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
"Studio" is my favorite song....
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
― rap steve gadd (D-40),
yeah I skip around a lot
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
i really can't get into this for some reason
― sXe & the banshees (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 19:32 (ten years ago) link
...yeah, most of this album bores me to tears.
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 20:14 (ten years ago) link
Haven't stopped listening to this record.
― voodoo chili, Friday, 28 February 2014 16:48 (ten years ago) link
good beavis YEAHs
― j., Friday, 28 February 2014 23:04 (ten years ago) link
RED DOT, CHICKENPOX TYPE SYMPTOMS
― imago draggin' (The Reverend), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 03:22 (ten years ago) link
I wasn't that into "Collard Greens" until I heard it out the other night and now I love it
― imago draggin' (The Reverend), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 03:36 (ten years ago) link
It's kinda like every other SQ album in that the highs are crazy high but everything else is just ok
Hover StreetLos AwesomeGangster
A few others but honestly I need to listen more
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 22:16 (ten years ago) link
i like the songs i have heard on the radio from this, gotta listen to it soon
― dyl, Thursday, 13 March 2014 15:36 (ten years ago) link
Hell of a Night is perfect in it's own goofball way.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 00:02 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZphGmJa3q0&feature=youtu.be
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 00:45 (ten years ago) link
this is sounding good.
― j., Friday, 22 August 2014 01:25 (nine years ago) link
yea i waay underrated this initially on the weakness of a few awful trax but this has several undeniable jamz
― johnny crunch, Friday, 22 August 2014 01:36 (nine years ago) link
"Man of the Year" is one my singles of the year, "Studio" more problematic.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 August 2014 02:05 (nine years ago) link
i think also i was prejeducialist to q bcuz i never thought someone rocking so many bucket hats could possibly be good
― johnny crunch, Friday, 22 August 2014 02:15 (nine years ago) link
How dare you sir
― ruffalo soldier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 22 August 2014 03:09 (nine years ago) link
EPMD looking at you like
http://www.mtv.com/bands/h/hip_hop_week/2007/groups/images/epmd.jpg
― The Reverend, Friday, 22 August 2014 03:32 (nine years ago) link
http://images1.mtv.com/uri/mgid:file:docroot:mtv.com:/content/ontv/vma/2009/photo/flipbook/me-and-my-moonman-retro/1991-ll-cool-j-50706032.jpg?enlarge=false&matte=true&matteColor=black&quality=0.85
― ruffalo soldier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 22 August 2014 14:10 (nine years ago) link
tbf there were basically 20 years between EPMD and Schoolboy Q where the only rapper famous for wearing bucket hats was Tony Yayo
― birdman junior dad (some dude), Friday, 22 August 2014 14:11 (nine years ago) link
http://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/t_article_image/vsg49cpwwjm5bg956iuy.jpg
― ruffalo soldier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 22 August 2014 14:12 (nine years ago) link
some dude - i'm not interesting in being fair
bucket hats are basically becoming the new trucker hat in the post-odd future/yung lean era though
http://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/t_article_image/lbmqzpozeo6hd2evgfwx.jpg
― birdman junior dad (some dude), Friday, 22 August 2014 14:18 (nine years ago) link
Is whiney rocking one?
― ruffalo soldier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 22 August 2014 14:25 (nine years ago) link
T/F: The best song on Oxymoron is 'Collard Greens'
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 22 August 2014 16:56 (nine years ago) link
(t btw; followed by Hell of a Night, Break the Bank, Los Awesome, Hoover Street, The Purge, Blind Threats, Man of the Year more or less in that order)
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 22 August 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu),
True.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 August 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
Second after "Los Awesome"
― The Reverend, Friday, 22 August 2014 17:13 (nine years ago) link
One of the things I think is really cool about this album is that when it reaches for an "old school west coast" sound, its model seems to be DJ Muggs rather than Dr. Dre
― The Reverend, Friday, 22 August 2014 17:33 (nine years ago) link
^^^ agreed
though am I the only one who digs "Prescription/Oxymoron" now?
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Friday, 22 August 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
Never liked that one
"Studio" still horrific, how was "Los Awesome" not a single instead
― Simon H., Friday, 22 August 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link
"Studio" somehow feels longer and slower every time I hear it. Relieved that it's finally fading from radio rotation.
― Evan R, Friday, 22 August 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
"Studio" is a funny song, like few rappers have ever sounded more "the label needs a single, this'll work" half-assed rapping on an R&B track, his verses all end with awkward trainwrecks, but it's still kind of hot. and went #1 a few months after he practically disowned everything radio-friendly on his album and whined that he wished he never signed with a major.
― birdman junior dad (some dude), Friday, 22 August 2014 21:35 (nine years ago) link
I don't think Q sounds good on it, but I don't think he's the problem, either. Every cover or mixtape freestyle I've heard of the song has been a slog, too. Something about the beat/pacing just sucks the life out of whoever is rapping over it.
― Evan R, Friday, 22 August 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
I fux with "Studio". It sounds good on the radio.
― The Reverend, Saturday, 23 August 2014 02:08 (nine years ago) link
Q's always done r&b tracks tho
― The Reverend, Saturday, 23 August 2014 02:09 (nine years ago) link
it cracked me up how both of the OMG INDIE SAMPLEZ songs from Habits & Contradictions were on Pitchfork's decade-so-far lists (but not the album or anything else by Q)
― birdman junior dad (some dude), Saturday, 23 August 2014 02:15 (nine years ago) link
although "Man of the Year" has an indie sample too, surprised they didn't make it a hat trick
― birdman junior dad (some dude), Saturday, 23 August 2014 02:24 (nine years ago) link