DOOM kills it behind the boards on Take Me to the Leader. i love that album, i just wish he was rapping more on it.

yeah, he never made a bad album. it took a while for JJ DOOM to grow on me, it's such an angry album. it caught the time he was pissed off about living in America.

My favorite has always, ALWAYS been MM.. FOOD. I don't really know why that album has always been so special for me, but there you have it. Followed by Madvillainy, the Viktor Vaughns, and Born like This.

For quite a while he was my favorite hip hop artist. I would LOVE to hear something new from him this year.

:D

right this second, I feel like an idiot for having never checked out Mac Miller before. Wow.

oh yeah, that album is so cool! i don't even like Mac Miller as a rapper but the production.. wow.

"Just as promised, at halftime of the national title game, No ID drops off this new record after announcing Common’s new album Nobody Smiling, which is entirely produced by No ID, earlier today. Listen to ‘War’ below."

http://fashionably-early.com/2014/01...ar-prod-no-id/

apparently the album is going to be inspired by the violence in Chicago.

Gravitas is the best thing Talib's released in years. Shit.

Kind of disappointed by Del's new one after a listen. That will probably change, but I just wasn't feeling it. This makes me sad.

yeah sev, the new Del feels a little meh. A lot of it feels really sloppy and unfinished.

Know what I think? His idea of good production is totally rooted in the early '90s. He produced this himself, yes? Well... The production slaps and thumps with no real purpose. Which is exactl how "... My brother George" would sound if released today.

He was once the emcee I respected most. But I think he only hits home in the proper context, like alongside Kid Koala and Dan.

We'll see though.

i'm worried about Common's new album. the single isn't bad, i mean Common's rapping is excellent but it's kinda hard to pay attention to him when that awful beat is all over. plus he's already tried the whole "full No I.D. production" idea on his last album and that didn't end up so well. the concept is what makes me excited to hear it though.

better than prisoner of conscious? Really? its good, but I'm not sure its that good.. As to Del, yeah, just stick with that Hieroglyphics album from last year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7B2VgRShew

so amazing.

can't we just get another album like this?? please?

this thread is so quaint.

You ain't added nothing to it though, and chillax, we've been talking about good hip hop lately, don't be all Dennis Rodman in North Korea and jinx that shit yo!

Rodman just wants to play ball Yo. He should be the Vitiligo spokesman, since MJ is gone....

I'm anti-common and I don't even know why. I've never heard a song of his that made me feel anything other than suspicious.

Also- most appropriately named rapper ever. lol.

uh... did you never hear the album Resurrection.

I mean. If you like hip hop and don't like "I Used To Love H.E.R." well... that shit doesn't add up.

(also his name used to be Common Sense til he got sued by a reggae band w/ same name)

Sorry. I don't mean to be a hater. I just think the guy is kind of an opportunistic "rap star" type. Very few rappers can act in romantic comedies with Queen Latifah and still maintain cred.

Also... I'm totally down with positive tip. Gang Starr, Tribe, Mos Def, Black Moon, Lootpack... All of these artists have albums in my all time favorites list, but BE took the whole "positive tip" approach to a retardedly bushy-tailed new extreme of pussiness. I remember hearing it for the first time and thinking, is this even rap? Like, it belonged in the "Inspirational" section at the record store.

Tight soul beat production though.

To be fair, I've ignored him for quite some time now. Based on your recommendation, NR, I will give that track a listen.