Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

[Brandwin]

Thanks for the link. The one I found has been going for 20 minutes and only half way through.

[dossier]

Re: Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

finished the whole mixtape. I might be bias but I like it just as much as Kanye's album, wish there weren't so many old tracks, in the morning, villematic, back to the topic, before i'm gone are the only one's that fit with the rest

blow up, higher, and premeditated murder seem like they were just thrown in there

[Brandwin]

Dossier - you like The Warm Up of Friday Night Lights better?

[TracerBullet]

Re: Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

Second go 'round on this new Kanye and I'd give it a 8.5. I'm definitely feeling "Gorgeous" the most out of all the songs on there and the track with John Legend on it as well. If I hadn't already heard half of the songs on there already, I'd give it a 9-9.5 and I'd put this album up there with Late Registration, which I think is Kanye's best album.

Guess I need to definitely take a listen to it then. I feel the same way with Late Registration being his best.

[dossier]

Re: Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

Dossier - you like The Warm Up of Friday Night Lights better?

idk that's a good question. The Warm Up was my first impression of J. Cole so it had the shock and awe factor to it, however this was a really good mixtape.

I couldn't tell you now, I'm still listening to the warm up to this day. I think the production is better but I couldn't give you an honest answer now.

what about you?

[Streets]

Re: Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

Believe it or not, I've been sleeping on J. Cole to this point. I heard him on "Star is Born", but never sought him out. I'm not really a mixtape or radio guy (Mood Music and Bar Exam being exceptions). I just get albums when they drop . I did the same with CuDi (who I immediately loved when his album dropped) and Drake (who's popularity I don't get, but his production is phenomenal). I'm going to have to get these mixtapes because a lot of you vouch for this guy.

[Jonesy]

Re: Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

Love the new Kanye as well (a solid 8.5). The new J Cole is sweet also. A good weekend for hip hop heads!!!

[X*Cell]

Re: Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

Some of my favorite Reverb Nation's...

Creative Business
RLC Tha R.O.D.
Tha Cuddy Lo
Young Gem
KillaByte
Africa Black

[BlueNGold]

Re: Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

J. Cole interview with DJ Semtex:

<object height="350" width="425">

<embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ft racks%2F6968737&player_type=artwork&color=c30900" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425"></object>J.COLE INTERVIEW | TALKS ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS LAUNCH by djsemtex

He says the album might be coming out in March, but he seems unsure. Imagine Lupe and J. Cole in the same month.

As for the mixtape, I made it up to track 15 but didn't get to finish. Not surprising that it's good ****, but it isn't better than The Warm Up IMO. That's a tough task to try to top that. I just think the production was better and it was more of a complete package than FNL.

Also, Jay Electronica signed to Roc Nation. Diddy doesn't seem too pleased with this, lol.

And here's Chain Heavy. It's a G.O.O.D. Friday track, but it's also an iTunes bonus for MBDTF:

NSFW

<object height="385" width="480">


<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aLRMKamjxpo?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></object>

[NC State-31 UNC-27]

Re: Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

3/4 of the way through the J.Cole and it's mostly extremely dope. He's definitely worked his way into my top 10 at this point

[Checmate101]

Re: Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

Who has that Kanye?

[Streets]

Re: Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

Who has that Kanye?

Everyone

Spoiler

And their moms

[ex carrabba fan]

Re: Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

Everyone

Spoiler

And their moms

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

J. Cole's latest mixtape was decent but I wasn't amazed or blown away by it really. It gets a 7.5 from me but that's moreso because there wasn't really a track that stuck out to me like there were on The Warm Up.

[BlueNGold]

Re: Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

NSFW

<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nE4CFBY9RGs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nE4CFBY9RGs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>