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i really like that qb true g song w/nas and game

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link

i like that one of nas's hobbies is watching women wrestle in KY jelly. i should look into that.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Why KY I wonder? I mean as opposed to mud, crisco, jello, etc.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:23 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.k-y.ca/en/img/titre/warming.gif

cause it warms on contact, obv.

― hoosteen warms on contact (hoosteen), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Nas is a freak. Dude raps about groupies eating his excrement and then supposedly rejects Beyonce for having bad breath!?

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:26 (seventeen years ago) link

in other news, half of my favorite rap albums this year are Roots/Lupe/Rhymefest/Hi-Tek = when did I go backpacker?

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:31 (seventeen years ago) link

haha did you hear "audition" by POS? that's a good backpacker one, too

my new favorite hobby:

looking up old 80s rappers on myspace! it's so wierd...i was just on spinderella, yo-yo, milk dee, sha-rock, monie lovie, etc etc...it's so cool you can see pix of them like taking their kids to the zoo and going to b-day parties for their friends and shit, they were all like superheroes to me.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:45 (seventeen years ago) link

i don't actually listen to any real backpacker underground stuff, just the quasi-underground middle-tier mainstream stuff, so no, didn't hear POS.

it seemed like everybody already dropped an album this year, so let's use this opportunity to try and hash out what's coming out in '07. off the top of my head:

UGK just got pushed back to Feb
Lil Wayne - Carter 3
Kanye in the 4th quarter
Raekwon on Aftermath w/ Cuban Linx sequel
Eve
new Swizz Beatz solo album might be cool
I guess Cassidy is dropping too
50 dropping a double album in 2nd quarter followed by the usual G-Unit barrage (Young Buck, LL Cool J, Freeway?, Yayo, Ma$e, MOP?, Young Fresh New Lil Hot Rod, Spider Joke, who the fuck nows what they'll inflict on us)
I guess Eminem too
will anyone give a fuck when the Houston major label class of '05 drop their follow-ups?
is Fab still dropping in late Dec as part of Def Jam's no-promotion tax writeoff contingency plan? (see also: More Fish, Game Theory, 4:21...The Day After)
are we still pretending Styles P. is dropping this year?

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Anyone wanna go to the mat for the shitty new Ghostface album/mixtape/piece of shit?

Or what about the new Jeez?
Listenable, sure, but could it be any more like Thug Motivation?

― maoblau (gloriagaynor), Friday, 1 December 2006 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link

(xpost) what else, what else:

new B.G. exec-produced by T.I.
and T.I. Vs. T.I.P. in 07 too, I guess
Pitbull all-Spanish album
is Trick Daddy still coming out in December or pushed back to 07?
AHH rumors just said that Peedi is going to leak his own album since Def Jam will never put it out (w/ a decent promotional budget at least), so that might be good
Papoose's major label album, who gives a fuck
teenpop nu-Timbaland dropping a new solo album
Busta Rhymes saying he's doing another album in 07

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Friday, 1 December 2006 20:08 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm kinda excited for papoose, but i like mid-level NYC punchline rapperz now and forever.

on the same tip, i'm hoping saigon is actually coming out this year, but the stuff off the yardfather mixtape i've heard on xxlmag.com isn't all that.

i am getting excited for Nas...

is Stat Quo actually ever going to come out?

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 1 December 2006 20:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Saigon's finally got a video so he might actually be dropping sometime soon. I was ready to add Stat Quo to the never-ever-coming-out file (which Joe Budden has now assumed control of in the Clipse's absence) since it's been like 2 years since they released his 'first single,' but he's all over the new Shady compilation so maybe he'll drop soon too.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Friday, 1 December 2006 20:18 (seventeen years ago) link

there's a couple new saigon tracks that leaked, sounding a lot like kanye!?!?!

i'd say that freeway's "free at last" should be added to that never-coming-out file...
his recent freestyle over primo's "format" beat used on the AZ album is crazy

― mao (gloriagaynor), Friday, 1 December 2006 20:29 (seventeen years ago) link

anyone like the new project pat?
im definitely feelin some of it, more than i expected.

― maoblau (gloriagaynor), Friday, 1 December 2006 20:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Is the Hi-Tek album decent? Hi-Tek beats make me feel kinda fuzzy and nostalgic.

― JordanC (JordanC), Friday, 1 December 2006 21:36 (seventeen years ago) link

hi-tek's beats make me think of brown and tan colors. he's an earth-tone producer.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 1 December 2006 21:46 (seventeen years ago) link

definitely

― JordanC (JordanC), Friday, 1 December 2006 22:10 (seventeen years ago) link

the hip-hop rap music sucks

― PappaWheelie III (PappaWheelie III), Saturday, 2 December 2006 01:09 (seventeen years ago) link

i see that CRUNCHY BLACK has a solo album out

― amon (amon), Saturday, 2 December 2006 01:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Killer Mike, hopefully. If it can live up to "Get 'em Shawty" I will be a happy, happy man.

― Ryan Hupp (telephonething), Saturday, 2 December 2006 03:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Anyone wanna go to the mat for the shitty new Ghostface album/mixtape/piece of shit?

Has this leaked? All I've heard is the track over the "Know The Ledge" beat, which is pretty hot.

― Rodney Von Bushwickin The Barbarian Mother-Funky Stay High Dollar Billster (Rodn, Saturday, 2 December 2006 06:29 (seventeen years ago) link

new Prodigy track mentioned on the Busta thread - maybe the best song I've heard all year
http://xxlmag.com/online/?p=6287

― milo (milo), Saturday, 2 December 2006 06:50 (seventeen years ago) link

The Prodigy track is great. Seek the video.

― Rodney Von Bushwickin The Barbarian Mother-Funky Stay High Dollar Billster (Rodn, Saturday, 2 December 2006 06:52 (seventeen years ago) link

new ying yang is boring. or maybe i was just in a bad mood.

― scott seward (121212), Saturday, 2 December 2006 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link

it is so freaking silly to ask, all huffily, "could [thug motivation 102: the inspiration] be any more like thug motivation?" Jeezy sounds like fucking Jeezy. That is how he sounds. His verses on the Hustlin' and Cannon remixes sound like... Jeezy. I really really like the way he sounds. I tired quickly of Mike Jones going "Mike Jones" over and over again, but every time i hear Jeezy drawl "daaammmmmmmmmnnnn," "ayyye" and "yeahhhhhhh" and triumphantly go "ha-ha" it is like the first time and it is amazing & beautiful.

to describe "more fish" as both "shitty" and "a piece of shit," and further be confused as to the difference between a "mixtape" and an "album," betrays: a dislike of Ghostface; some ignorance about hip hop more generally.

― Ann McCarthy (annmccarthy), Sunday, 3 December 2006 07:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I find it interesting that the big consensus rap albums this year (namely Ghost, TI, Clipse) are not "safe" in the typical Kanye, De La, Fugees, etc mold. I suppose there's also the Roots & Lupe Fiasco, but their albums are, respectively, technically accomplished, but boring, and blatantly horrible. Neither seems to be getting quite the blanket praise that the other three I named are. Is this some sort of big turn for the hivemind?

― Rodney Von Bushwickin The Barbarian Mother-Funky Stay High Dollar Billster (Rodn, Sunday, 3 December 2006 10:59 (seventeen years ago) link

i really like the lupe fiasco album!!!

i like the TI as well, and chamillionaire in the same way that i like the pussycat dolls, and i will FINALLY get around to clipse today.

i want another trina album.

― lexpretend (lexpretend), Sunday, 3 December 2006 13:11 (seventeen years ago) link

I think I'm starting to hate Young Jeezy, where I was just so-so on him before. Part of it is that he only rhymes at the end of each line, but in really sloppy patterns (no A-A-B-B or even A-B-A-B, just random shit that doesn't match up in even some weird clever way), part of it's just because of how unabashedly lazy "I Luv It" is ("What You Know" beat + "Trap Star" chorus). Anytime Jeezy makes a record that sounds like a T.I. record, it just reminds me that dude got in Tip's lane at almost the exact same level of success with a lot less talent.

new ying yang is boring. or maybe i was just in a bad mood.

Yeah, the words "executive produced by Wyclef" scared me off, and it seems like they barely promoted it. Mr. Collipark was always the best part of their records, and apparently he disagreed with the direction on the new album so much that he just announced he's not working w/ Ying Yang anymore.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Sunday, 3 December 2006 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link

I think I'm starting to hate Young Jeezy, where I was just so-so on him before.

same here. and i've grown to love the mike jones album

― amon (amon), Sunday, 3 December 2006 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link

i kinda like that jeezy/timbaland but the one with tip & kanye feels like its bout 20 minutes of jeezy & 5 choruses before the other dudes get to rap

dont really see how critics overrating clipse & ghost is a break from the general mold of de la/kanye/fugees - same dudes gave alot of ink to more deserving wu shit back in the day for the same weirdo reasons & clipse is just updated mid 90s biggie/mobb/snoop shows us the nihilistic-yet-thrilling horrors of the ghetto bullshit with a dash of post-backpacker wordplay

― and what (ooo), Sunday, 3 December 2006 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link

most unnecessary album of the year: pac's life

― amon (amon), Sunday, 3 December 2006 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link

original version of the pacs life single that samples prince is good - you can get it on one of those 90s makaveli bootlegs

its crazy that established artists are doing like 50k at best this year while another posthumous 2pac album goes 200k first week

― and what (ooo), Sunday, 3 December 2006 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

http://thunder_1st.tripod.com/Keep_It_REAL/Bootlegs.htm

I figured it was time for me to speak on all the shark ass bitches making money off of my nigga Pac.

― and what (ooo), Sunday, 3 December 2006 18:42 (seventeen years ago) link

im actually sort of liking the inspiration more that tm 101, esp. the timbaland and "hypnotize," which makes me imagine jeezy selling coke on the new MOON BASE or somethiing.

― max (maxreax), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 19:25 (seventeen years ago) link

also i like that he says "hypmatize"

― max (maxreax), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 19:28 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm listening to (what i think is) an advance of Jeezy & Juelz's "I Can't Feel My Face". ain't so bad cept juelz does some really stupid rhying the exact same word for way too long

― jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 7 December 2006 19:42 (seventeen years ago) link

I find the Common Cap commercial quite charming for some reason. I probably should hate it, but I like it.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 7 December 2006 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Is it just me or was T.I.'s "Why You Wanna" criminally overlooked?

― less-than three's Christiane F. (drowned in milk), Thursday, 7 December 2006 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost to myself, i mean weezy and juelz. jeezy weezy whatevs

― jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 7 December 2006 19:52 (seventeen years ago) link

dave chappipple!

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 7 December 2006 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm listening to (what i think is) an advance of Jeezy & Juelz's "I Can't Feel My Face". ain't so bad cept juelz does some really stupid rhying the exact same word for way too long
-- jaxon (gnarls.in.charg...), December 7th, 2006.

i think the deal with that, IIRC, is that Juelz and Wayne spent months and months hyping up their collab mixtape and delaying it and talking about maybe making it an official album, that a mixtape DJ finally just took some of the leaked tracks and other random stuff they've done and cobbled it together as "the prequel" to the actual mixtape which has yet to be released.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:08 (seventeen years ago) link

also yeah SHOCKER juelz can't rap. it's amazing that jim jones routinely gets the "worst rapper in dipset" tag considering that santana exists.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh
Kay
Ay

Yep
Dipset

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:16 (seventeen years ago) link

(I forgot)

Dipset
Dipset
Dip
Set

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:17 (seventeen years ago) link

it was a bad idea to even start discussing dipset at all, wasn't it.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:19 (seventeen years ago) link

So... the second disc of this Tyrese album...

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:22 (seventeen years ago) link

I am totally ready for this thread to be all about the "Black Ty" CD. Please, proceed.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:28 (seventeen years ago) link

The new Ying Yang Twins album is unbelievably bad.

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Charted really poorly too (which I say while knowing that I risk spawning another 300-post thread about whether it's okay to hate on rap albums for "bricking"), debuted at #40 when their last album debuted at #2, i think even that mini-album/EP thing from a year ago sold better. What's bad about it, though, compared to their old stuff? (I don't disbelieve you, I'm sure it's terrible, but I'm mordibly curious as to what the factors are, aside from Wyclef.)

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Black Ty sez:

As soon as I walked in the club
I started looking for a girl who sucked dick like she made it up
I know you're out there somewhere
Baby don't keep it to yourself, share
To all the freaks, let me see
Drop it like it's hot and make me a believer
I know there's a whole lot of freaks in the dirty dirty
Motherfuckers gettin' high feelin' flirty
Dem down south boys they're the craziest
Them west coast boys be scandalous
Dem midwest n*gg*s be dangerous

The end of each line is pronounced either "uhh" or "ehh"

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:46 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.leenite.org/jonisland/graphics/jon~qa2.jpg

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:48 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost

Lol @ the idea of a "prequel" to a mixtape!

spoiler alert: Wayne's hot rappin' skills are the result of mitoclorians!!!

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Collipark intros the album saying that the first part of the album is for the old school fans and that on the second half Wyclef and some Tony Wonder or whoever is gonna take them into exciting new musical worlds. The first half is just really tired, even for a group known for repeating hooks and catchphrases into the ground. Wyclef's half goes for a little novelty but "Dangerous" and "Leave" (about how if you don't like your wife's career as a stripper you should just leave and let her breathe) are the only ones with any musical spark, but the sung hooks are painful (Wyclef bellowing the hook from "Maneater"). Then Collipark comes back to say he has to outro the album himself cuz the Twins are missing, only this is followed by a song about how they're gonna bust it open, and another about how they're still here.

There HAS to be label/producer drama behind something this uninspired so soon after U.S.A., which was half great.

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Cheri Oteri is totally giggling at Black Ty's ineptitude at dispelling gay rumors by rapping lines like "Motherfuckers gettin' high feelin' flirty/ Dem down south boys they're the craziest" (xpost)

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:53 (seventeen years ago) link

If I have any shame about overrating Yet More Ghostface and a more backpackish Mobb Deep, its not because I've heard rap that's more worthy of commendation this year.

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:54 (seventeen years ago) link

yo hip-hop heads head-ups for

My Old Kentucky Blog: The Best Rap/Hip-Hop of 2006
http://myoldkyhome.blogspot.com/2006/12/best-raphip-hop-of-2006.html

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:55 (seventeen years ago) link

i remember the first time I heard "Dangerous" it was just the very end when the beat changes up for a few measures and it sounded really unexpected and awesome, hearing the actual whole song was pretty disappointing. i'm amazed they actually tried to launch an album with that as the single, i don't think anybody liked it.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:55 (seventeen years ago) link

hell, even heard ABOUT rap that sounds more worthy.

x-post, not that that list changed anything.

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:56 (seventeen years ago) link

i remember the first time I heard "Dangerous" it was just the very end when the beat changes up for a few measures and it sounded really unexpected and awesome, hearing the actual whole song was pretty disappointing.

yeah, the jump into "Black Betty" is the kind of whim that the album really needs more of.

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:57 (seventeen years ago) link

And I ain't laughin' holmes
When Black Ty come on it's like a danger zone

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:58 (seventeen years ago) link

i keep forgetting to listen to that rhymefest album again...i liked it alright, i should give it another go...i liked it more than the lupe album, which didn't age well for me.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:58 (seventeen years ago) link

im telling you, if you can still get into mid-90s nyc rap, the AZ album is fucking golden. "the format" is my rap single of the year.

― max (maxreax), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah the Rhymefest album was pretty high on my year-end list when I first heard it, but I think I lost my copy and it wasn't so great that I'm going to bother to get another copy or keep it on any lists on the basis of a handful of listens from months ago. but I just got the Lupe album pretty recently so it's still sounding fresh to my ears.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:08 (seventeen years ago) link

thx max,

i keep forgetting abt that AZ album! i gotta get that.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:11 (seventeen years ago) link

i know no one will care since i was like the only person that liked Mos Def's last album, but apparently he's up for a grammy?! and he's been working on an album that's supposed to come out in january called Tru3 Magic.

― jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:45 (seventeen years ago) link

I discovered g-funk via the Menace II Society soundtrack and I can't get enough of it.

― less-than three's Christiane F. (drowned in milk), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link

welcome to 1992

― max (maxreax), Thursday, 7 December 2006 22:30 (seventeen years ago) link

(not in like a mean way, in like, im still here too, so welcome)

― max (maxreax), Thursday, 7 December 2006 22:34 (seventeen years ago) link

to be fair the whole "Urban/Alternative" category is tailor made for bullshit noone likes like the last Mos Def album

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 7 December 2006 22:38 (seventeen years ago) link

welcome to 1992

i recently got the first bone thugs album. in highschool i was "above" listening to commercial/gangster rap, but that shit is so good. kicking myself now.

― jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 7 December 2006 23:01 (seventeen years ago) link

i heard that new mos def song...yuck.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 7 December 2006 23:08 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost jaxon i was just bumping creepin' on a come up! that fucking EP rules...i forgot how wierd those dudes were "will i die of muuuuurdah? of bloody muuuuuuurdah?"

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 7 December 2006 23:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Mos Def's out 12.19, isn't it?

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Thursday, 7 December 2006 23:22 (seventeen years ago) link

"answering the musical question: what would it sound like if HR from Bad Brains got hella stoned, then mumbled a bunch of garbage over the Liquid Swords beat?"

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 7 December 2006 23:27 (seventeen years ago) link

bone thugz are fucking great, STILL. krazie's verse on "ridin dirty" MADE that fuckin song. and NOTORIOUS THUGS is still one of biggie's greatest tracks.

― max (maxreax), Thursday, 7 December 2006 23:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Fuck a Hot97 for not having show playlists on their site. Was anyone listening to Funkmaster Flex last night? There was something he played I really liked - it was right before he played the two Justin Timberlake singles back to back? I can't say much else about it except that it sounded like a Southern rapper over a beat that didn't sound Southern.

― Hurting (A-Ron Hubbard), Friday, 8 December 2006 14:30 (seventeen years ago) link

do you remember any words? the hook?

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Friday, 8 December 2006 14:40 (seventeen years ago) link

It was something I only heard the last minute of as I was getting in the car but the beat was fantastic.

― Hurting (A-Ron Hubbard), Friday, 8 December 2006 14:52 (seventeen years ago) link

just got a leak of the new nas.

wow. i can't wait to hear what y'all think about "Who Killed It?"

nas is crazy as fuck.

mostly though, so far, this is great!

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 8 December 2006 21:29 (seventeen years ago) link

so far, this might be my fav nas since "it was written"

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 8 December 2006 21:33 (seventeen years ago) link

or "lost tapes" if that "counts"

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 8 December 2006 21:33 (seventeen years ago) link

I just listened to Rhymefest today and it's great!

― Matt Cibula (Formerly, the Haikunym), Friday, 8 December 2006 21:41 (seventeen years ago) link

by great I mean fun and accomplished and diverse, it's not like he's T.I. or Chingo Bling or anything

― Matt Cibula (Formerly, the Haikunym), Friday, 8 December 2006 21:48 (seventeen years ago) link

i just DLed the new Nas too, but i've never really cared about him since Illmatic (which i bought on it's first day in highschool - geez, hype has been strong even then)

― jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 8 December 2006 23:01 (seventeen years ago) link

and Snoop's new one is kinda meh. decent but nothing amazing.

― jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 8 December 2006 23:01 (seventeen years ago) link

really what i've been listening to a lot is a slsk 12 cd comp of Jay Dee produced tracks called "Soulful Genius (Library of a Legend)". there's a Slum Village track called "Who We Are" that's absolutely bonkers. i guess it's on their "Prequel to a Classic" release which i have no idea what it is.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/43ppl6

― jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 8 December 2006 23:07 (seventeen years ago) link

listening to Thug Motivation 101 one last time before i delete it. this guy is laughably terrible

― amon (amon), Saturday, 9 December 2006 07:48 (seventeen years ago) link

you mean 102?

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Saturday, 9 December 2006 13:00 (seventeen years ago) link

The Lil Weezyana mixtape is one of my favourite things of the year. Best gay rapper alive!

― Tim F (Tim F), Saturday, 9 December 2006 13:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Lil Wayne: gay rapper?

http://www.knox.edu/Images/_News/news_media/img/2006/colbert_stephen-1ss.jpg

...or the gayest rapper?

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Saturday, 9 December 2006 16:02 (seventeen years ago) link

no i mean 101. i like the first track, and go crazy, my hood, get ya mind right, trap or die. the rest is total crap. not even gonna bother with 102

― amon (amon), Saturday, 9 December 2006 16:11 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.hiphopgame.com/images/crazy/lilwayne.jpg

― amon (amon), Saturday, 9 December 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, i feel you, i didn't really like the stuff on 101 either.

Hip Hop Is Dead is pretty good so far, but WTF is up with "Who Killed It"!? I have no idea what kind of voice Nas is trying to there but it's more embarrassing than all the tracks with 'Scarlett' on Street's Disciple put together.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Saturday, 9 December 2006 16:37 (seventeen years ago) link

similiarly, "the whirlwind of beef, I inhale it" makes me want to vomit more than any of the gross sex rhymes on the last album.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Saturday, 9 December 2006 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link

also Nas WHY OH WHY do we have to hear your wifey's horrible horrible speaking voice on your albums? that shit is more nails-on-a-chalkboard than, well, her singing voice.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Saturday, 9 December 2006 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link

"Honey spreaded that asshole like a wide-mouth bass."

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Saturday, 9 December 2006 16:45 (seventeen years ago) link

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000JVSZIY.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V35540414_.jpg

― amon (amon), Saturday, 9 December 2006 16:49 (seventeen years ago) link

so this'll be his "retirement" album

― amon (amon), Saturday, 9 December 2006 17:00 (seventeen years ago) link

im liking "hip hop is dead"; i had forgotten how good nas can be when he wants to. theres a lot less self-indulgence on this album it seems like. the track with jay is almost as good as i could have hoped.

― max (maxreax), Saturday, 9 December 2006 17:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Lil Crappy rhymes like a dude with his nipples pierced. Money in the bank is the best song on the album and it is lukewarm at best. This guy is a candidate to be the all time best wal mart greeter in the history of Wal mart.

― and what (ooo), Sunday, 10 December 2006 18:27 (seventeen years ago) link

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000JVSZIY.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V35540414_.jpg

(insert emo gag)

― Dom Passantino (DomPassantino), Sunday, 10 December 2006 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link

np @ work - soundpieces da antidote

― and what (ooo), Monday, 11 December 2006 17:39 (seventeen years ago) link

whoever said that about 'Lil Crappy' OTM

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Monday, 11 December 2006 17:42 (seventeen years ago) link

I think he's supposed to be like a Humphrey Bogart type film noir detective on Who Killed It.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 11 December 2006 17:52 (seventeen years ago) link

'who killed it' is seriously unlistenable like is nas trying out for a voice spot on animaniacs or something

im gonna start a new thread to list rappers who rhyme like a dude with his nipples pierced

― and what (ooo), Monday, 11 December 2006 17:53 (seventeen years ago) link

lol @ 'the whirlwind of beef i inhale it' too - good to see im not the only dude who got screwfaced on that line

― and what (ooo), Monday, 11 December 2006 17:54 (seventeen years ago) link

someone with photoshop skills needs to work that line and a picture of Nas into a Wendy's ad

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Monday, 11 December 2006 19:40 (seventeen years ago) link

'who killed it' is seriously unlistenable like is nas trying out for a voice spot on animaniacs or something

It worked for Tone Loc.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Monday, 11 December 2006 19:45 (seventeen years ago) link

But if that's what you have to do to work with Kim Fields, so be it.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Monday, 11 December 2006 19:46 (seventeen years ago) link

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7268/nasvy7.jpg

― strongo (temp.) (sandboxhulkington), Monday, 11 December 2006 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link

you willfully misinterpreted my words, sir, and I thank you for it

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Monday, 11 December 2006 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link

i had to rush-job it because i'm wading through some dude's 40,000 word blog post and 666 comments box replies about how breihan is worse than jerry heller and mark fuhrman put together

― strongo (temp.) (sandboxhulkington), Monday, 11 December 2006 20:16 (seventeen years ago) link

dave tuomas

― and what (ooo), Monday, 11 December 2006 20:21 (seventeen years ago) link

haha poor Tom, the things that he's wrong about are so benign that it just had to be some riffraff-y joke headline like "Pitbull: Better Than Nas" that turned him into the rap blog anti-christ. as far as i can tell it's really not worth wading through all those blog posts and comments and inhaling the whirlwind of beef, as it were.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Monday, 11 December 2006 20:50 (seventeen years ago) link

link pls

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Hip Hop Is Dead is pretty good so far, but WTF is up with "Who Killed It"!? I have no idea what kind of voice Nas is trying to there

voice=
http://www.alohacriticon.com/images/elcriticonfotos/edwardgrobinsonup.jpg + http://eric.b.olsen.tripod.com/images/bogart1.jpg

― justin (hoosteen), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:16 (seventeen years ago) link

i almost wonder if Nas got that idea from the old Blu Blockers sunglasses commercial...there's this wierdo LA dude named Geek (the Rock n' Roll freak, rockn my rhymes up and down Venice Beach) that hangs out around Hollywood and Vine and other places, rapping with a big sombrero on....anyway, in the old Blu Blockers commercial he did a H-Bo voice and was all like "yeah, schee, the Blockers are the best, wear 'em when I'm rhymin way out west"

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:24 (seventeen years ago) link

i really like 'fergalicious' :-[

― and what (ooo), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link

haha i was at a bar the other night and realized how much i like "london bridge"

― strongo (temp.) (sandboxhulkington), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:35 (seventeen years ago) link

who knew a sandpaper faced bedwetter could take "tipsy" and make it better

― strongo (temp.) (sandboxhulkington), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:35 (seventeen years ago) link

can i get a... + jj fad + kraftwerk

― and what (ooo), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:40 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm not totally on board w/fergalicious, but that synth line one the i stay vicious..got those boys on rock rock singing part is pretty great.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Dr. Geek Blue Blockers commercial - http://youtube.com/watch?v=cxdMjC2BTwc

― jaxon (jaxon), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:45 (seventeen years ago) link

ha. this one's so much better. he rocks the fake asian and latino accents - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWMPDklkJpA

― jaxon (jaxon), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:46 (seventeen years ago) link

ha. i didn't realize that was Nas on 'who killed it' until this thread

― jaxon (jaxon), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:50 (seventeen years ago) link

http://static.flickr.com/124/320021365_91dc15bd7d_o.jpg

― amon (amon), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 00:37 (seventeen years ago) link

aw dr. geek! awesome...i met him once in LA.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 00:38 (seventeen years ago) link

amon u r a true g

― strongo (temp.) (sandboxhulkington), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 00:39 (seventeen years ago) link

just noticed the wendy's logo is tombstone-shaped haha

― amon (amon), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 00:43 (seventeen years ago) link

omg dying like hip-hop

― dave thomas (hoosteen), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 00:58 (seventeen years ago) link

rofl

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 01:59 (seventeen years ago) link

haha christmas came early this year and amon is santa

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 02:02 (seventeen years ago) link

In the new XXL one of Jeezy's producers talks about hearing "Hypnotize" and says something like "I'm a calm dude, but I heard that track and was like *stands up, salutes* yes sir I will get money, sir!"

One of Jeezy's producers OTM.

― hoostnotize. (hoosteen), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 02:03 (seventeen years ago) link

srsly i can't say enough good things abt hypnotize, best track on the album.

also my girlfriend misheard it as "NOW I COMMAND YOU N*GGAS TO GET PUPPIES" which would make it even better i think

― max (maxreax), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:34 (seventeen years ago) link

they just played some brian austin green rap on vh1

― and what (ooo), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 01:06 (seventeen years ago) link

sweet!

i remember on the show when he directed a powerman 5000 video and donna was the video ho.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 01:30 (seventeen years ago) link

haha. my college roommate did promotions for Sony's urban dept and had BOXES of that brian austin green album in our room. i'm pretty sure it was produced by one or more of the pharcyde and totally sounded like one of their albums. i just saw this horrendous video the other day on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQU7HRJWS1s&eurl=

also produced by the pharcyde were some friend's of mine from highschool Anotha Level http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd600/d699/d699191gkmk.jpg

― jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 01:48 (seventeen years ago) link

woah i don't remember anotha level, what were they like?

in other news:

Prodigy's "New York Shit" mixtape song is fucking awesome!

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 01:54 (seventeen years ago) link

I remember checking Anotha Level because Laylaw was involved.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 02:13 (seventeen years ago) link

laylaw from above the law??

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 02:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 02:28 (seventeen years ago) link

here are a few tracks i just found on slsk http://www.sendspace.com/file/6143zh

― jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 06:07 (seventeen years ago) link

ihttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/magnetic2/mixtapesusa_1923_192676.gif

hows this

― deej (deej), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:40 (seventeen years ago) link

That Hi Tek is really good

― deej (deej), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 21:04 (seventeen years ago) link

I almost picked it up today, but balked when I remembered I hadn't xmas shopped for the better half yet. Worth it then?

― hoo got it for steen, vol. 2 (hoosteen), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link

I like the Hi-Tek but also consider it pretty bland and forgettable, and not necessarily his best work as a producer.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Haha Al this is like last year how you were so down on your favorite rap albums. If you don't like them that much you can find something else!

― deej (deej), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 22:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Haha Al this is like last every year how you were so down on your favorite rap albums.

well I wouldn't say Hi-Tek is really high on my favorites, but yeah, same old story. not sure what you mean by 'find something else,' though, obviously I'm always copping more CDs and hoping I'll like them more than what I've already got, unless you mean something other than current rap which, my new year's resolution is definitely to buy more old albums and fall back a little on keeping up with new shit.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 23:14 (seventeen years ago) link

i like this anotha level stuff...reminds of pharcyde.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 14 December 2006 04:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Rich Boy - "Throw Some D's"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC9Er-rpzJI

― Rodney and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay (Rodney J. Greene), Thursday, 14 December 2006 07:31 (seventeen years ago) link

dr geek can still be seen rockin the 3rd st prominade and hollywood blvd.

― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 14 December 2006 08:23 (seventeen years ago) link

roffle @ that nas 'shop

― dqdq (dqdq), Thursday, 14 December 2006 08:58 (seventeen years ago) link

ihttp://ohword.com/images/528.jpg

― deej (deej), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:59 (seventeen years ago) link

lol @ jim jones littering while yelling BALLIN'

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:03 (seventeen years ago) link

haha

― amon (amon), Friday, 15 December 2006 04:40 (seventeen years ago) link

"who killed it" - fucking AWFUL. glad i didn't buy this

― amon (amon), Friday, 15 December 2006 04:42 (seventeen years ago) link

its not out yet anyway is it heh

― amon (amon), Friday, 15 December 2006 04:50 (seventeen years ago) link

i almost bought 8ball's album from this year but put it back. is it good?

― deej (deej), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:28 (seventeen years ago) link

i just sold all my hip hop cds
http://www.glumbert.com/media/nerdcore

― jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 15 December 2006 23:58 (seventeen years ago) link

some days, i really want to not work in video games.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Saturday, 16 December 2006 00:05 (seventeen years ago) link

"You roll the dice to decide, like, what your emceeing level is. You might get a three and you can't rap. Or you might get an eighteen, and then you'll be a great rapper."

― Rodney picks up his saxaphone and dooms the white power structure (Rodney J. Gre, Saturday, 16 December 2006 00:19 (seventeen years ago) link

On one hand, I like MF DOOM and I made a mash-up of Dizzee Rascal and some music from Art of Fighting once. On the other hand, shut up you dorks

― nathan explosion (natepatrin), Saturday, 16 December 2006 01:33 (seventeen years ago) link

"We're different 'cause we rap about video games and anime!" Christ, get one Del tha Funkee Homosapien.

― nathan explosion (natepatrin), Saturday, 16 December 2006 01:35 (seventeen years ago) link

furcore

― amon (amon), Saturday, 16 December 2006 02:51 (seventeen years ago) link

ihttp://image.com.com/mp3/images/cover/200/drf500/f541/f54113yhodf.jpg

― nathan explosion (natepatrin), Saturday, 16 December 2006 03:27 (seventeen years ago) link

http://image.com.com/mp3/images/cover/200/drf500/f541/f54113yhodf.jpg

― nathan explosion (natepatrin), Saturday, 16 December 2006 03:27 (seventeen years ago) link

hahaha

― amon (amon), Saturday, 16 December 2006 03:31 (seventeen years ago) link

if you had told me nine years ago when i first started writing about music that i would be seriously worried about whether or not to include a chingo bling mextape on my top ten list i would not have believed you, probably

― Matt Cibula (Formerly, the Haikunym), Saturday, 16 December 2006 05:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Hey, "More Fish" has a jacked Siah and Yeshua beat!

― a bulldog fed a cookie shaped like a kitten (austin), Saturday, 16 December 2006 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Is that a typo or does he really call them "mextapes"? Pun kudos.

― Dom Passantino (DomPassantino), Saturday, 16 December 2006 16:43 (seventeen years ago) link

no typo; his last two are called "America's Faborite Wetback: The Mextape" and "They All Want Him, But Who Can Afford Him?"

― Matt Cibula (Formerly, the Haikunym), Saturday, 16 December 2006 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link

What do you kids think about Da Back Wudz?

I know I'm late to the game on this, but I picked up Wood Work at one of the Tower liquidation sales only because it was a buck fifty. I may have been scared off by the oompa loompa video (which is terrifying if you happen to wake up to it in the middle of the night after having taken NyQuil and passed out while watching the MTV Jams channel), but listening to the whole album makes me imagine it in a battle with the Field Mob record for Best 2006 Atlanta Rap Album Nobody Seems To Care About (Even Though It's Pretty Good And Definitely Better Than Idlewild).

― Baron Von Jigglesworth (Baron Von Jigglesworth), Sunday, 17 December 2006 01:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Rich Boy - "Throw Some D's"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC9Er-rpzJI

-- Rodney and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay (rodneyjgreen...), December 14th, 2006. (Rodney J. Greene)

ha just came here to ask about this. i love this track so much. "cadillick"

― amon (amon), Sunday, 17 December 2006 05:29 (seventeen years ago) link

That song is incredibly awesome. I remember reading years ago someone talking about a certain rapper (no idea who, though I'm pretty sure they were Southern) always emphasizing the 2-3-4 beats. Rich Boy does that during the hook to great effect.

xpost:

I got a copy of Wood Work in the Tower outage, too, but haven't listened to it yet. The Field Mob album suxors, though.

― Rodney picks up his saxophone and dooms the white power structure (Rodney J. Gre, Sunday, 17 December 2006 08:54 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.mixtape-bangers.com/images/large/Mixtape%20Covers/Mack%20Maine_LRG.jpg

― and what (ooo), Monday, 18 December 2006 05:25 (seventeen years ago) link

throw some d's is boring

― and what (ooo), Monday, 18 December 2006 05:27 (seventeen years ago) link

gave cursory listens to:

ghostface "more fish" - zzzzZ ?
new project pat - nice cover but kinda dull. been downhill since ghetty green
young dro "best thang smokin" - pretty good, would listen again a+++
new lil scrappy - money in the bank is great, rest is zzzz

older stuff:
dem franchize boyz "on top of our game" - nice
crime mob - ok, mostly got it for knuck if you buck

― amon (amon), Monday, 25 December 2006 16:53 (seventeen years ago) link

pimp c joint on that pat stayed in replay for about 3 weeks

― and what (ooo), Monday, 25 December 2006 17:08 (seventeen years ago) link

I donno I think the Pat is pretty nice, like most of his albums (except for Layin da Smack Down) its 75% or so pretty great shit and a few tracks I never listen to. I think the best track might be "Get Down" but I like "Crack a Head" and the Pimp C track and obvious 'crossover' track "What Money Do," plus I liked all the singles.... Young Dro's Drama mixtape is good and i've listened to that a lot, does the album have that much new shit on it?

― deej (deej), Monday, 25 December 2006 20:55 (seventeen years ago) link

layin da smack down >>>> crook by the book

choose u, smokin out, this pimp = some of the best pat songs ever

― and what (ooo), Monday, 25 December 2006 20:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Nah I know I like those but I skip more tracks on that than any other one. Anyway to me this new one doesn't seem out of step with the rest of his career, I guess he is on the downward arc as far as his relevence, like the rest of hypnotized minds, but I thought this album was strong.

― deej (deej), Monday, 25 December 2006 21:03 (seventeen years ago) link

i dunno crook is mostly unlistenable to me, generic beats amd pat sounds cartoonish/ineffective

― and what (ooo), Monday, 25 December 2006 21:04 (seventeen years ago) link

! I'm surprised yr so down on it, 'cartoonish' was the response i had when "Googly Moogly" leaked though; I think i said something like 'Has Project Pat gone too far, finally become a foghorn leghorn caricature???,' but I grew to accept it and its always been a part of his appeal to a degree....Are you down on nu-Three-6 beats in general?

― deej (deej), Monday, 25 December 2006 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link

aside from "Stay Fly" obviously

― deej (deej), Monday, 25 December 2006 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link

layin da smack down is good, prob. the last thing i liked from him.

still haven't heard the baby/wayne thing.

― amon (amon), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 09:13 (seventeen years ago) link

layin da smack down is the last album he released isnt it? or is there some other shit I don't know about.
i dont like it nearly as much as the rest of his records.

― deej (deej), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 21:29 (seventeen years ago) link

there was that free project pat blend tape

― and what (ooo), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 23:00 (seventeen years ago) link

have you done any project pat/RJD2 blends

― deej (deej), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link

ZING

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 00:24 (seventeen years ago) link

project pat - ballers b/w aceyalone - disconnected

― and what (ooo), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 01:14 (seventeen years ago) link

didn't miss a beat

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver (hoosteen), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 01:22 (seventeen years ago) link

didn't MATCH the beat, amirite. (nah, ok, it's good.)

the new Trick Daddy album is surpassing my expectations, I guess because it's got zero buzz/promotion I wasn't really excited for it but it's really good if in a more one-dimensional way than his last couple albums.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 01:41 (seventeen years ago) link

HEY POPMATTERS WEHRE IS MY COPY OF THE TRIKK DADDY DAMMITTT

― Matt Cibula (Formerly, the Haikunym), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 01:54 (seventeen years ago) link

yeeaaa that ballers remix is hot

― amon (amon), Thursday, 28 December 2006 08:05 (seventeen years ago) link

(wtf is a "twankie", lol)

― amon (amon), Thursday, 28 December 2006 08:06 (seventeen years ago) link

lol @ ppl actually feeling a track i cooked up over like 10 minutes in response to a deej zing

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 28 December 2006 13:07 (seventeen years ago) link

That Trick Daddy single reaffirms that "still" is one of the worst words a rapper can put in a chorus.

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 28 December 2006 16:15 (seventeen years ago) link

i dunno i like bet that alot - isnt the still [pause] blah blah blah hook just from still dre

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 28 December 2006 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, and I didn't think it was much of a hook then either. "I still..." anything (unless it's a declaration of romantic fidelity, and even then) is a pretty boring thing to write about.

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 28 December 2006 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link

I only listened to the album once, but "Born A Thug" is the only track I remember grabbing me.

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 28 December 2006 16:26 (seventeen years ago) link

do you hate still fly too??

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 28 December 2006 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link

you mean "Stay Fly"

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 28 December 2006 18:01 (seventeen years ago) link

hahaha

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 28 December 2006 18:01 (seventeen years ago) link

or do you mean the Big Tymers?

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 28 December 2006 18:02 (seventeen years ago) link

cuz the diff there is that the Big Tymers are self-mocking rather than describing a commercially successful holding pattern, totally the exception that proves the rule

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 28 December 2006 18:03 (seventeen years ago) link

i gotta still fly-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y

what about still ballin by trick & pac

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 28 December 2006 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Miccio, you'll retract your claim when Trick makes you weep with a tale of in utero fetal death, "Stillborn A Thug," on his next album.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 28 December 2006 19:09 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.smwsa.com/images/distillery.jpg

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 28 December 2006 19:12 (seventeen years ago) link

what about still ballin by trick & pac

haven't heard it, not really in much of a rush

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 28 December 2006 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link

"still not a player" is pretty fun!

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 28 December 2006 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link

he doesn't say "still" in the chorus though

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 28 December 2006 19:24 (seventeen years ago) link

thats the best song mentioned in this entire thread

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 28 December 2006 19:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Miccio, you'll retract your claim when Trick makes you weep with a tale of in utero fetal death, "Stillborn A Thug,"

butterflyeffect.jpg

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 28 December 2006 19:34 (seventeen years ago) link

It always irritated me that "Still Not A Player" appears before "I'm Not A Player" on Capital Punishment.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 28 December 2006 19:50 (seventeen years ago) link

fuckalot vs. crushalot

― amon (amon), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link

if you never heard 'a little bit of love' by brenda russell (the still not a player break) get that shit now

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link

strill

― amon (amon), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link

do you think Pun started saying "crush" instead of "fuck" after some chick's pelvic bone was cracked underneath his weight?

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link

lets ask perpetua (ba dum tisssss)

― amon (amon), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm not a player I just flux a lot

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:16 (seventeen years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluxblog

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:31 (seventeen years ago) link

haha!

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:34 (seventeen years ago) link

the best part is how no effort is made to reconcile the fact that two years pass between the date of death and the blog creation

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:41 (seventeen years ago) link

unreleased acapellas yo

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:42 (seventeen years ago) link

FLUXBLOG DUETS

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Perpetual Punishment

― amon (amon), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:45 (seventeen years ago) link

http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/amg/pop_albums/0/9/8/e09214zhy8t.jpg

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:47 (seventeen years ago) link

http://991.com/newgallery//Fat-Boys-Crushin-298801.jpg

― amon (amon), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:52 (seventeen years ago) link

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00061QJIU.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1106684958_.jpg

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:55 (seventeen years ago) link

(thats actually a seriously dope album)

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:55 (seventeen years ago) link

It's off the blogs this year.

― Dom Passantino (DomPassantino), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Merge with Obie Trice

OBIE TRICE

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Thursday, 28 December 2006 21:03 (seventeen years ago) link

that haystack killed me

xxxpost

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver (hoosteen), Thursday, 28 December 2006 22:15 (seventeen years ago) link

holy shit lol @ new fluxblog wiki edit

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 28 December 2006 22:22 (seventeen years ago) link

omg

― amon (amon), Thursday, 28 December 2006 22:59 (seventeen years ago) link

wow

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver (hoosteen), Thursday, 28 December 2006 23:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, boo. The Big Perp edit is gone.

― Baron Von Jigglesworth (Baron Von Jigglesworth), Thursday, 28 December 2006 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link

This article contradicts destiny of Wikipedia to be verifiable truth source. This is not humorous in any fashion.

This article contradicts destiny of Wikipedia to be verifiable truth source. This is not humorous in any fashion.

This article contradicts destiny of Wikipedia to be verifiable truth source. This is not humorous in any fashion.

― max (maxreax), Thursday, 28 December 2006 23:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Here's my top 25 albums and Top 40 singles of 2006 (word to Ego Trip). After much deliberating, re-listening and re-re-relistening, my lists are now open to hating and sonning. Enjoy?

TOP 25 ALBUMS
1. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
2. T.I. - King
3. Young Dro - Best Thang Smokin'
4. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
5. P.O.S. - Audition
6. Lupe Fiasco - Food And Liquor
7. The Roots - Game Theory
8. J Dilla - Donuts
9. Youngbloodz - Ev'rybody Know Me
10. E-40 - My Ghetto Report Card
11. Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
12. Snoop Dogg - Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
13. Rick Ross - Port Of Miami
14. Field Mob - Light Poles And Pine Trees
15. Tha Dogg Pound - Cali Iz Active
16. Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo
17. Too $hort - Blow The Whistle
18. Pigeon John - And The Summertime Pool Party
19. Jim Jones - Hustler's P.O.M.E.
20. The Game - Doctor's Advocate
21. Juvenile - Reality Check
22. Ghostface Killah - More Fish
23. Juggaknots - Use Your Confusion
24. Soul Position - Things Go Better With RJ And Al
25. Keak Da Sneak - Kunta Kinte

TOP 40 SINGLES
1. T.I. - "What You Know"
2. Busta Rhymes ft. Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose and DMX - "Touch It (Remix)"
3. E-40 ft. Keak Da Sneak - "Tell Me When To Go"
4. Clipse ft. Pharrell - "Mr. Me Too"
5. Young Dro - "Shoulder Lean"
6. The Pack - "Vans"
7. Shawnna - "Gettin Some"
8. Yung Joc - "It's Going Down"
9. Baby And Lil Wayne - "Stuntin' Like My Daddy"
10. Jim Jones - "We Fly High"
11. The Clipse ft. Slim Thug - "Wamp Wamp (What It Do)"
12. Chamillionaire ft. Krayzie Bone - "Ridin'"
13. The Game ft. Junior Reid - It's Okay/One Blood"
14. Nate Natale ft. Money Carsin and B.A. - "Mucho Humpty Hump"
15. Tanya Morgan - "We Be"
16. Juelz Santana - "Oh Yes"
17. Lupe Fiasco - "Kick Push"
18. Kanye West ft. Lupe Fiasco - "Touch The Sky"
19. Rick Ross - "Hustlin'"
20. DJ Khaled ft. Kanye West, Consequence and John Legend - "Grammy Family"
21. Dem Franchise Boyz - "I Think They Like Me (So So Def Remix)"
22. Snoop Dogg ft. B-Real - "Vato"
23. Youngblolodz - "Presidential"
24. Ray Cash - "Bumping My Music"
25. Juelz Sanata - "Clockwork (Tick Tock)"
26. Lil Jon ft. E-40 and Sean Paul of Youngbloodz - "Snap Your Fingers"
27. Trap Squad - "What's Happening?"
28. Dabrye ft. Doom - "Air (Remix)"
29. Bubba Sparxxx ft. Ying-Yang Twins - "Ms. New Booty"
30. Keak Da Sneak - "Super Hyphy"
31. Dax Dillinger ft. Rick Ross - "On Some Real Shit"
32. Too $hort - "Blow The Whistle"
33. MC Lyte - "Wonder Years" b/w Cormega - "Dirty Game"
34. Mobb Deep - "Put Em In Their Place"
35. Three Six Mafia - "Poppin' My Collar"
36. Pimp C - "Free"
37. Remy Ma - "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)
38. 7L And Esoteric ft. Kool Keith - "Daisycutta" b/w "Get Dumb
39. Rich Boy - "Throw Some Ds"
40. Ak'Sent ft. Beenie Man - "Zingy"

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Saturday, 30 December 2006 00:17 (seventeen years ago) link

good list! there were a lot of big rap singles this year that I just hated, though (Hustlin', Touch It, We Fly High, Hustlin', etc). here's the hip hop parts of my top 100 singles (which was way lighter on rap than it's been most other years), although if I was setting out to make a best hip hop singles list it'd probably look a little different and I'd remove some of the more R&Bish stuff:

1. T.I. - "What You Know"
2. DJ Khaled f/ Paul Wall, Lil Wayne, Fat Joe, Rick Ross and Pitbull - "Holla At Me Baby"
3. Ray Cash f/ Scarface - "Bumpin' My Music"
9. Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone - "Ridin'"
16. E-40 f/ Keak Da Sneak - "Tell Me When To Go"
21. Rich Boy f/ Polow Da Don - "Throw Some D's"
23. Birdman and Lil Wayne - "Stuntin' Like My Daddy"
27. B.G. f/ Mannie Fresh - "Move Around"
29. Young Dro - "Rubberband Banks"
33. Twista f/ Pitbull - "Hit The Floor"
37. Remy Ma - "Conceited"
43. Lil Wayne - "Hustler Musik"
45. Diddy f/ Nicole Scherzinger - "Come To Me"
49. DJ Khaled f/ Kanye West, Consequence and John Legend - "Grammy Family"
50. Ghostface f/ Ne-Yo - "Back Like That"
52. Pitbull - "Ay Chico (Lengua Afuera)"
60. Young Dro f/ T.I. - "Shoulder Lean"
64. Jay-Z - "Show Me What You Got"
65. Rick Ross - "Blow"
67. Kanye West - "Touch The Sky"
74. Three 6 Mafia - "Poppin' My Collar"
78. Dre f/ Keyshia Cole - "Be Somebody"
79. 50 Cent f/ Olivia - "Best Friend"
84. Notorious B.I.G. f/ Twista, Bone Thugs N Harmony, 8Ball & MJG and Swizz Beatz - "Spit Yo Game" (Remix)
85. Daz f/ Rick Ross - "On Some Real Shit"
87. Young Buck - "I Know You Want Me"
90. Yung Joc f/ Nitti - "It's Goin' Down"
91. Kanye West f/ Paul Wall, GLC, T.I. and Tony Williams - "Drive Slow" (Strings Remix)
95. Field Mob f/ Ciara - "So What"
96. Dilated Peoples - "Back Again"
97. Tha Dogg Pound - "Cali Iz Active"
98. Pitbull f/ Pretty Ricky - "Everybody Get Up"
99. T.I. - "Why You Wanna"

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Saturday, 30 December 2006 01:55 (seventeen years ago) link

I tried to do some long list but got bored, so if I had to pick 10 it'd probably be something like:

T.I. - "What You Know"
Lupe Fiasco - "Kick Push"
Ghostface - "Be Easy"
Killa Kamillionz - "Memoriez"
Rich Boy - "Throw Some D's"
Federation - "18 Dummy"
E-40 feat. Keak Da Sneak - "Tell Me When To Go (Superhyphy Remix)"
The Pack feat. Too $hort - "Vans (Remix)"
Ray Cash feat. Scarface - "Bumpin My Music"
Trae feat. Hawk and Pimp C - "Swang (Remix)"

― violent j (sandboxhulkington), Saturday, 30 December 2006 02:59 (seventeen years ago) link

if "talkin to you" was an actual single, it'd be at the top

― violent j (sandboxhulkington), Saturday, 30 December 2006 03:03 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm diggin both the young dro and birdman/wayne. not too into the field mob, they're a little too ludacrissed-out ("i hate you" is kinda roffley with that nu-metal screaming on the chorus)

― amon (amon), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 04:01 (seventeen years ago) link

also i can't take a whole album of lil boosie

― amon (amon), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 04:22 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah "I Hate You" is one of the most hilariously bad tracks of the year, no doubt. in general I like the album, though.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 07:36 (seventeen years ago) link

"if "talkin to you" was an actual single, it'd be at the top"

fuck yes

― Tim F (Tim F), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 09:14 (seventeen years ago) link

also i can't take a whole album of lil boosie

hah yeah when i first heard 'gangsta musik' this would have seemed strange but turns out its true.

how is the witchdoctor album

― deej (deej), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 16:46 (seventeen years ago) link

http://abandonednation.com/images/press/Saigon-xxlmarch2005.jpg

the best part about that is it will get funnier every year

― deej (deej), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 00:08 (seventeen years ago) link

greatest story never told indeed

― deej (deej), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 00:08 (seventeen years ago) link

lol

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 00:18 (seventeen years ago) link

continuing in the grand tradition of ethan's homoerotic lil wayne review, i am so glad my superiors actually used "the whirlwind of beef, [they] inhale it" as the cutline on the cover this week for the jay-z/nas article. (sorry if that means looking at the paper this week makes you want to vomit, al.)

― violent j (sandboxhulkington), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link

if only i knew amon's real name...i would have asked them to look into buying his nas-with-burger picture like they bought sean carruther's nikolai-volkoff-with-vacuum cleaner.

― violent j (sandboxhulkington), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link

seriously, every time i hear that line in the song now i crave that garlic bread they used to have at the wendy's superbar

― violent j (sandboxhulkington), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

haha I hadn't noticed that, awesome.

I think my favorite weird CP graphic lately has been that picture of the cat with thick marker Xing out its eyes that ran next to at least 2 different book reviews recently (both of which had plot points about cat murder).

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:31 (seventeen years ago) link

sometimes i kinda want to quit my job and just photoshop nonsense for the paper all day

― violent j (sandboxhulkington), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:34 (seventeen years ago) link

"we need a dog's head on pat robertson's body...stat!"

― violent j (sandboxhulkington), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:34 (seventeen years ago) link

hahaha

http://www.citypaper.com/arts/story.asp?id=12803

http://www.citypaper.com/arts/review.asp?rid=11236

since I finally stopped adjusting my top 06 albums and committed to a 'final' list the other day, i should post the hip hop top 10 here before I start wanting to drastically change it again:

1. T.I. - King
3. The Roots - Game Theory
5. Birdman & Lil Wayne - Like Father, Like Son
6. Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
8. Ray Cash - Cash On Delivery
11. Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
12. Young Dro - Best Thang Smokin'
14. Styles P. - Time Is Money
17. Field Mob - Light Poles And Pine Trees
21. Rhymefest - Blue Collar

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:44 (seventeen years ago) link

how is the whole ray cash album? (aside from being yr number 5.) i didn't even know "bumpin my music" was a rick rock beat until a few days ago.

― violent j (sandboxhulkington), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:48 (seventeen years ago) link

it's really consistent in an unspectacular but enjoyable way. like a baby King.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:50 (seventeen years ago) link

"Payback" is great and the "Bumpin My Music" remix is one of the best songs I heard all year. I don't like the album as much as Al and I find it confusing that he's checking out crack fiends' 'tight ass jeans.'

― deej (deej), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:52 (seventeen years ago) link

hah uh that is Ray Cash is checking out fiends, not Al.

― deej (deej), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:53 (seventeen years ago) link

hhaha true, that song is weird, but the beat is great. i think it's just that i forgot about the album for a while, and then put it in the car a few weeks ago and realized that there's not a single wack song on it, which is hard to say about even some much better rap albums.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:56 (seventeen years ago) link

if only i knew amon's real name...i would have asked them to look into buying his nas-with-burger picture like they bought sean carruther's nikolai-volkoff-with-vacuum cleaner.

i have "beef" w/ CP

― amon (amon), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 18:42 (seventeen years ago) link

haha what, do you work for the Talking Head? or the National Great Blacks In Wax Museum?

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 18:44 (seventeen years ago) link

nah, i just refuse to work for joe maccrappyartdirectorwithashittycolumn

― amon (amon), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 18:57 (seventeen years ago) link

it was awhile ago so more like a dustdevil of beef at this point

― amon (amon), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 19:28 (seventeen years ago) link

so, small enough to inhale, I guess. his column's definitely a bit overly wacky but Funny Paper = G.O.A.T.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 19:36 (seventeen years ago) link

he's a good graphic designer and movie reviewer but freelancing for him is a waste of time. i hope they treat/pay their writers better.

now i'm imagining nas scraping ground beef into little lines and snorting them

― amon (amon), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 19:48 (seventeen years ago) link

ihttp://money.cnn.com/2004/12/07/technology/techinvestor/lamonica/clinton_bill_accoona.jpg
I didn't inhale it

― deej (deej), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 20:00 (seventeen years ago) link

http://geizhals.at/img/pix/84839.jpg

― amon (amon), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Warten auf Mr. Right

― amon (amon), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link

what, do you work for the Talking Head?

i was gonna ask about this, but now i see the article. yeesh.

― amon (amon), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 23:56 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...
Rhymefest WTF?

― The Reverend (Rodney J. Greene), Thursday, 15 February 2007 04:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Is there anything new that's good in hip-hop right now? I'm not being rhetorical, but it's been a while since I've heard anything.

― Shadowcat (A-Ron Hubbard), Thursday, 15 February 2007 05:21 (seventeen years ago) link

TVT's Hyphy Hitz comp is really good. A few odd singles I've been into: UGK "The Game Belongs to Me"; Trick Daddy "Tuck Ya Ice"; Mike Jones "Mr. Jones"; Wes Fif "Haters Everywhere".

― The Reverend shines like a lighthouse (Rodney J. Greene), Thursday, 15 February 2007 05:36 (seventeen years ago) link

That UGK song is really great.

― 31g (31g), Thursday, 15 February 2007 06:29 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah it seems like after the glut of 4th quarter releases, there's barely been a single major label or high profile rap release in the first couple months of 2007. mostly people dropping singles and mixtapes to gear up for albums in March or later. i'm kind of using the lull to dig back into older shit. this thread was way better than the rolling snap thread on the real ILM though.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 15 February 2007 15:05 (seventeen years ago) link

no way - rabin-bashing >>>>>>>> perpetua-bashing

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 15 February 2007 15:26 (seventeen years ago) link

i had a dream about a new mike jones video featuring kanye in an mf doom-style mask. wtf??

― violent j (sandboxhulkington), Thursday, 15 February 2007 15:33 (seventeen years ago) link

it started out sampling some children's song but then went into the lil jon beat from the heineken commercial.

― violent j (sandboxhulkington), Thursday, 15 February 2007 15:33 (seventeen years ago) link

actually it only covered half of kanye's face, so i guess it was more like mfantom of the opera.

― violent j (sandboxhulkington), Thursday, 15 February 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link

i also missed amon's "beef" upthread

― violent j (sandboxhulkington), Thursday, 15 February 2007 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link

kanye rapping about women is really annoying. see: throw some d's remix

― deej (deej), Thursday, 15 February 2007 15:45 (seventeen years ago) link

big perp

― amon (amon), Thursday, 15 February 2007 15:54 (seventeen years ago) link

rakim sounds great on that new nike song w/nas kanye and krs one.

― sir lord baltimore club music (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 15 February 2007 16:04 (seventeen years ago) link

rakim sounds great on that new nike song w/nas kanye and krs one.

-- sir lord baltimore club music (mat...)

One of These Things (Is Not Like The Others)
Words and Music by Joe Raposo and Jon Stone

One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 15 February 2007 16:54 (seventeen years ago) link

As do Nas & Kanye. As much as I hate to say it, KRS sounds like an asshat.

xp

― The Reverend shines like a lighthouse (Rodney J. Greene), Thursday, 15 February 2007 16:56 (seventeen years ago) link

KRS-One hasn't been on a hit single this decade. Easy.

xp

― White Collar Boxer (DomPassantino), Thursday, 15 February 2007 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link

the just blaze beat on the juelz santana nike song (or at least the one that was used on a nike commercial) is pretty boss, altho not particularly ground-breaking

― max (maxreax), Thursday, 15 February 2007 17:01 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1997/bbyearend.htm

1 - "I'll Be Missing You" - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans with 112
2 - "Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
3 - "Step Into A World" - KRS-One
4 - "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" - Puff Daddy featuring Mase
5 - "Mo Money Mo Problems" - The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy & Mase

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 15 February 2007 17:01 (seventeen years ago) link

the just blaze beat on the juelz santana nike song

first time I heard it the thought was "best nike commercial...ever?"

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver (hoosteen), Thursday, 15 February 2007 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link

gotta be the shoes

― sir lord baltimore club music (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 15 February 2007 17:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Saw a video by MIMS last night. I have never encountered such a talented and idiosyncratic individual in my life.

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Thursday, 15 February 2007 21:09 (seventeen years ago) link

no retards the mozart deathbed tragedy dunk is obvzly the best nike commercial evr-- god
1111 11111111111111
remember on mick boogie (wayne & currency) dirty work 14 (the color of money) the spittin interludes where wayne speaks raps acapell & its real moving emotnlly. highly recommended. also theres that goofy inspector gadget beat under wayne frantic & sad recollecting with a spitter 16-- therez a lot of gr8 "omg whut whoa" wayne verse on that record w/ mixed qual. non-spitter feat'rz.http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/mixtapesusa_1937_3176246
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― rappist (HGULTRUISLIM), Sunday, 18 February 2007 08:54 (seventeen years ago) link

also--
bitch i'm so fuckin hot / i feel radiated // hoe i'm so fuckin fly / my eyes r aviators / i'm stuck at the top floor in the elevator / cuz i'm hah // dumb high // nigga i cld look into the suns eye

― rappist (HGULTRUISLIM), Sunday, 18 February 2007 09:02 (seventeen years ago) link

The rapping is a lot moving to me. Many hit the songs from Rakim have excited it and the dance has rendered me. I cannot imagine living without to play these impressive tracks of dry blow of the same stimulant in cold mine jeep.

J-Kwon has rendered it a lot tipsy with its cold song. Deej from ILX says to me approximately a lot, better tracks from the dirty south. Black people will play this music and this is the music that I will always play in order.

― pablo (Pablo), Sunday, 18 February 2007 10:30 (seventeen years ago) link

why is everyone so crazy about this plodding Juelz/Blaze bullshit?

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Sunday, 18 February 2007 14:10 (seventeen years ago) link

I'd kill to have Juelz NOT on it with his "SO GLORIOUS...(uh)...VICTORIOUS" bullshit, but I'll roll with Just Blaze as long he's on the bombastic triumphalism thing.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver (hoosteen), Sunday, 18 February 2007 14:30 (seventeen years ago) link

CAUSE WE BORN WARRIORS, AL

― max (maxreax), Sunday, 18 February 2007 17:21 (seventeen years ago) link

new black sheep (really just dres) = best shit i heard so far this year

― and what (ooo), Sunday, 18 February 2007 22:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Ooh I wanna hear that, then. I used to love Black Sheep.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Monday, 19 February 2007 00:36 (seventeen years ago) link

i've been saying that black sheep is good!
o-dub clowned me when i told him

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 00:56 (seventeen years ago) link

i tried to search for where i mentioned it before but apparently some indie band released an album called 'black sheep' last year making it impossible to find anything :-/

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 01:04 (seventeen years ago) link

any chi-ali cameos?

― amon (amon), Monday, 19 February 2007 01:21 (seventeen years ago) link

what, like c-murder jailhouse phone style??

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 03:49 (seventeen years ago) link

or old acapellas from early 90s

― amon (amon), Monday, 19 February 2007 04:17 (seventeen years ago) link

high voicemail inspired memory/reading/freestyle blend how tech facility wrx when your flows are stacked or however youd put it, speed timeshifting with feeling yourself's feelings, you cld almost take it as poetry or spoken word without any of the corny baggage. wayne's on point never out of his element on fire & i spoze i understand why he half-feels jim jones & how he can pull that off w his resigned appreciation of whatever's clever, working w fat joe crack & not giving a fuck about haters-- tho i don't rilly know much abt the region it seems like more thoughtful motherfuckers like bg aren't so upset with him anymore even tho he got out of the hood w/baby before it got too hard (i remember that 2003 bg album with that heroin shootem up song and that "fuck you"-sample song, bg knowing already he's out of the real jam)(it seems like wayne wasn't as exposed to the harshness of those that akshully fell out with CM, eg lil turk/even juve, the unsure groundwork of his career back then despite his real maturity & already developed resigned sense of girl-loving social irony that he's famous for (then utp partytime, now rodeo, getting more angst when he was on the slim track slow motion)& then the masses of folkz i don't really know abt who are probably broke (even tho i don't really know about any of that history. like i've never heard kilo-g or soulja rags, that dude from chicago only in 03 and, embarrassingly in 2004 i almost bought a pair of birdmans *:^/)

― luriqa criptscorp (HGULTRUISLIM), Monday, 19 February 2007 05:10 (seventeen years ago) link

the dres track on the Handsome Boy M.S. album was probably the best thing on it (that or Jack Johnson!).

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Monday, 19 February 2007 14:38 (seventeen years ago) link

or maybe the Dating Game skit

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Monday, 19 February 2007 15:18 (seventeen years ago) link

what happened to mista lawnge

― amon (amon), Monday, 19 February 2007 15:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I saw BS at the Ottobar in like 2002 and it was both Dres and Mista Lawnge, pure nostalgia set but they ripped it. Dres sounded good on the "Where Are They Now" remix, not surprised that the new album is good but i dunno if i'll get around to checking it out.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Monday, 19 February 2007 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link

lol when i was at billboard awards summer 05 i ended up getting trashed on free drinks watching this weirdo reality tv group named fatty koo murdering like 3 songs & me and this crotchety old dude are sitting up at the bar bitching about all this wack bullshit nowadays & laughing at these fruity dorks up on stage & then the tribe called quest tribute starts and dude has to go up & give out an award and i realize its dres from black sheep

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 16:48 (seventeen years ago) link

at the after-party that night lil mo asked me wasnt dancing & pulled me onto the dancefloor (nobody ever believes me on this one but im pretty she was e'd up or something)

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 16:49 (seventeen years ago) link

no I always believed that story

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:13 (seventeen years ago) link

lol @ the name fatty koo, btw

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I saw BS at the Ottobar in like 2002

i missed that and the slick rick show goddamit

do u remember when m.o.p. played there lol

― amon (amon), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:20 (seventeen years ago) link

actually it was m.o.p. & cormega. apparently club "security" was shitting their pants that night

and now the rap shows are at sonar. the end.

― amon (amon), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:28 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah the Black Sheep show wasn't too crowded or hectic but I've never seen the Ottobar staff more freaked out than at the big local rap showcase in '05 where the Bossman/Mullyman beef jumped off. I guess when most of your clientele is 90 lb. indie rockers your security detail is easily shook.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:53 (seventeen years ago) link

is there where i admit i go to those free scion shows??? big daddy kane next week!!!

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:00 (seventeen years ago) link

haha yeah there've been a few of those that I've been tempted to check out but haven't -- don't you have to sign up for a mailing list or some other shady shit to get in?

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link

why does every other city get big daddy kane and chicago gets talib kweli

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link


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― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link

i saw both the raekwon and big daddy kane ones and they were great. crowd was proper fun non-indie rock/undie rap (read what you want into that) for the most part and sonar has the killer sound system anyway. they say you have sign up on the site to get on the list to get in but it turns out its not required. you just write your name and email at the door.

― amon (amon), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:17 (seventeen years ago) link

so i just wrote ned's name and email

― amon (amon), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:22 (seventeen years ago) link

i signed up for the emails but the only emails i get are about upcoming free scion shows!!

lol @ herbs paradise

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link

they also gave me a free stones throw comp mixed by jazzy jeff last time

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link

where's deej's homey serg to warn us about the evils of 'scion hop'?

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link

busy posting to the sage francis personal ads forum?

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

see i didn't even bother with a sage francis reference because I knew you'd take it there.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link

i just figured it was cuz you just sent him a beat cd

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:43 (seventeen years ago) link

ts: evil "scion hop" show for free vs. c-rayz ballz/uggly duckling/mc paul barman for $20

― amon (amon), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:50 (seventeen years ago) link

I can't tell you how disappointed I am that the weird animated banner ad of Sage Francis yelling that was on Pitchfork last week doesn't seem to be there anymore.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:54 (seventeen years ago) link

scion shows, like most underground shows in atlanta, just seem to be full of 30-something dudes who moved down here from nyc in the mid 90s and miss the native tongues era

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Al where is your scion wristband

http://beerandrap.com/images/scionfistofpower.jpg

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:03 (seventeen years ago) link

lol @ herbs paradise

I don't live in brooklyn

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:04 (seventeen years ago) link

wtf does that even mean?? is anybody posting to this thread from bklyn?? i see bmore (realness) atl (realness) chi (lol)

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:08 (seventeen years ago) link

ts: evil "scion hop" show for free vs. c-rayz ballz/uggly duckling/mc paul barman for $20

i'm sure scion has approached/sponsored at least 2 of those dudes before

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:08 (seventeen years ago) link

xp who said i was trying to diss any of you? what else do you know about chicago

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:09 (seventeen years ago) link

i like do or die & the dilla joint with common off the shining

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:11 (seventeen years ago) link

isn't twista from chicago

― amon (amon), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:13 (seventeen years ago) link

3. Love Jones
6. So Far to Go featuring Common and D'Angelo
10. Dime Piece featuring Dwele (Remix)
12. Won't Do

^^^Favorite tracks on the shining

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:13 (seventeen years ago) link

10. Dime Piece featuring Dwele (Remix)

^^^ this is smooth yeah

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:14 (seventeen years ago) link

judging from who he dickrides twista is honorary southern

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:15 (seventeen years ago) link

just like kanye represents 'new york rap'

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:15 (seventeen years ago) link

classic east coast jamz like B R right

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:15 (seventeen years ago) link

classic southern shit like "Gotta Have It"

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link

lol @ city w/o a sound

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link

haha is this where the kids from baltimore get quiet

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link

speaking of cities having a sound what do you think of black milk
www.myspace.com/blackmk

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:25 (seventeen years ago) link

is that dude from br gunna? if so, fuck yeah

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:54 (seventeen years ago) link

"kids"

― amon (amon), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link

ok i just looked dabryre guilty simpson rmx is :-0

― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link

seriously!
btw he was born in '83

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link

love when it drops into that nautilus loop

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link

or fake nautilus loop? chopped nautilus loop?

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link

i like that black milk stuff.

and what,

did you listen to the termanology/royce song up on xxlmag.com?

― just m@tt he1g3s0n (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link

haha I found a gray hair in my beard last week but took no umbrage at being called a "kid"

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:13 (seventeen years ago) link

i had written 'dudes' but decided to switch it up

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Does anyone hate the Game as much as me? Every song is either just name-dropping over beats or an angsty love letter to Dr. Dre.

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:35 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah I totally don't buy the narrative that being a self-contradictory studio gangsta who can't keep his story straight for two interviews in a row suddenly makes him a complex, fascinating character in spite of his subpar rapping.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:56 (seventeen years ago) link

the game needs a hug.

i like his single and everything.

i think he's okay, based on what i've heard. i kept meaning to dl dr. advocate.

― just m@tt he1g3s0n (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 19 February 2007 21:05 (seventeen years ago) link

The "complex, fascinating contradictory character" argument makes his album seem way more boring than it actually is.

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 21:16 (seventeen years ago) link

i like that song about turning the street into a strip club.

― just m@tt he1g3s0n (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 19 February 2007 21:19 (seventeen years ago) link

i like it because its basically a Dr. Dre tribute album, and I mean that in terms of the sound of the music, not the weak actual-tribute to Dr. Dre where the Game cries.

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Its like a less-good Chronic 2001

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 21:23 (seventeen years ago) link

but im still not sick of that fucking storch beat on "let's ride"

― max (maxreax), Monday, 19 February 2007 21:30 (seventeen years ago) link

I should listen to more than the singles I've heard. It's just hard to get past every other word being some other rapper's names and his pathetic whining about people who aren't his friends anymore.

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Monday, 19 February 2007 21:32 (seventeen years ago) link

HEY CAPTAIN SAVE-A-SCIONS

http://www.scion.com/mix/dj_ayres.html

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 22:27 (seventeen years ago) link

http://cache.umusic.com/images/local/500/0abe1b1e-b4a3-47bb-832b-b2b1c32d44d5.jpg
Bishop Lamont (middle)
Background information
Birth name Philip Martin
Origin Carson, California
Genre(s) West Coast hip hop
Gangsta rap
Occupation(s) Rapper
Years active 2004-present
Label(s) Aftermath/Interscope
Associated
acts Glasses Malone, G.A.G.E.
Website bishoplamont.com

The Reformation?? who is this . . .

dreams wz cool bt game's real cool joints were on the shoulders of 50's lyrical strength

― Loretta, Criptscorp International (HGULTRUISLIM), Monday, 19 February 2007 22:33 (seventeen years ago) link

bronxrap.com has a link to a sendspace of the new termanology mixtape, kinda exited!

― just m@tt he1g3s0n (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 19 February 2007 22:59 (seventeen years ago) link

deej otm, re: Game

― The Reverend shines like a lighthouse (Rodney J. Greene), Monday, 19 February 2007 23:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I hate the Game like Nas hated Jay-Z
more hate than LL took from Kool Moe Dee

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Monday, 19 February 2007 23:49 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.ohhla.com/anonymous/the_game/advocate/why_hate.gme.txt

― deej (deej), Monday, 19 February 2007 23:50 (seventeen years ago) link

'Pac is watchin' B.I.G. is listenin'
While Pun talkin' to us Jam Jay still spinnin'

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Monday, 19 February 2007 23:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Some time when I'm bored I need to tally Game refs and see which rapper's dick he truly rides the most.

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Monday, 19 February 2007 23:53 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm still shocked the game doesn't have a blog

― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Monday, 19 February 2007 23:55 (seventeen years ago) link

allhiphop.com or some other site like that tallied all the references on The Documentary, I think it was posted on ILM at the time, but yeah it'd be interesting if someone updated it to include the new album and maybe his mixtapes.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 00:50 (seventeen years ago) link

(Big xp here but for a do or die fan you should really know twista's style is all chicago. He even dissed bone thugs about it back in the days of silly midwest beef)

― deej (deej), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 05:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Anybody check out that OhWord '50 incredible tracks' shit? Some of those songs are pretty great and I'm glad to hear some of the shit I had missed, but some of the selections are weird and random and some seem really obvious next to the others. Like "Brownsville," really? Thats like the opening track off MOP's biggest album! And what rap nerds don't know "Just a Friendly Game of Baseball" or "Reign of the Tec"? Its also really NY centric for the most part, with a few important exceptions courtesy Noz. On the whole its worth it if for the discovery of Mac Mall's "My Opinion" alone

― deej (deej), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 05:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Thats my discovery of "My Opinion" obviously

― deej (deej), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 05:52 (seventeen years ago) link

also picked one of the most-blogged keak songs ever! Should have used some 3x Krazy or something

― deej (deej), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 06:00 (seventeen years ago) link

man this jeru song sucks ("Seinfeld")

― deej (deej), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 06:03 (seventeen years ago) link

I'd never heard "2 Glock Nines" before, more proof that Biggie lines = best hooks ever

― deej (deej), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 06:04 (seventeen years ago) link

oh never mind re: brownsville, i thought it was the one from Warriorz

― deej (deej), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 06:08 (seventeen years ago) link

haha this Mack 10 song is kind of dope

― deej (deej), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 06:14 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.ohword.com/blog/631/50-incredible-rap-songs-41-50

btw

― deej (deej), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 06:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Hmmm. Apparently a rumor went around this weekend that E-40 died.

― The Reverend shines like a lighthouse (Rodney J. Greene), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 09:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Byron Hurt documentary for PBS, "Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes," airing tonight Tuesday (at least in the DC area and maybe elsewhere) on "Independent Lens." Yer usual folks offering comments in the doc: Michael Dyson, Kevin Powell and Chuck D. Maybe it will be worth checking out.

― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 13:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Anybody check out that OhWord '50 incredible tracks' shit?

just DLd this...pretty cool...got one of my fav tracks..."Kick the Ball" by Krown Rulers, an old school Philly crew...I have it on this weird philly old school comp that's just fantastic, i posted a thread abt it on old ILM but didn't get much notice.

― just m@tt he1g3s0n (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 18:29 (seventeen years ago) link

new Black Sheep? wtf

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 18:56 (seventeen years ago) link

that black sheep single from last year ("whodat"? i forget the name) was terrific.

― rip torn vagina (sandboxhulkington), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 18:57 (seventeen years ago) link

xxxpost

It's on late here (austin) but might check it out.

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 18:59 (seventeen years ago) link

whatsup dudez-- i engineered & recorded this trk a while ago-- my partner Bee Dogg hollered the other day & i'm thinking of dropping joints 4 him when he gets out of jail (i didn't produce this track-- mine r generally more glossy and whatnot). he's on some 2008 midwest delivery usually righter than this but it was just dropped in like 10 minutes or whatever and way undertuned but i lost the masters and all-- herez Bee Dogg-AK's We Spray . . . r u digging this? the chorus drags on a little but the childrenz & som dudez in nyc were . . . lyrically i think he'z fucking pretty good

herez an alternate link if my http daemon is a failure: bee dogg - akz we spray (higher bitrate, not normalized tho)

― Ruis H.G. Ultruillum (HGULTRUISLIM), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 22:28 (seventeen years ago) link


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