tbh i'm not even sure how i'd go about writing about these guys without falling into the trap you describe (which is why i haven't tried or pitched). that might indicate a flaw in what they do, everything - the beats, the rapping - is fine and often a lot more, particularly in the moment of listening, but it's some way off ~blowing my mind~. it's all, like, the #25 album on your EOY list in a mediocre year
― bitch I'm on the 242 (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
but i do like them
i mean i just listened to the new kendrick single for the first time, and i listened three times and i enjoyed those all the way through? but i don't *care* about it?
― bitch I'm on the 242 (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
Like I was saying on twitter, I think a most of Black Hippy's best material is the emotional stuff (with Q as the exception, his best stuff is weird techno sex raps), and I think most rap writers are more comfortable writing about the more technical or political aspects of their records. So when that kind of emotional catharsis comes wrapped up in displays of technique or a rebellious political stance, it's the latter things that end up being written about. It's like... the Ab-Soul album is my favorite rap album this year, but the best parts are the songs where he's getting all emo about his dead girlfriend, the rappity-rap shit is just a bonus.
― chain the color of am0n (The Reverend), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
for sure - "Blessed", "His Pain", and "The Book of Soul" are all pretty fantastic imo
― Number None, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
Kendrick's tour is gonna be called 'music matters'
― google deeznuts (D-40), Friday, 20 July 2012 15:29 (eleven years ago) link
with Q as the exception, his best stuff is weird techno sex raps
wish there was more of these, I love them.
― Tim F, Saturday, 21 July 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
tHe commitment tHis guy Has to capitalizing every single letter H in tHousands upon tHousands of tweets is so fucking corny
― Citizen Ship (some dude), Saturday, 10 November 2012 00:22 (eleven years ago) link
I cannot understand why more people don't get excited about Q. He is an extraordinary talent and has produced one of the best albums of the year.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Saturday, 10 November 2012 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
I really fucking love Habits And Contradictions. My 10 year old son loves it and so does my wife, it's so rare have an album that is loved by my whole family. When I am old and dying that will mean something to me.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Saturday, 10 November 2012 01:51 (eleven years ago) link
idk turns out I really like Hands on the wHeel a lot
― EZee4snappin (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 11 November 2012 04:03 (eleven years ago) link
― Citizen Ship (some dude), Friday, November 9, 2012 6:22 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
apparently He does tHat in texts too b/c He's a Hoover crip
― D-40, Friday, 23 November 2012 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
so it's corny gangsta shit
― The Doc Morbama (some dude), Friday, 23 November 2012 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
sHit
― J0rdan S., Friday, 23 November 2012 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
can you program your pHone to auto-cap the letter H every time
there's an app for that
― Number None, Saturday, 24 November 2012 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
"collard greens" is amazing
http://soundcloud.com/topdawgent/schoolboy-q-collard-greens/s-T4uQa
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 11:26 (ten years ago) link
hope they don't push the album back any furtherhttps://soundcloud.com/topofnewyork2104/schoolboy-q-break-the-bank
― Number None, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
and it's out there
― Number None, Friday, 21 February 2014 10:57 (ten years ago) link
under a minute into "los awesome" and i'm so hyped up
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 February 2014 11:13 (ten years ago) link
um these lyrics on "what they want" tho -_-
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 February 2014 11:23 (ten years ago) link
where is "banger (moshpit)" or was that never meant for the album?
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 February 2014 11:32 (ten years ago) link
thx for the heads up #0. This album has an impressively long wiki for something that's not out yet.
― pandemic, Friday, 21 February 2014 11:54 (ten years ago) link
a non-suga free leak of an album with suga free on it is kinda worthless
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, 21 February 2014 12:56 (ten years ago) link
my version has the suga free track?
good album all in all, stop being gross about women tho
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 February 2014 13:07 (ten years ago) link
Did your version have 'gravy' the supposed clams casino one on it? I'm going by wiki here so who knows.
But the version I grabbed had 16 tracks.
Feeling the majority of beats on here.
― pandemic, Friday, 21 February 2014 13:13 (ten years ago) link
no, i got something purporting to be the deluxe edition but it's the 15-track standard edition as per wiki. already have "yay yay" off the deluxe obv so it's just "gravy" i don't have
the beats are really superb, yeah. "los awesome" is ridiculous
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 February 2014 13:15 (ten years ago) link
Come the end of the day I can tell what could have been 5 or 6 plays of this record will actually only be 2 or 3 cos I'll keep replaying track 2 'Los Awesome' instead of getting on with hearing the rest.
lol xp
― pandemic, Friday, 21 February 2014 13:17 (ten years ago) link
i'm a sucker for the strings on this
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 February 2014 13:32 (ten years ago) link
that 'Los Awesome' beat is hilarious, makes sense that Pharrell made it.
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 21 February 2014 14:24 (ten years ago) link
Swore that was Fred Durst singing on "Break the Bank" :(
― Evan R, Friday, 21 February 2014 16:53 (ten years ago) link
I keep hearing some annoying ad that uses the Menomena tune Q samples on There He Go, still got mad love for that despite it doing everyone elses damn head in. I like this new one, a lot less filler than on Setbacks... and the production is superb.
― xelab, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:18 (ten years ago) link
as much as i hated Habits & Contradictions, "Man of the Year" and "Collard Greens" jammed so i'm somewhat looking forward to this
― MISTERSNRUB (some dude), Friday, 21 February 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link
I have had two listens now + really loving it, it is a different beast than Habits.. a lot darker and more of a crafted, well sequenced album experience.
― xelab, Friday, 21 February 2014 18:30 (ten years ago) link
ox y a moron is not a good chorus
― johnny crunch, Friday, 21 February 2014 20:18 (ten years ago) link
I liked HnC and thought the singles from this have been really disappointing :/
― imago draggin' (The Reverend), Friday, 21 February 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link
This doesn't have draggy stretches like HnC, but the highs are a lot lower
― Evan R, Friday, 21 February 2014 20:32 (ten years ago) link
yea the sugar free track is terrible too
few good songs here but idk i dont really get this guy
― johnny crunch, Friday, 21 February 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
suga not sugar thx autocorrect for making me look herby
― johnny crunch, Friday, 21 February 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
There aint no Hands on The Wheel on it but I still think it is a better album than HnC. Glad to see other people liked HnC, I always thought it was mostly reviled on here.
― xelab, Friday, 21 February 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
i didn't really like the song w/him and raekwon which seems like a massively bad sign
― sXe & the banshees (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 21 February 2014 21:16 (ten years ago) link
"collard greens" is a really underrated single imo, really fun song
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, 21 February 2014 22:18 (ten years ago) link
It was really underrated! Pretty flawless imo, love everything about it
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 February 2014 23:15 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I still crank that one every time
― Evan R, Friday, 21 February 2014 23:45 (ten years ago) link
A few great tracks, mostly near the beginning, but he should never ever ever attempt sex raps/content ever. Mostly I don't find him interesting enough a character to spend most of an hour+ with.
― Simon H., Friday, 21 February 2014 23:50 (ten years ago) link
collard greens >>>>> hands on the wheel
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Friday, 21 February 2014 23:57 (ten years ago) link
this album is ehhalright
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Friday, 21 February 2014 23:58 (ten years ago) link
really don't agree with some of you people.
― xelab, Saturday, 22 February 2014 01:00 (ten years ago) link
Listening again, but I really can`t imagine how anyone could enjoy "Studio" or "Hell of a Night." There are some half-dece tracks marred by either Q himself ("What They Want," "Oxymoron") or the guest (Tyler on "The Purge").
― Simon H., Saturday, 22 February 2014 03:06 (ten years ago) link
Hoover Street is Q's most poignant work yet, some of the imagery in there seems very personal. Kinda love it as well, the beats are alltime dark.
― xelab, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:26 (ten years ago) link