The Hip Hop Thread

[Max Power]

Back like cooked crack

Been listening to Slime Season pretty solidly past couple of days. Most of the tracks have been out in some form beforehand but still good to get them all properly mixed and in one place. Really have became a massive Thugger fan past 6-12 months.

What has everyone been listening to then?

[Reg]

It's not new, but the remix of Cozz's track 'Knock Tha Hustle' with J Cole is really good.

[Alex]

Back like cooked crack

Been listening to Slime Season pretty solidly past couple of days. Most of the tracks have been out in some form beforehand but still good to get them all properly mixed and in one place. Really have became a massive Thugger fan past 6-12 months.

What has everyone been listening to then?

:D

That's a blast from the past. Old Juelz Santana mixtape?

Anyway, glad we've lived on and made it to the new board. The movement moves on. :cool:

A few new ones recently:

Guilty Simpson - Detroits Son

More of the same from Guilty really. Solid release. Interesting production.

Travis Scott - Rodeo

I've always had kind of mixed feelings about this kid but I like this more than I thought I would. Bieber raps on one track on it and actually kind of goes in. :D

Scarface - Deeply Rooted

Not top level 'Face but still pretty solid. He's transitioned pretty well into the "grown up Hip Hop" category.

Jay Rock - 90059

Only just got this the other day so I've only listened to it once but it sounded pretty good. The Black Hippy posse cut is the stand out. A Black Hippy album really needs to happen before the moment passes.

I also agree with AD that the new Lupe mixtape is dope. I'm pretty much a believer at this point, which has surprised me. It's also made me want to go back and listen to Tetsuo and Youth again. That really is a top, top album.

[Bob Sacamano]

Jay Rock & Mac Miller albums are very good, as is the new Mayday album.

A Drake/Future project is dropping tonight, never really been a huge fan of either but think it'll be worth checking out.

[simon]

Who is Bob Sacamano?

Mac Miller's album is good after the first few spins. Not sure it's up there with WMWTSO but we'll see.

[Bob Sacamano]

I was 'lynskey' on The Dugout.

Looking forward to this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Documentary_2

:nod:

[simon]

Fair.

This year really has been amazing. So many people putting albums out.

[Bernanke]

K.Dot is apparently releasing something soon as well (probably just a track), and Rashad is dropping an album this year.

[nsd]

Rashad album :drool: can't wait. Cilvia Demo was so good.

[Alex]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jug2HZ3dkoc

Such a great tune. I love Ab-Souls verse.

"I'm more spiritual than lyrical
I'm similar to Eli......why?
'Cause I'm wearing black shades
And I'm headed West with the word of God"

The whole album has been on repeat.

[Max Power]

TDE really is the strongest label/group whatever of recent years - they haven't dropped a dud between them.

I'm not CRAZY about this Jay Rock album but still some great stuff on there

[Offshore Toon]

Oh shit I forgot Jay dropped his album. I'll need to hop to that soon.

[Offshore Toon]

I don't know about mad underrated. There just isn't that big a market for him, but he is good. His most recent album wasn't particularly great, but was still good and had some really good songs. Whatever that mixtape before was called was a lot better so I'd start with that.

[Offshore Toon]

I really hope it doesn't come out because it would force me to listen to more J Cole.

[Baz]

And losing his virginity. http://www.littlemonstersforum.co.uk/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif

[Alex]

Is Ab-Souls mad underrated? I've never really got round to listening to him that much.

What's his best work/album?

"Control System" is probably the one you want.

His last record "These Days" got kind of poorly received I think, but I still liked that quite a lot. It was just a bit un-focused. It was still probably my second or third favourite rap release from 2014. 2014 was one of the worst years in recent memory though, so I suppose that isn't saying a great deal.

He's kind of the "hippy" one in Black Hippy I always think. A bit more out there with the lyrics and the concepts.

[Bernanke]

Jay Rocks album gets a big yawn from me.

Rick Ross and Mac Millers albums have gotten some rotation for me recently. The latter is really, really good but goes on for too long.

[Multi]

Listening to What a Time to be Alive. It's good so far, but it's a cash grab that they threw together and you can tell it was made a bit quick. But it's dope.

Yet to get Jay Rocks album and Rodeo.

[nsd]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW986OIWhqQ

New Isaiah Rashad

[phonics]

Was hoping it was going to be a dedication to Saint Lunatics. Let down.

[Bob Sacamano]

The new Paul Wall album is very good.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umhdjWZOD98

:wank:

[phonics]

I really like MacMiller when he hasn't smoked about 8 blunts before jumping in the booth.

https://soundcloud.com/crownbearers/mac-miller-chase-n-cashe-speed-racer

[Baz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnPnQzAcr4g

[Offshore Toon]

Big Grams (Big Boi and Phantogram) is quality. Drum Machine. :cool:

[Multi]

Gonna go against the grain now and shit a lil bit on Kendrick Lamar. 80% of to pimp a butterfly is un-listenable to me. Just hope he doesn't go down the Mos Def route.

[Baz]

I hate his voice.

[Offshore Toon]

Kendrick is one of the few saving graces of the genre. So few artists are pushing things forward.

[Alex Ferguson]

Guilty Simpson - Detroits Son

More of the same from Guilty really. Solid release. Interesting production.

Really enjoyed this. Perfectly encapsulated that Detroit techno sound.

I've been way behind in my new hip hop album listening this year but Gangrene's You Disgust Me is one of my faves of the year. Oh No and Alchemist are untouchable.

[Bernanke]

80% of TPAB is unlistenable? That would make 3 songs listenable. smh multi.

[Alex]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ7rkIppxPM

Just Blaze is such a beast.

[Multi]

80% of TPAB is unlistenable? That would make 3 songs listenable. smh multi.

Basically. Which tracks are dope stand alone tracks?

King Kunta and The Blacker the Berry are the only amazing tracks to me. The rest is dull and too artistic for my taste. Maybe I'm just a simple minded fool but I don't like the sound at all.

[Multi]

My cup of tea.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK0zBcVJkSM

[Multi]

That top 50 album thing was pretty fun, but it's a bit moot to post there as a hiphop head. I'll check your guys lists out if you post them here anyways, pointless reading the others lists.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/Atasel/dac4480e9b8d29467aae9da5ac2c124f.png.jpeg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Atasel/media/dac4480e9b8d29467aae9da5ac2c124f.png.jpeg.html)

[Alex Ferguson]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ7rkIppxPM

Just Blaze is such a beast.

I've been loving these Rhythm Roulette videos since they first started. Georgia Anne Muldrow's was really good too.

[Alex]

I've been loving these Rhythm Roulette videos since they first started. Georgia Anne Muldrow's was really good too.

I haven't kept up to date with them in quite a while, I need to catch up. This "Sprite Corner" shit with all the drips in the background filming with their fucking camera phones (surely they realise the entire thing is being filmed professionally for Youtube?) is annoying me a bit though.

Georgia Anne Muldrow is really talented and, I always think, really overlooked as a producer (she's got a bit of a "female Madlib" thing going on IMO) so I'll definitely check that one out.

I can see they've got a Mannie Fresh one up as well, that could be interesting.

It's generally pretty hit and miss (some people have made some absolutely awful beats on it) but it's always interesting. The Erick Sermon one is the best one I can remember prior to Just Blaze. I've always found him a really interesting guy to watch work though. Incredibly underrated. He actually has a new one out but I haven't heard it yet.

[Alex]

Oh, and "Meow the Jewels" is a now a real thing that's been released. You can get it for free on their website.

http://www.runthejewels.net

In all honesty it's probably not going to really work is it? Looking at the lineup they've got to work on it it just makes me wish they'd done a legit remix album instead. It was all for a good cause though I suppose.

The cat usually goes mental when it hears other cats on TV and stuff, so I might play it in front of her and see what happens. :D

[Alex Ferguson]

I haven't kept up to date with them in quite a while, I need to catch up. This "Sprite Corner" shit with all the drips in the background filming with their fucking camera phones (surely they realise the entire thing is being filmed professionally for Youtube?) is annoying me a bit though.

Georgia Anne Muldrow is really talented and, I always think, really overlooked as a producer (she's got a bit of a "female Madlib" thing going on IMO) so I'll definitely check that one out.

I can see they've got a Mannie Fresh one up as well, that could be interesting.

It's generally pretty hit and miss (some people have made some absolutely awful beats on it) but it's always interesting. The Erick Sermon one is the best one I can remember prior to Just Blaze. I've always found him a really interesting guy to watch work though. Incredibly underrated. He actually has a new one out but I haven't heard it yet.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the setting. Having each producer go back to their own studio gave a glimpse into their own settings and how they make their own stuff.

Georgia's massively underrated as producer, along with her husband Dudley Perkins. I've always been a fan of that lo-fi/heavily compressed soul loop sound from Madlib and Stones Throw in general.

One of the videos really pissed me off because it was just a dude with his friends getting high and the track he did was terrible. My favourite is Black Milk's but then I'm biased as I'm a huge fan. One of the records he picked up (Herb Alpert's Magic Man) was so beaten up he had to put it in his cupboard and couldn't use it. He looked devastated. Ha!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC09Jh8lwNc

[Reg]

What did you guys think of The Meth Lab?

Just catching up on it, disappointing so far. Aside from the title track nothing's really grabbed me. Shame as Meth has been brilliant on other peoples' tracks the last however many years.

[Alex]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the setting. Having each producer go back to their own studio gave a glimpse into their own settings and how they make their own stuff.

Georgia's massively underrated as producer, along with her husband Dudley Perkins. I've always been a fan of that lo-fi/heavily compressed soul loop sound from Madlib and Stones Throw in general.

One of the videos really pissed me off because it was just a dude with his friends getting high and the track he did was terrible. My favourite is Black Milk's but then I'm biased as I'm a huge fan. One of the records he picked up (Herb Alpert's Magic Man) was so beaten up he had to put it in his cupboard and couldn't use it. He looked devastated. Ha!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC09Jh8lwNc

Yeah, it was better when they went back to the studio. I liked that little glimpse into their working environment as well.

I had no idea Georgia Ann Muldrow and Dudley Perkins were married! I thought they just worked together a lot.

The Black Milk episode is good. You know as soon as he saw Herb Alpert's name he was thinking about the Biggie "Hypnotize" sample that they got from him and hoping for something just as good, no wonder he looked pissed off.

[Bernanke]

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/09/flying_lotus_th_2.html

FlyLo, Shabazz Palaces, and Thundercat are dropping an album as supergroup WOKE. One track in the article, it's fire.

[Alex Ferguson]

I just read about this on Facebook. I am BEYOND excited.

[Alex Ferguson]

Thought I'd do a Top 50 Hip Hop Albums list.

http://i.imgur.com/OPAx3rI.jpg

[Alex]

Phat Kat, "Carte Blanche"! I was just listening to that record for the first time in ages the other week and thinking about how underrated it is. I always think it's one of (if not the) most slept on Detroit albums. Excellent line up of producers.

[Alex]

Shit, "In Search of Stoney Jackson" too. Very underrated in the Madlib catalogue. The amount of times I replayed this track when that album dropped:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dPKXqBR6J0

(:D @ the Arsenal image on the video, it was the only one I could find.)

Good list that, Alex.

[phonics]

Good list that, Alex.

The amount of scrolling I did after reading this before going, "Oh..."

[Alex Ferguson]

Cheers.

My favourite producers make up quite a lot of the list either with solo albums or work with other artists. I decided not to count FlyLo as a hip hop artist for the list as his work has transcended any kind of genre you could put on him.

[wullie]

If there was one for singles I'd find it a lot easier


http://i.imgur.com/deOIzGm.jpg

[simon]

Anderson .Paak's album/mixtape Venice is really good, if you haven't checked it out. Reminds me of Childish Gambino in a lot of ways.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUa2jeDRalI

[simon]

Also, Drum Machine, Offy. :cool:

[Mazuuurk]

Guys got any tips for a little newer hip hop that's more melodic, like older 2pac, Fugees and other 90's stuff? You know, maybe a bit of piano or violin or plinky plonky beats like that, and maybe a splash of teary eyes in there? Not really emo stuff, like Drake (though I love Drake), though.

Hard to explain what I mean, but stuff like this, for instance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPmNQmmMZ84



Also, why are ALL rappers these days not pronouncing the full words? It's like they never pronounce the last syllable or at least consonant in words.

[Mazuuurk]

Cheers AD. Out of those three, though, I only find the Roots one even remotely good. It's a little slow though.
The first one is fucking horrible for trying to fuck up a good Tiersen track as it is. Rappers should just learn to stick with sampling soul, funk, etc.

The second one has quite cringeworthy rhymes and I find the rapper a little bad.

The Roots are obviously quite solid, I'd say they are amongst the better of the currently active rappers.
Lighthouse is an immense track. But yeah, I can't listen to more than 1-2 tracks of The Roots without getting a bit bored either.

[Alex Ferguson]

Clickbait headline and a premise I thoroughly disagree with, as I'm sure most of you guys would too.

http://www.complex.com/music/2013/04/how-nas-illmatic-ruined-hip-hop

[Waffdon]

Thoughts on Jon Bellion?

[nsd]

Guys got any tips for a little newer hip hop that's more melodic, like older 2pac, Fugees and other 90's stuff? You know, maybe a bit of piano or violin or plinky plonky beats like that, and maybe a splash of teary eyes in there? Not really emo stuff, like Drake (though I love Drake), though.

Hard to explain what I mean, but stuff like this, for instance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPmNQmmMZ84



Also, why are ALL rappers these days not pronouncing the full words? It's like they never pronounce the last syllable or at least consonant in words.


https://youtu.be/jYjStS6yTEg

?

Also, what's the verdict on The Documentary 2?

[phonics]

Guys got any tips for a little newer hip hop that's more melodic, like older 2pac, Fugees and other 90's stuff? You know, maybe a bit of piano or violin or plinky plonky beats like that, and maybe a splash of teary eyes in there? Not really emo stuff, like Drake (though I love Drake), though.

Hard to explain what I mean, but stuff like this, for instance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPmNQmmMZ84



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8XTe0ec9Zo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GigIohlYqEI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUaqIoXGVV4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdQN5xTuFUM

[Mazuuurk]

https://youtu.be/jYjStS6yTEg

?

Also, what's the verdict on The Documentary 2?

Thanks, but nope, that's not really what I'm after either. It's got a nice funky beat, but it's a little too much elevator-rap to me.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8XTe0ec9Zo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GigIohlYqEI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUaqIoXGVV4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdQN5xTuFUM

Cheers but not that either. Last one has a decent beat, I think, but lacks and nice vocals for the chorus (someone like Jhene Aiko, that isn't too waily), and the rapper himself is quite annoyingly nasal and he does that infuriating thing where he pronounces "man" like "me[ng]" (etc) as if he was a mexican gangster from a 90's film.


All of these tracks are a little slow. Maybe I dind't explain what I'm after quite, it's really hard to articulate. You know Notorious Thugs by Biggie? It's like quite melodic, but it has some tempo and some sweet rhymes in it.

Basically I'm after people today who sort of stick a little to the sounds of the 90's. You know, like any track that had Nate Dogg on it or something like that. I do like some slower stuff, but it's a lot more difficult to pull it off, mainly only Drake can do it, but there are some gems, Little Brother, Jay Electronica have some decent (but not more) tracks.

This isn't half bad:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYJCT8EqbtU

[simon]

Joey Badass, Maz. Try him.

[Alex Ferguson]

Joey Badass, Maz. Try him.

Agreed. He's very much part of that "90s Golden Age" revival.

[Multi]

One for Maz, or all of you for that matter. Fire.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ocpfT_eTcI

[Mazuuurk]

Joey Badass, Maz. Try him.


Agreed. He's very much part of that "90s Golden Age" revival.

Oh yeah, we're getting closer, nice one lads. This guys has a pretty decent flow and voice as well. "On & On" is a nice track.
It's a real possibility that this dude may have a song that can make the cut into my holy Hip-Hop Playlist.


One for Maz, or all of you for that matter. Fire.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ocpfT_eTcI

Great beat and background sound, but I don't like the repetitive chorus and there's something off to me with his rapping.

[phonics]

Tinashe is so god damn hot which has always been awkward as I knew a bloke called Tinashe.

Anyway, new song with Chance The Rapper

http://www.audiomack.com/song/fashionably-early/all-my-friends-ft-chance-the-rapper

[Bob Sacamano]

New Mayday album is great.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CkXjM6QY9s

Though the Mursday album from last year is still getting a lot of play from me.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfIjpEh67RM

Just straight :dance:

[Mazuuurk]

Tinashe is so god damn hot which has always been awkward as I knew a bloke called Tinashe.

Anyway, new song with Chance The Rapper

http://www.audiomack.com/song/fashionably-early/all-my-friends-ft-chance-the-rapper


Tinashe has a real Aaliyah vibe going on.

[Baz]

Also, what's the verdict on The Documentary 2?Anyone listened to it?

Track List
1. Intro – Documentary 2 [Explicit]
2. On Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar) [Explicit]
3. Step Up (ft. Dej Loaf & Sha Sha) [Explicit]
4. Don’t Trip (feat. Ice Cube, Dr. Dre & will.i.am) [Explicit]
5. Standing On Ferraris (feat. Diddy) [Explicit]
6. Dollar and a Dream (feat. AB Soul) [Explicit]
7. Made In America (feat. Marcus Black) [Explicit]
8. Hashtag (feat. Jelly Roll) [Explicit]
9. Circles (feat. Q-Tip, Eric Bellinger & Sha Sha) [Explicit]
10. Uncle (Skit) [Explicit]
11. Dedicated (feat. Future & Sonyae) [Explicit]
12. Bitch You Ain’t Shit [Explicit]
13. Summertime (feat. Jelly Roll) [Explicit]
14. Mula (feat. Kanye West) [Explicit]
15. The Documentary 2 [Explicit]
16. New York, New York [Explicit]
17. 100 (feat. Drake) [Explicit]
18. Just Another Day [Explicit]
19. LA (feat. Snoop Dogg, will.i.am & Fergie) [Explicit]

Tracklist looks good on paper but ehh that means nothing these days. I heard Don't Trip on the radio today (A. Dot's taken over from Sarah-Jane Crawford and 1xtra is so much better for it) and it's reminded me the album's out so I've got it to listen to tomorrow. Rumour has it Game's off the prison soon too so hopefully it sells well, always liked that guy. Uncle Otis is still my favourite diss track of all time.

[simon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVYK_La-GlQ

Bangs.

[phonics]

New Chance


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCI2cK7AeEg

What I would do for a Chance album produced by College Dropout/Late Registration Kanye.

[Alex]

Did you like "Surf" phonics? I don't think we ever really talked about it in here. It didn't really grab me at all at first, but I've revisited it a lot as the year has gone on.

[Alex]

Also, new KRIT tape:

http://www.audiomack.com/album/2dbz/its-better-this-way?follow

[Alex Ferguson]

Revisited this today.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkIF14aN5yE

[phonics]

Did you like "Surf" phonics? I don't think we ever really talked about it in here. It didn't really grab me at all at first, but I've revisited it a lot as the year has gone on.

Was that the one with The Social Experiment? I liked it but it's very much a background album that I'll play on my iPod while walking somewhere rather than something I'll seek out to listen to.

[phonics]

This just came up on the radio and my word, still a tune.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQvteoFiMlg

[Bob Sacamano]

Guys got any tips for a little newer hip hop that's more melodic, like older 2pac, Fugees and other 90's stuff? You know, maybe a bit of piano or violin or plinky plonky beats like that, and maybe a splash of teary eyes in there? Not really emo stuff, like Drake (though I love Drake), though.

Hard to explain what I mean, but stuff like this, for instance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPmNQmmMZ84



Also, why are ALL rappers these days not pronouncing the full words? It's like they never pronounce the last syllable or at least consonant in words.

Hawk House are great, maybe not what what you're looking for.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRRb5Mqr3VE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhOkRfhmwCk

[igor_balis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNF4wXrz5rg

[CJay]

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/19/kanye-west-new-songs-soundcloud?CMP=twt_gu

Kanye's uploaded two tracks to Soundcloud. The first is Say You Will remixed and the second is Kanye singing over the track he produced for The Weekend.

I miss this time 5 years ago. Remember all that awesome free music Kanye released? :(

[Alex]

I just listened to the GOOD Fridays compilation about a week ago, for the first time in ages. He really did put some quality music out over the course of that. Imagine making something as brilliant as "Christian Dior Denim Flow" and not putting it on a proper album or anything.

[phonics]

656331583742455809

[Max Power]

Drake unashamedly stealing some of my tipsy dance moves for that Hotling Bling video. I'll take it as a compliment I suppose.

[phonics]

With Kendrick and now Drake, I feel a lot better about the level of my dancing.

[Baz]

http://www.leakedearly.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cover5.jpg

Has anyone listened to this album? Stoney Point by Demrick & DJ Hoppa. I listened to it on a whim and it's pretty awesome.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyRIi66rPTQ

[Alex]

Yeah, I like that. Nice drums. I'm trying to think where I've heard Demrick before but I'm struggling. Somewhere though.

[phonics]

My friend liked a preview of this guys track on FB putting it in my feed and actually he's pretty good


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO_v2sXm-f4

[Baz]

Yeah, I like that. Nice drums. I'm trying to think where I've heard Demrick before but I'm struggling. Somewhere though.I'd never heard of him. Reminds me of a less-corny Chiddy Bang.

Anyway, just seen this book:

http://i.imgur.com/gB2O4O0.png

The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song from Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rap-Year-Book-Important-Deconstructed/dp/1419718185/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1445677721&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Rap+Year+Book)

Exactly as it says on the tin really, but some interesting choices. Here's the full list:

1979 ‘Rapper’s Delight’ The Sugarhill Gang
1980 ‘The Breaks’ Kurtis Blow
1981 ‘Jazzy Sensation’ Afrika Bambaataa and the Jazzy Five
1982 ‘The Message’ Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
1983 ‘Sucker M.C.’s’ Run-DMC
1984 ‘Friends’ Whodini
1985 ‘La Di Da Di’ Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick
1986 ‘6 in the Mornin” Ice-T
1987 ‘Paid in Full’ Eric B. and Rakim
1988 ‘Straight Outta Compton’ N.W.A
1989 ‘Fight the Power’ Public Enemy
1990 ‘Bonita Applebum’ A Tribe Called Quest
1991 ‘Mind Playing Tricks on Me’ Geto Boys
1992 ‘Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang’ Dr. Dre, featuring Snoop Dogg
1993 ‘C.R.E.A.M.’ Wu-Tang Clan
1994 ‘Juicy’ The Notorious B.I.G.
1995 ‘Dear Mama’ Tupac
1996 ‘California Love’ Tupac, featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman
1997 ‘Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down’ Puff Daddy, featuring Mase
1998 ‘Ruff Ryders’ Anthem’ DMX
1999 ‘My Name Is’ Eminem
2000 ‘Big Pimpin” Jay Z, featuring UGK
2001 ‘Takeover’ vs. ‘Ether’ Jay Z vs. Nas
2002 ‘Grindin” The Clipse
2003 ‘In Da Club’ 50 Cent
2004 ‘Still Tippin” Mike Jones, featuring Slim Thug and Paul Wall
2005 ‘Gold Digger’ Kanye West, featuring Jamie Foxx
2006 ‘Hustlin” Rick Ross
2007 ‘International Players Anthem’ UGK, featuring Outkast
2008 ‘A Milli’ Lil Wayne
2009 ‘Best I Ever Had’ Drake
2010 ‘Monster’ Kanye West, featuring Rick Ross, Jay Z, Bon Iver, and Nicki Minaj
2011 ‘Niggas in Paris’ Jay Z and Kanye West
2012 ‘Same Love’ Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
2013 ‘Control’ Big Sean, featuring Kendrick Lamar and Jay Electronica
2014 ‘Lifestyle’ Rich Gang, featuring Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan

Might put it on my Christmas list.

[phonics]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSQxKZ-VEAAqwfY.jpg:large

:D

[Alex]

:D

Ferg never did strike me as the sharpest knife in the draw. But I did like his first album quite a bit, I will definitely check out the new one.

[Bob Sacamano]

Don't know how I missed this Murs & Mayday album last year, it's great.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfIjpEh67RM

:dance:

[Baz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czLQoG01PFs

Absolutely hammered this in the car today. :cool:

[phonics]

Skepta is awful and this wave of American Grime that'll come off the back of a Kanye co-sign is going to be atrocious.

[phonics]

I genuinely wonder when Khaled ends up in some sort of insane asylum.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEJLKNXv8fM

[Max Power]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23O2U41p6cY

So fucking good. I reckon he has a genuinely great album in him. Cocaine Pinata was good, but he has a proper gangsta rap classic in there.

[phonics]

Yeah I loved that and I'm not a particularly big Gibbs fan.

[phonics]

I doubt anyone outside of @Alex (http://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/member.php?u=18) will give a shit about this but

659852480247918592

[Max Power]

Really liking this Blu, M.E.D and Madlib album Bad Neighbour

[Multi]

Been listening to What A Time To Be Alive and Rodeo pretty much non-stop since they came out, really good stuff.

Tried to get into Documentary 2 but it wasn't doing much for me.

Now I got a new Jadakiss tape #T5DOA and all a bunch of Young Thug tapes (finally caved, never gave him a proper listen before).

I just noticed that every time I heard a Young Thug song recently I couldn't stop thinking "why does this trash sound so fucking good?" But it really does.
Best Friend and Power are two amazing songs, so let's see what gems are hidden in his mixtapes.

Also been listening to Dave East - Hate Me Now mixtape, solid stuff for the gym.

[Bernanke]

Gibbs is dropping an album this year, and he just dropped a single from it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23O2U41p6cY&feature=youtu.be

He never fails.

Goldlink is 3/3 as well.

https://soundcloud.com/goldlink/unique

[simon]

That was linked on the other page, but it probably deserves to be posted twice.

MONEY BE GREEN. :cool:

[Multi]

Very happy I got on the gangsta Gibbs wave, probably was put on him by people on here a while back.

[Amigo]

Slime Season 2. :drool:

[Bernanke]

Goldlink just released his album, feels like a top 5 this year. :drool:

[phonics]

This Anderson Paak is 1) the first thing I've heard from him 2) so, so good

https://soundcloud.com/andersonpaak/the-season-carry-me

[SincereTheRebel]

I wasnt aware of this but justin bieber has broken bread with the god with a song called 'We Are'

[Bernanke]

Can't believe I slept on this for so long. Best Wu-affiliated material in a while. This album goes:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/hiphopdx-production/2015/04/czarface-front.jpg

Also, gonna keep hyping Goldlink until one of you wankers realizes the greatness:

http://cdn4.pitchfork.com/news/61548/93a4cdd6.jpg

[CJay]

Link the best track from that Goldlink, please, Bern.

[Bernanke]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHkdbd-pLqI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxnFw4Kndas

[CJay]

Cheers, liking the second one. Sounds similar to some Pro Era stuff.

[simon]

I keep trying to get into that Goldlink album, but I'm just not really feeling it.

Pell's new album, however...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hs4Y-Nh7sM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scIE2br0_D4

[Alex Ferguson]

Bought a copy of Dillatronic on CD. Mostly old bootlegs I've been listening to for years but the "newer" tracks were solid, as I expected. He really was a genius.

[Baz]

Shout out J Dilla:harold:

[Bob Sacamano]

Not new but this is fucking :drool:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk2oYNHgz9Y

[Baz]

Who the heck is Bryson Tiller, and why is he suddenly MASSIV?

[Benny]

New Logic album is the tits.

[simon]

New Logic album is the tits.

I'm enjoying it. I only wish he'd put some vocals over that intro, as it could have been amazing.

[Benny]

I'm enjoying it. I only wish he'd put some vocals over that intro, as it could have been amazing.

I guess, just love his flow. Not sure if it's better than Under Pressure so far, but I do like the story running through it with the 'scenes'.

[Bernanke]

MBDTF is 5 years old today

http://i.imgur.com/5eG28RI.png

What's your favorite track?

[CJay]

:drool:

I'd say my favourite track changes with every listen. Based on play count it's Gorgeous, I think.

[Reg]

Deserves another :drool:

Mine is probably Dark Fantasy. But several others could take that spot, a truly brilliant album.

[nsd]

5 years, damn. Favourite tracks are probably Runaway/Blame Game/Gorgeous. Phenomenal album though.

How are we feeling about the new Gibbs?

[Bernanke]

5 years, damn. Favourite tracks are probably Runaway/Blame Game/Gorgeous. Phenomenal album though.

How are we feeling about the new Gibbs?

Slow burn. It didn't hit me like "damn" the first time, but it keeps getting better. There's a run of tracks from like Careless through Lately that are absolutely amazing.

[wullie]

Gorgeous or Runaway, with Hell Of A Life up there even if the lyrics are bollocks.

[Alex Ferguson]

Runaway for me. Never really liked the album overall but it had some great moments. I forgot it was released on my birthday.

In other news, Logic can freestyle and complete a Rubik's Cube at the same time: http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2015/11/watch-logic-solve-a-rubiks-cube-while-actually-freestyling/

[Reg]

I forgot it was released on my birthday.
Happy birthday man.

I've just put Gibbs' album on, after playing Deeper a lot the last few weeks.

[Max Power]

Runaway might be Kanye's best ever song.

[CJay]

On topic, liking the new Pusha track. Had no idea he was working on a new album:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBZ-qca_99o

[Alex Ferguson]

Happy birthday man.

I've just put Gibbs' album on, after playing Deeper a lot the last few weeks.

Cheers.

Got this today.

http://i.imgur.com/TV0te3Vl.jpg

[Baz]

This is always on the radio, and I really like it:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLsTskih7_I

[phonics]

Sounds like you'd like ILOVEMAKKONEN

[Bernanke]

https://soundcloud.com/wakaflockaflame/flockaveli

WAKA FLOCKA

https://media1.giphy.com/media/ijGS9TME6iN7W/giphy.gif

[wullie]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-wu-tang-clan-actually-found-someone-to-pay-millions-for-its-secret-album-20151124-story.html


Wu-Tang Clan’s ambitious, one-of-a-kind secret album “Once Upon A Time in Shaolin” — of which only a single copy was produced — has been sold to an American buyer for an undisclosed figure that was in the millions, private auction house Paddle8 announced on Tuesday.

What the

[Baz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkunkPQYabU

Absolute beast.

[Alex Ferguson]

This came on my iPod the other day.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbXoKzhUG9g

[Bob Sacamano]

Freddie Gibbs Careless :drool:

George Michael sample :drool:

[phonics]

That was a great album @Alex Ferguson (http://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/member.php?u=143)

So we're coming up to the end of the year, albums of the year time? In my current thinking it's probably

1)The Mick Jenkins tape, Waves or whatever.
2)Action Bronson - Mr Wonderful
3)JayRock - 90059
4)Kendrick - TPAB

and the Pusha album will probably round out the five slipping ahead of JayRock and Kendrick, that's based on little to nothing apart from knowing that every other Pusha album has made by Top 3 of that year.

I really do need to listen to that Freddie Gibbs album actually. Fuckin' Up The Count is a banger.

[Bernanke]

Careless is so fucking good.

Albums I need to put in some kind of order from this year:

* TPAB
* Mr. Wonderful
* And After That, We Didn't Talk
* Every Hero Needs a Villain
* Summertime '06
* Days With Dr. Yen Lo
* Tetsuo & Youth
* Shadow of a Doubt

[phonics]

Oh I forgot the Vince Staples album.

You can have Kendricks position, Vince.

[Baz]

In no particular order, my top 5 favourite albums released this year have been:

Dark Sky Paradise by Big Sean
Jenny Death by Death Grips
Slow Motion Vol 1 by Jarren Benton
Stoney Point by Demrick & DJ Hoppa

#1 spot is easy though: Integrity by JME

Plus Logic's album might make the top five, but I've not listened to it enough yet.

Biggest letdown of 2015 was definitely Cherry Bomb by Tyler The Creator

[phonics]

The image of Baz driving round St. Helens blasting JME out the speakers is an enjoyable one.

[Alex]

There's a free Aesop Rock and Homeboy Sandman EP up on the Stones Throw website.

http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2015/11/lice

I haven't heard it yet, got to be worth a download though.

[SincereTheRebel]

my type of sound


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6NtRwmz-HA

[simon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSfpSOBD30U


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9r7ezjl1us

Enjoying these at the moment.

Also that Kendrick Black Friday track is ridiculous.

[Waffdon]

Contact - Logic. What tune is that from at the start to middle of the song?

[simon]

Amazing by Kanye, Waff.

[Spoonsky]

I'm a virgin to this thread, but: thoughts on Kendrick Lamar? He's about the only hip-hop from this millennium that I've enjoyed listening to, and amongst my friends he's surprisingly popular too.

To Pimp A Butterfly and Anthology by Tribe is the only hip-hop I've really listened to in any meaningful way in my life.

[CJay]

It's happening. :cool: Why don't you listen to more?

I didn't like To Pimp A Butterfly that much, to be honest. Only a couple of tracks really stood out for me. I'd rather he kept his sound like GKMC.

On a vaguely related note - whatever happened to Offshore?

[simon]

I tend to prefer Kendrick when he does stuff like Black Friday or Deep Water on Dre's album. He's an absolute beast when he decides to go with that kind of style. TPAB is still very good, like. Just a bit too jazzy themed for it to be one of my favourite albums of the year or anything.

My favourite 5 albums of the year in no particular order:

Tetsuo & Youth - Lupe Fiasco
If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake
The Album About Nothing - Wale
Compton - Dr. Dre
GO:OD AM - Mac Miller

[Bernanke]

Wale, really? Good call on Mac Miller though, I need to listen to that one again.

@spoon, Kendrick is deserving of the hype he gets and at the moment there's no one close to him artistically (Yeezus was cool, but Kanye isn't really delivering top form recently). I only consider around 8-10 albums 'modern classics', and Kendrick has made 2-3 of them.

The list:

Pilot Talk 1
Pilot Talk 2
Covert Coup
Flockaveli
XXX
GKMC
TPAB
(Section.80)
MBDTF

[simon]

Wale's album was really good, I felt. It might be slightly nostalgic because I loved his mixtapes back in '08/'09 and think he hasn't really returned to that style of music until his album this year. When I looked over the list of albums that have come out this year, his is one of my most played, so yeah.

GO:OD AM is great. I do slightly prefer his last album, but it's one of those albums that's so easy to just press play and listen all the way through without skipping any tracks.

[Baz]

I can't listen to too much Mac Miller (ie a full album) because his voice reminds me too much of Devvo.

[JPA]

Dug some old stuff out last night to whack on the Ipod.

Forgot just how good Black Rob is.

[Baz]

I only really know Up North and it's awesome.

[simon]

I've just given Kid Cudi's new effort a spin.

It's one of the worst things I've ever heard. Whiny, droning shit over a load of guitars. My hopes of MOTM3 being anything like the first two (despite him saying he was going to use a lot of the same producers) is dwindling rapidly. I mean, I could get on board with INDICUD because it was still essentially a hip-hop album, but this isn't. And whatever genre it is simply isn't very good.

[Spoonsky]

It's happening. :cool: Why don't you listen to more?

I didn't like To Pimp A Butterfly that much, to be honest. Only a couple of tracks really stood out for me. I'd rather he kept his sound like GKMC.

On a vaguely related note - whatever happened to Offshore?

I still find it most of it very abrasive and the lyrics off-putting. For me it has basically got to have some sort of jazzy element in it to make the rap worth listening to. To Pimp A Butterfly is just so damn musical.

[phonics]

I still find it most of it very abrasive and the lyrics off-putting. For me it has basically got to have some sort of jazzy element in it to make the rap worth listening to. To Pimp A Butterfly is just so damn musical.

Please don't say 'most of it' and then follow up with a line saying you enjoy where the overwhelming majority of the samples came from. I don't want this to be a place of arguing about Hip-Hop being all guns, money, hoes. Thanks.

[Spoonsky]

Most of it that I've heard. Not sure what you mean with the second part there.

[phonics]

Since you're new to Hip-Hop and this is a place to share knowledge I'll give you a list of things to google you'll probably find 'lyrically non-abrasive' (after a bit of listening, you'll realise how dumb this phrase is) and ignore the couple of shots you fired in the above post.

Def Jux
Rhymesayers
Strangefamous
Chance The Rapper
Childish Gambino
Z-Trip
Ugly Duckling
People Under The Stairs
Slum Village
Kanye West
Drake

[Reg]

Try some Guru and Madlib, Spoon.

[phonics]

Give the guy a chance to LIKE Hip-Hop before mentioning Madlib, jeez.

[Reg]

From what Spoon has said, Madlib is a sensible recommendation.

[Spoonsky]

You edited your post, I was referring to: "and then follow up with a line saying you enjoy where the overwhelming majority of the samples came from." Which I still don't get.

[Reg]

He means loads of samples came from jazz.

[phonics]

You edited your post, I was referring to: "and then follow up with a line saying you enjoy where the overwhelming majority of the samples came from." Which I still don't get.

The large majority of Hip-Hop music is 2-7 second Jazz or Funk samples.

[Spoonsky]

Ah gotcha. Still, you know what I mean don't you? There is a certain jazziness on To Pimp A Butterfly. Maybe I'm just talking shit.

[Alex]

I still find it most of it very abrasive and the lyrics off-putting. For me it has basically got to have some sort of jazzy element in it to make the rap worth listening to. To Pimp A Butterfly is just so damn musical.

If you liked Tribe and want more like that Digable Planets and The Pharcyde spring to mind. De La Soul too. Maybe Gang Starr and Pete Rock & CL Smooth as well, they're a bit tougher (tougher sounding I mean, not challenging to listen to) but they retain the jazz element.

[phonics]

You're not talking shit, you just prescribed the bare minimum you've listened to as the majority is all. Hence my slightly frustrated tone

I could point you to a song about how J-Zone is a better rapper than any basketballer and a better basketballer than any rapper or an album where Prince Paul (produced De La Soul) and Dan The Automator (produced The Gorillaz debut album) created an entire record around the concept of them being the creators of a Male Modelling School For Male Models. Hip Hop is great because it can be whatever you want it to be.

[Spoonsky]

If you liked Tribe and want more like that Digable Planets and The Pharcyde spring to mind. De La Soul too. Maybe Gang Starr and Pete Rock & CL Smooth as well, they're a bit tougher (tougher sounding I mean, not challenging to listen to) but they retain the jazz element.

I listened to They Reminisce Over You a ton last spring, love that song.

[Reg]

Do you like Thundercat, Spoon? He played bass on TPAB.

[Spoonsky]

Kinda, I saw him opening at the Twilight fest here a couple years ago.

I really don't spend a lot of time seeking out new music these days, of any genre. It takes something like James cumming his pants over Joanna Newsom for me to really go out and buy a new album these days.

[Waffdon]

I've just given Kid Cudi's new effort a spin.

It's one of the worst things I've ever heard. Whiny, droning shit over a load of guitars. My hopes of MOTM3 being anything like the first two (despite him saying he was going to use a lot of the same producers) is dwindling rapidly. I mean, I could get on board with INDICUD because it was still essentially a hip-hop album, but this isn't. And whatever genre it is simply isn't very good.

He wasn't happy on Twitta' about how it was labelled.

But yeah, it isn't very good which is annoying.

[Bernanke]

Kinda, I saw him opening at the Twilight fest here a couple years ago.

I really don't spend a lot of time seeking out new music these days, of any genre. It takes something like James cumming his pants over Joanna Newsom for me to really go out and buy a new album these days.

Buy... an album? Who does that these days?

[Baz]

Smellin' like cocoa, butter and Versace blue jeans
Ben Sherman top with blue jeans
Goin' in, living my movie
Bentekkers, I'ma steppers
It was art how I dodged that badness
In the corner smoking the maddest, BDL
ASBO Britain, the sound of the streets comin' through your aeriel
(Craig David), Big Narstie, all over your




Bentekkers :D

[Baz]

Kanye's got a son now. :)

[Bernanke]

But they're not calling him South. :(

[Alex Ferguson]

I listened to about 100 albums (mostly hip hop) last year but due to life commitments I've only listened to a handful. My stand out joints have been:

Kendrick's TPAB
Guilty Simpson's Detroit's Son
Gangrene's You Disgust Me
Knxwledge's Hud Dreams
Apollo Brown's Grandeur

I'd have added Dilla's Dillatronic but they were mostly old bootlegs so not really a "new" albums per se.

[Alex Ferguson]

Not Easton?

EDIT: Spoonsky - To add to the previous conversation, I'd highly recommend the following artists/groups if you're into jazz-based hip hop (whether it be samples or jazz fusion type stuff) alongside the ones already mentioned:

Black Milk
Black Moon
Black Sheep
Black Star
Common (until about 2006)
DJ Premier
Dudley Perkins (and Georgia Anne Muldrow)
Flying Lotus
Gang Starr
J Dilla
Jneiro Jarel
Jungle Brothers
Karriem Riggins
Lootpack
Mos Def
Nujabes
Q-Tip
Quasimoto
Slum Village (1996-2002)
Souls of Mischief
The Pharcyde
The Roots (earlier stuff)
Yesterdays New Quintet

The ones in bold are both Madlib aliases if you weren't already aware. Indie wise, check out The Jazz Jousters, Beat Gates, Suhnraw, Bluesteady Triptik, Hooligan (https://hooligan.bandcamp.com/), Tall Black Guy, Vanilla and myself (shameless plug, link in my sig).

[Reg]

What do you lot think of Vince Staples?

I listened to his album after it was in Rolling Stone's best of the year list. I think it's pretty good but a bit samey, which is a shame as a track like Lemme Know shows he can be versatile. Lift Me Up is the obvious standout I reckon (the video is good, too).

I think it could be a grower when I've taken in the lyrics more.

[Bernanke]

I liked Hell Can Wait way more than the album.

Nate was a top 5 song that year as well for me.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdQN5xTuFUM

[Bob Sacamano]

Nekfeu - Feu
Akala - Knowledge is Power 2
Mayday - Future Vintage
Skyzoo - Music For My Friends
Freddie Gibbs - Shadow Of A Doubt

I've got to catch up on so many albums I just never got round to listening too Fashawn, Currensy (2 albums) Rick Ross, (Mixtape + Album), Big Pooh, Pete Rock, Vince Staples, Joell Ortiz, Talib, Jadakiss, still all remain unlistened and I'm sure I missed a few.

[phonics]

'Nate' is a single of the decade.

[Alex]

Wiki (of Ratking) has released a new album that you can download for free:

http://www.letterracer.com

There's always been something about this kid that I've liked. He always manages to get a sound that 's very authentically east coast, but manages to do it without it sounding like a cheap re-hash of previous New York golden eras.

[Reg]

Yeah big fan of Wiki, I'll be giving that a listen. I agree about his style. The fact he's rapping over such different beats to what you'd hear in early 90s stuff contributes as well.

[phonics]

Anderson.Paak killing it again

https://soundcloud.com/andersonpaak/room-in-here-feat-the-game-sonyae-elise

[Bernanke]

Was justjust about to post that. :drool:

[Alex]

Looks like they found a buyer for the super-secret, one copy only Wu-Tang Clan album. $2 Million, to some American pharmaceutical CEO who by all accounts is a morally reprehensible little shit.


That scepter is now in the hands of Martin Shkreli, the 32-year-old boss of Turing Pharmaceuticals, a man most famous for hiking the price of a drug used by cancer and Aids patients by 50-fold overnight, Bloomberg magazine reported on Wednesday. He paid $2m for the privilege.

Shkreli tweeted: “If there is a curious gap in your favorite artist’s discography, well, now you know why.”

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/dec/09/wu-tang-clan-sole-copy-album-owner-martin-shkreli

Excellent work RZA. "Cash rules everything around me", indeed. :rolleyes:

I bet all the talk about what a revolutionary, forward thinking business model that was stops straight away now. He's already on damage control saying that he'll give a "significant portion" of the proceeds to charity. We can console ourselves in the fact that it's undoubtedly a collection of sub-par leftovers and offcuts cobbled together to appear as though some sort of actual effort went into it.

[phonics]

Yeah but they have 88 years for any Wu-Tang affiliate and/or Bill Murray to steal it back so it's aight.

[Baz]

Worth two mil for Celine Dion.

[phonics]

It's Cher not Celine Dion.

[CJay]

Push T's new album is out this day next week. :drool:

[wullie]

Is it definite or is it one of those rolling release dates that eventually comes?

[CJay]

Kanye tweeted an iTunes pre-order link that says 18th December, so it seems as definite as you get these days.

[Shindig]

Everything surrounding that Wu Tang album sale is gold.


‘Said heist or caper can only be undertaken by currently active members of the Wu-Tang Clan and/or actor Bill Murray, with no legal repercussions.’

Bring the ruckus.

[simon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax5QIRYB9yQ

This is cool.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZLDO9LCRaQ

Hyped for this Pusha T album. :drool:

[simon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwcK783BvPU

Can't not like this. Rick Ross comes across as a massive twat and his shots at Drake are pretty pathetic. Still though, good tune.

Also just stumbled across that PRhyme album from last year because they've added four tracks to make a deluxe version or something. It's awesome anyway.

[SincereTheRebel]

December 18, 2001


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ePQKD9iBfU

[CJay]

First impressions of King Push is that it's not a patch on My Name Is My Name. Some good tracks, but nothing that really stands out in the way Nosetalgia did, for example.

[Alex Ferguson]

Latest Rhythm Roulette episode with Khrysis.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7HbNN9Mknc&feature=youtu.be

[Baz]

Intro to the video is annoying, but She Belongs To The Game by Troy Ave is definitely the catchiest hip-hop song of 2015.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH63L-2dmrE

:rave:

[simon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0dBVsCe2fM

Comfortably the best thing I've ever watched. :D

[Bernanke]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMHCW1RIqBk

This happened last week on his snapchat, he's a hero. "It's so real out here."

[Baz]

Genius have compiled the best 50 rap songs of 2015.

10. Jay Rock feat. Black Hippy - "Vice City"
9. Lupe Fiasco - "Mural"
8. Fetty Wap - "Trap Queen"
7. Future - "March Madness"
6. Travi$ Scott - "Antidote"
5. Drake - "Know Yourself"
4. Kendrick Lamar - "King Kunta"
3. Vince Staples - "Summertime"
2. Drake - "Hotline Bling"
1. Kendrick Lamar - "Alright"

:thbdn:

Full list here: http://genius.com/Genius-50-best-rap-songs-of-2015-lyrics


There's also a 20 best rap albums of 2015:

10. Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
9. Dr. Dre - Compton
8. Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$
7. Travis Scott - Rodeo
6. Future - DS2
5. Drake - If You're Reading This it's Too Late
4. Vince Staples - Summertime '06
3. A$AP Rocky - At.Long.Last.A$AP
2. Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo and Youth
1. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly

http://genius.com/Genius-20-best-rap-albums-of-2015-lyrics


In other news, I've convinced a mate of mine to come see Logic in Manchester with me in April. Tickets are only £14. She's never heard of him, but she seemed to enjoy BoB when we saw him.

[Bernanke]

Hotline Bling isn't rap.

[Manc]

Joey Bada$$ and Future have been my staples this year.

[Spoonsky]

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1928372-someone-created-a-mashup-of-kendrick-lamar-track-with-mario-kart-theme/

:rave:

[Reg]

Banger.

[Alex]

Murs and 9th Wonder put a new, free, album:

https://murs9thwonder.bandcamp.com/releases

I'm mostly done with 9th Wonder at this point but I've always had a big soft spot for the combination of these two, and this isn't bad. Not great, but alright.

[Baz]

No post about Kanye dropping a track? C'mon, son.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQVLzlp9Bk

Absolute trash, not gonna lie.

[Shindig]

... the state of it. Crank the odd single out, Kanye but don't go around thinking you've got a body of work.

[CJay]

A bit meh. Started off very promisingly with whatever that sample was, then it just descended into rehashing tired old lines and a dull beat.

[Offshore Toon]

That freestyle is pretty crap, yeah.

... the state of it. Crank the odd single out, Kanye but don't go around thinking you've got a body of work.
He absolutely has a body of work. One of the best around.

Anybody here listen to any of KA's stuff? Stumbled on him after Earl Sweatshirt said he's the best rapper around at the moment.

Well, he dropped an album in 2015 and it seems pretty dope. Really minimalistic hip-hop but his lyrics are spot-on. This is probably the best song on the album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYLfbcHhfKM

(Did try to embed the video but failed hard.)
There's been a lot of love for him here. Roc Marciano and him are very similar and both awesome.

[Bernanke]

On Marciano:

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/the-official-flow-like-roc-marciano-thread.142398/page-15

Best Coli-thread.


Cowboys and Indians, c-notes and benjamins
my chick hit the high notes like minnie ripperton
foxtrot with the bimbo in some timbos, the kid is nimble
swing the sword like Yojimbo
to slice you like Kimbo
speak in code like Egyptian symbols
never simp hos, game complex but look simple
that's how I bang your broad like a cymbal
then flee from the law like I'm Richard Kimble
platinum chopsticks lift the codfish
organic garlic from the farmers market
Benz fold into a briefcase, don't have to park it
creep through your hood like capoeira
in bally shoes I'm from a dapper era,
my reflection so trill I had to dap the mirror
my gat's a terror
word to biz mark, the fifth spark, you catch the vapors
steak tartare with the finest capers
tell the chef to top it with a quail egg
you nikkas half-steppin with frail legs
I'm like Humphrey Bogart in Key Largo
move the weight despite the trade embargo
whip ki's like Shep did Buscemi in Fargo
I love looseys laced with white like Ricardo
the silencer make my bullets whisper
the tec peck ya bytch on her cheek like it kissed her
jags mags and dro
taggin toes and baggin blow
hos gaggin slow, pants saggin low
always into something, efil4zaggin flow
my wrists got the Last Dragon glow
post up at the Bellagio clockin chese like formaggio
breeze through the lobby slow like adagio
hollow tips make consecutive hits like DiMaggio
devilishy handsome with a Godly flow...

10/10 ghostwriting.

[Alex]

Ha, that thread is brilliant. :D

And yeah, that new Kanye, not good.

[Reg]

I don't like Facts at all.

While I was on his Soundcloud I listened to the other tracks which I forgot about, much more of a fan of them.

[Offshore Toon]

https://soundcloud.com/wakaflockaflame/askcharlamagne

I'd love an album of stuff like that.

[simon]

https://soundcloud.com/wakaflockaflame/askcharlamagne

I'd love an album of stuff like that.

That's actually really good.

[CJay]

Kanye's dropped Real Friends, although it got removed nearly immediately. There's also a snippet of No More Parties In LA (feat. Kendrick Lamar) at the end of the track.

http://www119.zippyshare.com/v/MnWfGJiw/file.html

:drool:

GOOD Fridays (http://time.com/4172712/kanye-west-new-music/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter)? :drool:

[Max Power]

GOOD Fridays was a great time. Hope he does bring that back.

[Alex]

Yeah, I read he was potentially bringing the GOOD Friday's thing back. The first time round that thing set the bar ridiculously high. I still play the compilation of them all on a semi-regular basis.

[Offshore Toon]

"I told her I'm tryna eat out, so what we goin' to dinner for?"

[phonics]

Apparently he took the song down for a sec to fix an issue with the mastering. It was really good.

[Offshore Toon]

Very, very nice.

[Bernanke]

KANYE WEST ‏@kanyewest 4m4 minutes ago
It will be back up shortly. When it’s back up all rippers please rip the new one instead.

KANYE WEST ‏@kanyewest 4m4 minutes ago
Un momento, there was a slight distortion in the main loop within Real Friends.

Ye being merciful to the pirates.

The Kanye/Kendrick/Madlib-snippet sounds 10/10.

[Max Power]

Perfectionist Kanye :drool:

[Bernanke]

That Facts damage control though. :nodd:

[Offshore Toon]

https://soundcloud.com/kanyewest/real-friends-no-more-parties-in-la-snippet-1

New version up apparently.

[Waffdon]

So good

[CJay]

It's on the original Good Fridays level, I'd say. Very promising.

[Alex]

Swish is apparently dropping February 11th, according to the man himself on Twitter.

[Baz]

Yeah, I read he was potentially bringing the GOOD Friday's thing back. The first time round that thing set the bar ridiculously high. I still play the compilation of them all on a semi-regular basis.:thbup: I'ma redownload all these (http://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=233306.0) now.

[Offshore Toon]

Hopefully there's a bit more Ty$ on the album.

[simon]

More 'Real Friends' and less 'Facts' please, Kanye.

[Offshore Toon]

Facts was a freestyle clearly not meant to be taken seriously. All that gambling has turned you stupid, Si.

[simon]

:eyemouth:

[phonics]

Anderson.Paaks album drops on the 15th. :drool:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mlg-fFJZGA

[wullie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSPRSGsYUNY

RIP Dave

[Bob Sacamano]

This is fucking wonderful

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zoPEL8LDU3I

[Alex]

I'm enjoying the Anderson Paak album. It's a pretty cool mixture of various styles of rap and R&B, and he seems equally adept at both. He reminds me a bit of Kendrick when he's rapping (he's obviously nowhere near as good as him, he just sounds like him), and then a little bit like a male version of Erykah Badu when he's doing the R&B thing. He's got some good producers and guests on there too. The guy is definitely a talent.

[phonics]

No More Parties in La full

https://soundcloud.com/kanyewest/nomorepartiesinla

[Bernanke]

Not feeling Kendrick on this, even if his verse gets better towards the end.

Kanye went in though.

[CJay]

Is Kendrick trying to sound like Q-Tip, or am I imagining that?

It sounds very Late Registration to me. I like it.

[Bernanke]

http://i.imgur.com/NsCm2Go.gif

asdfgh :D

[Baz]

Heard Chance The Rapper's verse on that Busta Rhymes song with the Adele sample? I say "verse" but really he's just straight spazzing for about two minutes.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc--hkERmhg

Well good.

[Alex]

I've been meaning to check out that new Busta mixtape (which I guess that song is from) for a while now Baz, but I haven't gotten around to it. I will though.

Anyway, new year, new Curren$y EP. This one if called "The Owner's Manual" and produced entirely by Cool & Dre.

http://www.audiomack.com/album/2dbz/the-owners-manual?follow

Apparently he's been back in the studio with Alchemist and the "Covert Coupe" sequel is finally on the way as well.

[Baz]

Just heard Kanye's verse on No More Parties In LA. :drool:
Not feeling Kendrick on this, even if his verse gets better towards the end.

Kanye went in though.:nod:

[Alex]

SWISH ("the best album of all time" - Kanye West, 2016) is finished and has a track list, so hopefully does actually come out in a few weeks as planned.

http://www.stereogum.com/1855022/kanye-reveals-tracklist-to-swish-the-best-album-of-all-time/news/

Kanye (or whoever wrote that) has really shit handwriting.


01 “Nina Chop”
02 “Father Stretch My Hands”
03 “Waves”
04 “High Lights”
05 “30 Hours”
06 “No More Parties In L.A.”
07 “Fade”
08 “FML”
09 “Real Friends”
10 “Wolves”

[Alex]

Also, I was reading that B.o.B (remember when people thought he was legitimately going to be the next Andre 3k or something?) has been going on a (seemingly serious) rant about how the world is actually flat.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/25/bob-rapper-flat-earth-twitter


When one user asked how no edge of the Earth had been discovered, if it were indeed flat, BoB responded: “Have u been to the edge ? or is that what your science book told you”?

:D

[Baz]

Anyone listened to Jacquees? I'm feeling him.

[Bernanke]

It's all about the .Paak-album right now.

[Bernanke]

So Kanye changed his album-title to Waves. Open in order:

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/692161181562310656

https://twitter.com/mickjenkins/status/692162516005314562

https://twitter.com/mickjenkins/status/692162768061992960?s=09

[phonics]

:D

[Alex]

Kanye's Twitter rant at that corny little shit Wiz Khalifa, for calling his album title into question, is amazing. He's gone for a full, 17 point outline of why he will not be entertaining any criticism from him on the matter. My favourite being number 7:



KANYE WEST ✔@kanyewest

7th I am your OG and I will be respected as such

:D

The whole thing is great though.

http://www.stereogum.com/1855681/kanye-goes-off-on-wiz-khalifa-in-the-best-tweetstorm-of-all-time/wheres-the-beef/

Kanye. :hail:

[CJay]

:lol:

[phonics]

I thought I'd posted that. I'm going to have to find a way to use 'You have interrupted my creative process' on someone.

[CJay]

I know it probably wasn't him, but the thought of Kanye's snidely editing Wiz's Wikipedia page is pretty funny.