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Hype Wednesday Thread: First One - HipHop

Hype Wednesday Thread: First One

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 10:24 AM PST

Here's you can post and discuss up and coming artists.

Gonna borrow this /r/makinghiphop rule: This is the first thread so let's see how it goes, everyone with a parent comment has to comment at least one other parent comment

Up and coming is defined as artists who've never had a post with 100 upvotes or more

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Album Of The Year #15: The Avalanches - Wildflower

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 01:41 PM PST

Artist: The Avalanches

Album: Wildflower

Listen:

Youtube

Apple Music

Spotify

Google Play Music

Background

After 16 long years and the departure of Darren Seltmann, nobody really knew where the next album was going to go. While we had heard some unreleased music, no one really knew if we would ever hear from the group again.

Finally, on the 23rd of May our hopes and expectations had be confirmed with the release of this documentary styled trailer for new music titled "Since They Left Us". In the video they not only confirmed new music was coming but even gave us a taste of two upcoming tracks, "Subways" and "The Wozard Of Iz."

About a week after the release of the trailer, it was announced on the Australian radio station Triple J that a new song titled "Frankie Sinatra" was going live. A few minutes before the release of the track it was announced another surprise feature was going to be on the track (later to be revealed as MF DOOM).

The tracklist and pre orders for the album arrived shortly after the song was premiered. Around the same time we got snippets of every track a month earlier thanks to a leak by Amazon Music France. We also got 2 more singles, "I Wish I Was A Folkstar" and "Subways" on the Triple J radio station.

By teaming up with Apple Music, not only did they get primetime commercial air promoting the album, but they also released it exclusively on the platform a week early. On July 8th the album was available on all streaming platforms as well as a physical release.

Review

The album is the definition of summertime. The cheery vocal samples, the upbeat 80's funk samples, and the upbeat lyrics from multiple features all collide perfectly to make a rich and enjoyable experience. Clocking in a a little under an hour, the Beastie Boys inspired collage of movies, vocals, and samples all bring together a cohesive and well mixed project.

While the album is made to be played all the way through, you can still enjoy many of the songs as singles without having to listen to the whole thing over and over. Frankie Sinatra, Because I'm Me, and Wozard Of Iz are all great singles that need no previous or next track. Whichever style you prefer the album has a song for that.

Chater himself described the album as "a road trip from a hyperrealistic urban environment to somewhere remote and far away while on LSD." The themes of the Wildflower can be explained very clearly if you follow along while watching the short film that came alongside the release of the album. The Was is a collaboration between The Avalanches and Soda_Jerk. The video is in itself a collage of multiple movies and short tv clips combined to make a cohesive story. You really get a sense for what The Avalanches where going for by watching this alongside the album.

Multiple /r/HipHopHeads favorites appear on the album as well. Danny Brown who just came off a incredible 2016 with this the release of his critically acclaimed album Atrocity Exhibition makes two appearance on the album. Danny himself said back in 2012 that the collaboration would "change the world." Underground favorite DOOM also comes out in full force by collaborating on Frankie Sinatra. We also get amazing features from lesser known hip hop artists such as Camp Lo and the Atlanta rap duo Ad.D+.

Most of the album had been made in a 16 year long time span with some of the earliest tracks being started almost right after the release of *Since I Left You." Some songs such as the Toro Y Moi collaboration "If I Was A Folkstar" and the David Berman collaboration had been leaked for years with some dating back to 2012.

Some people and critics like to criticize the album as "too happy" but i don't think that is a bad thing. Hearing the horns for the time on Because Im Me will just make you smile your ass off. Hearing Danny Brown rapping about showing off his dong over a tuba is just hilarious. The whole album feels like a daydream, swimming in a rainbow colored pool high on LSD. The album sets itself apart from its predecessor while still keeping the very "Avalanches" feel.

Favorite Lyrics

I just want to know. What's wrong with me? Being in love with you!

Because I'm Me

When can keep it irie, or we can keep it irate.

Frankie Sinatra

You walk on the subway, it moves around. You hear someone scream so you go and see what you found

Subways

This is a song for the genius child. Sing it softly... for the song is wild. Sing it as ever you can. Let the song get out of hand

Going Home

I remember when she took to open my mind

If I Was A Folkstar

There is magic in the splendor and desire to surrender Every moment we're together makes me hope it lasts forever

The Wozard Of Iz

I first saw her in a mega store The day glow raven born into a free fall Like plastic easter basket grass Falling from an overpass

Saturday Night. Inside Out

The fulfillment of a 10th grade prophecy

A motel masterpiece

Blind to the branching possibilities Blind to linked impossibilities

Teardrops were standing in my eyes

Like deer before they bolt

Saturday Night. Inside Out

Discussion Points

1) Does this feel like an Avalanches album?

2) Are you fine with with this many rap features on a Avalanches record? Would you have liked more or less?

3) Do you think this will rejuvenate the band members and get us an LP3 sooner?

4) Did you enjoy the shorter interludes or would the album be better without them?

5) What rappers would you have loved to have heard on this project?

6) Will this album inspire more sample based hip hop beats rather than the new wave of self produced no sample beats?

7) The themes of the album are obviously very ambiguous and intentionally left up to ones interpretation. What do you get out of the albums themes when you listen to the album?

Vote on your ranking here: http://www.strawpoll.me/12041049

If you enjoyed the record and all things Avalanches join us on /r/TheAvalanches

my first write up ever please let me know what i could improve

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Rolling Loud Festival lineup announced: Kendrick, Lil Wayne, Rocky, Future, Young Thug, Travi$ Scott, and more

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 05:14 PM PST

r/hiphopheads Essential Album of the Week #78: Nas - Illmatic

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 06:39 AM PST

Welcome to the new and improved Essential Album of the Week discussion thread!

Every Wednesday we will discuss an album from our Essential Albums list

Last Week: Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle

This Week: Nas - Illmatic

Stream/Purchase

Spotify

iTunes

Google Play

Songs/Singles

World is Yours

One Love

It Ain't Hard to Tell

Background/Description (courtesy of allmusic.com)

Often cited as one of the best hip-hop albums of the '90s, Illmatic is the undisputed classic upon which Nas' reputation rests. It helped spearhead the artistic renaissance of New York hip-hop in the post-Chronic era, leading a return to street aesthetics. Yet even if Illmatic marks the beginning of a shift away from Native Tongues-inspired alternative rap, it's strongly rooted in that sensibility. For one, Nas employs some of the most sophisticated jazz-rap producers around: Q-Tip, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, and Large Professor, who underpin their intricate loops with appropriately tough beats. But more importantly, Nas takes his place as one of hip-hop's greatest street poets -- his rhymes are highly literate, his raps superbly fluid regardless of the size of his vocabulary. He's able to evoke the bleak reality of ghetto life without losing hope or forgetting the good times, which become all the more precious when any day could be your last. As a narrator, he doesn't get too caught up in the darker side of life -- he's simply describing what he sees in the world around him, and trying to live it up while he can. He's thoughtful but ambitious, announcing on "N.Y. State of Mind" that "I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death," and that he's "out for dead presidents to represent me" on "The World Is Yours." Elsewhere, he flexes his storytelling muscles on the classic cuts "Life's a Bitch" and "One Love," the latter a detailed report to a close friend in prison about how allegiances within their group have shifted. Hip-hop fans accustomed to 73-minute opuses sometimes complain about Illmatic's brevity, but even if it leaves you wanting more, it's also one of the few '90s rap albums with absolutely no wasted space. Illmatic reveals a great lyricist in top form meeting great production, and it remains a perennial favorite among serious hip-hop fans.

Guidelines

This is an open thread for you to share your thoughts on the album. Avoid vague statements of praise or criticism. This is your chance to practice being a critic. It's fine for you to drop by just to say you love the album, but let's try and step it up a bit!!!

How has this album affected hip-hop? WHY do you like this tape? What are the best tracks? Do you think it deserves the praise it gets? Is it the first time you've listened to it? What's your first impression? Have you listened to the artist before? Explain why you like it or why you don't.

DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT BEING LATE !!!! Discussion throughout the week is encouraged.

Next week's EAOTW will be The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die

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[FRESH EP] Gucci Mane- 3 For Free

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 12:32 PM PST

Gucci Mane featured on Migos' C U L T U R E Album

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 06:32 PM PST

http://i.imgur.com/HIChx5d.jpg

Just in time for #DropTopWizop

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New Thundercat Album "Drunk" Announced

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 07:13 AM PST

http://brainfeeder.net/thundercat/

New Drunk Tour as well

From the website: "THUNDERCAT PRESENTS "DRUNK"- A 23-TRACK EPIC JOURNEY INTO THE OFTEN HILARIOUS, SOMETIMES DARK MIND OF THE GRAMMY-WINNING SINGER/BASSIST - FEATURING A FEW OF HIS FRIENDS JOINING HIM ALONG THE WAY INCLUDING: KENDRICK LAMAR, PHARRELL, MICHAEL MCDONALD, KENNY LOGGINS, WIZ KHALIFA, KAMASI WASHINGTON AND BRAINFEEDER MASTERMIND FLYING LOTUS."

link dump edit: https://play.spotify.com/track/4Hp5A5oqVKm4mxNiSubYxP https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/drunk/id1197065437

https://listen.tidal.com/album/69438436

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@LupeFiasco: New @LupeFiasco coming tomorrow - "Tranquillo" ft Rick Ross & Big KRIT via Beats1

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 08:19 PM PST

6lack Brings Out The Weeknd to Perform 'Starboy' and 'Reminder'

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 08:05 AM PST

Migos freestyle live on Sway In The Morning

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 04:45 PM PST

Daily Discussion Thread 01/25/2017

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 11:29 AM PST

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