Hip Hop discussion

[The Skipper 20,609]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t1IVBKFRGw

I'M DEAD.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Not bad, Yeezy...

[Amblève. 4,995]

I like this one.

[Term-X 7,891]

J. Cole is releasing his sophomore album 'Born Sinner' on the same day as Kanye West's 'Yeezus' (June 18th), a bold move..

[Term-X 7,891]

Lmao at that Kendrick Lamar impression

[J.F. 1,484]

King is back!

[Kojo 4,676]

Kendrick Lamar ruins Yolo!, WHAT A FUCKING BITCH!

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Was a feeling a bit nostalgic.

One of the greatest music videos ever. And easily 2 of Jay's greatest songs ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=OYIsa_u_C-s

[Leif 6,006]

I love coming across random Youtube rappers.

This guy completely takes on a Bone Thugs N Harmony sort of flow and delivery but he does it really well aside from the chorus where he seems to hit a bum note near the end each time:

[Makaveli 59]

TOP CLASS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_oo0BPkozI

[Amblève. 4,995]

The lyrics and the bassline are killin'.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Why were all of J Cole's songs of Born Sinner leaked??

Apparently i heard he WANTED this to happen, but even if so, this would be the second time this has happened to him.

Anyways what a song!

Also: Haven't listened to the whole album, will wait till its proper release date and buy it.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Well to be fair, he did make the bold move of releasing his album on the same day as Kanye

He held "one-off" listening in sessions. There's an app that you'd download, go to the co-ordinates he posted on Twitter and the app would allow you to stream the album early, but not download it. Obviously, though, there's enough programs that will allow you to use that same technology to download it and distribute it lmao.

As for the album itself.. Considering I wasn't expecting much from it, it had done well as a sophomore album. On a production level, it's not as great as I expected it. You can hear the Jigga & No-ID influence on some of the beats and even Cole's own style but it's not as authentic as GKMC for example.

On a lyrical level, he's done quite well. I found myself vibing out to to Villuminati early on and She Knows had a quite a good feel to it. Obviously the stand out song in that is Let Nas Down and as RapGenius fully understood, he's take on the Big Brother - Kanye West concept and made it work really well. I think this is one of those albums that's gonna take a few loops for me to fully appreciate it.

It's also refreshing to hear female-complementary lyrics.. A kind of 'Pac vibe.

8/10 for me overall.

Edited June 8, 2013 by LDN Blue

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Only clicked on it to hear Lupe's part, but DAMN they all went hard on this. Dope.

If only we got more of this from Rozay and MMG as a whole, oh well. Good music video by the way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=dOvLZ4PTu0I

[Term-X 7,891]

Yes, 'Let Nas Down' is something special, only Nas could evoke a response like that, a true rappers rapper.

Chaining Day, Trouble, Land Of The Snakes & Runaway just aren't 'hittin' for me. Minus 'Villuminati' (GOAT intro), the album only really starts to 'kick in' at 'Rich Niggaz', *before that it was steady though*. I never expected it to be so nonchalant at times though, Forbidden Fruit being the prime example. Dope nonetheless, but it's that 'tone' which leads people to say the album lacks bangers.