as well as his Shady 2.0 signees - Slaughterhouse, Bad Meets Evil, D-12, and Yelawolf - throughout. Slim Shady fans, get excited in a couple months.

It probably won't be as good as The Re-Up.

[Fro]

The Re-Up was okay. I expect this to be better. The first disc will be best of Shady not just best of Eminem

[son_of_foley]

Enjoying that new Bino. ESPECIALLY HIS FAKE HOOK

[Bert]

I'm not sure how I feel about releasing what I call "unfinished" songs like that. On the one hand it shows a kind of vulnerability but on the other it also seems kind of lazy.

I still like it though.

[Fro]

whats unfinished about it?

[Bert]

The hook for one thing.

[Bert]

"Chances are I gave your boy a couple of ears" :cool:

[son_of_foley]

The hook for one thing.

To me that's a finished song he just wants it to sound like it's fully off the dome.

[Bert]

Sage Francis is underrated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjxHy8WTgTs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubGOr3uoBCM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BPC4PBIdio


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQW5QTOlx_I
Man, Rittz is dope as fuck. All of his songs are smooth. It's a nice change from the strugglebars for someone to do this so effortlessly.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an98_2ygsBs

[G-Fresh]

I just can't dig on Sage.

[Bert]

Is it because you're a dog person?

[G-Fresh]

It ain't that the dude is bad. A girl I used to fuck around with played him the fuck out to the point that I never want to hear him again.

[Bert]

I get it. I heard Rolling Papers on repeat for weeks possibly months at my old job and now I never want to hear Wiz Khalifa rap or his shitty fucking laugh that makes me want to stab someone.

[G-Fresh]

Da Mafia 6ix will release "Watch What U Wish" on Halloween and the DJ Paul solo is called "Master of Evil." No date has been set yet.

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn50/MrDiamondFDC/DM6.jpg

[Nash Diesel]

Sick

[Bert]

http://i.imgur.com/LrNMJ9F.gif

Troy Ave thought he was smooth during the 5 fingers freestyle.

I fucking hate this guy.

[Bert]

I think it was sof that was a big Cudi fan so I thought you might be interested to know that he was originally on Pink Toes.

Stefan Ponce who produced it did an unofficial AMA when he randomly showed up in the bino thread on KTT.

I like Cudi but I can't see that song working with 2 dudes. It works good with a guy and a girl.

[son_of_foley]

I think it was sof that was a big Cudi fan so I thought you might be interested to know that he was originally on Pink Toes.

Stefan Ponce who produced it did an unofficial AMA when he randomly showed up in the bino thread on KTT.

I like Cudi but I can't see that song working with 2 dudes. It works good with a guy and a girl.

I need to hear this

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxqnmXXS9yY

Digging it.

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlgi6oWOOaQ

Digging this dude. I love finding random people and liking their music. 2dopeboyz used to help with that but not really anymore.

[son_of_foley]

Loving the new Jeezy stuff. Song with KDot is awesome

[Fro]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKB66pjw-JA

perty dope

[Bert]

More like goddamn fire. Mixtape/EP in the next 2 weeks (which those verses are obviously from). Phew.


know they hate a nigga down in Spin Mag
Worst album, best song, how you spin that?
The best part is that they love Chance
But our fans are the same, you should fuck with your man
And I wonder what they'd say if that EP drop
"His verse was wack, his verse was hot"

[Bert]

For the homie DVDA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9r5G5Rll-0

I still love Brand New Day, the title track I mean, the album is pretty good too though.

[G-Fresh]

I'm going to see him along with ICP, Da Mafia 6ix, Mushroomhead, & Jelly Roll at a fairly small venue in Kokomo, Indiana on the 26th. It should be wild.

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LewwudsqV24

Bino singing so good. Goddamn.

This is that music you listen to while you run through a field of flowers.

[Fro]

not bad. like a poor man's Drake :p

[Bert]

I almost posted Bino > Drake along with the video. I prefer his singing. http://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/Smileys/default/kanyeshrug.jpg

[Fro]

well this song sounds a lot like Hold On We're Going Home, which to me is a better song all around

and the bridge part reeks of kanye also

[Bert]

The bridge part sounds like Zealots of Stockholm off of Because The Internet which was finished before Yeezus came out. :squint:

[G-Fresh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=096t3RyU0jY

Monoxide is a fuckin beast. I'm geekin for his next solo. I have high hopes for The Darkness too.

[Fro]

Who said anything about Yeezus? BTI, to me, was very much influenced by MBDTF. And the bridge on Sober sounds like the bridge on Niggas in Paris.

Kanye is the greatest hip hop artist of this generation so it's not like following his style is a bad thing. I love Bino. But the influences are clear, especially with this particular song you posted. And if you like this song but don't show love for Hold On We're Going Home then you're being biased.

[G-Fresh]

This generation is awful.

[Bert]

Who said anything about Yeezus? BTI, to me, was very much influenced by MBDTF. And the bridge on Sober sounds like the bridge on Niggas in Paris.

Kanye is the greatest hip hop artist of this generation so it's not like following his style is a bad thing. I love Bino. But the influences are clear, especially with this particular song you posted. And if you like this song but don't show love for Hold On We're Going Home then you're being biased.

I like hold on we're going home but they honestly don't sound anything alike to me.

Hold On We're Going Home is like a song you listen to when it's raining and you're moody.

Sober is a feel good song.

[G-Fresh]

Does Gambino do anything other than happy hipster rap? Legit question. The dude has talent, but I just can't dig the shit I hear. Show me the way.

[Fro]

They sound the same other than the bridge. The beat, melody and pitch are all very similar and even the subject matter is basically the same (bitches).

Anyway I'm looking forward to the Gambino mixtape. It comes out in a matter of days correct?

[Fro]

Does Gambino do anything other than happy hipster rap? Legit question. The dude has talent, but I just can't dig the shit I hear. Show me the way.

He also does faux trap

[Bert]

They sound the same other than the bridge. The beat, melody and pitch are all very similar and even the subject matter is basically the same (bitches).

Anyway I'm looking forward to the Gambino mixtape. It comes out in a matter of days correct?

Within the next 2 weeks is what he told hot 97 last Monday.

[Bert]

Does Gambino do anything other than happy hipster rap? Legit question. The dude has talent, but I just can't dig the shit I hear. Show me the way.

Yes. No project since Camp has sounded the same. He's all over the place.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-AGnbm7Ul4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7plhrsQSEE


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


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3UDvpy1eoI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFbhSijV41o

[Bert]

5 youtube videos per post, thanks Obama.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rdQSP7Dhck


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atU2R2V0SKc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvGJ5KtR4QY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c9ClGn3m6s


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i9a1zzmMvk

[son_of_foley]

I like the new Bino a lot

[son_of_foley]

I think it sounds like something from Camp tbh

[MikeHunt]

That gambino tune defines average.

[Simon]

Yeah it's very bland.

Some good relatively obscure tracks people might like...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzKOdbHxgA0
The Four Owls - Burning Vapour




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDK7oLaHmTY
Azmattic - Piano Therapy




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_7WFFJtQW4
Intuition & Equilibrum - Make It Better




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKqqxPhGV70
Conf - Megatron




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GythAXPcHHM
Josh Martinez - Numb



And cos I'm a bastard for a plug, here is a link to the beats I've been working on. Mainly soulful stuff but a couple of uptempo tracks and The Artist is a little bit darker...not much though.

https://soundcloud.com/sobmusic-1

[son_of_foley]

I would honestly say most of those songs you've posted Simon are as bland

[Simon]

You could maybe say that about the Intuition and Josh Martinez ones at a stretch, the rest could be described in a lot of ways but I wouldn't call them bland.

[Bert]

I think it sounds like something from Camp tbh

Someone was saying it sounds like Kids from Camp. I hear that more than Hold On We're Going Home.

[Bert]

The mixing isn't even done on that song. And I'm 85% sure there's a verse going in the middle.

[Bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzKOdbHxgA0
The Four Owls - Burning Vapour

The sample repeats too often



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDK7oLaHmTY
Azmattic - Piano Therapy

Sounds like Travie Mccoy



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_7WFFJtQW4
Intuition & Equilibrum - Make It Better

My favorite one so far, sounds like Kyle Lucas or Huey Mack though.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKqqxPhGV70
Conf - Megatron

This one is bland without a doubt. No feeling to it.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GythAXPcHHM
Josh Martinez - Numb
Sing-songy parts reminds me of Chance.

[Bert]

QUAD POST BECAUSE NEW RTJ.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4y_gnqD3lc

[son_of_foley]

Did you see the pre-orders they had listed for it? Fucking hilarious.

Love those two. REAL HIP HOP CREW

[Nash Diesel]

The beats are what you'd expect, about 200 years ahead of time lol.

[G-Fresh]

Twiztids label is called Majik Ninja Entertainment. Not what I was expecting, but it could be worse.

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/ImageAgent/ImageAgentProxy?getImage=86391119

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4809%3Aakt20z.5.18

[Bert]

http://i.imgur.com/XyYiYIB.png

I hope there's a Viva La Raza sample on Lie, Cheat, Steal.

[son_of_foley]

That "Oh My Darling Don't Cry" just makes me want to become a robot soldier from outer space who is undergoing a sexual awakening. REALTALK

[Nash Diesel]

Twiztids label is called Majik Ninja Entertainment. Not what I was expecting, but it could be worse.

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/ImageAgent/ImageAgentProxy?getImage=86391119

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4809%3Aakt20z.5.18

They must REALLY want "MAJIK" as their label name. I remember they tried to get that Majik Records to pop off but for unfortunate reasons it never came to fruition. Now they come with this lame attempt at making sure the juggalos know they're still alive with this lame ass record label title.

[G-Fresh]

Tom Dub getting the logo tatted on his head only to have a falling out with Twiztid was great. He is the reason Killah Priest wasn't on the Wicked Wonka tour in 2003.

[Psycho666Soldier]

That "Oh My Darling Don't Cry" just makes me want to become a robot soldier from outer space who is undergoing a sexual awakening. REALTALK

This has to be the most apt description.

Seriously, just listened to that track and I think my brain melted. Tight as hell as you'd expect, and then that twist that happens at about 3 minutes in threw my mind into a meat grinder.

I now expect it to absolutely blow the last album away.

[Bert]

Marshall will never top The Eminem Show in my opinion.

I agree with 2010 QuietStorm.

I went looking back through the thread for something...

[G-Fresh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11KX1FYnOu8

I'm pretty excited to be seeing him live next Friday.

[son_of_foley]

Going to see run the jewels in Dublin before Christmas. Can't wait

[G-Fresh]

Kutt is done with Strange and is selling his chain.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/StrangeMusic-10k-white-gold-Diamond-Emblem-Pendant-Necklace-worn-by-Kutt-Calhoun-/251652227800?pt=US_Fine_Necklaces_Pendants&hash=item3a97a442d8

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/pacersrap/kutttwitter.jpg