xpost agreed about did you see, but really into it now
― just sayin, Saturday, 6 May 2017 12:35 (seven years ago) link
friendly was great tho & wasnt mentioned on ilx?
― just sayin, Saturday, 6 May 2017 12:36 (seven years ago) link
glad to hear he's getting some buzz
― flopson, Saturday, 6 May 2017 14:13 (seven years ago) link
common sense is incredible
― passionate plant-based athlete (voodoo chili), Saturday, 6 May 2017 14:32 (seven years ago) link
the album is brilliant, his stage presence live is incredible, imminent stardom makes total sense
― lex pretend, Monday, 8 May 2017 16:03 (seven years ago) link
OHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYY.
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 May 2017 07:54 (six years ago) link
Get dough like we're obligated / Dem man discombobulated / That's big boy grammar / came through with a big boy blamma
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 May 2017 08:02 (six years ago) link
enjoying Common Sense. I like the way this guy is interested in trying a lot of different styles and isn't tied down to grime/UK hiphop purism
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Friday, 12 May 2017 09:57 (six years ago) link
straight fire beginning to end, this album. top marks as an afrobeats album (or "representation of the scene" or w/e), top marks as a rap album, top marks as a pop album
― lex pretend, Friday, 12 May 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
man how good is this album? don't think I've gone a day without listening to it since it came out.
delete clartin and the last 3 tracks, move "spirit" to the end and it's basically perfect. wish i was in london so i could hear this coming out of every car.
― oiocha, Sunday, 21 May 2017 01:50 (six years ago) link
think clartin bangs and it went off when I saw him live (which was great btw)
― ||||||||, Sunday, 21 May 2017 08:08 (six years ago) link
agree the albums great tho
Thumbs up from Caramanica in NY Times
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 21 May 2017 11:23 (six years ago) link
thumbs up from me too. 'Good Luck Chale' is so good
― flopson, Friday, 26 May 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
yeah this is great, also top warm weather music
― del esdichado (NickB), Friday, 26 May 2017 15:09 (six years ago) link
Grime for the winter, afro-bashment for the summer
― paolo, Friday, 26 May 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
J Hus is a star and I like this album a lot. Still miss a bit of the spontaneous dem boy paigon-ish fun however. I wish there were a bit more 100 bpm dance friendly jams and a bit less trying to make another Blueprint.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 26 May 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
*brueprint
― flopson, Friday, 26 May 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
http://www.thefader.com/2017/04/25/j-hus-fader-cover-story-interview-afrobeats
Jace DJ Rupture Clayton cover story on J Hus
― curmudgeon, Friday, 2 June 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
New EP up on Spotify. It's called Big Spang. I have no clue what that means
― paolo, Thursday, 31 May 2018 16:09 (five years ago) link
J Hus has appeared in court, after being charged with carrying a knife.London's Metropolitan Police confirmed to Newsbeat, using his real name Momodou Jallow, that the rapper was remanded in custody.The 23-year-old was arrested on 21 June, after being stopped in a vehicle by a marked police car."Occupants of the vehicle were searched and a man was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of a knife/ bladed article," police said.He was arrested close to Westfield shopping centre in Stratford and appeared at Thames Magistrates Court the following day.The MOBO award winner, and three-time Brit award nominee, has upcoming gigs in the next month that appear to be in doubt.They include appearances at TRNSMT festival in Glasgow on 30 June and London's Wireless festival on 7 July.J Hus' management has been contacted by Newsbeat but have not yet commented.
London's Metropolitan Police confirmed to Newsbeat, using his real name Momodou Jallow, that the rapper was remanded in custody.
The 23-year-old was arrested on 21 June, after being stopped in a vehicle by a marked police car.
"Occupants of the vehicle were searched and a man was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of a knife/ bladed article," police said.He was arrested close to Westfield shopping centre in Stratford and appeared at Thames Magistrates Court the following day.
The MOBO award winner, and three-time Brit award nominee, has upcoming gigs in the next month that appear to be in doubt.
They include appearances at TRNSMT festival in Glasgow on 30 June and London's Wireless festival on 7 July.
J Hus' management has been contacted by Newsbeat but have not yet commented.
― paolo, Saturday, 23 June 2018 20:06 (five years ago) link
what a dickhead
― Britain's Sexiest Cow (jed_), Saturday, 23 June 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
dancing man is a bop
― ||||||||, Saturday, 23 June 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
Here's the part where I say that a famous rapper being caught with a knife is, at best, spectacularly unhelpful in the current climate in London.
Here's the part where I say that it's probably not as easy as people think to transition out of a life when you're in and out of prison, where you get stabbed five times, to one where you're hugely recognisable and where there are still a lot of people who want to fuck with you, and you aren't yet rich enough to fully isolate yourselves from them. The album is full of moments of claustrophobia and fear and the sense of living with explicit threats and there's no reason to believe that isn't from lived experience. I'm working on the assumption he wasn't actually on his way to attack anyone.
Also, I wonder how the police knew to search his vehicle?
― Matt DC, Sunday, 24 June 2018 09:33 (five years ago) link
yeah that's what I'm wondering too
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 24 June 2018 09:36 (five years ago) link
i mean "driving while black" obv but i haven't read an official explanation
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 24 June 2018 09:37 (five years ago) link
my dickhead comment was mostly out of frustration (i love this guy) BUT great post, Matt, thanks.
― Britain's Sexiest Cow (jed_), Sunday, 24 June 2018 10:07 (five years ago) link
fuck sake
― ||||||||, Friday, 14 December 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
J Hus jailed for eight months for carrying knifehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-46523489
― ||||||||, Friday, 14 December 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
bloody hell
Also, I wonder how the police knew to search his vehicle?― Matt DC, Sunday, June 24, 2018 9:33 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Matt DC, Sunday, June 24, 2018 9:33 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
They said they'd smelled some weed.
― sbahnhof, Friday, 21 December 2018 06:46 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPXLMBrWtkM
He's back!
― paolo, Sunday, 14 April 2019 19:59 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2D8OkMKsG4
super excited for whatever's next for him, Common Sense is still an album of the decade contender
― ufo, Friday, 8 November 2019 00:31 (four years ago) link
this is a m a z i n g. the strings! the sax!!
― Simon H., Friday, 8 November 2019 04:50 (four years ago) link
it's so lush i love it. i'm glad he's still working with jae5 they have an incredible creative partnership
― ufo, Friday, 8 November 2019 07:09 (four years ago) link
They really do. Loving this one
― paolo, Friday, 8 November 2019 15:28 (four years ago) link
Good to see this song nominated for the EOY, it’s great. And yes, Jae5 deserves equal billing.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 21:05 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJL5XGQDM00
So it looks like the next album is going to be just as good as Common Sense
― paolo, Friday, 27 December 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
Great stuff, fantastic production, yet again (that bass! the trumpets!), and it’s not even by Jae5 - this is a TobiShyBoy joint.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 27 December 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
love this, he's continuing to be on another level
― ufo, Friday, 27 December 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link
🚨
― ||||||||, Friday, 24 January 2020 08:50 (four years ago) link
Going to take some beating in 2020 this album.
― Matt DC, Friday, 24 January 2020 09:29 (four years ago) link
oh wow, the album is out?!!
― breastcrawl, Friday, 24 January 2020 09:35 (four years ago) link
features by Burna
and Koffee
― breastcrawl, Friday, 24 January 2020 09:36 (four years ago) link
...and iceé tgm (?)
really enjoying this but it's a bit of a different vibe to common sense. there's less of the summery pop that made up a good portion of common sense and the beats are generally moodier and a little more low-key. really like the one with koffee and "must be" sounds even better in context of the album
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7onauZHYRF/
this implies there's probably another track going to be added to the album, with ella mai?
― ufo, Friday, 24 January 2020 09:54 (four years ago) link
This is terrific!
― paolo, Friday, 24 January 2020 11:43 (four years ago) link
loving this, though it feels distinctly wrong to be listening in broad daylight
― rob, Friday, 24 January 2020 14:23 (four years ago) link
whatever is going on with his voice on the chorus of "Triumph" is amazing
― rob, Friday, 24 January 2020 14:30 (four years ago) link
Superb album. It sounds incredibly good. Lots of people on top of their game here. Also:
when u hear the other tracks i did with her. KMT it’s looooooong ! https://t.co/M9stGiWj1y— JAE5 (@JAE5_) January 24, 2020
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 25 January 2020 21:39 (four years ago) link
they only respect violence, bad man move in silence
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 21:38 (four years ago) link
I'm getting super into this. anyone read the pfork review? some really iffy lines in it...
― rob, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 22:16 (four years ago) link
It’s also a prime example of a review that almost exclusively focuses on the lyrics (in a very uninteresting way at that) and barely acknowledges the music* and the production* (no mention of the features either).*which are spectacularly good - reviewer, why not expand on this?
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 30 January 2020 09:07 (four years ago) link
"must be" sounds even better in context of the album
Agreed, this applies to No Denying as well. There aren't as many stand out single tracks like Did You See but I think it works better as a whole than Common Sense
― paolo, Thursday, 30 January 2020 09:46 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQkX6WrJols
New freestyle on an old dancehall riddim
― paolo, Saturday, 4 April 2020 11:13 (four years ago) link
no posts since april - mirrors my experience, I m/l forgot about this album in the interim as well, but we're reunited baby and IT FEELS SO GOOD. for one, as love duets with Ella Mai go, I might like "One and Only" even better than "Piece Of Me". this thing is going to end up really high on my ballot.
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Sunday, 3 January 2021 20:28 (three years ago) link
also, "Cucumber".
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Sunday, 3 January 2021 20:30 (three years ago) link
I def listened to it over the summer a few times, but given that I apparently forgot Ella Mai was even on it, I am obvs due for a revisit!
― rob, Sunday, 3 January 2021 21:23 (three years ago) link
“triumph” is prob the most traditional rap song on here but it’s the one that speaks to me the mosf
― shabbat bloody shabbat (voodoo chili), Sunday, 3 January 2021 21:30 (three years ago) link
huh for some reason that Ella Mai track isn't on my version of this
― rob, Sunday, 3 January 2021 21:30 (three years ago) link
it's track 12 of 14 here.
but, per Wikipedia:
Notes: The album's tracklist was updated on 4 February 2020 to include the song "One and Only".
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Sunday, 3 January 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
ah ok I was too eager I guess. Great song, glad they worked out whatever the issue was
― rob, Sunday, 3 January 2021 21:40 (three years ago) link
iirc it was a delay with a sample clearance or something
i've been consistently listening to this all year and it's still just as good
― ufo, Monday, 4 January 2021 00:15 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnKbJwGjXAQ
new music at last, album seems to be titled don't say militancy
unfortunately jae5's said he's not involved with the album at all because he wanted hus to do something with more emotional depth but hus just wanted to make a party record this time
― ufo, Friday, 26 May 2023 07:50 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlJQudt_OtU
somehow j hus produced by p2j is just underwhelming? he's just not the right sort of vocalist to really fit with this sort of afrobeats, and drake's presence is completely forgettable (also surprising that drake hasn't gotten p2j to produce for him before)
― ufo, Thursday, 8 June 2023 21:23 (eleven months ago) link
new album (actually titled beautiful and brutal yard) is definitely his weakest - not bad but a very noticeable step down, there's a bunch of softer beats that just don't work for him, as well and far too many ridiculously terrible sex raps
― ufo, Sunday, 16 July 2023 03:56 (nine months ago) link