imma finally cop the vinyl when it drops in october and itll get a holiday sales boost so i dunno man might make it sooner than u think
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GAF-Hop |OT14| The 6 God is Five Writers, And One False Idol
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imma finally cop the vinyl when it drops in october and itll get a holiday sales boost so i dunno man might make it sooner than u think
Funny how a week before Compton I was doubting Dre, expecting the new album to be the same old Dre sound of the last decade and then he comes around with something pretty dynamic, modern sounding. Probably still mostly his ghost-producers' work. Sounds like a lot of Focus on the boards.
And yeah, half of the time I didn't even recognize Dre rapping. Some of the features are wack, though they're growing on me.
And yeah, half of the time I didn't even recognize Dre rapping. Some of the features are wack, though they're growing on me.
Nelly dropping gems.
If you haven't taken references from major writers or major producers at this level in the game, I don't know, maybe you haven't done enough records yet or had enough hits yet.
Nobody continuously puts out #1 records without other influences. Nobody does. If they do, who? Tell me, I'll wait. I'm talking top 100 hits, not hits in the streets.
The bully can never win against the class clown (after Ebro mentions that people have made fun of Drake forever).
(On Drake being ready for years for this) You know when these moments are coming your way because you see them, you see everything when your view is from the top. The best place of elevation in a war is from the top. Elevated. You shoot down. It's hard to shoot up, it's easy to hit when you shoot down.
NYC is the mecca of hip-hop. It's the holy land. There's a reason why the holy land doesn't always get the recognition it deserves. In religious places, often what's looked at as the holy land is sometimes where the most war or what the most combative places are. You have so much hip-hop going on in NY, and it's such a big place. It's like how in the hell is Jay-Z the only one going platinum here? There's 20 million people!
If you haven't taken references from major writers or major producers at this level in the game, I don't know, maybe you haven't done enough records yet or had enough hits yet.
Nobody continuously puts out #1 records without other influences. Nobody does. If they do, who? Tell me, I'll wait. I'm talking top 100 hits, not hits in the streets.
The bully can never win against the class clown (after Ebro mentions that people have made fun of Drake forever).
(On Drake being ready for years for this) You know when these moments are coming your way because you see them, you see everything when your view is from the top. The best place of elevation in a war is from the top. Elevated. You shoot down. It's hard to shoot up, it's easy to hit when you shoot down.
NYC is the mecca of hip-hop. It's the holy land. There's a reason why the holy land doesn't always get the recognition it deserves. In religious places, often what's looked at as the holy land is sometimes where the most war or what the most combative places are. You have so much hip-hop going on in NY, and it's such a big place. It's like how in the hell is Jay-Z the only one going platinum here? There's 20 million people!
I just want to say one more little thing about the political situation. People keep bringing the fact that he won't beat Hilary as the prime reason not to vote as if they're placing bets on a title fight. If you vote for Bernie and he doesn't get the bid then Hilary is an okay safety net,but when you really examine the state of the GOP this is one of the best chances someone as radically liberal and voter funded could ever have to be able to actually even be in the primary and have a chance such a weak stable of GOP candidates. Why make concessions? A vote for Bernie won't result in a vote for a GOP candidate in the primaries. Obama has America in liberal fervor, ready to continue in the streak of change and humanist ideology. Why settle for someone as vanilla and wishy washy as Hilary when there's even the slightest chance for someone like Bernie to be a candidate.
PhoenixDark
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Yea HRD you going too far...
This country has moved left on a variety of issues, but from a political standpoint we tend to be dominated by the business cycle. When the economy is good, the party in office benefits. When the economy is bad, the party in office suffers. Things are good right now for many people, gas prices are about to fall super low, the job growth streak/consistency is at an impressive level...so yea, democrats will benefit. But if things were average or bad right now things would suck for democrats.
Personally I don't think anyone named Bernie who is (or was) a socialist can win in America. Especially a 75yo guy named Bernie who is (or was) a socialist.
Syph Medwes
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Rubio 2016
This is the first election I'll be able to vote in (finally registered + a citizen) and I'd probably vote for Bernie if the elections were today. I like what I've heard from him.
Dope. Some of these Adult Swim singles have been pretty cool.
Yeah, I've really enjoyed the ones by Kitty, Owen Pallett, and Shabazz Palaces
The Danny Brown one was just disappointing
Agreed. Kitty one was great tbh.
IrishNinja
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+1 sale in october then
gaf-hop hates neptunes more than swizz beats, for some reason
its like they don't bop when southern hospitality comes on, or say, most shit on lord willin
2Pac Hitttin 'Em Up years in advance
and yo Neptunes might be top producers of the past decade
PhoenixDark
Banned
Everything from late 90's until mid-00's was Neptunes. Nobody else besides Timbaland had so much impact on Pop and Urban music in the last decade. I mean, I can understand if you don't liked Neptunes/Pharrell beats from circa 2006 onwards, but before that? Come on, brehs. Kelis' first two albums, Clipse' first two albums, all those smooth Usher and Timberlake joints, effin' In Search of..., the songs with Jay, Snoop,
First you underrate Street's Disciple, then hate on The Love Below and on top of all that you compare The Neptunes to Swizz Beatz. AIDS >>> GAF-Hop.
First you underrate Street's Disciple, then hate on The Love Below and on top of all that you compare The Neptunes to Swizz Beatz. AIDS >>> GAF-Hop.
AIDS >>> GAF-Hop.
well bounce and get fucked then
We're not here to validate your shitty opinions.Everything from late 90's until mid-00's was Neptunes. Nobody else besides Timbaland had so much impact on Pop and Urban music in the last decade. I mean, I can understand if you don't liked Neptunes/Pharrell beats from circa 2006 onwards, but before that? Come on, brehs. Kelis' first two albums, Clipse' first two albums, all those smooth Usher and Timberlake joints, effin' In Search of..., the songs with Jay, Snoop,
First you underrate Street's Disciple, then hate on The Love Below and on top of all that you compare The Neptunes to Swizz Beatz. AIDS >>> GAF-Hop.
Tokubetsu
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Everything from late 90's until mid-00's was Neptunes. Nobody else besides Timbaland had so much impact on Pop and Urban music in the last decade. I mean, I can understand if you don't liked Neptunes/Pharrell beats from circa 2006 onwards, but before that? Come on, brehs. Kelis' first two albums, Clipse' first two albums, all those smooth Usher and Timberlake joints, effin' In Search of..., the songs with Jay, Snoop,
First you underrate Street's Disciple, then hate on The Love Below and on top of all that you compare The Neptunes to Swizz Beatz. AIDS >>> GAF-Hop.
I just don't really like them with Clipse. It's not a good fit.
GAF-Hop getting weirder by the post. If Neptunes/Clipse don't work, what does?
Everything from late 90's until mid-00's was Neptunes. Nobody else besides Timbaland had so much impact on Pop and Urban music in the last decade. I mean, I can understand if you don't liked Neptunes/Pharrell beats from circa 2006 onwards, but before that? Come on, brehs. Kelis' first two albums, Clipse' first two albums, all those smooth Usher and Timberlake joints, effin' In Search of..., the songs with Jay, Snoop,
First you underrate Street's Disciple, then hate on The Love Below and on top of all that you compare The Neptunes to Swizz Beatz. AIDS >>> GAF-Hop.
Giving this a 9/10
Streets Disciple wack breh
I can't even give you a "to each it's own"....Neptunes and Clipse are a perfect fit. Even HHNF was amazing and it just had Pharrell on it. I just can't compute such opinions at all
Metro Boomin/Thugger
NipplesAndToes23
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Today underground rapper Sadistik unleashed his latest EP Phantom Limbs. This EP is a collaboration with producer/rapper Kno from Cunninlynguists and in this project he lends most of his talents to composition for a package that's all around superb. Sadistik is known for his gravely morose voice and flow which is present on this album in spades. You can feel the anguish he's going through in his words and he has a way of making his words visual. Take these lines from "The Darkness" for instance, "Petals falling off the daffodils, I can't appeal. There's never monarchs in this monarchy only caterpill. Hurts while leaving shadows on the moon, teach me how to drown in the shallowest lagoon". These sad and dark images of dying flowers shadows cutting into stone and attempted suicide helped create the somber tone and also added a bit morbidity to the song. These subjects are present throughout the entirety of this project. "To Be in Love" is about missing a lost love, "Hers Forever" expresses painful love for a woman who rejects him, "Phantom Limbs" talks about coming to terms with painful memories and thoughts, "Daydreams" is talking about getting caught in the nightmares that torment, but sooth him while also trying escaping from the pain, and "In Heaven" he talks confesses that he feels that he is too sinful for heaven and perhaps enjoys tormenting and being tormented in the bridge in between the two after lives. I could not pin down the theme of "Unaware" however.
As you can obviously see this isn't an album for partying or lifting spirits. Lyrically it is very layered in flow, rhymes and wordplay. Metaphors, alliteration, and puns can be found throughout this audio journey into descent. The featured artists also contribute in these respects, "Unaware in particular" has three guest emcees that lend their talents to the mic. Chino XL, Sheisty Khrist, and Metasota all add something unique to the track while also keeping in lime with the tone of the song. Chino XL's verse in particular impressed me the most. His flow is raw and unforgiving.
To touch upon Kno's contribution to this EP, his instrumentals play well in hand with Sadistik's rhymes. The beats are slightly electronic reminiscent with lost of drums, a couple of choir samples, and piano pieces. They are good instrumentals on their own and I hope that Kno releases an instrumental version of this album before the year is up. While Kno is a producer, he also raps from time to time. His only mic contribution is on "Hers Forever" and I'll say that he's as good as Sadistik on the track and I would've like to seen him rap on at least one other song. This is a great album by two incredible artists and right now I say it ranks among the best in the year.
Recommended Tracks: The Darkness and Unaware
8.5/10
As I was looking at the purchasers of Phantom Limbs on bandcamp, a certain user profile icon caught my eye and I decided to click on it. The user was Wyatt Armstrong Hunter and noticed that he had a few Cunninlynguists purchases in his collection so I figured he had great taste and decided to give a listen to the first album that appeared on his page, The Rapture: Live from Oaklandia by Zion I. This album released just a few days ago on August 7 and upon clicking on the first track I regretted missing it on release day. This is a live rap/soul album from artist Zion I who I didn't realize was already in a few tracks in my library as he did "In the City" with Cunninlynguists, and was featured on Nneka and J. Period's "God of Mercy". His features apparently didn't capture my attention before, but it certainly has gotten it now. In The Rapture the duo of Zion I focuses on unleashing riveting energy. Zumbi's voice is propelled and projected to get the listeners hype and his flow is at a steady, but quick pace. His energy and pace does start to slow down at the end however, but it's still energetic.
The live instrumentation from the band is also a main contributor to the sound. Drums, cymbals, saxophones, pianos, and guitars are present throughout the performances. There is also a nice electronic sounding instrument I don't recognize at the end of Human Being that I like a lot. It overall has a bit of a jazzy and soul flavor to it. What I like the most about the choice to go live for this album is that it really captures the feeling of being in a concert. The quality is superb and the crowd interaction really sets it home. What is also notable is that most of the tracks seem to flow into one another. In all but one song there seems to be not definite cuts from one track to the next further instilling the feeling of being at a live concert.
Now I haven't touched upon the lyrical skill of the album and I can say it's pretty decent. It's more straightforward and I didn't catch any instances of wordplay, but the themes of goals of this album seemed to be about uplifting the spirit which I typically don't see in those type of songs anyway. His style is more of the boom bap flavor. His pronunciations are clear majority of the time and the featured emcees hold up decently. The singers attached accompany the instruments well enough and none of them are bad, but none of them really stood out to me either except for that end note that Codany Holiday dropped on "Sorry". That was off the chain.
To conclude this, The Rapture: Live from Oaklandia is a great album that makes great use of live instruments and recommendation to those looking for a little more joy in their life. I'm now eager to hear more of him and I think his style would be greatly complemented to the likes of Blitz the Ambassador, Common, Akua Naru, Ben L'Oncle Soul, and Nneka. Oh yeah, I'm definitely going to listen to everything else in that user's profile.
Recommended Tracks: Boom Bip, Trippin, and Human Being
9/10
PhoenixDark
Banned
I need to listen to that Sadistik x Kno project.
Nabs
Member
Same here. I'll also check out that Zion I one as well. I always like hearing classic rap with live instrumentation.
It's good. Solid 8.
IrishNinja
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sup blasian
and yeah man, i dig Love Below more than mos ton here but even as a gnause stan, its hard to ride for most of Streets Disciple
i mean...in general, or do you feel any other producer in particular worked better with them?
and yeah man, i dig Love Below more than mos ton here but even as a gnause stan, its hard to ride for most of Streets Disciple
i mean...in general, or do you feel any other producer in particular worked better with them?
Make sure nobody catches you slippin'Everything from late 90's until mid-00's was Neptunes. Nobody else besides Timbaland had so much impact on Pop and Urban music in the last decade. I mean, I can understand if you don't liked Neptunes/Pharrell beats from circa 2006 onwards, but before that? Come on, brehs. Kelis' first two albums, Clipse' first two albums, all those smooth Usher and Timberlake joints, effin' In Search of..., the songs with Jay, Snoop,
First you underrate Street's Disciple, then hate on The Love Below and on top of all that you compare The Neptunes to Swizz Beatz. AIDS >>> GAF-Hop.
Syph Medwes
Member
fuck suge knight
blasian everytime i read your name i say it like nicki minaj says blazin in that song with kanye west
i just want you to know im sorry
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
In Search Of... is my favourite album so you already know how I feel about The Neptunes
The Funeral
Grindin'
Wamp Wamp
Three singles from three albums, all sound radically different to each other.
Not sure how you can judge the 'fit' when they don't even have a consistent style together.
The Funeral
Grindin'
Wamp Wamp
Three singles from three albums, all sound radically different to each other.
Not sure how you can judge the 'fit' when they don't even have a consistent style together.
Net_Wrecker
Member
wtf, the only time Clipse/Pusha T are worth a damn is with Neptunes/Pharrell behind them.
Courage, that's a weird opinion forreal
Courage, that's a weird opinion forreal
I thought this was post was about In Search of Stoney Jackson and I was about to give you major daps,
Welcome back
ViewtifulJC
Banned
and we let this nigga make the OP...
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Neptunes Holy Trinity:
Kaleidoscope
Fly or Die
Hell Hath No Fury
I probably shouldn't tell him that I haven't listened to that before...
:'(
Kaleidoscope
Fly or Die
Hell Hath No Fury
I probably shouldn't tell him that I haven't listened to that before...
:'(
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