Instrumental Project of 2017

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Which one's best?

Aesop Rock – Bushwick: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
0
No votes
The Alchemist – Rapper's Best Friend IV: An Instrumental Series
1
7%
Apathy – Dive Music: Chapter One
0
No votes
Blockhead – Funeral Balloons
2
14%
Clams Casino – Instrumental Mixtape IV
1
7%
Cryptic One – Crypstramentals Volume XIII: Beataday 2 Second Half
3
21%
Czarface – First Weapon Drawn
0
No votes
Daedelus – Baker's Dozen: Daedelus
0
No votes
Damu the Fudgemunk – Vignettes
0
No votes
El Michels Affair – Return to the 37th Chamber
1
7%
Funky DL – Marauding At Midnight: A Tribute to the Sounds of A Tribe Called Quest
0
No votes
Impossible Nothing – Lexemenomicon
0
No votes
J Dilla – J Dilla's Delights, Vol. I
1
7%
Jazz Spastiks – Scratch & Sniff
2
14%
Karriem Riggins – Headnod Suite
0
No votes
Knxwledge – Greentxts. V1
0
No votes
L'Orange – The Ordinary Man
1
7%
Madlib – Bad Neighbor Instrumentals
0
No votes
Metal Faced Terrorists – Hidden Herbs Vol. III & IV
0
No votes
Onra – Chinoiseries Pt. III
0
No votes
Paul White – Everything You've Forgotten
0
No votes
Pete Rock – Lost Sessions
2
14%
 
Total votes: 14

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Instrumental Project of 2017

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Previous Winners:

2014 – Blockhead – Bells & Whistles
2015 – Lil Ugly Mane – Third Side of the Tape
2016 – Oddisee – The Odd Tape

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I'mma take this home cause I'm the only person voting. I'm okay with that tho.

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Lot on here that I've been meaning to get to that I haven't yet, but of those listened, Dilla.

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Is there that many choices? Can I get some suggestions?

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Clams and Alc are my favorite of the ones I've heard on here
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Blockhead wrote:I'mma take this home cause I'm the only person voting. I'm okay with that tho.
:lol: I know nobody here cares all that much. But surprisingly we've already got a few votes. And there's some precedence. Apollo Brown also won for Clouds back in 2011.
Rhyme 4 Rhyme wrote:Lot on here that I've been meaning to get to that I haven't yet, but of those listened, Dilla.
I've made it so you can change your vote if / when you change your mind partially for this reason.
alpha wrote:Is there that many choices? Can I get some suggestions?
There were actually more choices, I've cut it down believe it or not. Apparently yes I am a crazy person. I'd probably just go with projects from names you know and like to start. Or check for what's been voted for if you wanna follow the taste of the forum that way.

Most, maybe all of these are up on Bandcamp, Soundcloud, and / or YouTube in full.

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1. Cryptic
2. Pete Rock
3. Damu
4. Czarface
5. The Rest
Prepare yourself now for the six man wedding!

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Yeah, there's obviously all sorts of lesser known names that get left off, so feel free to use this thread to promote those artists as well.

Oh and I was gonna say that in terms of multiple projects by some of the artists: Blockhead also dropped Known Unknowns – The Instrumentals, Knxwledge has a couple other projects this year, Ma Dukes put out another Dilla EP, and Pete Rock also released The Original Baby Pa Instrumentals... so if people prefer something else over what's already listed then they can just vote for the artist they like rather than the project.

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Voted blockhead -- dope album.

The L'Orange album was good -- doesn't immediately stand up to his earlier work though IMHO.
I wanted to love the 37th Chamber -- but was let down aside from a few key moments.
Awesome that you included Impossible Nothing on here -- that project is stupid in a great way.

Other favs:

VIK - Facts of Life
All These Fingers - Lodge
ELUCID - Horse Latitude

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Yeah this one I just tried to keep to bigger names or stuff relevant to the boom-bap crowd for the most part but that Impossible Nothing record was the exception.

Fuck, should've included that Elucid record here.

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It's a fitting oversight as he also dropped an amazing solo album in Valley of Grace and AOTY with Armand Hammer's ROME ... like, "and oh BTW, here's another weird project that's almost all noise-instrumental except for one song that's a poetry reading, hi."

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i totally cant get into Elucid's voice. kinda ruins Armand Hammer for me.

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I Smell Like Un Kasa wrote:1. Cryptic
2. Pete Rock
3. Damu
4. Czarface
5. The Rest

:cheers:

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sleazy_j wrote:i totally cant get into Elucid's voice. kinda ruins Armand Hammer for me.
That's wild. Sorry to hear that.

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Wanted to vote Trel Itz A Hit's IG/YouTube page

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