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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On October 16 2013 13:18 [SuNdae] wrote: I wasn't really excited for new Eminem, but Rap God is sick. I'm hyped now. yeah it's weird. Rap God is good but Survival is on the album too and Berserk was merely average. I wrote off the album before but after Rap God came out I kinda have no clue how the album's gonna turn out. | ||
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MCDayC
United Kingdom14464 Posts
BET as an award show is the dumbest thing ever, but damn I enjoyed those cyphers. Rittz, Jon Conner, A$AP Twelve and Rocky, pretty much all of slaughterhouse bar Joe Budden, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and Kendrick all killed it imo. | ||
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GranDGranT
Sri Lanka2141 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
On October 16 2013 09:30 MCDayC wrote: Which point did he say that? Cause if he did that, he'd be a huge hypocrite after Recovery. Yeah the way he puts it in is pretty much like we know him to say it. He says then couple of lines later he is on about how he needs to take it back to the 90s where hip hop was straight up etc. He doesn't dig at himself but he is constantly talking about taking it back old school which is marshall matters style (album wise) than the new stuff. | ||
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JonGalt
Pootie too good!4331 Posts
I'm gonna ramble about my history of hip hop and I'd like to hear how you guys got into it as well. First album I ever bought was Big Willie Style. Will Smith introduced me to hip hop and I fucking love him for it. After that I just had a large array of music from many genres (except country cause fuck that noise) and didn't pay much attention to music for a while. Mostly what I heard on the radio plus a Tupac greatest hits and an nwa greatest hits. But since I've been in the Peace Corps, I listen to music much more frequently - and I quickly realized that hip hop is by far my favorite genre. each of these songs (and artists) made me want to really explore the genre more.
I guess these guys were my gateway rappers haha. My favorite artists (aside from the above, and in no particular order): Blue scholars, g-eazy, b.o.b., childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar, kanye, moufy, mac miller, macklemore, j Cole, kid cudi, breezy lovejoy, yelawolf. artists I really want to (and need to) listen to more: big krit, aceyalone, souls of mischief, nas, cunnilynguists, mos def, Jay-Z (older stuff), nwa, outkast (all members), and I'm sure I'm missing more. album wise, Culdesac by childish Gambino, gkmc, station.80, and now mmlp (hype hype) have been taking so much of my attention. I'm really surprised at the lack of kid cudi. I love all of his albums (although I want to listen to them more) and I thought indicud was on par with his other albums at the very least. Wax (who i linked above), aceyalone, and breezy lovely I didn't see mentioned but they're worth checkin out: + Show Spoiler [aceyalone] + + Show Spoiler [breezy lovejoy] + P.S. slim shady just came on and it reminded me of his performance at some award show. I never watch award shows but that was an all time favorite. | ||
Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
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Targe
United Kingdom14103 Posts
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Eufouria
United Kingdom4425 Posts
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ZapRoffo
United States5544 Posts
It's required listening, seriously. | ||
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SafeWord
United States522 Posts
And he killlllledddd it in this song. Also is it real german he rapped in? | ||
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JonGalt
Pootie too good!4331 Posts
They are definitely on my list, but I don't have any of their full albums  Next time I make it out of village I'm def gonna get those two + nas. | ||
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blomsterjohn
Norway466 Posts
I have no idea how to describe what I don't like with a lot of this new hip-hop stuff... to me everything seems to be made with some grand club-pumping too-cool electronica/dub/pop craze or something. The world needs a new Guru in my opinion | ||
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MCDayC
United Kingdom14464 Posts
That being said, I don't like a lot modern production that I don't like, I'm not a fan of the spacey, cold feeling of trendy trap production, but to say everything is "club-pumping" is just ignorant. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Just times are changing ;_; I wish we could go back to the days of Biggie Tupac and Nas in prime. Such awesome times | ||
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
For those who don't know who Benefit is: http://benefitofficial.com/ So Sick + Show Spoiler + My Story + Show Spoiler + Napster entry + Show Spoiler + Proceed with Caution + Show Spoiler + If I Owned a Midget + Show Spoiler + | ||
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Juliette
United States6003 Posts
Danny Brown album is pretty good. I like pusha's more but that's a little hard to compare since Danny Brown is way more conceptual. I don't think it's XXX level but as a follow up, it's pretty damn consistent. You want some shock rap? This is the closest you get to em level stuff in 2013 lol. | ||
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MCDayC
United Kingdom14464 Posts
On October 17 2013 21:03 Pandemona wrote: We will never get back to the glory days of the 90s and even early 00s with Hip Hop and Rap, it's all been tailored around selling now. Kanye being prime examples What. The 2nd half of his career (in terms of solo albums) is by far less commercial then his first half. EDIT: Also Biggie, Pac and Nas all have made music that is commercial and is made to sell. That doesn't mean its inherently bad music -_- | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
+ Show Spoiler [Giggs] + On October 17 2013 21:27 MCDayC wrote: What. The 2nd half of his career (in terms of solo albums) is by far less commercial then his first half. No way not with all the social media bollocks there is in the world now. Free advertising everywhere. Hell even with downloading everyone knows 2 weeks before the album is out if it is any good lol. They all do these huge publicity stunts and shit trying get the money in. Go on every big radio show around the world and all that crap. It's not just about producing good music, putting it out there and hearing response. It's about getting the music out when your hot and when its the "right time" Times have changed, Rap isn't just Rap now, its got to have something that more than just people who like Rap can relate too. It's the style of the music though, Biggie Tupac Nas always kept to the same style, whether the lyrics where actually as good as previous songs can be the only difference. I for one have never disliked a single Nas Tupac and Biggie song, they have all been based on the same style which is why they are the greats. | ||
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MCDayC
United Kingdom14464 Posts
On October 17 2013 21:29 Pandemona wrote: No way not with all the social media bollocks there is in the world now. Free advertising everywhere. Hell even with downloading everyone knows 2 weeks before the album is out if it is any good lol. They all do these huge publicity stunts and shit trying get the money in. Go on every big radio show around the world and all that crap. It's not just about producing good music, putting it out there and hearing response. It's about getting the music out when your hot and when its the "right time" Times have changed, Rap isn't just Rap now, its got to have something that more than just people who like Rap can relate too. Again, its really strange to pick Kanye out out of all people, his last album did basically none of the stuff your talking about. And its not like this never happened before, there was promo for rap music then moment people started buying it. | ||
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Juliette
United States6003 Posts
Funnily enough that comment is also super related to fashion (ale the only other thread I participate in on TL) Also yeah after Ye's trilogy its not like he made 808/mbdtf/wtt and especially Yeezus for anyone other than himself The entire point of yeezus was counter culture and anti consumerism lol | ||
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