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    the fucking Cam - Come Home With Me plaque is at 10k for fuck sake

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    Times must be hard. He is selling an aaliyah plaque. He was fucking her when she went down in her plane crash.

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    New Chance last night on Colbert. It's a bit sleepy until the last verse.


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    This softly spoken God is nice rap is very bad imo. Chance has talent but if that's the route he's going down permanently I really cba.

    The Rapsody album is quite good on first listen.

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    It would appear the WestsideDOOM "project" is only two songs long.

    http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/09/w...rilla-monsoon/



    Also, DOOM has inexplicably just axed that "Missing Notebook" series (which was just old, leftover stuff as far as I could tell anyway) that he was doing with Adult Swim mid-way through too. He's such a fucking chancer. Part of me wishes he would just fuck off and officially retire now.

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    Anyone listening to Dissect? It's a podcast series of deep dives into great hip hop album. Series 1 was To Pimp A Butterfly and Series 2 is My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It's pretty great - definitely recommend giving the Kanye stuff a listen. The first three episodes are a broad overview of Kanye's life and music up to releasing MBDTF. The host really knows his stuff, and every track gets it's own 30-40 minute episode!

    Haven't listened to Series 1, but my brother says it's great too.

    https://dissectpodcast.com

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex View Post
    It would appear the WestsideDOOM "project" is only two songs long.

    http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/09/w...rilla-monsoon/



    Also, DOOM has inexplicably just axed that "Missing Notebook" series (which was just old, leftover stuff as far as I could tell anyway) that he was doing with Adult Swim mid-way through too. He's such a fucking chancer. Part of me wishes he would just fuck off and officially retire now.
    MF Grimm is now the best MF.

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    I fucking love Discover Weekly, the amount of random bangers it throws up is incredible.


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    Future x Young Thug project out.

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    The new Conway mixtape, "More Steroids", is great.

    http://www.datpiff.com/Conway-More-S...pe.866938.html

    I really like this guy. The whole Griselda camp are pretty good but he's easily my favourite. They've managed to not be ruined by that Shady Records deal yet either. Hopefully they can keep that up.

    Maybe it's my age starting to show through but I've missed this kind of tough-guy, East Coast rap. It really hits the spot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex View Post
    The new Conway mixtape, "More Steroids", is great.

    http://www.datpiff.com/Conway-More-S...pe.866938.html

    I really like this guy. The whole Griselda camp are pretty good but he's easily my favourite. They've managed to not be ruined by that Shady Records deal yet either. Hopefully they can keep that up.

    Maybe it's my age starting to show through but I've missed this kind of tough-guy, East Coast rap. It really hits the spot.
    I've been listening to a lot of Torae for the same reason.

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    How are people feeling the new Wu-Tang? It was better than I expected. Meth and Red massively stood out, though, so I really want another Blackout!

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    I quite like it on first impressions, and those guys do stand out, but I can understand some review calling it a 'bargain bin Wu joint'. To put it more kindly it's quite a nice homage to classic Wu.

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    There's some awful lines on this but it hits me every time


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    Quote Originally Posted by Reg View Post
    I quite like it on first impressions, and those guys do stand out, but I can understand some review calling it a 'bargain bin Wu joint'. To put it more kindly it's quite a nice homage to classic Wu.
    There are a few tracks where the beats sound like lullaby rejects, and the overall production is lacking ideas and feels cheap. They should do whatever RZA did in that basement with the flooding to make Tical sound raw.

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    Are there any good, regularly-updated, current/upcoming hot hip-hop Spotify playlists?
    I'm a twit

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    'Doin Me' by Trinidad James popped up on my Discover Weekly and it's weirdly good.

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    So a long standing debate was in discussion with my team last night. Which song has the best opening lines/intro? I always refer back the songs below with Take It In Blood being my favourite. What is yours? Not from my list below, just your own personal favourites.

    Hit Em Up - 2 Pac

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    Eminem - Lose Yourself

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    Nas - Take It In Blood

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    NWA - Striaght Outta Compton

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    'Hoes talk about they wanna dance. Bitch, I don't dance. My dick don't event fit in the club.'

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    Meek is in the jail. What a shambles.

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    I'm a twit

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    Best opening lines is a good one. Wullie's choice is one of the first that springs to mind. Biggie and Chuck D are the two best emcees when it comes to delivering memorable opening lines, I would say. Early Nas was very good at it too.

    Public Enemy - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

    "I got a letter from the government the other day, I opened and read it, it said they were SUCKERS"

    LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out

    "Don't call it a comeback, I've been for years"

    Mobb Deep - Survival of the Fittest

    "There's a war going on outside, no man is safe from....."

    Main Source - Live at the Barbeque (or Nas - The Genesis, if you prefer)

    "Streets disciple, my raps are trifle, I shoot slugs from my brain just like a rifle!"

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    If we're going for actual opening lines, rather than opening voice-over skit then it has to be Deck on Triumph.

    I bomb atomically
    Socrates' philosophies and hypotheses
    Can't define how I be droppin' these mockeries


    In fact, whether we're going for lines or voice overs, it still has to be Triumph.

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    There's a new Killa Cam tape out!

    http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes...e-program.html

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    Richard Flair Drip is on constant repeat right now.

    Metro and Offset dominating.

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    https://vimeo.com/14961446

    7 years since MBDTF.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bernanke View Post
    https://vimeo.com/14961446

    7 years since MBDTF.
    Plugging Dissect Podcast again. This guy is really doing MBDTF justice.

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    Seven years, shit. I'm not sure I've heard anything since where I've instantly thought "this is a classic". It's a landmark record, for sure. I actually re-bought it on vinyl just a couple of weeks ago. They had made it into some completely unnecessary, three-vinyl set, but still, it was nice to revisit it

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    On Opening lines, if we're talking the actual rapping, I'll nominate Lost Ones from Lauryn Hill.

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    Cyhi album is pretty good. Nu Africa is a banger.

    Also, winter and Pusha T go together so well. Walking in the dark to Nosetalgia.

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    When I was ten, back when nine ounces had got you ten
    And nine times out of ten, niggas don't pay attention
    And when there's tension in the air, nines come with extensions



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    Disapointed with this jadakiss and fab collaboration. Its got a few hits on it. The intro and Nightmares aint as bad being the standouts after one listen.

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    Rapsody album very good. Power is such a banger. #UnexpectedKendrick

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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel View Post
    Disapointed with this jadakiss and fab collaboration. Its got a few hits on it. The intro and Nightmares aint as bad being the standouts after one listen.
    What did you expect from two washed up punchline rappers who have barely been relevant since the early 00s? Don't get me wrong, I still listen to Fab every now and then, but even in his prime he was never the kind of artist who could hold your attention throughout an entire album.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsd View Post
    What did you expect from two washed up punchline rappers who have barely been relevant since the early 00s? Don't get me wrong, I still listen to Fab every now and then, but even in his prime he was never the kind of artist who could hold your attention throughout an entire album.

    This, pretty much.

    Fab enjoys a status that he's never even come close to earning. He had potential in spades at one point, and the occasional genuine moment of greatness, but he's discography is crushingly disappointing. None of it has any real replay value.

    Jada is quite similar in my opinion. For all the "top 5 dead or alive" nonsense, again, his body of work is poor. The first couple of albums were OK, as was the Lox stuff, but it hasn't aged well at all.

    I'm just not sure why I'm suddenly meant to be excited at the prospect of them teaming up.

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    If anyone wants an album by an unknown artist then Arshad Goods' "Black Sunday" is pretty dope. Most the songs on the album have sub 1,000 plays on Spotify but it's worth a listen.

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    If somebody else knows about an artist then I'm not interested tbh.

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    I've noticed, in my general internet reading, that it's "list season" again, so what are people thinking for their favourites of 2017? I feel like I've not posted as much/enough this year, which wasn't intentional, I just don't think it's been a particularly great year for rap. Not bad, just one of my least favourites in recent years.

    I got a bit sidetracked from new stuff after buying the record player and spending a LOT of time re-aqquiring older stuff too. I still did get through my fair share of new stuff though, so in the spirit of posting more I've made an attempt at a top ten:

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    Rap Album One is Jonwayne's third album. I'd have to think and re-listen to a few before putting together a proper list, but it'd probably include a number of the same on yours - Armand Hammer, Billy Woods, Kendrick, Jonwayne, Roc Marci. I'd probably have to include Cunninlynguists too because I'm a huge CL stan.

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    I need to check out that Billy Woods bloke then. Appreciate your list, Alex. I won't be doing my own, though, as I don't think I could name ten hip hop albums I've listened to. Rapsody would be in my top 10, though. We'll surely have BROCKHAMPTON and RTJ albums this year, won't we? Real dip in quality considering we had Tribe and Danny put out some of their best work last year.

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    I only realised when doing this list that both Tribe and De la Soul albums were late last year and not this year.

    Starlito & Don Trip - Step Brothers Three
    SZA - Ctrl
    NxWorries - Yes Lawd!
    Kendrick - DAMN
    Joey Purp - iiiDrops
    Joey Bada$$ - All-Amerikkan Bada$$
    Oddisse - The Iceberg
    Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom
    Milo - Who Told You To Think??!!?!?!?!

    Quick look at my spotify only throws these albums up, so would agree it's a been a weak year, although I've not really listened to a few big albums yet. Doubt I'll be playing many of this year's albums in a few years time.

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    Kendrick album is probably my favourite of the year of any kind, but otherwise I've only really liked Vince Staples and Big Boi, which would round out my top 3.

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    Really liked both BROCKHAMPTON albums, Big K.R.I.T's 4eva is a Mighty Long Time and Open Mike Eagle's Brick Body Kids Still Daydream in addition to some of the obvious already mentioned ones like Kendrick and Tyler. A few ones I missed on your lists I will check out as well.

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    Forgot all about Open Mike Eagle. Wasn't 4:44 this year too?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsd View Post
    Forgot all about Open Mike Eagle. Wasn't 4:44 this year too?
    It was.

    What the fuck's the matter with me? That's easily top five. I was just playing it again last weekend too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsd View Post
    Rap Album One is Jonwayne's third album. I'd have to think and re-listen to a few before putting together a proper list, but it'd probably include a number of the same on yours - Armand Hammer, Billy Woods, Kendrick, Jonwayne, Roc Marci. I'd probably have to include Cunninlynguists too because I'm a huge CL stan.
    Yeah, fair play, you're right. I always forget about his instrumental stuff.

    The new CL kind of passed me for some reason. I played it a few times, but I just wasn't particularly taken with it. Which is odd, because I've historically been a big fan. I should maybe revisit that one. I think the rollout was a factor, like I'd heard about half of it in the EP's they put out, so I maybe didn't give it the proper attention it deserved.

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    I'll back up Jay and OME too. The latter is touring in March and has a Brighton date.

    Billy Woods is so good too. Great shout, Alex.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex View Post
    Yeah, fair play, you're right. I always forget about his instrumental stuff.

    The new CL kind of passed me for some reason. I played it a few times, but I just wasn't particularly taken with it. Which is odd, because I've historically been a big fan. I should maybe revisit that one. I think the rollout was a factor, like I'd heard about half of it in the EP's they put out, so I maybe didn't give it the proper attention it deserved.
    Yeah I did feel the same about the EPs, it didn't feel like we were getting a new album really. I do like the album a lot, there are some real vintage Kno beats on there, but I feel like it's their weakest effort to date. But they do have a ridiculously strong discography, so it's not bad by any means.

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    All I know is that XO TOUR Llif3 is song of the year.

    And if I wanted to be a bit more serious, Crew is song of the year.

    You don't hold rank.

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