! WORLD SMASH HIP-HOP ! Rap/HipHop/R&B/ Discussion Thread (explicit warning)

[Yodery]

Anyone in here a fan of Panacea, The Pharcyde, Souls of Mischief, Typical Cats, or Deep Puddle Dynamics?

Dude, "The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel?" is my favorite hip-hop album. <33

 

[soap]

I like Pharcyde and Souls of Mischief. Have not heard of the others.

Post some tracks?




I also don't believe anything is "mandatory" listening. Like "if you haven't listened to this project then you are not a hip hop fan"

I can work with "essential."

Instead of just throwing out people's discographies, or naming certified classics that we actually haven't listened to in over a year, name just a few of your personal "essential" hip hop albums (that you have listened to in its entirety within the past month) and a brief synopsis of what you like about it.

 

[Luigitoilet]

I haven't listened to any hip hop album in its entirety besides Big Boi and Kendrick in the past month though.

well and countless lil b mixtapes but idk if i would exactly recommend him to someone who isn't into hip hop already.

 

[Yodery]

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
Deep Puddle Dynamics - The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel?
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Joey Bada$$ - 1999
Black Moon - Enta da Stage
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Blu & Exile - Give Me My Flowers While I Can Smell Them
Danny Brown - XXX
Cool Calm Pete - Lost
Captain Murphy - Duality
cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD
Dälek - Absence
Dark Time Sunshine - Vessel
Death Grips - Exmilitary
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
Spaceghostpurrp - Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of SpvcxxGhxztPvrrp
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

I'm too lazy to give a brief synopsis for each of them, lul.

 

[soap]

pick 3 son!!!

 

[Yodery]

UGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!

Fine.

Deep Puddle Dynamics - The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel?
-- Lyrically, imo, this is the greatest album ever made, and is also my favorite hip-hop album of all time.

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
-- http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=15131191&postcount=44

cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD
-- Used to be my favorite album of all time. Unfortunately, I played this thing to death, and it kinda lost its charm... It was always hold a special place in my heart though. :D

 

[soap]

I haven't listened to any hip hop album in its entirety besides Big Boi and Kendrick in the past month though.

well and countless lil b mixtapes but idk if i would exactly recommend him to someone who isn't into hip hop already.

ya lil b is one of those cats you just gotta stumble upon yourself

UGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!

Fine.

Deep Puddle Dynamics - The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel?
-- Lyrically, imo, this is the greatest album ever made, and is also my favorite hip-hop album of all time.

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
-- http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=15131191&postcount=44

cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD
-- Used to be my favorite album of all time. Unfortunately, I played this thing to death, and it kinda lost its charm... It was always hold a special place in my heart though. :D

I'll prolly check out this Deep Puddle Dynamics just cuz I've seen two people cosign it already


but it's your favorite album, and you got nothing to say about it?

edit - ninja'd me haha

 

[¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯]

I probably listen through Below the Heavens all the way through about once a week (except ****ing Juicen Dranks I cannot get through that song). One of the best hip-hop albums of the past decade by far, modern classic. I love all of Blu's **** and this is him at his best. Introspective, fun, clever, well-produced, it's all around fantastic.

 

[Luigitoilet]

Narrowing it down to my 3 personal classics or favs

Slim Shady LP
Stillmatic
The College Dropout

will talk about them more when im not on the phone

 

[S l o X]

CunninLynguists - Will Rap For Food

 

[DerpDaBerp]

Deep Puddle Dynamics - The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel

oh ****, I thought I recognized Sole's voice

and then Slug is on it too. Why have I not heard this before

 

[S l o X]

TIL that Big Boi of Outkast was arrested leaving a cruise ship for possession of ecstacy and Viagra. After his release, he tweeted, “Shiiiiit they said it was the Love Boat."

Somewhere along the front page on reddit, rofl. (see: august 2011)

 

[soap]

Viagra isn't illegal

They just trollin him reporting that

 

[Linguini]

Trolling at it's finest haha

working on some fire hip hop beats, will post one of my throwaways soon.

 

[o-Serin-o]

You're late as hell.

 

[MBlaze]

I probably listen through Below the Heavens all the way through about once a week (except ****ing Juicen Dranks I cannot get through that song). One of the best hip-hop albums of the past decade by far, modern classic. I love all of Blu's **** and this is him at his best. Introspective, fun, clever, well-produced, it's all around fantastic.

Agreed with all of the above, especially the bolded and underlined.

 

[Lovage]

sometimes ima hip hop hipster

GOOD KID MAD CITY was an amazing "debut" album for K DOT

but personally the mixtapes and stuff he dropped before that have been way more re-listenable to me than his debut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VqTaV3hbvY

thats a track that represents SOME of the fire i felt was lacking on his debut (note that if kendrick was lacking it for his debut, dre filled in for him 1000x)

she let me use her van to go to the studio, even tho she knows her tank is empty, thats who i do it for

 

[soap]

sometimes ima hip hop hipster

GOOD KID MAD CITY was an amazing "debut" album for K DOT

but personally the mixtapes and stuff he dropped before that have been way more re-listenable to me than his debut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VqTaV3hbvY

thats a track that represents SOME of the fire i felt was lacking on his debut (note that if kendrick was lacking it for his debut, dre filled in for him 1000x)

she let me use her van to go to the studio, even tho she knows her tank is empty, thats who i do it for

ya I kinda agree. I still listen to the tapes and stuff more

that's how it usually is with concept albums tho, you are either in the mood for the entire thing, or not at all

 

[Boofy!]

Idk if anyone here fux with Diplo or Major lazer but this song is a good listen

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

Vid is kinda NSFW

 

[o-Serin-o]

Merry Christmas, fam.

 

[Luigitoilet]

pink flame is coming

http://youtu.be/B9mvo5yDpp4

that album art is something else. i also really like this beat

 

[jugfingers]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx33frztG0o&list=UU8s7MeYHZQYmEjwVxcYuKfA&index=1

sadly for my rap credibility a video game forum is the only place eating snake pasta makes sense to the casual observer, since my avatar is a bag of chopped up okanagan bull snakes.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-CQw52Ggbc

free rap universe data

 

[Kellz]

Hooray, a hip hop thread! I'd just like to know everyone's thoughts on this weird London MC... I can barely understand a word that comes out of him is the sad thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emzo9bB_ZnE

I mean, the direction some rappers take by going in this techno route (and I don't mean Flo Rida/radio style)... I just don't know how I feel about it. Hell, A$AP Rocky recently did a song with Skrillex for his new album, Long Live A$AP.

pink flame is coming

http://youtu.be/B9mvo5yDpp4

that album art is something else. i also really like this beat

I'm personally waiting for rainbow flame.

 

[soap]

Flo Rida takes good electro beats/hooks, speeds up the sample, adds wack drums and a lil generic dubstep breakdown, then proceeds to spit hot garbage for 3 minutes




what's on the 2013 hip hop schedule tho? I am kinda in the dark and not really excited about anything


I do like this Frank Ocean song off the Django soundtrack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yNMYTismwsc

 

[Kellz]

what's on the 2013 hip hop schedule tho? I am kinda in the dark and not really excited about anything


I do like this Frank Ocean song off the Django soundtrack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yNMYTismwsc

Well, as I mentioned we have Long Live ASAP, and... Snoop LION's album "Reincarnated". I guess 50 Cent is coming out with a new one too but I could care less about him. I'm really hoping for another Eminem album there have been rumors about.

Also, that Frankie song was awesome ^-^

Edit: I almost forgot, where the hell is Kid Cudi's Indicud album?!

 

[Boofy!]

Indicud droppin in March.

As far as artists using electronic beats, I'm all for it, so long as it's done well. People like Flo Rida just cashing in on the trend. Foriegn Beggars did a much better track with Skrilly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw-YjVp_ibQ

Almost forgot about this track, Azealia Banks - 212.. Though this is more of a house type beat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVXmGKOUVYk&list=PL0ACC861FB6F6A222&index=116

 

[soap]

Who makes ten minute diss tracks going directly at somebody anymore? Cassidy on some 02' **** still
http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2013/01/06/cassidy-r-a-i-d-meek-mill-diss/

He killed it tho..

"Let Wale recite a poem at your funeral."

 

[Kellz]

Who makes ten minute diss tracks going directly at somebody anymore? Cassidy on some 02' **** still
http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2013/01/06/cassidy-r-a-i-d-meek-mill-diss/

He killed it tho..

"Let Wale recite a poem at your funeral."

I'm sure if I got the context better I could appreciate that more. I literally don't even pay attention to Meek Mill or any of the Maybach Music **** lineup. That was dope regardless though. I love it when rappers go hard on 10+ minute stuff :3

 

[S1 The God]

LongLiveA$AP opinions?

Worse than LiveLoveA$AP IMO, only about 5 or 6 listenable songs. rocky's lack of lyricism is really starting to show.

his ear for production is still on point though.

 

[Kellz]

LongLiveA$AP opinions?

Worse than LiveLoveA$AP IMO, only about 5 or 6 listenable songs. rocky's lack of lyricism is really starting to show.

his ear for production is still on point though.

Well since I've poked at the album already a few times in the thread, I'll give it my thoughts.

Long Live A$AP opens with a self-titled single that actually sets the mood of Rocky's growth from LiveLoveA$AP (his famed mixtape) to now. He constantly refers to himself as well as A$AP Mob as "Lords" throughout the album- they're now in charge. This track's beat is one of the better ones on the album, and for some reason it gets a little "martial arts"-y vibe with that sound that's played throughout the song, especially with the music video showing two women dueling with those sticks. The lyrics in this track are pretty decent. He's certainly stepped up from LiveLoveA$AP, actually having way more to talk about other than weed and *****es this time (though, there's still plenty of that offered in the album). He's happy that he and A$AP can now "live forever". He's finally famous.

"Goldie" has a fresh beat produced by Hit-Boy with so-so lyrics at best. It's really just a track for swaggots to bump to, and likely that's the reason it's a single. "PMW (All I Really Need)" is very reminiscent of the cloudy beats found on LiveLoveA$AP. Very trippy, but lacking in lyricism again. And the apparence by ScHoolboy Q on this track only makes me want to see him on a different track instead. After all, the song is "P(****)M(oney)W(eed)", what more could Q rap about? Q can do more than that.

"LVL" is another one that's reminiscent of LiveLoveA$AP, but that's mostly because it's apparently produced by Clams Casino who worked on a good percentage of that mixtape. The beat sounds okay at first, but really gets droning quickly. Sometimes I would get so bored with the song I space out and think about other ****, and that's a shame because Rocky is really boasting about his success here. He's rubbing it in the faces of all his enemies. His ego is actually pretty comically huge. "Kneel and kiss the ring, all hail the king", he demands. Rocky truly thinks he is a Lord. The song ends with very eerie Churchy vocals that would have made the beat a lot more interesting had it been played more throughout the song. But instead, it gets its own little moment at the end. Bleh.

"Hell" is more of Rocky going on about his success with a pretty forgettable beat. That just reminds you of the one you just heard, "LVL". When you get to "Pain", the same style beat just gets very annoying. You're dying for something new. The surprisingly delightful appearance by OverDoz isn't enough to save it.

You wanted something new by this time? You got it. "****in' Problems" is the next single featuring Drake, 2 Chainz, and Kendrick Lamar. It really shows how far A$AP Rocky has come with mainstream names like that lending a hand on the album. Rocky, Drake and Kendrick have one topic here, bad *****es. But they do it so well and fun you start to not care. What's annoying though is the chorus done by 2 Chainz. And it certainly sounds like it was done by him.

I love bad *****es, that's my ****in problem
And yeah I like to ****, I got a ****in problem [x3]

"Wild For The Night" catches a lot of peoples eyes, as it features the Dubstep artist, Skrillex. This song is half fantastic and half horrible. The first forty seconds is Rocky's "trademarked" (I only say trademarked because he uses it way more often than any other artist I know) low pitched edited voice over a very dull joke of a beat rapping about basically nothing. Then suddenly Skrillex blasts from nowhere, and suddenly the song is a kickass rave tune. Immediately after the first chorus though, it goes back to the low voice coupled this time with a quiet, tame version of the techno/Dub beat we heard Skrillex produce. It kills the mood instantly. It eventually builds back into the normal pace, but I ask, if you want this song playing at clubs or raves, why the **** would you start out with that deep droning voice, and then go BACK to it after we actually get a taste of the awesome bit? It's really disappointing actually. It makes me wish the whole track was like that.

"1 Train" is a pretty epic collab of big names, even promoting the rising stars in the game. We got Kendrick Lamar returning to lend a verse, Joey Bada$$, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson, and Big K.R.I.T. This actually reminds me of a BET Cypher. Each artist gives a great verse with no chorus to interrupt the bars. Wonderful song for the album, and it sounds like it uses a sample from an old movie score or something.

"Fashion Killa" is another great track to go back to solo A$AP Rocky to. The beat is surprising, it actually gets a feminine and pretty vibe to it. As some fans know, Rocky loves fashion. Here, it seems he found the perfect fashionable girl for him. He references many brand names in the track. It's a happy song overall- and very memorable.

"Phoenix" really shows his lyrical ability. I'm not even saying anything here. If you want to say Rocky can't rap, listen to this.

"Suddenly". You can get what this is about instantly: the difference in then/now in Rocky's life. The thing is, he does it better than ever here, and it's a really eerie song, using a 40's-style female vocal sample that pops in pretty often. Rocky is thanking God in the track for all the fortune in his life, and he says he's quite comfortable and happy, yet the beat is so damn creepy, at least it comes off that way to me. It's very unique in it's own way I guess.

Wanna talk about creepy? "Jodye" is just straight up EVIL. The beat is a demonic production, and the drums when wearing headphones are near deafening. Rocky's lyrics are once again great. It begins with a Spaceghostpurrp diss, rubbing in it that A$AP Mob rose to heights that his crew could only dream of getting to. Rocky makes a point that he rides for his *****s, and dies for his *****s in the chorus. Him and his crew are a fam. He talks of the murder of his enemies and flipping their damn caskets off. Now that's just cold. Toward the end, Rocky goes back to the "Lord" thing.

Substance get me higher, reefer and some fire
The devil is a liar, biased preachers shall retire
Jesus walked on water, I'm preachin' to the choir
Long live A$AP, now bow to your Messiah

Wow, an A$AP Mob member! A$AP Ferg makes an appearance in "Ghetto Symphony". I figured not many A$AP Mob members were on this album to avoid alienating the mainstream crowd with crew members that'd come off like he's pushing it on the buyer. Besides, we heard enough of them in "Lord$ Never Worry". Anyway, with such an epic name and a matching stringy sample for the beat, the lyrics are pretty so-so. Seems like another track to fill the album and nothing special, to be blunt.

"Angels" uses a unique phone dial sound beat, it's actually very pretty sounding. That's it really.


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There's another track yet to be released if I remember correctly. But anyway, there. The beats this time around are indeed weaker. LiveLoveA$AP was kept alive by the masterful production work on it, let's not even lie. The cloudy beats are very few in Long Live A$AP, but many others can live on their own without being so trippy. Rocky ups his lyrical game on some tracks, and on others is seems just doesn't even try.

It's an okay album, worth the money in my opinion (when it actually is released). Rocky and his odd southern vocabulary did it again to me.

Now excuse me, I need to ****ing sleep.

(Also posted this in the album review thread. I seemed to go on long enough. )

 

[Boofy!]

^ Just curious but what exactly is your signature?

 

[Kellz]

^ Just curious but what exactly is your signature?

It's a little sprite of my character thing. She's in my icon too, except naked there XD

 

[Luigitoilet]

aw and i was just starting to like you kellz

 

[Boofy!]

idk why but that just killed me

 

[Kellz]

... What's... so bad about that

Now I'm like really insecure x.x

 

[S1 The God]

Not cool, man.

 

[Kellz]

And here I was, actually contributing.

You guys are awful.

 

[TheReflexWonder]

Don't be dumb, guys. Keep any hate to yourself.

 

[#HBC | Dark Horse]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcfheMy_jK4

 

[Yodery]