A thread to talk everything hip hop! Share the music you love and the music you hate, dig into the lyricism and gossip about the news-as-of-late, push your personal projects -- put it all on the plate! #################### As a starter, here's 3 tracks I like: Mick Jenkins -- Wars and Rumors of War
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JHAumc-wjFE At the start of the year, Joey Bada$$ made a song called The Ruler's Back taking shots at (the conversation around) Kendrick Lamar post-beef and post-GNX, saying there'd been "too much West Coast dick lickin'" lately, asserting that Joey was going to correct things. Amid some heated LA responses, Mick (from Chicago) simply replied that Joey's track was not strong enough to support that kind of talk and threw out a very cool, very dense freestyle dismissing basically everybody involved in the beef and positioning himself as the real MVP -- the track succeeds where Joey failed, imo. "PLACEHOLDERS OUT HERE CLAIMING RULER, WE GOING YARD // FERRIS BEULLER GOT NO REGARD FOR THE NEW SCHOOL, I'M SO APPALLED" is a good summary. Ominous beat courtesy of Smino. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown -- God Loves You
https://jpegmafia.bandcamp.com/track/god-loves-you
Goofy ass dirty talk from Danny on Peggy's otherwordly gospel beat. "IF YOU ON YOUR PERIOD, CALL ME MOSES -- CAUSE I'M ABOUT TO SPLIT THAT RED SEA" is precisely the kind of sacrilegious audacity I'm here for
DOECHII -- ALTER EGO (feat. JT)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tJkPh2vluFQ
Her radio hits this year have been more in the boom-bap and pop lanes, but I got introduced to Doechii rapping over this kickass house cut that dips into some 90's synths. Really precise control of the aggression dial: Doechii barks over shotgun blasts, JT delivers her contempt in a low drawl, and Doechii returns crooning over luxurious strings to assure you that this aggression is just her Alter Ego. And between verses the chorus taunts maniacally "NANANANANA BOOM BOOM BITCH YOU DEAD TO ME!!!". Good, good shit
The success of a paradigm may not be for the reasons it claims (i.e. accurate description of the world). This is good.
Please ignore how I somehow fucked up the formatting on the opener, thanks
The success of a paradigm may not be for the reasons it claims (i.e. accurate description of the world). This is good.
I love that JPEGMAFIA Danny Brown record, and that's definitely one of the best tracks from it. "Part that red sea" is probably the best line, but I also like the simple but effective "I'ma talk in tongues". Really every line from his verse is great. I've also been listening to a lot of clipping. lately. Their new album is really good.
Yeah, Scaring The Hoes is a great record. Peggy doesn't switch up his flow too much, so Danny's variety lets his beats shine in a way they rarely have the opportunity to -- and Peggy's verses end up as an almost calming reprive from whatever Danny was up to. The chemistry is really solid
Clipping hasn't landed for me historically, but I'll give em another shot. I respect Daveed Diggs even if I've yet to connect with him
The success of a paradigm may not be for the reasons it claims (i.e. accurate description of the world). This is good.
Been running through JID's new album a bunch. Currently mulling over his verse on SK8 (which has a music coming!). JID in brief describes hearing a shooting outside while at the skating rink with some friends -- they keep carousing, but even the flirting feels like it's been intensified by the spectre of death. Like he describes grabbing his girl's ass like a crane game claw, a light hearted reference to the setting that suggests a kind of desperate tension. The violence makes love feel more urgent -- a moving little story to pack into a short verse on the boppiest track of the album.
Also the comment about the shooter "killin the vibe" (plus the censored reference to Kendrick on Community) makes me think it doubles as a cheeky description of last year's big beef. "Damn, somebody got lit up. Not anybody I know though, so it's whatever"
The success of a paradigm may not be for the reasons it claims (i.e. accurate description of the world). This is good.
little simz doesn't exclusively make rap BUT her rap/hiphop records are all super awesome (listen to 101 FM). i remember first checking her out when i was like 14-ish. i'm glad more people are talking about danny brown and JPEGMAFIA, i really like their stuff
on a less serious note, every now and then i go back to the rapper ninja warrior segments from the eric andre show. that sure is a show
I got introduced to Little Simz through the Young music video where she was largely taking the piss, but I've been enjoying the other singles of hers I've checked out. Gorilla has a smooth groove to it, and I started to recognize a Lauryn Hill flow (Doo Wop) right before Little Simz started talking about paying homage and stuff. Is there a particular album of hers you'd recommend as a starter?
Hadn't seen those "freestyles" on Eric Andre before, got me crying laughing. Half the contestants are just screaming and yelling threats by the end of it... Freddie Gibbs carrying on with the tough talk while spinning around in circles and getting electroshocked is something else
The success of a paradigm may not be for the reasons it claims (i.e. accurate description of the world). This is good.