Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

[DieHardYankee26]

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Long post incoming:

New **** first.

Denzel Curry - Clout Cobain

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Different sound for him, 3rd single off of his album. Looks like it's going to be in 3 5-song parts, so...a regular 15 song album at the end of it. Should be good.

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YBN Cordae- Kung Fu

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There's a weird line in this. It will probably jump out to you immediately, but the song is good as a whole. Uses the J.I.D flow from Never.

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Drake - Behind Barz Freestyle (British accent and everything)

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I was on KTT on a thread about him going to do another interview in the UK and one of the comments was "Great...more ting ting bull****" , great flow though. Drake is the GOAT Canadian and British rapper, needed more of this on Scorpion.

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DEHH put out there top 5 albums at midyear list and it made me think of what mine would look like. This is what I got:

5a/5b: Flatbush Zombies - Vacation in Hell / Jorja Smith - Lost and Found
4: Kendrick - BP Soundtrack
3. Freddie Gibbs - Freddie
2. Phonte - No News is Good News
1. Pusha T - Daytona

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Zombies and Jorja Smith tied for 5. I liked both albums a lot, just couldn't leave one out. The best songs on both (Hell-O, Headstone, The Glory vs. Blue Lights, February 3rd, Tomorrow) are pretty even. No filler on Jorja's album, there's 2 songs on VIH that I didn't like but it's 19 songs long so that's not bad. BP soundtrack is kinda cheating, but it just has a lot of great singles on it. I Am, Paramedic, X, Opps, Seasons all still get play from me. Freddie Gibbs is just my guy, another great tape. Phonte surprised me, I didn't expect to like his album as much as I have but it has stuck with me. Cry No More is a fantastic song. Daytona is flawless, the length makes it easy to replay, the beats are clean, the production is sparse but kicks it up when it needs to, Push does his thing. No complaints really.

Top 10 songs so far this year:

HM: Slimmy B - Lockdown (feat. Cash Kidd)

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Only reason this didn't make the list is because of recency bias, I love this song. The beat is great, the flow is perfect, tons of quotable bars. Dude said "Yo bitch made my toes curl like my shoe little, did I **** the bitch, ain't no tellin' like a cool sibling"

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10. Denzel Curry - Percs

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More of what I expect from Denzel, infinite energy.

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9. 03 Greedo - Never Bend

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I found this song through the Uzi remix, but I like what he does with the hooks more on the original.

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8. Flatbush Zombies - Headstone

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Posted this when it came out, still flames.

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7. Curren$y - 14 Packs (feat. Smoke DZA)

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Play this in your car, or on a good system or headphones. The bass is a blessing. "Ice cold is my aura, put designer on my sons and my daughters, bull**** to the side, ol' dodger like Tommy Lasorda" I don't know if I spend too much time on rapgenius, but if he's doing what I think he's doing, and hitting us with the double of "old dodger" and like... "ole dodger" (dodging bulls) that's one of my favorite bars of the year.

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6. Saba - Busy/Sirens

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Just a great vibe on this one. Always hits me in the right place.

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5. Freddie Gibbs - Colors

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My favorite Freddie song of the year, can't wait for Bandana. He's at his best on smooth ****.

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4. Phonte - Cry No More

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"My moms used to say I was a whore just like you, so ma, I ran through even more just to spite you, and pops, my health is doing pretty good despite you, I try so I don't die at 54 just like you"

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3. Gunna - Sold Out Dates (feat. Lil Baby)

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"'NOTHA BACK END, BACK ON THE ROAD, FLOODED PATEK, PAID OFF A SHOW" The beat, the way Gunna slides right into his verse from the hook, the flows they both used. Young Thug has done well cloning himself and signing both clones.

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2. Jorja Smith - I Am

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This was the first song I listened to everyday for like 3 months.

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1. Pusha T - Santeria

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Hometown hero with the big win. This song is even better when you listen to it in the album and get the transition between the end of Come Back Baby and the beginning of this. Hits just as hard as it needs to, Push just sounds angry, 070 Shake comes outta nowhere for the hook, sounds haunting, then you get the beat switch in the second verse, it's gonna be tough to top as SOTY for me.

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[DieHardYankee26]

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Top 2 and he's not 2!!!

[DieHardYankee26]

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I can't believe Thug has done this, I'm dead. What an angel, such a legendary icon giving Elton John a feature like this.

https://soundcloud.com/kevin090smith/young-thug-rocket-man-remix

[DieHardYankee26]

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Been a wild last month or so, Mac passing, Cardi and Nicki's whatever that was (Cardi lost btw), Eminem coming back out, I'm sure there's more...

Best song on Kamikaze to me, mostly because of Joyner, glad it got a video:

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His response to MGK (he killed this man before he even started rapping just mocking that "your beard's weird" line Em has been yelling at the mic tho):

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The only mention of kamikazes in 2018 I care about, turn it off after J.I.D, Pouya is not it:

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Check this out, dope Earthgang Colors performance, Dreamville OP:

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This week's stuff:

Noname released her follow up to Telefone, she came up in the same Chance the Pastor/Saba Chicago class and was the feature on Lost from Acid Rap if you remember that (great song btw). Her stuff is super smooth:

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More R&B because the whole album is great (East Atlanta Love Letter by 6Lack) but the star of the show here is J. King Cole, this is his year man, dude is killing everything.

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[areobee401]

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Yeah, the new 6lack album is real good, as is the Cole feature.

[DieHardYankee26]

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It does! Love these Tiny Desks.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I've never been "up-to-date" and always feel like I'm behind when it comes to finding new avenues to pursue. So major props to Jalen here for basically running this thread this year and feeding me some good ****.

J. Cole - KOD starts with fire and rolls through to the end catching fire to everything. The title song sets a tone and bar that maintains itself throughout. For me the album hits high marks on KOD, Photograph, ATM, and FRIENDS. Of course I had to go back and introduce myself to his previous albums as a result.

Noname - Major props for this one. Room 25 comes in smooth and calm so it gets you nice and relaxed, but there's still a smoldering fire running throughout the album thanks to some great lyricism. Songs hit hard despite the chill nature.

KIDS SEE GHOSTS - I didn't see this in here which is surprising considering its Kanye and Kid Cudi. Maybe I didn't look hard enough. Either way - a mother ****ing Mos Def/Yasiin Bey sighting AND Andre 3000 writing/producing credit? That'll draw me every time. The production is spacey and flows similarly throughout. I haven't listened to it enough to start picking out favorites or offer much of a breakdown, but Freeee is a notable so far. It's a nice album overall - a good cruiser for sure.

I've started to get into a heavy listening pattern with Big Krit. I'm not sure what led me to him, but I'm glad it did. I love the cosmic, Outkast influenced production and flow.

[DieHardYankee26]

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Free is actual trash, delete that song ASAP. Reborn tho...Check out Cole's mixtapes too, The Warm Up, Friday Night Lights, both Truly Yours (Cole Summer is one of my favorite songs by him), they're all free. Krit's great, I only listened to him on features for a long time before I got into his solo stuff. Moon & Stars with Curren$y and Red Eye are my favorite songs by him. There's a song from a few years ago on a Khaled album called They Ready with Krit, Cole, and Kendrick. Great song, if you haven't heard it.

This week's stuff (Spillage Village singles, Carti, Lupe, Thug)...

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J.I.D. 151 Rum

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Earthgang Stuck

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Pull Up Beastcoast Remix

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6lack on Colors

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Mumble Rap song of the Week - Playboi Carti On Top (I GRAB THE FANTA DO IT DIRTY NOW I'M SWERVIN')

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New Lupe Album, Drogas Wave, actually really dope, Lupe back on his ****.

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Young Thug put out a new EP the other day, On the Rvn, which has the official release of the Elton John song, now called High.

Never heard of this...alt rock band before...but they popped up with a Nipsey feature so I respect it.

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BUT NONE OF THAT MATTERS BECAUSE THE GOAT HAS RETURNED!!!

http://www.thacarterv.com/

FINALLY!

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Straight to the hate. I see you, but you wrong.

I've been listening to KIDS SEE GHOSTS non-stop since yesterday. The whole album is fantastic so no point in really trying to pin down a favorite at the moment. It really bangs the whole time - even when it backs off like on Freeee.

I'll check out that Krit and Cole stuff.

Did you catch that YBN mixtape?

[DieHardYankee26]

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Yeah, I try to listen to everything. The thing about YBN is they're a collective (really a group of random teenagers who met online) so they make completely different types of music. This may not mean anything to you (if you don't listen to a lot of rap) but Nahmir uses a Bay Area Flow and Jay sounds almost exactly like Rich the Kid on some songs. The important part there being those dudes don't sound like Cordae. He put out a video for Target yesterday. There was an interview where he mentioned the tape was done before he got there and he added stuff after. Target, Whip It Up, Kung Fu, & Pain Away are the songs I have on my iPod from that tape with him on it. I **** with the other two to varying degrees but it's just very different music.

[areobee401]

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The new Roc Marciano album that dropped last week could be my hip hop album of 2018. Admittedly I no longer listen to the number of releases I once did. Though at the moment nothing I can think of touches it.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Yeah, I try to listen to everything. The thing about YBN is they're a collective (really a group of random teenagers who met online) so they make completely different types of music. This may not mean anything to you (if you don't listen to a lot of rap) but Nahmir uses a Bay Area Flow and Jay sounds almost exactly like Rich the Kid on some songs. The important part there being those dudes don't sound like Cordae. He put out a video for Target yesterday. There was an interview where he mentioned the tape was done before he got there and he added stuff after. Target, Whip It Up, Kung Fu, & Pain Away are the songs I have on my iPod from that tape with him on it. I **** with the other two to varying degrees but it's just very different music.

I hadn't listened to it yet just saw it pop up yesterday. Spotify isn't too hot with it's notifications. I was disappointed by the lack of Cordae (but noticed he's put out a couple new songs since July), but it makes sense after your explanation.

[DieHardYankee26]

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The new Roc Marciano album that dropped last week could be my hip hop album of 2018. Admittedly I no longer listen to the number of releases I once did. Though at the moment nothing I can think of touches it.

I'll have to check this out, I tried to get into him with Rosebud's Revenge last year but I have a thing with songs that are poorly mixed (unfortunately a lot of underground hip hop). Felt like I could barely hear him, but I heard it was better on 2. He gets a ton of praise from people I know.

[DieHardYankee26]

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Still reeling from that SNL performance...biggest falloff in rap history. This dude said the words "Follow your heart, and stop following your minds!" I ****ing can't...Meanwhile,



"IT'S BEEN ME AND YOUNG TUNE OFF THE RIP"

I'm just so happy it's finally out, must've listened to it 6 times already. Intro had me in my feelings, never a big X fan and that hook was not it, Dedicate is amazing, torn on Uproar, it's obviously the Special Delivery beat again which he already went over on Green Ranger with Cole, and said he didn't like it lol. Can't Be Broken is amazing, I was prepared to hate Dark Side of the Moon but even it isn't bad, Mona Lisa with that Kendrick verse is what I expected, he never misses, reminds me almost of the way he had the outro on Drake's album. Don't Cry and What About Me are the only songs I outright don't like, top 5 in no order: Dedicate, Let It Fly (even though Trav sounds weird on the hook), Dope Ni***z, Perfect Strangers (I def should hate this song, don't know why I like it so much), and Used 2. Last verse on Let It All Work Out is awesome, probably the most personal Carter, really interesting to see there's still songs from the leaked 2014 tracklist, and knowing they were probably all re-recorded. And he's projected for 500k first week, happy for my guy. Biggest surprise is there's no Drake feature, cannot believe it. Need the deluxe with a Drake track for sure, just doesn't feel right.

In other news, Logic dropped a new album...I dunno when I'll get to it, but there's a song with the entire Wu-Tang Clan on it so I'll get to that first.

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New SOBxRBE album too.

Roc Marciano is a TRUE throwback, his voice just sounds so 90's. He sounds so sincere but he's hilarious. "Rubber burners in them Germans, we some earners, earnest, we don't give a ****, we some virgins". Definitely makes sense why my first intro to this dude was on Action Bronson projects. This dude is really rapping over straight samples with no added drums though, very much an acquired taste, it makes the project feel a little sleepy. Still dope though.

Lupe sold less than 5k smh, hip-hop is dead.

[DieHardYankee26]

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Colors went crazy this last week (Jay Rock, Gunna, J.I.D...Gunna really was awesome)

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New Anderson .Paak & Kendrick

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Lots of albums this week (Sheck Wes, new Ghostface, Mozzy, Dom Kennedy, I already heard the new Lil Baby & Gunna and it's just alright, they mixed Drip Too Hard differently and it sounds much worse than the single version), but I found this one this week so I'm calling it new: Whack World by Tierra Whack. 15 songs, 1 minute each for a 15 minute album. It's weird but in a super dope way. And there's a video for the whole thing:

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Need 4 minutes of Flea Market, Cable Guy, 4 Wings, Hookers, Pet Cemetery, Silly Sam, the whole thing ffs. **** Off threw me off at first with that accent, but she was flowin by the end. Cool idea, even better execution.