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Hip-Hop Listening Club Album of the Week #245: Rick Ross - Teflon Don
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Hip-Hop Listening Club Album of the Week #245: Rick Ross - Teflon Don

Posted: 07 Apr 2018 03:38 AM PDT

Welcome to HHH Listening Club!

Today we'll be listening to Teflon Don by Rick Ross

This album was selected by /u/ImWaaal

Teflon Don is Rick Ross's highly successful 4th studio album, released on July 20th, 2010.

To promote the album's release Ross released The Albert Anastasia EP with acted as a prelude to Teflon Don. The albums was also supported by three singles featuring Ne-Yo, Styles P, Chrisette Michele and Drake, Super High, B.M.F. and Aston Martin Music.

The album was extremely successful, both commercially and critically. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart and it sold 176,300 copies during its first week. The album has been highly praised by fans and critics alike and is often brought up as Ross' "Magnum Opus".

Album: Teflon Don

Label: Maybach Music Group

Notable Features Kanye West, Jay Z, Drake, Gucci Mane and T.I.

Representing: Carol City, Florida

Streaming Sources:

Guidelines:

This is an open thread to share your thoughts on the album. Avoid vague statements of praise or criticism. This is your chance to be a critic.

Please keep any top level comments to 140+ characters.

Why do you like this album? What are the best tracks? Did it meet your expectations? Have you listened to this tape before? What is your first impression? Explain why you like it or why you don't.

Remember, people who participate in the discussion in a meaningful way are entered into a drawing to select next week's album!

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hiphopheads Essential Album of the Week #99: The Luniz - Operation Stackola

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 03:30 PM PDT

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 Time: Gangsta Pat - Deadly Verses

This Week: The Luniz - Operation Stackola

Stream/Purchase

Singles

Background/Description (courtesy of allmusic)

The Luniz's Operation Stackola is the group's most accomplished and best-selling LP. Featuring the Oakland-based duo's only major hit, "I Got Five on It," the album drew attention and admiration from other hip-hop artists, but never crossed over into the pop mainstream. The woofer-shaking bassline and eerie bell-like keyboards of "I Got Five on It" made it a hip-hop anthem of the mid-'90s. Since that time, it's been the subject of dozens of covers, the first of which was a reprise on Operation Stackola itself. Nothing else on the album quite lives up to the promise of that hit track, but a number of tracks reveal the group's songwriting potential. Few songs exceed 100 beats per minute, as is true to the Luniz's laid-back, West Coast roots. "Playa Hata" intertwines their drug-laced, gangster trash talking with a soulful R&B feel. The chorus of "Pimps, Playas, and Hustlers" (noticing a trend?) takes a page out of Cypress Hill's nasally vocal repertoire. And the title track starts off with a reggae speed rap, à la Shaggy or Shabba Ranks. There's plenty of filler, but it's still loaded with enough juice to keep the head noddin' for a good half-hour.

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 Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal

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[LEAK] Travis Scott & Quavo - Smell Of Money

Posted: 07 Apr 2018 04:41 PM PDT

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Posted: 07 Apr 2018 05:18 PM PDT

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Posted: 07 Apr 2018 08:28 AM PDT

There aren't any sources yet besides in Japanese but they're saying he canceled due to "Stress from making his new album".

Here's the post the event posted Facebook Link

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Posted: 07 Apr 2018 07:55 PM PDT

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[SHOTS FIRED] RetcH Calls Da$H a Snitch, Says He Isn't About That Life

Posted: 07 Apr 2018 01:44 PM PDT

Link to the Video

From RetcH's IG Live this morning.

He calls Da$H a snitch, says he's not really about that life, comes from money, and only beat his cases due to his dad's connections.

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Posted: 07 Apr 2018 01:41 PM PDT

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Posted: 07 Apr 2018 11:17 AM PDT

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Lil Peep - Sunlight on Your Skin Ft. iLoveMakonnen

Posted: 07 Apr 2018 06:28 PM PDT

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Daily Discussion Thread 04/07/2018

Posted: 07 Apr 2018 11:50 AM PDT

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