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GAF-Hop |OT14| The 6 God is Five Writers, And One False Idol

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Courage

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enzo_gt said:
1) Dre verses feel weird. He's rapping too fast or in cadences that take away the presence his voice usually has. The lyrics themselves can get kind of good sometimes but often it just sounds like Dre is spitting some generic raps.
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He straight up flows/sounds like Kendrick on It's All Up On Me.
 
JrBaconCheeseburger

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enzo_gt said:
Just finished listening. Man, I'm a massive Dre stan but this ain't it. Few thoughts:

1) Dre verses feel weird. He's rapping too fast or in cadences that take away the presence his voice usually has. The lyrics themselves can get kind of good sometimes but often it just sounds like Dre is spitting some generic raps.
2) Lots of seemingly wasted Marsha Ambrosious features.
3) Production is sometimes boring, but other times it's on point. I don't think it's dated, dude has a signature sound and is interpreting it in different ways just like he did with 2001, and it's the most divergent it's ever been. Ultimately it's not the beats that make it disappointing, but that it isn't filled front to back with great songs. Do I blame Dre? Do I blame everything being themed around a biopic of an already well documented group and time in his life?
4) Shout outs to Dre making a skit out of him shooting at his ex-wife. SMH.
5) Cube's "today was a good day" line kind of makes you really aware how weird this project is. Rhymes inspired by a movie about themselves.
6) Doesn't impress me until Deep Water halfway through the album. Keepers are probably Deep Water, One Shot One Kill, For The Love Of The Money, Animals and maybe Just Another Day.
7) Eminem verse isn't that bad. Dude is mostly carrying one idea/story through an entire verse, and that's something we only really see from old/early Em.
8) Autotune/voice effects pop up when you want them least.
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I have to agree.

I wanted to buy 2 copies and one being gifted to my brother.

Will just let him hear for himself but this shit is trash. I am a huge Dr.Dre fan and this does not sound like a "Grand Finale" but more like opportunism to go with the release of movie.


He was never going to release anything as good as Chronic 2001.


Now we know why Detox never saw a release.


Excuse my rant, just really disappointed in this shit.
 
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Syphon Filter

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JrBaconCheeseburger said:
I have to agree.

I wanted to buy 2 copies and one being gifted to my brother.

Will just let him hear for himself but this shit is trash. I am a huge Dr.Dre fan and this does not sound like a "Grand Finale" but more like opportunism to go with the release of movie.


He was never going to release anything as good as Chronic 2001.


Now we know why Detox never saw a release.


Excuse my rant, just really disappointed in this shit.
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You really expected that much from a soundtrack album? Wait for Detox.
 
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Net_Wrecker

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The rapping all over this thing is not great honestly. No immediately memorable lines or flows. Too much Kendrick machine gun rap, no smooth verses Dre and his cohorts used to be known for. Negative quotables.

The production though.....I need that CDQ because the stuff happening on some of these tracks is vintage Dre/Dre ghostproducers. There isn't enough of the funky futuristic bounce and great bass lines from 2001 (nowhere near The Chronic, obvi), but man, It's All On Me, All In A Day's Work, Darkside/Gone, Loose Cannons, Deep Water, Satisfiction, Animals, and Talking To My Diary are all dope

EDIT: Xzibit on Loose Cannons is old school murder though. That beat switch, that voice, that flow lawd
 
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Well at least me disagreeing with yall more often than not remains consistent and maybe I'm just old, but I fucking love Comptom. Listened straight through with no urge to skip. I think Animals and For the Love of Money are my favorite tracks. The production on here is straight quality. Almost every MC came with their A game too.

Good music right here.
 
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RellyRell28

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Em's verse on Medicine Man tho.

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More Em on a Dre beat please. Had part classic Em and part current Em. Definitely was feeling this song.
 
IrishNinja

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PhoenixDark said:
The Wu Flood of 95 is the greatest tragedy in hip hop.
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its the alexander's library fire of our genre

Nibel said:
You guys think there will be ever something like the Wu ever again? A bunch of hungry youngsters trying to take over the world and dropping classics on their way to the top like it's nothing? Or is today's industry built around the solo artist?
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yeah, but not with that level of consistency/influence...we look for it constantly though: TDE, some of ya'll on wolfgang or slaughterhouse years ago, etc.

ViewtifulJC said:
Not on the same level. I feel like we're in a totally different world now.
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yeah, see i was gonna just say yes but this is a great post on why the setting/timing was perfect too

Nabs said:
This Warren G talk got me listening to this. Good stuff:

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always slept on this - shit was hot?
Jo Shishido's Cheeks said:
As this is it for Dre, I would've liked Ren, 50 and DOC to be on here.
Mez didn't need 3 spots.
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shit, that (and some daz/quik/kurupt) wouldve been amazing, yeah

Courage said:
Finished with my first listen
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richardhawk said:
Shit is boring and that's the worst thing I can say about it. Production is fine I guess.
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Syphon Filter said:
What's wrong? Itunes is great!
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enzo_gt said:
Just finished listening. Man, I'm a massive Dre stan but this ain't it. Few thoughts:
7) Eminem verse isn't that bad.
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all the right people are not diggin it so that tells me shit might be fire right there

siddx said:
Not sure what to expect but the people whose opinions are actually valid seem to like it so I'm optimistic.
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^^^^^^^^^^

MoodyFog said:
DS2 is in stores now though
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ya'll herbs are really runnin this one into the ground huh

siddx said:
Snoop always is at his best with strong producers who can guide him. Dre in particular seems to bring out the best of him.
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agreed, pharell pulled it off recently too though
 
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siddx

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Albums been out for five seconds. Calm y'all judgmental selves down and give it a real listen. Everything said, both negative and positive, is invalid as fuck for at least 24 hours.



Irish, that twins album is a solid B. If you enjoyed g funk era it's like a expansion pack. Dove shack album is the second expansion that is a little disappointing but still manages to get you playing again.
 
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IrishNinja

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siddx said:
Irish, that twins album is a solid B. If you enjoyed g funk era it's like a expansion pack. Dove shack album is the second expansion that is a little disappointing but still manages to get you playing again.
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SOLD
i remember not diggin my time with dove shack in the day but i should revisit it too

Grover Cleveland said:
90s Takeover continues

Scarface-Steer ft. Rush Davis
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maaan that last snippet with Z-RO got me to revisit Let the Truth Be Told...this album's gonna knock
 
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siddx

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I'm not a Mac Miller fan but the whole situation was fucked and made Lord finesse look real bitchmade. His claim was his sample (which he was credited on from the beginning) was what made Miller famous.
Considering finesse has always been a sample based producer it seems doubly fuckboyish. His second album alone samples something like 30+ songs. How you gonna build all your beats off other peoples samples and then throw a tantrum when you get sampled yourself?
Oh and to make it triple fuckboyish, the song Mac sampled was itself a sample that motherfucking Lord finesse never paid for.
 
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Storm Chamber

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siddx said:
I'm not a Mac Miller fan but the whole situation was fucked and made Lord finesse look real bitchmade. His claim was his sample (which he was credited on from the beginning) was what made Miller famous.
Considering finesse has always been a sample based producer it seems doubly fuckboyish. His second album alone samples something like 30+ songs. How you gonna build all your beats off other peoples samples and then throw a tantrum when you get sampled yourself?
Oh and to make it triple fuckboyish, the song Mac sampled was itself a sample that motherfucking Lord finesse never paid for.
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Yeah, love Finesse but that shit was foolish.


illadelph said:
yeah, I respect Finesse for his immense talents and contributions, but that lawsuit was fucked
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"Nigga, did you just say the same thing I said but smarter?"
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

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agreed...Finesse must've been especially in debt/salty about all the biting that was done in the past and just rationalized cashing in on something finally, that's my best guess
 
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mooooose

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that mac miller is way better than it should be. interesting song structure and mac rapped his ass off at the end with something that made him feel vulnerable. i'm impressed by his potential to crossover further with a major label debut
 
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