Author Topic: Hip Hop (Read 730380 times)

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #900 on:** November 30, 2012, 10:14:43 PM »

Interesting developments. A GAFer created this pretty dope beat and gave it to Riff Raff (lol); he was even in the room as Riff Raff recorded the video

then this week, a British rapper sampled the track and it currently has 200k views

pretty cool.

Robo · « **Reply #901 on:** December 03, 2012, 12:48:14 AM »

The RiFF RaFF version was better.

Eric P · « **Reply #902 on:** December 03, 2012, 10:44:49 AM »

http://www.egotripland.com/dmx-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-video/

this is probably the best thing you'll see this week

Beezy · « **Reply #903 on:** December 03, 2012, 11:22:52 AM »

amazing

Beezy · « **Reply #904 on:** December 06, 2012, 09:51:07 AM »

Yo, I am in love with Big Boi's album after one listen. Never heard of Phantogram until now but I think they're amazing.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #905 on:** December 06, 2012, 09:03:51 PM »

ALI BOMBAYE

Beezy · « **Reply #906 on:** December 06, 2012, 09:32:12 PM »

#JesusPiece

Surprised the shit outta me.

Eric P · « **Reply #907 on:** December 07, 2012, 09:34:18 AM »

Get on Down announced their new prestige edition release. It's Nas's Illmatic and it sounds pretty great. Comes w/ a 48 Pages hardcover book. $20 for the vinyl, $35 for the CD. CD is gold plated (ha) and comes in a cherrywood box. Cray.

SPEAKING OF CRAY, New Meyhem Lauren is out and it's damn good stuff.

Eric P · « **Reply #908 on:** December 07, 2012, 01:01:13 PM »

i fucking loathe The Chronic, but this episode of Shots Fired was pretty good

http://passionweiss.com/2012/12/06/shots-fired-episode-7-the-dub-anniversary-of-the-chronic/

also, there is this

http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/11/making_of_the_chronic_dre_death_row.php

Eric P · « **Reply #909 on:** December 08, 2012, 06:53:54 PM »

Then there was the time Gabe Fucking Newell cosigned Meyhem Lauren. https://twitter.com/gabrielnewell/status/277532576992866305

Beezy · « **Reply #910 on:** December 08, 2012, 06:59:26 PM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #911 on:** December 08, 2012, 07:20:58 PM »

no way, is that the real Gabe? Only 4k followers makes me unsure

if real omg

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #912 on:** December 08, 2012, 11:50:23 PM »

was at a houseparty and the "DJ" (ie dude with his mac) was looping this nonstop

Everyone is talking about this dude now, jeez. I like the song well enough, but haven't bothered to check his mixtape

Eric P · « **Reply #913 on:** December 11, 2012, 04:47:03 PM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #914 on:** December 11, 2012, 10:06:26 PM »

fuck my city

I need to listen to Meyhem's new mixtape before making my hip hop aoty list

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #915 on:** December 11, 2012, 11:08:22 PM »

speaking of Price
http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/Video/how-sean-price-stole-christmas-021243294916824

Eric P · « **Reply #916 on:** December 12, 2012, 06:06:00 AM »

the marketing for the sean price album has been next level.

i was content with just the free tracks they put out but it really pushed me over the edge to make a purchase

i was a tool of the marketing department

in other news, my Nas package shipped from Get On Down. GET ON HYPE

Eric P · « **Reply #917 on:** December 14, 2012, 12:24:02 PM »

Eric P · « **Reply #918 on:** December 18, 2012, 03:24:01 PM »

how had i never heard this before?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #919 on:** December 18, 2012, 10:03:21 PM »

NYers: can you really ride horses around in the streets?

Beezy · « **Reply #920 on:** December 18, 2012, 10:15:48 PM »

I know the NYPD does in certain parts of Manhattan.

Eric P · « **Reply #921 on:** December 21, 2012, 09:17:55 AM »

saw this guy last night and he was quite good

Eric P · « **Reply #922 on:** December 21, 2012, 11:45:13 AM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #923 on:** December 22, 2012, 03:08:42 AM »

Bagir-Ba x Wati Heru - F.S.U.
https://soundcloud.com/bagirba/bagir-ba-x-wati-heru-f-s-u?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=mshare&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=http://soundcloud.com/bagirba/bagir-ba-x-wati-heru-f-s-u

I asked him when he's releasing anything and he said he'll drop an EP soon.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #924 on:** December 23, 2012, 12:16:51 AM »

Interscope Reportedly Cancels Chief Keef’s Tour

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There might not be so much love for Sosa after all. There is a rumor going around saying that Interscope has cancelled Chief Keef’s tour due to poor ticked sales. All the concerts on the eastcoast have defiantly been canceled, stay tuned for further updates.

http://atrilli.net/2012/12/interscope-reportedly-cancels-chief-keefs-tour/

This might be the peak of internet A&R disasters.

Eric P · « **Reply #925 on:** December 23, 2012, 12:30:47 AM »

I dunno, Love Soza is really well put together

I'm not a huge CK fan (I live in NYC so I have plenty of people operating in that sphere who are damn good) but I can't deny that song is well put together

I mean, it's basically the Gangnam Style of rap music with 21 MILLION views.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #926 on:** December 23, 2012, 12:31:08 AM »

I'm gonna be real, Love Sosa is probably my soty, ion give a fuck. That beat, the vibe...especially the album version with the intro...I love it.

but Keef is also responsible for arguably the worst song of the year

Eric P · « **Reply #927 on:** December 23, 2012, 12:31:40 AM »

King Louie is definitely better

Eric P · « **Reply #928 on:** December 23, 2012, 12:34:50 AM »

I don't think I posted this yet

Eric P · « **Reply #929 on:** December 23, 2012, 12:43:19 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on December 23, 2012, 12:31:08 AM

I'm gonna be real, Love Sosa is probably my soty, ion give a fuck. That beat, the vibe...especially the album version with the intro...I love it.

but Keef is also responsible for arguably the worst song of the year

#huahhuahhuah

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #930 on:** December 23, 2012, 12:56:55 AM »

I'll do my aoty list tomorrow. SOTY wise though it would probably look something like this (no order outside of the first four)

1. Love Sosa - Chief Keef
2. Darq E Freaker ft. Danny Brown - Blueberry (Pills & Cocaine)
3. Money, Clothes, Hoes - Freddie Gibbs
4. Hands On The Wheel - Schoolboy Q ft ASAP Rocky
Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe - Kendrick Lamar
New God Flow - Kanye West ft. Ghostface Killah, Pusha T, Big Sean
Don't Die - Killer Mike
Mr. MFN eXquire - Position of Passion
Reagan - Killer Mike
The Hard - Freddie Gibbs
Mercy - Kanye West
Hip Hop - DJ Khaled ft DJ Premier, Nas, Scarface
Cold Facts - Ka
Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst - Kendrick Lamar
Ali Bombaye - Game ft 2 Chainz, Rick Ross
Traumatized - Meek Mill
Go Get It - TI
Bye Baby - Nas
You Know Who You Are - Oddisee
Amsterdam - Rick Ross
Pistolier - Roc Marciano

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Bands A Make Her Dance - Juicy J

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First four are the songs that literally knocked me out of my seat this year. First time I heard the Danny Brown track I went crazy. Money Clothes Hoes...listen to that in a car while cruising around late at night, I swear that shit made me want to drive to NY and get Dipset on the track at gun point

The backpacker in me probably would hurl at half that stuff but I gotta be real. That's the shit that made the biggest impression on me

Eric P · « **Reply #931 on:** December 23, 2012, 01:17:39 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on December 23, 2012, 12:56:55 AM

Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe - Kendrick Lamar

MAAD City kills me

that's the track I listen to over and over and over from that album

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #932 on:** December 23, 2012, 01:21:09 AM »

Yea MAAD City...especially when the beat transitions to the Bird In The Hand sample...amazing track. I could probably put half the album on the list

and Eiht's verse fit perfectly

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #933 on:** December 24, 2012, 05:14:34 PM »

Whoa Capitol Steez (from Pro Era, Joey Badass' clique) killed himself today. He was 19. I got his mixtape earlier this year, shit was pretty dope.
http://nahright.com/news/2012/12/24/r-i-p-capital-steez-of-pro-era/

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #934 on:** December 27, 2012, 02:34:54 AM »

Can't wait to listen

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #935 on:** December 27, 2012, 02:55:20 AM »

No doubt. 2013, it's gonna be a hot year

Eric P · « **Reply #936 on:** December 27, 2012, 07:32:35 AM »

my gf saw action bronson last night and he gave a huge bag of weed away and one of his vaporizers and as the show was in a bowling alley, decided to go bowling and rap at the same time

shit sounds out of control

A$AP Ferg was there with the whole crew aside from Rocky, because his father just died.

Beezy · « **Reply #937 on:** December 27, 2012, 08:26:47 AM »

I wanted to go to that. Shit weather made me change my mind.

Eric P · « **Reply #938 on:** December 27, 2012, 09:16:14 AM »

he showed up wearing the hat from the cover to Rare Chandeliers

I'll link her photos when they go up

Eric P · « **Reply #939 on:** December 27, 2012, 09:45:10 AM »

shiiiiiiiiiiiit

Eric P · « **Reply #940 on:** December 27, 2012, 03:09:01 PM »

Alley Boy's "Know Bout" is great stuff

http://www.trillhd.com/video/1778/alley-boy-know-bout-official-video

Eric P · « **Reply #941 on:** December 27, 2012, 03:26:09 PM »

http://pitchfork.com/features/hall-of-game/9029-the-year-rap-broke/

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Gunplay didn't just kill "Cartoon & Cereal". He killed MMG's "Power Circle", rapping about seabass and santeria candles in a cipher of middlebrow yacht rappers who are still stuck on keys and hate and hard work and Jordans. (Kendrick was there too, and though he is not a middlebrow yacht rapper, he did get killed.) Gunplay killed "Bible on the Dash", pulling focus out of his lonely last stogie. He killed "Take This" and he killed his Bugatti's engine slowly by settling for 87 octane. He killed "Fuck Shit in My Life" and all the bottom feeders, snakes, and centipedes that lurked within. He killed Billy Ocean and wore his skin on Trina's "Beam". He killed everything else then he went fishing. He does not have a release date yet.

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The separatist college radio indie rap groupthink hold that poptimists fought so hard to end (via a thousand positive Mike Jones reviews in the mid-2000s) has officially reemerged. When Lil B and Odd Future retreated to the embrace of their insular fanbases they left the floodgates open for some seriously sketchball acts to become blog and Tumblr darlings. While it's nice to see Killer Mike finally get some recognition for being overtly political over El-P beats after years of being overtly political over beats that weren't produced by El-P, the rest of the rap that was uniquely propped up on indie PR machine/cool kid blog circuit this year was ephemeral, amateurish, or even outright depressing. I won't name names since you guys seem to love them. Or at least you love reblogging their photos on Tumblr and getting free drinks at their Heineken sponsored shows. Have fun, drive safely and just know that none of this stuff is notable or interesting or entertaining to anybody who was listening to rap music back before 2008.

guilty as charged.

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Bonus Beats: Twenty good-to-great rap projects that went mostly unnoticed outside of their immediate audiences and the few rogue bloggers who bother to champion stuff from outside of the hype machine circle jerk, presented without commentary: Aesop Rock's Skelethon; BLACKIE's Gen; Chance the Rapper's 10 Day; Dom Kennedy's Yellow Tape; Iamsu's Kilt; Ice Burgundy's Progress Involves Risk Unfortunately; Ka's Grief Pedigree; King Louie's Drilluminati; Lil Durk's I'm Still a Hitta; Mouse on tha Track's Millionaire Dreamzzz; Oddisee's People Hear What They See; Personal's The Wild; Rich Kidz's Everybody Eat Bread; Roc Marciano's Reloaded; Starlito's For My Foes; Shy Glizzy's Law; Tree's Sunday School; Ty$ & Joe Moses' Whoop!; Vince Staples' Shyne Coldchain; Young Thug's I Came From Nothing 2

the bold ones are all good shit. honeslty not familiar with most of these, so hopefully Spotify can fill in the blanks

Eric P · « **Reply #942 on:** December 27, 2012, 03:43:56 PM »

forgot to bold Skelethon. I always forget about him until he releases something, then I'll listen to it and go "oh yeah, this guy is dope as fuck"

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #943 on:** December 27, 2012, 10:41:15 PM »

Quote from: Eschaton on December 27, 2012, 02:29:27 PM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=505710

gonna listen in the next 10 minutes. Today's been such a bad day I need some good vibes lol

Eric P · « **Reply #944 on:** January 03, 2013, 09:30:31 AM »

did anyone else grab Tree's new mixtape?

http://www.mediafire.com/?82eud5b656qrx2b

I liked Trillin' which was released last year but this doesn't really do it for me though it does do a good job of rounding up people who I hadn't heard elsewhere giving a good overview of Chicago outside of King Louie and CK.

Eric P · « **Reply #945 on:** January 04, 2013, 10:56:45 AM »

I've given it a deeper listen and I actually really like the new Tree quite a bit.

Dat Chevy, Nobody and Chicago Nights are the stand outs to me for right now.

Picked up both of the new Milo EPs and they're fucking weird. It's like where backpacker rap went to die. It's strange and surreal and filled with references to wrestling and cartoos and philosophers. They're songs about nothing while being songs about everything which leads to being not very substantial sounding.

The best track is folk-metaphysics, 2nd ed.
http://hellfyreclub.bandcamp.com/track/folk-metaphysics-2nd-ed

Eric P · « **Reply #946 on:** January 06, 2013, 12:01:56 PM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #947 on:** January 06, 2013, 03:35:31 PM »

but are those sounds out of bounds

multi-syllic rhyming

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #948 on:** January 07, 2013, 02:48:20 PM »

Sounds like Azealia Banks' career just ended

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The rapper Azealia Banks’ social media meltdown last week — culminating in her calling the gay blogger Perez Hilton a “messy taco” — continues to suffer fallout. This morning brings rumors that Interscope Records has dropped the rapper. Banks has not apologized for her remarks. Indeed, she’s amplified them, noting: “A taco is not a homosexual male. A taco is any male who acts like a female. There’s a BIG difference.” A GLAAD spokesman this morning indicated that she has also ignored attempts from the advocacy firm to make amends for the homophobic slur.

“In this case, it was not a slip of the tongue but a very deliberate statement that she has defended,” said Rich Ferraro, GLAAD’s vice-president of communications. “There’s certainly a trickle-down effect for young people when a celebrity they follow defends the use of words like this. It enables them to use words like that on the playground.”

http://www.salon.com/2013/01/07/a_hip_hop_artists_career_unravels_for_talking_trash/

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #949 on:** January 07, 2013, 03:46:13 PM »

I don't think many rappers has evolved actually; plenty of big rappers still use the word, from Eminem to Lil Wayne, with no consequences. The issue with Banks is that the only men who listen to her music are gay; ok maybe a few straight guys are fans, I like a couple of her songs, etc...but the point is that her base is basically the some gay guys and straight women. Therefore she has basically pissed off half of her audience, if not more considering many straight female dance pop fans are pro-gay rights. Female pop artists get a lot of love from the gay community, and when someone disrespects that community they get shitted on (see: Fantasia).

There are some rappers who have bucked the stereotypical homophobia of the genre, such as Kanye West and ASAP Rocky; Drake comes to mind too.

Beezy · « **Reply #950 on:** January 07, 2013, 07:41:38 PM »

Quote from: Exodust SoulBurn on January 07, 2013, 03:32:44 PM

So I've been listening to Ab Soul's Control System a lot lately and i think its a huge sleeper hit, I think I might like it more than Habits and Contradictions or even good kidd m.A.A.d city.

All 3 are really really good imo.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #951 on:** January 07, 2013, 08:01:35 PM »

My hip hop awards list for 2012
http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46062836&postcount=120

I go back and forth with Ab Soul. Sometimes I listen to Control Systems and love it, other times I'm indifferent to it

Eric P · « **Reply #952 on:** January 09, 2013, 11:28:13 AM »

http://www.egotripland.com/ay-o-rapper-names/

my proudest moment

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #953 on:** January 13, 2013, 09:06:41 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 07, 2013, 03:46:13 PM

I don't think many rappers has evolved actually; plenty of big rappers still use the word, from Eminem to Lil Wayne, with no consequences. The issue with Banks is that the only men who listen to her music are gay; ok maybe a few straight guys are fans, I like a couple of her songs, etc...but the point is that her base is basically the some gay guys and straight women. Therefore she has basically pissed off half of her audience, if not more considering many straight female dance pop fans are pro-gay rights. Female pop artists get a lot of love from the gay community, and when someone disrespects that community they get shitted on (see: Fantasia).

There are some rappers who have bucked the stereotypical homophobia of the genre, such as Kanye West and ASAP Rocky; Drake comes to mind too.

A lot of these new hipster/twitter trend rappers have to walk on eggshells because their audience base is hypersensitive. Conversely, Eminem's core base is pissed off white teenagers in the midwest. One rapper can get away with a lot more things than the other.

Eric P · « **Reply #954 on:** January 15, 2013, 11:12:03 PM »

tonight i met DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill and DJ Premier at a tiny recording studio in NYC for Muggs's album release event.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #955 on:** January 15, 2013, 11:46:05 PM »

Wow so awesome; did you get to talk to them? And your previous post/link was dope too

Eric P · « **Reply #956 on:** January 16, 2013, 07:54:48 AM »

I did for a bit. I asked DJ Muggs about how he got Dizzee Rascal on his album because he's basically a gargantuan pop star in the UK and he told me that he (Muggs) and his brother do the Gumball Rally every year and last year he was with Bun B playing him some new music and Bun B said "I have to get this stuff to Dizee" Turns out Bun B and Dizzee are close friends. So it turns out that Muggs did 5 tracks with Rascal for Rascal's new album (which may or may not show up, Muggs didn't know) and in exchange, Dizzee did one for Muggs's album. Because I DJ I talked to him a bit about his DJ set up because he was using Serato Scratch and a controller but his controller was doing a million different things. My conversation with Primo was like 3 seconds. "omg hi. huge fan." "thanks."

http://www.imposemagazine.com/instagram/ for a few more photos until my set runs this week.

Eric P · « **Reply #957 on:** January 16, 2013, 08:13:56 AM »

oh, and it's the 20th anniversary of Jump Around so he showed of two mixes for that. one of which was full on dubstep the other was trap. I, uh, wasn't a fan of either. He also played a new Cyprus Hill song which was pretty good and he is also working on a full album with Action Bronson and Meyhem Lauren, so he played a snippet of that. It sounded dope. It will be both bass music and new york traditional dusty sample hip hop.

Eric P · « **Reply #958 on:** January 18, 2013, 02:22:57 PM »

http://www.imposemagazine.com/photos/dj-muggs-dj-session-live-at-the-log-cabin-at-manhattan-center

photos and write up from the Muggs thing.

Eric P · « **Reply #959 on:** January 19, 2013, 07:44:56 PM »

oh SHIT

http://www.bbkingblues.com/bio.php?id=2560

IN FLEX WE TRUST 10th Anniversary Show ft. DIPSET

full line up

tix are $40

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Author Topic: Hip Hop (Read 730380 times)