killer mike raps el-p produces "R.A.P. Music"

i forgot about this "underground atlanta" thing -- my interest is perked retroactively

this album is better than big boi's, i'll say that much

nah prefer Big Boi's, only because BB has the gift for picking weird sounds and giving T.I. a better moment to shine.

that underground atlanta comp mike did was TERRIBLE. really bad if i remember right

ha, really? shit.

Huh, weird on Spotify desktop the real album shows up, but only the clean version shows up on my phone. Unless I'm doing something wrong, which I probably am.

hit the "dirty" app

maybe I need to get a whole new dirty phone

i forgot about this "underground atlanta" thing -- my interest is perked retroactively

― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Thursday, May 31, 2012 6:00 PM (36 minutes ago)

it was kind of whatever iirc - good pill song and a couple other ok joints but other than that it sucked

also iirc was like 30 songs?

oh ha what d-40 said

this album is a banger

Bit more of a chitty chitty bang bang. Especially next to Schoolboy Q who is exceptional.

you are trolling me.

Not at all. I just don't like the album that much, no need to take it personal.

apparently his next album is gonna be produced by burn one. should be dope.

nice

didn't think to check if there was a thread; been loving this since it dropped and the single is a MONSTER
with a very Driver influenced zombie video that i can pass on
but likely track o' the year material; best bun b feature i've heard in forever

New video for Big Beast is pretty cool and very NSFW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8-RmM5py1c

lol the first 3 or so minutes i was like oh this isn't that band then o_O naked zombie chicks eating brains

first video to directly rip drive?

kinda diminishing returns on this album

oh man, that video.

album gets better with each listen

It's really good, but while half of it feels natural, another half feels like producer + MC. I've been obsessed with Mike since I first heard him. My ranking:

1. Pl3dge
2. pledge 1
3. rap music
4. ghetto extraordinary
5. pledge 2
6. monster

kinda need to see this live i think

oh shit that reminds me...

i think the last two tracks are amazing.

The whole album is impressive, but I think the back half is stronger.

just getting around to hearing this. awesome stuff.

maybe my fave album this year

Yeah, it def has a shot at being my #1 right now.

"Willie Burke Sherwood" is my jam

I've deliberately avoided everything with El-P's name on since someone on ILM conned me into buying 'Fantastic Damage' 10 years ago and while I like this a lot there's something profoundly unfunky about most of the beats here. Obviously Mike himself slays and the production makes up for its clunkiness with sheer force but in practice I don't really want to go back to it that much.

it is kinda of cramped

it had really rapid diminishing returns for me, was initially really into it but already could not care less

'kinda of' ha whoops

i think this record is pretty inconsistent & wish i'd read what felt like a very honest piece on it because it also has some great songs

I will stand up for everything but Anywhere but Here

"Jojo's Chillin" for me.

aka the best song on the record

i think this record is pretty inconsistent & wish i'd read what felt like a very honest piece on it because it also has some great songs

― protected by viper. stand back. (D-40), Thursday, August 16, 2012 12:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

write it!

It's an impressive record that's short on replay value.

Yeah. I listened to it a lot for a couple of weeks, haven't felt any need to play it ever since.

i have similar feelings about it - something about the beats is just exhausting, too trebly, too harsh for headphones

get a hi-fi, man

I don't find it that trebly, (then again there's a fuckload of really trebly rap production from the last few years) and it packs a lot of punch. "Cramped" is the right word maybe. Kinda lumbering as well.

Production is just fine.

Y'all are using words like cramped and lumbering like it's a bad thing.

Seriously tho

oh noes this sounds like weird old noisy 80s rap records halp