rolling thread 2021 (deluxe edition)

loving rxpapi

another vote for Duke Deuce based solely on Coming Out Hard; will be listening to this album today

speaking of memphis, new young dolph & key glock collab is out today. my favorite of the non-singles is this key glock solo track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0n0VoVMqfk

you already know what this (armand hammer + alchemist) sounds like and damn it sounds good

https://armandhammer.bandcamp.com/album/haram

This is bound to paint me as a neo-backpacker or whatever, but Armand Hammer is the current hip hop act whose albums I look forward to the most.

this one strikes me as a cut above even his very good average

The Alchemist? 'Cause AH is Billy Woods & Elucid, who also rule individually, of course.

I meant Billy woods really I guess

Elucid says 'ouch'.

love me some armand hammer but the best album released this week is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sYRY3_Fni8

my initial thought was "I'm too old for this" but...maybe I'm not???

lol'd at:

she like I'm tired of hearing bout ops
I'm like girl you sound like an op

gonna miss rio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB51CUUod1w

suprise! i love the alchemist/armand hammer

i think they bring cool things out of each other, alchemist gets a little more out there and it's cool to hear them in a more conventional production setting

didn't see this elsewhere but curious to thoughts. i think I love it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFfGgeddAc4

digging babyface ray - unfuckwitable

you should check out ray's 2019 tape mia season 2, which is soooooo good

hello goons?
come vote for your favourite DOOM! About a week left
From the fire vocaled/Ash and molten glass like EyjafjallajöPOLL - ILM Artist Poll #108: MF DOOM. Voting til April 11.

there have been dozens of vanessa carlton remixes lol

funniest was this one imo (they deleted the original for sample clearance so it seems like it doesnt many views for a reason)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAa5Q4hE71M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0QB6cXs1_k

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