rolling thread 2021 (deluxe edition)

let's get it

popp hunna - "mud baby"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpH1OC4emv4

pooh shiesty - "back in blood" ft. lil durk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Tm65i96TY

ssgkobe - "fnf"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeKMtxppckM

los & nutty - "better at da crib"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTNi-NBA2c0

just rolling everything?

rap

:)

should have been coochie deluxe but whatever

guess we should've made a coochie plan

this fucking sucks

Rio Da Yung OG has been sentenced to five years in prison https://t.co/WsHFcGswP5

— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) January 8, 2021

fuck

los & nutty is the best rap group right now

never not gonna lol @ "rolling thread"

i liked these local (to me) guys big kahuna og + monday night's album last year called thug tear

they just released this: https://schemeteamallstars.bandcamp.com/album/shark-report

liked big kahuna og's alb with fly anakin a lot, i'll check this out

good beat flip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb8rserCaiA

it’s weird that the can-i-bus album has a reputation for bland beats, but i’ve never thought so. maybe it does compared to black on both sides or internal affairs, idk

that one los & nutty song reminds me a bit of jimmy wopo (RIP)

the canibus song deej linked made me think about how rare it is to hear steel guitar in hip-hop, but lo and behold, the big kahuna mixtape that roxymuzak linked has hawaiian/steel guitar on my fav song from the tape

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

late pass on this carti album. so weird on first listen, nearly experimental.

maybe it's the sonics and vocal experimentation, maybe it's the way it proudly wallows in toxic solipsism (with occasional vulnerable moments), but the album i keep thinking about when i think of whole lotta red is future's monster

it's "wesley presley" thee album

better than monster imo

big fan of this apocalyptic bandplay beat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6YAoOYQkvo

new pharaohe monch is great

didn't know there was one; thanks for the heads up!

new breeze brewin is pretty great

rylo rodriguez is so good. sounds like future-meets-gates on this new omb peezy track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRIt2frUYSQ

i thought his album was pretty disappointing, the leaks were much cooler/more distinctive to me. but i'm still really interested in what he's doing generally

jeff weiss has been tweeting about this guy and uh as you might expect i fucking love the shit out of this

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

the album was a little patchy, i agree, but still had some bangers, especially "home run" and the title track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erBR3olroG4

never been a huge g. perico fan, but i'm loving this right now. sounds like if suga free did his own "cell therapy."

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

new breeze brewin is pretty great

― ANU (sisilafami), Saturday, January 30, 2021 6:25 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

honestly shocked at how good this is lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilcWHbbVwF4

I think we all owe deej an apology lmao

^8:28

haha

yeah this breeze brewin is amazing! love it

he was so great on A Prince Among Thieves, had found that CD a couple months ago and was listening to it a bunch

haven't checked the whole tape yet but Pooh Shiesty "Neighbors" is dope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtJauZnp3xY

damn, rip ketchy the great, always loved his verse on pippi long stocking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekLp0gZQUlA

re: pooh shiesty, his tape is pretty solid front-to-back, but besides "back in blood" there's nothing on it as good as this cut from 2019

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

idk “guard up” is a pretty great single imo... “back in blood” is nice too & has the durk feature boosting it but i actually like “guard up” better

babyface ray's latest ep got a lukewarm p4k review, but what can i say i just like the dude, and it was cool to hear him over different styles of production (tho he always had a broader sonic palette than a lot of his detroit peers). i get where the review is coming from, considering how good ray can be at his peak (2019's mia season 2 is one of my fav rap albums of the past five years)

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

lord help me, i'm enjoying a jim jones song in 2021 (the terrible mix is part of the charm haha)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xazMGbfLw8

hopping on the rxpapi bandwagaon, along with the rest of rap twitter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhV8-SCltCc

it's amazing how many styles he tries and succeeds with and still manages to make everything quotable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDEM3KcR3jc

this song is hard as fuck (the whole album is, tbh), and my mind exploded when i placed the stooges sample lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd6rwwFawAY

wow this album rules

It's hopelessly old-school, but DJ Muggs & Rome Streetz's Death & the Magician really scratches that 90s hardcore rap itch.

Don't know what to make of Duke Deuce the name but the music's really solid.

what the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

crunk ain't muthafuckin dead!

xpost - yeah DJ Muggs is consistently putting out great music and collaborations, great second act to his career

rome streetz has a little Big L in him

no ones having as much fun as duke deuce it seems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZhvZrMo4Ao

Halfway through 'Gangsta Party', yeah this album rules.

I liked the sound of that at first, but it quickly felt like someone yelling in my ear too much, does he have other modes?

Sheldon Pearce ( former Pitchfork current New Yorker writer editor) calls Alchemist “one of hiphop’s greatest producers ever” in his little New Yorker review of Armand Hammer “Haram.” I like Alchemist style but am not sure if he’s in top pantheon. What do you all think?

he's been a fixture for two decades and he's arguably having his greatest (critical) success now, idk where i'd put him on my personal list but he's worked himself into the conversation

I really hate ranking shit, but I definitely think the last decade has done a lot to make his stock rise

and in retrospect he's definitely part of what led to the whole new east coast grimy underground shit - griselda, mach hommy, roc marciano, the god fahim, etc etc etc, hell daringer's whole sound

one of my fav alchemist beats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr3bZzNNL-4

He's very resilient, he went from producing street hit singles in the 00's to middleground albums nowadays.
Gotta respect that. But greatest producer ? No.

i took pearce's "one of the greatest" to translate roughly to "top 50 or so"

will never say no to funky, paranoid, l.a. street shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m3fEeuaKtE

whole project by comptonasstg is pretty good, tbh (vicious road 2 riches)

new redman song is good as hell lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAc8vwG0ttE

as long as we're doing old shit/new shit:

first track off the yelawolf and DJ paul EP is good early summer stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOBv4NRb3lo

New Devin the Dude album is very much hitting the spot for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RRAHJQN9dA

one of my vividest internet music memories is downloading an awesome devin the dude track from your blog, forks

lol, those were the days

xxxxpost voodoo colder & colder is great

god "tombstone" by rod wave is so gorgeous and amazing. i am not that familiar with his work but definitely my fav among the songs i do know. should i listen to his new album or an older project?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo9AlOrQ3iE

i really like "pray for love"

really digging the new don toliver

uhh, here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFIJHaylMu4

my fav rod wave song is still 'heart 4 sale' tho it slightly predates his breakthrough

if you go back far enough, you'll find rod wave songs that are actually upbeat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_5HRLsgwAo

big recommend: J.U.S. - GOD GOKU JAY-Z

real cool shit from Danny Brown's Bruiser Brigade label...almost like if Koreatown Oddity was more gangster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scx9jz1uenY

co-sign, good album. he actually does have a bit of hov in his voice

It's cool I think Bruised Brigade is actually going to be a cool and interesting label with a real vibe, not just the typical rapper label where it feels they just are doing it because that's what you do when you get to a certain level

heavily fucking with the topaz jones album.

also digging the new yg x mozzy x blxst (who probably deserves his own thread)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0H6JrByUbM

liking the isaiah rashad/duke deuce track Lay Wit Ya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzrQCsJzr70

Namir Blade x L'Orange a producer I like(did one of the best latter day Kool Keith records Time?.... Astonishing)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJsgWE7cqtw

liking the isaiah rashad/duke deuce track Lay Wit Ya

love zay but it's hard to deny that the song gets 10x better once duke nukem shows up

this is just crazy good, def a new level for nudy

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

on deej's tip of liking rap songs that are actually popular, i can't stop playing moneybagg yo's "wockesha"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAhcBx5Bl-Y

mach-hommy album is good, great clunky trashy beats across the whole thing

agreed, i dig it too. he's a much nastier and more creative lyricist than the other griselda guys. never feels like he's doing cosplay.

also totally fearless, will say anything.

prob not gonna wade through 68 minutes of lloyd banks in 2021 but the tracks with benny the butcher and freddie gibbs are high-quality grime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyNDIvzp5y8

*not grime music, obv, grimy east coast street music

i love banks lol gonna check out all 68 minutes

Pray for Haiti rules ♥️♥️♥️♥️ Mach

i wish the new roddy ricch single were better, feels a bit like "high fashion" overdosed on valium

it's not great like its forebears but i like it anyway. the dreamlike vibe of the video is pretty cool, wish i could dance in that club he goes to

there are some rly nice touches in the production, as is often the case w/ mustard

i didn’t mind it but it’s not that exciting, prob a “safe” choice. he’ll come with something harder next i bet

of the big A list rappers rn he’s prob still my favorite

bringing back 2004, Lloyd Banks and Jim Jones just put out two good records in 2021!

there were some joints on that jim jones/harry fraud tape, not gonna lie

honestly in awe at how good this song is lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avkJ2h0wgbs

pound-for-pound his funniest song yet.

the herbo project is really great imo, not in rap many who can do the vulnerable tough guy thing like he can. somehow still only 25 years old.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnl00Hlr5VU

the "i really mean it" flip is the only real weak spot, i mostly think rappers should just let that sample be in the future

wow yeah feels like he's been around forever

digging Deuce Ellis - Acid

he's got a good flow, love the beats, the live bass sample almost reminds me of a modern Low End Theory track this one has Che Noir who I like a lot too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nne5zdETtRE

"I just threw your life inside a toilet, now I'm flushing you"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo8sxsqaNmQ

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/fast-rap-dj-frisco-senseless/2021/07/22/20a54d0a-ea56-11eb-8950-d73b3e93ff7f_story.html

Florida fast rap remixes by DJ Fetti Fee and others like DJ Frisco954 speed up the vocals

it's kind of trendy to hate on kenny beats nowadays, but this one is equal parts sinister and playful. offset jim does his "norcal drakeo" thing pretty well here, it's just fun to hear him talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6lh9RDdlmM