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GAF-Hop |OTXVI| Build a Wall (of Better Top 20 Albums)
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Savage Mode wasn't even that good though and I agree that it's a lot better than Issa. What does that make Issa? Don't lie to yourself breh, it's ok to admit it's trash lol
Andrew Korenchkin
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Amber Rose is...not that attractive, eh.
torre_avenue
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Regarding Issa, I think as a package, the sound feels a bit more developed, but in the process, it's lost some of the rawness and roughness that made Savage Mode well-liked.
I think people like 21 Savage because of how sparse and almost utilitarian the beats were on Savage Mode. The beats weren't the focus, but the grim vibe and the subject matter were. By using Autotune and having more polished beats, it's lost that.
I'm not the biggest fan of Savage so I have no idea if that's right or not, so feel free to tear me apart if I'm wrong.
I think people like 21 Savage because of how sparse and almost utilitarian the beats were on Savage Mode. The beats weren't the focus, but the grim vibe and the subject matter were. By using Autotune and having more polished beats, it's lost that.
I'm not the biggest fan of Savage so I have no idea if that's right or not, so feel free to tear me apart if I'm wrong.
I'd say this is pretty accurate.
Black Republican
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I like nothing new off issa
New today on Apple Music:
DJ Shadow EP - The Mountain Has Fallen (only 15 minutes long, has a track with Nas and one with Danny Brown)
JAY-Z - 4:44
Berner & Styles P - Vibes (Track with Schoolboy Q on this album)
21 Savage - Issa Album ("What's that tattoo on your forehead?" - "Issa Knife")
And for my UK GAF-Hop heads, the king is back:
K-Koke - Pure Koke volume 4
For those who don't know, K-Koke is a rapper who comes from Stonebridge NW London, which is a few miles from where I come from.
He did this amazing Fire In The Booth, 7 years ago.
Because of this he got signed to JAY-Z's Roc-Nation. Unfortunately he got arrested for attempted murder. He supposedly shot a man in the back with a shotgun at a London Underground station. The arrest lead to an end of his music career as he spent over 6 months in jail before being found not-guilty. Roc-Nation dropped him after the arrest.
BUT NOW WE HAVE PURE KOKE VOL 4!!! His continuation of his underground mixtapes that started before he first got signed.
https://itun.es/gb/MCK2kb
DJ Shadow EP - The Mountain Has Fallen (only 15 minutes long, has a track with Nas and one with Danny Brown)
JAY-Z - 4:44
Berner & Styles P - Vibes (Track with Schoolboy Q on this album)
21 Savage - Issa Album ("What's that tattoo on your forehead?" - "Issa Knife")
And for my UK GAF-Hop heads, the king is back:
K-Koke - Pure Koke volume 4
For those who don't know, K-Koke is a rapper who comes from Stonebridge NW London, which is a few miles from where I come from.
He did this amazing Fire In The Booth, 7 years ago.
Because of this he got signed to JAY-Z's Roc-Nation. Unfortunately he got arrested for attempted murder. He supposedly shot a man in the back with a shotgun at a London Underground station. The arrest lead to an end of his music career as he spent over 6 months in jail before being found not-guilty. Roc-Nation dropped him after the arrest.
BUT NOW WE HAVE PURE KOKE VOL 4!!! His continuation of his underground mixtapes that started before he first got signed.
https://itun.es/gb/MCK2kb
YES! I am gassed. Will it deliver though?!!!
Album is 1 hour 15 mins and GOT to have some bangers off the 21 tracks, surely??
Net_Wrecker
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I enjoy pretty much every Doppelgangaz project, but forreal forreal, the production on this is
so
gotdamn
dope
It's like they made a smooth, wavy, grimey mid-90s summer album. The west coast touches on here bruhhhhhh
Mhh, this is smooth! I remember liking one of their albums years ago when I just joined GAF-Hop.
Moltisanti
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Bank Account is easily the best song off ISSA after first listen
i got 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 M's in my bank account, in my bank account
i got 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 M's in my bank account, in my bank account
It's decent, nothing outstanding though. Surprised about his more mellow sound on some songs.
Ocean Drive still his best song. That beat, whew.
Ocean Drive still his best song. That beat, whew.
Yeah, as with Carti the beats make 80% of the tracks.
The difference is Carti always makes great hooks and knows how to craft songs, he's also more aware of his lane and why it works.
FaceTime on 21 Savage album is the worst song of this entire year.
Carti is at least unique and has a style. His flow is medodic and purposefully repetitive. He has a sound exclusive to him and is trying something different.
NOW, if you don't like him, that's completely fine, it's all subjective anyways.
21 Savage though, his appeal was the slow drawl flow with the evil as fuck lyrics and production. My first listen did not pick up any of that.
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also what the fuck world do you live in if Amber Rose isn't a certified Dime wtf?!?!?!
It's like that meme of the pimply faced neckbeard saying a super model is ugly because their elbows are too pointy
Carti is at least unique and has a style. His flow is medodic and purposefully repetitive. He has a sound exclusive to him and is trying something different.
NOW, if you don't like him, that's completely fine, it's all subjective anyways.
21 Savage though, his appeal was the slow drawl flow with the evil as fuck lyrics and production. My first listen did not pick up any of that.
edit:
also what the fuck world do you live in if Amber Rose isn't a certified Dime wtf?!?!?!
It's like that meme of the pimply faced neckbeard saying a super model is ugly because their elbows are too pointy
Def one of my favs
I kind of find that contrast interesting, but the execution isn't great here yeah.
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Still bumping. How the hell did Gucci deliver an AOTY in 2017?
A FINANCIAL ADVISOR, I MAKE YOU WISER
I DO STUNTS LIKE MACGYVER FOR MY SURVIVAL
IF YOU A RIVAL, I TRICK YOU, WATCH YOUR TAG AND TITLE
I'M A SLIMER, A GRIMER, A REAL BIG-TIMER
TELLIN' LIES TO THE JUDGE WITH MY HAND ON THE BIBLE
Still bumping. How the hell did Gucci deliver an AOTY in 2017?
Sooo now that the dust has settled a bit... 4:44 best rap album of the year? Too early to tell maybe.
I know there will be people saying DAMN >>>
But the history of 4:44 and it being the final chapter of the Elevator Trilogy (Beyonce/Solange/Jay) adds to the story of the album IMO
Also Jay's quintuple entendres have been missing from the rap game
I know there will be people saying DAMN >>>
But the history of 4:44 and it being the final chapter of the Elevator Trilogy (Beyonce/Solange/Jay) adds to the story of the album IMO
Also Jay's quintuple entendres have been missing from the rap game
What if I suggested that maybe neither is the best rap album of the year?
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TELLIN' LIES TO THE JUDGE WITH MY HAND ON THE BIBLE
Still bumping. How the hell did Gucci deliver an AOTY in 2017?
Yeah, the album is solid!!! METRO...metro...
The actual song 4:44 has amazing music. No ID excelled himself there for real.
A CONNIVER, A MISER, A PLUG DESPISER
A FINANCIAL ADVISOR, I MAKE YOU WISER
I DO STUNTS LIKE MACGYVER FOR MY SURVIVAL
IF YOU A RIVAL, I TRICK YOU, WATCH YOUR TAG AND TITLE
I'M A SLIMER, A GRIMER, A REAL BIG-TIMER
TELLIN' LIES TO THE JUDGE WITH MY HAND ON THE BIBLE
Still bumping. How the hell did Gucci deliver an AOTY in 2017?
Forreeeeaaallll
Yeah, Ocean Drive is amazing. Those guitars sound like some Final Fantasy IX shit.
Psychological Intellect
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Nabs
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Somewhere I Belong to Breaking the Habit is one of the strongest runs of songs on any album in history
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