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Originally posted by BlzerLet me assure you that I am a huge proponent of size, and it greatly matters. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.
If I went any bigger, it would not have properly fit with my equipment, so I had to optimize. I'm okay with it, but I also know what I'm missing with those five inches. :) -
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Immortal Techinque is one of the realest dudes out there. I'm not into prettied up hip-pop on the radio these days. Sound plays out and the music makes no sense. I like immortal. You may not agree with him, but at least he makes you think than one perspective.#dairyfreeComment
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Yeah I'm a big Immortal Technique fan but i don't know why he keeps pushing back his album. It was supposed to come out two years ago.Originally posted by BlzerLet me assure you that I am a huge proponent of size, and it greatly matters. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.
If I went any bigger, it would not have properly fit with my equipment, so I had to optimize. I'm okay with it, but I also know what I'm missing with those five inches. :)Comment
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He seems to be the poster-boy of underground rap to people who don't know **** about underground rap. That's what I've noticed.
Not ripping on you guys at all, so don't take it that way. I'm just leaving my 2 cents just like I do for everything else in this thread.SAN ANTONIO SPURSComment
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I really don't like I.T. at all. He fabricates a lot of problems in the world in his own mind. He's over the top. I really don't have a liking for any artists he is currently pushing either.
He seems to be the poster-boy of underground rap to people who don't know **** about underground rap. That's what I've noticed.
Not ripping on you guys at all, so don't take it that way. I'm just leaving my 2 cents just like I do for everything else in this thread.
I think he's cool.#dairyfreeComment
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I really don't like I.T. at all. He fabricates a lot of problems in the world in his own mind. He's over the top. I really don't have a liking for any artists he is currently pushing either.
He seems to be the poster-boy of underground rap to people who don't know **** about underground rap. That's what I've noticed.
Not ripping on you guys at all, so don't take it that way. I'm just leaving my 2 cents just like I do for everything else in this thread.Originally posted by BlzerLet me assure you that I am a huge proponent of size, and it greatly matters. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.
If I went any bigger, it would not have properly fit with my equipment, so I had to optimize. I'm okay with it, but I also know what I'm missing with those five inches. :)Comment
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Lmao at all the folders.Originally posted by BlzerLet me assure you that I am a huge proponent of size, and it greatly matters. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.
If I went any bigger, it would not have properly fit with my equipment, so I had to optimize. I'm okay with it, but I also know what I'm missing with those five inches. :)Comment
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Originally posted by BlzerLet me assure you that I am a huge proponent of size, and it greatly matters. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.
If I went any bigger, it would not have properly fit with my equipment, so I had to optimize. I'm okay with it, but I also know what I'm missing with those five inches. :)Comment
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I dunno if anyone got out to that Dream Merchant release party, but that **** was a lot of fun. Murs absolutely destroyed his ****. I was mad the Phoenix only did one track though. Her new blonde hair was on point though lol.Comment
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I agree Nivek, Extra Hard is just that EXTRA HARD
Really only song I am not feeling is Two Step BluesComment
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Artist: Little Brother
Album: Getback
Producers: Hi-Tek; Illmind; Khrysis; Mr. Porter; Nottz; Rashid Hadee; Zo!; 9th Wonder
Release Date: October 23, 2007
An album paints a thousand words (actually it’s 1,045).
Little Brother’s “Getback” is a love album. It’s a love of various things, like living their own life and doing what they do, how they do. They have love for partying and women too. The love for partying and women makes up the greatest portion of this drop.
The album is kind of like “Graduation” by Kanye West, but less about the dreams and more about the partying and women lol. Kanye’s album doesn’t have the lasting value that Kanye’s ego sets out to have, so Getback can outgun it if it lasts. Plenty of the tracks on here go hard fellas. You’re in for a ride for sure. Here are the twists and turns…
Illmind produces “Silence” and it comes in nicely. The beginning is clever and gets the listeners attention. Rapper Big Pooh kills his verse.
“Like most black folk live below the poverty line / and they wonder why the f*** we attracted to crime / got ni**as shootin’ ni**as at the drop of a dime / babies in the street dyin’ way before their time / many single parent mothers packin’ welfare lines”
He expresses his concern for issues that mean something to him rather than what the media may pay attention about. It’s the main point of the song and the track gets a nice thumb up.
Illmind’s second track is “Can’t Win for Losing” and the sample is very nice. This track’s subject matter is what you’ll get throughout the album.
Breakin’ My Heart (9th Wonder) will get you all the other fluff from the rest of the album. It’s still a hell of a ride starting out though. The hook goes real nice, the beat fits the song, the lyrics are on point from all parties including Lil’ Wayne. This has potential to be a radio hit Tay, but Pooh drops the best lines on your *** :P. “I play fair like roller coasters and clowns” … nice Wayne.
The hooks are back at the top of the chain again and a few of them are being reviewed for skit of the year such as this one at the tail end of “Breakin’ My Heart” that is literally priceless.
I never questioned the choice of “Good Clothes” as the single because the song goes hard and is hilarious to that LB degree. This is Illmind’s 3rd beat on the album but he won’t stop by this session until later on. Carnell’s dad returns baby!!!
“After the Party” is beautifully produced by Khrysis and is the sequel to 2006’s “Life of the Party” featuring the lovely Carlitta Durand once again. Here is my little mini-release of the One-Two. This is my favorite song on the album for sure. I can’t get over the beat, and the lyrics are genius to what the story is about. The concept of the sequel really got me giddy and this song delivered all the way.
Song to Download of the Year candidate for sure. Pooh slaughters this one and fully makes up for the debacle on “Life of the Party”.
Mr. Porter’s “Extrahard” is a quick paced jam and you can’t complain about it. Pretty much the same content of “Can’t Win for Losing” though and that’s the one glaring resemblance of Kanye’s approach. I’m still enjoying this CD more so because the lyrics are so much more deep thanks to the gift and skill of Little Brother.
It is time to really ‘get back’ with “Step it Up” that is true in so many aspects. You guys can’t tell me there isn’t that one girl that makes YOU step your game up when you’re with them. Dion provides the well-executed hook and this at this point of the album you notice that Little Brother was definitely writing a love ballad when they did the entire “Getback” joint.
Nottz’ joint is a banger and Darien Brockington grabs the chorus nicely. “Two Step Blues” is one of my favorite songs and it packs a lot of flavor. Between Illmind and Nottz, G-Unit has represented Little Brother very nicely.
Now we get into Illmind’s final track that is out of this world. Phonte’s verse is so easy to relate to and so hot at the same time. The hook is incredible and is definitely and candidate for Hook of the Year. At this point I’m expecting classic status for this album. I have yet to be disappointed and I’m getting so much new tight ish from the group I love, and EXACTLY what THEY love to spit about.
Rashid Hadee’s “Dreams” is one of the best bangers on the album and is up for Beat of the Year. Listen to the end. It’s incredible. The introlude in the song is typical LB and you have to love that act. Little Brother also destroys the beat with absolute microphone control, and it has to be somewhat a poke at Kanye West’s whole album, as this song tops any Kanye song in any aspect that you can throw into a song.
Phonte is jamming on the Zo! Track “When Everything is New”. His voice is superb. The verses by Pooh and Phonte are well done too. Another banger.
This album could possibly win Album of the Year, but we will have to see how that pans out later. It sure as hell is a classic in my mind at this point right now. I will never forget this album, just like I won’t forget The Minstrel Show. I have already remembered the order of songs and I know mentally which song will come on next.
At this point in time I will leave it at that. An album that is flawless with no bad tracks such as this one can prove to be a flaw in my grading formula as Kanye’s album was. None of those songs really had much longevity to them. My newest formula to determine all my awards is much more accurate in addressing what I like and don’t actually like.
I can tell you all this… I’m already hooked… have fun listening fellas. Durham, NC reigns supreme in underground hip-hop again! Oh, and congratulations Rapper Big Pooh. You were better than Phonte Coleman on this album.
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I would start doing that nomination bullcrap in the blue but I'm going to stop and keep that to myself and surprise yall with a nice little Voting poll to determine the awards (based off my nominations of course).Last edited by X*Cell; 10-12-2007, 03:49 PM.SAN ANTONIO SPURSComment
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