SCHOOLBOY Q

FIGG GET THE MONEY YEA

fukkin love this dude

Right?

pretty sure i'm in the minority on ilm in preferring kendrick

pretty sure you're not!

I'm with you full force, tpp.

I wish he'd do a mixtape where he just rhymes stuff with "Figg"

just spent most of the evening listening to schoolboy q

I need to hear more Kendrick so I can weigh in

the only person on ILM who I've actually seen say "I like Schoolboy Q more than Kendrick Lamar" is D-40

i like setbacks better than section 80, does that count?

seem to remember a fair few ppl expressing pandemic's opinion. i won't really contest it since section 80 does kinda drag. kendrick's best verses just blow me away though.

I like SchoolboyQ better, though the more I listen to section 80 the more I like it. It's def a grower.

i prefer q to kendrick too, yeah

POLL

i like some of his songs, still think it's weird/disheartening when a rapper uses the word "fags" and no one seems to think it's a problem, not really interested in a big discussion about it because i know it's been talked to death but i'm just tired of it. sorry.

ok i know this is a schoolboy q thread but i LOVE that bit in the A.D.H.D video in the empty office building when the cute girl in typing on a non-existant type-writer and kendrick is pretending to pass her some invisible papers

HIGH TOLERANCE WHEN YOUR AGE DON'T EXIST LIKE WOAAAAAAAAAH

"I like Schoolboy Q more than Kendrick Lamar" is D-40

I didn't like Section 80 at all but am curious about this dude

What did you not like about it?

granted I only listened to it twice but I really did not dig the production

'blessed' off the new schoolboy q is really nice effort from both of these guys actually

They all use the same in-house producers for the most part, fwiw.

There should be an annual award for best mockery pf Jay-Z's BP3 aaaauh adlib

Yea you know what I'm rocking on today's drive home

I haven't heard the new Schoolboy Q album, but the production on Setbacks seems pretty slight compared to Section.80 to me. And Kendrick is a lot more charismatic and a better songwriter imo.

the production on the new schoolboy is pretty cool and even tho i wouldn't agree i'd hear an argument that from that standpoint it trumps section.80, but in any other facet i think it's kendrick by a pretty large margin

kendrick is just a much better songwriter... q hits on some good stuff on a few songs on the album but it's still pretty amateurish in a lot of places to me

and not amateurish in a way that i guess i'm attracted to... just sorta skating by on 'vibe' and all that

how was the production 'slight,' like what do you mean by that?

the production on section80 was kind of hokey to me in parts, v grandiose & all that

yeah i agree with that

yeah kendrick made some real corny choices on section.80 but i don't think it's a huge deal

cosign n/a's post. otoh most of the music I listen to is dudes talking about who they're going to kill & with what gas-powered garden tool so glass houses I guess

haha

"And Kendrick is a lot more charismatic"

This is basically what it boils down to for me. His voice is v engaging/unique.

Having said this, SQ's new album is probably my favorite release so far this year.

TS: Schoolboy Q vs Schoolkids OZ

Really hope we get a Black Hippy album this year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRY1k6aSE0g

This dude is amazing! I had also slept of Kendrick Lamar before now... Damn, great discoveries.

(slept on)

yeah, likewise

He reminds me SO MUCH (especially in the grain of his voice but even his flow) of a mid-'90s MC I used to listen to a lot that I cannot recall... I only had his stuff on some now long-lost mixtapes my buddy made me...

Ah, shit; I remembered--Saafir:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPDHlGP80SM

Does any of this stuff come out on vinyl? I wanna give these dudes some $$$ somehow, preferably not via iTunes...

the production on section80 was kind of hokey to me in parts, v grandiose & all that

yeah, this annoyed me, the R&B gloss

http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/20/black-hippy-a-view-from-the-center/

lol at Kendrick's sister preferring YG

damn, this is grimy as fuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGRHKwFHvNM&list=UUBY8aDToI-OBq2fe7NbwoqA&index=3&feature=plcp

Good article - it's got me wanting to follow these guys

FUCKS YES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oYwf5y9DFg

WHAAATT

best thing i've heard from any of these dudes

when he played here on his spring tour tickets were $25. but there's a whole shady cottage industry of nightclubs who book a midlevel rapper to perform for 20 minutes and charge an arm and a leg.

It's part of the local festival. All good if it helps the local festival alive, give a chant to emergent artists to perform and whatnot, but there is so little hip-hop going in this city (montreal) it ends up being very frustrating.

https://soundcloud.com/topdawgent/that-part-black-hippy-remix-1

Ab-Soul used to be an actual good rapper, I have no idea what happened. The rest of the dudes acquit themselves pretty well.

Also, Blank Face is out today.

I have just been listening to Blank Face, not feeling a lot of it - maybe I'm just not in the mood for it. I keep waiting for habits and contradictions 2 tbh.

"Man of the Year" is still song of the year

^might be right

im liking this though, not sure i heard a standout killer jam but all m/l was pleasing

I had a bit of a stoned epiphany listening to Blank Face last night and have decided it is pretty dope after all.

It hasn't got anything to match some of the bangers off oxymoron, but it is still a fine album.

I'm in love with "Groovy Tony/Eddie Kane."

the tha dogg pound track bangs p good

record is good. been pretty hit and miss artist for me but this is consistent

This is amazing. Agreed that Groovy Tony/Eddie Kane is something else. Love the Vince Staples and E-40 tracks too.

Even despite the inconsistency of previous albums I still loved 'em, but this one hasn't got a dud track on it and is probably his best album yet. But still my fave ever Q tracks are on habits.. and oxymoron.

I don't know those albums at all - this is my introduction. I'll definitely revisit older stuff on the strength of this though.

Oxymoron is at least half an alltime classic album, plenty on it to love.

John Muir is another cut off Blank Face i keep repeating.

yep

JoHn Muir is indeed a highlight, classic rider anthem with crisp live drums

You gotta admire the man's dedication to the capital "H" meme

i don't know what i think yet, it did sound aimless as i've seen said, but strong, likely a grower

I felt like that at first, it is deffo a grower and has a lot of strength in depth.

good album imo

this sounds great on first listen to me

can't tell if there's anything as good as 'man of the year' or 'collard greens' but there was a huge gap between those 2 and the next best track on oxymoron, this is way more consistent

Yeah this was my feeling as well

Well I'd put "studio" up there but more for bj the Chicago kid

"John Muir" is a serious standout for me

new vid for that btw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcV3jIqKznc

I can't believe how much better than Oxymoron this is, replace THat Part with the Black Hippy remix and drop the (sadly ignorable) Miguel collab and it's even better

amazing video

Amazing track as well, it sits easily amongst his finest work

i'm in

i'm still a sucker for a jadakiss guest verse

great album

the (sadly ignorable) Miguel collab

oh that's why that guy seemed so familiar

um, album of the year?

I can't believe how much better than Oxymoron this is

is it possible that oxymoron is not as bad as it seemed

I like all his last 3 albums, none of them are perfect but they are still totally ace.

blank face is kinda perfect to me

Was just blasting out JoHn Muir and thinking: another new Schoolboy Q alb badly needed.

How popular is he? I really like him but I feel like he ain't talked about as much as A$AP Rocky or anyone from the mumble crew.

https://exclaim.ca/music/article/schoolboy_q_postpones_new_album_following_mac_millers_death

that's a bit sad, can't wait for the new lp to drop tho.

running from god's creation
shaking these broken hands
and meeting with blank faces

new album out today--it felt like there was a weird lack of hype for this one, idk why.

gave it a full listen this morning. feels low-stakes and fragmented compared to Blank Face. some good moments and cool production but weirdly unambitious. some grating hooks, too.

yeah, i figured from the pre-released tracks that it wouldn't be as ambitious or eclectic as blank face, but whatever, every artist reserves the right to make minor works every once in a while.

I don't think he's charming enough to coast through bang average material or something. what a disappointment :(

yeah, this is pretty listless, with a couple exceptions (5200, Numb Numb Juice, maybe the Cudi collab).

"Kno Ya Wrong" rules.

we need him back!

new music!

"bluesides"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyKyI_DBIZw

"back in love" ft. devin malik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3vuOP5iY1A