Main Attrakionz
There has been chat about them in the hip-hop thread but they deserve their own now too really. Alongside Odd Future they're pretty much my favourite thing going on in hip-hop right now. Squadda B's 'I Smoke Because I Dont Care About Death' and 'The Shady Bambino Project' are quality. Spaced out, hazy material.
Fuck The World: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmeWpCFtYYg
Check out the Spaceage Hustle best of mixtape for a taster: http://spaceagehustle.com/post/4114308666/space-age-hustle-and-dream-collabo-present-two
Head over to their bandcamp and cop the rest: http://greenovamusic.bandcamp.com/
Some words about them here: http://www.factmag.com/2011/03/23/main-attrakionz-loud-pack/
Hip-hop 2011: http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4277028
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Shady Blaze tweeted me this
http://twitter.com/#!/ShadyBlaze/status/52768203218223105
Whoa remix is the one
http://tinyurl.com/4zf94es
Feeling it.
Shady Business
New one up on the bandcamp for free right now: http://greenovamusic.bandcamp.com/ Sounding good so far.
Blackberry Ku?$?h
I'd have to agree
Pretty much rocking nothing but Squadda and Shady in the car recently. Kissin On My Syrup has been on repeat, it's totally epic. Can't wait to dig into Blueberry Kush.
They're ace
They nail that spaced out, hazy lo-fi hip-hop thing big time. It doesn't sound like much else around right now. They're like the Ariel Pink of hip-hop or something haha. They pull it off with hooks and beats all over the shop. They rap with emotion and ummmm reverb and it works a treat. No idea how they pull it off. Its goona be an aquired taste I'd imagain mind haha.
Yeah, definitely
Where OddFuture are great for shock value and it's all in good fun, there are a lot of Main Attrakionz songs that I find really moving, like Ice Nights and Young As Fuck.
thats it
How are Main Attrakionz so moving? They really do hit a nerve. Its all so raw. The beats have this spaced out bliss to them and the rhymes just go in honest. The flow is just them the words are just them. But its got a load of balls n'all. They hit hard, raw and agressive but they soften the edges with teh fucked up producition. Odd Future kill it with their production too. They're better rappers on the whole n'all but they both come from diffrent angels and both kill it from their side of things.
Still getting into all this stuff.
only need to get the shady bambino project to round it out. Dudes are sloppy as hell and have little as far as rhyming skill (besides Shady Blaze), but I find it all pretty cool regardless. The production is sometimes red-lined and blown out but its still fun to listen to, the bass is yanked. Bedroom rap is a good name for this stuff. Its like kids can just start putting out whatever they want now and its all hit and miss like, but then you kind of grow up with them and see the progression and the possibilities.
Theres been so much to digest and I've been spinning Dj Quik, E-40 & Curren&y so much I havent made enough time to really get a grasp and digest this stuff. By the end of the year I should be able to tell how I really feel about these guys. Shady Business seems to be my favorite so far http://greenovamusic.bandcamp.com/track/laughin-prod-by-shady-blaze dude double-times it with ease.
The Clams Casino tape(s) is an another level of awesome tho.
yurp
Heard about Clams Casino a while back on ae: http://www.alwayseverything.co.uk/post/3812702919/download-clams-casino-mixtape Had it on repeate ever since even before I knew he was vaulgy related to Main Attrkionz. Clams has signed to 4AD and has his first EP coming on TriAngle soon n'all.
oh yeah a mate of mine said...
I'm not feeling it, they sound like they can't open their jaw.
lol
Raps changing man,
there's so many different styles and ways to appreciate it now. Hard to convert people to stuff so sloppy and unpolished when you're used to things being one way. I wouldn't ever think differently on anyone for not liking this stuff. I still think 98% of what lil B produces is garbage, but sometimes he hits the right note for me.
yeah
I'm with you on Lil B he's a laugh but as an MC he's not up to much most of the time. Its a shame. At least these guys fit the sound somehow. I'm glad he came out though haha It was obvious tbhf I'm glad he did it in front of an indie crowd though don't want him gettin punched again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaFrCyuVb9w
Hes not gay tho
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/04/lil_b_on_im_gay_sartorial_regr.html
Just making a scene to be heard, idk, whatever.
I know
I just wanted to try and make everyone on DiS think he was cos of his inane gabble lol
haha,
all 3 people reading this thread then.
Lil B = Lol Cat
another one
http://greenovamusic.bandcamp.com/
oo nice
they're pretty prolific so I was kinda wondering if they'd drop another one soon, hows it sounding?
Rappers Ain't $?#?!?% Without A Producer
Sounding good right now.
Nice little video interview with them here
http://yourstru.ly/2011/06/07/main-attrakionz-the-neighborhood-soma/
They seem into the music rather than trying to get fame or money, great stuff.
This came up on shuffle this morning on my commute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4_8xBYKo1A
Was vibin to it.
What release is that on?
I don't have it. That beat is official though.
This one right here:
Best Duo Ever: The Greentape
http://www.mediafire.com/?4kmy4fy655b1o9g
Swaggin Hard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWgJRJDgmiQ
Love this.
its ace
the whole chandelier mixtape is damn good, I only just got round to really giving it a good spin today.
Ha,
totally missed that one. These guys are on some kind of prolific roll.
Thizzle Jones - Gorilla Muzik
http://www.datpiff.com/THIZZLE-JONES-Gorrilla-Muzik-mixtape.208651.html
Thizzle is a Green Ova affiliate. REALLY lo-fi production but so many songs on here are extremely catchy.
Not much of it on youtube.
Murda Boy Anthem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjHRqb0p6PQ
Still The Legion - top 5 favourite tracks of the year.
the video is quietly epic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwI8WgEQLBM
Something very melancholic about this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPA79kWaBdU
there sure is
just realised there is yet another mixtape on their bandcamp called MondreHott, sware I just checked for new stuff yesterday haha
This is great
I need to keep closer tabs on them. I tend to just check the bandcamp but they've got stuff all over the place.
new'un
http://greenovamusic.bandcamp.com/
i have not heard it yet
They should slow the fuck down!
I'm drowning in Green Ova tapes over here.
Ya, getting to be a bit much.
One a month is insane and these guys are like doubling that.
Keep going back to these guys
dunno what does it...
Live
http://www.youtube.com/user/OnTaskBoyee
old one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twVAlvBTnZ8
Main Attrakionz - 808s & Dark Grapes II
http://mishkanyc.bandcamp.com/album/main-attrakionz-808s-dark-grapes-ii
Another new one. Free again, for now.
Been waiting for this one, love that cover.
vegetables vegetables lettuce lettuce broccoli
Niiice one
its really good too
reaching for my second play already.
This is the business.
Crisp beats and dudes are honing in their craft, tightening up their rhymes.
this sounds great
thanks for the heads up, Jimi
anytime
YEEEEAAAAH!
I've been waiting on this one.
find this one a lot more solid than previous ones with loads of producers, which is great. all of them stepping up their games beyond just clams casino & squadda b.
and shady blaze is really good too ofc
gonna have to
trawl through this thread later. Have a good 'feeling' about these but am quite unacquainted.
Think i'm starting to get Lil B, surely if 98% of his music is taken as a bit of a joke/parody then the stuff thats actually good can really be enjoyed.
Not sleeping on odd Future because the new Mellowhype '67' is immense, check it out at hodgy beats and left brains tumblrs and the odd future one too.
MondreHott
This one's really grown on me the last few days. Just getting into the new one really. The prolifc bunch of bastards. MondreHott seems to be free again on the bandcamp too, bonus.
Vegetables
Is a banger. Its like a woozy vegi version of A Milli.
Its on 808s & Dark Grapes II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xxyg8ic1RI
But there you go anyway.
One of the ultrabangers of the year without a doubt
BROCCOLI BROCCOLI
Just spotted some older stuff for free on their site that I hadn't got a lot of yet
http://www.mainattrakionz.com/freemusic
Pretty sure I've got 14 hours of Main Attrakionz now lol.
God, I thought I had a lot of their stuff already
Thats the days soundtrack sorted anyway, cheers!
what does the song
Chuch sample? it's really bugging me!
Sounds like something from Warp
maybe Aphex but I'm really not sure, something along those lines anyway...
Gigi Masin - Clouds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19d9D0UHe-I
also sampled by Nujabes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_hqMfXIN8
ahhhh yeesss
Nujabes is where I knew it from. Liking the original a lot too.
given previous form maybe they got it from bjork
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GII9bwEMfbI
who got it from to rococo rot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLfVSiKncuc
it's weird some sub rosa lp that charles hayward plays on having such a huge effect
dark grapes 2 is one of my records of the year...
along with Shabazz Palaces...
I think its been a good year for hip hop
Words from SR
http://www.sonicrouter.com/2011/08/download-main-attrakionz-%E2%80%93-808s-dark-grapes-ii/
So would someone be able to give me a list of their releases?
Accidentally hit the post button, sounds pretty rude.
Just been getting into 808s and Dark Grapes II and some of the tracks people posted further up this thread sound fantastic. There's just so much stuff that it's really difficult picking which ones to get. Bit of a description of each would be cool too.
You can't go that wrong really
808s and Dark Grapes II is a killer place for anyone to start and they all kinda go off like that some more hit'n'miss compared to others but all pretty damn solid. My favourites in no real order are: MondreHott, Chandelier, Blackberry Ku?$?h, The Shady Bambino Project, I Smoke Because I Dont Care About Death. They're all on the Green Ova bandcamp site up thread, you can stream them all too so just have a play and see what grabs you I guess.
Alright cool.
I'll go with MondreHott first, cheers.
.L.W.H. - The Tape Hiss Hooligan
Posted this in the Rolling Hip-Hop Thread, but it's worth posting here too, cos for me it has gone and blown Dark Grapes 2 out the water as my favourite Green Ova release.
Check it here:
http://lwhmusic.bandcamp.com/
Might have to agree.
Squadda, Mondre and Shady Blaze sound fantastic on it, and as much as I love the more polished sound of 808's II, I love how The Tape Hiss Hooligan is so dirty and fucked and yet somehow still clean and coherent. Of course I could never pick just one of them, but Tape Hiss is edging it at the moment I think.
It may take until like 2015 for me to make any kind of
formal announcement of my favorite. Then again, by that point we'll all have 2 terabyte backup drives of JUST green ova stuff with no hope of ever getting caught up.
oh sweet I need to get on this too
cheers
SO.MUCH.
so spoilt for choice.
i'd only just about got my head round 808s
DJ Kirby x Squadda B - Back $ellin Crack Pre?-?Tape
http://greenovamusic.bandcamp.com/album/dj-kirby-x-squadda-b-back-ellin-crack-pre-tape
Another new one.
:')
Chopped & Screwed Main Attrakionz business by the looks of things...
Blessed Or Cursed by Shady Blaze
http://nem270.bandcamp.com/album/blessed-or-cursed
Yep another new one.
Main Attrakionz daytrotter session
http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/main-attrakionz/20055211-37382616
pretty cool, there's a freestyle too.
its been an age since I last signed into day trotter
infact I don't even think I had to sign in last time I DL'ed anything so if anyone wants to you know just link to the file that would be cool.
sick
http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2011/11/14/mp3-peaking-lights-x-main-attrakionz/
Had my fingers crossed that this wasn't going to be shite...
Since I really like that Peaking Lights album and Main Attrakionz are just on one. You know these blog buzz cross overs can be kind of well... But it turns out this track is pretty hot and fits in with Main Attrakionz business really well. Enjoyed it. Whens the next mixtape I need more hours before the years out haha.
Main Attrakionz x These New Puritans - 3000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9ojP_v7iT4
They remixed These New Puritans the other year, here's the vid.
I had no idea. Wasn't into that TNPS album mind, but this has to be DiS bait. If you aint onto Main Attrakionz yet, what's keeping you...
I Gotta Youngin Doe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GR51yvnul0
MondreMAN - M.A.N.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBGNdzXhPyk
Another mixtape: http://dreamcollabo.com/
This remixed...
http://dreamcollabo.bandcamp.com/album/m-a-n-r-e-m-i-x-e-d
Will prob check this out sometime soon. The original is so damn good.
Back $ellin Crack
http://greenovamusic.bandcamp.com/
MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALL
For the vinyl crew
808s and Dark Grapes II is getting a physical release in the coming weeks
Awesome!
Definitely getting hold of that. Any idea who it's going through?
Type records
Diamonds Of God EP
http://greenovamusic.bandcamp.com/
Fuck yeah.
Nice one
Diamond has a video as well - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY43H_aDhBw
yeah
this one aint the best they've done ah well.
The Shady Blaze one bellow is sounding a lot better.
yeah this is a bit weak
The Grind, Hustle & Talent
http://shadyblaze.bandcamp.com/
They're kicking off now it seems.
^this one is killer
Chandelier Redux
Remix album
http://executiveseries.bandcamp.com/
808s & Dark Grapes II vinyl
is on pre-order - http://boomkat.com/vinyl/499465-main-attrakionz-808s-dark-grapes-ii
One grape coloured vinyl!
*on grape coloured...
It's a double LP
cLOUDLIFE
Jel x Main Attrakionz x Zachg
Main Attrakionz' recent notoriety has brought credence to the term cloud rap. Be it by coincidence or intention the title has stuck because it's apt. But oddly enough Oakland is also home to a previous incarnation of cloud rap: cLOUDDEAD. In the same place, but another time Anticon cornerstone Odd Nosdam crafted the beats for a collection of 10"s that were previously unheralded. Much like Main Attrakionz are doing in popular hip hop, Odd Nosdam and labelmate/co-founder Jel helped to pioneer new possibilities in hip hop.
http://radreef.bandcamp.com/album/cloudlife
Suprised you haven't posted this one up yet jimi,
Main Attrakionz + Night Slugs- pretty much a beat/rap combination made in heaven.
Jam City- The Nite Life (feat. Main Attrakionz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u5Yet9w3DA
I posted about it on the dance mongrel thread
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4317717
didn't feel the need for a double post.
not convinced about it yet but hopefuly its a grower, really like the flip The Courts. Jam City is wicked would be ace to hear an album from him this year, its been on the cards for ages.
the second half when the synths come in as they rap the hook is pretty ace mind
The Jam City collab
hasn't really grabbed me like I hoped it might.
Also, I've just been giving 808s and Dark Grapes II a spin for the first time in a while - I love it so much. Church is my jam.