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Discuss your favorite shit so far,



Albums/ Mixtapes

$tarlito - "Funerals & Court Dates"
A-Wax - "Jesus Malverde"
Yelawolf - "Trunk Muzik Returns"
HD - "No Days Off"
Joe Blow - "Been Grindin'"
BeatKing - "Astroworld"
Red Cafe - "American Psycho"
Jody Highroller x Dame Grease - "Hologram Panda"



Records

Kevin Gates - Paper Chasers
Rocko feat Rick Ross & Future - U.O.E.N.O
Future - Shit
^Been subjected to Future experimenting with different styles since Rocko's "Swag Season" and I don't think he's ever made a record quite like this. Possibly one of his best. Ranks above Dirty Sprite but below So Cold.
Future - Usual
Future & French Montana - Down & Out
Juicy J - Boss Nigga
Juicy J feat The Weeknd - One of Those Nights
Roscoe Dash - Everyday
Jon Geezy feat 2Win & Block 125 - That Paper
Chill Will feat Migos & Yung Fresh - Drugs Only
Migos feat Drake - Versace Remix
Lil Wayne - IANAHB
Lil Wayne feat Boo - Curtains
Lil Wayne feat Trina - Wowzers
Lil Wayne - Bitches Love Me (Kush & Alcohol)
TI feat Lil Wayne - Wit Me
^ Credit to Lil Wayne for still being this foul/ explicit this late in his career.
Soulja Boy - U.O.E.N.O. Freestyle
Soulja Boy - Ridin' Around
Alley Boy feat TY$ - RNGM
Alley Boy feat Fat Trel - Cocaine
Alley Boy feat Kirko Bangz - I'm That Nigga
Ace Hood feat Meek Mill - Goin' Down
Ace Hood - On Right Now
Killa Kyleon feat Kirko Bangz & Slim Thug - My City
^ Slim Thug just got outshined by his protege and Kirko fucking Bangz; his own fault, though.
Slim Thug & Paul Wall - Po' Up Justice
^ Since when did Texans start naming actual makes & models instead of simply referring to them as "Foreigns"?
Jackie Chain feat Scotty & RaRa - Pimpin
Rittz feat Mike Posner - Switch Lanes
^ This was a better record when I thought Posner was talking about a shotgun accompanying him the front seat. I've always appreciated when rappers make their singers say mainey shit on the hook. To my dismay (and horror) he is actually saying "shawty" as to refer to a female.
Caskey - One Shot
Caskey - Anxious
^ Artists seem to make great music while dying on the vine at Cash Money Records (All $tar, 2007) or directly after leaving (Curren$y, 2008). I'll have to keep an eye on this.


Drake - 5am in Toronto
Drake feat J.Cole - Jodeci
DJ Khaled feat Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne - No New Friends
^ Drake did what he was supposed to do, I can't say the same for the others. There's no heavy lifting or difficult concept here. All you had to do is talk big shit. Wanye & Ross, you had ONE job. Still play this regardless.



Hot of the DB'z - Obama Vision
Lil Goofy feat Outrageous, Karina, RaRa - Chicken Talkin'
Lil C feat Lil Goofy, Con B, & Miami - No Hook
Mac Duna feat Tity2Chainz, J-Diggs, Philthy Rich, & Young Fame - Make it Work (Remix)
^ This is last summer but it received a 2nd push and an unfortunate video in 2013. Inspired by true events.
Taj He Spitz - Medusa
Julian Write feat Tah He Spitz - Amen
Cousin Fik feat E-40 and Rocko - Rice


Heems - Soup Boys
^ There should be more rap songs about predator drones. What's Paris doing right now?
ASAP Rocky - PMW (All I Really Need)
ScHoolboy Q - That YayYay
Naledge feat Mikkey Halsted - Life in a Corona


The Weeknd - Kissland
Forte Bowie - Gucci Mane
The Dream - IV Play (Single)
TY$ feat Joe Moses - Paranoid
Gucci Mane - I Wonder
Ray J - I Hit It First


Pusha T feat Rick Ross - Millions
^ "Yall gotta beg my pardon on it
But this shit sound like GOD, don't it"



SD - Stay Out My Business
King Louie feat Yo Gotti & French Montana - Money Dance (REMIX)
King Louie - I Just Wanna
Sincere Show feat Short Dawg & Lavish D - No Basic Bitches


Troy Ave - Don't Kill My Vibe (Keymix)
^ Of all the cover-band rap going on right now (ASAP Mob, Raider Klan, etc ) I find Troy's brand of "90's nigga" rap to be the most palatable.
Troy Ave feat King Sevin - Love Me or Not (Keymix)
Mel Matrix Ft Jim Jones - Ride That 5 (Kendrick Lamar ReVamp)
Maino & The Mafia feat WFF - They Gon' Hate Us Anyway
Maino & The Mafia - Mansion & a Yacht
Fabolous feat Chris Brown - Ready



Joe Budden feat Kirko Bangz - On Top of The World
^ Guilty pleasure. Kirko's continued Aubrey impersonation, contrived copy-cat production, Budden's ham-fisted attempt at commercial rap-writing, etc.
None the less I'm still in the car,
TELL THEM BITCHES ON GONE, DON'T BE CALLIN' MY PHONE
IF IT AIN'T ABOUT THE MONEY, BABYY



I don't fully endorse all of the artists on this list (ASAP Rocky, ScHoolboy Q, Pusha, immediately come to mind) but I can't front on a hot record.


Looking forward to the following,


Jon Geezy - "So Help Me God"
Caskey - "Transient Classics"
$tarlito - "Cold Turkey"
$upaMane debut
Jay-Z - "Magnum Carter Holy Bible"
Drake - "Nothing Was the Same"
Troy Ave - "New York City"
Juicy J - "Stay Trippy"
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I made a list of my ten favorite Non-Ye or Jay tracks of 2013 thus far for the Village Voice last week:

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El Rey wrote:$tarlito - "Funerals & Court Dates"
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They say they don't fuck with me; I echo their sentiments

"Funerals & Court Dates" is probably my favorite project released thus far. Exactly how I like 'Lito to write/ rap. Probably a bit darker than most of his catalogue but an all around excellent effort from Jermaine. What's Wrong With You Pt. II usually gets played 4 or 5 times back to back.

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albums/mixtapes

young thug - 1017 thug
tree - sunday school 2
joey fatts - chipper jones 2
kevin gates -luca brasi story
prodigy & alchemist - albert einstein
mr. mfe - kismet
killah priest double cd
katie got bandz - drillary clinton


songs:







i know im missing stuff tho

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illuminati_guy wrote:tree - sunday school 2
I really have to try and give Tree a second listen. I had liked the "Nino" joint with Young Giftz, did some research but ended up becoming a fan of Giftz instead.

Also, examples are whats up but lets not throw 65 youtube videos on one page. That shit crashes my browser.

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Rey is definitely a traitor to the U.S.A by preferring creepy milk-bagging date rapist T Nash plagiarists who encourage chix to think it's okay slobbing about not wearing any lippy to the sublime sex-pest histrionics of Kirko Bangz, imho :gyeah: :gyeah:

In no specific order, 2013 songs I like :

Gunplay - Drop Da Tint
ZMoney - Regular
Yung Gleesh - Hard
Rae w/ AZ - '86 remix
AZ - We Movin'
Young Jeezy w/ 2 Chainz - R.I.P
Doughboyz Cashout w/ Young Jeezy & Yo Gotti - Woke Up
A-Mafia - Street Money
Rocko w/ Future & Rick Ross - U.O.E.N.O
Travis Porter w/ Jeremih - Err Damn Day
Migos - Hannah Montana
Alpoko Don - Street Life
Chinx Drugz - How Can I Lose?
French Montana - Ain't Worried About Nothin'
Suga Free & Pimpin' Young ft. Nate Dogg - 15 Minutes To 5
Lil' Wayne w/ 2 Chainz - Rich As Fuck
Kevin Gates - Neon Lights
Foxx w/ Lil' Cal - One Way
Lil' Cali w/ Mystikal - Dat Dick remix
Joe Blow - Cold Pimp
Louis V Mob - Dope Case
DJ Mustard w/ TY$ & Joe Mo$e$ - Paranoid
$tarlito - Aberration
Gucci Mane - God's Witness
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NORE ft Large Pro 'Built Pyramids'
Havoc ft Styles P & Raekwon 'Favourite Rap Stars'
Genasis 'Touchdown'
IAMSU! 'Mobbin'
Cam'ron 'You Know This'
AZ 'Genesis' freestyle
AZ 'We Movin'
Chamillionaire 'Elevate'
Joey Badass, Smoke DZA & Big KRIT 'Underground Airplay'
Marco Polo ft Tragedy & Lil Fame 'Stand Up' remix
Paul White ft Danny Brown 'Street Lights'
Zion I ft Grouch & Eligh 'We Dont Stop'
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Nino is def the best song TREE has been involved in.

Sunday School is his key project. As far as random other songs I dig by him go, Trouble is my shit :

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I just made a post similar to this on my blog yesterday. Here are the first few.

4.5/5

Big K.R.I.T. - King Remembered In Time - After a somewhat disappointing studio album, Big K.R.I.T returned to drop another banging mixtape that is as good as his other free mixtapes in my opinion. The self-produced beats are beautiful and Big K.R.I.T. comes correct lyrically on almost every track. He has definitely cemented himself as one of the best new hip-hop artists in the rap industry in the past few years. This mixtape is fire.

Dirt Platoon and Kyo Itachi - War Face - Dirt Platoon and Kyo Itachi teamed up to drop an absolute banger. The beats are slammin and the lyrics are aggressive and hardcore. Fans of Wu-Tang Clan and Killarmy should eat this album up. Too bad this was slept on by most people because its one of the years best.

El-P and Killer Mike - Run The Jewels - The second collaboration album between Killer Mike and El-P was just as good as their first. El-P's production was pretty much flawless and both Killer Mike and El-P ripped it lyrically. To make the package even better, the album was released for free via the Fools Gold website. Nothing is better than free hip-hop music when it is this good.

Epidemic - Somethin' For Tha Listeners - Epidemic dropped their latest project just a few days ago and its crazy. The beats, by Esco, are consistently dope and both Hex One and Tek-Nition rip every verse on the album. If you are looking for that ill 90s hip-hop sound, look no further. This album bangs.

Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge - Twelve Reasons to Die - 2013 has been hailed as the "Year of the Wu-Tang." It's a bold claim, but it seems to be true based off the strong releases they dropped in the first half of the year. On this LP, Ghostface Killah teamed up with producer Adrian Younge to drop a gritty conceptual album with strong Italian Opera/Horror themes. Very ill.

Inspectah Deck with 7L & Esoteric - CZARFACE
- Another Wu-banger. Inspectah Deck collabs with 7L & Esoteric and dropped a dope, comic book inspired hip-hop album. The beats are fire and Inspectah Deck sounds better than he has in years. Combined a reinvigorated Deck with beats by 7L and an impressive performance by Esoteric and you have a banger.

John Robinson and Kyo Itachi - The Path of Mastery - Another album that is highly slept on. The production by Kyo Itachi is lush and beautiful and perfectly compliments John Robinson's laid back delivery. Its definitely one of my most played albums of 2013. Absolute fire.

Killah Priest - The Psychic World of Walter Reed (Disc 1) - I broke up my reviews for double albums into two parts because I rated each disc separately and then combined them for a total at the end. The first disc on P.W.O.W.R. is definitely a banger and quite easily Killah Priest's best work since "The Offering". The beats are really dope and Killah Priest's lyrics are top notch, as always. Add to that a crisp, mastered sound that has been lacking from Priests recent works and you have a banger.

Killah Priest - The Psychic World of Walter Reed (Disc 2)
- The second disc on P.W.O.W.R. is not as consistent as the first disc, but it's still really good. Priest was definitely in the zone when he made this album because he provided us with two full discs of great music. As on the first disc, the beats are slammin and Killah Priest rips it lyrically. Dude is a beast on the mic.


4.25

Prodigy and The Alchemist - Albert Einstein - This the best Mobb Deep related product to drop in years. The beats are crazy and Prodigy sounds reinvigorated. As usual with Mobb Deep records, the subject matter is dark and violent, but the beats provided by The Alchemist match the tone perfectly. I'd almost want to bump this up to a 4.5/5 since it hasn't left my playlist since it dropped.

Wale - The Gifted - So Wale just dropped a really ill album this year. The live instrumentation and Wale's carefree flow meshed really well together and made almost every track distinct from the others. Even the radio friendly tracks are really dope. There are a few filler songs, but not many. Very good album.

Got the rest of my scores here The Essence of Rap and Hip-Hop | The Best Rap Albums of 2013 (So Far)
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El P Killer Mike
Billy Woods (i know its after the mid point but i got it before the midpoint so suck it.)
prodigy & alchemist
dotcult - Three Beggars
Young Fathers - Tape Two
doppelgangaz - hark
homeboy sandman - kool herc
milo - things that happen at day/night

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Run the Jewels
Illogic & Blockhead - Capture the Sun
Cult Favorite - For Madmen Only
Homeboy Sandman - Kool Herc
Big KRIT - King Remembered In Time
MarQ Spekt & Gary Wilson - Broken Mazes
Milo - Things That Happen at Day/Night
Action Bronson - Saaab Stories

really looking forward to Woods/Blockhead tomorrow

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Top 10 so far:
Killah Priest - Psychic World of Walter Reed
billy woods - Dour Candy
Tree - Sunday School II
MarQ Spekt & Gary Wilson - Broken Mazes
Run the Jewels - s/t
Ghostface Killah - 12 Reasons to Die
Ill Bill - The Grimy Awards
Cult Favorite - For Madmen Only
Alpoko Don - The Ol' Soul EP
Prodigy & Alchemist - Albert Einstein

Honorable Mentions:
Gunplay - Acquitted
Illogic & blockhead - Capture The Sun
Kanye West - Yeezus
Big KRIT - King Remembered In Time
The Underachievers - Indigoism
Homeboy Sandman - Kool Herc

PWOWR is shitting on everything else released this year, even though the 3 albums listed below it are all genius in their own right.

I haven't heard of/checked for the majority of the shit listed at the top of this thread. Can't front though; I still really like that one Drake song.
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:naswtf: @ multiple people listening to Killah Priest double albums in 2013.

I think this thread is much more interesting and helpful when people list the songs they're feeling because albums/mixtapes are archaic formats for squares at this point.

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Let Jaz Down wrote:
I think this thread is much more interesting and helpful when people list the songs they're feeling because albums/mixtapes are archaic formats for squares at this point.
I will always be a square I guess.

RE: KP - AOTY easily. I didn't expect it to be, but it is. Same goes for Grimy Awards and to a lesser extent 12 Reasons to Die. KP, Ill Bill and (again to a much lesser extent) Ghostface all seemed to be on their way out, but a great album is a great album no matter who puts it out.

Back to my oringal point, though: The single, as a standard record-industry format, is literally designed for people with short attention spans. In 2013, there is a world of information available to you at any time. Adequately sifting through that requires focus. Having a short attention span is not an option.
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Rap has always been a singles/random joints genre ever since 1979; we just got lucky for a decade or so from 1987 to 2000 where it somehow produced some good full lengths every year.

Looking back now, that stretch was an absolute fluke.

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Bad argument (singles are for stupid people so albums must be for smart people) vs. worse argument (1987-2000, 14 of the 35 years encompassing hip-hop music's recorded existence, was a fluke).
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So far it's-

LP's

Serengeti - Saal
Cult Favorite - For Madmen Only
Aeon Grey - Lead Breakfast
Illogic & Blockhead - Capture The Sun
Serengeti - Kenny Dennis LP
Vince Staples - Stolen Youth
Killah Priest - The Psychic World of Walter Reed
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
Killer Mike & El-P - Run The Jewels

EP's

Homeboy Sandman - Kool Herc: Fertile Crescent
MarQ Spekt - Broken Mazes


It seemed like a weak first half, but things really picked up this last month. Over 10 solid releases that have all gotten a lot of run from me. I think the second half will be even better though. Eagerly anticipating the woods/blockhead dropping today and with the Ka, Earl, Nacho/BSBD, Rob Sonic, and woods/elucid projects all on the horizon the 2nd half is looking even better.

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there's very few rappers that I want to listen to non-stop for an hour.

The only upcoming album I'm looking forward to is AZ, which is looking quite promising so far.
Other than that, fuck an album. Decent EPs are always welcome though.
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Let Jaz Down wrote::naswtf: @ multiple people listening to Killah Priest double albums in 2013.
I ride with this too, it's insanely entertaining in about 10 song intervals. after that it gets a little much. but any given stretch of 10-12 is the shit

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Alpoko Don - old soul ep
Mobbin No Sobbin - s/t
Rome Fortune - Beautiful Pimp
Tree - sunday school 2
Outfix Tx - Starships & Rockets... (c&s by Dj Candlestickem)
Prodigy & Alchemist - albert einstein
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Versive wrote:Bad argument (singles are for stupid people so albums must be for smart people) vs. worse argument (1987-2000, 14 of the 35 years encompassing hip-hop music's recorded existence, was a fluke).
So, what you're saying is that I'm mathmatically correct because it was a total fluke that hasn't and never will be repeated? :cheers:

Albums should be left to boring EVENT! dinosaurs like Jay-Z and there is literally no justifiable reason for 20 track+ mixtapes featuring DJ drops in 2013.

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Let Jaz Down wrote: there is literally no justifiable reason for 20 track+ mixtapes featuring DJ drops in 2013.
I think this speaks more to albums/mixtapes being too long and too bloated too often these days more than the format itself being outdated or useless.

Think about the upcoming AZ, which I'm sure you're anticipating too - if it's a solid 13-15 tracks with no or very little filler, it'll be great. But more likely it will be about 20-22 and a good half will be so-so.
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With the vinyl market really making a comeback I really expect more and more albums to be trimmed to fit on one record. It makes sense to release shorter albums more frequently in this era. Release the cut songs as mixtapes or loosies to keep the presence up between releases.

All this talk about long albums being dead though and Kendrick just grabbed a platinum plaque.


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drizzle wrote:
Let Jaz Down wrote: there is literally no justifiable reason for 20 track+ mixtapes featuring DJ drops in 2013.
I think this speaks more to albums/mixtapes being too long and too bloated too often these days more than the format itself being outdated or useless.

Think about the upcoming AZ, which I'm sure you're anticipating too - if it's a solid 13-15 tracks with no or very little filler, it'll be great. But more likely it will be about 20-22 and a good half will be so-so.
I'd much prefer he continued leaking random songs every few months or so and then I can make my own playlist which includes the '86 remix, the Genesis and Thank You freestyles, and the rip of him freestyling over Questlove's beatboxing!

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Re : Blame It On The System by Turk w/ Gunplay.

Like that song a lot, but the video weirded me out seeing Turk old and chubby and not dressed like a Hot Boy. Kinda sullied the song for me.

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Jargun - Food For Ants EP
K-Maxx - Sweater Funk Presents K-Maxx
I-L Twice - Victory Lap

Songs:

Giraffage - "Feels"
Ryan Hemsworth - "Colour & Movement"

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unclebengi wrote:
All this talk about long albums being dead though and Kendrick just grabbed a platinum plaque.
His is not particularly a good album, though. He's got some jams, but it really isn't that good.

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You can argue that, but that's not what I'm trying to say. I thought it was really good, not the best of the year, but it was shocking A.) that he was able to make THAT album on a major label in 2012 and B.) that it sold as well as it did (whether people really listened to it front to back or not).

I'm no Kanye fan either, but look at the event that he created for an album with no real singles. Lots of artists don't even make albums and lots of fans don't listen to them, but to say the format is dead is just stupid. Kanye and Kendrick are the two most copied rappers in the world right now and they're thriving through the album format.

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Employee, what's your Gunplay jam of choice in 2013????

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unclebengi wrote:
I'm no Kanye fan either, but look at the event that he created for an album with no real singles. Lots of artists don't even make albums and lots of fans don't listen to them, but to say the format is dead is just stupid. Kanye and Kendrick are the two most copied rappers in the world right now and they're thriving through the album format.
Both of those albums are shitty and the type of people who care about them are the worst kind of middlebrow rap fans or, worse still, Mindbender.

Albums in 2013 are for the type of morons who actually care about "events" rather than the important stuff : music and video clips talking shit about other rappers/Twitpics where rappers pose with other rapper's stolen jewellery.
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