I feel like the truth is somewhere in the middle here. Is it overrated by most media outlets? Probably. Is a shit album? Absolutely not. For me, its a little too varied sonically.....with such a wide range of beats/styles there are bound to be moments I'm not feeling as much. That said, my favorite ...

Great news! Really looking forward to this

Yeah, Humble is probably my least favorite joint on the album. This is great overall.

GUCCI CONDOMS wrote:

Hair of the Dog wrote:

This is beyond awful.

I tend to agree, and this coming from someone who has been a big fan of his work to date. This has me a little pessimistic about the album.....we'll see.

Can't recall the board's thoughts on Ali, but the whole album is apparently produced by Ant... http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-brother-alis-sleek-own-light-from-first-lp-in-five-years-w469442" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I used to really like this due. Shadows on the S...

Quiet group around here.....I noticed this has a thread over at ughh with maybe 40 replies? That said, I'm sure the thread was probably derailed in some moronic way only capable of ughh daily posters.

I think the interesting thing to me is the range of opinions on how this album compares to the first two. You ask 5 different people, and you will probably get 5 different answers. That goes for the sonic direction of the albums, the lyrical content, El-p's rapping....everything....very little is un...

I agree, new album is great. This is coming from someone who has only been lukewarm on jonwayne's stuff to date.

Did he produce all or most of the beats?

WiCkEd22 wrote:LOL at that corny nerd rap clown Sage Francis wanting some kind of Admin position on UGHH. smfh

You can just talk TO Sage rather than ABOUT Sage. He can hear you, you know.

Oh lord I fear a great migration of posters from ughh to phila. On the one hand, I would welcome more hip-hop related discussion. On the other hand, if entire threads get devoted to Vinnie Paz.....

KhillA wrote:Unless it's the madlib blue note album and you are tripping your balls off I really don't see how people listen to instrumental albums imo. Going with cut chemist cause he's a chill dude

You should consider just not voting then....

The Danny Brown album is maybe my favorite album of the year, and wasn't really discussed for more than a couple of days here.

hessbz12 wrote:Sorry if I missed it somewhere, but when does it officially drop?

Jan 13

EMCEE DARTH MALEK wrote:el is pretty nice on this

I thought the same thing. Track overall is excellent and has me ready for RTJ3.

Hmm...consider me in the minority I guess, but I genuinely enjoy the music on this album (not just the perceived impact) a lot. I even revisited this past year and thought to myself that it has actually aged quite well. A deserved classic for me.

Album coming in 2017

Piff Tannen wrote:if they did continue this type of thing, who else would you want to see deconstructed, ?

any new rappers?

i think earl and kevin gates could be interesting

obv mike would be a good choice too, and maybe someone who does some fast rap, like twista or tech n9ne

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Vlad Analogue wrote:damn, he cut and regrew his dreads! he only used to have a couple gigantic ones

I mean it has been like 8 years since we've heard from him...

I thought this was going to be about the new Young Thug jamz....

Guun wrote:Album is awesome on first listen. Might be my favorite OME project yet. Good to see he's getting some nice buzz from his SXSW performances too.

Agreed. Lots of replay value, and looking forward to revisiting when I can pay more attention to lyrics. Sounds great on first listen though.

EMCEE DARTH MALEK wrote:track 3 is from the old colbert show. dunno when the rest were recorded. seems like a "lost tapes" type release.

Dude, the track names are literally the dates of when they were recorded....

Philaflava wrote:blu needs a full length with a dope producer again and little to no guest spots on there.

That 2nd album w/ Exile is heavily slept on imo....and probably has a lot to do with the way Blu leaked it early before being mastered, and then when it dropped officially, it didn't quite feel as 'new.'

Kno gets some hate, mostly online because he is a pretty open and honest dude that tends to rub some ppl the wrong way. I think the production on this album was pretty great. You can't deny that. Deacon is also slept the fuck on IMO. I agree with most of this: basically that Deacon (and Natti for t...

So good. I've been a big Aesop fan since around the days of Float, and the idea that he still getting better over the last 15+ as an emcee/producer is mind numbing.

Well thats exciting

No Poison, No Paradise has become one of my favorite albums from the past few years. Original production. I'm gonna buy If There's a Hell Below tonight. They're both very strong from a production standpoint. Black Milk on the mic is technically fine, and maybe improving over the years.....but there...

I wouldn't even vote Ghost into the top 10 from those options. If we're voting on consistency here, Black Thought and Pharaohe come to mind as guys whose skills are still razor sharp. Ghost on the other hand, although one of my faves throughout 90's early 00's, has become pretty subpar as of late an...

Gyangsta 4 Life wrote:Conor McGregor

I'd have to co-sign this if he stops Aldo on the 12th....

I'll just say its kind of crazy to think of a label like Mello Music succeeding in 2015, but damn the output and consistent high quality of their releases has been impressive over the last couple of years.