Hip-Hop Talk II

[cobl04]

I'm so delighted he's hit the big time. He's sumthin special.


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[DaveC]

Great performance, highlighted by Chance's verse. I need to listen to this dude more.

yes you do. he's from your hometown.



everything this guy does make me fuckin smile.

edit: lil wayne with the savage ryan lochte diss

 

[cobl04]

Yeah fuck I love that part.

 

[DaveC]

the longer shit goes on the more my opinion of lil wayne shifts from "terrible" to "way ahead of his time", as much as i don't really want to admit it.

 

[cobl04]

examples?? I still only really like one song (Mr Carter) but then there's some stuff here and there that I don't outright hate.

 

[cobl04]

this is hilarious

 

[DaveC]

this just instantly became my favourite mashup album of all time. it's orders of magnitude better than the grey album:

 

[DaveC]

examples?? I still only really like one song (Mr Carter) but then there's some stuff here and there that I don't outright hate.

i don't have specific songs to point out. but if you listen to current hip hop his enormous influence should be pretty obvious. in both beats and flow. not to say that he himself is particularly great (tho his verse in no problem is awesome), but his sound has been crafted upon in the last few years by top artists. there's no denying that.

 

[Lancemc]

new Danny Brown is dooooope

 

[iron yuppie]

I love the instrumentals on the songs I have heard from Atrocity Exhibition, but I just can't handle Danny's voice.

 

[LemonMelon]

One of the best albums of the year for sure. I've gotten used to his voice and love it now, I had the same roadblock for Kendrick too.

 

[cobl04]

I don't love it, but Today features Three Stacks lyrics from Bombs Over Baghdad, so for that alone it's a 10.

 

[LemonMelon]

This thread has been about Coloring Book for ages but Atrocity Exhibition is at least 50 times better.

 

[cobl04]

Blessings alone is better than anything on Atrocity Exbn.


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[LemonMelon]

Maybe if you dislike Danny's voice so much that you can't stomach any of the songs, but I think Really Doe alone can safely be considered one of the best tracks to come out this year. AE as a whole, the production, structure, themes, rapping, all of it is on another level from most of what's come out this year. It wraps you up and doesn't let go.

 

[cobl04]

Really Doe rules, yeah. No arguments from me about that.


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[LemonMelon]

Have you listened to any Black Milk? If you enjoy the beat on there (which he was responsible for), his last two albums are in a similar vein. Detroit raised and heavily influenced by Dilla.

 

[cobl04]

I have not, but speaking of Dilla, NxWorries (Knxwledge & the amazing Anderson .Paak) has a great record out.

Back onto Chance tho. I will not abide your not-so-subtle sniping LM. I think he is utterly brilliant and I am so, so glad he is hitting the big time. Colouring Book is far from perfect, there's at least three hip-hop albums this year that are better, but fuck, it's about so much more than just that record. He's authoring a movement. A movement of spiritual positivity, self-help and community that reaches me just as much as reaches the devoutly religious. It's fucking beautiful. And he is so genuine. You can see in his eyes that he's still just a wide-eyed teen, amazed at the life he's living. He's a superstar now but look how he fucking reacts when Beyonce says hello to him - he's just like a crazed fan!!



Same reaction when Lil Wayne adlibs about Ryan Lochte in the Ellen performance of No Problem:



And then you've got this, which for my money is up there with the absolute best ever live TV performances.



The joy is fucking infectious.

 

[Lancemc]

https://soundcloud.com/adultswimsingles/rtj

 

[LemonMelon]

One of Chance's friends, Saba, just dropped his debut album. Everyone needs to listen to it.

 

[iron yuppie]

I wonder how regularly Jermone Bettis gets shout-outs in hip-hop songs, like he does on this Danny Brown album. I imagine not too often.

 

[iron yuppie]

Damn, "Lost" is one of the better hip-hop songs I have heard in a while. Whatever the sample is in there is fucking haunting.

 

[LemonMelon]

Dance in the Water has my favorite sample on the album. That track sounds like a pagan ritual sacrifice, but it's about shaking your ass. Amazing.

Ain't It Funny sounds like a beat that Tom Waits considered using but ultimately found too jarring.

 

[DaveC]

these are fantastic.

 

[DaveC]

i really need to go see this guy live somehow.

 

[Lancemc]

One of Chance's friends, Saba, just dropped his debut album. Everyone needs to listen to it.

Really digging this album. Knew to expect great things from him.

 

[Imperor]

TRlBE AOTY

 

[cobl04]

Kids

 

[Lancemc]

https://soundcloud.com/runthejewels/2100-feat-boots/s-gB4m5

 

[LemonMelon]

Wouldn't say Tribe is AOTY quality but it's definitely better than I was expecting. Really good shit.