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New Danny Brown good
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Armand Hammer produced by EL-P...
I was nobody. Nothing.
Word. I DO believe he's trying to be SLIGHTLY contrarian, but the album is good. Did you hear his interview with Rick Rubin, the rock and roll therapist, awhile back, though? It's fuking ESSENTIAL for any Kast aficionado.Originally Posted by mfte
It's hard to tell.
I was nobody. Nothing.
So, I assume we all heard Scaring the Hoes by JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown? To me, it sounds like some rough Squarepusher, a bit of batshit crazy Aphex Twin, NIN's Fixed, and the first 100 Gecs record, thrown in a blender, with Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA rapping over it.
In other words, it sounds like the fucking future, and I LOVE it. It's obviously not for bedtime, though.
I also dig the new Earl Sweatshirt, produced by Alchemist. He's still doing his trippy art rap thing, but this time, he sounds less like he's about to kill himself.
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Clipping put their spin on J-Kwon's "Tipsy".
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Really, really good album from this year.
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You'd think that Drake would've learned his lesson after Pusha T
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World's rarest album to go on display in Australia (msn.com)
The record by the pioneering hip-hop group is the most expensive ever sold, and has been has now been loaned to Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art (Mona).
Over 10 days in June, Mona will host small listening parties where members of the public can hear a curated, 30-minute sample of the album.
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2Pac was so far ahead of his time. This song would fit right in with today's hip-hop.
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New Mach-Hommy is quite good, as expected.
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14 million views in half a day
Turning pedo accusations to a summer jam is art
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Not just pedo accusations. He's calling Drake out as a minstrel act too.
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That shit's basically TMZ with flow. So very very uninteresting.
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Anyone else listening to The Death of Slim Shady right now?
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I'm at track 17. This definitely has some classic Eminem vibes but a lot of stuff feels forced. Overall, I think I like it better than almost everything since The Eminem Show.
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That's basically most rap beefs, no?
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I guess I just posted a thing in the "shitty music" thread, but oof. I like Eminem for the most part. He's, duh, insanely talented, and when he is on he's really on... but this album fucking sucks.
The beats are dull... the production sounds like it's clipping but it doesn't have a loud force to it. Nothing propels out of your speakers here, it just kind of thuds along. The chorus hooks feel forced and in a couple cases silly, and the dramatic posturing falls on its face. I'm missing the clever word play, the impressive speed rapping chops, catchy arrangements... I'm missing anything memorable at all.
Then there's the unfortunate facepalm-worthy shit about woke politics and trans rights. Eminem has always been a casual bigot, but there was playful, sardonic shock value in his older stuff. This is more whiney confusion or something. The last thing I need right now is someone rapping at me about how annoyed they are with trans pronouns.
The fuck happened to him? This is supposed to be some ambitious concept album or something, and it feels completely phoned in and tired.
I can usually sit down and make it through an album even if I'm hating it. It doesn't take long, and I usually feel weird when I skip around, but I was having a hard time finishing songs on this new Eminem record. I don't think I made it through more than 30 seconds of any of the skits.
The only reason anyone is talking about this album is because it's Eminem. If it was a new artist this wouldn't get any notice at all. I honestly think he should try going with a completely different production team and try to do something different. He needs to challenge himself, because this just sounds like he's relaxing in godmode or something, and there's no hunger here; nothing exciting. Who expected the most engaging bars on a new Eminem album to all belong to the guest appearances? They showed up and brought their A-game, as you should when you're appearing on a major release... but Em just... whatever.
And maybe he can STFU with the boomer rants about progressive politics.
Last edited by Jinsai; 07-26-2024 at 08:30 PM.
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I enjoyed Death of Slim for what it is. Is it groundbreaking? Not really, even as a forced concept. It really just makes me want to go listen to Slim Shady LP, but there are definitely some good tracks on it, even though it is bloated as fuck.
"Temporary" is a gorgeous song and one of my favorites here, but out of the recent EM albums, Kamikaze has been my favorite; "Not Alike" makes any of these tracks seem like fodder imo, but I like some of the current narratives that he touches upon on the new album because it's hilarious to see people these days get offended by a friggin' Eminem album lol.
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It's more like... listening to your grandpa rap. Or Ben Shapiro and that Canadian dude with the facial tattoos, yelling out "I don't care if I offend you." I'm not offended as much as I'm embarrassed for him.
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Yeah, pretty much. His stuff used to have some bite, but everything I've heard from him the past few years just seems so desperate and boring. If you're going to try to offend people, at least put in the work.
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Agreed. While it is very lazy in this point in time from him, and feels incredibly forced just for the sake... I still find it funny, like Megan the Stallion fans having a meltdown over a half-baked Eminem diss lol.
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New JPEGMAFIA is cool.
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I was listening to 2 Live Crew the other day. Catchy as heck.
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^^^Absolutely stupid fun. It used to be our soundtrack to Tiger Woods 2004.
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Both Vultures albums are absolute shit. When you have AI Kanye on some tracks...
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I was listening to Ice Cube's Predator last night--great album. He's probably my all-time favorite rapper.
RE: Eminem. Hugely talented--I just find his rapping/persona to be kind of grating.
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Ice Cube is great. I love Amerikkka's Most Wanted. It's a huge credit to his artistic vision, that after he left NWA, he also left LA to go to NYC and record with the Bomb Squad. The beats on that album are wild.
Eminem, is kinda like guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen. It's obvious that he spends a lot of time thinking about the craft, and putting a lot of effort into it, and it's impressive, but it really has no style or swagger. I've also grown to generally dislike that "lyrical miracle" type of rapping. Give me Roc Marciano or Mach-Hommy over an Alchemist beat, and I'll be happy.
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