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Sean Born track is cool:

http://youtu.be/VP8_U2yV32U

I think thats my favorite one off his latest.

Uptown XO album out at the end of this month. Mello Music Group makes good boom baps.

theShipment | 2 Jan '13, 23:57 | X | ^ This | Reply

_TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
Complex 50 Most Anticipated Albums of 2013

Naturally, at least half of these are completely speculative, but it's a quiet time of year

http://www.complex.com/music/2013/01/the-50-most-anticipated-albums-of-2013/

Raekwon EP out in a few days...

littlebirds | 4 Jan '13, 15:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Of the ones that at least have a title, I'm particularly looking forward to Danny Brown, Action Bronson/Harry Fraud, Schoolboy Q, Earl Sweatshirt, The-Dream & Gunplay.
  
  Looking forward to the new Roots record too, and the Ghostface record with Adrian Younge.
  
  littlebirds @littlebirds | 4 Jan '13, 15:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Ciara & Gunplay too
    
    theShipment @littlebirds | 4 Jan '13, 16:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    badmanreturns this'd this
    - Yah got Gunplay ^^
      
      Missed Ciara on the list. Hoping for some big tracks on that one.
      
      littlebirds @theShipment | 4 Jan '13, 16:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Gunplay x2 it is then.
        
        theShipment @littlebirds | 4 Jan '13, 16:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        littlebirds this'd this
- x3 Gunplay
  
  I'm actually really excited for the Earl Sweatshirt record too. I loved Chum and everything he's rapped on since getting back from Samoa has been pretty cool. With the right production choices, Doris could be great.
  
  Only skimmed the Complex list, but records I'm looking forward to that I don't remember seeing on it are the MadGibbs record (surely coming in 2013 right?) and eXquire.
  
  Kyle_ @littlebirds | 6 Jan '13, 13:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- x4 Gunplay
  
  I'd kinda assumed he'd not be doing much this year since he got locked up then I remembered he's American and they release albums/mixtapes all the time.
  
  jimitheexploder @littlebirds | 7 Jan '13, 09:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Finally given up on The Game.

Yep, 7 years after everyone else.

El_Goodo | 6 Jan '13, 14:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Hah
  
  I stuck around until RED album, but I really hated that. Heard the new one was kinda-maybe decent, but still couldn't be bothered to give it the time. Did you listen? Is it bad?
  
  In other news, the A$AP Rocky album is boring.
  
  Kyle_ @El_Goodo | 6 Jan '13, 14:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Well it's not bad...not by his standards.
    
    In fact, I might even say it's probably his most consistent record. Put it this way - there's no tracks I had to turn off in disgust for a change and a few would sit proud on any mainstream rap record. It's just not fun and that's his main appeal for me. The RED album got a pass for about 3 or 4 silly songs but Jesus Piece has nothing to smile about.
    
    El_Goodo @Kyle_ | 6 Jan '13, 15:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I can't see anything worthwhile on A$AP's album
    
    aside from the 3 singles, can't believe it got such a high score a P4K. Well, I kind of can, but still surprised
    
    JaguarPirate @Kyle_ | 6 Jan '13, 20:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I'll still give ASAP a listen
    
    but yeah I can imagain it being a bit limp. Mixtape is still really listenable tho if not also a bit boring. NO idea how he gets that ballance so right haha.
    
    jimitheexploder @Kyle_ | 7 Jan '13, 09:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
new AZ

'Doe or Die 2' coming soon apparently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rc3c5ewtRM

He sounds like he hasn't aged a day, could be a sleeper hit.

navajo | 6 Jan '13, 15:42 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate this'd this
- His last couple of records have been duds
  
  but he can still spit, and hopefully the DoD2 concept will keep him focused.
  
  littlebirds @navajo | 6 Jan '13, 21:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  navajo this'd this
bookmarked

this came out last November, but I'll post it anyway because Action Bronson is really good on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvPTnur1F0k

_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 6 Jan '13, 16:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Haha, not heard this. Big lolz over Asian Bronson.
  
  Kyle_ @_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 6 Jan '13, 17:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Asian :'-)
    
    Well, I like it anyway...
    
    _TheBeautifulOnes_ @Kyle_ | 6 Jan '13, 17:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - yeah, me too.
      
      Just a funny video that's all.
      
      Kyle_ @_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 6 Jan '13, 17:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
not really understanding this whole Azealia Banks/Angel Haze beef

but some decent tracks are coming out from it

https://soundcloud.com/angelhazeym/shut-the-fuck-up-angel-haze
https://soundcloud.com/azealia-banks/no-problems-prod-by

JaguarPirate | 6 Jan '13, 20:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Azealia barely lands a punch
  
  but still wins just for jumping on that Machinedrum beat.
  
  littlebirds @JaguarPirate | 6 Jan '13, 21:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
Penny finally put out a third album, and it's free too.

If you've not heard her this is really worth a listen, and if you can find her debut Clockforth Movement that's really worth it too.

http://fakefour.bandcamp.com/album/twenties-hungry-the-unbound-anthems-of-yesteryear

sweetverbs | 7 Jan '13, 15:25 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate this'd this
- yeah yeah, this is good
  
  JaguarPirate @sweetverbs | 7 Jan '13, 15:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
new Kitty Pryde sounds pretty good to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1LlgfPF2dQ

fuckyeahdubstep | 7 Jan '13, 18:47 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate and pichaelmarker this'd this
- What was the whole Alex Locastro thing?
  
  Was it just a joke?
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ @fuckyeahdubstep | 7 Jan '13, 18:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I don't know - what WAS the whole Alex Locastro thing?
    
    fuckyeahdubstep @_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 7 Jan '13, 18:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - she wrote on facebook that she's only using the name 'Alex Locastro' now
      
      and will be dropping 'Kitty Pryde' in the near future.
      
      Seems to have been a joke, but I've heard mixed reports.
      
      _TheBeautifulOnes_ @fuckyeahdubstep | 7 Jan '13, 18:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- <333
  
  Really excited about d.a.i.s.y. rage.
  
  badmanreturns @fuckyeahdubstep | 7 Jan '13, 19:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- this shouldn't be a thing that I like ...
  
  JaguarPirate @fuckyeahdubstep | 8 Jan '13, 00:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
- She's no Princess Superstar.
  
  Seriously, though, still irritating as shit. Slightly less so when they turn her vocals completely down in the mix like they do here I guess, good production choice...
  
  littlebirds @fuckyeahdubstep | 11 Jan '13, 12:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  suedehead and anal_schwarzenegger this'd this
  - I cannot get down with Kitty Pride.
    
    theShipment @littlebirds | 16 Jan '13, 18:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
- this is dogshit
  
  what the fuck
  
  Mehodor @fuckyeahdubstep | 26 Jan '13, 16:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
Some fresh Keyboard Kid beats

http://keyboardkid206.bandcamp.com/

^Some lovely stuff on here.

Been keep an eye-out for 2013 raps too but nothing has really blown me away yet.

Kyle_ | 8 Jan '13, 11:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tree feat. The City

http://indy.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/20429/tree-tree-featuring-the-city.html

New Tree mixtape of all new beats working with Chicago emcees. Not too dissimilar from Sunday School in style, but obviously he raps on it less. He's still there on most of the songs though which is good, as part of the appeal with Tree is his vocal delivery and how it gets all wrapped in the beat. I'm digging it.

Kyle_ | 9 Jan '13, 12:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Cheers, will be checking out both this and the Keyboard Kid
  
  littlebirds @Kyle_ | 9 Jan '13, 14:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  theShipment this'd this
- cheers, i loved that All track by Tree, will check this. Hilarious how he rinsed Kanye in the video too if you've not seen it.
  
  soundboy @Kyle_ | 24 Apr '13, 18:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
everyone rank the verses on 1Train

Big K.R.I.T (extraordinary)>Joey Bada$$>Yelawolf>Action Bronson> Kendrick>Danny Brown>A$AP

_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 10 Jan '13, 10:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- really getting into Joey Bada$$ at the moment
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ @_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 10 Jan '13, 10:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Here's what I got
  
  Big K.R.I.T. Danny Brown > Action Bronson > Yelawolf > Kendrick > Joey Bada$$ > A$AP Rocky
  
  A bunch of the verses in the middle are interchangable though. Only Danny Brown and Big K.R.I.T I think are actually good on it too.
  
  My ASAP Rocky review went up today http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17418/reviews/4145910
  
  Kyle_ @_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 10 Jan '13, 11:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah I saw it, I agree with some aspects
    
    I was reading it alongside the Pitchfork one + whilst I get your point that he hasn't anything much to say, I agree with them that it doesn't really matter because he's going for the bigtime anyway, and he'll certainly be better than most 'mainstream' rappers in the state he's in now.
    
    But you're much more of an expert than me :-)
    
    _TheBeautifulOnes_ @Kyle_ | 10 Jan '13, 11:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Problem for me is his personality
      
      I'm more than just a pretty boy: I'm an artist. I'm not saying I'm a hip-hop music artist, I'm an artiste.
      
      Kyle_ @_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 10 Jan '13, 11:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      JaguarPirate and dave9cakes this'd this
      - argh, quote marks screwed it up
        
        but yeah, I'd be fine if he did an album of PMW, Goldie and Fuckin Problems, but then you read things like this http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9034-aap-rocky/
        
        Kyle_ @Kyle_ | 10 Jan '13, 11:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        JaguarPirate this'd this
      - Yeah I get that. He often feels like a worse, brattier Kanye.
        
        _TheBeautifulOnes_ @Kyle_ | 10 Jan '13, 11:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I like Danny Brown's verse
    
    But he's done the same thing better elsewhere.
    http://popdust.com/2012/12/18/asap-rocky-1-train-seven-rappers/
    
    _TheBeautifulOnes_ @Kyle_ | 10 Jan '13, 11:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Action Bronson was complaining on Twitter a while back
    
    that his verse was moved back in a way that meant he was rapping on the beat rather than off the beat. Or something like that. Would be interesting to hear how it was supposed to sound.
    
    Yelawolf is the worst on that song. Not a fan.
    
    dave_5000 @Kyle_ | 11 Jan '13, 21:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - ah, that's interesting
      
      I did feel there was something a bit wrong about Action's verse and couldn't put my finger on what it was.
      
      I really like Yelawolf on it. He raps like I imagine a wolf actually would, all yelps and howls.
      
      _TheBeautifulOnes_ @dave_5000 | 18 Jan '13, 16:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Anyone got any podcasts/mixes to recommend?

I quite like the fader one but it doesnt come out often enough

yes_ | 11 Jan '13, 11:37 | X | ^ This | Reply

_TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
- Don't know of any good ones, I have been keen to find one for a while too
  
  Having said that, Jeff Weiss has a new podcast which is probably decent at the very least. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet so I can't vouch for it, but he's a good writer so it's definitely worth a look.
  
  http://www.earwolf.com/show/shots-fired/
  
  Kyle_ @yes_ | 11 Jan '13, 13:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
this is great

http://hiphop-n-more.com/2013/01/big-boi-pink-matter-remix/

Nestor | 12 Jan '13, 12:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Just reminded me that song is dull tbh
  
  and no matter many Dre guest spots that Big Boi jumps on, it won't make it an Outkast reunion :(
  
  littlebirds @Nestor | 12 Jan '13, 13:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
New Ciara track, co-written by Future, prod. by Mike Will

Not overly impressed.

http://www.rap-up.com/2013/01/13/new-music-ciara-wake-up-no-make-up-turn-up/#more-147158

badmanreturns | 14 Jan '13, 13:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
Anyone been checking the Jeremiah Jae songs that he's been putting out under Black Jungle Squad?

He's been leaking free songs daily for a week or so, and has now put them all together on this 15-song release. Really like the vibe of this. Mostly it's just raw, smoky hip hop with your typical JJ weirdness. For anyone not familiar with Jeremiah, fans of Madlib, Oh No, Alchemist's more psych beats should dig. That description doesn’t really do him justice, but yeah, this is tight.

http://yellowmaskcxllective.bandcamp.com/album/black-jungle-radio

Kyle_ | 15 Jan '13, 14:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Oh damn, this first track with Zeroh is sweet.
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 15 Jan '13, 15:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Thrashers is such a tune
  
  This is better than anything he's released 'properly'
  
  lemonbrickcombo @Kyle_ | 18 Jan '13, 17:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
Melo-X

featuring joey badass and CJ fly

I really like this beat, nice old school low key vibe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdhX02OtlI4

navajo | 15 Jan '13, 17:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Nice.
  
  Love the low end on this. Super chill.
  
  theShipment @navajo | 16 Jan '13, 18:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
- this is growing on me in a big way
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ @navajo | 15 Apr '13, 21:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
New Raekwon EP is here - 'Lost Jewelry'

http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2013/01/15/raekwon-lost-jewelry-freep/

The mediafire link seems to be broken, by the way.

badmanreturns | 16 Jan '13, 17:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
New Gangrene ish off the forthcoming Oh No record

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTqSwfvyP04

littlebirds | 17 Jan '13, 19:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Cool
  
  Uptown XO FLowers
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdyADeTB178
  
  theShipment @littlebirds | 17 Jan '13, 20:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Liking it.
    
    littlebirds @theShipment | 17 Jan '13, 20:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Kyle_ and _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
    - Anticipating his album.
      
      That last tape he did was a fav of mine last year.
      
      theShipment @littlebirds | 17 Jan '13, 21:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      littlebirds this'd this
      - Heard a few cuts, some good stuff for sure
        
        Will jump on board with this LP.
        
        littlebirds @theShipment | 17 Jan '13, 21:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Hopefully it has some of the best stuff so far
        
        + some new heat.
        
        theShipment @littlebirds | 17 Jan '13, 21:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
fresh new UK hip-hop

loving this new track from UK vet Ty, that beeeaaaaaaatt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G1vb5KuCp4&feature=player_embedded

navajo | 18 Jan '13, 01:16 | X | ^ This | Reply

_TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
Deltron 3030 is back... I really like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCPim0oZpw8

littlebirds | 18 Jan '13, 01:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- *are back... Must get some sleep.
  
  littlebirds @littlebirds | 18 Jan '13, 01:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
- For anyone interested in Deltron it's still available here
  
  https://soundcloud.com/the-rap-up/pay-the-price-deltron-3030
  
  ...for how long I don't know.
  
  littlebirds @littlebirds | 18 Jan '13, 13:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Sounds just like Deltron used to sound.
    
    Not sure I like it.
    
    theShipment @littlebirds | 18 Jan '13, 15:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Yeah
      
      Sounds more like a lost cut than a fresh single, but I still dig it. On the other hand, it does pretty much rule out them covering any fresh ground on this album.
      
      littlebirds @theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 15:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Just Blaze & Baauer trap out U Don't Know:

https://soundcloud.com/just-blaze/just-blaze-x-baauer-higher

littlebirds | 18 Jan '13, 11:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- This is fun, and well OTT.
  
  FACT point out how similar it is to this TNGHT remix of Kanye though...
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRk02IBD9mU
  
  Seems a bit *too* similar really.
  
  badmanreturns @littlebirds | 18 Jan '13, 11:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Haha it's so epic
    
    Yeah, there's definitely similarities in the two, but it's probably cos trap is a very limited art form rather than any intent. Plus I'd much rather hear 'I WILL NOT LOSE EVER... FUCKER' than Ye chat about his shoes.
    
    Did you hear that house track Blaze did? Bit plastic for me.
    
    littlebirds @badmanreturns | 18 Jan '13, 11:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Yeah I definitely prefer the Jay one.
      
      Not a fan of the grinding Daft Punk-style bass in that house track, made it sound really cheesy. Along with the cheesy pianos that is.
      
      badmanreturns @littlebirds | 18 Jan '13, 11:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I love how every TNGHT track essentially sounds the same
    
    lemonbrickcombo @badmanreturns | 18 Jan '13, 20:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    littlebirds this'd this
- this is going to be the trend that keeps on giving in 2013. i see it going on for ages.
  
  georgiabeth @littlebirds | 18 Jan '13, 18:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  theShipment this'd this
  - i guess the hip hop equivalent of guetta/calvin harris working with r&b arists
    
    but for, y'know, 'serious' clubs
    
    georgiabeth @georgiabeth | 18 Jan '13, 18:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - CANT WAIT FOR DANNY BROWN AND RUSTIE <33
      
      littlebirds @georgiabeth | 18 Jan '13, 19:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I'm *almost* bored of trap now
      
      It's gonna be so played out by the end of the year. As Badman unintentionally points out with the similarities between those Baauer & TNGHT jams, it's not really got anywhere to go.
      
      The real talents like Hudmo and Rustie will keep it switched up though, I'm sure.
      
      littlebirds @georgiabeth | 18 Jan '13, 19:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - I think it's easy to get bored of the idea of 'trap'
        
        in regard to the big-name shit like G.O.O.D. Music, TNGHT, Baauer and that, the stuff that's getting mainstream attention and being played in clubs where hip-hop would never generally be played, cos that stuff is meant to just be OTT club shit. But the style as a whole is still hugely enjoyable and has a lot to give in a lot of ways I reckon - you just have to look at producers like Mike Will and Young Chop, and of course people like Lex Luger (sure he's not as relevant now as he was a couple of years ago) but I still fucking love it when it's used as actual hip-hop beats.
        
        Also it's a style that works so well in grime at the moment - couple of examples:
        
        Wiley - Step 10 (prod. Dullah Beats) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bebznl1HeWU
        Merky ACE - Eff Tizzy (prod. by Faze Miyake) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADx2fZoPwKg
        
        badmanreturns @littlebirds | 19 Jan '13, 02:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - what does everyone think of the new TNGHT track?
        
        I don't mind it- it's just OTT EDM.
        
        _TheBeautifulOnes_ @littlebirds | 16 Apr '13, 07:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
Fat Joe & Chi Ali - Games & Things

Pretty average track and slightly awkward video, but with the added intrigue of Chi Ali fresh out of prison.. remember him? Native Tongues collaborator, dropped an album when he was 14 and pops up on early De La and Black Sheep stuff. Got sent to prison in 2001 for manslaughter for shooting someone. Drops the slightly questionable line "you know who shot ya and it ain't big poppa".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cHuJ4HjYyc

lest we forget:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lm4GEO0FA4

navajo | 18 Jan '13, 16:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Voice still sounds good,
  
  video was very strange indeed.
  
  theShipment @navajo | 18 Jan '13, 16:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - ---lemonade was a popular drink and it still is---
    
    has to be one of the best wtf lines in rap history, right?
    
    theShipment @theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 16:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Nah, def the best.
      
      theShipment @theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 16:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - You wish that you could come into my neighbourhood --
        
        - meaning my mental state, still, I'm 5'8"..
        
        Love the brief moments when Guru gets surreal.
        
        navajo @theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 16:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Guru was a weird rapper sometimes.
        
        His flaws are what made him great imo.
        
        theShipment @navajo | 18 Jan '13, 16:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
N0z and Kyle seeing eye to eye on A$ap:

http://www.spin.com/reviews/asap-rocky-long-live-asap-asap-worldwide-polo-grounds-rca

--From a pop perspective, his hooks are laughably simple, never infectious, and often DOA, and he tends to structure his verses in ways seemingly designed to kill momentum, most obviously when he drops into a played-out, Screwed-down vocal range at inopportune moments, and for entire verses.

He's equally deficient as a more traditional rap lyricist: His vocabulary is limited, his concepts thin, his persona over-reliant on empty rags-to-riches-to-bitches clichés. He struggles to form even small fragments of coherent narrative without falling back on poorly constructed religious imagery or an almost Game-like tendency to incessantly name-drop — "It's the gold teeth, French braids / Call me Project Pat," "Painting vivid pictures / Call me Basquiat, Picasso," etc. There's no personal narrative or identity here to compensate for the hollowness of his craft. In real life, he's a naturally charismatic human — a warm and affable "pretty motherfucker" when the camera is rolling — but none of that translates on record. By LONG.LIVE's end, we know everything that Rocky likes, but no idea what he's like.--

hammer dont hurt em!

Really liked both reviews, very on point. I listened to the record, had a hard time getting through it all the way.

theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 16:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Very enjoyable review
  
  Think he has a very articulate hold on the ASAP Rocky phenomenon. I personally am really enjoying LongLiveASAP, pretty much just as dumb swag-rap with some decent production, and I enjoy when he gets into decent flow. Agree with the fundamental lack of depth, and without getting too deep into issues of authenticity, he's always seemed a bit like a charismatic guy playing the part of buzz rapper rather than the genuine artiste he proclaims himself, or a genuine from-the-streets rags to riches rap hustler (isn't this what SpaceGhostPurrp used as ammunition when they had a spat? That Rocky came from an afflent family with lawyer brothers and used to be a Calvin Klein model or something? It's interesting that the review mentions the buzz of Purple Swag and Peso but no-one mentions this earlier vid, in which his fancy-dress rap seems a little more transparent:
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_nDzu0uMJw.
  
  Anyway, still enjoying the album a lot.. think a lot of the critiques of him have been enjoying and don't make me enjoy the music less. He'll doubtlessly run out of steam fairly quickly if he can't find a bit more personal depth to put on future stuff so I'll still be following him for a while.
  
  navajo @theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 17:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Good points.
    
    I dont hate the album, it has its moments. I agree all the reviews haven't swayed my personal listening experience much. Authenticity is always a hard topic w rap. I mean Rick Ross and Kanye shook it. The package just seems too forced with this guy, like an east coast Game basically, without the knack for memorable hooks.
    
    theShipment @navajo | 18 Jan '13, 17:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    JaguarPirate this'd this
    - Not even sure if its his inauthenticity with his background
      
      as much as its the way he came up in the rap game? Like w Kanye he has the back story of having to grind and improve and push himself to get noticed by Jay as a rapper/personality.
      
      theShipment @theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 17:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - I guess that's one of the key things the internet
        
        progresses.. once you're a couple of viral music video successes away from getting a foot firmly in the door the story becomes a lot shallower, there's no aging vets to gain approval from or seasoned gatekeepers.. Just bloggers, youtube numbers and quick success. Feel a similar way about Joey Badass, it's astounding how quickly he's gone from music-as-hobby and dropping mixtapes during school breaks to a permanent rap fixture, and can't say it feels like the best way for an artist so young to gain success and naturally develop his craft..
        
        Even though I feel like hip-hop is on a high at the moment, it risks beginning to mirror the '00s indie scene in which buzz bands quickly peaked and then dived into obvscurity. Hard to call which recently ascended rapper could maintain a steady level of output and success like Jay-Z or navigate a stranger album cycle like Kanye and still maintain widespread interest.
        
        navajo @theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 17:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Guys like 2 Chainz are def a good counterpoint.
        
        He's been doing it for years. Curren$y too. Some of the guys on the MMG label, Meek, Wale built it from the ground up, regionally. I think the cream will rise and the good stuff will stick while more and more of these buzz rappers rise and fall alongside.
        
        theShipment @navajo | 18 Jan '13, 18:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Kinda cool that old dogs like E 40
        
        are getting more national buzz so late in their career.
        
        theShipment @theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 18:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Agree, and just to tie this discussion together nicely..
        
        This clip gives me goosebumps, when he brings Too $hort out followed by E-40, hearing those beats kick in and the crowd reactions... also E-40's mind-baffling conversational 'potato salad ass type niggas' slang!
        
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wloix_Xn3jk
        
        navajo @theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 18:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Yeah he has own dictionary
        
        ha, love this! I just love e40 on so mane levels. Been married to the same girl for a long time. I think thats kinda cool.
        
        theShipment @navajo | 18 Jan '13, 18:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        navajo this'd this
        
        Looks like so much fun
        
        I missed this by a couple weeks, I was home around then :/
        
        theShipment @theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 18:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        agree
        
        jessepinkmanslungs @theShipment | 18 Mar '13, 17:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Noz piece is good, especially;
        
        ''It's not a coincidence that Rocky has been particularly well received in electronic music circles, where semi-anonymous purveyors of highly stylized aesthetics flourish. And maybe that specific crossover is pertinent when considering how to listen to A$AP Rocky. When consumed passively, as ambient music, his conceptual flaws recede into the fuzz of his production, a raw mush of sound that provides an appropriate and occasionally great backdrop for refreshing your Tumblr dashboard''
        
        ^This nicely sums up how I feel about the recent repopularisation of rap that's been going on in the last few years. This idea of people listening to rap passively is something I strongly agree with - a lot rap fans atm don't seem to care about what they're listening to as long as it sounds good or has a certain functionality. Don't get me wrong, I'm okay with rap being popular and reaching different kinds of people, but it saddens me if it does so through a voice like A$AP's which has none of the qualities that made me fall in love with rap personally.
        
        When I was thinking about the ASAP record I was trying hard not to emphasize the point that he needs to have 'something to say'. Even though it's difficult not to bemoan how little ASAP has to say, if he just dropped a goofy punchline or something it would help me take to him better.
        
        Kyle_ @navajo | 18 Jan '13, 18:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        There's def the urge to yell out
        
        THERE'S SO MUCH BETTER STUFF OUT THERE but that's a bad route to take, does no good for anyone. It just makes me sound like an old crusty rap head (I am obv). Good job resisting the 'he has nothing to say' angle, it doesn't really mean anything, like when people say YAH BUT WHERE ARE THE SONGS AT?
        
        theShipment @Kyle_ | 18 Jan '13, 18:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Kyle_ this'd this
        
        It's true, I liked the mixtape because you can just zone out to it and sink into the vibe without really listening to exactly what he's saying
        
        his voice and cadence fits well with the beats, just another instrument.
        
        However when I started caring about what he was saying and how he was saying it, it all went downhill...
        
        lemonbrickcombo @Kyle_ | 19 Jan '13, 00:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Thank god for Kendrick
        
        drakepress @Kyle_ | 18 Mar '13, 15:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Gunplay just steals the show on any track he's on
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho67uw3OMfE
  
  theShipment @theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 17:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Ferg RUINS that!
    
    theShipment @theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 17:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    navajo and JaguarPirate this'd this
- also, whilst we're being rap-critical
  
  can we draw attention to quite how gloriously bad this is, that didn't quite make it onto the full album release...
  
  feel like Waka Flocka and Gucci hit such a low here that the pendulum swings back to 'great' again
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKQ8AfwBjBI
  
  navajo @theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 18:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - ha
    
    Even when Waka sucks, he still raps with enough energy to make it enjoyable on some level. That's a pretty bad Gucci verse though yah. I kinda like this overall though, better than a lot of the album cuts. The hook though :( A$ap sucks at hooks, so flat.
    
    theShipment @navajo | 18 Jan '13, 18:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
citiques of him habe been interesting*

navajo | 18 Jan '13, 17:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
Thanks to Shipment

for pointing me to the right thread.
Just listened to Young Fathers - Tape One, and thought it was really good. I especially enjoyed Rumbling and Romance.

Lililololaure | 18 Jan '13, 18:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- You have some youtube links?
  
  Never heard of this group.
  
  theShipment @Lililololaure | 18 Jan '13, 18:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - here are the two tracks mentioned
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXZ2whuVXLs
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBQauU3CIe8
    
    Lililololaure @theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 23:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I like these.
      
      theShipment @Lililololaure | 22 Jan '13, 22:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- is this just the mixtape from '11?
  
  georgiabeth @Lililololaure | 18 Jan '13, 18:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - It appeared on Spotify this week
    
    but after a Google search, it is the mixtape from 11 that is being reissued. You're right!
    Plus learned that they are Scottish, bonus.
    
    Lililololaure @georgiabeth | 18 Jan '13, 23:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
wale ft. jerry seinfeld

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=D3gcgWO3b6o 'the album about nothing'

we'll see how this turns out.

georgiabeth | 18 Jan '13, 18:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
- jfc
  
  although at least this could pave the way for a 'comedians in cars getting coffee' spin off featuring rappers, which would be a lot more entertaining
  
  navajo @georgiabeth | 18 Jan '13, 18:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I know everyone (critics) hates Wale
  
  and all but I still think he makes some enjoyable music.
  
  theShipment @georgiabeth | 18 Jan '13, 18:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - definitely enjoyable, and he's certainly not over.
    
    some good ones on the last tape. i love the right one and cool off.
    
    georgiabeth @theShipment | 18 Jan '13, 19:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
g.o.o.d. news

still no release date for cruel winter, although rumoured to be coming out 'the first quarter'.

i'm pretty curious to hear wrath of caine by pusha t, i hope it's out this month, but it sounds like it's been put back until just before the album drops. anyway, there's a trailer, and that's it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gP7kPj7S-c

tracks to feature are blocka (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfR00nu5xQw - travi$ scott album out soon) and millions (http://soundcloud.com/defjam/pusha-t-millions-featuring ), unlike pain, which is gonna be on the album instead.

new cudi and big sean albums within the next two months, too.

hudmo has been signed, it's official.

i'd do a mmg one but i'm sure nobody even wants to read this one.

georgiabeth | 18 Jan '13, 19:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Do an mmg one
  
  theShipment @georgiabeth | 18 Jan '13, 19:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  anal_schwarzenegger and coolerthantv this'd this
- These Pusha tracks sound good. Blocka especially
  
  theShipment @georgiabeth | 18 Jan '13, 19:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
- misread that as big sean adams
  
  anal_schwarzenegger @georgiabeth | 18 Jan '13, 19:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I almost feel annoyed about HudMo signing to G.O.O.D., dunno
  
  I love TNGHT for what it is, and it's cool if it gets him more exposure, but I worry it's gonna take him away from all of his best stuff - all the stuff that's more rooted in more 'old-school' hip-hop like Fuse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkWmB9NIg4U) and Rising 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os82RSWJjWE), and all the just full on more crazy shit like No One Could Ever (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igu1XkEeUn) and Thank You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgdoPtMAobU).
  
  I mean, I'm cool with him progressing and changing his sound, I just hope he doesn't lose sight of his more skilful stuff rather than big dumb hip hop shit.
  
  badmanreturns @georgiabeth | 19 Jan '13, 13:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
Gunplay - Cops & Robbers

http://www.datpiff.com/Gunplay-Cops-Robbers-mixtape.443827.html

new mixtape.

jimitheexploder | 19 Jan '13, 11:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
- This is some of the worst mastering I've ever heard.
  
  Guy just needs to put an album out, he kills every major track he features on then releases these freestyle recycled-beat mixtapes with a few good tracks that you can barely hear anyway.
  
  coolerthantv @jimitheexploder | 22 Jan '13, 15:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Kyle_ and theShipment this'd this
  - Yeah, it sounds pretty horrible
    
    Hopefully his album, 'Medellin', should be out by summer though (even allowing for inevitable delays)
    
    Kyle_ @coolerthantv | 22 Jan '13, 16:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - just a quick thing to keep him going this I think
    
    while he was on house arrest. Still has a load of energy and is pretty fun tho. Dunno if we ever need an album from the hip-hop scene at the mo by the time someone that has a good style about them drops one its usualy not as good as their mixtapes. You really dont have to buy hip-hop ever I love it.
    
    jimitheexploder @coolerthantv | 22 Jan '13, 16:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Definitely.
      
      Its not necessarily the album that I need from him, just something that's more fully cooked. Even on his best mixtapes he will have a few tracks where he'll just rewind a verse and play it again or have a couple crap sounding freestyles thrown in. I am fine with that though if it means not having to soften/change his sound up to fit in the pop-rap landscape, though. Not that he would suck at that, but he's just so good at what he does now.
      
      theShipment @jimitheexploder | 22 Jan '13, 16:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
King Louie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbMPVO8XGrE

Beat is mad on this one, like some kinda minimal 808 snapping spaced out dancehall/rap combo.

Didn't realise he had another mixtape out too: http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/19784/king-louie-drilluminati.html

jimitheexploder | 19 Jan '13, 12:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- think a few of these have been on his other tapes tbh
  
  still madness tho
  
  http://youtu.be/f0JcRGzCE50
  
  Val Venis
  
  jimitheexploder @jimitheexploder | 19 Jan '13, 12:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Val Venis is top ten track from 2012.
    
    King Louie is so far above his drill scene competition imo.
    
    theShipment @jimitheexploder | 22 Jan '13, 16:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    suedehead this'd this
    - He's above pretty much anyone for me
      
      I don't really have a clue about scenes in hip-hop at the moment tho, no idea who else is in the drill scene, Chief Keef? He's alright at times in a sloppy kinda spaced out way but yeah miles off King Louie.
      
      jimitheexploder @theShipment | 22 Jan '13, 16:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Yeah Keef, Lil Reese, Sasha Go Hard, lil Durk
        
        theShipment @jimitheexploder | 22 Jan '13, 16:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Oh yeah Lil Durk can be alright too
        
        Think I hear Lil Reese but I can't remember, no idea about Sasha tho, lol at those names...
        
        Ones I've heard their seem like kids just play about for the most part and sometimes hitting on something. King Louie is this fully formed thing with a distinct style that he just nails.
        
        jimitheexploder @theShipment | 22 Jan '13, 16:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Yep.
        
        Keef has a fully formed style as well, I just don't like it that much.
        
        theShipment @jimitheexploder | 22 Jan '13, 17:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        jimitheexploder this'd this
- love this beat
  
  Kyle_ @jimitheexploder | 19 Jan '13, 13:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
Liking this new Droop-E cut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7xvwXl7x1CQ

I really rate Droop-E is a producer actually, his stuff always interests me. The low-end on this is so nice. This is E-40s son for anyone who didn't already know.

Kyle_ | 22 Jan '13, 09:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
- as a producer*
  
  Kyle_ @Kyle_ | 22 Jan '13, 09:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- This beat.
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 22 Jan '13, 16:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  navajo this'd this
- This is really great
  
  navajo @Kyle_ | 22 Jan '13, 22:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tom Lea's managed to get Ryan Hemsworth for Maybach next Friday!

https://www.facebook.com/events/581359221877916/?fref=ts

Just TRY and keep me away from this.

badmanreturns | 22 Jan '13, 17:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I'm in for this
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ @badmanreturns | 22 Jan '13, 18:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Kyle_ this'd this
Preem couldn't hook up Joey with anything better than this?

https://soundcloud.com/greenlabelsound/joey-bada-unorthodox

theShipment | 22 Jan '13, 18:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I'm guessing probably not these days
  
  :(
  
  Dan_S @theShipment | 22 Jan '13, 22:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
New YG mixtape is great

Pretty much entirely produced by DJ Mustard. Some samples;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EykR201IxQc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCXu6wpSZ0g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mq0_0uS39g

Kyle_ | 26 Jan '13, 13:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Good times.
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 29 Jan '13, 15:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - An extra helping of Mustard
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLB3vfWDo5A
    
    Kyle_ @theShipment | 29 Jan '13, 15:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Purist (feat. Danny Brown)- Jealousy

Great Biggie sample here. And Danny Brown brings it as usual (have a strong suspicion that 2013 is gonna be his year.) This producer is from the UK apparently, so we can start filling our Rolling Hip-Hop Thread homegrown player quota.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28i45ZJg3Fc

coolerthantv | 26 Jan '13, 13:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Interview with Danny on Pitchfork today
  
  http://pitchfork.com/features/update/9047-danny-brown/
  
  Pretty interesting read, it got me psyched to hear his new album. I like the sound of whatever direction he's going in.
  
  Kyle_ @coolerthantv | 28 Jan '13, 20:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Lonely Island feat. Adam Levine & Kendrick Lamar - YOLO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Otla5157c

:D

badmanreturns | 27 Jan '13, 19:51 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate this'd this
- excellent Joy Formidable sample
  
  JaguarPirate @badmanreturns | 29 Jan '13, 01:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
Keep playing this song

off the most recent Tree mixtape I posted upthread. Fairly simple beat by his standards but it sounds great

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFiYlNb9p2Q

Kyle_ | 28 Jan '13, 20:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Dig it.
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 28 Jan '13, 20:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate this'd this
Prodigy & Alchemist - Give Em Hell

http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/26255151/file.html

theShipment | 29 Jan '13, 04:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
St 2 Lettaz freebie EP from last year was really good.

Kinda forgot to talk about it after posting it. But 'Trill To the Bone' just got a video and reminded me how tough the song is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86od5vo5PXo

This is a new one from him 'Trillmatic' which I think will be on his album due in about a month:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIhEsICzUb4
<3 the beat switch up

Blockbeataz beats are still very juicy to me.

theShipment | 29 Jan '13, 05:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Didn't realise ST 2 Lettaz had an album on the way so soon. I liked this EP and always thought G-Side had a lot to offer...still think it’s a shame they split really.
  
  Kyle_ @theShipment | 29 Jan '13, 16:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
New Squadda B freebie (for now)

Havent listened yet but I know theres a ton of fans on here:
http://greenovamusic.bandcamp.com/album/road-to-playtime

theShipment | 29 Jan '13, 05:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
Glad the Lil B / Joey Badass beef came and went

very quickly.. pretty weak all round.

navajo | 30 Jan '13, 23:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
- B's almost certainly just getting people talking before he drops Pink Flame
  
  Agree though, the Joe Budden beef was way more entertaining
  
  suedehead @navajo | 31 Jan '13, 00:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Glad I missed it!
  
  theShipment @navajo | 31 Jan '13, 18:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
MC Eiht - Keep It Hood EP

Is awesome jjjjjjeeeeeea

Im like falling in love with old rappers all over again. So glad these guys are getting a second wind in their careers. If you like it then pleaaaase go back and listen to early Comptons Most Wanted and early Eiht solo albums.

Its on Spotify and so far this year has been the only release that I am excited about. DJ Premier did some scratching on it but I hear theres two versions out there, one with and one without the scratching.

theShipment | 31 Jan '13, 18:39 | X | ^ This | Reply

Kyle_ this'd this
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99Ad9s6jOek
  
  theShipment @theShipment | 31 Jan '13, 18:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
Meek Mill's got a new thing out

http://open.spotify.com/album/6auYBOJUqWpH8rbWCmmsUa

It's just what I want from Meek, punchy and aggressive and fresh-feeling.

_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 4 Feb '13, 14:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I think that was a bonus track from Dreams and Nightmares.
  
  Album is good though.
  
  theShipment @_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 4 Feb '13, 14:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah, hadn't listened to him properly before
    
    just heard him guesting. It's really tight.
    
    _TheBeautifulOnes_ @theShipment | 4 Feb '13, 14:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Give Dreamchasers a download
      
      Free and better than his new album.
      
      theShipment @_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 4 Feb '13, 14:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Cool, will get on that!
        
        _TheBeautifulOnes_ @theShipment | 4 Feb '13, 15:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - I actually really like Dreams and Nightmares
        
        I know it's flawed and mad corny in places, but I found myself listening to it a lot at the tailend of last year. I'm sure it won't stand-up that well over time, but there's plenty of songs I'll be going back to on it.
        
        But yeah, Dreamchasers is probably Meek's best. Still rooting for him to produce a great full length at some point.
        
        Kyle_ @theShipment | 4 Feb '13, 15:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        D&N is really good. The opening track!
        
        theShipment @Kyle_ | 4 Feb '13, 15:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Free EP from $amhill

He was on that P-Brothers album a while back. Worth a listen.

http://www.unkut.com/2013/01/download-samhill-the-preface-ep/

Rap for the 30+ set.

CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 4 Feb '13, 15:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I like.
  
  I think i kinda prefer this sound
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IpwGcGySW0
  to this sound
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM_m8P08uUY
  
  theShipment @CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 4 Feb '13, 15:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- What other releases have you been into lately?
  
  I was thinking you would like that Clear Soul Forces release from last year.
  http://clearsoulforces.bandcamp.com/album/detroit-revolution-s
  
  theShipment @CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 4 Feb '13, 15:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah, this is very good. Cheers! Downloading now.
    
    To be honest, I don't really stay that abreast of what's going on in hip hop outside of threads like this, and lurking on message boards like Philaflava.com.
    
    I still trawl for stuff I missed from the 90s, like all the stuff Chopped Herring are putting out, and I'm a sucker for albums like Roc Marciano and KA. I recently checked out a guy called Has-Lo who has a similar style, and I'm still listening to that Jest One guy from Atoms Family's 'lost' album.
    
    http://mellomusicgroup.bandcamp.com/album/in-case-i-dont-make-it
    
    http://pstate.bandcamp.com/album/dark-city
    
    I *do* enjoy guys like French Montana, Chinx Drugz, Troy Ave, and even Gunplay now I 'get' him, but I struggle with the fact that the amount of mixtapes dropping is overwhelming and vary in quality SO much – a few bangers amongst a load of throwaway dross.
    
    Also, I'm pretty happy with 5-6 great hip hop albums a year. That pretty much suits me fine.
    
    CHAIRMAN_LMAO @theShipment | 4 Feb '13, 15:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - The mixtape thing can be very daunting.
      
      I went all in a couple years back and am having fun with it. It's ike opening a christmas stalking everyday, you never know what will turn up. Could be a crap pack of gum or a new gameboy.
      
      Has-lo is pretty cool. I like all the guys in the Mello Muzic group to varying degrees.
      
      Need to check that Chopped Herring stuff.
      
      Gunplay is crazy sneaky lyrical if you really dissect his stuff, not like wordy lyrical though. He has the power to command any track on top. I had the same reaction to DMX in the 90s but by the third time I heard Get At Me Dog I was totally hooked.
      
      theShipment @CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 4 Feb '13, 16:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
Anyone heard that new Alexander Spit LP?

It's pretty interesting, the track featuring Action Bronson is a highlight.

Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/2auk9d7RhmyAoEpOG4kkJi

iizcallum | 4 Feb '13, 15:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- DL'd but hadn't listened fully yet.
  
  Heard a couple tracks and liked.
  
  theShipment @iizcallum | 4 Feb '13, 15:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
.

Couple of quiet afternoons at work, and inspired by theShipment and Kyle_, i've been getting my ass in gear and trawling the world of mixtapes.

So far, i'm quite liking The Underachievers tape - Indigoism. I think they're affiliated with Flatbush Zombies, but they're much better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4_122Tx8xmg

And I know it's from 2012, but this 100s Ice Cold Perm tape is sick! Where did this guy come from?! Kind of 90s west coast, No Limit throwback. Like a west side Joey Bada$$.
http://www.liveforthefunk.com/recent/post/100s-ice-cold-perm-mixtape/

CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 7 Feb '13, 20:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- 100s is top five for me last year, easily.
  
  The production is really impressive, maybe the best sounding tape from 2012? I think so anyway. All produced by Joe Wax and Ive been trying to hunt down anything by him ever since.
  
  theShipment @CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 7 Feb '13, 20:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  jimitheexploder this'd this
- Still making my mind up on The Underachievers thing
  
  Some really nice songs/beats on it, but when I try listening to it all in one go I find it's blurring into one a bit. Been listening at work though so maybe I'm just not concentrating on it enough.
  
  That 100s tape is excellent.
  
  Kyle_ @CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 8 Feb '13, 13:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
Anyone heard that new Curren$y mixtape yet?

Had some pretty big production credits for a tape, Harry Fraud and Lex Luger were involved. I've only heard the song with Juvenile, which I really liked. Can't access YouTube atm so will post a link up later.

I'm still not bored of Curren$y. His tapes always seem to have some direction behind them (I'm looking at you Gunplay) and even if all the tracks aren't killer I can just zone out to the beats. His voice just blends in with them sometimes, but he tends to keep you interested with his hooks.

coolerthantv | 7 Feb '13, 21:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Yeah so i've listened to this now.
  
  It's alright, I guess. Could have been better. The production is the highlight- as with most of Curren$y's stuff- and that's not a slant on him as a rapper, he just tends to fade into the background like another instrument or something. It's a skill. Here's that track with Juvenile, which I still think is the stand-out:
  
  Bitch Get Up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOPY2sA3HkI
  
  coolerthantv @coolerthantv | 13 Feb '13, 17:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
New Waka Flocka

http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/19701/waka-flocka-flame-duflocka-rant-2.html

Been enjoying this the last couple of days. Definitely one of Waka's better tapes. His energy still amazes me.

Kyle_ | 8 Feb '13, 13:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- this is great
  
  Triple F-Life was such a disappointment, good to see he's still got it.
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ @Kyle_ | 8 Feb '13, 13:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
ladies

few days old now, but brianna perry's got a new one out with pusha t and it's alright really - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K92Iz8FtjBM

after a string of AMAZING singles last year, (unfortunately my posting of them in last years thread are now deleted, I'M SURE MY CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SORELY MISSED) i'm looking forward to the follow-up to symphony no 9.

new lola monroe with los is hot fire. gonna put exclamation marks near this one !!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM35Zuj5j1U !!!!!!!!

yet to get my teeth into the new sasha go hard. i haven't been reading any sites so it might already be a big deal (features kreayshawn, diplo and le1f). track she did with rockie fresh recently is really SUMTHIN (lol) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a--uD_OaGPg

tiffany foxx's new single is to feature kim (no surprises there) and MILEY CYRUS(!)

also, excellent trolling as always from tbo in this thread.

georgiabeth | 8 Feb '13, 18:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Brianna Perry is great.
  
  Marilyn Monroe is still in constant rotation for me.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BzOBxQjSLM
  
  Lola song is murktastic. Is King Los the same as Fabolous?
  
  I didnt like the Sasha release at all really, some really embarrassing stuff on there imo.
  
  theShipment @georgiabeth | 8 Feb '13, 22:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
Timeless Truth "Brugal & Presidentes"

Quite enjoying this tape.

http://hiphopwired.com/2012/01/03/timeless-truth-brugal-presidentes-ep-downloadlisten/

Check out 'Leave It Alone'. Beat by Roc Marciano. I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff - two guys from Queens, decked out in vintage 'Lo, rapping over mid 90's sounding beats.

CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 11 Feb '13, 13:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I liked a couple tracks off of this.
  
  including Leave it Alone. One of the emcees is super generic but the other one has some presence.
  
  theShipment @CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 11 Feb '13, 16:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
Drake - Started From The Bottom

http://vimeo.com/59303531

On first listen it just sounds like one long (pretty weak) chorus. Hopefully won't make the album and can just be forgotten about, although it'll probably be ubiquitous in clubs.

Also, wtf is up with that little skit in the middle.

badmanreturns | 11 Feb '13, 13:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Not a Drake fan
  
  but this is particularly bad isn't it? I mean, "started from the bottom"...really Drake? Even outside of that though, this doesn't seem to actually go anywhere at all.
  
  Kyle_ @badmanreturns | 11 Feb '13, 15:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah it's a ridiculously generic and probably fairly baseless statement
    
    badmanreturns @Kyle_ | 11 Feb '13, 16:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Kevin Gates

http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/20732/kevin-gates-the-luca-brasi-story.html

Can't stop listening to his new tape, The Luca Brasi Story. He's kinda got a Future thing going on, in that he's very good at straddling street raps with auto-tune balladry. I keep hearing more and more to love in this...maybe my favourite full project of 2013.

Samples:

Chasing Paper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGcOVxpzio0
Weight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSKBh9irvDg
Arms of a Stranger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0-pVonatKQ

Kyle_ | 11 Feb '13, 16:12 | X | ^ This | Reply

badmanreturns this'd this
- One of the best things Ive heard this year yeah.
  
  Last year too with both his releases.
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 11 Feb '13, 16:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i'm really loving this
  
  having a hard time really getting my heart into a rapper with such a boring name but the mixtape is undeniable.
  
  navajo @Kyle_ | 15 Feb '13, 19:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Only just got around to hearing this
  
  Really solid. My favourites you didn't mention already.
  
  Hold Ya Head: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SON1OfIR6HM
  Produced by grime/butterz UK producer S-X.
  
  Twilight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUxo0GT9jOk
  The instro is just a beauty, nails that dazed bright trancy thing.
  
  Whats Understood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBRYni_ZDb4
  Killer slowed down vibe to this one might be my fave overall.
  
  jimitheexploder @Kyle_ | 9 Mar '13, 21:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Go backwards now with this guy
    
    I think his two releases from last year are even better.
    
    theShipment @jimitheexploder | 9 Mar '13, 21:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - shall do
      
      never heard of him before, kinda refreshing he's called Kevin instead of Young Gooch Lil Spare Cups or something.
      
      jimitheexploder @theShipment | 9 Mar '13, 21:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - I'm all about rappers going by their government names.
        
        theShipment @jimitheexploder | 9 Mar '13, 21:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I like a mix haha
        
        I want something better than Young Thug or Young Scooter or Lil Durk and I'm all for batshit stuff like Lil Ugly Mane or Spaceghostpurrp but yeah if you're over like 16 stop calling ya self Young or Lil and just embrace your inner Kevin you goofball.
        
        jimitheexploder @theShipment | 9 Mar '13, 21:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        good is good
        
        but def go by your real name if all you can think of is lil or young or big or yeezy or whatever.
        
        theShipment @jimitheexploder | 9 Mar '13, 21:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
Can't stop bumping this song.

Chance the Rapper- Juice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8nIHZ-0kS4

Like the Kevin Gates stuff Kyle posted above, this has definitely got a Future feel to it. He's got a kind of demented half-singing half-rapping flow, and switches tempo all the time. I defy you not to hit repeat as soon as it finishes.

coolerthantv | 13 Feb '13, 17:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Mmm, I've been playing Juice a lot too
  
  Chance's 'Ten Days' tape from last year was alright, but kinda patchy. Hoping he can come with something more consistent on his next release.
  
  I like this song Tree produced for him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNp2xZhoMAY
  
  Also, speaking of Tree, he leaked the first song from Sunday School 2 this week as well https://soundcloud.com/mctreeg/tree-get-it1
  
  Kyle_ @coolerthantv | 13 Feb '13, 17:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  theShipment this'd this
Jesus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lEKOWKcUxdU#!

What the hell is this I don't even...

Kyle_ | 14 Feb '13, 23:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Wayne should just stop making music.
  
  Shoulda stopped about 5 years ago tbf
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 14 Feb '13, 23:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I'm saddened by how bad he is at the moment
    
    one of his verses on the new Gucci tape is hideous even by his recent standards.
    
    Kyle_ @theShipment | 15 Feb '13, 10:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
- AND THAT EVEN GO FOR PUFFY WHO SO MOTHERFUCKIN PAID
  
  THAT HE RICHER THAN THOSE WHITE FOLK OR AT LEAST THAT WHAT HE SAY
  THAT'S WHAT HE SAY THAT'S WHAT HE SAY
  AND THEM PETTY NIGGAS LOVE IT
  THINK ABOUT IT, WHAT'S A RAPPER STANDING NEXT TO WARREN BUFFET?
  HA HA HA
  
  badmanreturns @Kyle_ | 15 Feb '13, 01:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Seriously though, I could give less of a fuck about this
    
    Will.I.Am is genuinely one of the least talented human beings on the planet, he just churns out generic electro-house nonsense and because he has an atrocious haircut and some production credits people/idiots take him seriously. Weezy is quite clearly a lost cause these days - the only thing about this that gets me is that I'm sorely disappointed in Waka.
    
    badmanreturns @badmanreturns | 15 Feb '13, 01:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Luis_Carruthers and theShipment this'd this
- THis may be the single worst piece of music Ive heard
  
  in like 5 years time. even the video! yuck
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 15 Feb '13, 07:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate and badmanreturns this'd this
I saw Guilty Simpson last night and I'm pretty sure I hear the worst line ever

"Miss Mary, you got a hold on me, and it's scary"

Lolololololol.

He was good otherwise too. Apollo brown makes some generic post dilla beats.

lemonbrickcombo | 15 Feb '13, 07:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- So weird how much love AB gets in the underground circuit.
  
  lol Guilty. still like him though
  
  theShipment @lemonbrickcombo | 15 Feb '13, 07:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah he was good, apart from that clunker
    
    He can be a bit earnest but I like him.
    
    lemonbrickcombo @theShipment | 15 Feb '13, 07:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
issue - aura

oh hey guys. i produced this tape w/ ISSUE from the bay area. it's kinda weird but i thought some of you guys might appreciate it - http://aoao.bandcamp.com/album/aura

richjj | 15 Feb '13, 14:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
- These beats are pretty out there!
  
  Weird, I kinda like it.
  
  theShipment @richjj | 19 Feb '13, 20:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - thank you dude! weird is definitely the word. people tell me it's a 'grower'
    
    richjj @theShipment | 20 Feb '13, 11:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tyler news

single+album+tour
http://prettymuchamazing.com/news/tyler-the-creator-wolf-domo-23

cronenberg | 15 Feb '13, 14:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Some related chat going on in here:
  
  http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4425366
  
  badmanreturns @cronenberg | 15 Feb '13, 15:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  suedehead this'd this
Friendzone fans

My new column features a mix from them + an interview. They talk a little about new Main Attrakionz stuff and how they were asked to produce beats for good kid, m.A.A.d City.

http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4146055-champion-sound-11--feat-exclusive-friendzone-mix

Kyle_ | 15 Feb '13, 15:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- excellent
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 15 Feb '13, 15:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_, navajo, and coolerthantv this'd this
- prettiest. in. the. game.
  
  <3
  
  veridisjoe @Kyle_ | 15 Feb '13, 20:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Great column man.
  
  That mix is good, some real eclectic stuff on there, and I enjoyed the interview. Looking forward to 808s and Dark Grapes III, think most of my favourite Attrakionz songs are Friendzone produced, so to see them produce a whole album is exciing.
  
  Good job.
  
  coolerthantv @Kyle_ | 15 Feb '13, 21:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Silkyskillz11 this'd this
  - Thanks all
    
    Got high hopes for 808s and Dark Grapes III. I've been thinking for a while that Main Attrakionz would really benefit from working with one producer over a full project, and I'm glad they're doing it with Friendzone.
    
    Wish I'd written about the Waka tape now, but there's always one that slips through.
    
    Kyle_ @coolerthantv | 15 Feb '13, 21:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'm still obsessed with Kendrick and Danny Brown

Anything new I will like?

Aaron | 15 Feb '13, 22:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Scan the thread!
  
  theShipment @Aaron | 15 Feb '13, 23:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
Jackie Onassis

Duo from Sydney who put out a free demo EP in Nov. Zane and Rob Da Bank played a bit.
Crystal Balling is the jam!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI1df8gTXPg
Free EP from
www.jackieonassis.net

RossDFC | 16 Feb '13, 00:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
Le1f - Fly Zone

I finally gave this a listen. That kid is magical.

ThisTemporaryLife | 16 Feb '13, 01:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
The return of the Ghostface Killllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh

http://soultemplemusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-rise-of-the-ghostface-killah

And I like it. A lot.

coolerthantv | 17 Feb '13, 23:58 | X | ^ This | Reply

FWBTS this'd this
- Oh this is that Adrian Younge colabo thing!
  
  Sounds pretty standard fair GK to me, will reserve judgement for the full length.
  
  theShipment @coolerthantv | 18 Feb '13, 03:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Yeah, I like this song
  
  It feels like a while since the last consistently strong Wu release, although I'm probably forgetting something. That Rza soundtrack was cool.
  
  Actually, I was listening to that Czarface release this morning (Inspectah Deck w/ 7L and Esoteric) which is sounding pretty great. Great to seem them working with a bunch of guys from the New York new school.
  
  Here's one with Roc Marci http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0hwo7Cc6Q8
  
  Kyle_ @coolerthantv | 18 Feb '13, 08:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  subjective this'd this
  - 7L & Eso!
    
    Ha, hadn't thought of those guys in a long time. This song is nice, wu banger status.
    
    Deck really gets after it at the beginning of his verse.
    
    theShipment @Kyle_ | 19 Feb '13, 20:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- One of my favourite tracks he's ever done
  
  From the lyrics to the production, everything is just right as far as I'm concerned.
  
  FWBTS @coolerthantv | 21 Feb '13, 11:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cannon - Perfect Timing (Prod.by.JeeNius)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSCA-fqs5uU

nyodeneD | 20 Feb '13, 01:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
RiFF RaFF at the Barfly, anyone?

http://www.barflyclub.com/camden/whatson/event/37230.aspx

badmanreturns | 20 Feb '13, 14:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cadence Weapon - Hype Man

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

Interesting retrospect on the hip hop hype man

frankgrimes23 | 20 Feb '13, 15:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
Corpsy is a badman writer.

http://dirtnap2.tumblr.com/post/43584093880/young-scooter-feat-gucci-mane-work-2013-zay

I think he still does bits for Wire magazine, I dunno I've only ever bought one copy. but yeah I love this spaced out stuff at the moment, like Future and all that.

jimitheexploder | 21 Feb '13, 00:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Yeah, can NOT get enough of this stuff at the moment.
  
  Like seriously, it's all I want to listen too. Future, Rocko, Kevin Gates, Chance, 2 years ago I never thought I'd be in a position where I'd consider any track with autotune good, let alone artistically relevant, but fuck me, has this new trend of rap changed my mind. Will.i.Am and '808's and Heartbreak' have a hell of a lot to answer for huh? (disclaimer: tongue firmly in cheek there.)
  
  If you had to label it, which of course we do because this is a music forum, then 'Future rap' fits it best, and not just because Future is the flag-bearer. I just struggle to think of words to describe it sometimes. All the tracks sound different yet intrinsically the same.
  
  Love that this stuff can exist at the same (damn) time (and in King Louie and co's case, the same (damn) city) as Tree's soulful sample-based stuff. Then you've got Brainfeeder trippy experimental stuff, Main Attrakions smoke hazed beats, Kendrick's brand of west-coast lyricism. Hip-hop is just fucking incredible at the moment.
  
  coolerthantv @jimitheexploder | 21 Feb '13, 00:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Future
    
    kinda fits in somewhere with that spaced out auto tuned stuff from Lil Wayne and T-Pain in their peak and someone like Gucci Mane whos got a mad psychedelic dral and a lot of his beats are pretty simular too. They've all got that drugged out dark raw meloncholic vibe to them. Plus they keep it catchy which is prob the only thing keeping them away from going deep down that rabbit hole like what Main Attrakionz sound like.
    
    jimitheexploder @coolerthantv | 21 Feb '13, 11:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Yeah everyone keeps forgetting about T-Pain
      
      Thr33 Ringz was far superior to 808s & Heartbreak (and came out about 2 weeks before...)
      
      badmanreturns @jimitheexploder | 21 Feb '13, 12:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      jimitheexploder this'd this
      - 808s & Heartbreak
        
        might be my favourite Kanye album.
        
        deal with my controversial opinions.
        
        Kyle_ @badmanreturns | 21 Feb '13, 12:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        mine too
        
        its easily his most consistent and easy to get thru, the rest of them seem chucked together like compilations to me.
        
        jimitheexploder @Kyle_ | 21 Feb '13, 12:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Kyle_ this'd this
        
        I don't have a favourite Kanye album.
        
        That is not a compliment.
        
        Deal with my controversial opinions.
        
        badmanreturns @Kyle_ | 21 Feb '13, 12:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Haha, do you actually hate Kanye then?
        
        I can kinda understand that position, but there comes a point where a guy has been involved with so much stuff that you really like that you have to be like - okay maybe I do like this guy.
        
        That's how it happened for me at least. I spent years rating Kanye's productions but being really adamant that he should stay away from the mic. At some stage over the past few years that position has really slipped, and even though I don't rate him as a rapper, I definitely feel he has a place as a rapper as well as a producer now.
        
        Having said all that - it's annoying to me that he's not taking full production control over his records anymore. That's his biggest asset, I want him to obsess over that and quit getting beats from elsewhere.
        
        Kyle_ @badmanreturns | 21 Feb '13, 13:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Shameful.
        
        theShipment @Kyle_ | 21 Feb '13, 14:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
Another new Chance the Rapper song here

Jake One on the beat http://potholesinmyblog.com/chance-the-rapper-acid-rain-p-jake-one/

Quite a strong Kendrick vibe on this one.

Kyle_ | 22 Feb '13, 14:30 | X | ^ This | Reply

theShipment this'd this
YES

http://alpokodon.bandcamp.com/album/the-ol-soul-ep

theShipment | 22 Feb '13, 17:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Excited for this!
  
  Will have a listen later.
  
  coolerthantv @theShipment | 22 Feb '13, 23:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Its a bit...
  
  White Stripes of hip-hop for me.
  
  Its the kinda dude a fella from XL would find, then when he's on his death bed he'd get a post-dubstep guy to make beats for before he croacks it and gets them to make a remix album, which would sound even worse but get twice the reviews and we'd all cry.
  
  jimitheexploder @theShipment | 22 Feb '13, 23:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - he's good on...
    
    Gone Tomorow & Project Dreams
    
    for a verse or so mind.
    
    jimitheexploder @jimitheexploder | 22 Feb '13, 23:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Your comparisons are so far off sometimes.
    
    I understand the sentiment though. Thing is, while being gimmicky overall, there's just so much charm to it to reel me in for a while. He really has a way with melody, I love the way he phrases his hooks and slides in and out of rapping/singing/laughing. I think he is pretty sharp lyrically as well. The excitement may wear off quickly and maybe he only ever releases a handful of classic tracks, idk, I'm fine with that. I'm glad to have this little gem with Get My Paypa and All I Know all in one place though.
    
    theShipment @jimitheexploder | 23 Feb '13, 03:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I was being overly twatish for the sake of beign a twat
      
      but yeah this kind of thing sounds so boring, cliche and try hard to me its unreal. Its sounds so much like he's trying to be ernest, real and soulful that it grates on me rather than engaging with me. Its like a session recorded for Dermot O'Leary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxLGJcu51OI on accoustic guitars ot make it more real. Its just me and my hands on a table dude, its real. I was off with the White Stripes comment tho, he's way more Alicia Keys mixed with Bright Eyes.
      
      jimitheexploder @theShipment | 27 Feb '13, 12:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - haha
        
        Like I said, this guy toes that line so tight that I can easily see plenty of people falling on either side of the fence. I like it for now but think the honeymoon phase may not last too long. Interested to see what he does with studio production. Like I said, he has a strong knack for melody and we'll have to see if that translates.
        
        theShipment @jimitheexploder | 28 Feb '13, 21:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
Young L - Atari

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

This is so great. Keep thinking the beat is gonna go off into some horrible anthemic chrous but it just holds it together and sounds great throughout. Produced by some Danish drummer I've never heard of.

Kyle_ | 23 Feb '13, 12:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Love Young L so much
  
  Kinda wish he wasn't such an average rapper something though ha.
  
  badmanreturns @Kyle_ | 23 Feb '13, 13:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Sounds like an 808s leftover.
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 28 Feb '13, 21:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
100s London show next month

https://twitter.com/PlayersBallUK/status/306672987371876352

Players Ball is an excellent night anyway, so this is a must.

Kyle_ | 27 Feb '13, 11:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Been enjoying Ice Cold Perm recently - count me in
  
  badmanreturns @Kyle_ | 27 Feb '13, 12:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Kyle_ this'd this
Some raps I've been digging

Young Jeezy ft. 2 Chainz - RIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znN9xzdflD8

^^Jeezy on a DJ Mustard beat. Sounds good.

Young Dro - FDB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bqqqPsEGj6Y

^^Dro continues his good run after his Burn One mixtape. Hoping he keeps this up this year.

Tekh Togo - The North feat. Boldy James and Big Jo
http://tekhtogo.bandcamp.com/track/the-north

^^Think I heard something about a new Boldy James tape this year which I hope his true. This song is super simple, but I'm a sucker for those kinda strings.

Iamsu! - Mobbin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAnWhrjt0iE

^^Su has a bunch of projects going on right now as usual, but this is a new video for Mobbin off last year's $usy 6 $peed tape. Pretty standard fare for him, but I just rate this guy really highly.

Mondre M.A.N. - Where She At
http://greenochapt2.bandcamp.com/track/where-she-at-prod-by-dylan

^^There's some great stuff on the new Mondre and Squadda tapes, but this might be the pick of the bunch. Dyan from Friendzone made the beat and he nails it.

Kyle_ | 27 Feb '13, 14:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Also, this new posse cut from SAVEMONEY
  
  http://potholesinmyblog.com/chance-the-rapper-kami-de-chukwu-vic-mensa-tokyo-shawn-caleb-james-seppuku/
  
  Really promising stuff. Outside of the whole Drill/Keef/Young Chop thing, Chicago is pretty exciting to me at the moment
  
  Kyle_ @Kyle_ | 27 Feb '13, 14:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I really like Jeezy over Mustard!
  
  Jeezy should join forces with someone like that, get some slaps going, he needs a refresh.
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 5 Mar '13, 16:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Kyle_ this'd this
ILL BILL - WORLD PREMIER (Produced by DJ PREMIER)

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

Mehodor | 4 Mar '13, 19:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Have you heard his album yet?
  
  I think there are way better songs than World Premier on it.
  
  theShipment @Mehodor | 5 Mar '13, 17:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - yeah it's dope
    
    Canarsie High is my fav
    
    Mehodor @theShipment | 5 Mar '13, 21:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I like the one with Cormega and OC as well.
      
      theShipment @Mehodor | 5 Mar '13, 21:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      Mehodor this'd this
Rocko, Future, Rick Ross - UOENO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jykE8J9jtR8

so obviously this goes hard and everything, but the Rick Ross rape line is a bit much. obviously a date rape joke is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the sort of behaviour that anyone raps about, but there's something a bit close to the bone about it. like, it doesn't really fit with his image or whatever. it's a bit odd. song is great regardless.

ideserve2 | 5 Mar '13, 14:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- That's a jarring line for sure.
  
  Obv not as egregious as 'Drug Dat Hoe' but still disappointing.
  
  This beat is cool, kinda playful but still comes off as melancholic somehow.
  
  theShipment @ideserve2 | 5 Mar '13, 16:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Gucci Mane & Young Scooter - Free Bricks 2

http://www.datpiff.com/Gucci-Mane-Young-Scooter-Free-Bricks-2-mixtape.460428.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIfQ2T7-FcA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yEQoplj5KU

Pretty damn solid.

jimitheexploder | 5 Mar '13, 14:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Yeah, really impressed with Free Bricks 2
  
  Atlanta/Brick Squad is pretty crazy at the moment. Gucci, Future, Young Scooter, Waka, Young Thug and OJ Da Juiceman all coming out with interesting tapes in the last few weeks/months.
  
  Kyle_ @jimitheexploder | 5 Mar '13, 23:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - the beats are getting really nice and strung out
    
    really spaced and syrupy but they still kick really hard, its the shit. Gucci sounds more on form now than the last few years too.
    
    jimitheexploder @Kyle_ | 6 Mar '13, 10:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
Is that King Louie on a beat that samples Gotye?

https://soundcloud.com/lawless-inc/king-louie-old-bitch

Yep, and it still sounds alright.

jimitheexploder | 6 Mar '13, 10:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
Danny Brown - #HottestMC (Prod. by Harry Fraud)

https://soundcloud.com/xdannyxbrownx/hottestmc-produced-by-harry

Danny sounding pretty rugged here.

badmanreturns | 6 Mar '13, 14:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- not a fan of that beat
  
  but he does sound good as always.
  
  jimitheexploder @badmanreturns | 6 Mar '13, 15:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Doesn't really go anywhere
    
    Sort of track that I can't imagine coming back to on its own, might work better on the album.
    
    badmanreturns @jimitheexploder | 6 Mar '13, 15:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - hopefuly it gets no where close to an album
      
      nowt that boring on XXX.
      
      jimitheexploder @badmanreturns | 6 Mar '13, 15:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Nothing special.
        
        For him whatever success (success=me liking it haha) he has on his next project will boil down to his production choices.
        
        theShipment @jimitheexploder | 6 Mar '13, 15:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        ^
        
        pretty much true for any rapper tbh. The rapping itself is only like one third of the music for me in hip-hop.
        
        jimitheexploder @theShipment | 6 Mar '13, 15:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Definitely
        
        but Danny is soooooo hyped at this point that he really has to choose wisely. I guess all I mean is that the stakes are higher for him now. Cant just go grab hot producers and have them crank out something safe.
        
        theShipment @jimitheexploder | 6 Mar '13, 15:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        indeed
        
        I heard that Darq E Freaker has a track on the album from a Butterz show on Rinse which he guested on, I don't think its Blueberry or whatever they called the track when they stuck vocals on it either which he already released with Danny Brown. So that one at least will prob bang if it does happen. Harry Fraud is a good choice he can be ace, but yeah that beat sucks.
        
        jimitheexploder @theShipment | 6 Mar '13, 15:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Harry has some very boring beats recently.
        
        Still a good producer but his hit/miss rate is dropping imo
        
        theShipment @jimitheexploder | 6 Mar '13, 15:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I'm not that well versed in him
        
        I only ever notice him when the little sound signature comes in so only really remember odd bits, just remember him being good form time to time.
        
        Darq E Freaker mix is here if you wanna hear it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To396_U1C3s&list=PLKGmq5cV94xIvjtODjVXbTR1Kx2jHTy0R&feature=player_detailpage#t=3657s it was sick.
        
        jimitheexploder @theShipment | 6 Mar '13, 15:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I dont wanna poopoo Harry too much.
        
        He's responsible for some of my fav stuff from the last couple years sooo... I'm just being hypercritical.
        
        Ill check this mix
        
        theShipment @jimitheexploder | 6 Mar '13, 15:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Yeah, I'm not sure how he should play it really. I'm mainly into Danny for his writing though, and while I liked a lot of the Skywlkr stuff on 'XXX' I don't think I would have loved it if those exact beats were given to another rapper. I definitely agree that he should be careful with his production choices because I want 'Old' to be as good as it can be, but for me, he's a rapper I would go back to regardless of what's behind him. I'm almost definitely in the minority with this, but I'd prefer it if he went more minimal...so the rustie links aren't massively exciting to me. I reckon he'd stand-out great over simple beats, like the one on Earl Sweatshirt's 'Chum', for example.
        
        Kyle_ @jimitheexploder | 6 Mar '13, 15:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I dont even think that a cohesive sound is the way
        
        to go for him. Just scrap the Kendrick Lamar 'try and make a classic album in the classic album vein' approach and just go bananas over a bunch of different types of sounds/beats.
        
        theShipment @Kyle_ | 6 Mar '13, 15:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        badmanreturns this'd this
        
        Rustie, really?
        
        wouldn't mind hearing that. I mean Danny Brown would sound insane over say: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swnVlDtThfk or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOD37EH9430 maybe not on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4AqCrR_nAU tho haha.
        
        Danny Drown does seem to sound better than most US MC on UK beats like he showed with the Darq E Freaker track so who knows it might slay.
        
        jimitheexploder @Kyle_ | 6 Mar '13, 15:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        that first one is thick
        
        theShipment @jimitheexploder | 6 Mar '13, 15:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Joker & Rustie where insane at one point
        
        pitty they didn't really take that thick funk into their albums. Joker kinda went a bit clunky and Rustie went into sugar rushing trance, I still like that album mind.
        
        Joker should be making beats like these for MCs by now.
        
        Digidesign
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f90E84rOzmc
        
        Snake Eater
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RadZTuZEKlM
        
        Re-Up
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eJTj-r99i0
        
        Gully Brook Lane
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1HnatIMFOs
        
        Purple City
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bIR_YmiuVw
        
        Psychedelic Runway
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cihJSDMF3zA
        
        Stuck In The System
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh_1NWbeA7Y
        
        But his got this clunky dubstep pop thing going on for the most part now.
        
        jimitheexploder @theShipment | 6 Mar '13, 15:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Yeah I kinda got into Joker a few years back
        
        cos I thought he was gonna break into the US hip-hop/r&b scene but it never came to pass. Some of these are familiar to me. I like Glass Swords too, but for other reasons I guess.
        
        theShipment @jimitheexploder | 6 Mar '13, 15:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Yeah I dunno what happend
        
        Gemmy was making that sound too and kinda went really quiet. Guido was always slow getting stuff out and is still making this kind of thing but its way more mellow. Plus I think he's doign a live band thing with his sound next so who knows how that will go.
        
        jimitheexploder @theShipment | 6 Mar '13, 16:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Yeah, agreed he'd sound great over some of the older Rustie
        
        but maybe less so on the Glass Swords-ish beats. This is rumoured to be a clip, but obviously no way of confirming that http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zk6p840ge-k
        
        Kyle_ @jimitheexploder | 6 Mar '13, 15:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Yeah agreed
        
        Was just going on the 'OLD Coming Soon' bit under the track.
        
        badmanreturns @jimitheexploder | 6 Mar '13, 15:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Can't imagine this being on the album
      
      just because it's a reaction to the MTV Hottest MCs list everybody has been moaning about.
      
      I really dig this as a throwaway though, Danny is sounding sharp. "Rhymes so real thought I wrote it in Janis Joplin's vomit / With the mic GG Allin wiped his ass with"
      
      Kyle_ @badmanreturns | 6 Mar '13, 15:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
Drake - 5am In Toronto

http://octobersveryown.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/drake-5am-in-toronto_7.html

This is more like it. Still, wouldn't be surprised if it's just an offcut.

badmanreturns | 7 Mar '13, 10:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
Bishop Nehru - Nehruvia

http://www.datpiff.com/Bishop-Nehru-Nehruvia-mixtape.462365.html

For fans of Joey Badass I reckon. Classic feel, young guy rapping over some pretty good originals, as well as a few classic Dilla/Doom/Premier beats.

orangejuice | 7 Mar '13, 23:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
Waka Flocka -- Real Recognize Real

http://youtu.be/bcwScEB5ABU

The beat by Lex Luger on this is so damn nice. Real quality winding sino-grime meets waka thing going on with it. Its real light, bright and breezey but with a real tuff kick and Waka adds a load of raw energy to it. Gonna have to grab the mixtape now.

jimitheexploder | 8 Mar '13, 10:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- That Waka tape is great for sure.
  
  Have you heard either of the new OJ Da Juiceman tapes Jimi? Reckon you might dig them;
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggtf_OiM954
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLTIa3dko5g
  
  Kyle_ @jimitheexploder | 8 Mar '13, 11:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - nope
    
    I'll give them a go cheers.
    
    jimitheexploder @Kyle_ | 8 Mar '13, 11:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Similar to some of the stuff you've been posting about in here
      
      Zaytoven produced a bunch of songs so it's got that weird, spaced-out trap vibe. OJ is a bit mad though, his voice is just really odd and his lyrics can go off in weird directions too.
      
      Kyle_ @jimitheexploder | 8 Mar '13, 12:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
Grown Folk x Main Attrakionz - I.C.E.

http://vimeo.com/61243607

Kudeo has done some remixes of them on that release too, they aint as good as I'd hoped they would be though. Maybe they'll grow on me I really like the Jam City Main Attrakionz hookup now.

jimitheexploder | 8 Mar '13, 16:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
Killah Priest - The Psychic World of Walter Reed

Epic double album, 41 tracks. Obviously impossible to listen to in one sitting, but there's some great stuff here.

Mix of cosmic/new-agey beats, and more classic production (RZA, GZA, others). Guest features from Ghostface, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck and George Clinton.

orangejuice | 9 Mar '13, 15:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86JSirseZOw
  
  Taster
  
  orangejuice @orangejuice | 9 Mar '13, 18:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Listened to the first ten tracks or so and was kinda blown away!
    
    Excited to get through the rest. He is so ridiculous, so over the top, love it.
    
    theShipment @orangejuice | 15 Mar '13, 05:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I heard this was good.
  
  He's let me down so many times that it makes me very skeptical, but I'll give er a go.
  
  theShipment @orangejuice | 9 Mar '13, 21:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Heard a few songs from this that were good
  
  Was wondering whether to bother checking out the whole thing but this just about persuaded me. Will delve into it this week.
  
  Kyle_ @orangejuice | 10 Mar '13, 12:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
Rome Fortune - Beautiful Pimp

http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/20701/rome-fortune-beautiful-pimp.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnuYqS7Y1nc

Jeez

found it in a new Fact mag feature: http://www.factmag.com/2013/03/09/mixtape-round-up-gucci-mane-young-scooter-michael-5000-watts-and-more/

jimitheexploder | 9 Mar '13, 18:23 | X | ^ This | Reply

theShipment this'd this
Young Thug

This ones an accuired taste I woudl have thought haha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ6HmyPXgLg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkbDKAwXF3w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0yre6sk1Tg

He's got a batshit catawaling screaching, auto tune sing rap thing going on. Its pretty extream and could be annoying if you aint in the mood but hell when you're with it his got an intensity to his stuff that you dont see in other auto tune sing rap guys like Future. Its that high picthed just hanging on intense cracked on edge spaced out vibe that some how has this robotic emotion to it.

jimitheexploder | 9 Mar '13, 21:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- He's like a childish version of Future.
  
  but when it works its really fun.
  
  theShipment @jimitheexploder | 9 Mar '13, 21:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - yeah thats it
    
    its all over the place too. Kinda got that adolesent emo thing going on, it sounds so cracked and hopless but still with tons of energy and partying bravardo. Its odd.
    
    jimitheexploder @theShipment | 9 Mar '13, 21:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - adolescent emo thing haha perfect. Some of his stuff is really embarrassing.
      
      come from nothing 2 was really good, way more good than bad.
      
      theShipment @jimitheexploder | 9 Mar '13, 21:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - he almost sounds bi-polar or something in his sound
        
        like one moment he's the life of the party the next he's rocking in the corner crying into thru autotune. Its pretty brilliant like that.
        
        jimitheexploder @theShipment | 9 Mar '13, 21:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Been trying to work out if this is the best thing, or the worst thing
        
        Took me a while to settle into it, but I really like it now.
        
        Kyle_ @jimitheexploder | 10 Mar '13, 12:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
I really hope this single kills off Azealia Banks for good

https://soundcloud.com/azealia-banks/yung-rapunxel-prod-by-lil

What is this sub-Prodigy shit? If you're gonna be a wanker on Twitter to absolutely everyone you meet (see the current Rita Ora shite going on) you should probably deliver at least a couple of half decent tracks.

badmanreturns | 11 Mar '13, 12:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- she'll never die
  
  Even Uffe is still gigging around the world and bloghouse electroclash was well over a decade ago. Banks will ride that wave into late 2077 we just wont hear about it anymore after her thrid album and everyone but The Guardian are talking about it.
  
  jimitheexploder @badmanreturns | 11 Mar '13, 12:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Maybe if the magazines which are 'so tired' off the Azealia beef
  
  stopped writing about it, she might actually stop. Fuel to the fire and all that. I just have zero interest in this girl or her music.
  
  I dunno, my Azealia filter has been set to ignore for so long now - does she actually have any good songs? Baring in mind I hate '212'.
  
  Kyle_ @badmanreturns | 11 Mar '13, 13:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Shes prob beign payed by PR people for twitter to get hits and promo for artists
    
    Shes like a pro wrestler heel shitting on all the babyfaces to get them over. haha
    
    jimitheexploder @Kyle_ | 11 Mar '13, 13:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - No, she doesn't.
    
    People (idiots) just go mad about her because good producers (also idiots I guess) give her tracks to ruin.
    
    badmanreturns @Kyle_ | 11 Mar '13, 13:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - They prob do that for promo too
      
      I mean she did a vocal for that Bauuer track that everyone is on about again, she prob got it off Diplo whos lable its on. But Bauuer called it for copyright so she had to take it down and then kicked off. So you get more promo for it. You get the bonus of getting her to do a vocal, then the bonus of kicking her off the track cos it'll sound shit anyway, you get the bonus of her kicking off cos she got kicked off it haha. Perfect.
      
      jimitheexploder @badmanreturns | 11 Mar '13, 13:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
Who is this Casnio dude?

He's all over the Future tape on a lot of the really godo tracks and he's got a wicked energy. Anyone know of any tapes or owt worth checking?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cthbL7j7ZZo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEcMg3m3g6c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwlyJ5MZYJM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yj53bxGXx0

jimitheexploder | 11 Mar '13, 13:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Not versed on him.
  
  theShipment @jimitheexploder | 12 Mar '13, 16:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Me either
    
    Datpiff isn't helpful either. There are some people with Casino in their names and all that but none of the tapes look releated or ligit, which is often the case with even the big names on there a lot of the time haha.
    
    The guy has some wicked energy and a real presense so hopefuly he turns up somewhere else at some point.
    
    jimitheexploder @theShipment | 12 Mar '13, 18:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Hip-hop goons elsewhere found he's got a tape on the way...
      
      http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/21283/casino-ex-drug-dealer.html
      
      so we'll have to see how it goes huh.
      
      jimitheexploder @jimitheexploder | 12 Mar '13, 18:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - This is live now
        
        got it on the DL, youtubes of some of the tracks sounds alright like. A few might just be off the Future mixtape mind.
        
        jimitheexploder @jimitheexploder | 4 Apr '13, 12:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Patriarch by Deniro Farrar

http://denirofarrar.bandcamp.com/album/the-patriarch

Prob worth a look, the Deniro Farrar tape from last yeah with Shady Blaze was really damn good. This track, damn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ed4N9W1MDk

jimitheexploder | 11 Mar '13, 18:13 | X | ^ This | Reply

Kyle_ and badmanreturns this'd this
- Really feeling this. But then I knew it would be great as soon as I saw the cover.
  
  Thought_Dreams @jimitheexploder | 14 Mar '13, 16:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - GREAT cover yeah
    
    DL'd this last night. Gonna spin it now.
    
    theShipment @Thought_Dreams | 14 Mar '13, 17:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Not sure its as good as the mixtape with Squadda B last year but...
      
      It's solid and he's got tracks that aint even on it that sound good still...
      
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3dl_sBhN6Y
      
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5apLU45YQ4
      
      jimitheexploder @theShipment | 19 Mar '13, 22:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
New Earl Sweatshirt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anRkutaPS9w

Bit closer to an early Odd Future sound this time, albeit more polished. I like it, I just love listening to him stringing words together.

Kyle_ | 12 Mar '13, 09:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- this is brilliant
  
  if he like... worked with people other than the OF gang...
  it would be out of this world
  
  yes_ @Kyle_ | 12 Mar '13, 13:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah
    
    The indication is that he's working with more outside sources though. I think he's been doing some stuff with FlyLo/Samiyam and there's going to be a Neptunes beat on his album too. there's a live video floating around of him performing three new songs (including the Neptunes one), and while I usually hate those kinda videos, I listened to it for some reason and it all sounded great.
    
    Here's that, if anyone is interested http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HSDcNF9SxTA
    
    Kyle_ @yes_ | 12 Mar '13, 13:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Fun video.
  
  Kinda basic beat and Tyler still has no clue how to make a memorable hook... but still a good track, Earl is good.
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 12 Mar '13, 14:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
The St 2 Lettaz album is out, bought it last night.

The G... The Growth & Development

Has some solid production, very full bass. None of it is on youtube except trillmatic i dont think.

theShipment | 12 Mar '13, 16:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Need to give this another listen
  
  Wasn't really concentrating the first time around, but it sounded like the production took some unexpected turns.
  
  Kyle_ @theShipment | 13 Mar '13, 08:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
New Ghostface songs

Further to the one posted upthread, a couple more songs from the new Ghostface record have leaked recently.

http://soultemplemusic.bandcamp.com/album/twelve-reasons-to-die

Quite looking forward to this record now. I think Ghost will really benefit from working with one producer, and also the fact that there are no guests on it should hopefully mean it's more of a focussed project. These new songs would definitely suggest that as well. I like all three of these but the "The Sure Shot (Parts 1 and 2)" is great - I'm a sucker for 2 part rap songs.

Kyle_ | 13 Mar '13, 09:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
- loved both of these new tracks
  
  gonna have to get the album I think, I love the live instrumentation- pretty rough and ready, in the best way
  
  JaguarPirate @Kyle_ | 14 Mar '13, 18:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
Anyone fancy weighing in on Iggy Azalea?

No?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zR6ROjoOX0&feature=youtu.be

dave_5000 | 13 Mar '13, 10:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I think this is a pretty great song
  
  With the likes Azealia Banks around I think it's kinda common for female rappers to try and 'go hard' without much consideration for what they're saying (basically trying to out-macho each other, which is nothing new I guess but still a shame), but this track is kinda the opposite of that (I mean the COMPLETE opposite is Kitty Pryde but no one wants to hear about her despite daisy r.a.g.e. proving she is a seriously talented 'rapper'), despite having a proper mainstream hook. That video though, [redacted for fear of being called sexist].
  
  badmanreturns @dave_5000 | 13 Mar '13, 10:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Not to say there aren't other 'more considered' female rappers out there at the moment
    
    Mostly just in terms of mainstream/major label push.
    
    badmanreturns @badmanreturns | 13 Mar '13, 10:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I don't think people's reservations about Kitty Pryde
    
    are related to whether she can actually rap or not
    
    suedehead @badmanreturns | 13 Mar '13, 10:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Oh good, glad you're here.
      
      badmanreturns @suedehead | 13 Mar '13, 10:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - ;)
        
        suedehead @badmanreturns | 13 Mar '13, 10:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Pretty fun.
  
  I like Murda Bizness better.
  
  theShipment @dave_5000 | 13 Mar '13, 15:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Haven't really liked anything else she's done.
  
  This is cool.
  
  And that video....... woah.....
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL2txMU50CI
  
  coolerthantv @dave_5000 | 14 Mar '13, 18:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- chorus doesn't leave much of an impression
  
  but the verses are strong, and the "no money, no family" hook is pretty damn catchy
  
  JaguarPirate @dave_5000 | 14 Mar '13, 18:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
The-Dream tries his hand at rapping...

https://soundcloud.com/the-dream/tron

I mean, it's not terrible, but the pitch-shifted vocals just don't work.

badmanreturns | 14 Mar '13, 16:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ehhhhhhh
  
  theShipment @badmanreturns | 14 Mar '13, 17:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Let's just pretend this never happened
  
  and keep on deluding ourselves that the new album is gonna be great when it finally appears.
  
  Thought_Dreams @badmanreturns | 14 Mar '13, 17:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah dude has fallen flat since Love King.
    
    theShipment @Thought_Dreams | 14 Mar '13, 17:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - that free album he did kinda grew on me
      
      what was it called 1977 or something? Wasn't on par with the first two albums of course but yeah it was alright like Love King was.
      
      jimitheexploder @theShipment | 14 Mar '13, 17:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - I dont even think its even close to as good as LK.
        
        Wedding Crasher is the only song that I liked iirc.
        
        theShipment @jimitheexploder | 14 Mar '13, 17:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        badmanreturns this'd this
        
        Yeah I hated it all at first
        
        but it kept popping up on my ipod on shuffle and I ended up liking it on the whole. Can't remember any of the names of tracks or owt like but its better than it got credit for I think, just.
        
        jimitheexploder @theShipment | 14 Mar '13, 17:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Yeah Wedding Crasher and Long Gone were the only tunes I rated on that.
        
        Th beat for Long Gone is really cool with the guitars and I love the chorus.
        
        Thought_Dreams @theShipment | 14 Mar '13, 17:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - And Love King was a big step down from the first two records.
      
      I think I even remember saying something similar on here when a really bad track appeared as a trailer for Love King, can't remember what the tune was though.
      
      Thought_Dreams @theShipment | 14 Mar '13, 17:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Def a big step down but a worthy addition to the catalog.
        
        Yamaha through Abyss, though, damn. And the bonus track edition helps.
        
        Was it FILA? that song is as dream-by-numbers you can get.
        
        theShipment @Thought_Dreams | 14 Mar '13, 17:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
I hope Weezy's alright :(

badmanreturns | 18 Mar '13, 14:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
- If he makes it through he needs to get himself right.
  
  theShipment @badmanreturns | 18 Mar '13, 15:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
This J Zone piece has been making the rounds.

It's a good read.

http://www.egotripland.com/rap-generation-gap-j-zone/

theShipment | 18 Mar '13, 15:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
King Louie - Band Nation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnJIhso-ldI

jimitheexploder | 18 Mar '13, 15:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Another good one.
  
  theShipment @jimitheexploder | 18 Mar '13, 15:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Its on that Drilluminati mixtape
    
    http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/19784/king-louie-drilluminati.html
    
    Just got a vid tho. Awsome tape, easy one of the best of recent times.
    
    jimitheexploder @theShipment | 18 Mar '13, 15:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Drilluminati is real good.
      
      Kind of a toss up as to what was his best release from last year.
      
      theShipment @jimitheexploder | 18 Mar '13, 16:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
Danny Brown- Kush Coma

https://soundcloud.com/xdannyxbrownx/kush-coma-produced-by-skywlkr

This one is definitely on OLD. he leaked it himself, the crazy bastard. Sounds insane. I don't even know what that beat is, but I like it.

coolerthantv | 19 Mar '13, 21:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Damn.
  
  theShipment @coolerthantv | 19 Mar '13, 22:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Kyle_ and JaguarPirate this'd this
  - ^
    
    thats more like it, last one I heard was arse.
    
    jimitheexploder @theShipment | 19 Mar '13, 23:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - First thing I thought was...
      
      http://vimeo.com/23661399
      
      theShipment @jimitheexploder | 19 Mar '13, 23:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      badmanreturns this'd this
      - choon
        
        you use to hear that in even dubstep clubs at one point mkixed with old Rustie, Terror Danjah and Joker tracks.
        
        this is odd: https://soundcloud.com/xdannyxbrownx/zeelooperz-hit-a-lick good but odd.
        
        jimitheexploder @theShipment | 19 Mar '13, 23:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Ha, I heard that come on after letting the Danny Brown song
        
        play through. Kinda odd future light.
        
        theShipment @jimitheexploder | 19 Mar '13, 23:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Obv any song with gun sounds in it is cool by me.
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzYsE5_9aX4
        
        theShipment @theShipment | 19 Mar '13, 23:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I had the shoes on that album cover :)
        
        theShipment @theShipment | 19 Mar '13, 23:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Damn indeed
    
    Danny Brown is dope.
    
    CHAIRMAN_LMAO @theShipment | 26 Mar '13, 11:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- fuck yeah
  
  he's playing near me soon and for $75 you can do a meet and greet w/ picture, surely that's worth it to get a photograph of me holding up a Heineken with danny brown. frame that shit and pass it down to my kids.
  
  CrispinAlexander @coolerthantv | 20 Mar '13, 03:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - *post it to DiS
    
    theShipment @CrispinAlexander | 20 Mar '13, 03:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - .
    
    $75?? What a joker.
    
    CHAIRMAN_LMAO @CrispinAlexander | 26 Mar '13, 11:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
New Lil Wayne is better than I thought it would be

Need to give it some more time, but he sounds better than his recent guest verses have been suggesting and there are some great couplets on there. Also, Gunplay's verse on 'Beat the Shit' is >>>

Kyle_ | 21 Mar '13, 17:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Here's that Gunplay verse
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87nE6tPklPM
  
  Kyle_ @Kyle_ | 21 Mar '13, 17:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Everything else about that song though :/
    
    theShipment @Kyle_ | 21 Mar '13, 20:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - haha yeah it's a mess
      
      There is some pretty horrible stuff on the record, but also some great stuff. I guess I'd rather Wayne is falling into those two camps rather than down the middle.
      
      Kyle_ @theShipment | 22 Mar '13, 00:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
does anyone have a Spotify playlist with their picks from the thread?

sean | 24 Mar '13, 21:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Doubt it.
  
  MIght be good to do have Kyle do a mid-year rundown though.
  
  theShipment @sean | 25 Mar '13, 17:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Do have.
    
    theShipment @theShipment | 25 Mar '13, 17:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
ScHoolboy Q - Yay Yay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EeGB69Blwc

Oxymoron is probably my most anticipated record this year.

badmanreturns | 24 Mar '13, 22:21 | X | ^ This | Reply

navajo, theShipment, coolerthantv, orangejuice, and JaguarPirate this'd this
The Doppelgangaz

https://soundcloud.com/the-doppelgangaz/hark-back-1?in=the-doppelgangaz/sets/hark

I'm really liking these guys, although I think they might be a bit too throwback for a lot of you guys. Kind of like Dalek, but less abrasive. Good headphone music for work.

CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 26 Mar '13, 11:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I liked the Lone Sharks album alright from a couple years back.
  
  They're kinda like a (little bit) grittier version of People Under the Stairs or something.
  
  theShipment @CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 27 Mar '13, 03:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Rest In Peace R.J - Shady Blaze

http://youtu.be/uneDJkU_kWk

Real tear jerker from Shady Blaze damn.

jimitheexploder | 27 Mar '13, 10:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Oh man.
  
  badmanreturns @jimitheexploder | 27 Mar '13, 10:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
- That is really sad :(
  
  theShipment @jimitheexploder | 27 Mar '13, 16:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Christ, that is awful
  
  :(
  
  Antpocalypsenow @jimitheexploder | 27 Mar '13, 20:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
The tracklist for Wolf by Tyler, the Creator

has definitely increased my interest in hearing it.. I thought I was about done with OF except for probably the Earl Sweatshirt album, but fucking hell, Erykah Badu, Laetitia Sadler and Pharrell, as well as two Frank Ocean spots and one from Earl. So I probably will invariably be giving this a spin:

01 "Wolf"
02 "Jamba" [ft. Hodgy Beats]
03 "Cowboy"
04 "Awkward"
05 "Domo23"
06 "Answer"
07 "Slater" [ft. Frank Ocean]
08 "48"
09 "Colossus"
10 "PartyIsntOver/Campfire/Bimmer" [ft. Laetitia Sadier, Frank Ocean]
11 "IFHY" [ft. Pharrell]
12 "Pigs"
13 "Parking Lot" [ft. Casey Veggies, Mike G]
14 "Rusty" [ft. Domo Genesis, Earl Sweatshirt]
15 "Trashwang" [ft. Na’kel, Jasper, Lucas, L-Boy, Taco, Left Brain, Lee Spielman]
16 "Treehome95" [ft. Coco O, Erykah Badu]
17 "Tamale"
18 "Lone"

navajo | 27 Mar '13, 11:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- It's leaked apparently
  
  suedehead is giving me a running commentary via Whatsapp at the moment, seems to like it. Sample quote:
  
  "Oh shit Rusty is actually really good."
  
  badmanreturns @navajo | 27 Mar '13, 11:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  suedehead this'd this
  - Definite improvement over Goblin in pretty much every way.
    
    Solid 7.5/10 I'm thinking. Will obviously only appeal to a certain demographic now, and some weak moments for sure (Pigs). But overall a pleasant surprise.
    
    suedehead @badmanreturns | 27 Mar '13, 12:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - is Trashwang
      
      anything like Limp Bizkit?
      
      But I'm really pleased, genuinely gone from being fairly amibavelnt to quietly stoked in the space of a few days.
      
      navajo @suedehead | 27 Mar '13, 12:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - That's the obligatory faux-trap one
        
        Don't remember much about apart from a Lil B/Bitch Mob shout out. Wasn't a highlight.
        
        suedehead @navajo | 27 Mar '13, 12:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - couldn't finish it
    
    feels even more one note than usual
    
    CrispinAlexander @badmanreturns | 27 Mar '13, 17:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - My score may have been a bit generous
      
      Was just refreshed to hear that it wasn't utter shit
      
      suedehead @CrispinAlexander | 27 Mar '13, 18:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
Chance The Rapper- Good Ass Intro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjmiLp47Yg8&list=UUeXp3EC97_rUl_e2vgM3gLg&index=2

Another track from Chance, he's going to blow up soon isn't he? Cool video too.

This track's got a bit of a Kanye College Dropout feel to it. He's one of those rappers where you can hear all of his influences but he mimics them so well and with such personality that it's still entertaining.

His album, 'Acid Rap', drops April 30th- looking forward to it. Pretty funny that this and Tree etc. can come from the same city as Chief Keef, King Louie etc. In the same year. Hip Hop is cool like that.

A promo video for the album here too, with a couple of track snippets on it. Dude seems pretty funny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoWL9JkBhKA

coolerthantv | 27 Mar '13, 15:16 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate this'd this
- He's got tons of personality. Shows in his music.
  
  theShipment @coolerthantv | 27 Mar '13, 15:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Sounds like he's been working with BJ the Chicago Kid too,
    
    as well as Tree.
    
    Getting hyped for this album/tape.
    
    coolerthantv @theShipment | 27 Mar '13, 17:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Wasn't expecting that footwork beat, awesome.
  
  badmanreturns @coolerthantv | 27 Mar '13, 15:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate this'd this
- really like this guy
  
  great heads up
  
  navajo @coolerthantv | 27 Mar '13, 16:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I'm pretty addicted at the minute.
    
    The guy just has a crazy flow, switches it up all the time. Cool beats too.
    
    Juice (posted up there^ somewhere)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8nIHZ-0kS4
    
    Acid Rain (think this is up there^ too)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN1aj_godWE
    
    Brain Cells (off of #10Day, his mixtape, think there is a link in the description of the video below)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbq016ZOWYw
    
    coolerthantv @navajo | 27 Mar '13, 17:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Yeah, this and Tree are the next two I'm really looking out for. Definitely two very distinctive guys, who are interesting to me for different reasons.
      
      If you go on Tree's Twitter he uploaded about 5 or 6 of his old pre-Sunday School records the other day. Not had a chance to go through them at all yet, but I'm looking forward to hearing his early stuff. Interviewed him the other day and he said he's been making rap for like 13 years - which probably explains how unique his production is.
      
      Kyle_ @coolerthantv | 27 Mar '13, 22:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
- he even makes a song called yolo sound good
  
  cool guy
  
  gecko @coolerthantv | 28 Mar '13, 16:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - 22 offs is really good, beat is sick
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwbF1aASaDI&list=UUeXp3EC97_rUl_e2vgM3gLg
    
    gecko @gecko | 28 Mar '13, 16:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
Great read about Organized Noize / Earthtone III / Outkast / Dungeon Family production

http://hardwoodblacktop.com/2012/05/14/earthtone-iii-a-hip-hop-production-retrospective/

theShipment | 28 Mar '13, 17:56 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate this'd this
Dre Nick and Richie Rich - Break Bread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8TXpoi-goE

I'm a sucker for old rappers over minimal slaps.

theShipment | 29 Mar '13, 21:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
ITT: middle-class white guys pretending they know about the struggle.

forzaborza | 29 Mar '13, 21:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Join us, you'll fit right in.
  
  theShipment @forzaborza | 29 Mar '13, 21:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ITT(and every other hiphop thread)
  
  forzaborza complaining about middle class white guys listening to hiphop. :)
  
  jessepinkmanslungs @forzaborza | 31 Mar '13, 21:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
gucci mane is back in jail

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/28/gucci-mane-denied-bond_n_2971156.html

just as it was all going so well

jessepinkmanslungs | 31 Mar '13, 21:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
You know what, I'm actually quite looking forward to this new KiD CuDi album

New single Girls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFFvOlX4lQk

Pretty dumb (especially Too $hort's verse) but he's just got a great tone and a knack for making kinda off-kilter pop stuff.

badmanreturns | 3 Apr '13, 17:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
Blu - No York!

Don't buy much hip hop but getting this as it's bloody brilliant. Is this cloud rap? Don't know but it sounds like it should be. Experimental, psychedelic, dreamy and generally gorgeous.

Joseph_SP | 4 Apr '13, 13:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Apparently this album has been around for years
  
  but anyway, its good. And is getting a physical release.
  
  Joseph_SP @Joseph_SP | 4 Apr '13, 14:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Is it good enough to steer me away from Kendrick for a bit?
    
    Poor lad needs a break.
    
    Aaron @Joseph_SP | 4 Apr '13, 14:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I like the folklore around this album
    
    gave it out for free in the crowd on the Rock the Bells tour, got dropped by Warner three weeks later, so the story goes. Any standout tracks?
    
    navajo @Joseph_SP | 4 Apr '13, 21:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ROJKCwZsqg
      
      kilgore-trout @navajo | 5 Apr '13, 22:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
There are 3 (!) new Cannibal Ox songs

https://soundcloud.com/macmediapromo/gotham-ox-city/

Kyle_ | 5 Apr '13, 22:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
really like this

http://www.zatoon.co/blog/music/kid-cudi-f-kendrick-lamar-solo-dolo-pt-2

Nestor | 9 Apr '13, 18:04 | X | ^ This | Reply

badmanreturns this'd this
Can't wait for this

Producer gave me a beat, said it's the beat of year / I said El-P didn't do it, so get the fuck outta here

Kyle_ | 9 Apr '13, 19:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Don't know how I put that in the wrong thread
  
  but yeah, Killer Mike and EL-P record.
  
  Kyle_ @Kyle_ | 9 Apr '13, 19:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
Wu Tang 20th Anniversary show at Brixton, 27th July

http://www.o2academybrixton.co.uk/event/16460/wu-tang-tickets

£45... seen them twice before... can't decide... argh.

badmanreturns | 12 Apr '13, 10:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Yeah, not sure I can be bothered with this
  
  Seen them a bunch of times and they never really live up to their billing. More than likely it won't be the full line-up (even though tickets will be bought on that premise), and even if they do all show up the sound will be terrible because it always is. Last time I saw Wu-Tang at Brixton it was all low-end and I could hardly make out the piano on C.R.E.A.M. :(
  
  I think I'd much rather see members of Wu-Tang individually these days - Gza's London show last year was one of my favourite performances of the year.
  
  Kyle_ @badmanreturns | 12 Apr '13, 10:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Wu-Tang at Brixton last time
    
    is the most disappointing live music experience of my life. £45 a ticket, rubbish sound which subsequently leads to a fairly underwhelmed atmosphere inside, and a performance that veered into pisstake as it was announced my favourite member (Method Man) was absent because he was filming CSI, and the remaining 7 plus stragglers wandered on and off stage as they liked. Then an encore which was basically everyone fucking off save 3 who stayed onstage to talk about upcoming films and dressing gown ranges (?) in between songs. Bearing in mind that both songs and on stage dialogue was fairly inaudible, so I was actually putting in considerable energy to even discern that this was, in fact, what was happening.
    
    It was great when they played Brooklyn Zoo and all stomped around the stage together but only because of that bassline and definitely not worth the ticket price.
    
    navajo @Kyle_ | 12 Apr '13, 17:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Kyle_ this'd this
    - Never need to see Wu again
      
      caught them in the late 90s promoting the Forever album. odb included. Hungry and in their prime.
      
      *humble brag*
      
      theShipment @navajo | 12 Apr '13, 18:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - humble weep
        
        navajo @theShipment | 15 Apr '13, 17:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - .
        
        I caught the Wu Tang in 1994, at the Island in Ilford. Only ODB turned up, and invited crowd members to get on stage and battle him. It was awful at the time, but funny in retrospect.
        
        I have seen them numerous times since - solo members and the whole group - and it's always been average to terrible.
        
        The only truly enjoyable show was GZA and Killah Priest at Mass in Brixton in around 2004/5. Just him standing behind the DJ stand and rapping. Really grimey.
        
        CHAIRMAN_LMAO @theShipment | 16 Apr '13, 11:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Yeah Ive been to a few random shows since
        
        and none of them were much cop. Wu in 94 w only ODB though! Thats a good story if nothing else.
        
        theShipment @CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 16 Apr '13, 15:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Well...
        
        as an optimistic aside - they did just rock up to Coachella with all members AND A FULL ORCHESTRA?
        
        navajo @CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 17 Apr '13, 00:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - meth isnt listed on the academy site for this show, either
      
      georgiabeth @navajo | 12 Apr '13, 23:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ghostface / Adrian Younge album streaming:

http://www.npr.org/2013/04/08/176043665/first-listen-ghostface-killah-and-adrian-younge-twelve-reasons-to-die#playlist

theShipment | 13 Apr '13, 07:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I love the aesthetic / sonics of this record
  
  When it was announced I expected it to be kinda half-baked (like that Wu Massacre record or most of anything else they've done recently), but they've really committed to this.
  
  I need to give it some more time to see how much I really like it, but there's a lot to admire on the surface.
  
  Kyle_ @theShipment | 13 Apr '13, 15:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I think Ghost sounds a bit half arsed TBH
    
    But overall, the album works. Have you heard the Apollo Brown remix version? Very eager to hear that.
    
    CHAIRMAN_LMAO @Kyle_ | 18 Apr '13, 09:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Got the Apollo Brown version on order but it hasn't arrived yet
      
      Will report back when I've given it a couple of spins.
      
      It's still available here too, but as part of a deluxe vinyl package only (which will also get you severely burned by the US Postal Service!)
      
      http://www.getondown.com/album.php?id=16260
      
      Really liking the original version though, been playing it all week. Normally much prefer sample based beats to anything 'live', but Adrian Younge's production is proper.
      
      I hear what you're saying about Ghostface and he does seem to be holding back a bit, but I think this is because the album has a 'soundtrack' narrative and he has to stay within this rather than just rapping about whatever he likes. Think as a whole it works really well and Ghost does take off on a couple of tracks. Yeah, pleasantly surprised on the whole
      
      Dan_S @CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 18 Apr '13, 10:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I had no idea there was an Apollo Brown version actually
      
      I'm kinda curious to see what he does with a concept like this, but beyond that I doubt it'll sit anywhere near as comfortably as the Adrian Younge production. I agree some of Ghost's stuff is a bit phoned-in and maybe it would have been better as an EP or like 8 songs - but from a purely sonic perspective I like it a lot.
      
      I suppose it's a shame that Younge is so obviously the star of the show, but then again it's rare to hear a Wu project that feels so front-to-back polished so I'm savouring that aspect.
      
      Kyle_ @CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 19 Apr '13, 13:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - The little i've heard...
        
        ...has been very good.
        
        This version is better than the original one, IMO.
        
        http://www.clashmusic.com/videos/ghostface-killah-apollo-brown-rise-of-the-black-suits
        
        CHAIRMAN_LMAO @Kyle_ | 19 Apr '13, 14:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The full Apollo Brown version is here
        
        http://soultemplemusic.bandcamp.com/album/twelve-reasons-to-die-the-brown-tape
        
        You're right, it is better than I imagined it being. Cool to see Apollo Brown doing something a little out of his comfort zone.
        
        Kyle_ @CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 24 Apr '13, 09:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Nice!
        
        Cheers.
        
        CHAIRMAN_LMAO @Kyle_ | 24 Apr '13, 09:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- the instrumentals stand alone as an album themselves
  
  georgiabeth @theShipment | 23 Apr '13, 16:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
Big K.R.I.T. - How U Luv That Feat. Big SANT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTafhMaFw-M

Big SANT keeps killing these guest verses on K.R.I.T. songs, but doesn't seem to have done much in the way of releases himself. Either way, this is my early favorite from the new K.R.I.T tape.

Kyle_ | 15 Apr '13, 20:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Yeah good jam
  
  Listened to the tape once, not sure I'll listen again. He needs to expand his sound.
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 25 Apr '13, 04:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  theonlyindiegolfer this'd this
  - Yeah, I know what you mean.
    
    I'm not sure his sound is the problem for me though - that's probably the thing that'll always keep me coming back. I think the issue is that he's rehashing too many concepts, and there's only so many songs I can hear about kings and crowns and the return of forever. He also needs to be a little careful with the hippie sentiments, because that can get a little corny. Even so, I think there are some great songs on here - 'Banana Clip Theory', 'Bigger Picture', and 'Shine On' stand out particularly.
    
    More than anything, I think he just needs to go away for a bit and collect himself. Then come back with a banger.
    
    Kyle_ @theShipment | 25 Apr '13, 09:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Kanye you dirty dog

http://youtu.be/o7W_iWRxKG0

theShipment | 18 Apr '13, 00:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Don Cannon
  
  Still knocks doe
  
  whynot @theShipment | 18 Apr '13, 01:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  theShipment and Kyle_ this'd this
- So ye actually had fuck all to do with this then?
  
  Thought_Dreams @theShipment | 19 Apr '13, 14:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
This beat

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

Jeremiah Jae has been a bit of an unsung hero for me this year. Two excellent projects from him.

Kyle_ | 20 Apr '13, 13:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
This is the best thing:

if you have an hour

p1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICTJxJRDdS0
p2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl0RlMx7KDI
p3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOY-aKTHuE

theShipment | 22 Apr '13, 21:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
- this is so great
  
  Keep meaning to listen to the Combat Jack Show more, but it can be difficult to find the time. To whoever asked about rap podcasts earlier in the thread, I've found a few good ones lately;
  
  http://www.earwolf.com/show/shots-fired/
  http://stayhatin.com
  http://www.bboxradio.com/fresh-out-the-box/
  http://thecombatjackshow.com
  
  Some variance in the quality of discussion there, but all feature good music at least.
  
  Kyle_ @theShipment | 24 Apr '13, 09:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I listen to stay hatin on occasion, its good.
    
    combat jack once in a while.
    
    I'll check for those others.
    
    theShipment @Kyle_ | 24 Apr '13, 16:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I've been listening to Shots Fired since it was mentioned up there^
      
      (thanks Kyle_)
      
      Its really really good. Jeff Weiss has what seems like an encyclopedic knowledge and Nocando is hilarious. Its pretty freeform a lot of the time and they have good "chemistry" so I'm pretty happy to just listen to them telling anecdotes and talking shit about people. I'd imagine it appeals to the heads as much as it does to people like me who have listened to 'the classics' and want something new.
      
      yes_ @theShipment | 24 Apr '13, 17:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Weiss has a good grasp on things.
        
        theShipment @yes_ | 24 Apr '13, 17:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - The underscore is on my birth certificate.
        
        p.s glad you're liking!
        
        Kyle_ @yes_ | 24 Apr '13, 18:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
For the old farts...

1) Great interview with Prime Minister Pete Nice.
http://oldtothenew.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/old-to-the-new-qa-prime-minister-pete-nice-part-one/

2) Is anyone going to see Big Daddy Kane this week?

CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 23 Apr '13, 09:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Thanks for this link.
  
  theShipment @CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 24 Apr '13, 16:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I saw Big Daddy Kane in Brighton last week
  
  It was ALL KINDS OF GREAT
  
  navajo @CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 25 Apr '13, 17:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I found a vinyl copy of Long Live the Kane on the street the other day
    
    It's obvously ALL KINDS OF GREAT
    
    Thought_Dreams @navajo | 2 May '13, 13:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
My latest column is online

http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4146343-champion-sound-12--feat-southern-hospitalitys-first-quarter-future-jams-mix

Featuring a pretty great party rap mix from Southern Hospitality and a bunch of writing from me.

Kyle_ | 27 Apr '13, 16:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i been on remix is just incredible
  
  georgiabeth @Kyle_ | 29 Apr '13, 17:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  yes_ this'd this
Clams Casino x DOOM - Bookfiend

https://soundcloud.com/clammyclams/bookfiend-ft-doom

Not sure I'll ever get tired of Clams' sound. This is nice.

badmanreturns | 29 Apr '13, 14:54 | X | ^ This | Reply

furio this'd this
Harry Fraud feat. Earl Sweatshirt & Riff Raff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z2pP5y7TcI

Yacht Lash

Loving this... when that beat switches up when Riff Raff comes in, lose my shit every time. Really strong IMO.

navajo | 1 May '13, 01:54 | X | ^ This | Reply

Kyle_ this'd this
Chance the Rapper tape dropped last night

http://www.datpiff.com/Chance-The-Rapper-Acid-Rap-mixtape.483826.html

Sounding pretty great on first listen.

Kyle_ | 1 May '13, 10:04 | X | ^ This | Reply

gecko this'd this
- I like this guy
  
  Mostly because of the video with Hannibal Buress, which is basically like a hip-hop version of The Rock Show video.
  
  badmanreturns @Kyle_ | 1 May '13, 10:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Haha, loved the Rock Show video at the time
    
    Still do, actually.
    
    In the Chance one they only really seem to buy pizza, 2 chains and a chicken suit. I'm thinking they pocketed most of the money.
    
    Kyle_ @badmanreturns | 1 May '13, 13:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ahhhhh
  
  excited for this
  
  navajo @Kyle_ | 1 May '13, 10:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  theShipment and yes_ this'd this
- some of these tracks are crazy fun
  
  CrispinAlexander @Kyle_ | 2 May '13, 15:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yea good stuff. I think this has some crossover appeal.
    
    theShipment @CrispinAlexander | 2 May '13, 16:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
Boom Bap Festival - Peterborough (?!) - £70

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/302065_367273303383676_582627586_n.jpg

Has anyone heard of ANY of these artists? I'm assuming they're mostly UK as I really dislike UK hip-hop and am therefore assuming that's why I don't recognise a single one of these names (okay other than Rodney P, Skinnyman and Mystro but a whole weekend's worth?!)

badmanreturns | 1 May '13, 13:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Also it's just really making me laugh that this is in Peterborough
  
  Maybe it'll be full of MCs from the Nidge...
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xrRwFaWzVQ
  
  lol
  
  badmanreturns @badmanreturns | 1 May '13, 13:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- This looks like a convention for every UK rapper that's ever tried to sell me their mixtape outside a rap show.
  
  Kyle_ @badmanreturns | 1 May '13, 15:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I saw The Four Owls supporting Jeru the Damaja
  
  It was.... alright.
  
  navajo @badmanreturns | 1 May '13, 16:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - oh AND
    
    i saw phoenix da icefire supporting Big Daddy Kane. That was minutely better but the highlight was when the played a song they'd done with Action Bronson and let us hear Action Bronson's verse.
    
    navajo @navajo | 1 May '13, 16:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Blimey.
  
  A friend of mine used to design covers for the label Braintax used to own, so few names there that I remember.
  
  To be fair, the Cappo album has amazing production. I still check for anything the P Brothers do. Which is admittedly very little.
  
  Quite a depressing scene nowadays, really.
  
  CHAIRMAN_LMAO @badmanreturns | 2 May '13, 11:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- That is a brave promoter right there
  
  I genuinely hope they sell it out cos the idea that UK hip hop could have its own festival is amazing, but to be honest I'd be surprised if this even goes ahead.
  
  Chester P, Skinnyman and especially Rodney P are all amazing and worth anybody's money. Would have to admit that Smellington Piff is new to me though
  
  Dan_S @badmanreturns | 2 May '13, 13:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
Started a thread for Chance the Rapper

http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4429862

theShipment | 2 May '13, 16:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
Chronik - Deepest Darkest

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DH6Uaeo7nk

Put it in the grime thread but it pretty much belongs here too, produced by Main Attrakionz, etc beat fella Keyboard Kid 206 and all that.

jimitheexploder | 2 May '13, 21:31 | X | ^ This | Reply

Kyle_ this'd this
Tree - Sunday School 2

This is out next week and I'm pretty hyped for it. These are the songs that have leaked so far;

No Faces Feat. Danny Brown: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15419-no-faces-ft-danny-brown/

Trynawin Feat. Roc Marciano: https://soundcloud.com/mctreeg/trynawin

Devotion (this one's probably my favorite): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QYdkJpZahM

Kyle_ | 8 May '13, 19:50 | X | ^ This | Reply

theShipment this'd this
- I want this to be good so badly
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 8 May '13, 21:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Kyle_ this'd this
  - His singing is so perfect.
    
    theShipment @theShipment | 8 May '13, 22:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Devotion is amazing
      
      sixteen_blue @theShipment | 9 May '13, 18:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Not often you hear an Elvis sample
  
  https://soundcloud.com/mctreeg/the-king
  
  Full tape drops tomorrow!
  
  Kyle_ @Kyle_ | 14 May '13, 22:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - this is gonna be good. TOMORROW RIGHT?
    
    theShipment @Kyle_ | 14 May '13, 22:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - GO GO GO
      
      http://www.fakeshoredrive.com/2013/05/new-album-tree-sunday-school-2.html/
      
      Kyle_ @theShipment | 15 May '13, 20:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      littlebirds this'd this
      - oh man
        
        <3
        
        littlebirds @Kyle_ | 15 May '13, 22:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        theShipment and Kyle_ this'd this
        
        so good and i'm only about half through it
        
        theShipment @littlebirds | 15 May '13, 23:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        that's where i'm at
        
        can't remember going OH SHIT at every beat like this since Tronic came out.
        
        littlebirds @theShipment | 15 May '13, 23:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I have to go to a meeting :(
        
        theShipment @littlebirds | 15 May '13, 23:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Geeking out over this on first listen
        
        I was a little worried he was gonna make the production too clean but it's not overdone. He pretty much has my favorite voice of any rapper at the moment so listening to him sing all over it is a joy - seems like he's stepped it up with the lyrics on a couple of the more personal joints too.
        
        Kyle_ @littlebirds | 15 May '13, 23:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        yeah, i should probably rewind before i drop any more hyperbole
        
        but it's met my expectations and then some. classy touch with the high quality MP3s too.
        
        littlebirds @Kyle_ | 15 May '13, 23:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - gonna listen to this tomorrow
        
        this thread is the only reason i come on the music board these days, thanks guys
        
        yes_ @Kyle_ | 15 May '13, 23:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Why is this saying it's going to take 10 hours to download?!
        
        :(
        
        badmanreturns @Kyle_ | 16 May '13, 10:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        It's the album art!
        
        Removed it once I dl'd it and the file size is normal now.
        
        Doesnt help with the downloading time tho.
        
        theShipment @badmanreturns | 16 May '13, 16:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Really?
        
        The art only takes up a couple of megs on mine. They're big files with high quality MP3s (like 340mb), but shouldn't be taking all day to DL.
        
        littlebirds @theShipment | 16 May '13, 16:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I can't really work out why it's not downloading, especially on my work internet
        
        Will try at home, probably some firewall issue or something.
        
        badmanreturns @littlebirds | 16 May '13, 16:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        He tweeted last night that he'll be uploading a smaller file version today some time
        
        There's always the soundcloud stream in the meantime.
        
        Kyle_ @badmanreturns | 16 May '13, 17:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- How about this huh?
  
  Powerful stuff.
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 16 May '13, 19:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
- This is really good
  
  Antpocalypsenow @Kyle_ | 17 May '13, 12:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Here's an interview I did with Tree
  
  http://thequietus.com/articles/12327-tree-interview-sunday-school-2
  
  It was pre-SS2 (actually back in March) so I couldn't ask him anything about that - he had some interesting stuff to say though. Nice guy too.
  
  Kyle_ @Kyle_ | 21 May '13, 14:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Good read, seems to be a cool cat.
    
    Still loving SS2.
    
    theShipment @Kyle_ | 21 May '13, 17:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
Really feeling the new GrandeMarshall tape Mugga Man.

Had a lot of love for his first one 800 and this is even better. Feels like he's quietly honing his craft and building up to a real talent. Mostly mellow laidback vibe but not hazy enough to be cloud rap. The beats are really interesting with some great intricate textures. Highly recommended.

Thought_Dreams | 16 May '13, 11:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Nice, 800 was good.
  
  dl'ing now.
  
  theShipment @Thought_Dreams | 16 May '13, 16:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I like Grande Marshall
  
  Mugga Man is kinda long to hold my interest all the way through considering how breezy the beats are, but the standouts are really great. The title track particularly, I've been jamming that a lot.
  
  Kyle_ @Thought_Dreams | 16 May '13, 17:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Khing Kang King EP - IAO (old apparatus/ mowgli) has really grown on me

depending on where you work video maybe misconstrued as NSFW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH_W2T4wqQI

imho | 16 May '13, 21:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- <3 Old Appartus
  
  Not sure about this though... the vocals are that kind of annoying stream-of-consciousness 'just saying a load of words' style and the video is fucking horrible.
  
  badmanreturns @imho | 17 May '13, 10:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Didn't really watch the vid to be honest...
    
    I think the EP as a whole is a lot stronger than this track, the other 3 tracks are a bit more subtle for want of a better word.
    
    imho @badmanreturns | 31 May '13, 13:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Fair play, will give the rest of it a listen!
      
      badmanreturns @imho | 31 May '13, 13:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
New Wu Tang Single

Pay what you like until 31 May:

http://soultemplemusic.bandcamp.com/releases

Fairly by the numbers but the beat's nice

Dan_S | 17 May '13, 13:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
- It's hard to get excited about Wu anymore.
  
  theShipment @Dan_S | 21 May '13, 15:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I'm way excited
    
    That's just a fucking left over track from the vault bro, not a new single.
    
    Can't wait for the new album (Disclaimer: I'm pretty sold on 8 Diagrams. If the clan had come correct on the rapping that album would've been great). RZA seems to have a plan, I'm interested in what they come up with.
    
    littlebirds @theShipment | 21 May '13, 18:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - idk man, i just don't know
      
      I guess excited may not be the word? Maybe its just that I am not expecting to be impressed is all. Of course I will listen but with low expectations. Kinda like when OB4CL2 came out and I was kinda blown away cos the bar was set so low in my head.
      
      I do want it to be good.
      
      theShipment @littlebirds | 21 May '13, 19:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
New mixtape from Nocando

http://hellfyreclub.bandcamp.com/album/tits-n-explosions-2

Probably of interest to anyone who also listens to that Shots Fired podcast or knows him from his battle rap days but its definitely worth a listen regardless. There's no denying he's pretty clever and there are a few great tracks on it, No Sweat in particular.

yes_ | 17 May '13, 23:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- This sounded good on a cursory listen. Smile stood out to me.
  
  DL'ing
  
  theShipment @yes_ | 21 May '13, 15:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - All Over A Bitch sounds like a lonely island song to me, can't get past it
    
    And SECRETS where he's calling somebody out (can anyone work out who it is?) is just plain weird, but the rest is cool
    
    yes_ @theShipment | 21 May '13, 17:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    theShipment this'd this
    - I dont remember you being interested in hip-hop before
      
      or at least I don't remember seeing your name pop up in many threads? Am I wrong or did you just start getting more into it?
      
      theShipment @yes_ | 22 May '13, 04:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Yeah just recently getting more into it
        
        yes_ @theShipment | 22 May '13, 10:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Cool. Hip hop is good.
        
        theShipment @yes_ | 4 Jun '13, 16:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
Anyone in here at the Killer Mike show last night?

What a great guy he is

Antpocalypsenow | 22 May '13, 10:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Completely forgot about it as I thought I was gonna be seeing him at Primavera
  
  Loved his Birthdays show but XOYO would've been fun. Fingers crossed for a Run The Jewels show!
  
  badmanreturns @Antpocalypsenow | 22 May '13, 10:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - He said he'd be back with El-P for a Run The Jewels show, hope it gets announced soon
    
    Antpocalypsenow @badmanreturns | 22 May '13, 10:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Amazing.
      
      badmanreturns @Antpocalypsenow | 22 May '13, 10:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      orangejuice this'd this
- yep loved it
  
  just as great as the Birthdays show. My first time in XOYO too, think its perfect for that type of gig.
  
  Can't wait to see him and EL-P on the same stage, they have so much fun
  
  royal_flash @Antpocalypsenow | 22 May '13, 11:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Aye, I was there
  
  He's so damn likeable - the bit he did about Thatcher was hilarious.
  
  Standardly very excited for Run the Jewels.
  
  Kyle_ @Antpocalypsenow | 22 May '13, 12:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
New Ka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgsm-paBJJc

This is really good. I thought his collab album with Roc Marci was coming out soon, but it looks like there will be more solo stuff first.

Kyle_ | 27 May '13, 11:04 | X | ^ This | Reply

theShipment this'd this
Waka at XOYO in July...!

http://xoyo.co.uk/2013/04/09/iggy-azalea-two-inch-punch/

(Ignore the fact it says Iggy Azalea in the link)

badmanreturns | 31 May '13, 11:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
Vic Mensa - Orange Soda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZLp7M5SMBkQ

This guy really stood out on Chance's tape.

badmanreturns | 31 May '13, 14:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Niiiice.
  
  The other standout verse from that mixtape, for me at least, was Noname Gypsy's on 'Lost'. She has almost nothing online, but put out this video a week or so ago;
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXQ3mfnGLEM
  
  She's got a mixtape out soonish and I think her solo stuff could go either way, but she's so likeable that I really want it to be good.
  
  Kyle_ @badmanreturns | 31 May '13, 15:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- "And I still get jealous of Vic, and Vic still get jealous of me"
  
  reckon they could be on a plateu. definitely liking this.
  
  navajo @badmanreturns | 2 Jun '13, 11:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  theShipment this'd this
Wu-Tang - Family Reunion

This is pretty, pretty good. METHOD MAN OVER THAT BEAT-SWITCH. ooh-wee. Be nice to hear without all of the radio tomfoolery over the top.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3HBhk6QDeM

navajo | 4 Jun '13, 16:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Hard to tell if it's good.
  
  theShipment @navajo | 4 Jun '13, 16:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  littlebirds this'd this
  - Sounds like it might still need some mixing even without the bombs... but I'm fairly confident it'll be nice.
    
    littlebirds @theShipment | 4 Jun '13, 17:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
Been getting into the new Tree mixtape

the beats aint usualy my kind of thing but he really brings somethign to it that a lot of others dont really for me. Enjoying it.

jimitheexploder | 4 Jun '13, 17:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- So awesome how his production is a mixed bag
  
  of like 15 different styles that we all know but still sounds 100% unique. Southern snare patterns yeah ok, 808 bass mm hmmm, soul samples duh, high-pitched vocals check. But it's how he chops it all up and pulls things in and out that really makes it sound like something else.
  
  theShipment @jimitheexploder | 4 Jun '13, 18:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - yeah its wicked
    
    when its to far on the sample soul side of things I just switch off now-a-days but he nails it with this one and keeps it nice and fresh somehow where others kind of lean one way or the other with productions. Sounds quality with all this sun we're having too. Helps that he has a pretty unique voice and presence too.
    
    jimitheexploder @theShipment | 4 Jun '13, 18:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Agree, I do feel his biggest pull is def his voice.
      
      So much character and depth. I seriously dont even care if/when/who he guests on his releases.
      
      theShipment @jimitheexploder | 4 Jun '13, 19:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
I broke like 50 bowls i'm a cereal bown killer

my love for chance the rapper is getting pretty deep

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7BbxsAvr_I

navajo | 4 Jun '13, 20:24 | X | ^ This | Reply

Kyle_ this'd this
- so much better than the album version
  
  navajo @navajo | 4 Jun '13, 20:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- You seen the Acid Rap Live thing from Chicago Metro?
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N36QcJbWLyo
  
  It's pretty great - he looks fun live. Got both the lively and more thoughtful side to his show.
  
  Kyle_ @navajo | 4 Jun '13, 20:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - yeah definitely
    
    that's why i like him so much, how he carries the playful and the heartfelt sides of his style together so well
    
    navajo @Kyle_ | 4 Jun '13, 23:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Shame the only chance we're gonna get to see him over here
      
      is with fucking Macklemore.
      
      badmanreturns @navajo | 5 Jun '13, 00:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - *shivers*
        
        theShipment @badmanreturns | 5 Jun '13, 00:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Gross
        
        I saw he was doing that. Surely he'll squeeze in a headline London show around the European tour though? Hope so anyway :(
        
        Kyle_ @badmanreturns | 5 Jun '13, 00:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - yeah such a shame
        
        surely he'd amass better hype by doing some small headline shows in big cities than by performing to half a large hall to warm the crowd up. But like kyle says, hopeful he'll squeeze some other stuff in.
        
        navajo @badmanreturns | 5 Jun '13, 01:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - going to the Pitchfork festival in Chicago
    
    pretty sad he's not playing it, even though he's around for Lollapalooza like two weeks later :(
    
    JaguarPirate @Kyle_ | 7 Jun '13, 02:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
Anyone been listening to the new Gucci Mane

Trap House 3?

I know there's been like a million new Gucci tapes this year, but this one is particularly good; http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/22342/gucci-mane-trap-house-3.html

Kyle_ | 4 Jun '13, 20:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I like what Ive heard.
  
  The one with 2 Chainz goes.
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 5 Jun '13, 00:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah definitely
    
    Love this beat too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ-wB_QVs54
    
    Kyle_ @theShipment | 6 Jun '13, 09:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
Been into this Jay Ant mixtape 'Blue Money'

This beat has pounded it's way into my head, bounce bounce
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEZMMr0voPg

Maybe it's my new headphones but I'm backing in deep on some hip-hop right now.

theShipment | 4 Jun '13, 22:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
This doesn't look staged.

Not at all.

http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Studio060613.jpg

...

badmanreturns | 6 Jun '13, 09:40 | X | ^ This | Reply

Kyle_ and theShipment this'd this
- ahahah
  
  That's amazing.
  
  Kyle_ @badmanreturns | 6 Jun '13, 09:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
New Schoolboy Q is cool

Nice Kendrick feature on this too https://soundcloud.com/topdawgent/schoolboy-q-collard-greens/s-T4uQa

Kyle_ | 11 Jun '13, 13:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Love this.
  
  Also new Gunplay tape is out
  http://www.datpiff.com/Gunplay-Acquitted-mixtape.492165.html
  
  Also this massive noz list of like every song Wayne dropped between 95-01
  https://new.myspace.com/discover/trending/2013/06/10/canon-ballin-the-lil-wayne-collection-vol-1-1995-2001 is awesome
  
  theShipment @Kyle_ | 11 Jun '13, 17:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah, biggup Noz for doing that. I haven't had time to go through it yet, but the bits I skimmed were great. Also, there is now a part and part 3.
    
    Part 2 (2002): https://new.myspace.com/discover/trending/2013/06/10/canon-ballin-the-lil-wayne-collection-vol-2-2002
    
    Part 3 (2003)
    https://new.myspace.com/discover/trending/2013/06/10/cannon-ballin-the-lil-wayne-collection-vol-3-2003/
    
    I hope he got paid well.
    
    Kyle_ @theShipment | 11 Jun '13, 20:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - yeah that's one of those pieces for the archive
      
      that will get hits for years to come.
      
      theShipment @Kyle_ | 11 Jun '13, 21:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
I've listened to less albums/tapes in 2013 than any year since I was 11

Need some inspiration...

Recommendation some good shit pls? Is it worth listening to the new Gunplay, or Gucci, or Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, or Deniro Farrar or err... anything? Is Chance's patchy effort really the best 2013 has to offer (excluding Tree ofc.)?

Links obviously welcomed, even if they're already posted here. Feel way out of touch.

littlebirds | 16 Jun '13, 22:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Trap House 3 is incredible
  
  suedehead @littlebirds | 17 Jun '13, 10:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Trap God 2 is really essential too, this is my favourite Gucci track this year:
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0XUo5HVMyc
    
    AND ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS DRIVE THIS SHIT TO ATHENS
    
    But yeah both are ridiculously *solid* listens.
    
    badmanreturns @suedehead | 18 Jun '13, 09:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I would say the best album/tape so far this year is definitely Kevin Gates
  
  http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/kevin-gates-the-luca-brasi-story-mixtape.79708.html
  
  badmanreturns @littlebirds | 17 Jun '13, 10:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Cheers, hadn't got around to this one. Sounds great!
    
    littlebirds @badmanreturns | 17 Jun '13, 11:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I'd second Trap House 3 and Luca Brasi
  
  two of my favourites, for sure.
  
  There's a bunch of other decent things - Deniro Farrar's Patriarch is probably the best thing he's done. Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan made patchy, but crazy and sometimes inspired autotune records. Dj Mustard and Iamsu both made fun Bay Area style tapes this month. Need to give those eXquire and Prodigy/Alchemist albums some more time too.
  
  Still feel like I'm waiting to be blown away by something though - Run the Jewels, AZ, Earl, Danny Brown, Ka all to some soon though. Freddie Gibbs tape next month too - can't wait for that.
  
  Kyle_ @littlebirds | 17 Jun '13, 13:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Cheers man.
    
    Yup, lots coming up for sure. That's what I've been telling everyone asking me for reccs. Schoolboy is sounding great too.
    
    Been meaning to check out Mustard and Iamsu, so I'll have a look at those if you think they're worth a spin.
    
    Production credits on Deniro look sharp as ever, and I liked the Hemsworth track, so that'll almost certainly be up my street. Guess I'm just getting frustrated waiting for a really big album to bump all summer.
    
    littlebirds @Kyle_ | 17 Jun '13, 13:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Oh shit yeah
      
      That Schoolboy Q album could be incredible. High hopes for that.
      
      Kyle_ @littlebirds | 17 Jun '13, 13:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
Very much enjoying the Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire album

And yeah, it sounds like a proper album. Not a mixtape. Great production, interesting guestspots, probably my favorite release by him. Nicely crafted.

http://www.audiomack.com/album/mr-muthafuckin-exquire/kismet

CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 17 Jun '13, 10:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Re: Jigga trailer

Does anyone else recognise the beat at 1:32 it from somewhere? Might just be going crazy idk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=B--ZARCwSIE

*also the video is hilarious. Here to reinvent rap by getting The Black Album crew back together, spitting complete jibberish, and releasing it as a ringtone or something.

littlebirds | 17 Jun '13, 13:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- That Samsung shit is so lame
  
  It'll leak anyway so I guess it doesn't matter, but in the video he's all "we're gonna let this album spread naturally among the people", the "internet is like the wild west". Such a fucking politician these days - can't see his album not being boring.
  
  Kyle_ @littlebirds | 17 Jun '13, 13:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  littlebirds and badmanreturns this'd this
  - Looks even more ridiculous coming b2b with the Yeezus campaign, too.
    
    littlebirds @Kyle_ | 17 Jun '13, 13:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
LOL @ Rick Rubin just lying there

Is that an in joke or something?

CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 17 Jun '13, 15:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
YEEZUS

YEAH

navajo | 17 Jun '13, 15:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
So this Migos tape is really fun

http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/21650/migos-young-rich-niggas.html

Soundtrack to the summer sorted

suedehead | 17 Jun '13, 23:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
Been writing a bunch of Kanye stuff this weekend

Yeezus review and Chicago-themed column to come, but I picked out a bunch of my Kanye favorites here (10 albums tracks, 10 interview quotes, 10 beats for other people):

http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4146530-champion-sound-13--part-1-–-ten-yeezus-pieces

Kyle_ | 18 Jun '13, 15:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- aaand review
  
  http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17709/reviews/4146541
  
  Kyle_ @Kyle_ | 19 Jun '13, 13:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - both on point and enjoyable to read!
    
    navajo @Kyle_ | 19 Jun '13, 22:13 | X | ^ This | Reply

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