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Now I'm just going to download that individual track from Amazon. Love me some Kool Keith and with U-GOD?? How could it not kill
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Kendrick Last Night Was Fucking Unbelievable
Same With Earl
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I don't know why I don't like it. It's not even that I don't like it; it's just the same old shit, and it sounds weak in comparison to what GFK sliced the world's throat with this year. But the Kool Keith track is just nonsense. Totally fucking awesome. Probably worth buying the album for. |
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I'm warning to Kendrick now that I've seen him live. He is an incredible performer and I think he's going to be a long term player in hip hop. He really has a hell of a lot of energy. It's going to sound weird, but live Kendrick kind of reminds me of live Pearl Jam, back in '93-94, when they were young and fit. He has the same kind of physical captivation over the crowd. Did he perform solo (just him and a DJ) or with some other setup? Just curious. |
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Hey, did anybody catch Jay-Z on Bill Maher the other night? He was surprisingly well spoken. Said some very good, important things.
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nope. But did you read Jay's book Decoded? I really enjoyed it and bet you would too.
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No. I actually had no idea that he'd even written a book, which (if you knew me personally) is pretty surprising. I grew up reading music biographies and autobiographies. Didn't even matter if I liked the band or artist, really. I just walked into Barnes and Noble-- back when that was kind of a special occasion kind of thing, for coastal urban types, like my writer father and my professor mother (a.k.a. "Dr. Mom") and sniff out the "Entertainment" section like a bloodhound, and read about everyone from Aerosmith to Frank Zappa. I haven't done that in a while, mainly because popular music has become such a fucking nightmare that I don't care about it anymore. Well, that, and I'm a reeeeally big fucking nerd, and I've long since given up trying to hide it. So I spend most of my time on sci-fi, cognitive neuroscience/psychology, and behavioral philosophy books. But now that hip hop has become THE dominant genre of the era, I think I'm ready to dive back in. I've read only a precious few books about hip hop, and most of them are from the mid-90's. I will read this Decoded toot sweet! Thank you! Everyone YouTube Jay talking about the "gap between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots'" growing so massive that eventually, there won't be enough police in the world to handle the uprising that our nation is currently allowing to metastasize like a cancer. It was a jaw dropper to hear that come out of the mouth of the man so many view as being such an empty human being. Maher compared him to the Beatles though, which he obviously (and very correctly) found absurd. Now Kanye... Maybe. Maybe. My posts are long, and pretty scatterbrained. Sorry about all that. |
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What a buster. This is unfortunately, why in the real politick of gang violence, the reality evolved that it became easier to kill somebody than just to beat their ass, because too many dudez get their ass beat and can't just accept it. Beating somebody's ass can get you killed in LA in particular, so all in all, The Game is lucky 40 Glocc is just being a trick about it, other catz will put some slugs in you for their lost pride.
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NO - you're not the only one......he was doing this years before she was born:
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CNN JUST IN: Usher will retain custody
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I need some new hip hop. I've been going through my stacks of albums that never really appealed to me, but that I bought out of loyalty to labels, bands, or producers.
Yesterday it was Liberation by Talib Kweli and Madlib (loved Talib at one point, but even at the time I bought out if loyalty to Madlib). Today, it was The Blackout 2 by Meth and Redman. The former still deserves further listening... Blackout 2 is pretty fucking shit. On my way home I put on my really old copy of the Grey Album, which I still really love. Best thing Dangermouse has done or ever will do. Still, listening to A$AP/Yeezus/12 Reasons over and over and over is sure to result in eventual desensitization. |
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Mr. Roger's was gangster back in the day: http://youtu.be/Fw_GnjE-des
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[Intro: Big Sean]
I look up Yeah and I take my time I'mma take my time, woah Power moves only [Verse 1: Big Sean] Boy I'm 'bout my business on business I drink liquor on liquor I had women on women Yeah that's bunk bed bitches I've done lived more than an eighty year old man still kickin' Cause they live for some moments, and I live for a livin' But this for the girls that barely let me get to first base On some ground ball shit Cause now I run my city on some town hall shit They prayin' on my motherfuckin' downfall bitch like a drought but You gon' get this rain like it's May weather G.O.O.D. Music, Ye weather Champagne just tastes better They told me I never boy, never say never Swear my flow special like an infant's first steps I got paid to reverse debts Then I finally found a girl that reverse stress So now I'm talkin' to the reaper to reverse death So I can kick it with my granddad, take him for a ride Show him I made somethin' out myself and not just tried Show him the house I bought the fam, let him tour inside Don't matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind In my mind, but fuck tryin' and not doin' Cause not doin' is somethin' a nigga's not doin' I said fuck tryin' and not doin' Cause not doin' is somethin' a nigga's not doin' I grew up to Em, B.I.G., and Pac bitch, and got ruined So until I got the same crib B.I.G. had in that Juicy vid I can't motherfuckin' stop movin' Go against me, you won't stop losin' From the city where every month is May- Day at home, spray your dome Niggas get sprayed up like cologne for a paycheck or loan Yeah I know that shit ain't fair They say that Detroit ain't got a chance, we ain't even got a mayor You write your name with a Sharpie, I write mine in stone I knew that the world was for the taking and it wouldn't take long We on, tryna be better than everybody that's better than everybody Rep Detroit, everybody, Detroit wrecks everybody I'm so first class I could spit up on every pilot The city's my Metropolis, feel it It's metabolic And I'm over niggas sayin' they're the hottest shit Then run to the hottest niggas just to stay hot I'm one of the hottest because I flame drop Drop fire, and not because I'm name droppin' Hall of Fame droppin' And I ain't takin' shit from nobody unless they're OG's Cause that ain't the way of an OG So my GO collect more G's, every dollar Never changed though, I'm just the new version of old me Forever hot headed but never got cold feet Got up in the game won't look back at my old seats Clique so deep we take up the whole street I need a bitch so bad that she take up my whole week, Sean Don [Bridge: Kendrick Lamar] Miscellaneous minds are never explainin' their minds Devilish grin for my alias aliens to respond Peddlin' sin, thinkin' maybe when you get old you realize I'm not gonna fold or demise (I don't smoke crack, motherfucker I sell it!) Everything I rap is a quarter piece to your melon So if you have a relapse, just relax and pop in my disc Don't pop me no fucking pill, I'mma a pop you and give you this [Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar] Tell Flex to drop a bomb on this shit So many bombs, ring the alarm like Vietnam in this shit So many bombs, make Farrakhan think Saddam in this bitch One at a time, I line 'em up and bomb on they mom while she watchin' the kids I'm in a destruction mode if the gold exists I'm important like the pope, I'm a muslim on pork I'm Makaveli's offspring, I'm the king of New York King of the Coast, one hand, I juggle them both The juggernaut's all in your jugular, you take me for jokes Live in the basement, church pews and funeral faces Cartier bracelets for my women friends I'm in Vegas Who the fuck y'all thought it's supposed to be? If Phil Jackson came back, still no coachin' me I'm uncoachable, I'm unsociable Fuck y'all clubs, fuck y'all pictures, your Instagram can gobble these nuts Gobble dick up 'til you hiccup, my big homie Kurupt This the same flow that put the rap game on a crutch I've seen niggas transform like villain Decepticons Mollies'll prolly turn these niggas to fuckin' Lindsay Lohan A bunch of rich ass white girls lookin' for parties Playin with Barbies, wreck the Porsche before you give 'em the car key Judge me 'til the monarchy, blessings to Paul McCartney You called me a black Beatle, I'm either that or a Marley (I don't smoke crack motherfucker I sell it) I'm dressed in all black, this is not for the fan of Elvis I'm aimin' straight for your pelvis, you can't stomach me You plan on stumpin' me? Bitch I’ve been jumped before you put a gun on me Bitch I put one on yours, I'm Sean Connery James Bonding with none of you niggas, climbing 100 mil in front of me And I'm gonna get it even if you're in the way And if you're in it, better run for pete's sake I heard the barbershops be in great debates all the time Bout who's the best MC? Kendrick, Jigga and Nas Eminem, Andre 3000, the rest of yall New niggas just new niggas, don't get involved And I ain't rockin no more designer shit White T’s and Nike Cortez, this is red Corvettes anonymous I'm usually homeboys with the same niggas I'm rhymin' wit But this is hip hop and them niggas should know what time it is And that goes for Jermaine Cole, Big KRIT, Wale Pusha T, Meek Millz, A$AP Rocky, Drake Big Sean, Jay Electron', Tyler, Mac Miller I got love for you all but I'm tryna murder you niggas Tryna make sure your core fans never heard of you niggas They dont wanna hear not one more noun or verb from you niggas What is competition? I'm tryna raise the bar high Who tryna jump and get it? You better off tryna skydive Out the exit window of 5 G5’s with 5 grand With your granddad as the pilot he drunk as fuck tryna land With the hand full of arthritis and popping prosthetic leg Bumpin Pac in the cockpit so the shit that pops in his head Is an option of violence, someone heard the stewardess said That your parachute is a latex condom hooked to a dread [Verse 3: Jay Electronica] You could check my name on the books I Earth, Wind, and Fire’d the verse, then rained the hook The legend of Dorothy Flowers proclaimed from the roof The tale of magnificent king who came from the nooks Of the wild magnolia, mother of many soldiers We live by every single word she ever told us Watch over your shoulders And keep a tin of beans for when the weather turns the coldest The Lord is our shepherd, so our cup runneth over Put your trust in the Lord, pretend that your Chevy Nova I’m spittin' this shit for closure And God is my witness, so you could get it from Hova For all you magicians that’s fidgeting with the cobra I’m silent as a rock, ‘cause I came from a rock That’s why I came with a rock, then signed my name on the Roc Draw a line around some Earth, then put my name on the plot Cause I endured a lot of pain for everything that I got The eyelashes like umbrellas when it rains from the heart And the tissue is like an angel kissin you in the dark You go from blind sight to hindsight, passion of the Christ Right, to baskin' in the limelight, it take time to get your mind right Jay Electricity, PBS mysteries In a lofty place, tangling with Satan over history You can’t say shit to me - Alhamdulillah It’s strictly by faith that we made it this far |
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wow man, just wow. Kendrick is officially #1 after this verse.
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also new Gaga single is some generic EDM bullshit. i am disappoint.
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"generic EDM" - redundant much?
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Honestly I'm not sure what you were expecting. I will probably take your word on the single, but give the album a chance to prove itself. I'm not into Gaga for shit. I think I'm just too bloody old to be captivated by that kind of attention grabbing type of personality. I don't think she qualifies as hip hop at all, either. I enjoyed the Fame Monster for its smartly stupid ironic club banger moments, but "Alejandro" is just way too much for me. I lived through one "Like a Prayer," and that's quite enough, thank you. But like I said I'll give the album a shot. She obviously has the potential to be both totally awful and surprisingly on-point when it comes to singles, and I'm a little sorry to hear that the new single is shit. I'm always rooting for the weird ones. |
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Kendrick really is killing it right now. I've gotta say I prefer Section 80 to Good Kid (the cerebral always beats out the ethereal for me), but the more in listen to that album, the more I think it might be one of the most socially powerful hip hop records ever made. It tells a story, from the first person. It's not a good story, or a bad story, but it's true and common. Finally there's a rapper, born of gangsta stock, who understands that gangbangin in LA is not the ultimate meaningful existence. But he doesn't get all limp dick about it either.
And is anyone surprised that he's stealing the spotlight from Big Sean? I mean, I like the kid, but he is one boring ass rapper, and while he kicks out the occasionally badass verse, he's far from capable of being the star of even his own show. |
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