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hiphopheads Essential Album of the Week #100: Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal - HipHop


hiphopheads Essential Album of the Week #100: Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal

Posted: 13 Apr 2018 08:45 AM 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: The Luniz - Operation Stackola

This Week: Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal


Stream/Purchase

Spotify

iTunes

Google Play

Singles

Tha Crossroads

1st of tha Month

Background/Description (courtesy of allmusic)

Following the surprise success of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's summer 1994 anthem "Thuggish Ruggish Bone," the group returned a year later with E 1999 Eternal, an impressive debut full-length that dismisses any notion that the group was merely a one-hit wonder. From beginning to end, the album maintains a consistent tone, one that's menacing and somber, produced entirely by DJ U-Neek, a Los Angeles-based producer who frames the songs with dark, smoked-out G-funk beats and synth melodies. The Bone Thugs interweave their voices well, trading off verses and harmonizing on the choruses. There are a few standout moments, most notably the Grammy-winning ballad "Tha Crossroads" and the feel-good welfare ode "1st of the Month," as well as, of course, some obligatory blaze-some-to-this tracks, "Budsmokers Only" and "Buddah Lovaz." The intermittent tracks are good old-fashioned gangsta rap about murder, drugs, and money. In the end, E 1999 Eternal stands as one of the most accomplished, unique hardcore rap albums of the '90s, one that's often unfairly overlooked, if not dismissed entirely, because of the group's subsequent unraveling. [The original release featured a different version of "Tha Crossroads" titled simply "Crossroad" that was quickly replaced by the radio-aired, Grammy-winning "Mo Thug" remix.]

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 E.S.G. - Sailin' da South

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J. Cole - K.O.D. Album Cover and Tracklist Reveal

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 11:18 AM PDT

https://twitter.com/JColeNC/status/986670086290333696?s=19

Front Cover

Back Cover

Tracklist:

1) Intro

2) K.O.D.

3) Photograph

4) The Cut Off feat. Kill Edward

5) ATM

6) Motiv8

7) Kevin's Heart

8) Brackets

9) Once An Addict (Interlude)

10) Friends feat. Kill Edward

11) Window Pain (Outro)

12) 1985 (Intro To "The Fall Off")

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[GUIDE] A Guide to Russian Hip-Hop

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 06:48 PM PDT

"Fuck out of here with that weak shit boy, nobody listens to Ruki Vverh anymore"

—Boris Yeltsin

Vsem Privyet Tovarschi. I'm here to introduce you to the world of Russian hip-hop. With that being said, dawaj!

THE MOST POPULAR ARTISTS


  • Элджей (Transliteration: Eldzhey)

A Novosibirsk-based (a city in Siberia) rapper, he's been taking over the scene. Maxing out 3 million views on YouTube alone, he's been putting out hit after hit lately and just recently announced his new "Sayonara Boy X" album and it looks HYPE.

His Siberian origins are dope, seems like an unlikely place for… Well, anybody to come out of. Man was probably fighting Grizzly Bears on the tundra in his morning commute and showing up to the studio looking like the Yunnan Ice Boy. I'm just waiting for a rapper to come up from out of Dagestan or Ingushetia next, if a man from Siberia can, anyone can.

TOP ELDZHEY TRACKS:

  1. Розовое вино (Transliteration: Rozovoe Vino/Pink Wine) - I know it sounds poppy because it's coming from FEDUK-- but it sounds good. Currently sitting at 72 million views, pretty impressive. For another FEDUK hit, check out Моряк (Moryak/Sailor).

  2. Dyskonnekt - I won't lie. Kravz' verse on this is all kinds of whack. Man tells people to subscribe to his instagram in a fucking guest verse, come on man. Kravz had his own hit with Танго обниманго (Tango Obnimango/Tango Hugging) where he tried to go family friendly judging by the video, the clean lyrics and the decision to set the age limit to "0+". When I saw this I thought "You ain't fooling me, Kravz, I saw Dyskonnekt, I know how you turn up, you ain't for the kids😂"

  3. Рваные джинсы (Transliteration: Rvanie Jinsyy/Torn Jeans)

  4. Минимал (Literally: Minimal) - This one's been rising on the charts.

  5. Hey, Guys

  6. Suzuki

  • FACE

He's a cornball but people like him. He's got some good stuff. Check out Morgenshtern if you like his songs.

TOP FACE TRACKS: 1. БУРГЕР (Burger)

  1. Я РОНЯЮ ЗАПАД (Ya Ronyayu Zapad/I'm Dropping The West) WARNING! THIS SONG TRIGGERS WESTERN CHAUVINISTS

  2. Мне Похуй (Мне Похуй/Literally: Me Fuck)

  • Egor Krid

This guy gets Devochki. Maxed out at a whopping 170 MILLION views on one video.

TOP EGOR KRID TRACKS:

  1. ЭТОМОЕ (Transliteration: Eto Moye/This is Mine)

  2. Если ты меня не любишь (Transliteration: If You Don't Love Me) – A joint he did with SEREBRO's (Novyy God/New Year, a cover of a 2004 song) Olga Seryabkina, also known as MOLLY (AFAIK actually not a reference to the drug, MDMA usage doesn't exist there).

  3. Что они знают? (Chto oni znayut?/What do they know?)

  4. Миллион алых роз (Million Alykh Roz/Million Scarlet Roses)

  • GAZIROVKA

This group from Kursk has been on fire recently.

Fun Fact: 'Gazirovka' is the name of a Soviet soda machine which was known for having one single communal drinking glass.

TOP GAZIROVKA TRACKS:

  1. BLACK

  2. Mad-Ma (Doesn't mean anything)


HARDER STUFF:


Let's say you want to hear something harder than the mainstream hip-hop, I got you. Here's some shit that goes in, only fire allowed past this point:

  1. Макс Корж - Малый повзрослел (Transliteration: Max Korzh- Malyy povzroslel) (Translation: The Kid Has Matured) – Byelorussian artist. Video filmed in Minsk, Byelarus.

  2. ХЛЕБ - СПАЙС (Hleb- Spays) - The hardest song you will ever hear about the spice girls

  3. L'ONE - Медаль на медаль (Medal na medal/Medal on Medal)

  4. Мот - Далласский клуб злопыхателей (Dallasskiy Klub Zlopykhateley/This time I actually don't know… I think it's like "Club for Savages" or "Rampant Club", it could be something too esoteric for me to understand) I had to link to the original upload on the Russian site because they took down the original video on YouTube and replaced it with a bitch-ass one.

  5. DefDa- Devochka-Tabletka (Girl-Pill)


MASTERPIECES:


Ленинград – ВОЯЖ (Leningrad - Voyazh/Voyage) – Listen to what I am about to say: this is the greatest Russian music video of all time and the greatest Russian song of all time. It is the pinnacle of Russian existence.

Markul feat Oxxxymiron - FATA MORGANA


HOT TRACKS:


  1. KIZARU – Негодяй (Negodyay/Scoundrel) – An artist based out of Spain rn

  2. LIL MORTY - Я Пиз*атый (Ya Pizdatyy/I'm Sorry) He's Ukrainian, I think.

  3. ЧЕРНОЕ КИНО & ЭЛДЖЕЙ – ДЭНСИМ (Chernoe Kino/Black Movie – Dansym, it doesn't mean anything) Eldzhey goes in on this one.

  4. Леша Свик - #Неодета (Lesha Svik- #Neodeta)

  5. Зомб - #ЭтаМалаяФайя (#EtaMalayaFaya/Zomb- #ThisSmallFire)

  6. VIU VIU - МАЛОНАЛА (MALONALA, doesn't mean anything) A little too weird and "ironic XD" for me but it sounds good. That money launcher tho 😂


ALL-EURASIAN SHIT:


If you're like Aleksandr Dugin and you believe in the supreme reality of Euraisa, then let's take a look at hip-hop in neighboring countries for a minute:

MOLDOVA

Romania's little brother. Was locked behind the Iron Curtain for 60 years.

Carla's Dreams - 314

GEORGIA (not the state, the country)

Best known for their weird-ass alien language.

RAP RISE - ბატონო პოლიციელო (Transliteration: I don't know, I can't read fucking alien hieroglyphs) - A little backpacky.

KAZAKHSTAN

Obligatory Borat joke

Zhonti feat. NN-Beka - ЗЫН ЗЫН (ZIN-ZIN/I don't know, it's Kazakh)

On a side note: Kazakhs are known to turn up!

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