posted Wednesday, February 06, 2019 5:05:57 PM Whatup UGHH, been going hard at work the last few weeks and decided to change up my playlist to get away from the DOOM and Drake I had been spinning. Brought these out into rotation.
Classic UGHH album if ever there was one. The intro track alone, my god Ali kills that.
Shit we don't have Bar Mitzvah's/ We become men the first time our father hits us and we don't open gifts up
whenever we discuss best opening tracks of all time this one gets overlooked but it's def top 5.
The production here is really interesting too. Ant uses a lot of bluegrass type beats, which was definitely unexpected of him at the time but it really works. Not a weak track to be found and some fantastic concepts and stories.
another album with a classic intro. "Free" is such an ill way to open the album and really showcases freeway's style. The production here is top notch, mid 2000 era pop via Just Blaze and Kanye West. Very much in the same vein as the blueprint. The Roc really threw their weight behind this album which is crazy considering how un-mainstream Freeway's look and style were. Some solid songwriting here, great rapping, overall a really good mainstream album that has a bit of everything for everyone.
One of my personal top 10 albums ever. Dark, smooth, all killer no filler. Bushwick is so amazing on this and the beats knock like crazy. You can tell his time working with Dre and the West Coast had a huge influence on him, and I also love how he seamlessly mixes horrorcore with real life shit. Just a perfect album for me and one I have a ton of nostalgia for.
honestly, I feel like this one deserves its own thread. I skipped it initially since I didn't really care for the first HMM album, but maaaaaaan this one is way better in every way. Production is dope, much in the same vein as what Aesop would be doing with the Impossible Kid, it's really the missing link between Skelathon and that album and sonically is just phenomenal. Aesop and Rob also seem to have better chemistry here, partially I think because this was around the time that Ace started to really focus on his lyrics and make them less cryptic, just overall makes for an album that goes down way easier. An incredible album I feel like a lot of us slept on.
this album sucks, I'm not gonna bullshit any of you. That being said I'm gonna do you a favor and hit you with the only gem on it
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Daddy Alfredo (Admin)
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posted Wednesday, February 06, 2019 5:12:15 PM the brother ali and freeway hold a special place in my heart. love both those albums. i never heard the other 3. love these threads btw graph. good good stuff.
but wen freeway was briefly being featured on g unit mixes with shit like "start spreading the news" i was a mega fan. but it was instant with him tho. dude just had a kidney replacement a few days ago i think. his rhyme style is insane. i have 2 cds "best of sho off radio" statik mixes and thers an incredible freeway freestyle on one of them. remember this joint
^^^amazing
^^and this
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GRMPA
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posted Wednesday, February 06, 2019 5:50:10 PM Huh I guess I’ll check they Hail Mary Mallon then, thanks. First one was decent I thought.
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no look pa$$
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posted Wednesday, February 06, 2019 6:02:31 PM
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Grafh
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posted Wednesday, February 06, 2019 6:13:22 PM gino, peep that bushwick. You'll dig it for sure.
And I'm a huge Free fan, have been since he first came out. I just love his style. He's so uncompromising as a rapper, just raw and to the point. I own nearly everything he's ever put out including a few dope mixtapes. That kidney shit was scary but I'm happy to see he's healthy and recovering.
GRMPA, def peep it. An absolute gem that got slept on.
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the weatherman (Admin)
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posted Wednesday, February 06, 2019 6:46:47 PM my favorite post on the forums has got to be this each and every week...good shit grafh
shadows on the sun is legit one of my personal favorite albums of all-time....just love how introspective and thought provoking the album is...and the production from ant is absolutely incredible.
with that said, i haven't heard any of the other 4, but im really interested in checking out hmm and the bushwick albums from your comments...may do that this week.
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Litney spears
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posted Wednesday, February 06, 2019 7:52:23 PM A lot of shitty albums
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Seme__one
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posted Thursday, February 07, 2019 8:49:49 AM Bushwick muthafuckin Bill.....whats he gonna do when the worlds on fire?
Dope album liked his first a bit more but both are great
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eseph84
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posted Thursday, February 07, 2019 12:26:05 PM good post
agree a hundo on the hmm. great fuckin album. i really love the new one still. my album of jan along with free sweatpants.
and funny u posted ali, i sleep on that cd, i got it but was thinking bout sellin but then i was like nah. see my thing with him is i caught on late. i know he's dope. love certain random projects and tracks by him but dont bump them much. kinda like how i am with atmosphere. i know theyre dope i mean the production by ant is amazing at times. and both rappers did their styles well thru the years
and lol loon! laugh when i looked close and realized he was in mases harlem world group with blinky bleenk
shoot, what you know about the g dep album?
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ci_fus
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posted Thursday, February 07, 2019 12:33:14 PM Does A+ know Ali jacked his shit?
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kingetje
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posted Thursday, February 07, 2019 12:44:55 PM Never listened to a Bushwick solo album. Your description sounds great, gonna check it out.
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Daddy Alfredo (Admin)
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posted Thursday, February 07, 2019 2:40:54 PM Other than shadows, undisputed truth was the only other project ive liked by ali. He became way way too preachy.
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felipedahiphopadict01
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posted Tuesday, February 19, 2019 10:17:26 AM that brother ali album was so damn good i highly recommend it
freeway is also dope
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Grafh
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posted Tuesday, February 19, 2019 10:27:02 AM I think Ali has a pretty damn good discog being honest. Yes, Shadows is far and away his best album, but I don't think he's ever released anything I would consider bad. His does get preachy later on, but I appreciate the fact that he seems to be doing it in earnest. Also his storytelling is always on point. Dude is one of the best storytellers in Hip Hop.
eseph, I haven't peeped that G.Dep since it came out, I remember him having a song with Rakim and Kool G Rap though.
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felipedahiphopadict01
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posted Tuesday, February 19, 2019 10:36:32 AM i think i agree with you graph, personally weather shit ali is preachy or not doesnt affect my ears and fuck i´ll say this, given how fucked up the world is nowadays with all use some HIGHER ENTITY help, i love all brother ali´s albums and i feel he will eventually get the recognition an artist of his caliber deserves
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felipedahiphopadict01
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posted Tuesday, February 19, 2019 6:55:31 PM what i meant to say is that "give how fucked up the world is nowadays, we could use quite a beat of preachness"
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Dingleberrymercenary
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posted Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:27:49 PM Yea i agree that Brother Ali shadows of the Sun is very Dope need to revisit though.never got into Freeway and don't know about those other albums..
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felipedahiphopadict01
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posted Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:49:45 PM dingle if you like either old kanye west or just blaze as producers/beatmakers you will definitly feel that freeway album, he is not a g rap or a rakim but his rhymes are kinda sharp, his concepts are very much like Beanie sigel´s (i mean "G" orientated) bushwick bill i dont recommend you cause i know you dont like gangsta rap
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Dingleberrymercenary
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posted Tuesday, February 19, 2019 9:03:18 PM Lol Felipe na bro i like Gangster rap grew up listening to Eazy-E and Dr.Dre who told you that? its all good though never really got into Kanye not my Cup of tea guess i been Sleeping hit me back~
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putitonbigl
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posted Wednesday, February 20, 2019 6:17:20 AM Yeah I've only heard the ali which is one of my all time faves also. Shadows and the undisputed truth are personal classics, him and ant are great together
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wigga prerequisite
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posted Wednesday, February 20, 2019 7:45:27 AM graf /// all gabage
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felipedahiphopadict01
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posted Wednesday, February 20, 2019 11:59:43 AM yo dingle recently i just turned 39 years ago so if you feel like visiting me to freestyle let me know, i got different news and ideas i´ve been meaning to share with ya but you know i aint got no facebook no moe
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aeokq
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posted Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:17:50 PM Shadows on the Sun is very good. The production isn't quite my vibe but I'd be lying of I said it didn't complement Brother Ali. Lyrics are top notch. Never heard any other album from that guy. Never heard any of the other albums itt either.
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Mr. Swellvedere
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posted Wednesday, February 20, 2019 2:17:23 PM who's the biggest?
posted Wednesday, February 06, 2019 5:05:57 PM 
