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Diunx · « **Reply #1740 on:** March 08, 2014, 06:58:35 PM »

That Wu compilation is making my ding-a-ling hard

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1741 on:** March 08, 2014, 07:39:51 PM »

I Am would be borderline classic if the OG version had come out, before it leaked. Just subtracting a few of the horrible tracks (Big Things especially) and adding something like Black Zombie, Purple, Poppa Was A Player, etc would have worked wonders.

Honestly if he just didn't release Nastradamus Jay-Z would have had no argument against him in 2001. Sometimes I lie awake late at night clenching my fist, wondering how things might have been different if only the god didn't release that album.

I Am...it starts great. NY State of Mind II, Hate Me Now, Small World, Favor For a Favor, We Will Survive...all solid to dope. Ghetto Prisoners is aite. You Won't See Me Tonight, fine whatever. Not a bad single, I'd keep it.

And then I Want To Talk To You arrives...that shit is like the beginning of the corny shit. Dr Knockbot is next, one of the worst tracks ever. Life Is What You Make It is a classic collab, way better than Jay's track with DMX. Big Things is one of the worst rap songs of the 90s. Nas Is Like, classic obviously. Kissing...smh, Money Is My Bitch is aite. Undying Love is classic.

basically if the tracklist looked like this:

Intro
NY State Of Mind Part II
Hate Me Now
Small World
Favor For A Favor
We Will Survive
Ghetto Prisoners
You Won't See Me Tonight
I Want To Talk To You
(Come Get Me)
Life Is What You Make It
(Project Window)
Nas Is Like
(Purple)
Money Is My Bitch
Undying Love

it becomes a solid to great album. Instead it's a frustrating 3/5 at best.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1742 on:** March 08, 2014, 09:18:54 PM »

Quote from: Esch on March 08, 2014, 07:49:34 PM

Sorry, Life is What You Make it isn't better than Money Cash Hoes. Not in quality, relevance, nothing.

Edit: its not better than Blackout either

MCH is a bad song, bad beat, etc. Life Is What You Make It is great.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1743 on:** March 08, 2014, 09:45:54 PM »

Getting video and movie cross promotion has nothing to do with being "good enough." 90s hip hop was full of horrible cross movie promotions to get black asses into the theater.

Nor do the follow ups have anything to do with the quality of the first one; MCH isn't even the first time Jay and X were on the same track. They were two of the three biggest NY rappers in the world, of course it was a big collab. BTW it was the third single off the album and largely a street single, let's not pretend like it was a huge song. Didn't chart on the Hot 100, peaked at #36 on the hip hop/r&b chart, and #19 on the rap tracks chart.

and let's not forget DMX did a movie with Nas a year before MCH/Life Is What You Make It

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The soundtrack was a success, peaking at #5 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and spawned the single "Grand Finale" by rappers DMX, Method Man, Nas and Ja Rule. "Grand Finale" made it to #63 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and #18 on the Hot Rap Singles.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1744 on:** March 08, 2014, 09:57:47 PM »

And yet you haven't prove that Jay's collab was more successful in any meaningful way. With respect to the cover, we gonna pretend like Jay and Irv Gotti weren't best friends? Irv gets credit for bringing them together, but obviously shit didn't come to fruition. Just as Gotti's plan to sign Nas to Murder Inc didn't come to fruition.

Belly was a multi million dollar grossing film breh, and the soundtrack went plat.

Diunx · « **Reply #1745 on:** March 08, 2014, 11:14:58 PM »

Man I fucking hate that fakkit Ja Rule, corny ass motherfucker

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1746 on:** March 08, 2014, 11:15:31 PM »

that beat is straight up trash

unless we stanning Swiss Beats now

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1747 on:** March 08, 2014, 11:34:03 PM »

some of the worse sounding lo fi, weak production this side of Tyler The Creator.

but yea some of the stuff he laced X with was dope

HiResDes · « **Reply #1748 on:** March 11, 2014, 10:05:39 AM »

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Freddie Gibbs is one of the best MCs ever to take his ski mask off long enough to spit a 16, and Madlib makes better beats than Jesus would if Jesus made beats. On this record, like Spade and Farley before them, they bring out the best in each other: Freddie becomes a psychedelic drug-thug cowboy, ready to save the day by completely trashing it, and Madlib sounds like he’s been sharpening his rare 45s so he could throw one and cut your head off. Please note that this review is biased because the last time I hung out with Freddie he got me so faded off lean and haze I was huffing laps around the editorial office trying not to have a panic attack. - Drew Millwad of Vice

LINK

HiResDes · « **Reply #1749 on:** March 11, 2014, 10:33:28 AM »

Yo their reviews are hilarious, the Iggy one had me rolling too. Nicca gave it a smiley just for the ass.

Eric P · « **Reply #1750 on:** March 11, 2014, 03:58:22 PM »

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Beezy · « **Reply #1751 on:** March 11, 2014, 11:07:03 PM »

Quote from: Esch on March 11, 2014, 10:14:06 PM

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Diunx · « **Reply #1752 on:** March 12, 2014, 11:58:07 AM »

Dope cover.

Eric P · « **Reply #1753 on:** March 12, 2014, 12:48:45 PM »

Quote from: Esch on March 12, 2014, 11:54:48 AM

New Gibbs leaked cant listen now but ima do a whole run through tonight.

can't wait to see him next week here.
Freddie and Madlib on stage together? whew

Beezy · « **Reply #1754 on:** March 12, 2014, 04:22:52 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on March 12, 2014, 12:48:45 PM

Quote from: Esch on March 12, 2014, 11:54:48 AM
New Gibbs leaked cant listen now but ima do a whole run through tonight.

can't wait to see him next week here.
Freddie and Madlib on stage together? whew

When, where, and is it sold out?

king of the internet · « **Reply #1755 on:** March 12, 2014, 04:43:41 PM »

The Pinata.

Only a few tracks in but I'm already sold. Madlib's smooth beats go so well with Gibb's gangsta flow. This shit is so dope.

Eric P · « **Reply #1756 on:** March 12, 2014, 09:49:47 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on March 12, 2014, 04:22:52 PM

Quote from: Eric P on March 12, 2014, 12:48:45 PM
Quote from: Esch on March 12, 2014, 11:54:48 AM
New Gibbs leaked cant listen now but ima do a whole run through tonight.

can't wait to see him next week here.
Freddie and Madlib on stage together? whew
When, where, and is it sold out?

3/22
Gramercy
no (tickets are a crazy $35 though)
http://concerts.livenation.com/event/00004C3EDA1BECFB?camefrom=ramya_8e1

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1757 on:** March 12, 2014, 10:18:43 PM »

Are they at odds or something? 50 Cent literally gave him a million dollars and a Bently when he got out of jail, and he was 50's hype man just a few years ago. Dude should be set for life by now.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1758 on:** March 12, 2014, 10:39:21 PM »

The only dope member of G Unit was Banks.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #1759 on:** March 12, 2014, 10:43:34 PM »

Quote from: Esch on March 12, 2014, 11:54:48 AM

New Gibbs leaked cant listen now but ima do a whole run through tonight.

LINK ME DUDE LINK ME

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1760 on:** March 12, 2014, 10:47:33 PM »

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kinda want to wait for a better quality rip, but I might succumb brehs.

HiResDes · « **Reply #1761 on:** March 13, 2014, 01:45:58 PM »

Brehs, that album is Thabiz recommended is actually dope

http://chesterwatson.bandcamp.com/album/tin-wooki

Breh sounds like Earl if he had more swag.

Eric P · « **Reply #1762 on:** March 13, 2014, 03:39:29 PM »

the new onyx single is not bad

https://soundcloud.com/onyxhq/whut-whut-produced-by

Your Stalker · « **Reply #1763 on:** March 13, 2014, 05:05:59 PM »

vince staples' tape dropped today too

HiResDes · « **Reply #1764 on:** March 13, 2014, 05:23:31 PM »

Quote from: Your Stalker on March 13, 2014, 05:05:59 PM

vince staples' tape dropped today too

...My gawd. Also something I've been waiting on drops 3:16.

Your Stalker · « **Reply #1765 on:** March 13, 2014, 06:15:04 PM »

aston matthews?

Beezy · « **Reply #1766 on:** March 13, 2014, 07:50:36 PM »

Fuck Vince Staples, what a shitty performer. And then he caught feelings cause the crowd wasn't fucking with him.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1767 on:** March 13, 2014, 08:18:43 PM »

Vince Staples made me a believer with the Stolen Youth album. And then I felt dumb when I later learned Larry Fisherman=Mac Miller. I had no idea.

His music seems like it would be kind of ehh live. Seems almost out of place on the Schoolboy Q/Isiah Rashad tour considering both are energetic performers whereas he doesn't seem to be.

Beezy · « **Reply #1768 on:** March 13, 2014, 09:45:01 PM »

He really isn't. He monotone yell raps. Sucked the energy right out of the room.

HiResDes · « **Reply #1769 on:** March 14, 2014, 05:04:39 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on March 13, 2014, 07:50:36 PM

Fuck Vince Staples, what a shitty performer. And then he caught feelings cause the crowd wasn't fucking with him.

Why would anyone think he'd be a good live performer, also doesn't diminish from the quality of his album output whatsoever...So no Vince Staples is still the shit, and if you're expecting Q to be a great performer you're in for a grave dissappointment.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1770 on:** March 14, 2014, 05:38:51 PM »

Q seemed decent during the iTunes show a couple days ago.

Beezy · « **Reply #1771 on:** March 14, 2014, 08:28:39 PM »

Quote from: HiResDes on March 14, 2014, 05:04:39 PM

Quote from: Beezy on March 13, 2014, 07:50:36 PM
Fuck Vince Staples, what a shitty performer. And then he caught feelings cause the crowd wasn't fucking with him.
Why would anyone think he'd be a good live performer, also doesn't diminish from the quality of his album output whatsoever...So no Vince Staples is still the shit, and if you're expecting Q to be a great performer you're in for a grave dissappointment.

I had no thoughts about him beforehand. I've never heard anything from Vince Staples before seeing him live. And now I don't want to.

Q is a good performer. I've seen him 4 times now and he always riles up the crowd. Only place where he disappointed was at Made In America music festival which was really just Kendrick and friends.

HiResDes · « **Reply #1772 on:** March 16, 2014, 10:28:16 PM »

TOO MUCH SHIT TO BUMP RIGHT NOW
1. A$ton Matthews - 3:16
2. YG - MY KRAZY LIFE
3. Freddie Gibbs - Cocaine Pinata
4. Vince Staples - Shyne Goldchain Vol. 2
5. Chester Watson - Tin Wooki
6. Kool & Kass - Coke Boyz Vol. 5
7. Clipping - CLPPNG
8. 100s - IVRY
9. Black Milk - Glitches in the Break

Eric P · « **Reply #1773 on:** March 17, 2014, 06:58:51 AM »

wait, did clipping leak?

HiResDes · « **Reply #1774 on:** March 17, 2014, 04:18:06 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on March 17, 2014, 06:58:51 AM

wait, did clipping leak?

YEP

HiResDes · « **Reply #1775 on:** March 17, 2014, 06:05:06 PM »

3:16 is pretty fucking tough

Beezy · « **Reply #1776 on:** March 17, 2014, 06:53:35 PM »

YGs album. Goddamn. So west coast.

Himu · « **Reply #1777 on:** March 17, 2014, 07:00:03 PM »

g-unit always sucked

Diunx · « **Reply #1778 on:** March 19, 2014, 01:20:03 AM »

New Wu

http://www.sendspace.com/file/1rchiu

Eric P · « **Reply #1779 on:** March 19, 2014, 11:43:43 AM »

Wu Fatigue 2k14
Though we're supposed to get a new Killah Priest release soon. I was really surprised w/ Psychic World

Eric P · « **Reply #1780 on:** March 19, 2014, 12:00:21 PM »

I couldn't get into Cocaine Pinata.

My favorite track is Thuggin which is just Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta 2k14.

Nocando's album is fun as fuck though

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1781 on:** March 19, 2014, 12:13:28 PM »

Meth over a soul sample=can't lose. GZA also sounds lucid which is worth celebrating.

chorus...why? Nobody wants to hear that. Just give us something we can chant at a concert.

Diunx · « **Reply #1782 on:** March 19, 2014, 12:59:14 PM »

I must be the only person who still like GZA, he and Ghostface have the best track record quality wise from all the Wu.

HiResDes · « **Reply #1783 on:** March 19, 2014, 06:01:32 PM »

Quote from: Diunx on March 19, 2014, 12:59:14 PM

I must be the only person who still like GZA, he and Ghostface have the best track record quality wise from all the Wu.

GZA really hasn't put out a lot in comparison to other primary Wu members, and as such I'd put Ghostface's output on an entirely different level of consistency. I mean Raekwon has as many hot albums as GZA, though obvioiusly nothing quite as masterful as Liquid Swords.

...Dead at that QP. First he makes that stupid ass face with dem eyebrows, next dude finds himself on his knees and kissing LCDs... BIG L

Beezy · « **Reply #1784 on:** March 19, 2014, 08:10:29 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on March 19, 2014, 12:00:21 PM

I couldn't get into Cocaine Pinata.

Try again.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1785 on:** March 19, 2014, 08:18:04 PM »

I can definitely see someone being burned out on Gibbs' rapid fire flow, which doesn't really change from project to project. Personally I think it's a really good album, and quite a rebound from that ESGN shit.

Beezy · « **Reply #1786 on:** March 19, 2014, 09:53:28 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 19, 2014, 08:18:04 PM

I can definitely see someone being burned out on Gibbs' rapid fire flow, which doesn't really change from project to project. Personally I think it's a really good album, and quite a rebound from that ESGN shit.

I couldn't get into ESGN. A Cold Day in Hell had a few tracks (Rob Me A Nicca) I liked. BFK and Pinata though? I can listen to them from start to finish.

HiResDes · « **Reply #1787 on:** March 19, 2014, 10:32:25 PM »

Besides the awful features ESGN is quite similar to BFK, so I don't get why you dislike it so much.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1788 on:** March 19, 2014, 10:40:33 PM »

The sad thing is that so many rappers have dope crews these days, yet Gibbs is surrounded by some of the absolute worst. Bronson has Meyhem Lauren, AG The Coroner, J-Love, etc. Kendrick has Jay Rock, Soul, Q. Curren$y has Fiend and Young Roddy. This dude has some straight out the gutter dudes who can barely put one sentence together, much less 16 bars. SMH.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1789 on:** March 19, 2014, 11:02:06 PM »

remember when we heard this song for the first time in the gaf-hop thread brehs? it was a religious experience.

Beezy · « **Reply #1790 on:** March 19, 2014, 11:26:01 PM »

I always have to run back Money, Clothes, Hoes at least once. There have been days when I'd listen to that one track on repeat all the way home from work.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #1791 on:** March 20, 2014, 12:32:24 AM »

can you all recommend me a few mixes and albums that I should definitely listen to from the past year and a half? I've avoided rap like crazy this past year or so. Was really into garage rock and two-man pieces, now trying to catch up on some other genres.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #1792 on:** March 20, 2014, 12:37:21 AM »

Your Stalker · « **Reply #1793 on:** March 20, 2014, 02:33:08 AM »

The Underachievers - Indigoism is good if your mind is elevated

Eric P · « **Reply #1794 on:** March 20, 2014, 07:27:06 AM »

Quote from: BrandNew on March 20, 2014, 12:32:24 AM

can you all recommend me a few mixes and albums that I should definitely listen to from the past year and a half? I've avoided rap like crazy this past year or so. Was really into garage rock and two-man pieces, now trying to catch up on some other genres.

I posed this in the hip hop thread

most of these are free

milo - things that happen / cavalcade
Timeless Truth - Rock-it Science
Chester Watson - Phantom
clipping - midcity
Jeremiah Jea - Black Jungle Radio / Bad Jokes, etc
Serengeti - Saal / Kenny Dennis LP
Problem & Iamsu! - Million Dollar Afro / Kilt 2
Curly Castro - Fidel
Kris Kasanova - 24k
Killah Priest - Psychic World of Walter Reed
Quelle Chris - distinguished black fellows is Men / Ghost at the Finish Line
Cult Favorite - For Madmen Only
Old Money - Fire in the Dark
Johnny Voltik - The Legendary Misfit
Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap
Kyle Rapps - SUB
Pinqy Ring - Herstory
Bones - Creep
Amber London - Tru 2 Tha Phonk
Killer Mike and EL-P - Run The Jewels
MeLo-X - GOD EP Trilogy
The Devil - Harbinger
billy woods - Dour Candy
L.atasha A.lcindor - SPARK
Ka - The Night's Gambit
Chris Clarke- The Handpicked
Formula Abstract - Audio Autopsy Vol 2
BLKHRTS - Death, Romance and the Color BLK
Shy Glizzy - Law 2
Danny Brown - OLD
Tyquan Sounds - FUCKWHOYOUTRINABE
J-Zone - Peter Pan Syndrome
World's Fair - Bastards of the Party
Le1f - Tree House
Hellfyre Club - Dorner vs Tookie
Death Grips - Government Plates
Jonwayne - Rap Album One
Busdriver - Arguments With Dreams
Showyousuck - Dude Bro / OMPP4
Tomorrow Kings - distinguished black fellow Rigged Time Machine
ICE - Gorgeous Children
Armand Hammer - Race Music

the bolded ones should be your priorities

Eric P · « **Reply #1795 on:** March 20, 2014, 09:21:45 AM »

What about the skit where you're singing a version of TLC's "Waterfalls"?
Ah, man, that shit was just me drunk as fuck. I hope TLC don't get mad at me.

Do you ever do karaoke?
Nah, I don't do karaoke, I do Freddieoke.

What does Freddieoke involve?
That's like singing in the shower, singing butt-naked when you're fucking a bitch and just bustin' out shit at random times.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2014/03/freddie_gibbs_interview.php

HiResDes · « **Reply #1796 on:** March 21, 2014, 02:15:21 AM »

Eric we're almost too similar. I have to big up my homie Quelle Chris though and suggest a listen of niccas is Men.

Your Stalker · « **Reply #1797 on:** March 21, 2014, 03:25:33 AM »

Did a higher quality version of that Cyhi tape ever drop?

Diunx · « **Reply #1798 on:** March 21, 2014, 01:40:31 PM »

Quote from: Exodust SoulBurn on March 19, 2014, 11:01:13 PM

Hey man, I've dealt with the Outlawz. I can tolerate any shitty rap crew now.

I was just thinking about doing a thread in The Coli listing all the songs the outlawz ruined

Diunx · « **Reply #1799 on:** March 21, 2014, 02:47:43 PM »

Quote from: Exodust SoulBurn on March 21, 2014, 02:45:45 PM

2Pac always picked the worse rappers to be featured on his songs with very few exceptions of good or not bad enough to almost ruin the song. So many tracks where it should have been just him.

First time I heard picture me rolling I thought the second verse was pac making fun of biggie's voice

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Author Topic: Hip Hop (Read 725175 times)