dj quik poll: blaqkout vs. book of david

deej is jjjjs right

sandbox screen name reshuffle is so confusing :/

voted bod, the production is so great and definitely not a step backward, it's all in the details.

who r u furnace mane??

sandbox screen name reshuffle is so confusing :/

― furnace mane, Friday, December 2, 2011 12:26 AM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

still dont know who this is

Furnace UCA Coil Mane

btw Quik revealed the blanked out name from "Killer Dope" in his Pitchfork freestyle thing. It's some guy who works for Interscope

I dont really get this from BoD on a whole. It has a couple spiteful tracks that are right up front, but its still pretty much just normal Quik throughout. BlaQKout has Fuck Y'all after all.

― Scotty Magee, Thursday, December 1, 2011 6:38 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

i mean there are def some palate cleansers ("luv of my life", "real women", boogie till you conk out") but even songs like "poppin" and "nobody" and "hydromatic" are like one big middle finger

i mean i know quik has always had that attitude but it seems pronounced on BoD in a lot of places

next poll : fuck yall or nobody ?

nobody for the suga free verse

i'm rev

"The Appeal" was my favorite album closer of 2009: love how relaxed but majestic it sounds.

Book of David for me, but it's really like comparing two high quality cuisines.

i love Kurupt and the songs on Blaqkout are hella dope, but Book of David has Quik giving off this aire of being in complete control, like he's in the zone for the entire record. "Ghetto Rendezvous" just cuts to the bone...

and the groove/hook on "Real Women"

ill probably start defending whichever one seems like it's losing at some point. each of these records do very different things

haha, yes. Having a hard time deciding. Might just be an atm decision.

"i mean i know quik has always had that attitude but it seems pronounced on BoD in a lot of places"

Yeah maybe a little more than normal, but I still wouldn't classify this as a spiteful album. Semantics, idk? The fact that it follows such a buoyant and bouncy album definitely makes it *seem* more subdued.

I enjoy Blaqkout more but there is something about how personal BoD feels that really gets to me. Also 'Ghetto Rendezvous' might be the coldest track I've ever heard.

The Book of David is a very good (if overlong) album but it doesn't quite have the riotous energy that makes Blaqkout a great one. Blaqkout benefits from it brevity as well, there's barely a wasted moment on there.

Thanks for this thread, btw. I prob never would've heard Book of David otherwise, and it's really great.

we r here 4 u

on first listen I'd rate BoD higher than Blaqkout but yeah its such a different animal

otoh oh look another phoned-in Ice Cube verse

yeah that cube verse was pretty weak gotta say

(your boy) KK brings it though and all jon b's hooks are nice too

Yeah was disappointed in that Cube verse. Still bummed that AMG or Hi-C isnt on it.

I like the "You a genius" "No, you a genius" bit

Cube's (apparently entirely unironic) reuse of that green/bill bixby line is just sad.

LOVE LOVE LOVE BOTH OF THESE FOR ALL TIME
DONT KNOW WHAT I WILL VOTE FOR YET THO

cube's entire presence is worth it for the exchange that he & quik have at the end

I'm sayin

The only words I know on this album are the sample of the British dude enthusing about "West Coast America."

you know where that sample is from?

No -- I tried to look it up but couldn't find anything.

i've always assumed it was malcolm mclaren. if not dude sounds just like him.

I suspected McClaren but i tried in vain to find the source material

Yeah was disappointed in that Cube verse. Still bummed that AMG or Hi-C isnt on it.

― Scotty Magee, Friday, December 2, 2011 6:24 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

the only Cube verse I've even liked in recent years was his guest verse on Killer Mike's "Pressure" from like 3 years ago. Even that wasn't prime Cube quality but he was actually saying something for once.

I Am the West was straight ass though.

Semi-related to this thread, but def related to your username:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0gpIKfcCmc

Even that wasn't prime Cube quality but he was actually saying something for once.

yeah he has been so so bad for years now, its sort of flabbergasting. he just does not give a shit.

also has no ear for beats anymore, which is why he raps over some extremely generic, nondescript music.

He probably only raps as an attempt to keep his street cred.

dunno how well that's working out for him tbh

he obviously doesn't need the money

there's a small part of me that hopes his acting in movies like Are We There Yet? is a ruse to set up the final film in the series where he kills all of his kids and starts shooting up South Central and playing basketball with his victims heads

so motherfuckin Compton!

lol

Even that wasn't prime Cube quality but he was actually saying something for once.

yeah he has been so so bad for years now, its sort of flabbergasting. he just does not give a shit.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, December 2, 2011 5:14 PM (1 hour ago)

He probably only raps as an attempt to keep his street cred.

― Scotty Magee, Friday, December 2, 2011 5:20 PM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

dunno how well that's working out for him tbh

he obviously doesn't need the money

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, December 2, 2011 5:21 PM (56 minutes ago)

and yet...the coors light commercial

haha waht I missed that

dude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2LaVHZcr3s
http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D_9jIsXp8sQQ

rmde

Embarrassing.

Wanted a tie :/

kind of not surprised, the record that took a few more risks ends up being more memorable i think. i probably agree w/ these results