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These are the 2017 hip hop releases that have made the biggest impression on me:
Snoop Dogg's Neva Left is my choice for hip hop AOTY. He's been genuinely surprising me lately with how good his new laid-back vintage funky old school style sounds when by contrast most other artists who try that out end up sounding fake and try-hard. Snoop's voice is perfect for it and it comes across as so natural. Not quite as good as the 7 Days of Funk project he did with Dâm-Funk back in 2013 though but still an album I see myself throwing on years from now.
Thank funk he left that Snoop Lion crap behind.
dälek doing what dälek does best with Endangered Philosophies. Noisy and grating industrial hip hop bubbling with anarchy and political frustration. Not really sure where in their discography I'd place this one, but it still hasn't surpassed last year's Asphalt for Eden for me.
The Koreatown Oddity's Finna Be Past Tense has been a grower for me. At first I almost completely dismissed it, but slowly after a few listens in different moods and contexts it untangled itself and eventually it clicked with me. Again, like many of the albums I'm listing here, the artist's previous records were better and The Koreatown Oddity is no exception. 200 Tree Rings is superior to this, but still this album crushed a lot of other 2017 hip hop records regardless.
This one completely took me off-guard. The Wild by Raekwon is actually a fairly consistent and fresh boom bap record that isn't afraid of sounding modern. Kinda sad that the last solo Raekwon record that I really like was his fucking debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Mega Ran is one of the only "nerdcore" artists that ever did anything for me and I don't even really consider him a part of that whole thing, though there's certainly some overlap in style. The big difference is that Mega Ran (aka Random) doesn't rap like he's making fun of himself and the entire white race. Yes he's black but I've even heard black "nerdcore" rappers sound like nasally dorks. Anyways, Extra Credit was recorded after a long year of Mega Ran touring the world, handling multiple projects and exploding in popularity a bit and so lyrically it's quite introspective and humble with an overwhelming veil of positivity. Definitely one of his strongest records.
Gems from the Equinox is the product of two legends in their own right coming together to record a nice and uncharacteristically terse (for hip hop) album: Meyhem Lauren, a new but place-well-earned emcee and DJ Muggs from Cypress Hill who arguably was creating grimy dungeon beats well before The RZA. Good stuff, under 30 minutes long.
Sean Price's Imperius Rex was released 2 years after his death and so this album holds a special spot in hip hop history, as most posthumously released albums do. Sean Price was always a heavy hitting lyricist and though this one isn't as good as Mic Tyson or Monkey Barz it's still a strong statement made by an emcee who stood like mountain in an industry of ever-changing and ever-dropping quality.
Snoop Dogg's Neva Left is my choice for hip hop AOTY. He's been genuinely surprising me lately with how good his new laid-back vintage funky old school style sounds when by contrast most other artists who try that out end up sounding fake and try-hard. Snoop's voice is perfect for it and it comes across as so natural. Not quite as good as the 7 Days of Funk project he did with Dâm-Funk back in 2013 though but still an album I see myself throwing on years from now.
Thank funk he left that Snoop Lion crap behind.
dälek doing what dälek does best with Endangered Philosophies. Noisy and grating industrial hip hop bubbling with anarchy and political frustration. Not really sure where in their discography I'd place this one, but it still hasn't surpassed last year's Asphalt for Eden for me.
The Koreatown Oddity's Finna Be Past Tense has been a grower for me. At first I almost completely dismissed it, but slowly after a few listens in different moods and contexts it untangled itself and eventually it clicked with me. Again, like many of the albums I'm listing here, the artist's previous records were better and The Koreatown Oddity is no exception. 200 Tree Rings is superior to this, but still this album crushed a lot of other 2017 hip hop records regardless.
This one completely took me off-guard. The Wild by Raekwon is actually a fairly consistent and fresh boom bap record that isn't afraid of sounding modern. Kinda sad that the last solo Raekwon record that I really like was his fucking debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Mega Ran is one of the only "nerdcore" artists that ever did anything for me and I don't even really consider him a part of that whole thing, though there's certainly some overlap in style. The big difference is that Mega Ran (aka Random) doesn't rap like he's making fun of himself and the entire white race. Yes he's black but I've even heard black "nerdcore" rappers sound like nasally dorks. Anyways, Extra Credit was recorded after a long year of Mega Ran touring the world, handling multiple projects and exploding in popularity a bit and so lyrically it's quite introspective and humble with an overwhelming veil of positivity. Definitely one of his strongest records.
Gems from the Equinox is the product of two legends in their own right coming together to record a nice and uncharacteristically terse (for hip hop) album: Meyhem Lauren, a new but place-well-earned emcee and DJ Muggs from Cypress Hill who arguably was creating grimy dungeon beats well before The RZA. Good stuff, under 30 minutes long.
Sean Price's Imperius Rex was released 2 years after his death and so this album holds a special spot in hip hop history, as most posthumously released albums do. Sean Price was always a heavy hitting lyricist and though this one isn't as good as Mic Tyson or Monkey Barz it's still a strong statement made by an emcee who stood like mountain in an industry of ever-changing and ever-dropping quality.
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TechnicalBarbarity
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Snoop is my all time favorite rapper, but i gave up after Malice n Wonderland. As if Tha Blue Carpet Treatment wasn't bad enough.
Doggystyle is my all time favorite rap album and i love most of his stuff all the way through Paid tha Cost. R&G had a few good songs on it too.
Doggystyle is my all time favorite rap album and i love most of his stuff all the way through Paid tha Cost. R&G had a few good songs on it too.
TechnicalBarbarity
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I suggest you link/quote the whole conversation if you're going to try and quote me here
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/...bout-non-metal-music-you-like.458446/page-243
CiG
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TechnicalBarbarity
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@CASSETTEISGOD hey man do you have Snoops Dead Man Walking? Bad ass album(archived stuff) that Suge released without Snoops authorization, lol. Some of his hardest tracks are on there.
this is one of my favorite Snoop tracks, the original version was called Buss'n Rocks ... and its not the weird sounding one that he released on No Limit Top Dogg
... ignore the wrong album cover that guy has posted for those songs.
this is one of my favorite Snoop tracks, the original version was called Buss'n Rocks ... and its not the weird sounding one that he released on No Limit Top Dogg
... ignore the wrong album cover that guy has posted for those songs.
CiG
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Damn! No I don't have this album but these songs fucking rule!
Cheers for the heads up, definitely going to put this on my Discogs wishlist.
Cheers for the heads up, definitely going to put this on my Discogs wishlist.
TechnicalBarbarity
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CiG
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yeah those songs are fuckin' killer. Only a few people tell stories like Snoop can or did. And those are some of his best. That first song is VERY old too from what i remember. Was sort of a cult hit around here.haha yeah he nailed the whole "life in the county jail" story. At least how it is out here.Really liking this "County Blues" song man, the sampling of a harmonica is genius.
CiG
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He's definitely one of the very best at storytelling and just rapping in general, his flow is basically God-tier.
TechnicalBarbarity
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yea, he has perfected everything. Rhyming, flowing, storytelling etc. Definitely one of the greatest of all time. I'd personally put him at the #1 spot, regardless of him being my favorite or not.
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After he proved to me just how versatile he is with the 7 Days of Funk project I'd probably agree, he can fucking do anything. At the very least he's top 5.
TechnicalBarbarity
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@CASSETTEISGOD you wanna hear a bad ass no cut song? I'm warning you though, it's from the Damu Ridaz(basically a bunch of bloods from different hoods out here).
Probably not your thing, but If you're ever interested about how the real blood/crips from LA even started rapping than you should check out the history for an album called Bangin on Wax. Just pointing this out because the whole point of it was to try and stop the killings, and bring them in to the booth's. It started with this album...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangin'_on_Wax
and then they branched out to become the Damu Ridaz and the Nationwide Rip Ridaz
this intro will kind of give you a better picture...
these albums(the first one at least) actually brougha lot of people together during their infamous early 90's treaty. But shit hit the fan again not too long after. A lot of the guys on those albums are either dead or in jail now. And a few of them had legit MC skills too, not just gangbaging on the mic.
Probably not your thing, but If you're ever interested about how the real blood/crips from LA even started rapping than you should check out the history for an album called Bangin on Wax. Just pointing this out because the whole point of it was to try and stop the killings, and bring them in to the booth's. It started with this album...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangin'_on_Wax
and then they branched out to become the Damu Ridaz and the Nationwide Rip Ridaz
this intro will kind of give you a better picture...
these albums(the first one at least) actually brougha lot of people together during their infamous early 90's treaty. But shit hit the fan again not too long after. A lot of the guys on those albums are either dead or in jail now. And a few of them had legit MC skills too, not just gangbaging on the mic.
CiG
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I'm definitely familiar with (and a fan of) the Bloods and Crips Bangin on Wax music, I pretty much like any old school rap music tbh.
I'm not familiar with Damu Ridas though, not by that name anyways. But this is awesome and I really respect these kinds of efforts.
Even though I talk shit about rappers who do real dirt, I still listen to it if it's good.
Listening to "Is You Banging or What" right now and this rules, I need to investigate this Damu Ridas stuff asap. Fucking love these 90's westcoast style beats so much. Neck snapping stuff.
I'm not familiar with Damu Ridas though, not by that name anyways. But this is awesome and I really respect these kinds of efforts.
Even though I talk shit about rappers who do real dirt, I still listen to it if it's good.
Listening to "Is You Banging or What" right now and this rules, I need to investigate this Damu Ridas stuff asap. Fucking love these 90's westcoast style beats so much. Neck snapping stuff.
TechnicalBarbarity
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yea i think you would like their "II" albums more. They're more mature records and the guys showcase much more of their skill there.
the guy in the car has a hat with my cities name on it. And the guy on the far right (B-Brazy was also form one of the hoods out here) he got killed a few years ago though.
Check this track out, but don't expect a story or anything, just raw west coast flow
the guy in the car has a hat with my cities name on it. And the guy on the far right (B-Brazy was also form one of the hoods out here) he got killed a few years ago though.
Check this track out, but don't expect a story or anything, just raw west coast flow
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