Topic: 2017's Illest -whats Your Top Albums And Ep's?
no mask
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 1:09:07 PM fine,i'll make the damn thread.lol
lets compile it all here, to prepare for the year end vote- so we all can see what dropped and what people are digging etc.
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88
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 1:13:07 PM too early, imo.
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no mask
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 1:23:52 PM im just saying start compiling it here now, so people see whats out and have a chance to hear stuff. we can always add albums over the next few weeks. theres only 3 weeks left! and i know some are busy and dont have a lot of time to check lots of albums. i'm not asking people to rank and declare it their official top 10- just list what ones you were feeling the most so far.
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no mask
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 1:25:49 PM i looked for the old dopest of 2017 so far thread but its gone. what ever happened to the blog history going back more then 7 pages?
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tippi dink
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 1:28:39 PM 1. milo - who told you to think??!!?!?!?! 2. armand hammer - rome 3. billy woods - known unknowns 4. open mike eagle - brick body kids still daydream 5. jonwayne - rap album two 6. the doppelgangaz - dopp hopp 7. jam baxter - mansion 38 8. kendrick lamar - DAMN. 9. lojii & swarvy - due rent 10. big KRIT - 4eva is a mighty long time 11. jehst - billy green is dead 12. quelle chris - being you is great, i wish i could be you more often 13. mestizo & doseone - a7pha 14. ol' burger beats - mind games 15. oddisee - the iceberg 16. deca - the way through 17. m9 - old pictures 18. medslaus - poorboy 19. cunninlynguists - rose azura njano 20. has-lo - a singular point of light 21. tyler the creator - flower boy 22. emay - ilah 23. onry ozzborn - black phillip 24. brockhampton - saturation II 25. JID - the never story 26. dr quandary - jukebox buddha 27. MIKE - may god bless your hustle 28. lil ugly mane (bedwetter) - vol 1. flick your tongue against your teeth and describe the present 29. roc marciano - rosebudd's revenge 30. von pea & the other guys - the fiasco
i don't think most on here will agree with a majority of these but this is top 30 after revisiting a bunch of albums over the last few weeks. there's stilla few more i need to go back to but i doubt anything in the top 15 willl change.
top EPs -
1. onry ozzborn - cvpiid 2. elucid - valley of grace 3. noveliss - kenjutsu under the moonlight 4. KAAN & klaus layer - abstractions 5. denzel curry - 13
haven't made a list for instrumental projects yet but damu, brock berrigan, and dirty art club are probably top 5.
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 1:33:03 PM yeah, good point, no mask. a lot of stuff people need to catch up on.
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Litney Spears
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 1:33:49 PM Can we stop making these redundant posts
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tippi dink
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 1:34:46 PM lol or you could just not click on the thread
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Seme__one
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 2:04:29 PM HBO
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tippi dink
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 2:08:42 PM HBO is good but it doesn't count since it's a 2013 release
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Seme__one
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 2:16:08 PM ^ you sure Tippi? Was that its digital release or Cd? Does that count? damn I'm sure it was this year.....
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tippi dink
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 2:27:43 PM yeah HBO was released in 2013, it was limited to 5 copies put out on phonograph cylinders for 10k each.
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no mask
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 2:36:15 PM ^ i bought all those. im extra legit now!lol
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no mask
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 2:57:18 PM at tippi
i was expecting quelle chris to be higher on your list and no shabazz palaces?
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tippi dink
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 3:40:45 PM the quelle chris album is great but it's a little long and it's not something i listen to all the time. also i kind of have a specific way of scoring these albums and after doing that i couldn't put it above the others. it would have been top 10 for sure but i really like that big krit album and jehst's album grew on me a lot.
i liked the shabazz palaces albums at first but whenever i revisit it i find it pretty underwhelming. the concept is really cool and interesting but musically i don't think they hold a candle to their previous albums. both albums were decent but i dug jealous machines a little more. shine a light is definitely one of my favorite tracks of the year too.
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Dyme Secta
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 4:00:58 PM
Prodigy: Hegelian Dialectic (The Book Of Revelation)
Dope this was his home coming album. Big cousin Boogie C was right when he said "Prodigy is saying some things on his new album. Check it out if you haven't already. Revisit it if you have. Enjoy. Later.
- dymesecta
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no mask
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 4:01:33 PM ^see, as you know i just got into shabazz this year. jealous machines just sticks out for me big time as far as originality, creativity go this year. going through everything 2017 these past couple of weeks i realized my top 20 wasnt an accurate reflection of where my tastes are currently.- it was too one dimensional. really been feeling that brick body kids album and that denmark vessey and azarias album the past few days. Rome won me over too after not giving it a full proper chance the first couple of listens. just wish now that i could fit 15 albums in my top 10.
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no mask
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 4:11:51 PM at -Dyme secta
that P album is great to me largely because it really completes what he's been hinting on,saying bits and pieces about in his songs for 20 years. its like his dissertation. a few of the beats were underwhelming to me though so it fell out of my top 10 pretty fast after it dropped but not a lot of albums pack in that much knowledge and its incredible what he did on it.- those who know will know what i mean. what he said on there is not to be taken lightly, under appreciated or forgotten.and at least he said and expressed that part of himself very fully on the album before he passed.
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tippi dink
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 4:12:50 PM no mask - i get that, if this was the first shabazz palaces project i ever heard i would probably like it more. to me it's just not as engaging as some of their other stuff, it doesn't have as many of those standout tracks that i replay over and over. i really wanted to like it more than i did. maybe i'll feel differently in a few years, who knows. have to heard black up, lese majesty, or their two eps from 2009? if so what did you think of those? black up is still my favorite thing theyve done.
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no mask
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 4:17:21 PM im certain i recall some real stand outs on their first couple albums that are above most of the stuff on jealous and gangster star but need to re listen. sometimes i wish i had 2 heads.
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tippi dink
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 4:29:22 PM lol i hear you, trust me. it's hard enough trying to keep up with all the new stuff let alone checking out the stuff you missed.
these are some of my favorite tracks off black up, especially swerve and felt.
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Dyme Secta
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 4:35:12 PM no mask You're right. This album is great. It is so fresh. Thinking ahead say in late 2027 this project will be a nice reference point.
Extremely under the radar. Carved a real nice spot outside of the current landscape. He did a superb job capturing and expressing what is going on.
The album culminates that mans growth. Went out on a high note and left the people some good music. Later.
- dymesecta
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no mask
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 4:36:42 PM i need to be an octabrain. 8 heads and no legs. what? thats 16 ears and 8 brains doe. wooooord.
something clicked the other day and it was like fuck the cookie cutter closer to boom bap stuff if the creativity isnt there and its negative. the creative, experimental shit challenges me more and packs those layers, is better for my mood. thats something that always bugged me about rap in general -that it was getting to negative. whats the use if you like something a lot for how the beats sound if overall it just feeds negative emotions and feelings.
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tippi dink
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 4:50:43 PM man that's kind of how i've been feeling for a while lol, the last few years at least. probably not as strongly though. i'm just completely indifferent to a lot of the straight forward boom-bap stuff that comes out these days. i wouldn't say it's wack but 90% of it doesn't really stand out or stick with me. i could take it or leave it and most of the time. honestly these days i would rather challenge myself and listen to something experimental or completely outside of my comfort zone. even if i end up hating it at least i feel like i heard something new.
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tippi dink
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 5:07:19 PM most of the boom bap stuff i gravitate towards now tends to be jazzy/soulful and positive though. i know we've talked about all those artists that were putting out stuff in the early-mid 2000s like cyne, little brother, people under the stairs,strange fruit project, specifics, etc. that's a sound that will never get old to me.
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no mask
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 5:14:05 PM the problem i always run into is that the "negative" emcees got some of the best beats. im not against a certain amount of that shit either but its not dominating my experience -thats for sure.
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soy_titooo
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 6:45:17 PM One of the reason why I don't see the point to this type of threads is due to those users that post +20 albums. Tippi, I'm looking at you, lol.
I got a pretty similar music taste than you but man gris is about the top albums not about a top 30 list!
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Phatbeets
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 6:57:07 PM What tippi does is some enhanced active courageous experimental masochism which you do at his age but at some point you will stop spazzing left and right and accept that even if you may miss on a lot of good things.
But the real limiting factor is time and it seems like now, I have only 10% of the time you got (for music listening) and thereby I aint trying to gamble on my personal music taste nomo (which is varied enough for me) - because I know what I got and when you >= 35 yo your preference is pretty much established. After almost 25 y where I spent a huge amount of my time listening to some music I know what fits me best and accordingly I have joints and joints for years in the locker. I could live from that till the rest of my days without anything new and die a happy man.
Im all for sponging and sponging but at some point you sneeze out and the quest hysteria falls off and you follow your instinct and primary taste. iiwii
The range of music i like goes from classical / mostly soundtracks shit, African musica, French musica, Guitar music, hop hop, pop, R&B all the way up till alot of D&B -> its a big spectrum
yes - i Like..
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are u ready
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 7:01:28 PM 1. milo - who told you to think??!!?!?!?! 2. armand hammer - rome 3. billy woods - known unknowns 4. open mike eagle - brick body kids still daydream 5. jonwayne - rap album two
we know milo is ur fav album no need to actually post it
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no mask
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 7:03:37 PM i asked- post your favs and tippis the only one that did it so far.
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Clockworx (Admin)
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 7:23:25 PM Too early for a nomination thread. Still a couple albums dropping over the next few weeks that could be in the conversation.
^5 most played albums this year for me according to Spotify.
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Phatbeets
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 7:37:26 PM 3 more guitar tracks I wanted to put in the post above
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born dead
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 8:01:57 PM Anti-Lilly & Phoniks - It's Nice Outside DJ Low Cut - Dead End King Magnetic - Everything Happens 4 A Reason Apathy & OC - Perestroika Recognize Ali - Back 2 Mecca Venom - Ruff N' Tuff DJ Muggs & Meyhem Lauren - Gems From The Equinox Umang, D-Rec & BBZ Darney - Hunter's Moon Hex One - Words Worth A Thousand Pictures Heavy Metal Kings - Black God White Devil Koss - Born To Live Sean Price - Imperius Rex Nolan The Ninja - Yen Blue & Exile - In The Beginning: Before The Heavens Illmaculate & Goldini Bagwel - Ethereal Apollo Brown & Planet Asia - Anchovies Kool G Rap - Return Of The Don Nick Grant - Return of The Cool (definitely a slept on album) Stik Figa - Central Standard Time (not sure if this is an EP) Jupiter A.K.A. - The Great Red Spot
Amerigo Gazaway - A Common Wonder (not sure if this one counts)
Personally I think we should allow Run The Jewels 3 since the physical release was this year and it was released so close to the end of 2017 that we didn't really get time to site with it. But that's just my opinion.
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tippi dink
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 8:02:48 PM One of the reason why I don't see the point to this type of threads is due to those users that post +20 albums. Tippi, I'm looking at you, lol.
I got a pretty similar music taste than you but man gris is about the top albums not about a top 30 list!
i don't understand this complaint. i listened to hundreds of albums this year, and 30 is too many? if you feel that way, why not only pay attention to the top 5 or top 10? it's simple lol, and i numbered them for a reason. it's not like it's a random list of albums you have to sift through. the way i see it, it's better to post a decent number of projects so that someone who heard and enjoyed the majority of the albums i posted can find something new. how this is a bad thing?
What tippi does is some enhanced active courageous experimental masochism
i don't really think it's masochism because i usually enjoy the experience of listening to a new album or artist, even if it's not something i would want to experience again. i honestly think it's fun. the only thing that would make me slow down would be if i didn't have time to listen to a lot of music. or if i went deaf lol.
also fuck you ollie, i'd ask what your AOTY is but we all know you don't actually listen to music, you just talk about it
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 8:08:05 PM top 5 in no particular order....leaning towards taboo as my favorite though
taboo - bookowski Deca - the way through jam baxter - mansion 38 M-dot - ego and the enemy emay - ilah
other favorites
Umang, bbz, and d rev - hunters moon d rev - dirty capital brother ali - all the beauty in this whole life milo - who told you to think verb t and pitch 92 - good evening strange u - lp # 4080 dopeknife - 1984 kristoff krane - Kairos pt 1 sadistik - altars POS - chill dummy dopp hopp melanin 9 - old pictures A7PHA
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 8:55:57 PM Tippi i listen to music but i only like a few trqcks off certain albums. Were in a quanity over quality era so i just pick what I like and kim
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Phatbeets
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posted Friday, December 08, 2017 9:04:54 PM slowly getting mad that I dont manage to post one of my all time favorite and most played song itt.
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no mask
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posted Saturday, December 09, 2017 8:44:25 PM ^you have trouble with english phat?or you just like spamming threads? Weak shit son.
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tippi dink
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posted Saturday, December 09, 2017 8:47:30 PM fair enough ollie, what are your top tracks from this year then?
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dj rolo
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posted Sunday, December 10, 2017 10:04:45 AM tippi stays up against the ropes lol....verbal punching bag style. that happens when you an elitist white kid trying way too hard....so gotta get used to it lil'geek
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tippi dink
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posted Sunday, December 10, 2017 10:17:44 AM do you fucking understand what an elitist is? don't use words if you don't know what they mean. i'm starting to think you're actually retarded lol.
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tippi dink
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posted Sunday, December 10, 2017 10:38:25 AM let me break this down for you
i like all types of hip hop, i don't hate on mainstream artists just for being popular. i try and understand the appeal of music that i don't personally like, including mumble rap and trap.
i don't care what an artists skin color is, how they dress, what their upbringing was, or what their sexual preference is.
i don't nitpick when it comes to labeling genre
a handful of albums on my list are mainstream albums that get shit on constantly by a lot of "real hip hop heads" aka actual elitists
i don't judge or insult people because of their musical preferences unless i'm joking
i don't push my taste onto others or imply that someone's taste is inferior because they don't like an artist that i do. when i post these albums, the intent is for that music to reach the people who would actually enjoy it.
so how exactly am i an elitist? you fit the definition of an elitist more than pretty much anyone else here here, but you being a hypocrite is nothing new. you're a fucking joke man, your lack of self awareness is fucking astounding lol.
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Paper Piff And Polo
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posted Sunday, December 10, 2017 12:03:40 PM Havent heard that last Prodigy album yet Gonna bump this afternoon pretty excited after reading the above comments On a side note I revisited Dopp Hopp again after bumping the day it came out then being dissapointed then coming on here and tellin people I wasnt feelin it then everyone was like "You Crazy That Album Is Daffy" blah blah blah. That album isnt that good. Definitely not AOTY Like dude said above if you havent heard there older stuff you might dig it but comparing it to Lone Sharks and HARK it kinda sucks. Beats are sup par. No real bangers no cool take away lyrics just a mesh of blah I tried ya'll im a big Dopp Gang fan too but I dont think that album is all that sorry
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tippi dink
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posted Sunday, December 10, 2017 12:09:04 PM i've heard all of the doppelgangaz albums and dopp hopp is still one of my favorites albums from this year. of course i still like lone sharks and hark more but i think dopp hopp is a nice evolution of their sound and it's got a lot of replayability for me. some of the best songs they've ever made are on there imo.
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Paper Piff And Polo
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posted Sunday, December 10, 2017 12:21:59 PM Really? I just dont hear it. I think I just had to high of hopes for this project basically. I get they have a new sound or whatever but it isnt that good No definitive samples and I hate that fuxkin 808 hi hat shit they try to incorporate with all there shit now to make it sound like some semi trap shit. I think dudes got sued for sample clearance im pretty sure. Why else would you go from sample beats to this shit? I couldnt detect any good loops at all on the whole project. All the beats are just bland and fucking boring and brings down the overall sound of the album Plus the raps are like real basic and boring and they sound very unenergetic like there just reading words of the page with no emphasis on anything. I tried listening to that shit twice yesterday cause I thought I missed something. Well I didnt lol
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Paper Piff And Polo
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posted Sunday, December 10, 2017 12:24:37 PM Im just sayin Boston Beard is the most played track on that album and that song sucks so theres that also
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alldayz1
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posted Sunday, December 10, 2017 12:27:45 PM Fav mc albums teraban camouflage children fav instrumental kankick outside 7
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Daddy Alfredo (Admin)
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posted Sunday, December 10, 2017 12:33:43 PM ill drop my top 10 for the yr in here wen i get home tonight. thers still 10-12 things i havent peeped tho.
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tippi dink
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posted Sunday, December 10, 2017 12:35:59 PM I think dudes got sued for sample clearance im pretty sure. Why else would you go from sample beats to this shit?
man i don't know if that's true, EP has said before that they never wanted to be put in a box and made whatever they felt like making, and their influences seem to be all over the place. EP said he was a fan of puff daddy and dipset as well as all the underground boom bap stuff. i feel like there's definitely been a progression from lone sharks to hark to peace kehd to this album. my expectations for the album weren't too high after their last few projects but it surprised me, i like almost every single track on there.
boston beard, e.w.w., if it wasn't for the cloak, i've been, beak wet, rollin, pride's cloak, and die 4 it are all great imo.
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Daddy Alfredo (Admin)
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posted Sunday, December 10, 2017 12:37:45 PM i just checked, 8 things ive yet to peep that are on my list.
top 10 albums in order
1. hmk 2 2. your old droog - packs 3. dopp hopp 4. jonwayne - rap album two 5. sparkmaster tape - lost grapes 6. warporn 7. has-lo - a singular point of light 8. jazz spastiks & mello soul black 9. danny watts - black boy meets world 10. mr. lif & brass menazari
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Daddy Alfredo (Admin)
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posted Sunday, December 10, 2017 12:39:04 PM the best instro i heard this yr was j dilla motor city
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technosapien36
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posted Sunday, December 10, 2017 2:24:26 PM My top 5
Armand Hammer -ROME Billy Woods - Known Unknowns Madchild X Evidence - Darkest Hour Killa Kali X The Architect - American Me Roc Marciano - Rosebudd's Revenge
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