Author Topic: Hip Hop (Read 720661 times)

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #480 on:** October 26, 2010, 12:51:03 AM »

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I love this song so much. The live version they did on KEXP a couple years back is even better with all the Seattle area namedrops.

Himu · « **Reply #481 on:** October 26, 2010, 12:52:50 AM »

Okay, now that I've gone through three of the major new mainstream rappers everyone talks about time to see what the fuck this Y Society thing is.

Better be good.

I'm tired of mediocre hip hop. Kanye's album better be good.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #482 on:** October 26, 2010, 12:54:28 AM »

[youtube=560,345]Vvzx2AvZ-Gc[/youtube]

old school shit. Damu

Himu · « **Reply #483 on:** October 26, 2010, 12:57:25 AM »

what the fuck hip hop is that, pd? that shit is so underground ohhla doesn't have those fuckers even labeled

Himu · « **Reply #484 on:** October 26, 2010, 01:06:54 AM »

Fuck no. I don't listen to hip hop. Pick Beezy instead.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #485 on:** October 26, 2010, 01:08:30 AM »

The worse thing about the album is that Insight (the rapper) has a Kool G Rap-esque sloppy voice/delivery. But on most tracks he's easy to understand. Dude used to be homeless

Himu · « **Reply #486 on:** October 26, 2010, 01:10:08 AM »

Used to be homeless? Damn.

Himu · « **Reply #487 on:** October 26, 2010, 01:17:02 AM »

Oh right. I got things mixed up. Blackace suggested we make a hip hop podcast on gaf.

Beezy · « **Reply #488 on:** October 26, 2010, 01:17:40 AM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on October 26, 2010, 01:06:54 AM

Fuck no. I don't listen to hip hop. Pick Beezy instead.

I'm no writer and I suck at explaining shit to people. Games are the only things that I could probably write about if I really tried.

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #489 on:** October 26, 2010, 01:18:39 AM »

If J Cole doesn't pull through with his album, I'm through with this shit.

Himu · « **Reply #490 on:** October 26, 2010, 01:23:02 AM »

explain, fresh.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #491 on:** October 26, 2010, 01:27:17 AM »

[youtube=560,345]sWc4DG1s53g[/youtube]

Himu · « **Reply #492 on:** October 26, 2010, 01:32:36 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on October 26, 2010, 01:27:17 AM

[youtube=560,345]sWc4DG1s53g[/youtube]

..........

This guy knows my style.

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #493 on:** October 26, 2010, 01:43:05 AM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on October 26, 2010, 01:23:02 AM

explain, fresh.

I don't really listen to old school shit, there's club shit but that's not hip-hop to me. J Cole seems to me the next upcoming rapper that has talent and mainstream appeal. I really can't be bothered 'searching' anymore to prove that hip hop isn't dead.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #494 on:** October 26, 2010, 09:26:46 PM »

http://lupefiasco.com/theshowgoeson/

fuck record labels

Himu · « **Reply #495 on:** October 26, 2010, 09:57:39 PM »

What? I don't get it?

Himu · « **Reply #496 on:** October 26, 2010, 09:58:37 PM »

Quote from: Fresh Prince on October 26, 2010, 01:43:05 AM

Quote from: Stringer Bell on October 26, 2010, 01:23:02 AM
explain, fresh.
I don't really listen to old school shit, there's club shit but that's not hip-hop to me. J Cole seems to me the next upcoming rapper that has talent and mainstream appeal. I really can't be bothered 'searching' anymore to prove that hip hop isn't dead.

you've given up on hip hop as well?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #497 on:** October 26, 2010, 09:59:08 PM »

Atlantic (BoB's label btw) has been dicking Lupe around all year for a catchy single, refusing to release his album until he delivers one. Few weeks ago they came to an agreement to release it next year. That track is the first single. Sounds horrible

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #498 on:** October 26, 2010, 10:18:20 PM »

Meh, you sign with a major label you get that sort of shit. Unless you're Kanye and do Kanye numbers, then everybody worships the ground you walk on so you can fufill your 'artistic integrity'.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #499 on:** October 26, 2010, 10:24:36 PM »

Yea I understand that, but releasing a cookie cutter pop rap song shouldn't be required to be able to release your album. Lupe's last album was very successful, and while it had a poppy single at least it wasn't pathetic/forced. Take a page from Eminem and do some inspirational "you can dooo it" single jeez. And typical his singles are good

[youtube=560,345]0GQjYPWDcmg[/youtube]

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #500 on:** October 26, 2010, 10:28:06 PM »

Who knows? Maybe Lupe put out that shitty single to prove a point.

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #501 on:** November 06, 2010, 11:46:36 PM »

http://kanyewest.com/2010/11/looking-for-trouble/

J Cole is going to save Hip-Hop :'(

Also Big Sean sounds like the love child of Nicki Minaj and Drake

Beezy · « **Reply #502 on:** November 06, 2010, 11:54:21 PM »

Cole World indeed

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #503 on:** November 07, 2010, 12:04:52 AM »

Drake is cool I find his lines funny, I have only heard Day and Night (ironic) from Kudi and from what I hear on the radio BoB is really poppy.

Cole's verse isn't brilliant lyrically (compared to his other stuff- I think he dumbed himself down) but you can tell he wants it.

Beezy · « **Reply #504 on:** November 07, 2010, 12:08:06 AM »

Wrath, Weezy got out on Thursday.

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #505 on:** November 07, 2010, 12:09:32 AM »

A fatwa on weezy!

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #506 on:** November 07, 2010, 12:36:43 AM »

J Cole murdered everyone on that track

Eric P · « **Reply #507 on:** November 07, 2010, 08:42:25 AM »

Odd Future is playing NYC on Monday.

My prediction is that the show will be like 90% gawking hipsters

update! it was 90% industry folks and bloggers.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #508 on:** November 12, 2010, 09:15:42 PM »

dl: http://nahright.com/news/2010/11/12/j-cole-friday-night-lights-mixtape/

changing my avatar in honor of the young god

Robo · « **Reply #509 on:** November 13, 2010, 04:41:04 PM »

that shit is really good

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #510 on:** November 13, 2010, 04:58:04 PM »

It's amazing, I can't believe how good it is. Dude is not only a great rapper but a very nice producer. Lots of diversity, doesn't rely on soul loops.

What an amazing weekend for hip hop

-Kanye's album is amazing
-J Cole's mixtape is so nice it could be an album
-Jay Electronica signs with Roc Nation

Robo · « **Reply #511 on:** November 13, 2010, 05:53:09 PM »

http://www.sendspace.com/file/zf8r7n

Robo · « **Reply #512 on:** November 13, 2010, 06:00:39 PM »

Check PMs.

drew · « **Reply #513 on:** November 14, 2010, 09:34:09 PM »

did i start you on j cole pd?

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #514 on:** November 14, 2010, 09:37:58 PM »

I think PD's been listening to him since The Warm Up

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #515 on:** November 14, 2010, 09:44:41 PM »

I checked him out a bit before then, when I heard he had been signed to Roc Nation. Didn't know you were into him tho, drew

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #516 on:** November 14, 2010, 10:05:29 PM »

If J Cole doesn't sell he's going to falter on Roc. Bitches and white people please buy his shit.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #517 on:** November 14, 2010, 10:22:39 PM »

dude has released so many quality mixtapes, I have no more excuses: I'm buying my first album since like 2007 lol. And Jay Electronica's whenever it drops

I'm gonna buy Kanye's too

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #518 on:** November 14, 2010, 10:27:43 PM »

I am so hyped, in total Stan mode now :'(

Raban · « **Reply #519 on:** November 15, 2010, 01:02:47 AM »

Quote from: Fresh Prince on November 14, 2010, 10:05:29 PM

If J Cole doesn't sell he's going to falter on Roc. Bitches and white people please buy his shit.

After torrenting it and giving it a solid listen, I'm gonna go out and buy J. Cole's new album. Shit is hot as fire.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #520 on:** November 15, 2010, 11:42:33 PM »

First single from Detox
http://youraudiofix.com/2010/11/15/exclusive-dr-dre-feat-snoop-dogg-akon-kush/

lols

Bacchus7 · « **Reply #521 on:** November 16, 2010, 12:33:22 AM »

It goes kinda hard, I like it. Nate's in there too.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #522 on:** November 16, 2010, 09:18:29 AM »

Threw that mixtape on shuffle last night to check it out and this verse from Before I'm Gone had me all

Quote

The more distinguished black fellows sayin’
Cole the wrong one bringin’ the city shine
All he ever doin’ is paintin’ pictures of crime
Tellin’ stories of pain, paintin’ pictures of dope
Bitch if you listen I’m paintin’ pictures of hope
That boy in class embarrassed because he broke
Hopin’ today he won’t be the butt of somebody’s jokes
See me; I lived it all from dirt-poori in a trailer
Worried about my mother and never trustin’ my neighbors
To middle-class with a backyard and my own room
To bein’ the only black kid in my homeroom
academically gifted and followed my own rules
Was runnin’ the streets hey ma I’ll be home soon
Was out chasin’ ho’s, was out hoopin’
Them distinguished black fellows wasn’t ballin’ but yet they was foul shootin’
So meet the newest role model who don’t know how to fake this shit
Never sold a rock and look I made it bitch

I slept on J. Cole big time

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #523 on:** November 16, 2010, 08:21:29 PM »

k so I gave it a full listen through.

I really can't stand all the wannabe R&B crooning, and some of these hooks are terrible. I probably just had too high of expectations after reading some of the impressions. Still like it

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #524 on:** November 16, 2010, 11:12:23 PM »

Yeah his shit seems to get more progressively pop. I just hope his album sells. He's a smart dude maybe he will put out an album for women and teeny boppers and keep his mixtapes for his stans.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #525 on:** November 16, 2010, 11:51:51 PM »

There are only a few poppy or for the ladies tracks; I'm fine with that given he's got a large female following as well. Stuff like Higher is pop as hell, but it's dope in a 90s hip hop single way. The song with Drake grew on me, but it's still not great.

imo though the songs range from good to amazing for the most part. His sing rhyming/scat rapping fits perfectly on tracks and reminds me of when Snoop used to do the same thing.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #526 on:** November 17, 2010, 12:54:33 AM »

also
http://forums.projectcovo.com/showthread.php?t=3177141

BeyondSaving · « **Reply #527 on:** November 17, 2010, 12:58:21 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on November 13, 2010, 04:58:04 PM

It's amazing, I can't believe how good it is. Dude is not only a great rapper but a very nice producer. Lots of diversity, doesn't rely on soul loops.

What an amazing weekend for hip hop

-Kanye's album is amazing
-J Cole's mixtape is so nice it could be an album
-Jay Electronica signs with Roc Nation

How do you rank Kanye's new album among his others?

I find CD and LR still to be much superior to his new album

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #528 on:** November 17, 2010, 01:23:43 AM »

imo

CD>LR>MBDTF>>>Graduation

The album is weird in the sense that it has such a poppy vibe yet Kanye rips nearly every song with a vicious flow/some good punchlines. Definitely a step forward in terms of his rapping, but lyrically it lacks the variety and introspection of his first two albums. It's definitely an upgrade over Graduation though, which might as well have been a dope instrumental album given how weak the rhymes were.

Himu · « **Reply #529 on:** November 17, 2010, 01:31:52 AM »

I will dl Dark Fantasy.

I'm expecting it to go to like this though:

808s = CD > LR > DF >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Graduation

I listened to LR and CD for the first time in a while this past weekend and....CD beat it. I used to think LR was better, and I still do in some ways (the production mostly), but in terms of content and general structure, CD wins.

Raban · « **Reply #530 on:** November 17, 2010, 10:31:23 AM »

The College Dropout

~~imo it's the last decade's Illmatic.~~ Ehh, nvm. It's a fucking great album though.

lordmaji · « **Reply #531 on:** November 17, 2010, 02:22:00 PM »

Damn, Royce is bad as fuck.

damn... just thought I'd throw that in there.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #532 on:** November 17, 2010, 05:32:16 PM »

Real interesting comments from J Cole

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“When The Warm Up dropped, I watched that grow legs and work for me for a year straight. I saw it reaching people every day. With this, what’s really overwhelming—in a good way—is the amount of people. It’s all positive feedback, but the amount of people who hit me on Twitter or sent a text or quote lines on Twitter has been overwhelming. I seen people who I knew from college make comments like, ‘Wow, everybody on my timeline is quoting J. Cole.’ It’s a really cool feeling knowing that I reached a group of people I wasn’t reaching before. Hopefully, more people will see the type of music I’m trying to bring to the people.

“This mixtape was a part of my plan. I told everybody I didn’t want to release an album that was really good that went under the radar. An album that no one was interested in and only my fans got it, so only 50,000 the first week. I’m not all about first-week numbers, but I don’t want to work this hard and then have it go over people’s heads. So the mixtape is the first step to getting on that next level, and getting on more people’s radar. I think it exceeded my expectations of that. That’s step one. The next step is a single and from there it’ll lead to the album. And then the label will be comfortable putting it out. I believe in a body of work, but I do need a smash hit single. If I want to be in the game and do arenas one day, you need to have smash hit singles. But it’s possible to have smash hit singles, still be who you are, and put out classic albums.”

http://www.complex.com/blogs/2010/11/17/j-cole-talks-about-his-g-o-o-d-friday-verse-jay-electronica-friday-night-lights/

The mixtape has created more buzz than most big singles do. It shut down nearly every popular hip hop blog, and the word of mouth is amazing. Sure you need a big single, I recognize and accept that in 2010. I have more faith in Cole than most artists; I can honestly say I'm not worried about his album being half R&B, half fail singles, one hit record, etc. I hope he finds a couple songs catchy enough to satisfy the suits so we can hear his album.

On a side note, will Roc Nation expect the same from Jay Electronica? He's not the type to even try to make hit records - dude makes straight up hip hop. What are the label's expectations for him? I can't imagine he would have signed if he wasn't guaranteed a large level of freedom.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #533 on:** November 18, 2010, 02:51:50 PM »

[youtube=560,345]q-mAMH5S6VA[/youtube]

Shad

Raban · « **Reply #534 on:** November 18, 2010, 02:57:05 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on November 17, 2010, 05:32:16 PM

snip

I'm really excited for J. Cole. He's got a lot of talent and a good head on his shoulders in terms of knowing how to enter the mainstream. Hopefully it works out for him. Both The Warm Up and FNL have a good mix to please just about every kind of hip hop fan. I'm curious as to whether or not he's going to keep doing that or focus on a single sub-genre.

Bacchus7 · « **Reply #535 on:** November 18, 2010, 04:52:53 PM »

Himu · « **Reply #536 on:** November 18, 2010, 04:54:56 PM »

Talib has a new album coming out. Listened to the preview at pitchfork. Sounds okay. He still can't rap but his lyrics alright. He still likes to rhyme too much though.

Beezy · « **Reply #537 on:** November 23, 2010, 06:28:28 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on November 13, 2010, 04:58:04 PM

-Kanye's album is amazing

surprised to hear this from you

Beezy · « **Reply #538 on:** December 01, 2010, 06:13:42 PM »

http://thehomeskool.bandcamp.com/

Listen to this.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #539 on:** December 04, 2010, 03:24:42 AM »

"Ether Day Celebration/Anniversary"

sohh's front page is dominated by Ether threads

http://forums.projectcovo.com/showthread.php?t=2414401

[youtube=560,345]y169BY1J8EE[/youtube]

I like Peter Rosenberg but I wanted to throw up hearing him interview Jay a few weeks ago. Dude was rewriting history and claiming Takeover>Ether. If you want to argue Takeover is a better "song" fine. But Ether is the better diss track hands down.

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