rolling hip hop albums for people clearly doing it wrong

lol i sent that to a 25 y.o. friend who likes to argue with me about hip hop as a "thing i'm listening to" and i got a stream of angry reaction gifs for like five mintues

ha, i might've given you that reaction for the way overrated paraffin

y'all should check out this yungmorpheus x ewonee project, blunted confessions with some social commentary spliced in: https://yungmorpheus.bandcamp.com/album/thumbing-thru-foliage

― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Tuesday, April 27, 2021 10:34 AM (five months ago) bookmarkflaglink

yungmorpheus has another album out, a collab with lo-fi pop singer eyedress. pink siifu is the only guest. sounding pretty good, so far.

Only gave the most cursory of listens to the Armand Hammer. Digging that track now too, VC.

This weirdo album by Andrew Mbaruk & Th' Mole, somewhere between Armand Hammer and Anticon, definitely doing it wrong:

https://audiorecon.us/album/papier-m-ch-chalet

a lot of recs i need to check out, thx everyone.

relistened to mach hommy 'pray for haiti' today and its so good. also he has a new one out

this is also really good, if older, slightly different angle, but has the siifu connection, great vibes, a little more street lyrically

https://kryptonyte.bandcamp.com/album/kryptonyte

zeelooperz has been one of the more interesting rappers out, and i feel like he's best experienced in album form, so i'm posting here. his new album get wet.radio is a bit softer than usual–doesn't have much of the braying delivery that marks projects like his recent van gogh's left ear–but still lots of experimentation with flows, from gotit/keed-esque half-whispered triplets to drawly melody

it's short but packed with ideas, everyone should listen! https://zelooperz.bandcamp.com/album/get-wet-radio

some may enjoy doing it wrong on friday:

This Friday, @QuelleChris is dropping his new album "DEATHFAME" - it is the prequel to Kendrick Lamar's album and you won't understand anything on Kendrick's album unless you first listen to Quelle's album https://t.co/rfzGx2iyDW

— Mello Music Group (@MelloMusicGroup) May 9, 2022

certainly!

enjoying this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb8ml2M7ZYM

that's Your Old Droog's new single Mind Your Business

a lot of bars

new fatboi sharif out on PTP takes this sound into weirder territory, was already starting to feel sorta over the post Griselda revivalist thing but this is on another level

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

Lone Wolf Son of Cosmos, RIYL Killah Priest

just realized his flow reminds me of a third-eye-pilled Camp Lo

really cool instrumental

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTfaR4IHDoo

that is cool, i'll check it out

could use an editior but that's kinda par for the course with this stuff

some recs for those who might like doing it wrong

navy blue - ways of knowing: soulful, sample-heavy, deeply personal rhymes from a guy who is probably better known for his producing. beats are by budgie, a british boom-bap enthusiast who reminds me a bit of exile

niontay - dontay's inferno: one of my favorite projects of the year so far, reminds me of a more abstract version of veeze or bandgang lonnie bands. signed to ny rapper mike's label, so there's a bit of that left-of-center energy. beats are great.

lavarr the starr - illusions ago: latest project by ish butler of shabazz palaces!

mentioned defprez - it's always a time like this in the main rap thread, good cerebral stuff

Defprez is soooo good. Defcee is def one of the best backpackers out there

I've known the other rapper (crashprez) for years, super good dude (and music writer), glad to see it's getting some traction.

he is really great too was not familiar with him before

i think that AKAI SOLO is someone doing it wrong in the specified way maybe? his style feels kinda unusual, like he's reeling off beat poetry rather than more standard hip hop bars a lot of the time. i can struggle to get on with him as easily as people like droog, WSG and others in this thread but i think his spirit roaming album was really good

https://akaisolo.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-roaming

yeah for sure. anything associated with the ptp label def counts

Chester Watson - fish don't climb trees is pretty great doing it wrong hip hop

David - Plum Whisky

another great album from the thriving chicago scene

https://dorchesterbully.bandcamp.com/album/plum-whisky

oops DAVIS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEX1JyVAgl4