Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

[Jdoug312]

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While I think about it, I'm surprised Ambition leaked but Camp didn't.

Tuesday is going to be kind to my ears.

Agreed, I can't wait until Camp leaks, but I am most def still going to buy it day 1.

I don't think I like Ambition very much... about to give it another listen, but wan't impressed yesterday when I listened to it.

[LetThatBoyCook]

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I know I'm jumping the gun a bit, but how is everyone liking the album? I gott hear it all again, but for the moment I still say More About Nothing was Wale's best work. Just didn't feel it that much after listening. Most def gonna try again later though.

I was hoping for more poetic type stuff though like at the end of Illest B*tch.

Definitely. His mixtapes always seem to be better, more poetic, then his two albums so far. Ambition is more of MMG Wale, but IMO that's still great.

[atomant94]

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Re-Issued Halloween Beat-Tape I Did In 2009

Includes 17 Tracks

http://renaissanceman.bandcamp.com/album/halloween-re-issued

Hope Y'all Enjoy Y'all Halloween

[Kruza]

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Sticking with the Halloween theme, this came out during the peak of the "horror core" era of hip-hop (also the last year of hip-hop's golden age), and these guys were in the forefront of it. This track and video is still as creative, grimy, bizarre, and downright hilarious as it was when I first saw it. And the track still bangs to this day. A bonafide timeless classic.

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Kruza

[LionsFanNJ]

Every year around this time I bump the Gravediggaz first LP where Prince Paul and Rza both did the tracks.

[Kruza]

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6 Feet Deep is a great album -- easily my favorite from the Gravediggaz. Had to buy a CD version of it a few years ago after my tape got destroyed from being played too much. Prince Paul is the man. He's one of my top 5 producers of all time.

The Pick, The Sickle & The Shovel is good album in its own way, but I didn't like the idea of it having too much of a Wu-Tang Clan influence and style to it. Obviously a lot of this had to do with the RZA producing most of this album since Prince Paul left the group at the time this album came out. Now I definitely like the RZA being a part of the Gravediggaz and I definitely love the Wu-Tang Clan. However, I didn't want him to bring an overshadowing WTC-esque presence to this group.

An honorable mention of horror core is the Flatlinerz. Too bad there's absolutely noooo way I can get away with posting their videos on here, heh. Those dudes are like the Cenobites (think Hellraiser series) of Hip-Hop. Just look for the video for "Satanic Verses" or the one for my favorite jam from the group "Live Evil" on YouTube and you'll see what I mean. Viewer discretion is advised.

At any rate, this is the proper way to hang out on Saturday nights. Wildin' out in the streets with shades, flashlights, hoodies, and fireman jackets.

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Kruza

[trobinson97]

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[Jdoug312]

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http://asishiphop.blogspot.com/2011/10/album-review-wale-ambition.html

Spoiler

So finally, the long awaited sophomore album of DC's Wale is just about ready to drop and either solidify him as one of the brightest stars in the game or possibly drop him down to the title of also-ran. His first album was a great surprise that I gave an award to for album of the year. It was the best debut of any of the new crop of rappers that have come out in the past three years or so. Unfortunately, my hopes for this one are tempered by Wale's alliance with Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group which doesn't seem to be a natural fit.

The album starts out decent with "Don't Hold Your Applause" which is a great way to open this album. It maintains the live album feel that DC go-go is known for and Wale works well with the track. "Double M Genius" is a decent play at the MMG letters as Wale brags on his skills though his more aggressive flow reminds me of fellow label mate Meek Mill more than his own. On "Legendary" Wale goes in with more straight lyrical anger and old-school style spitting than I'm used to from him but it works well. The spirit of "Nike Boots" lives on in the form of "Chain Music" which is a club joint that has been in rotation for a while now.

The lead single features Miguel, and is the soft "Lotus Flower Bomb". now saying it's soft isn't a crack on this one because it fits in with the poetry and green tea set. Lloyd is the featured guest on "Sabotage" about a woman who can submit herself to a happy relationship, the beat is cool but the hook and pre-chorus are slightly annoying. "White Linen (Coolin)" which has Ne-yo handling the hook duties, is a bit noisy and it doesn't quite fit together as smoothly as I would have liked it to. "Miami Nights" is all Wale but it doesn't have anything to it of substance, it's cool but doesn't resonate. "Focused" has a different vibe to it as it's a Kid Cudi produced and hooked song and it fits in better with being a slight change of feeling song in the album compared to the songs around it.

I'm convinced Big Sean is on of the worst artists out, I'd rather hear Young Berg, as it is, he is featured on "Slight Work" which sounds like a song that will take off in the club, especially in DC. I'm not familiar with Go-go but this title is probably a play on one of the styles of dance in DC clubs. Hood single "Bait" is also here on the 'deluxe' edition and it is a very catchy track even though it is unorthodox. Rick Ross outshines Wale on "That Way" which also feature Jeremih, just because his flow is tailored made for such a beat.

"No Days Off" is a throwaway filler for me personally, while "Illest B___" disappoints the hell out me. Wale is talking about his sister yet referring to her as the illest bitch alive. I don't like that and wish someone like Wale would refrain from even using the term to refer to women and especially his family. The title track, "Ambition", features Meek Mill and Ross and is not the track it should be. Looking at the title, listening to the track, and building the album around this concept, Wale should have stepped up and dropped a better, relevant verse, especially since he went last. Mill does his thing and Ross cops out terribly after about 2 1/2 good bars that showed some depth. Wale starts off with some strong bars it falls off very fast when he says "long as your mother love you/don't ever love a woman" which is not only dumb but didn't even relate. However, "DC or Nothing" is the song that should have been "Ambition". I wouldn't say I dislike DC but being from Baltimore, it is always an uneasy acceptance of our close proximity. But this song is the truth, the passion and fire are there in this song.

Overall, the album could have been much worse with the move to Maybach music. I was worried about the sound being totally different, but Wale managed to evolve sonically however, in the area of song creativity there is a step back. Too many of the songs are the same way when it comes to women and relationships and he talks too much about his weed habits. He just throws it in there lazily to take up space. While "Lotus Flower Bomb" and "DC or Nothing" represent so much of what is powerful about Wale he gets weighed down with pseudo-smooth songs like "Cool Linen" where is flow doesn't quite fit the style.

I agree with everything except the diss of Big Sean, and I didn't much like Lotus Flower Bomb for whatever reason.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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NSFW

1.9TH WONDER – INTRO
2.9TH WONDER – 9TH CHAMBER FEAT WUTANG
3.9TH WONDER – MATHEMATICS FEAT MOS DEF & DJ PREMIER
4.9TH WONDER – HIP HOP FEAT CLASSIFIED, B_O_B ROYCE DA 59
5.9TH WONDER – ROYAL FLUSH FEAT OUTKAST AND RAEKWON
6.9TH WONDER – THE GLADIATOR FEAT COMMON
7.9TH WONDER – FREEDOM TRAIN FEAT DE LA SOUL
8.9TH WONDER – Manifest of FA – No Room
9.9TH WONDER – 9TH INTERLUDE
10.9TH WONDER – THE SQUEEZE FEAT GANG STARR
11.9TH WONDER – THE MAYOR FEAT PHAROAH MONCH
12.9TH WONDER – A GHOSTDINI INTERLUDE
13.9TH WONDER – PAPPARAZZI FEAT XZIBIT
14.9TH WONDER – GET LIVE FEAT COMMON & QTIP
15.9TH WONDER – NIGHTRYDERS FEAT BOOT CAMP CLIK & AALIYAH

http://www.filesonic.com/file/2831615805

[The 24th Letter]

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That 9th is I'll.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Looking at the year up to this point, there's been alot of good music that dropped this year, especially in the last 7 months. Can't remember off the top of my head when this much music(quality wise)has dropped in a stretch like this because usually there would be one good album that would drop one month and then the next few months would suck but not so much this year.

[areobee401]

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http://asishiphop.blogspot.com/2011/...-ambition.html



I agree with everything except the diss of Big Sean, and I didn't much like Lotus Flower Bomb for whatever reason.

First off let me start by saying in by no means a fan of Wale's music. With that said the review had a clear bias. He starts off his review putting down MMG. What did he and everyone else expect? Wale is in a different point in his career now. He is almost 30 years old and signed to arguably the most popular rapper outside of Lil Wayne. His new album will sell well. It will appeal to a large audience and make him a pop star. After this and the next sell well then maybe he will make the music people seemed to like so much. Right now he is in no position to do anything too far outside the lane MMG provides him. Plus you can always look out for mixtapes he releases. I do agree with the reviewer about Big Sean though.

[areobee401]

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[Timeflies.]

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Ambition releases tomorrow! Wale is by far my favorite in the game right now.

[Jdoug312]

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First off let me start by saying in by no means a fan of Wale's music. With that said the review had a clear bias. He starts off his review putting down MMG. What did he and everyone else expect? Wale is in a different point in his career now. He is almost 30 years old and signed to arguably the most popular rapper outside of Lil Wayne. His new album will sell well. It will appeal to a large audience and make him a pop star. After this and the next sell well then maybe he will make the music people seemed to like so much. Right now he is in no position to do anything too far outside the lane MMG provides him. Plus you can always look out for mixtapes he releases. I do agree with the reviewer about Big Sean though.

11-1-11 Theory was a good mixtape, and it was after he had already signed. I knew the album wouldn't be a classic after I saw that he joined MMG, and the first few songs he had out after MMG were horrible leaving me with no expectations for the album, and I was ready to take him off my favorite rapper list. BUT then he put out 11-1-11 which not only left me pleasantly surprised, it left me with the feel that the album truly was going to be something special. Especially after one of his songs on the mixtape were he said "11-1-11 is the day were all the haters and naysayers..." But alas, the album imo was a flop. It all felt uninspired. I mean at the end of illest b*tch (which I didn't like) he had a meaningful little poem that was cool. Why weren't there more of that on the album? I don't want to here about him bragging about his rapping skills (which weren't displayed on the album), I want to here him spit real stuff. DC or Nothing and No Days Off were honestly the best songs on there.

Oh well 11/15 will still be a day to remember. Drake and Gambino!