Author Topic: J.Cole : The Warmup mixtape.. Get in here Phoenix Dark! (Read 1042 times)

MMaRsu · « **on:** June 22, 2009, 08:25:46 PM »

Man assuming you already know him, this guy is insane. Fucking quality all over this mixtape. If this is a mixtape I can't imagine what the retail album is going to sound like. Dude's got a crazy flow and some pretty decent rhymes! Well the mixtape is free so be sure to check it out. I included some youtube samples..

[youtube=560,345]HYs5QkAbEUQ[/youtube][youtube=560,345]H9FSRT7V7hg[/youtube][youtube=560,345]giOn1xTUC7w[/youtube]

Download here : http://www.zshare.net/download/61387621768d47a2/

Shit is hot.. download it asap if you are a true hiphop fan

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #1 on:** June 22, 2009, 11:11:38 PM »

Its pretty good, I just listened to it while I was at the gym. There's some obscure references though. Ron Mercer? lol

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #2 on:** June 23, 2009, 02:39:01 AM »

I'm listening to this right now as well, it's pretty hot. I think I enjoy Wale just because he was the first rapper I ever truly listened to and got into (I'm pretty new to rap.). Wale's new mixtape is hot too.

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #3 on:** June 23, 2009, 03:10:38 AM »

Yeah this guy is the future, just needs to stop talking about women all the time.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #4 on:** June 23, 2009, 03:43:46 AM »

I remember hearing Jay-Z signed him and thinking "ah, another rapper's career cut short", then never listening to him. But fuck man, I heard that Dead Presidents remix earlier today and was very impressed.

I downloaded this, plus Wale's mixtape. The guest list on Wale's is pretty awesome btw

Beezy · « **Reply #5 on:** June 23, 2009, 04:20:02 AM »

Link to Wale's mixtape plz? Or just tell me the name of it.

Also, anyone know when the Clipse new album suppose to come out? I'm loving their new single:

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhsdo4cz87O2nxHf6l

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #6 on:** June 23, 2009, 04:28:37 AM »

http://nahright.com/news/2009/06/19/lrg-presents-wale-9th-wonder-back-to-the-feature-mixtape/#more-51204

Clipse get fucked over so much who knows when their album will get released

Beezy · « **Reply #7 on:** June 23, 2009, 04:33:35 AM »

Smh, so true about the Clipse. thx

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #8 on:** June 23, 2009, 03:05:30 PM »

Yea....this dude is sweet. Half way done. He can rap, avoids mind numbingly bad choruses (for the most part), some nice lines, etc

Flow wise he reminds me of Jay.

ch1nchilla · « **Reply #9 on:** June 23, 2009, 11:20:58 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on June 23, 2009, 04:28:37 AM

http://nahright.com/news/2009/06/19/lrg-presents-wale-9th-wonder-back-to-the-feature-mixtape/#more-51204

Clipse get fucked over so much who knows when their album will get released

September. They're in complete control of this new album thanks to the huge stack of money Columbia Records gave them. So if it doesn't release in September, it's their own damn fault. The Kinda Like A Big Deal video is out, and it's kind cool IMO, and the I'm Good (just a terrible single rap-wise, but I like the beat) video just wrapped. I hope they do well this time, but they're in control this time, I think.

Checking out this Wale now...

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #10 on:** June 23, 2009, 11:26:01 PM »

I thought the I'm Good beat was meh. Pitchfork kinda summed it up imo

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No, this is a 2009-era Pharrell production, and hoo boy, the difference is crystal clear. Garish cocktail-jazz keyboards, weak snares, and Pharrell's endless, irritating squeaking-- "I'm Good" is the same atrocious beat he's been peddling since "Allure". He might go down in history as the first major rap producer to be completely undone by the discovery of Mel Bay's Jazz Piano Chords. If your first thought upon hearing Snoop Dogg's "Sexual Eruption" was, "Man, I bet Clipse would just kill this," then you're in luck.

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #11 on:** June 23, 2009, 11:42:25 PM »

Wow Wale is woeful.

ch1nchilla · « **Reply #12 on:** June 24, 2009, 12:02:47 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on June 23, 2009, 11:26:01 PM

I thought the I'm Good beat was meh. Pitchfork kinda summed it up imo

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No, this is a 2009-era Pharrell production, and hoo boy, the difference is crystal clear. Garish cocktail-jazz keyboards, weak snares, and Pharrell's endless, irritating squeaking-- "I'm Good" is the same atrocious beat he's been peddling since "Allure". He might go down in history as the first major rap producer to be completely undone by the discovery of Mel Bay's Jazz Piano Chords. If your first thought upon hearing Snoop Dogg's "Sexual Eruption" was, "Man, I bet Clipse would just kill this," then you're in luck.

The raps are worse than the beat, IMO. I miss the experimental HHNF beats :\. The problem is CHAD "SHIT-ASS" HUGO, fucking with the formula. HHNF was Pharrell-only. At least the video will be ball-tastic.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:36:09 AM »

Hmmm so I should listen to a 50 Cent album for the first time since high school? If it's bad I'm holding you responsible Greenman!

BISD...dunno. Hasn't it been scrapped and re-done multiple times? He's slowly becoming Dr Dre, ie so afraid new music won't be accepted that he refuses to put it out until its "perfect" - something that will never be achieved. He dominated during a time when people were buying albums, and now that people aren't buying them he's struggling while Lil Wayne shines. That clearly pisses him off beyond measure lol

note: I don't like 50

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #14 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:59:28 AM »

omg the youf of today smh

MMaRsu · « **Reply #15 on:** June 26, 2009, 05:15:41 AM »

I don't think 50 could make a new album with all AAA quality.

I really really doubt it. Power of the dollar was his only great album.

pollo · « **Reply #16 on:** June 26, 2009, 12:29:44 PM »

JCole..yawn

More new Clipse please.

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #17 on:** June 26, 2009, 12:44:03 PM »

love the Warm Up, not a bad track on the whole album

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #18 on:** June 26, 2009, 05:36:52 PM »

Quote from: Fresh Prince on June 23, 2009, 11:42:25 PM

Wow Wale is woeful.

pshhh, get out of here

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #19 on:** June 26, 2009, 06:02:52 PM »

The Warm Up>>>Back to the Future

By far. I've never been a huge 9th Wonder fan - he's got so much uninspired, lazy production, he rarely switches his drums up, etc. But there's no denying that he's made many killer beats. Overall on this mixtape his work is lackluster, like b-side quality at best.

The actual songs aren't much better for the most part. It's alright, but pretty damn disappointing.

I wonder what his album will sound like. Most artists in different genres will put out an EP or something before an album. Rap artists spend so much time unleashing tons of mixtape material that they are often burnt out by the time it comes to make an album. IE you release some popular, critically acclaimed mixtapes, get recognition, then get a record deal, get your advance money, and slowly begin losing the passion/drive.

ch1nchilla · « **Reply #20 on:** June 27, 2009, 07:46:19 PM »

HOLY SHIT WHY DIDN'T I DISCOVER PACDIV EARLIER. SO GOOD.

Pacific Division

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Also, "I'm Good" is growing on me in a major way. Malice's video blog got me excited for the video, too.

pollo · « **Reply #21 on:** June 27, 2009, 08:02:39 PM »

PacDiv? smh at this Del wannabe.

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #22 on:** July 02, 2009, 07:37:57 PM »

None of these guys are even on the level of Will Smith smh

J Cole is still the best of the lot though.

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Author Topic: J.Cole : The Warmup mixtape.. Get in here Phoenix Dark! (Read 1042 times)