rolling mumble rap challenge 2017

it seems p obvious to me that xxx is gonna end up being the biggest rapper to come from this whole scene

but lol @ how he's managed to do it:

https://soundcloud.com/jahseh-onfroy/xxxtentacion-ski-mask-the-slump-god-off-the-wall

noz played this on his radio show, and it's awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-bxhiYHBuw

actually the whole tape is good and this new track too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNM4q75PlxY

Yeah I put "nice n slow" in my column, ballgreezy's sound is refreshingly different right now

holy shit Thot Breaker is amazing... wonder if he'll cross(back)-over, after a few years out of the spotlight making music 4 the fans

Fwiw some of the best songs on it actually leaked out a year ago. Lol a lot of him "making music for the fans" had to do w presentation and ppl's (inaccurate imo) perceptions of him just off in left field making weirdo music or whatever

Like yes a love songs theme makes this more obviously conceptual but a lot of what's going on here musically has obvious precedent in the "nobody" tapes for ex. This stands apart just cuz it is just a well-curated collection of songs put together by his current manager. (Bang 3 was put together by FilmOn, alki david's label; finally rich by larry Jackson and young chop, bang 2 and almightyso by keef himself.)

AlmightySo, IMO, is just as good as this, maybe slightly stronger, arguably slightly less accessible. In the context of Uzi vert, playboi carti, and yachty, I think it seems much less weird now than it did in 2013

"Dats My Bae" is lovely!

Did J.I.D. get discussed in this thread? Album is blowing my mind; right up there with Carti and Kendrick for me.

https://youtu.be/6eFcSesrP6A

https://youtu.be/FtYkZOOMlKQ

Tee Grizzly and GoldLink are the other standout records for me. The new Gunna is gorgeous. And Thot Breaker is a revelation, obviously. Would love to see that become Keef's big comeback project.

i guess it's not fashionable but the yo gotti mike will tape goes hard as fuck.

though i like 'crew' something about the Goldlink doesn't really work for me

I like Smino more as a rapper in that vein but his tape was a lil disappointing.

I really like Jayaire Woods' tape. Did I post that already?

https://soundcloud.com/jayairewoods/woodside-prod-by-vzn

https://soundcloud.com/jayairewoods/wood-prod-by-canis-major

it kind of sounds like it exists in its own world right now, not overly swayed by trends

JID sounds so much like Kendrick I've had trouble living with it. I keep meaning to give it another chance but I can't help but feel like he's building a career of one of Kendrick's voices

oh I forgot in my rundown to mention Valee's VTM project I listen to more than any new artist this year

i put all the Valee tapes in a playlist but ya thats one of my most played for sure, he is like the personification of this thread rap music's memorable banalities lol. 'Shell' is top 5 of the year (despite coming out late last year)

His voice is undeniably Kendrick-esque, and so is his flow sometimes, but his vision is so different that it's not a distraction after a couple listens. I hear more mischief in his sound, and more overt nods to west coast alt-rap, shit like Heiroglyphics and Funkdoobiest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8m2bye0b8k

I like the beat on this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eixJgD0OLU

Some will like this Trippie Redd record

hook is truly sublime

https://youtu.be/UCCKxztv7pc

do you still make those mixes ttp? Those were the best; you should make more of those

i really like this (freestyle over kodak black beat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ4UjDHPjr4

thoughts on smokepurpp? i dont like his name or this style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dvTJJvEFL8

todd moscowitz signed him to his new label alamo

love this Brockhampton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpu0JZxDz-w

smokepurpp is like triple x with all the edges sanded off

don't like either of them tbh

the new kool g rap is suprisingly good

been bubbling up since last year but i've been really feeling this track lately

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PX6NLvo47w

'boss up' is tyte too cant remember if posted last year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-kSCET8kog

new JR & PH7 album sounding good

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/in-depth/2017/06/stage-dive-goes-wrong-legal
this one simple trick drives venue security INSANE

also big boi, who you may recall was once one half of the very popular rap duo Outkast, has released his first new album in five years and though it is not zeitgeisty or whatever, it has things to recommend it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDLDVPV8kDE

why there was a time this woulda been a two thousand post thread, etc
/old man yelling at cloudrap

i thought the big boi album was awful...

yeah it's not great, a couple highlights excepted (including Kill Jill and the other songs with Killer Mike)

still digesting but I quite like Kill Jill and In the South and Follow Deez and the snoop collabo
there are embarrassing moments, yes

really like this tape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYS9Szgfkn0

for whatever reason i can't play it, what is it ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5w4rhiIFR0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEgtvdCx-24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoRgUlKxZ8M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJcMJ1789B4

yet another 2017 track called "water." it's the new "make it rain."

i have a great ILX-friendly comparison for Trippie Redd's vocals on "gleeeming karnival"
https://soundcloud.com/trippie-hippie-2/gleeeming-karnival

*coughs*

conway, chris crack and an amusingly named rapper from detroit "nolan the ninja"

https://soundcloud.com/spectacular-diagnostics/rambo-bars-feat-conway-the-machine-chris-crack-nolan-the-ninja

i like this, not traditionalist but seems distinctly NYC in a way a lot of a boogies etc don't

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBDXVILyOw8

ugh i cant stand that lol

find it enjoyable too

just hoped they mopped those stairs first

damn ignored a boogie cuz i found his name annoying, luv this dude

"uh oh, thots!" is a jam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZM3E_N9aqY

i think i posted the original version (named "oowee" at the time) upthread

hope meth and red make music together until they're 90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgoZwp5X2Ek