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Title: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on May 17, 2018, 08:30:41 am
Literally just listen to the album and give your thoughts
weekly-ish

btw this is mostly gonna be like rap, and jazz, and like maybe rock and things like that

Mondays are for classics, fridays are for new shit

[Week 1] Madvillain - Madvillainy (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1706577#msg1706577)
[Week 2] Nujabes - Modal Soul (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1711392#msg1711392)
[Week 3] Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1715221#msg1715221)
[Week 3.5] Kanye West - Ye (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1717445#msg1717445)
[Week 3.75] Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1719091#msg1719091)
[Week 4] Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1719091#msg1719091)
[Week 4.5] Nas - Nasir (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1724807#msg1724807)
[Week 5] Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1727727#msg1727727)
[Week 5.5] Drake - Scorpion (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1729315#msg1729315)
[Week 5.5 2] Gorillaz - The Now Now (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1729315#msg1729315)
[Week 5.75] Future - Beastmode 2 (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1732434#msg1732434)
[Week 6] Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1735286#msg1735286)
[Week 6.5]Denzel Curry - TA13OO (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1740221#msg1740221)
[Week 7] Taylor Swift - Fearless (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1741172#msg1741172)
[Week 7.5a] Travis Scott - Astroworld (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1742467#msg1742467)
[Week 7.5b] Mac Miller - Swimming (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1742467#msg1742467)
[Week 7.5c] YG - STAY DANGEROUS (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1742467#msg1742467)
[Week 8] Count Bass D - Dwight Spitz (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38898.msg1743879#msg1743879)


Rate the first 5 weeks of albums (https://goo.gl/forms/CAXadM7xHeoRQJtl2)
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on May 17, 2018, 08:30:48 am
(https://img.discogs.com/Rw6G_yczsO1xKqGzGH68Dt_x2vs=/fit-in/600x601/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1578923-1381248128-3673.jpeg.jpg)

Madvillain(MF DOOM and Madlib) - Madvilliany
(Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madvillainy))

Background/Review(AllMusic)

Madvillainy represents the highly anticipated collaboration between Madlib and MF Doom. Recorded throughout 2003 -- a year which, between the two of them (under various aliases), saw more than eight releases featuring their work. When Madvillainy was released in March 2004 it became obvious that the best was saved for last as MF Doom's unpredictable lyrical style fits quite nicely within Madlib's unconventional beat orchestrations. Twenty-two short and blunted tracks bang out mythical stories of villains and urban (anti) heroes trying to make it through with their ganja and wits still intact -- each flows together in a comic book fashion sometimes segued with vignettes sampled from 1940s movies and broadcasts or left-field marjuana-toting skits. Madvillainy's strength lies in its mix between seemingly obtuse beats, samples, MCing, and some straight-up hip-hop bumping. Take "Accordion" for example. A wacky accordion sample loops throughout a slow-paced beat and lazy bassline while Doom flies through almost unaware of the background at times. Or "Raid," which features a beat that seems to be so out of time or step with a traditional hip-hop direction. But Doom sits quite comfortable within its frame and sets up Medaphor for a slick guest appearance. Other guests include the bad character, Lord Quasimoto, on "Americas Most Blunted" and the Sun Ra-inspired "Shadows of Tomorrow"; Wildchild blasts million-miles-an-hour rhymes on "Hardcore Hustle" and Stacy Epps floats through "Eye." Madvillainy gets close to the genius seen on Quasimoto's Unseen, and like that record this one might take a few listens to find it. But once it clicks in, this disc stays in the CD player for days.

Streaming
Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41-ksQerUk8)
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/61809gZj46tFYs0g4s51nu)

Track list


Spoiler
Bold = Single
Italics = Video

1. The Illest Villains (https://youtu.be/zQ0yXh_ADlQ/)
2. Accordion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpaonSDPw7Y&index=1&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd/)
3. Meat Grinder (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Ru8d0l_fU&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd&index=2/)
4. Bistro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRRMPtkmJjA&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd&index=3/)
5. Raid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weWTuvdL-LQ&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd&index=4/)
6. America's Most Blunted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU7r89OoAho&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd&index=5/)
7. Sickfit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTPRlerb1zQ&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd&index=6/)
8. Rainbows (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDpaCiXJTEk&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd&index=7/)
9. Curls (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=herNYSdJd0o&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd&index=8/)
10. Do Not Fire! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA2_XNCcygE&index=9&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd/)
11. Money Folder (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okYZpiuvQi4&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd&index=10/)
12. Shadows of Tomorrow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuaVf4f6lBM&index=11&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd/)
13. Operation Lifesaver (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CCZtfZidtw&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd&index=12/)
14. Figaro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7_0vcjN-4c&index=13&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd/)
15. Hardcore Hustle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjJmf6ukHG4&index=14&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd/)
16. Strange Ways (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSxlZQUqVPY&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd&index=15/)
17. Fancy Clown (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYpXwlGT7XE&index=16&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd/)
18. Eye (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbGLhsf1iLQ&index=17&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd/)
19. Supervillain Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx2zU1c2LFM&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd&index=18/)
20. All Caps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewc1hixzYPY&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd&index=19/)
21. Great Day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS1cggllfig&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd&index=20/)
22. Rhinestone Cowboy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4iR668Ki3I&list=PL9dk_xtWpAkKs1-EKcvq-nKwdaaS-3czd&index=21/)

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Articles/Reviews
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5579-madvillainy/
https://www.allmusic.com/album/madvillainy-mw0000335176
https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.28021/title.madvillain-madvillainy-in-review-10-year-anniversary#

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Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Nero_ on May 17, 2018, 09:24:42 am
gold
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Moi~ on May 17, 2018, 01:56:54 pm
gold
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on May 18, 2018, 04:55:16 am
ok I fixed it so it doesn't take 3 years to load
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: DjOverJoy on May 19, 2018, 05:01:45 am
Now THIS is what will revive NW
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on May 19, 2018, 08:42:50 am
Now THIS is what will revive NW
That's the plan
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on May 21, 2018, 09:51:45 pm
Borderline schizo, sorta fine tits though.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Unitater on May 21, 2018, 09:56:08 pm
Hey this is pretty cool
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on May 22, 2018, 12:01:40 am
Borderline schizo, sorta fine tits though.
Like mos def once said. "He raps as weird as I feel"
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Audiate on May 24, 2018, 11:14:51 pm
Definitely among my top 3-5 rappers of all time, and as far as individual musicians, easily top 25 I think, I don't know where exactly if I was to rank them though. His style and structure of writing lyrics is really just straight up clever, among other things. His motifs are so hard to easily guess as they come but he rewards you so hard for trying to predict what his setups are leading to, and in a way he's Gorillaz-esque in that he develops these themes and stories and overall picture to the characters he's created, but he's just so vivid with it and doesn't waste words for the point of radio playability that it works better than Gorillaz, which often just sounds like Damon Albarn roleplaying. That shit's irrelevant, anyway, Madvillainy is probably an album I'll listen to for the rest of my life.

One of my favorites, sooo good.
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpaonSDPw7Y
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Cool idea Dan, I'll be lurking this for sure.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on May 25, 2018, 06:18:11 am
Spoiler
Definitely among my top 3-5 rappers of all time, and as far as individual musicians, easily top 25 I think, I don't know where exactly if I was to rank them though. His style and structure of writing lyrics is really just straight up clever, among other things. His motifs are so hard to easily guess as they come but he rewards you so hard for trying to predict what his setups are leading to, and in a way he's Gorillaz-esque in that he develops these themes and stories and overall picture to the characters he's created, but he's just so vivid with it and doesn't waste words for the point of radio playability that it works better than Gorillaz, which often just sounds like Damon Albarn roleplaying. That shit's irrelevant, anyway, Madvillainy is probably an album I'll listen to for the rest of my life.

One of my favorites, sooo good.
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpaonSDPw7Y
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Cool idea Dan, I'll be lurking this for sure.
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It's so perfectly planned to sound random. DOOM just sounds like a super villain using his powers to be evil with his flow. Stuff like Meat Grinder literally sounding sinister then you have Figaro with the killer beat and then you have All Caps with the samples. It's seriously just so good at being good.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on May 25, 2018, 06:36:24 am

(https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music69/v4/71/17/e4/7117e48b-f212-466b-f479-8a87733f2628/HPD5.jpg/1200x630bb.jpg)

Nujabes - Modal Soul(Jazzhop/Hip Hop)
(Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_Soul))

Background/Review(BonusMusic (https://bonuscut.com/2014/01/15/album-of-the-week-modal-soul-by-nujabes/))

[Nujabes'] follow-up album to his fantastic debut Metaphorical Music is called Modal Soul, and in 2005 it presented some of hip-hop’s core values to a razor thin point: love, compassion, collaboration and understanding. What’s immediately stunning about Modal Soul is that it combines atmospheric feeling of echoing synths and gliding orchestra movements with jazz-like percussion cuts. Almost as if he planned it, Modal Soul is a tribute to hip-hop’s history; Nujabes blends the technical and musical innovation of the 00s and interweaves it with the one love collaboration of the 80s and 90s.


Streaming
Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avBZXNYwuqc)
Spotify (http://open.spotify.com/artist/3Rq3YOF9YG9YfCWD4D56RZ)

Track list


Spoiler
Bold = Single
Italics = Video
1.   "Feather" (Featuring Cise Starr & Akin)   2:55 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od-YUICOsMA&list=PLB9D4229A70325516/)
2.   "Ordinary Joe" (Featuring Terry Callier)   5:07 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vilDJuzlKIw&list=PLB9D4229A70325516&index=2/)
3.   "Reflection Eternal"   4:17 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRcBMM-syVc&index=3&list=PLB9D4229A70325516/)
4.   "Luv (Sic) Part 3" (Featuring Shing02)   5:36 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyoYf7rZVGI&list=PLB9D4229A70325516&index=4/)
5.   "Music Is Mine"   4:20 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4WbixY6-DE&list=PLB9D4229A70325516&index=5/)
6.   "Eclipse" (Featuring Substantial)   3:34 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UJXACKRMlw&list=PLB9D4229A70325516&index=6/)
7.   "The Sign" (Featuring Pase Rock)   4:49 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7huLBb3GVE&index=7&list=PLB9D4229A70325516/)
8.   "Thank You" (Featuring Apani B)   4:09 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpwJphalWh0&list=PLB9D4229A70325516&index=8/)
9.   "World's End Rhapsody"   5:41 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI8I4jvoQTI&list=PLB9D4229A70325516&index=9/)
10.   "Modal Soul" (Featuring Uyama Hiroto)   4:41 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoTzx3tpk-M&list=PLB9D4229A70325516&index=11/)
11.   "Flowers"   3:59 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtpwHIOkD2o&list=PLB9D4229A70325516&index=12/)
12.   "Sea of Cloud"   3:01 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBYDcZMCRnY&list=PLB9D4229A70325516&index=13/)
13.   "Light on the Land"   3:55 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6z1Bm3iINQ&list=PLB9D4229A70325516&index=14/)
14.   "Horizon"   7:20 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSzv9NCwI1I&list=PLB9D4229A70325516&index=15/)

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Articles/Reviews
https://bonuscut.com/2014/01/15/album-of-the-week-modal-soul-by-nujabes/
https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/4wg3bv/why_is_it_so_good_modal_soul_by_nujabes/
https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/1hph0h/guide_to_nujabes_xpost_from_rchillhop/

Want more like this?
Jazzhop/Chillhop/LoFi Hip Hop(Pretty much everything recommended on Youtube nowadays)
Uyama Hiroto
dj krush - Kakusei(Personally recommend)
Can't really talk about these guys but it's a start (https://www.reddit.com/r/Nujabes/comments/3t7uol/artists_similar_to_nujabes)
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: MarxeiL on May 25, 2018, 10:56:09 pm
Good stuff, mate!
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on May 27, 2018, 01:00:58 pm
Alright you fogies, this album means a lot to me because I like it and I think it's pretty good. Like no special sob story about it but I've probably listened to it 500-600 times because it's just really good. It sort of just has the production of an angel and the lyrics of a blind African child who knows three words. Good thing it's like an 11/10 on instrumentals because the lyrics are not really what you came to see. Not to say that they are terrible or anything but they aren't the main course. Feathers to kick it off sort of gives us that juicy taste. Absolutely banging instrumental with pretty good flow and lyricism just gives the chilliest of vibes. I'm pretty sure you're meant to be able to sleep in a firefight while listening to this shit. The pope would probably be passing a bowl by 10 minutes in.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Nero_ on May 27, 2018, 01:06:34 pm
Nujabes :'(
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on May 28, 2018, 09:20:55 am
Nujabes is the prime chill choice of instrumental/lofi rap
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on May 29, 2018, 08:03:55 am
Would you guys like it if I did like EPs and stuff like that too? Maybe like 3-4 albums then do like 2-3 EPs in a week or something like that
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on June 01, 2018, 07:15:05 am

(https://images.rapgenius.com/atkarozcf8vt4x54t8ap07sma.722x722x1.jpg)

Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap(Hip Hop)
(Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_Rap))

Background/Review(Pitchfork (https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18105-chance-the-rapper-acid-rap/))

Barely out of his teens, Chancelor Bennett has transformed himself from a suspended high school student to a much adored Chicago rapper. His second mixtape, Acid Rap, invites elements of classic soul, juke, gospel, blues-rock, drill, acid jazz, house, ragtime scat, and R. Kelly, Twista, and a young Kanye to the same open mic poetry night.


Streaming
Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e67Q-sTHVhc)

Track list


Spoiler
Bold = Single
Italics = Video
1.   "Good Ass Intro" (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid, Lili K., Kiara Lanier, Peter Cottontale, Will of the O'mys and JP of Kids These Days)   3:59 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftSUchAdVTE&index=1&list=PLn9FG3rx4Zs_pRlaeZifZRs3C8HAb-P6c)
2.   "Pusha Man / Paranoia" (featuring Lili K. and Nate Fox)      7:24 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0DcVbSYWUA&index=2&list=PLn9FG3rx4Zs_pRlaeZifZRs3C8HAb-P6c)
3.   "Cocoa Butter Kisses" (featuring Vic Mensa and Twista)    5:08 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TErySTMbFlk&index=3&list=PLn9FG3rx4Zs_pRlaeZifZRs3C8HAb-P6c)
4.   "Juice"   3:35 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av8sn7BXLxE&index=4&list=PLn9FG3rx4Zs_pRlaeZifZRs3C8HAb-P6c)
5.   "Lost" (featuring Noname)   3:04 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqjxjMcLK9U&list=PLn9FG3rx4Zs_pRlaeZifZRs3C8HAb-P6c&index=5)
6.   "Everybody's Something" (featuring Saba and BJ the Chicago Kid)   4:37 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoS9rEfHKwo&index=6&list=PLn9FG3rx4Zs_pRlaeZifZRs3C8HAb-P6c)
7.   "Interlude (That's Love)"   2:29 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwnZI01YdXE&index=7&list=PLn9FG3rx4Zs_pRlaeZifZRs3C8HAb-P6c)
8.   "Favorite Song" (featuring Childish Gambino)   3:05 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mtA9GvpzwU&list=PLn9FG3rx4Zs_pRlaeZifZRs3C8HAb-P6c&index=8)
9.   "NaNa" (featuring Action Bronson)   3:20 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLWv91Tljhw&index=9&list=PLn9FG3rx4Zs_pRlaeZifZRs3C8HAb-P6c)
10.   "Smoke Again" (featuring Ab-Soul)   4:32 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4_Dmp6lbDE&list=PLn9FG3rx4Zs_pRlaeZifZRs3C8HAb-P6c&index=10)
11.   "Acid Rain"   3:36 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1AOoHSijIk&index=11&list=PLn9FG3rx4Zs_pRlaeZifZRs3C8HAb-P6c)
12.   "Chain Smoker"    3:30 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bigsk2g7xO8&index=12&list=PLn9FG3rx4Zs_pRlaeZifZRs3C8HAb-P6c)
13.   "Everything's Good (Good Ass Outro)"    5:33 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNBpzSWeYRI&list=PLn9FG3rx4Zs_pRlaeZifZRs3C8HAb-P6c&index=13)
[/i][/b]
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Articles/Reviews
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRo8eqva0qzpa8L8IgLMOM5U5rSdhk3TP [Making of Acid Rap]
https://www.complex.com/music/2018/04/chance-the-rapper-acid-rap-oral-history-5-year-anniversary
https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.2079/title.chance-the-rapper-acid-rap-mixtape-review

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Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Audiate on June 01, 2018, 06:37:48 pm
That album was my 2014-2015 hot shit. Wew.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on June 02, 2018, 12:42:37 am
Do somethin i havent listened to 80 times
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on June 02, 2018, 12:49:06 am
Do somethin i havent listened to 80 times
Mongolian death rap here we come
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Council on June 02, 2018, 02:43:15 am
M.Points sucks
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: DjOverJoy on June 02, 2018, 05:32:40 am
Do somethin i havent listened to 80 times
Mongolian death rap here we come

Kanye's new album Ye. Ghost town is probably one of my favorite songs Kanye has ever made, this shit isn't even hip-hop anymore - it's art.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on June 05, 2018, 07:42:08 am

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fthefader-res.cloudinary.com%2Fprivate_images%2Fw_760%2Cc_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Abest%2FDemr_PbV4AAnt-U_tk8kio%2Fkanye-west-ye-album-credits.jpg&hash=d55c4a5a92864321120a65bee020a97b39a8cbbc)

Kanye West - Ye(Hip Hop)
(Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_(album)))

Background/Review(Pitchfork (https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/kanye-west-ye/))

"Kanye West’s stint in Wyoming created an album born from chaos for chaos’ sake. Though it can be somewhat fascinating, it is undoubtedly a low point in his career.

There is something about the crumbling of American civilization that makes you want to say “fuck it” and go full cowboy; cue Kanye West and friends cosplaying Wyoming as a concept, living out a dude-ranch fantasy beneath the Tetons. It was there, in Jackson Hole—the most economically imbalanced city in America—where Kanye threw together his eighth album in the midst of a public unraveling that, in a society where celebrity wasn’t deified, would be the stuff that ends a career."


Streaming
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/5EBGCvO6upi3GNknMVe9x9)

Track list


Spoiler
Bold = Single
Italics = Video
1.   "I Thought About Killing You"   4:34 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUinAyZXZA8)
2.   "Yikes"   3:08 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3IMms8g-lg)
3.   "All Mine"     2:25 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJUF64iFGgo)
4.   "Wouldn't Leave"   3:25 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz_YwUpNOcw)
5.   "No Mistakes"   2:03 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_twMhgwRoaY)
6.   "Ghost Town"   4:31 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kVtEdisM0A)
7.   "Violent Crimes"      3:35 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bywWYOzZdY)
[close]

Articles/Reviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixElcxn6PlQ [FANTANO ALBUM REVIEW]
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/entertainment/kanye-west-slavery-album/index.html
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/kanye-wests-ye-album-rollout-almost-certainly-wasnt-performance-art-w521070

Want more like this?
Umm I don't really know for this one


I'm gonna just try this out for this week. Like if you guys like this then we can do this for some new releases.

Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: DjOverJoy on June 06, 2018, 12:30:25 am
This album gave me a serious rollercoaster of emotions, from the jarring and bass-bumping Yikes to the beautiful and gospel-inspired Ghost Town. This album was also made in less than a month, after Kanye went to the TMZ interview where he said slavery was a choice he scrapped the whole album he had at that point and started over. Ye is a journey into the enigmatic and puzzling mind of this cultural mogul and his struggles with his bipolar disorder. It's beautifully disorganized and perfectly scattered, it's a journey of himself as a person and artist, most notably in the final track Violent Crimes where he talks about his daughter growing up and his changed opinion on woman. While this is not the perfection of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy it still gave me chills when I heard old Kanye coming out in these songs. Overall, I'd give this an album a 9/10, it has a ton of replayability and does not disappoint even after multiple listens. As skeptical as I was after Kanye was seemingly imploding with his remarks in the news this album blew me away. Kanye solidified himself as my favorite artist with his countless solid albums - he has not made a bad album, period.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on June 06, 2018, 05:28:31 am
Mbdtf light to decent 6
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: DjOverJoy on June 07, 2018, 03:45:55 am
Mbdtf light to decent 6

I would like to see what album you think deserves a 10/10
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Oatmeal on June 07, 2018, 03:51:39 am
sub
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Grimsight on June 07, 2018, 04:45:39 am
henlo) plaese recomend your faverite death metal ablum
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Oatmeal on June 07, 2018, 05:12:49 am
thoughts???


https://youtu.be/Sli3QRsSbZA
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on June 07, 2018, 09:09:38 am
Acid Rap is a happy sounding album about darkness. It's sort of a mix of everything that Chicago has to offer and the experiences of Chano. I really don't think that Chance could make another song let alone EP or even album like this. It's just so joyfully dark.



Ye really feels like it was thrown together at the last moment and it's rather DARK. Really poor mastering throughout like I guess it could be considered a stylistic choice but it's just annoying really. The production is fine but it sort of tries to be like The Life of Pablo but just not quite all there. I sort of feels like Kanye doesn't want to be associated with the almost-orchestral production that he's famous for and it's not like it's minimalistic like Jeezus either. I don't really know if this was to be the finished product but I don't really think it received the Kanye fit and finish. The lyrics really really recent which I think supports that this album was rewritten/redone. Most bars are fine, some cheesy(It's Kanye though) but some are just really weird. "Violent Crimes" is literally about his daughter growing up very attractive with bars like "I pray that you don't get it all at once/Curves under your dress, I know it's pervs all on the net". Ye is weird yo like ?/5



Daytona is pretty good and you guessed it rather dark and gritty like everything this week somehow. Pusha T lyricism/word play/double entendres are just so good. Really dark production that sort of sounds evil for good reason. Pusha just about goes after everyone and everything including the industry, politics, etc. Pusha T = rather good


Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on June 07, 2018, 06:07:49 pm
If you know you know and hard piano were some that I liked from Daytona. Production is different and pusha does go hard on everything.

Ye was good for sure just a shortwinded update on Kanyes current state, the songs are nice but ehhhhhhhhh idk somethings not hittin it for me
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on June 08, 2018, 08:54:16 pm


(https://image-cdn.hypb.st/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2018%2F06%2Fkid-cudi-kanye-west-murakami-kids-see-ghosts-album-art-1.jpg?q=75&w=800&fit=max&auto=compress%2Cformat)

[Week 3.75]Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
(Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_See_Ghosts))

Streaming
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/1v9d39PxNmtRvYWw2ztydx)


I'll do the rest later
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: DjOverJoy on June 09, 2018, 08:25:37 pm
Fuck it dude just review all the G.O.O.D Friday albums that are dropping on Friday, they all so far are great. I'm excited for the Nas album that is dropping on Friday, Kanye has the ability to chop up samples and create insane beats that Nas seems to excel on. I fucking can't wait
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on June 11, 2018, 11:29:47 pm

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0154/0333/products/Pirates_Press_Open_Mike_Eagle_Math_was_Invented_in_the_Projects_3600x3600_RGB_e219242b-22db-4973-8b08-ce8140e888e3_1024x1024.jpg?v=1518802790)

[Week 4]Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream(Hip Hop)
(Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_Body_Kids_Still_Daydream))

Background/Review(Pitchfork (https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/open-mike-eagle-brick-body-kids-still-daydream/))

Armed with a caustic wit and a poetic eye, Open Mike Eagle builds a small, quiet monument to a housing project in Chicago across a diverse and singular piece of contemporary hip-hop.


Streaming
Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FCRoJaaN_Q)
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/1VDnqZVFSg0xVF104kaIix)

Track list


Spoiler
Bold = Single
Italics = Video

OrderSongProducerLength
1"Legendary Iron Hood"Exile   3:47
2"(How Could Anybody) Feel at Home"DJ Nobody4:14
3"Hymnal" (featuring Sammus)   Andrew Broder3:20
4"No Selling (Uncle Butch Pretending It Don't Hurt)"   Kenny Segal3:02
5"Happy Wasteland Day"   Exile3:42
6"Daydreaming in the Projects"   Illingsworth3:12
7"Brick Body Complex"   Caleb Stone4:07
8"TLDR (Smithing)"   Illingsworth2:47
9"Breezeway Ritual"   Lo-Phi2:24
10"Wedding Ghosts"   Elos2:18
11"95 Radios" (featuring Has-Lo)   Has-Lo4:03
12"My Auntie's Building"   Toylight2:15

[close]

Articles/Reviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdiGlNbz_Qc/ (Anthony Fantano)
https://www.spin.com/2017/09/open-mike-eagle-brick-body-kids-still-daydream-review/
https://www.npr.org/event/music/575072461/open-mike-eagle-tiny-desk-concert

Want more like this?
Dark Comedy - Open Mike Eagle
They Might Be Giants
Lots of Alt Hip Hop just look



Alright so I think I'll put out an older record on mondays and then I throw up a post on any albums that come out

Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on June 19, 2018, 06:18:07 am

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xxlmag.com%2Ffiles%2F2018%2F06%2FNas-Nasir-Album-Cover-feature.jpg%3Fw%3D980%26amp%3Bq%3D75&hash=6b2965f8cac2f11d185bfbb5443c2f1334fcb16a)

[Week 4.5]Nas - Nasir
(Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasir_(album)))

Streaming
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/66EwBbt2kPgugo8Wz0SKAw)


I'll do the rest later

Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Nero_ on June 19, 2018, 03:08:16 pm
Its ok
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on June 19, 2018, 06:19:01 pm
Its ok
I agree
Kids see ghost>Nasir>Ye
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Runepkyz on June 19, 2018, 06:33:48 pm
Idk if you guys like this stuff but tell me what you think.
https://youtu.be/gDCHx4tPv-Y (https://youtu.be/gDCHx4tPv-Y)
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on June 19, 2018, 10:56:26 pm
Its ok
I agree
Kids see ghost>Nasir>Ye
yee

Kanye has been on point all year, Nasir was pretty great I liked it a little more than daytona
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on June 19, 2018, 11:20:39 pm
Its ok
I agree
Kids see ghost>Nasir>Ye
yee

Kanye has been on point all year, Nasir was pretty great I liked it a little more than daytona
Oh yeah I forgot Daytona
Kids see ghost>Daytona>Nasir>Ye
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on June 26, 2018, 12:12:19 am

(https://t2.genius.com/unsafe/892x0/https%3A%2F%2Fimages.genius.com%2Fa20a6e62f3cac5b33c6ac2c5a6ae57e1.1000x1000x1.png)

[Week 5]A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory(Hip Hop)
(Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Low_End_Theory))

Background/Review(AllMusic (https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-low-end-theory-mw0000268671/))

While most of the players in the jazz-rap movement never quite escaped the pasted-on qualities of their vintage samples, with The Low End Theory, A Tribe Called Quest created one of the closest and most brilliant fusions of jazz atmosphere and hip-hop attitude ever recorded. The rapping by Q-Tip and Phife Dawg could be the smoothest of any rap record ever heard; the pair are so in tune with each other, they sound like flip sides of the same personality, fluidly trading off on rhymes, with the former earning his nickname (the Abstract) and Phife concerning himself with the more concrete issues of being young, gifted, and black. The trio also takes on the rap game with a pair of hard-hitting tracks: "Rap Promoter" and "Show Business," the latter a lyrical soundclash with Q-Tip and Phife plus Brand Nubian's Diamond D, Lord Jamar, and Sadat X. The woman problem gets investigated as well, on two realistic yet sensitive tracks, "Butter" and "The Infamous Date Rape." The productions behind these tracks aren't quite skeletal, but they're certainly not complex. Instead, Tribe weaves little more than a stand-up bass (sampled or, on one track, jazz luminary Ron Carter) and crisp, live-sounding drum programs with a few deftly placed samples or electric keyboards. It's a tribute to their unerring production sense that, with just those few tools, Tribe produced one of the best hip-hop albums in history, a record that sounds better with each listen. The Low End Theory is an unqualified success, the perfect marriage of intelligent, flowing raps to nuanced, groove-centered productions.

Streaming
Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Zqol7ARCk)
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/1p12OAWwudgMqfMzjMvl2a)

Track list


Spoiler
Bold = Single
Italics = Video
1.   "Excursions"   3:55 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDKrJhNOygA&list=PLCS7YO1Ljj3kZOnlBWylLgiQtum27-eCE)
2.   "Buggin' Out"   3:37 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9oTCzWRuvQ&index=2&list=PLCS7YO1Ljj3kZOnlBWylLgiQtum27-eCE)
3.   "Rap Promoter"      2:13 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhZpFBFpBO4&index=3&list=PLCS7YO1Ljj3kZOnlBWylLgiQtum27-eCE)
4.   "Butter"   3:39 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-lNdALkI1U&list=PLCS7YO1Ljj3kZOnlBWylLgiQtum27-eCE&index=4)
5.   "Verses from the Abstract" (featuring Vinia Mojica and Ron Carter)   3:59 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIqm40Y0LVw&list=PLCS7YO1Ljj3kZOnlBWylLgiQtum27-eCE&index=5)
6.   "Show Business" (featuring Diamond D, Lord Jamar and Sadat X)      3:53 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vTn8qUYHEw&index=6&list=PLCS7YO1Ljj3kZOnlBWylLgiQtum27-eCE)
7.   "Vibes and Stuff"   4:18 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLXe13ICck4&index=7&list=PLCS7YO1Ljj3kZOnlBWylLgiQtum27-eCE)
8.   "The Infamous Date Rape"      2:54 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tchKEI4F5s&list=PLCS7YO1Ljj3kZOnlBWylLgiQtum27-eCE&index=8)
9.   "Check the Rhime"   3:37 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBknsqfFERE&list=PLCS7YO1Ljj3kZOnlBWylLgiQtum27-eCE&index=9)
10.   "Everything Is Fair"   2:58 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVBLKmppVgM&list=PLCS7YO1Ljj3kZOnlBWylLgiQtum27-eCE&index=10)
11.   "Jazz (We've Got)"   4:10 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxN4nKk2cfk&list=PLCS7YO1Ljj3kZOnlBWylLgiQtum27-eCE&index=11)
12.   "Skypager"   2:12 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYc50S23pQY&list=PLCS7YO1Ljj3kZOnlBWylLgiQtum27-eCE&index=12)
13.   "What?"   2:29 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2JKwiDm7ug&list=PLCS7YO1Ljj3kZOnlBWylLgiQtum27-eCE&index=13)
14.   "Scenario" (featuring Busta Rhymes, Charlie Brown and Dinco D)   4:10 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6TLWqn82J4&index=14&list=PLCS7YO1Ljj3kZOnlBWylLgiQtum27-eCE)
[close]

Articles/Reviews
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-low-end-theory-10-things-you-didnt-know-w441867
https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.3478/title.the-real-blueprint-how-atcqs-the-low-end-theory-inspired-todays-rap-hits
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/w9rg/
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/midnight-marauders-19931125

Want more like this?
***Midnight Mauraders***(A Tribe Called Quest's next release)


Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Nero_ on June 26, 2018, 12:27:48 am
👌👌👌
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on June 26, 2018, 02:09:25 am
Please act proper before I call the crime stoppers
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Grimsight on June 26, 2018, 03:30:36 am
Idk if you guys like this stuff but tell me what you think.
https://youtu.be/gDCHx4tPv-Y (https://youtu.be/gDCHx4tPv-Y)

DGD was a cool introduction to a whole new area of music for me. though after some time I feel like DGD are too predictable, annoyingly so. Every song follows the same pattern.

here's a few albums you might like. as with most new metal its all really edgy/borderline emo cringe but they're god tier musicians so who cares

Wake by Hail the Sun << a lot like DGD but edgier and more interesting song structure
One by Tesseract << heavy as fuck, masterpiece
Nostalgia by Corelia << sick instrumentals
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Nero_ on June 26, 2018, 07:38:00 am
Wake by Hail the Sun << a lot like DGD but edgier and more interesting song structure
can commend
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on June 26, 2018, 08:46:11 am
Please act proper before I call the crime stoppers
https://youtu.be/MQOG5BkY2Bc?t=1m50s
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on June 29, 2018, 08:46:23 pm
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/hiphopdx-production/2018/06/drake-scorpion-800x600.jpg)
[Week 5.5]Drake - Scorpion
(Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion_(Drake_album))

Streaming

Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/2o9McLtDM7mbODV7yZF2mc)


(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdis.resized.images.s3.amazonaws.com%2F540x540%2F105681.jpeg&hash=a403263d876cd80ad34322db0ed3bcdd31a7612d)
[Week 5.5 2]Gorillaz - The Now Now
(Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Now_Now)

Streaming

Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/1amYhlukNF8WdaQC3gKkgL)


Talking points
How do these compare with previous releases?
Was this a departure from the artist's previous work?
Do you like the musical direction that the artist is heading?
What did you or didn't you like about the release?

Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Nero_ on June 29, 2018, 08:47:39 pm
i liked scorpion
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Fartknocker on June 29, 2018, 10:48:41 pm
Drake went in. I only listened to the rap side tho. Don't have time for the other half yet.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Keita on June 30, 2018, 01:00:45 am
/sub
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Who- on June 30, 2018, 01:31:59 am
I think the RnB side was better
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on July 02, 2018, 01:26:05 am
Rate the first 5 weeks of albums (https://goo.gl/forms/CAXadM7xHeoRQJtl2)
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on July 06, 2018, 09:30:45 pm
(https://ssl.ulximg.com/image/750x750/cover/1530848319_75ebefc98e7d7ed6c9d5d13481756fa6.jpg/0bed1c284c202673cb88e34a071b58c5/1530848319_f0102c2f2f3f4924a1d106e8590d80b8.jpg)
[Week 5.75] Future - Beastmode 2

Streaming
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/6Ew52HWkgfbth9ihRAq2Xd?si=MJZTmzvEQb2GUGSD3KtsAA)
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on July 13, 2018, 10:33:31 pm

(https://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2013/07/Cypress-Hill-Black-Sunday-608x608.jpg)

[Week 6] Cypress Hill - Black Sunday(Hip Hop)
(Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sunday_(Cypress_Hill_album)))

Background/Review(AllMusic (https://www.allmusic.com/album/black-sunday-mw0000619702))

Black Sunday made Cypress Hill's connection to rock & roll more explicit, with its heavy metal-like artwork and noisier, more dissonant samples (including, naturally, stoner icons Black Sabbath). It's a slightly darker affair than its groundbreaking predecessor, with the threats of violence more urgent and the pot obsession played to the hilt (after all, it was a crucial part of their widespread appeal). Apart from those subtle distinctions, the sound of Black Sunday is pretty much the same as Cypress Hill, refining the group's innovations into an accessible bid for crossover success. In fact, it's a little startling how often Black Sunday recycles musical ideas and even lyrical catch phrases from the endlessly inventive debut. And the rock-derived, verse-chorus song structures start to sound a little formulaic by the end of the record (how many choruses feature Sen Dog repeating part of whatever B Real just said?). But in spite of that, Black Sunday still sounds vital and lively, since the group has a surer sense of craft. Most of the tracks are fleshed out into structured songs, in contrast to the brief sketches that punctuated Cypress Hill. The album benefits immensely from the resulting clutch of excellent singles (and songs that could have been), and while a couple of tracks feel redundant and underdeveloped, Black Sunday is overall a consistent, engaging listen, especially the flawless first half or so. Unfortunately, it's also the group's last great album, thanks to the musical recycling operation that began here and would handicap much of their subsequent work.

Streaming
Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzb9SLy0PrY)
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/02lktkm4J7K7N8T63Gm7KX)

Track list


Spoiler
Bold = Single
Italics = Video

1.   "I Wanna Get High"   2:54 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAvPLP8oQ6M&list=PL0977DB481D8DF38F)
2.   "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That"   4:27 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZOEOwKtUcQ&index=2&list=PL0977DB481D8DF38F)
3.   "Insane in the Brain"   3:28 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fhFSXywDHw&list=PL0977DB481D8DF38F&index=3)
4.   "When the Shit Goes Down"   3:08 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBU7A3Z78Og&list=PL0977DB481D8DF38F&index=4)
5.   "Lick a Shot"   3:23 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHnC6h1jE3c&list=PL0977DB481D8DF38F&index=5)
6.   "Cock the Hammer"   4:25 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dOQBuVT50g&list=PL0977DB481D8DF38F&index=6)
7.   "Lock Down"   1:16 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HQ4MzGkjvM&index=7&list=PL0977DB481D8DF38F)
8.   "3 Lil' Putos"   3:40 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGWO4uJtXhA&list=PL0977DB481D8DF38F&index=8)
9.   "Legalize It"   0:46 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkHHxtqjo9s&index=9&list=PL0977DB481D8DF38F)
10.   "Hits from the Bong"   2:40 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSgcpX4q-Qk&list=PL0977DB481D8DF38F&index=10)
11.   "What Go Around Come Around, Kid"   3:42 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAPm0JglTIc&list=PL0977DB481D8DF38F&index=11)
12.   "A to the K"   3:27 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfxdAun_htU&index=12&list=PL0977DB481D8DF38F)
13.   "Hand on the Glock"   3:32 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVdU18V0oQA&index=13&list=PL0977DB481D8DF38F)
14.   "Break 'Em Off Some"   2:44 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs-i8sMG7h4&list=PL0977DB481D8DF38F&index=14)
[close]

Articles/Reviews
www.stereogum.com/1410271/black-sunday-turns-20/franchises/the-anniversary%3Famp%3D1
http://www.xxlmag.com/news/hip-hop-today/2015/07/today-in-hip-hop-cypress-hills-black-sunday/

Want more like this?
Early Wu-Tang
Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes


Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Hawkince on July 21, 2018, 05:14:35 am
posting on here so dan doesnt get banned ur welcome cuck
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on July 28, 2018, 03:54:29 am
(https://t2.genius.com/unsafe/892x0/https%3A%2F%2Fimages.genius.com%2F83d21a9c8106d43fc6ce3d2ef877ceff.804x804x1.jpg)
[Week 6.5]Denzel Curry - TA13OO

Streaming
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/6idVoBWP2mt1qoMtASm3gc)
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on July 31, 2018, 06:23:51 am

(https://static.webshopapp.com/shops/163277/files/086127998/taylor-swift-fearless-lp.jpg)

[Week 7] Taylor Swift - Fearless (Pop)
(Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_(Taylor_Swift_album)/)))


Background/Review(AllMusic (https://www.allmusic.com/album/fearless-mw0000813082))

Taylor Swift abandons any pretense that she's a teen on her second album, Fearless -- which isn't to say that she suddenly tarts herself up, running away from her youth in a manner that's all too familiar to many teen stars. Swift's maturation is deliberate and careful, styled after the crossover country-pop of Shania Twain and Faith Hill before they turned into divas. Despite the success of her self-titled 2006 debut, there's nothing at all diva-like about Swift on 2008's Fearless: she's soft-spoken and considerate, a big sister instead of a big star. Nowhere is this truer than on "Fifteen," a kind warning for a teen to watch her heart sung from the perspective of a woman who's perhaps twice that age -- a sly trick for the 18-year-old Swift. There may be a hint of youthfulness to her singing but that's the only hint of girlishness here; her writing -- and she had a hand in penning all 13 tracks here, with six of them bearing her solitary credit -- is sharply, subtly crafted and the music is softly assured, never pushing its hooks too hard and settling into a warm bed of guitars and keyboards. Like many country-pop albums of the 2000s, the pop heavily outweighs the country -- there aren't fiddles here, there are violins -- yet Fearless never feels garish, a crass attempt at a crossover success. It's small-scale and sweetly tuneful, always seeming humble even when the power ballads build to a big close. Swift's gentle touch is as enduring as her songcraft, and this musical maturity may not quite jibe with her age but it does help make Fearless one of the best mainstream pop albums of 2008.


Streaming
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/2dqn5yOQWdyGwOpOIi9O4x)


Track list


Spoiler
Bold = Single
Italics = Video

1.   "I Wanna Get High"   2:54 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAvPLP8oQ6M&list=PL0977DB481D8DF38F)
1.   "Fearless"     4:01 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptSjNWnzpjg)
2.   "Fifteen"   4:54 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb-K2tXWK4w)
3.   "Love Story"   3:55 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xg3vE8Ie_E)
4.   "Hey Stephen"   4:14 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8xJ1UzeOMc&index=4&list=PLhu5SnUavd09_9mkFCwVjI8LAE1Aa--ek)
5.   "White Horse"    3:54 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Xr-JFLxik)
6.   "You Belong with Me"    3:51 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuNIsY6JdUw)
7.   "Breathe" (featuring Colbie Caillat)   4:23 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX29Om72voE&index=7&list=PLhu5SnUavd09_9mkFCwVjI8LAE1Aa--ek)
8.   "Tell Me Why"   3:20 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TDg48QcAbc&list=PLhu5SnUavd09_9mkFCwVjI8LAE1Aa--ek&index=8)
9.   "You're Not Sorry"   4:21 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6x8m73lU3U&index=9&list=PLhu5SnUavd09_9mkFCwVjI8LAE1Aa--ek)
10.   "The Way I Loved You"   4:04 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxzZmLJfq-c&list=PLhu5SnUavd09_9mkFCwVjI8LAE1Aa--ek&index=10)
11.   "Forever & Always"   3:45 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3rsyHOMoRA&index=11&list=PLhu5SnUavd09_9mkFCwVjI8LAE1Aa--ek)
12.   "The Best Day"   4:05 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08MOhPoPXws&index=12&list=PLhu5SnUavd09_9mkFCwVjI8LAE1Aa--ek)
13.   "Change"   4:40 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1jYllE0T-k)
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Articles/Reviews
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8029968/taylor-swift-fearless-best-album
https://www.npr.org/2008/12/04/97800838/taylor-swifts-fearless-follow-up-album
http://www.vulture.com/2017/11/revisiting-taylor-swifts-album-fearless.html


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Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Sir-Legion on July 31, 2018, 11:56:44 am
https://youtu.be/6pV80HdTKZE

Trip
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: MightyPaiN on July 31, 2018, 01:11:41 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tS6-MT3WqI
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on August 03, 2018, 06:46:50 am
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjdQ5pBU8AAdonH.jpg:orig)
[Week 7.5a] Travis Scott - Astroworld

Streaming
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/41GuZcammIkupMPKH2OJ6I)

(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/750/1*5hgNnRwpmSrJrBfWhCnWrA.jpeg)
[Week 7.5b] Mac Miller - Swimming

Streaming
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/5wtE5aLX5r7jOosmPhJhhk)

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[Week 7.5c] YG - STAY DANGEROUS

Streaming
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/5IYvKd22yQkJRfoIStesbX)

https://www.reddit.com/r/RapLeaks/

Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Shine on August 03, 2018, 07:03:02 am
3 albums one night fuck it who needs sleep

a. Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD

First listen, but I can pretty confidently say it might by AOTY for me.

I've liked just about every song apart from STOP TRYING TO BE GOD, for the sloppy and annoying instrumentals. First 3 tracks are my favorite. There's amazing production throughout the album. Travis assembled a pretty phenomenal feature list as well.

Only negative thing I can say is a select few of the tracks seem a little conceptually messy and all over the place.

9/10
[close]

b. Mac Miller - Swimming

Mac comes on this album with a really nice concept of swimming in your problems and not drowning in them and makes it work incredibly. Last half of the album is weaker. Really chill feeling on every track throughout the album. Definitely worth a listen and something to vibe out to.

Hurt Feelings is amazing, favorite track. Least favorite would be Small Worlds.

8/10
[close]

c. YG - STAY DANGEROUS

ok dis hard

Pretty consistent stuff from YG, never disappoints and you know exactly what you're getting. Just some pretty hard trap-flavored beats with entertaining bars.
BULLETPROOF slaps. HANDGUN is a low point.

6/10
[close]

d. Baka Not Nice - 4Milli

Was pretty disappointed, only dropping 8 tracks with half of them being pre-released singles.

Only track I really enjoyed was Live Up to My Name. Otherwise pretty boring songs with weak hooks and okay production.

3/10? if that.
[close]
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: AeroNinja on August 03, 2018, 09:08:15 am
Anyone into Witch House - Darkwave?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kw_gbo2Nm4
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on August 03, 2018, 03:41:09 pm
3 albums one night fuck it who needs sleep

a. Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD

First listen, but I can pretty confidently say it might by AOTY for me.

I've liked just about every song apart from STOP TRYING TO BE GOD, for the sloppy and annoying instrumentals. First 3 tracks are my favorite. There's amazing production throughout the album. Travis assembled a pretty phenomenal feature list as well.

Only negative thing I can say is a select few of the tracks seem a little conceptually messy and all over the place.

9/10
[close]

b. Mac Miller - Swimming

Mac comes on this album with a really nice concept of swimming in your problems and not drowning in them and makes it work incredibly. Last half of the album is weaker. Really chill feeling on every track throughout the album. Definitely worth a listen and something to vibe out to.

Hurt Feelings is amazing, favorite track. Least favorite would be Small Worlds.

8/10
[close]

c. YG - STAY DANGEROUS

ok dis hard

Pretty consistent stuff from YG, never disappoints and you know exactly what you're getting. Just some pretty hard trap-flavored beats with entertaining bars.
BULLETPROOF slaps. HANDGUN is a low point.

6/10
[close]

d. Baka Not Nice - 4Milli

Was pretty disappointed, only dropping 8 tracks with half of them being pre-released singles.

Only track I really enjoyed was Live Up to My Name. Otherwise pretty boring songs with weak hooks and okay production.

3/10? if that.
[close]
wow travis scott a 9/10 jesus christ

I'll be listenin to these albums all day today
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Shine on August 03, 2018, 04:32:03 pm
3 albums one night fuck it who needs sleep

a. Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD

First listen, but I can pretty confidently say it might by AOTY for me.

I've liked just about every song apart from STOP TRYING TO BE GOD, for the sloppy and annoying instrumentals. First 3 tracks are my favorite. There's amazing production throughout the album. Travis assembled a pretty phenomenal feature list as well.

Only negative thing I can say is a select few of the tracks seem a little conceptually messy and all over the place.

9/10
[close]

b. Mac Miller - Swimming

Mac comes on this album with a really nice concept of swimming in your problems and not drowning in them and makes it work incredibly. Last half of the album is weaker. Really chill feeling on every track throughout the album. Definitely worth a listen and something to vibe out to.

Hurt Feelings is amazing, favorite track. Least favorite would be Small Worlds.

8/10
[close]

c. YG - STAY DANGEROUS

ok dis hard

Pretty consistent stuff from YG, never disappoints and you know exactly what you're getting. Just some pretty hard trap-flavored beats with entertaining bars.
BULLETPROOF slaps. HANDGUN is a low point.

6/10
[close]

d. Baka Not Nice - 4Milli

Was pretty disappointed, only dropping 8 tracks with half of them being pre-released singles.

Only track I really enjoyed was Live Up to My Name. Otherwise pretty boring songs with weak hooks and okay production.

3/10? if that.
[close]
wow travis scott a 9/10 jesus christ

I'll be listenin to these albums all day today

i’m not even a huge trav-stan I just really fw this album
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on August 04, 2018, 03:02:23 am
alright the new travis album is a 6/10, there's like 4 maybe 5 good songs and the rest sound like every other travis scott song, it is very far from being even an inkling better than kids see ghost

it just feels like a collection of songs that are all very similar, and the production+features carries this album hard

fav. song wake up
least fav. rip screw
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Shine on August 04, 2018, 03:18:28 am
alright the new travis album is a 6/10, there's like 4 maybe 5 good songs and the rest sound like every other travis scott song, it is very far from being even an inkling better than kids see ghost

it just feels like a collection of songs that are all very similar, and the production+features carries this album hard

fav. song wake up
least fav. rip screw

After a couple more listens I do have to say that they are starting to sound similar, some more variance would be nice but I still give it a strong 7. Rode the hype train.

Same goes for Swimming.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on August 07, 2018, 04:09:52 am
yeah yeah, i liked swimming and yg's album better

actually

fuck travis scott fuckin homogenous boring space trap
6/10

rodeo was a light 6 to decent 7/10

birds in the trap even worse
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on August 07, 2018, 05:24:01 am

(https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1037402659_10.jpg)

[Week 8] Count Bass D - Dwight Spitz (Hip hop)
(Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Spitz/)))


Background/Review(albumism (http://www.albumism.com/features/lest-we-forget-count-bass-d-dwight-spitz))
When Dwight “Count Bass D” Farrell dropped his debut album Pre-Life Crisis in 1995, it was noted for its live instrumentation-based production, his mix of rap and singing vocalisms, and his quirky sense of humor. The Count was a gifted musician and singer (he played three instruments and sang in his church choir), and it showed. Seven years later, when he released Dwight Spitz, the Count still made use of his quirky humor and singing ability, but also began to favor sample-based production. Part of this decision was artistic, but it was also out of necessity: Count had lost his record deal with Sony, so recording using only live instrumentation would be cost-prohibitive.


Streaming
Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cE7IiblM-8)


Track list


Spoiler
Bold = Single
Italics = Video
1.   "Jussa Playa"      1:28
2.   "Aural S(ECT)s"      1:30
3.   "Gon' Get Yours"      0:33
4.   "Antemeridian"      1:37
5.   "Postmeridian"      0:56
6.   "How We Met" (feat. Edan)      1:18
7.   "Just Say No To Drugs"      0:31
8.   "Sanctuary"      1:43
9.   "Subwoofer (Dumile)"      2:11
10.   "Truth To Light"      1:30
11.   "Real Music Vs. Bu11$#!+"   1:29
12.   "August 25, 2001"   3:29
13.   "Hello Test Test" (feat. Cana and Hezekiah)   0:51
14.   "Blackman Dreams" (feat. Lil D)   2:03
15.   "Reign Or Shine" (feat. Rayna Shine)   1:28
16.   "Quite Buttery" (feat. MF DOOM)    1:06
17.   "Blues For Percy Carey"   1:52
18.   "Seven Years" (feat. Dionne Farris)   3:29
19.   "Ohio Playas"   2:07
20.   "Dwight Spitz"   3:20
21.   "Make A Buck" (feat. MF DOOM)     3:44
22.   "My First Piece" (feat. Oriana Lee and Hezekiah)   3:04
23.   "Take Control"   3:44
24.   "Coming Soon"   0:17
25.   "Beat 4our" (Contains hidden track)   26:35
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Articles/Reviews
https://music.avclub.com/count-bass-d-dwight-spitz-1798197557
http://www.factmag.com/2013/08/26/legendary-producer-and-mc-count-bass-d-celebrates-dwight-spitz-10th-anniversary-with-re-issue/


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Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: MightyPaiN on August 08, 2018, 11:13:59 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJZ0xZuW7mw
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on August 10, 2018, 07:27:03 pm
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[Week 8.5a] Nicki Minaj - Queen

Streaming
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[Week 8.5b] Trippie Redd - Life's a Trip

Streaming
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/214f4uAY0p2KgY7Fl4fBgk?si=tkpi85TgTyq3j9ARrXvI-w)
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on August 10, 2018, 08:32:08 pm
that young thug feature on lifes a trip OOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuu thats some good shit
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Archduke Sven on August 11, 2018, 04:06:00 am
yeah yeah, i liked swimming and yg's album better

actually

fuck travis scott fuckin homogenous boring space trap
6/10

rodeo was a light 6 to decent 7/10

birds in the trap even worse

i agree with you on astroworld shit was disappointing, ive been listenin to trav since days before rodeo so this astroworld sounded so generic. it was was sonically identical to most projects this year from other artists in the genre, notably migos (whos album was trash). to be fair to travis though he works as a producer a lot and collaborates on a lot of songs and beats, but it kind of sucks he's selling his sound out, makes him way less unique.

but um gonna have to give you a big fuck you for saying rodeo is a light 7 lmao, that album easily many peoples top 10 for this decade, just sounds like you don't really fw what hes talking about on the album

that young thug feature on lifes a trip OOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuu thats some good shit

to be honest trippie doing well musically, he just acts like such a kid on instagram
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on August 11, 2018, 05:12:10 am
yeah yeah, i liked swimming and yg's album better

actually

fuck travis scott fuckin homogenous boring space trap
6/10

rodeo was a light 6 to decent 7/10

birds in the trap even worse

i agree with you on astroworld shit was disappointing, ive been listenin to trav since days before rodeo so this astroworld sounded so generic. it was was sonically identical to most projects this year from other artists in the genre, notably migos (whos album was trash). to be fair to travis though he works as a producer a lot and collaborates on a lot of songs and beats, but it kind of sucks he's selling his sound out, makes him way less unique.

but um gonna have to give you a big fuck you for saying rodeo is a light 7 lmao, that album easily many peoples top 10 for this decade, just sounds like you don't really fw what hes talking about on the album
I'm pretty sure producers produced 95% of Astroworld

TOP 10 IN THE DECADE FOR RODEO lol wtf thats bs. I get the concept behind the album and he has a LOT of hit singles/songs from it but there is no way that shits a masterpiece lol. I'm allowed to not be a fan of his sound as well. The way he raps all spacey/psychadelic and how the production of his songs are actually better than the monotonous tone and uniformity of his voice/bars. It's not for me, and for me his music needs more variance not just in the production. Don't even get me started on Huncho Jack.

that young thug feature on lifes a trip OOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuu thats some good shit

to be honest trippie doing well musically, he just acts like such a kid on instagram
I agree with you but he is a kid, he's 19 but I think it's more of his snob personality.


Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Archduke Sven on August 11, 2018, 10:58:08 am
yeah yeah, i liked swimming and yg's album better

actually

fuck travis scott fuckin homogenous boring space trap
6/10

rodeo was a light 6 to decent 7/10

birds in the trap even worse

i agree with you on astroworld shit was disappointing, ive been listenin to trav since days before rodeo so this astroworld sounded so generic. it was was sonically identical to most projects this year from other artists in the genre, notably migos (whos album was trash). to be fair to travis though he works as a producer a lot and collaborates on a lot of songs and beats, but it kind of sucks he's selling his sound out, makes him way less unique.

but um gonna have to give you a big fuck you for saying rodeo is a light 7 lmao, that album easily many peoples top 10 for this decade, just sounds like you don't really fw what hes talking about on the album
I'm pretty sure producers produced 95% of Astroworld

TOP 10 IN THE DECADE FOR RODEO lol wtf thats bs. I get the concept behind the album and he has a LOT of hit singles/songs from it but there is no way that shits a masterpiece lol. I'm allowed to not be a fan of his sound as well. The way he raps all spacey/psychadelic and how the production of his songs are actually better than the monotonous tone and uniformity of his voice/bars. It's not for me, and for me his music needs more variance not just in the production. Don't even get me started on Huncho Jack.

that young thug feature on lifes a trip OOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuu thats some good shit

to be honest trippie doing well musically, he just acts like such a kid on instagram
I agree with you but he is a kid, he's 19 but I think it's more of his snob personality.

I aint robbin you of your opinion or nun, i understand why travis isn't liked by a lot of people. Im a fan and you're not i get that, but the fact that a lot of people in the hiphop community and a lot of critics too consider it an amazing album or a masterpiece shows that it deserves a lot more credit than you're giving it. It's a great concept album that follows a theme/story throughout coupled with outstanding production. I don't agree at all that the album is monotonous, even if Travis often uses his laid back autotune vocals and bars theres still tons of great features that switch it up. And yes i know Travis didn't produce much on Astroworld, that was Mike Dean doing a lot of the work, but he is a producer for GOOD music.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on August 11, 2018, 05:12:18 pm
Spoiler
yeah yeah, i liked swimming and yg's album better

actually

fuck travis scott fuckin homogenous boring space trap
6/10

rodeo was a light 6 to decent 7/10

birds in the trap even worse

i agree with you on astroworld shit was disappointing, ive been listenin to trav since days before rodeo so this astroworld sounded so generic. it was was sonically identical to most projects this year from other artists in the genre, notably migos (whos album was trash). to be fair to travis though he works as a producer a lot and collaborates on a lot of songs and beats, but it kind of sucks he's selling his sound out, makes him way less unique.

but um gonna have to give you a big fuck you for saying rodeo is a light 7 lmao, that album easily many peoples top 10 for this decade, just sounds like you don't really fw what hes talking about on the album
I'm pretty sure producers produced 95% of Astroworld

TOP 10 IN THE DECADE FOR RODEO lol wtf thats bs. I get the concept behind the album and he has a LOT of hit singles/songs from it but there is no way that shits a masterpiece lol. I'm allowed to not be a fan of his sound as well. The way he raps all spacey/psychadelic and how the production of his songs are actually better than the monotonous tone and uniformity of his voice/bars. It's not for me, and for me his music needs more variance not just in the production. Don't even get me started on Huncho Jack.

that young thug feature on lifes a trip OOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuu thats some good shit

to be honest trippie doing well musically, he just acts like such a kid on instagram
I agree with you but he is a kid, he's 19 but I think it's more of his snob personality.
[close]

I aint robbin you of your opinion or nun, i understand why travis isn't liked by a lot of people. Im a fan and you're not i get that, but the fact that a lot of people in the hiphop community and a lot of critics too consider it an amazing album or a masterpiece shows that it deserves a lot more credit than you're giving it. It's a great concept album that follows a theme/story throughout coupled with outstanding production. I don't agree at all that the album is monotonous, even if Travis often uses his laid back autotune vocals and bars theres still tons of great features that switch it up. And yes i know Travis didn't produce much on Astroworld, that was Mike Dean doing a lot of the work, but he is a producer for GOOD music.
not vry well recieved
(https://i.gyazo.com/ba717b04e2063189b5701711ddd16fe2.png)
[close]

I think Travis Scott's production and features are always the best part of his music  :-[
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Shine on August 11, 2018, 07:25:41 pm
Spoiler
yeah yeah, i liked swimming and yg's album better

actually

fuck travis scott fuckin homogenous boring space trap
6/10

rodeo was a light 6 to decent 7/10

birds in the trap even worse

i agree with you on astroworld shit was disappointing, ive been listenin to trav since days before rodeo so this astroworld sounded so generic. it was was sonically identical to most projects this year from other artists in the genre, notably migos (whos album was trash). to be fair to travis though he works as a producer a lot and collaborates on a lot of songs and beats, but it kind of sucks he's selling his sound out, makes him way less unique.

but um gonna have to give you a big fuck you for saying rodeo is a light 7 lmao, that album easily many peoples top 10 for this decade, just sounds like you don't really fw what hes talking about on the album
I'm pretty sure producers produced 95% of Astroworld

TOP 10 IN THE DECADE FOR RODEO lol wtf thats bs. I get the concept behind the album and he has a LOT of hit singles/songs from it but there is no way that shits a masterpiece lol. I'm allowed to not be a fan of his sound as well. The way he raps all spacey/psychadelic and how the production of his songs are actually better than the monotonous tone and uniformity of his voice/bars. It's not for me, and for me his music needs more variance not just in the production. Don't even get me started on Huncho Jack.

that young thug feature on lifes a trip OOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuu thats some good shit

to be honest trippie doing well musically, he just acts like such a kid on instagram
I agree with you but he is a kid, he's 19 but I think it's more of his snob personality.
[close]

I aint robbin you of your opinion or nun, i understand why travis isn't liked by a lot of people. Im a fan and you're not i get that, but the fact that a lot of people in the hiphop community and a lot of critics too consider it an amazing album or a masterpiece shows that it deserves a lot more credit than you're giving it. It's a great concept album that follows a theme/story throughout coupled with outstanding production. I don't agree at all that the album is monotonous, even if Travis often uses his laid back autotune vocals and bars theres still tons of great features that switch it up. And yes i know Travis didn't produce much on Astroworld, that was Mike Dean doing a lot of the work, but he is a producer for GOOD music.
not vry well recieved
(https://i.gyazo.com/ba717b04e2063189b5701711ddd16fe2.png)
[close]

I think Travis Scott's production and features are always the best part of his music  :-[

Regardless of those critic scores, Rodeo was very well-received in the hip-hop scene and is still highly regarded today as a highly influential work of pop-rap. Everything that Travis was going for in Days Before Rodeo blended perfectly and made for a very good album. It made for a really good and new sound/aesthetic for trap. There's a reason that ASTROWORLD got its hype lol. I'm not a huge fan of Rodeo either, but to deny its importance is naive.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on August 12, 2018, 01:26:24 am
Spoiler
yeah yeah, i liked swimming and yg's album better

actually

fuck travis scott fuckin homogenous boring space trap
6/10

rodeo was a light 6 to decent 7/10

birds in the trap even worse

i agree with you on astroworld shit was disappointing, ive been listenin to trav since days before rodeo so this astroworld sounded so generic. it was was sonically identical to most projects this year from other artists in the genre, notably migos (whos album was trash). to be fair to travis though he works as a producer a lot and collaborates on a lot of songs and beats, but it kind of sucks he's selling his sound out, makes him way less unique.

but um gonna have to give you a big fuck you for saying rodeo is a light 7 lmao, that album easily many peoples top 10 for this decade, just sounds like you don't really fw what hes talking about on the album
I'm pretty sure producers produced 95% of Astroworld

TOP 10 IN THE DECADE FOR RODEO lol wtf thats bs. I get the concept behind the album and he has a LOT of hit singles/songs from it but there is no way that shits a masterpiece lol. I'm allowed to not be a fan of his sound as well. The way he raps all spacey/psychadelic and how the production of his songs are actually better than the monotonous tone and uniformity of his voice/bars. It's not for me, and for me his music needs more variance not just in the production. Don't even get me started on Huncho Jack.

that young thug feature on lifes a trip OOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuu thats some good shit

to be honest trippie doing well musically, he just acts like such a kid on instagram
I agree with you but he is a kid, he's 19 but I think it's more of his snob personality.
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I aint robbin you of your opinion or nun, i understand why travis isn't liked by a lot of people. Im a fan and you're not i get that, but the fact that a lot of people in the hiphop community and a lot of critics too consider it an amazing album or a masterpiece shows that it deserves a lot more credit than you're giving it. It's a great concept album that follows a theme/story throughout coupled with outstanding production. I don't agree at all that the album is monotonous, even if Travis often uses his laid back autotune vocals and bars theres still tons of great features that switch it up. And yes i know Travis didn't produce much on Astroworld, that was Mike Dean doing a lot of the work, but he is a producer for GOOD music.
not vry well recieved
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I think Travis Scott's production and features are always the best part of his music  :-[

Regardless of those critic scores, Rodeo was very well-received in the hip-hop scene and is still highly regarded today as a highly influential work of pop-rap. Everything that Travis was going for in Days Before Rodeo blended perfectly and made for a very good album. It made for a really good and new sound/aesthetic for trap. There's a reason that ASTROWORLD got its hype lol. I'm not a huge fan of Rodeo either, but to deny its importance is naive.
Yeah at the time I get how his sound would have sounded very fresh in comparison to the outburst of the trap scene and that Rodeo garnered a lot of attention and got a lot of people into Trav I'm not denying that. I don't really view Travis as a huge influencer. Birds in the Trap from what I remember wasn't hyped all that much. I think because of the grandeur of Astroworld and the potential of the project which got it's hype. I also don't think his music will age that well like 5 years from now.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Archduke Sven on August 12, 2018, 04:21:20 am
Spoiler
yeah yeah, i liked swimming and yg's album better

actually

fuck travis scott fuckin homogenous boring space trap
6/10

rodeo was a light 6 to decent 7/10

birds in the trap even worse

i agree with you on astroworld shit was disappointing, ive been listenin to trav since days before rodeo so this astroworld sounded so generic. it was was sonically identical to most projects this year from other artists in the genre, notably migos (whos album was trash). to be fair to travis though he works as a producer a lot and collaborates on a lot of songs and beats, but it kind of sucks he's selling his sound out, makes him way less unique.

but um gonna have to give you a big fuck you for saying rodeo is a light 7 lmao, that album easily many peoples top 10 for this decade, just sounds like you don't really fw what hes talking about on the album
I'm pretty sure producers produced 95% of Astroworld

TOP 10 IN THE DECADE FOR RODEO lol wtf thats bs. I get the concept behind the album and he has a LOT of hit singles/songs from it but there is no way that shits a masterpiece lol. I'm allowed to not be a fan of his sound as well. The way he raps all spacey/psychadelic and how the production of his songs are actually better than the monotonous tone and uniformity of his voice/bars. It's not for me, and for me his music needs more variance not just in the production. Don't even get me started on Huncho Jack.

that young thug feature on lifes a trip OOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuu thats some good shit

to be honest trippie doing well musically, he just acts like such a kid on instagram
I agree with you but he is a kid, he's 19 but I think it's more of his snob personality.
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I aint robbin you of your opinion or nun, i understand why travis isn't liked by a lot of people. Im a fan and you're not i get that, but the fact that a lot of people in the hiphop community and a lot of critics too consider it an amazing album or a masterpiece shows that it deserves a lot more credit than you're giving it. It's a great concept album that follows a theme/story throughout coupled with outstanding production. I don't agree at all that the album is monotonous, even if Travis often uses his laid back autotune vocals and bars theres still tons of great features that switch it up. And yes i know Travis didn't produce much on Astroworld, that was Mike Dean doing a lot of the work, but he is a producer for GOOD music.
not vry well recieved
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I think Travis Scott's production and features are always the best part of his music  :-[

Regardless of those critic scores, Rodeo was very well-received in the hip-hop scene and is still highly regarded today as a highly influential work of pop-rap. Everything that Travis was going for in Days Before Rodeo blended perfectly and made for a very good album. It made for a really good and new sound/aesthetic for trap. There's a reason that ASTROWORLD got its hype lol. I'm not a huge fan of Rodeo either, but to deny its importance is naive.
Yeah at the time I get how his sound would have sounded very fresh in comparison to the outburst of the trap scene and that Rodeo garnered a lot of attention and got a lot of people into Trav I'm not denying that. I don't really view Travis as a huge influencer. Birds in the Trap from what I remember wasn't hyped all that much. I think because of the grandeur of Astroworld and the potential of the project which got it's hype. I also don't think his music will age that well like 5 years from now.

Like when it comes to the modern trap sound it all started with Keef and then Future and to a lesser extent Travis really brought it into a much more mainstream sound at around the same time in 2015, so when Rodeo was dropped i personally feel like Rodeo was somewhat of a pioneering album at the time as a concept album and because of it's sound. However, i don't think most people started appreciating Rodeo as an album as much until some time after birds dropped, before that when people talked about Trav most people only talked about the two singles on Rodeo. I think thats why Birds wasn't hyped as much, plus the fact it was dropped less than an year after Rodeo.

As far his music not ageing well i can kinda see what you mean because if you look at Owl Pharaoh you can hear how dated that sound is in many ways, even on the better songs like Uptown, but i mean shit dropped 5 years ago and it was his breakout mixtape so what can you expect. Days before Rodeo is kind of in the same boat with songs like Backyard and Upper Echelon sounding so 2014, but others like Drugs you should try it, Don't Play or Mamacita still sounding great and not dated to me atleast.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on August 14, 2018, 05:35:23 am
dont rly have anything to add there that's just opinion stuff
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on August 14, 2018, 08:14:45 am

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[Week 9] Gang Starr - Moment of Truth (Hip hop)
(Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_of_Truth_(Gang_Starr_album)/)))


Background/Review(sputnikmusic (https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/40683/Gang-Starr-Moment-of-Truth/))
Picture 1998: the hip hop landscape has changed dramatically since Gang Starr's previous release Hard To Earn. It went from a voice for the impoverished and oppressed youth to almost exclusively an outlet for money making and financial gain, at least mainstream-wise. Amidst this dramatic change, the now legendary and highly revered hip hop duo worked on their fifth studio release. The producer, DJ Premier, updated their jazz oriented sound and expanded it to include a more orchestral and occasionally ambient touch. Guru, the MCing aspect of Gang Starr, built on his previous efforts by speaking in trademark monotone fashion on more social issues. The combination of off kilter horns and an occasional wailing female vocal sample topped by a gritty drum beat blended with Guru's smooth delivery and superb rhymes proves to be an intoxicating mix.


Streaming
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/4DSFC9FF6BSj0ciObLMylF)


Track list


Spoiler
Bold = Single
Italics = Video

1. You Know My Steez 4:07
2. Robbin Hood Theory 3:44
3. Work 2:57
4. Royalty feat. K-Ci & JoJo 5:11
5. Above the Clouds feat. Inspectah Deck 3:41
6. JFK 2 LAX 3:34
7. Itz a Set Up feat. Hannibal 3:49
8. Moment of Truth 4:07
9. B.I. vs Friendship feat. M.O.P 4:37
10. The Militia feat. Big Shug & Freddie Foxxx 4:49
11. The Rep Grows Bigga 4:54
12. What I'm Here 4 2:45
13. She Knowz What She Wantz 3:00
14. New York Strait Talk 4:14
15. My Advice 2 You 2:31
16. Make 'Em Pay feat. Krumb Snatcha 4:22
17. The Mall feat. G.Dep & Shiggy Sha 3:39
18. Betrayal feat. Scarface 5:29
19. Next Time 3:06
20. In Memory Of... 3:49
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Articles/Reviews
http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2018/03/dj-premier-interview-gang-starr-moment-of-truth-album/
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8275833/dj-premier-interview-gang-starr-20th-moment-of-truth-anniversary
http://www.waxpoetics.com/blog/features/articles/dj_premier_gang_starr_moment_of_truth/


Want more like this?
Guru - Jazzmatazz 1 & 2 (3rd and 4th aren't quite up to snuff)
Nas - Illmatic
Common
The Roots
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly




Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Nero_ on August 14, 2018, 11:34:41 am
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Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: fruitocino on August 16, 2018, 01:01:45 pm
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Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on August 17, 2018, 09:57:14 pm
(https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2018/08/31/PDTN/ac524c13-f316-4d33-a04c-5194a841ff9d-em-kami.jpg?width=534&height=712&fit=bounds&auto=webp)
[Week 9.75] Eminem - Kamikaze

Streaming
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/3HNnxK7NgLXbDoxRZxNWiR)
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on August 31, 2018, 08:21:29 pm
(https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2018/08/31/PDTN/ac524c13-f316-4d33-a04c-5194a841ff9d-em-kami.jpg?width=534&height=712&fit=bounds&auto=webp)
[Week 9.75] Eminem - Kamikaze

Streaming
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/3HNnxK7NgLXbDoxRZxNWiR)
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Nero_ on November 28, 2018, 11:41:53 am
yh dummy boy is good
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on November 28, 2018, 12:37:04 pm
yh dummy boy is good
You probably ironically like Emotion while secretly hating it even though it is the greatest pop album of this decade
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Nero_ on November 28, 2018, 12:40:02 pm
You're not wrong
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on November 28, 2018, 04:15:18 pm
I enjoyed dummy boy
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Nero_ on January 23, 2019, 01:37:08 pm
Hello daniel wat doink
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: fruitocino on January 23, 2019, 03:04:08 pm
Hello daniel wat doink
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on January 23, 2019, 05:23:43 pm
Hello daniel wat doink
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on February 22, 2021, 07:07:20 am
Tuesday is going to be Bobbu Shmurda day.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on February 22, 2021, 05:31:26 pm
i forgot about this thread
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on February 22, 2021, 05:48:32 pm
i forgot about this thread
Glenn stumbled across this and told me to do something
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Skaen on February 22, 2021, 07:26:01 pm
Ya Yeeet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGjSq4HqP9Y

Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on July 28, 2021, 11:29:57 pm
Glenn of NW told me that he is a hardcore logic fan
yikes
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: fruitocino on July 29, 2021, 12:17:28 am
Glenn of NW told me that he is a hardcore logic fan
yikes
Alright @GlennofNW what are your thoughts on this
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqTXhqEPpSY
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Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Skaen on July 29, 2021, 12:41:32 am
Glenn of NW told me that he is a hardcore logic fan
yikes
Logic is nice man xd
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Glenn on July 29, 2021, 01:38:00 am
Glenn of NW told me that he is a hardcore logic fan
yikes
Alright @GlennofNW what are your thoughts on this
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqTXhqEPpSY
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I honestly forgot that he dropped this, it's a good project from him. It's probably my favorite work from him since The Incredible True Story. His work from the first Young Sinatra tape to The Incredible True Story are my only favorite pieces of work from him. The bobby tarantino tapes and YSIV are alright but there's tracks that are just booty cheeks on em. Everybody, Supermarket, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind are all straight dogwater. It was great to see him drop some tracks from the earlier Mixtapes into streaming services.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on July 29, 2021, 04:35:19 am
wats the point of listening to Logic when you have rappers like DOOM and Joey Bada$$ that just do everything he does but way better, idk he doesn't really bring anything to the table to distinguish himself from other rappers other than him being cringe
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Glenn on July 29, 2021, 04:58:33 am
wats the point of listening to Logic when you have rappers like DOOM and Joey Bada$$ that just do everything he does but way better, idk he doesn't really bring anything to the table to distinguish himself from other rappers other than him being cringe

He was less cringe in his mixtape days at around 2011-2014ish. My biggest issue with Logic is that his hunger during his mixtapes didn't transfer over to his albums. He forces himself to drop a project each year and his music just keeps getting shit and even more cringe. but yeah I would agree DOOM and Joey are miles better than Logic.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on July 29, 2021, 06:52:24 am
Glenn 2021/07/29, “I like Tom MacDonald and hate black people, so what?”
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Saxon on July 29, 2021, 08:37:22 am
wats the point of listening to Logic when you have rappers like DOOM and Joey Bada$$ that just do everything he does but way better, idk he doesn't really bring anything to the table to distinguish himself from other rappers other than him being cringe

He was less cringe in his mixtape days at around 2011-2014ish. My biggest issue with Logic is that his hunger during his mixtapes didn't transfer over to his albums. He forces himself to drop a project each year and his music just keeps getting shit and even more cringe. but yeah I would agree DOOM and Joey are miles better than Logic.

I used to listen to  him while playing MW2/3 during his mixtape era, lost interest like a while before his first album dropped. Listened to it a bit but havent heard anything of his since tbh
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Skaen on July 29, 2021, 08:40:09 am
Limitless and Bounce are probably my fav songs of Logic. Other than that I agree Joey Badass is really good as well.
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Glenn on July 29, 2021, 09:34:51 am
wats the point of listening to Logic when you have rappers like DOOM and Joey Bada$$ that just do everything he does but way better, idk he doesn't really bring anything to the table to distinguish himself from other rappers other than him being cringe

He was less cringe in his mixtape days at around 2011-2014ish. My biggest issue with Logic is that his hunger during his mixtapes didn't transfer over to his albums. He forces himself to drop a project each year and his music just keeps getting shit and even more cringe. but yeah I would agree DOOM and Joey are miles better than Logic.

I used to listen to  him while playing MW2/3 during his mixtape era, lost interest like a while before his first album dropped. Listened to it a bit but havent heard anything of his since tbh

yeah mw2/3 was when i found out about him
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Windflower on July 29, 2021, 06:54:53 pm
wats the point of listening to Logic when you have rappers like DOOM and Joey Bada$$ that just do everything he does but way better, idk he doesn't really bring anything to the table to distinguish himself from other rappers other than him being cringe

He was less cringe in his mixtape days at around 2011-2014ish. My biggest issue with Logic is that his hunger during his mixtapes didn't transfer over to his albums. He forces himself to drop a project each year and his music just keeps getting shit and even more cringe. but yeah I would agree DOOM and Joey are miles better than Logic.

I used to listen to  him while playing MW2/3 during his mixtape era, lost interest like a while before his first album dropped. Listened to it a bit but havent heard anything of his since tbh

yeah mw2/3 was when i found out about him
i liked logic too when i was 15/16yo xd
Title: Re: Music Listening Club
Post by: Saxon on July 29, 2021, 07:00:28 pm
wats the point of listening to Logic when you have rappers like DOOM and Joey Bada$$ that just do everything he does but way better, idk he doesn't really bring anything to the table to distinguish himself from other rappers other than him being cringe

He was less cringe in his mixtape days at around 2011-2014ish. My biggest issue with Logic is that his hunger during his mixtapes didn't transfer over to his albums. He forces himself to drop a project each year and his music just keeps getting shit and even more cringe. but yeah I would agree DOOM and Joey are miles better than Logic.

I used to listen to  him while playing MW2/3 during his mixtape era, lost interest like a while before his first album dropped. Listened to it a bit but havent heard anything of his since tbh

yeah mw2/3 was when i found out about him
i liked logic too when i was 15/16yo xd

Its the only way I can imagine he gets views to be honest