Nice, I see. Man, leaks are bad.
Yeah, I think he should've still released it, too. But who knows what their line of thinking was back then. Must've had their reasons.
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Nice, I see. Man, leaks are bad.
Yeah, I think he should've still released it, too. But who knows what their line of thinking was back then. Must've had their reasons.
IrishNinja
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that would've been far better, but there still would've been some ammo about - he'd still have done Oochie Wallie, for instance
*edit also 10 years ago today Common released the last classic he had in em, bless
*edit also 10 years ago today Common released the last classic he had in em, bless
IrishNinja
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^easily in my top 10 track intros, love everything about it
This was the song KTT thought Kanye was on.
Dammit, forgot about #positivefridays
Time for #smoothsundays; some damn fine background music
Moon Boots - Backyard Boogie vol 2
https://soundcloud.com/moonbootsmusic/backyard-boogie-vol-2
Time for #smoothsundays; some damn fine background music
Moon Boots - Backyard Boogie vol 2
https://soundcloud.com/moonbootsmusic/backyard-boogie-vol-2
Be's 10th anniversary today, brehs. Common's best album, Kanye's best production.
https://play.spotify.com/album/2UuvBxV56QWWj2uviGS0up
https://play.spotify.com/album/2UuvBxV56QWWj2uviGS0up
Oddisee - The Good Fight Album Review | DEHH Solo Review
honestly just looking for an excuse to bring this album up again. might be my favorite of the year so far.
honestly just looking for an excuse to bring this album up again. might be my favorite of the year so far.
Yeah, it's dope! An instrumental version would also be nice (luckily Blackmilk released one for most of his albums, as his vocals were always my biggest gripe).
Next to Like Water for Chocolate, obviously.
I knew it would be Beezy
PhoenixDark
Banned
Will definitely watch tonight, I love their reviews.
Album is dope and is so lush brehs. Lots of replay value. Right now I'd say it's one of the three best albums of the year (below TPAB and Yen Lo).
Hmm. Was the mood right though? And your state of mind gotta be appropriately grimy.
Try to find some woods in the middle of the night and give it another try breh.
blackaroni
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Be going into The Corner is the best opening 1 - 2 for me on any album, ever
Same; just not for me I guess
It's definitely a love/hate thing, because his style is really thick for lack of better words. A lot of wordplay, no real care given for variety, pacing, buildup, touching extremes, etc. Not a jack of all trades but very specific things you might want in different doses than they come at.
Tokubetsu
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NipplesAndToes23
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Thanks. I actually forgot that Oddisee is a producer too. I'm trying to actually remember how I came across him. It was either through Ladi6 or another Mellow Music Group artist, likely L'Orange or Has-Lo. I didn't know there's a video for Counterclockwise too. Shit, he has a Hot97 interview too.
both classics imo
ViewtifulJC
Banned
The Ka thing...its a troll, right? Like the ironic Lil B stuff. Thats the only way I can explain it.
PhoenixDark
Banned
be a musical plebe brehs
Lots of rhyme patterns throughout the album, and lots of great buildup to various pockets within the beats. He has a great knack for building up atmosphere.
That being said I understand that he's not everyone. I just can't cosign your complaints.
Storm Chamber
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2nd chance and it's still wrong
All of this.
Damn enzo, was Twisted Fantasy really your first hiphop album after all? I didn't wanna believe it breh
Net_Wrecker
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All of those complaints are for the album at large, from track-to-track. The tracks themselves go up and down but across the album it can definitely look like the same song and dance, especially considering vocal range, cadence, etc. don't vary significantly across the album, and that alone can make a recycle bin classic. Pretty much all that is facts, not really down to opinion, and stuff from the wrong name gets shitted on rightfully otherwise for those qualities.
RPS37
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Did anyone post this yet?
Dizzy Wright - False Reality
Reminds me of some old Roots video.
Edit: this one --> What They Do
Dizzy Wright - False Reality
Reminds me of some old Roots video.
Edit: this one --> What They Do
miles better.
it's just all kind of droll. for comparison at least w/ a TPAB I could say there's a lot of wacky shit on there that works like ear candy. so you never had to sit on an idea you didnt like for too long. and there's a lot of questionable shit on there.
i would fuck with an album of Yen Lo instrumentals w/ the vocal samples still in there. but Ka kind of ruins it for me. breh sounds like a slightly different shade of gray on every track. really inconsequential to whatever he's rapping over. maybe it's by design but i dont fuck with it. it's ambien hood rap for folks that are heavy into books and shit. i do kind of like how his voice is layered on the tracks though. got a nice kind of otherwordly sound to it. the sum just doesn't all mesh up for me though.
regardless i can't do anything with either album so
PhoenixDark
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Man I wish Esch wasn't out there having fun in real life so he could sit back and witness this fuckery. I feel like I just walked into an orphanage. Disgusted.
IrishNinja
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no doubt
i think we all agreed chapelle show version of the food was better though yeah? i forget what we ended up with
so much scust
its like takin ya'll to fine dining and hearing nah fam, taco bell still open though
one forgettable album vs another
not his first but he has a defense force narrative written like when people tell me Killer 7 was booty
which is to say: there's brilliance in there but it plays/controls like shit but i gotta front like that was purposeful because it's meant to be part of the design nahmean? see Suda51 isn't so much inept at gameplay as it is a critique of modern man and wait come back fam
get at your boy
fam just stay you ain't too sharp and keep it movin
haha funny i was just thinking i was kinda grateful he's elsewhere, wish i was too
you playin with a double-edged sword nibels
next time yeezy or ya boy drizzy actually fucks up and puts something out with depth it's bout to be like bruh does it bump in the whip? ugh i wish kdot would just go back to swimming pools nahmean, shit was tight at the club
A$AP Rocky Loses 100,000 Instagram Followers
Last week, the Harlem, New York native began posting numerous pics on his Instagram account in succession. Most of the posts were just squares with little more than a simple gray, black or white gradient fill. Those who didn't understand or just got tired of their feed filling up unfollowed the A$AP Mob rapper. He now has 100,000 less followers on the social media site in the name of art.
90TilInfinity
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This Yen Lo is just addictive as shit. I actually feel like it's more accessible than Night's Gambit, but impressively, without sacrificing lyrical depth.
Can't blame the brehs, really. I'll agree with them that his intonation stays pretty similar. But I don't mind that, because I'm not really listening to anyone else like him except Prodigy (who has a similar style atm but trash).
If you think about it, listening to Ka is like being at a subtle Michelin star kaiseki restaurant during an important dinner meeting. You gotta sit, listen to bits here and there, chew and take your time while being patient to understand all that's laid all in front of you. That experience ain't for everyone. Whereas listening to Kanye is what I imagine going to some new Yelp 4.5 star hipster philly cheesesteak place. You go there and they pretty much load everything on it, even if the ingredients don't make sense. But it makes sense, if the ultimate goal is just to provoke a reaction by willy nilly loading strong ingredients together to be 'epic' and 'varied' and 'memorable'. That ain't for everyone either, but it's what some people need nowadays to feel like they're enjoying a new establishment.
Different strokes, different folks.
Storm Chamber
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Can't blame the brehs, really. I'll agree with them that his intonation stays pretty similar. But I don't mind that, because I'm not really listening to anyone else like him except Prodigy (who has a similar style atm but trash).
If you think about it, listening to Ka is like being at a subtle Michelin star kaiseki restaurant during an important dinner meeting. You gotta sit, listen to bits here and there, chew and take your time while being patient to understand all that's laid all in front of you. That experience ain't for everyone. Whereas listening to Kanye is what I imagine going to some new Yelp 4.5 star hipster philly cheesesteak place. You go there and they pretty much load everything on it, even if the ingredients don't make sense. But it makes sense, if the ultimate goal is just to provoke a reaction by willy nilly loading strong ingredients together to be 'epic' and 'varied' and 'memorable'. That ain't for everyone either, but it's what some people need nowadays to feel like they're enjoying a new establishment.
Different strokes, different folks.
Basically, Gaf-hop is pretty much reenacting this scene right now
What a shame.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Esch just about nailed it, but I was viewing it more like that lazy river ride at the waterpark. I always loved that fucking thing and everybody was like, yo, let's go on the Deathslider 4000 and I was always like "nah, I'm just gonna float for a bit."
The album is a lazy river ride at night.
The album is a lazy river ride at night.
PhoenixDark
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Can't blame the brehs, really. I'll agree with them that his intonation stays pretty similar. But I don't mind that, because I'm not really listening to anyone else like him except Prodigy (who has a similar style atm but trash).
If you think about it, listening to Ka is like being at a subtle Michelin star kaiseki restaurant during an important dinner meeting. You gotta sit, listen to bits here and there, chew and take your time while being patient to understand all that's laid all in front of you. That experience ain't for everyone. Whereas listening to Kanye is what I imagine going to some new Yelp 4.5 star hipster philly cheesesteak place. You go there and they pretty much load everything on it, even if the ingredients don't make sense. But it makes sense, if the ultimate goal is just to provoke a reaction by willy nilly loading strong ingredients together to be 'epic' and 'varied' and 'memorable'. That ain't for everyone either, but it's what some people need nowadays to feel like they're enjoying a new establishment.
Different strokes, different folks.
classic post brehs
Can't listen to anything with lyrics while studying. Try something like a Brian eno album.
Can't blame the brehs, really. I'll agree with them that his intonation stays pretty similar. But I don't mind that, because I'm not really listening to anyone else like him except Prodigy (who has a similar style atm but trash).
If you think about it, listening to Ka is like being at a subtle Michelin star kaiseki restaurant during an important dinner meeting. You gotta sit, listen to bits here and there, chew and take your time while being patient to understand all that's laid all in front of you. That experience ain't for everyone. Whereas listening to Kanye is what I imagine going to some new Yelp 4.5 star hipster philly cheesesteak place. You go there and they pretty much load everything on it, even if the ingredients don't make sense. But it makes sense, if the ultimate goal is just to provoke a reaction by willy nilly loading strong ingredients together to be 'epic' and 'varied' and 'memorable'. That ain't for everyone either, but it's what some people need nowadays to feel like they're enjoying a new establishment.
Different strokes, different folks.
this is what TPAB is to me.
Endtroducing
Storm Chamber
Banned
Pretend to like garbage rappers because you think they're popular when they sell less than Wu-Tang Clan in 2015 brehs
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Fucking Germans trying to school people on hip-hop just remains hilarious. Like, Iggy Azalea calling herself the queen of rap type of funny.
Nibel be like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rurBHWxYaR0
Nibel be like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rurBHWxYaR0
The fuck is that video
And not trying to school anyone, lol; just pointing out that acting so highly for liking something that might not be for everyone comes over as lame. TPAB is probably on the same level of "hate it or love it" and despite liking it I can understand people not fucking with it without that whole hip-hop connaisseur du louvre shtick
And not trying to school anyone, lol; just pointing out that acting so highly for liking something that might not be for everyone comes over as lame. TPAB is probably on the same level of "hate it or love it" and despite liking it I can understand people not fucking with it without that whole hip-hop connaisseur du louvre shtick
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