SCHOOLBOY Q

'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

I know I wasn't that hot on Setbacks, but Habits and Contradictions is awesome.

hella on board w/this

Yeah, love this album too. Really dig how expressive Q is, even most of his adlibs feel like the pitch and aesthetic has been just so carefully considered. And the production is sick pretty much top to bottom.

good lookin to q on dodging xxl freshmen bullet

I know I wasn't that hot on Setbacks, but Habits and Contradictions is awesome.

― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:29 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

u wrong for this

The two albums strike me as both good and quite similar.

xp ok you're right, the new album sux

god it feels like every rap thread i go in contains deej telling someone they're rong or their opinion is weird for enjoying rapper x or preferring album y

i also preferred habits & contradictions slightly, setbacks took a few listens to settle while H&C was pretty immediate

thats completely backwards though. sorry for telling you you're wrong but ... H&C is a much less immediate record

they're both good obv

but whatever makes you feel better about sleeping on the 1st one & justifying it in retrospect

people have different responses to music

sorry to blow your mind but

dog cmon. lex accusing me of this is clearly some kind of practical joke -- his entire argumentative style is 'i'm right you're wrong' so i just went w/ it here

but if you want to discuss the contents of the record, joints like 'kamikaze' and 'fantasy' have much more traditional pop sounds to them than pretty much anything on this record, which goes in a much more oblique / abstract direction, IMHO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjOkdZVj98A

there's def more of a traditional, IMMEDIATE banger feel to these joints than the trippy kinetic weirdness of

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

thats not saying one is better than the other inherently, i just happened to prefer the former approach personally, although I like both records. I do have trouble understanding how you can hear the weirder approach of this record as being a step towards 'immediacy' though, or i'm at least going to need you guys to explain more clearly what you mean by that term b/c i think its kind of self-evident how the two records split along these lines

xp that may be my problem with them? both those sound pretty rote to me compared to what's on this album

what song you know sounds like 'fantasy'?? thats a completely unique & amazing track

i dunno what in particular, but it definitely has that "non-mainstream rapper makes begrudging and half-assed attempt at mainstream song" vibe that always has put me off, even if the particulars might be a bit different, and the hook falls stupid flat.

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

Still listen to this year's album on the reg.

yeah, blank face is still his career best imo, and is more sonically ambitious, but he’s rapping at a very high level here