rolling mumble rap challenge 2017

really? i didn't think it was as good as the first one, but it wasn't that big a drop-off

i felt like the songwriting was a lot more hurried

but it also might have been unfairly contrasting w/ my new fav rapper 03 greedo whose melodic choices tend to make these younger kids seem like they're finger painting

thraed of 03 Greedo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMUKT9cODEY

a little late but i'm a big fan of this beat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfIKwzT6J_c

Yeah pierre bourne snapped on that tape

Nudy sucks though

if anyone's interested and has a few minutes to spare, we need more voters for the wu poll:

WU-TANG CLAN — Artist Poll — Voting Thread (deadline Oct. 15)

this looks fucking awesome btw, anybody catching it on the west coast?

https://la.redbullmusicacademy.com/event/a-conversation-with-ice-t
https://la.redbullmusicacademy.com/event/uncle-jamms-army

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=149&v=qR232HboigM

planet asia & apollo brown are nice w/the low-key ka/roc marci style

https://soundcloud.com/meyhemlauren/sets/gems-from-the-equinox

mayhem lauren + DJ muggs, some great beats on this

anyone know anything about cal wayne?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBFQ2iNUUrw

like reo grand too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=oVF6zOX2da4

I really like Khary: https://soundcloud.com/sorrykhary

Am I the only one who thinks the Offset / 21 Savage / Metro Boomin record is absolutely amazing? I mean, Culture is my favorite rap-record of the year, so I was predisposed to like it, but it's really really great, no?

i am just hearing rockstar for the first time and it is .. good?

for some sci fi dystopian can ox type vibez the new Armand Hammer is really great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIbWO8YO0KM

i am just hearing rockstar for the first time and it is .. good?

― alpine static, Wednesday, November 8, 2017 1:32 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

awful

i like this: https://armandhammer.bandcamp.com/ (billy woods and elucid)

Second that Armand Hammer album. It's real good.

There's a new Rexx Life Raj album out and it's gooood

https://youtu.be/Qse5HH30eME

i posted about him in the r&b thread a little back. checking out the new alb now.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQzRU8IC0mg
G Perico bringing the Quik vibes

I like this Lute dude, signed to J Cole's label

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re9wDJeJ1Qo

yeah that first verse is very well thought out

gimme the lute

New Sosa 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 much more Rappy than “thot breaker”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gguqyEUu6QY

The new Lil Wop mixtape is wild

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3gsv3PMNPU

i find him unlistenable. im convinced hed be nowhere near as famous if his name wasnt 'lil wop' in the era of GUCCI MANE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTIST WHO HAS EVER LIVED

Nah, his Gucci fandom is the least interesting thing about him. He gives lip service to Gucci, but his sound owes more to Keef. Both of those things are kinda boring on their own, but I love the tape's mashup of slasher films and sugary breakfast cereal.

Also helps that he uses his own stable of producers, rather than just tapping the same old 1017 standbys. Gucci's never made a tape that sounds anything like this

i dunno, most of his records so far i find aggressively unlikeable

lets talk about how this is the best chief keef record of the year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD3LvBIOsKI

I haven't kept up with them all but that whole tape sounds like his best start-to-finish project in years to me. The mix is interesting... all these songs, like "Less Speed," that might have been played for maximum volume a few years ago, sound slightly cushioned, like it was mastered with headphones in mind

it doesn't feel like his 'best project in years' to me in the sense that his catalog has always sort of exceeded the bounds of his projects, and capturing just one project feels like you're only look at one facet of what he does--like, to say this best represents him when there's zero melodic records on it feels wrong. I will say that this, like Thot Breaker, feels like one of his best-packaged efforts, and is definitely more well sequenced than the unfortunate Bang 3 releases, which were kind of botched even though the have some classic records on them (ie "laurel canyon")

I knew from the singles that this keef would not be for me. I enjoyed Thot Breaker a lot, and I was into Nobody 2 and quite a few Bang 3 tracks were great too despite being patchy on the whole. I'd love to see him put something together that was full of tracks like No and Tats. Still, for me, he's been the most consistently interesting and innovative rapper around for the last 3 years.

For those compiling your year-end lists, this includes all the available tracks on this thread, organized roughly chronologically in order of mention:

ILM's 2017 Rolling Hip Hop Thread Spotify Playlist

this isn't particularly great but man this album cover art is something else

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1324521162_10.jpg

That cover art is amazing. It doesn't make me want to listen, however.

A few jamz

gunna/young thug - don't play with it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_NJ6NgtADE

YB - flights over feelings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmknEyg0Gro

queen key/valee - pass the blunt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIPp2ilPXBk

drakeo - big banc uchies

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

zmoney/valee - two 16s
https://soundcloud.com/user-421658681/two-16s-feat-valee

need to hear more from her but i think i really like bbymutha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fgx4NNgqps

lol, she just posted a rap over grimes' "genesis" on twitter; she is hunting hipsters
love that drawl tho'

T.Y. and Jet Life Recordings crew is worth checking out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D0sH5Z-SPQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PtMGBLP7-c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPI-lTBs_Jk

ive grown to like the yachty album its fun

I'm literally crying over the death of Combat Jack. Such a loss.

yeah too sad :(
and mf doom's kid :(

The shit with combat happened so, so fast. Like out of nowhere. He just broke the news he was sick in October

it's very sad. i didn't know about doom's kid, that's heartbreaking.

got around to listening to the durk/tee grizzley tape and it fucking goes