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Just checking in to say i have nothing in particular to share hip hop related. I did watch the movie Hitman earlier which i forgot how much i really liked. And bumped some MC Tree yesterday..
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Thanks for the recommendation to go see Lupe Fiasco!!!!
The University of Houston Student Program Board set up a Homecoming concert last Friday. It was slated to be Wale opening up fr Lupe Fiasco. My wife had been dealing with severe tooth pain and luckily the pain meds actually worked so we were able to go to the show. Slim Thug stepped up and did a surprise 30 minute set of his H-Town classics! It was great. He got the crowd moving. Then Wale came out and oh my god I do not know if it is because he is a bit caught upon himself because his tunes are all over the radio or what but the fool showed up so lit he was sloppy as fuck. he could not stay in meter or key and it was all around weak, but luckily he was at least entertaining in his stage patter. and he fell over at least 3 times. wasted., I think the H-town rappers that showed up to hang backstage hit him with that top shelf H-town smoke. In the middle of Wale's set, (I think because they could see he was ruining it) Bun B jumped on stage and did a couple of tunes which was bad-ass. Then Lupe got onstage, and right off he says "9 minutes straight people. 9 minutes" and proceeds to spit a super long track which was fucking hype and awesome and dense and the beat was so hard and it was EVERYTHING. I remembered the name (MURAL!) It was fucking great and his whole set was awesome. He performed for over 80 minutes and the crowd got nuts Best Homecoming Concert ever! |
I called Mural as one of the year's best tracks back in February. Yeah, it has a couple weak lyrical moments but the best is sick and it's the high point of Tetsuo & Youth.
Not surprised Wale sucked. Wale sucks. Wale is very much hung up on himself and I don't even think his songs are actually all over the radio at the moment. He's a stooge. Glad you had fun though. Lupe has had an excellent year. |
New Gibbs is dope.
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Aw it's out? I was just about to brag about having the Tribe reissue already, but now I gotta move my ass and grab the new Gibbs. Fuck. Thanks for stealing my thread resuscitation attempt louder!
Really doe. This thread needs to be resuscitated. I feel like all I do is work and sleep, and it's because I'm not whiling away my days gabbing about new joints with you bastards 24/7. Let's waste some time, friends. Life's too short to put 40 hours into consistent working every week. I need this, hear me?! New Pusha T album on its way, btw. |
Nope, Gibbs isn't out until the 20th, and I no longer have access to an endless supply of promos and early releases since we left the city in Sept.
So how do you have it, Mr. Loud? ;) I may just have to ... Oh, look, I have it now too. How... fortuitous. I'll let you know what I think, though I'm sure we'll be in agreement. (Ps: don't judge me... I ordered the album, so no rappers are gonna go hungry because of me. I'm just giving myself some ish to listen to while I wait for the 20th to slog around) |
Yeah, Shadow of a Doubt is dope.
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H-Town is all up on Travis Scott. any of ya fools dig him?
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Slim Thug's latest one, Chuuch, sure sounded nuts when we first heard it on the local hip hop station. Osteen samples and all.
Gotta get dem blessins' https://youtu.be/T-dM6ZpOvEE |
Have you heard Houston comedian Chingo Bling's "remix" of Hotline Bling?
https://youtu.be/FMtVIo0WLPE |
I think you have some catching up to do if you're wondering about how the café feels about Travi$ Scott.
In 2014, louder and I both praised Days Before Radio quite a bit. Maybe NR too... Hard to keep track. Then when his proper debut came out louder was like "nah man" and I was like "it's good!" And pepper green was like "Severian you dumb. That's the worst thing ever." Then pitchfork reviewed it and did some damage to Travi$'s image among the, y'know... elite hipster snob crowd. In other words, white folks who think they're smart now think he's just the personification of imitation. It wasn't a fair review. Probably written by a toddler. I still maintain that "Piss on Your Grave" and "Pornography" are top notch hip hop tracks though they definitely reflect how much of a Kanye follower Scott is (though some say Travi$ Scott is helping shape Kanye's sound these days, even though Scott apparently has no sound of his own and is just a walking amalgam of Kanye, Pusha and Future sounds... Yeah, it's gotten a little retarded) My love for the Rodeo album has cooled. I think it's better than average with a few great moments. Days Before Radio was more singular. It could go either way at this point, but the bottom line is he has his fans and he has his haters. Not sure where louder & NR stand on him at this point. |
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Still feel the same about Rodeo. It's an overproduced mess and Travis is a mediocre rapper at best with some of the dumbest lyrics I've heard. "3500" is a good song and so are a couple others but I don't care for that album.
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Somehow I'm hooked on Mos Def again. One of the best rappers of all time. The Ecstatic is amazing, I've been waiting for a new project from him eagerly.
Seriously, what's up with Mos, Q-Tip, DOOM, Andre.. this decade? They need to come back from hiding and remind everyone why they're considered such legends. |
Mos Def is excellent, and his classics will never die. Nor will Black Star, which is still arguably one of the best hip hop albums of all time.
I heard Mos was working on something new this year... And Doom just dropped Bad Neighborhood with Med and Blu. That's something. |
Q-Tip looked foolish in his weird clothes on Fallon on Friday when Tribe reunited. I wish that they did not have to do a track of Peoples Instinctive (25th anniversary and all I know). Phife really did not do shit on that LP.
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great album, but not much from Phife on it. he was not a full member of Tribe when People's Instinctive came out.
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I'm not sure if I've ever mentioned how much I love Donuts here.. well, probably because I didn't back then. But it's grown to be one of my absolute fave hip-hop albums.
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Just saw I made a post a couple years ago where I admitted I didn't get half of Donuts, even though I loved J Dee. A lot has changed since then. :)
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Whenever I think of my all time favorite artists like SY, RDJ, Kanye, Velvets, etc. J Dilla inevitably comes to mind. He's just one of the absolute most interesting musicians I've ever heard, end of story.
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I hate to admit I never got much into Dilla's solo works but his production on mid-90's albums like Beats Rhymes & Life, Labcabincalifornia, Stakes Is High... that sound was my world back then. Brilliant.
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Just realized Freddie legit came up with a new sound this year. Apart from a couple of tracks where the Future influence is evident (which aren't even bad, by the way), Shadow of a Doubt really doesn't sound like anything else out there. Much respect for him. The mixing and mastering even sound better now that I'm hearing it in proper quality (NoiseRedux won for avoiding leaks :p), and this album is still growing on me..
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Hahaha! Yeah, honestly I think very few musicians have ever had anything truly important or worthwhile to say about the state of the world. Dylan, of course. Neil Young, though Neil's political views tend to be pretty formulaic knee jerk liberal tirades. I agree with most of what he says, but I see him as a the kind of radical who wouldn't change his opinions, or even entertain changing them, for any reason. And that's not how I operate. There is no absolute right or wrong. Even Lennon gets on my nerves when I read his political ramblings. I don't care what Kanye's doing this Saturday. I don't care about his wife. I don't care about his clothing. And I don't care if he makes an ass of himself. All I care about is that his music never disappoints me. It's always right on the mark. So basically, fuck Tom Morello and his stupid machine. Guy's a wank. I just like music. Kurt Cobain was a walking contradiction too. But boy could he scream. |
Kanye isn't a bad person, just misunderstood.
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Has anyone bothered to listen to Jeezy's new album Church in the Streets?
I didn't even know the fucker was coming out! I'd heard nothing until I saw it on the shelves. Why is Jeezy's already releasing a new album? His last one bombed, critically at least. You'd think he'd take a break and re-evaluate. |
I don't think I've heard a new album of any genre in a few months. I don't know. I spent most of the year listening to new hip hop and jazz releases. And then recently fizzled and have just sort of been listening to a lot of old stuff. Just making playlists of old 90's songs or something. I think my brain got too overwhelmed w/ new music and I needed an ear sorbet.
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I saw some talking head on TV say that "TRAP" was some for of EDM from Canada?
I thought it was crack-game rap? so confused in new millenium. |
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Erykah Badu's new tape is nice though. The last song features none less than fucking Andre 3000 and it's amazing, easily the best song on it. |
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I revisited a bunch of classics over the last couple of days:
Illmatic - What can I say? Still a god tier hip-hop album, perfect for the winter. Memory Lane is my favorite song, with It Ain't Hard To Tell being a close 2nd (that fucking "Human Nature" sample never gets old!). Late Registration - Just remembered how incredible this album was, you can really tell Kanye poured his heart and soul into every detail on this album and the result was pure fire, and it's not even his best. Goddamn. The Love Below - It's mindblowing to think Andre produced this entire album himself, with "Roses" being the only exception. This album shows Andre's weirdness and musicality more than every OutKast project. I love the funky, jazzy production here so much. Andre is just super talented and amazing at everything he does. If he doesn't want to be a middle aged rapper, he should just drop another R&B album! Everyone would love it. |
Amazing interview with Terrace Martin about To Pimp a Butterfly: http://www.complex.com/music/2015/11...rfly-interview
Talks about how Black Messiah influenced the album and more. "We didn’t do that album for popular culture. We did that album for people who have no way out. We did that album for people who can’t even afford to go to the shows. We did an album for people who need hope. You don’t prostitute that." Wow. |
Another super interesting interview with Terrace: http://www.okayplayer.com/news/terra...clusive.html/2
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Late Reg. is a great album for fall & winter.
Illmatic is up there with 36 Chambers and Midnight Marauders when it comes to early '90s NYC must haves, and I love it to death. But I never have and never will share the fairly common belief that it's the best hip-hop album of all time. Still, no denying its power. It sounds as fresh and as perfect now as it did then. I wish Nas had more albums that hit the mark the way Illmatic did. I kinda think about half of his discography just kinda blows. :( |
I think it aint hard to tell is maybe the most perfect hip hop song ever recorded?
New wayne tape? Im not even interested |
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