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- Moronic Mondays - Weekly Question Thread - January 07, 2019
- Album of the Year #36: Westside Gunn - Supreme Blientele
- Denzel Curry announces new collaborative project "Aloha" with Charlie Heat. Dropping 02/01/19
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- [DISCUSSION] Who Runs Rap in 2019? Quantifying the Most Popular Rappers Right Now.
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- [FRESH] Aminé - Hungry Hippo Remix
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- Metro Boomin - Lesbian (feat. Gunna & Young Thug)
- Eminem sold most albums(755,027) in US in 2018
- The 2019 Governors Ball NYC Lineup Announced
- Ski Mask the Slump God will appear on “Revenge of the Dreamers III”
- Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
- Daily Discussion Thread 01/07/2019
- Logic - 44 More
- $uicideboy$ - Mount Sinai
- BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah - Six Degrees (feat. Danny Brown)
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| Album of the Year #36: Westside Gunn - Supreme Blientele Posted: 07 Jan 2019 01:41 PM PST Artist:Westside Gunn Album:Supreme Blientele Listen: Background Griselda Blanco was perhaps the most prolific cocaine queen pin of her era. She was infamous for having numerous sexual partners, some of whom didn't escape with their lives. Behaviour not unlike a Scorpion. So when Westside Gunn went looking for a symbol to represent his record imprint and fashion label of course he went for the dangerous and eye catching Scorpion, the name Griselda by Fashion Rebels(GxFR) being attached to all works of his thereafter. If you asked Westside Gunn, he would tell you he isn't a rapper. He's a fashion designer who raps. Coming from Buffalo, NY(A place infamous for poverty and crime). It's a hard place to try and be successful with your fashions. West has talked about making a dozen hoodies and taking months to sell them. Now he'll do limited runs of 3-400 hoodies and they're gone in minutes. His highly sought after vinyls will release at 11:00 and have every variant in every quantity sold out by 11:02. I would know, I've seen it happen. His come up was unlikely and incredibly lucky. But if you ask West it was always manifest destiny. He was doing dirt in the early 00's when his cousin Machine Gun Black(brother to Benny the Butcher another GxFR MC) got shot and killed. West had to turn himself into the Feds not long after. You'd think this was rock bottom but West had further to fall still. After getting out of the feds he got knocked again and had to go back, around this time his brother Conway was shot in the head twice. He miraculously survived but still suffers the lasting effects of this attempt on his life. Westside made a promise to himself while imprisoned. That he would turn his life around, and take the rap game more seriously. It was his way out, and he got out. After years of struggling and pressing forward his hard work and diligence paid off. In 2016 Westside Gunn released the much acclaimed FLYGOD. With features from the likes of Danny Brown, Roc Marciano, Action Bronson and production from the likes of The Alchemist, Statik Selektah and Apollo Brown. The buzz around West and Griselda was growing daily. A fervent fan base was ferociously devouring everything they could get their hands on. It was at this point that the Flygod met with the Rap God. According to Gunn it was love at first sight. Mathers was already a fan of Griselda Records and knew he wanted to sign them. For the first time, a Buffalo rapper was signed by a major record label. Of course it wasn't just one MC, it was three. The influence of being signed to Shady hasn't quite shown yet. But perhaps that's for the best. Eminem isn't stupid, he knows not to mess with a good thing. Provide support where you can but otherwise leave the Griselda crew to their own devices and they will consistently create coke rap commandments. It was in this environment that we found ourselves when Westside created his sophomore album Supreme Blientele. Usually artists have trouble following up an excellent debut project. Not Gunn, ever productive he had already released a number of EP's and singles in the period between these two albums. He had no trouble however, making this project stand out from his usual fare(which is still fantastic). The usual ingredients are there, Daringer(Griselda's in house producer) , Benny, Conway, Alchemist (who's said many times that he's a huge fan of GxFR) but there are extra elements that give this album an energy and spirit that puts the listener in mind of the classic fare of the 90s. Raekwon(who has publicly declared Griselda to be the wave of the future for the drug rap game), Jay Z, Master P, Ghostface Killah are all clear inspirations. The album is sample heavy and percussion is sparse leaving lots of room for the MC's to do their thing. The anticipation for this album amongst Griselda fans was unbelievable. Westside had a lot to live up to, people thought FLYGOD was the best work he had ever done and they didn't believe he could surpass it. They were wrong. Simple as that. Review Supreme Blientele is a coronation. After spending a lifetime looting and killing, the usurpers made their claim to the throne. The only ruler that compares is Ghengis Khan. Gunn is in the empire building business and thus far he's done a job comparable to the man who ran a quarter of the world. Listening to Supreme Blientele is like watching a pride of lions maul… well everything. Hyenas, ostriches, cheetahs, other wack rappers. It's like a great Serengeti safari and we get to see this pride feast. From the first song it's clear that GxFR is not playing fair. Jadakiss comes through and flows fantastic over that ghostly sample and those teased strings and the skittering piano, he hits us with one of his best verses in years. Doesn't mean shit. He gets outshone to an absurd degree. His light shines bright but it's insignificant when the Sun hits with all its brilliance. Benny shows why's he called the Butcher and Gunn spits like he hasn't eaten in years and his next meal depends on this verse being the best on this song. Almost didn't happen with the way Benny was spitting. Gunn's energy throughout this album is undeniable and it's because of this energy, that in an era of 7 song albums that don't ever run longer than ~ 25 minutes; Gunn can come through with an 17 track project that's double the length of those shorter projects and keep the listener interested the whole way through. People almost fetishize Pusha T's well known "YEUGH" ad-lib and rightly so, it's a great ad-lib. I contend that each of Gunn's three signature ad-libs carries more weight and impact. From the BOOM BOOM BOOM, to the Scott Hall inspired A-YO or even just a simple GRRRRRRRRRRRRR mimicking automatic fire from a Machine Gun(R.I.P Black). The fact that the percussion on this album is laid back and sparse and not the usual triplet rattling hi hat business we've become used to doesn't mean this album is less energetic or ear grabbing. It's almost more so. Instead of shouting desperately for attention and threatening to kill peoples whole families just to get some eyes on their music. Gunn doesn't yell. He speaks with confidence and he flows like butter. You pay attention to him, cause he's the guy to truly be afraid of. Gunn carries tracks on his own with ease, he could've done the whole project featureless. But this coronation is also a chance for his family to catch some shine, and good lord do they. Brutus, is one of the best rap songs of this decade. This is only a bold claim if you haven't heard the song. Featuring production from the legendary Pete Rock the track features a bouncy guitar sample and some shimmering synths. The song begins with a pitched and warped ambulance siren. A premonition of the gruesome scene left in the wake of this onslaught. Benny, Conway, and the patriarch Gunn spit so viciously on this track it caught the ear of Jay-Z, the most successful coke rapper of his generation. Jay put this track in his best of 2018 playlist, and while it is one of the best tracks to come out this year. It's nothing special for those 3. The track details their proficiency at flipping drugs, their love of fashion and their amassed wealth. I say this with no hyperbole, the best drug rap song of 2018 is no big deal to the guys who made it. It's not just Gunn's brother and cousin who put in work on this album. Gunn's own daughter Westside Pootie features on Amherst Station in one of the cutest moments on any album I've ever heard. Yet it still manages to be the hardest flex to ever grace my ears. Westside's youngest daughter speaks on the fact that all of her father's imitators don't understand that wealth is not what makes him great and that (FLY)GOD is the greatest. She then calls out these wannabe rappers for still being broke. Even she understands their money is fake. This moment is followed by one of the sweetest beats on Blientele. Amherst Station is a subway station in Buffalo and Gunn assuredly spent a lot of time travelling to and from it. The beat samples What makes me love you by The Sequins and and the song serves as a sort of nostalgia trip discussing dealings during his come up and Gunn finishes saying "Catch me at the Amherst Station", he says it with an affinity that tells us he clearly thinks fondly of the place. RVD is a chance for a few Griselda staples to truly flex their muscles as Daringer shows why he is the king of the grimy piano sample. A simple loop can become the nastiest thing you've ever heard with some manipulation from Daringer. But the true highlight of this track is the incredible Keisha Plum. A grade school homie of Gunn's, they've been tight always. She's had a feature on basically every Gunn project you can think of. Her voice is like chocolate wrapped in velvet dipped in caramel. Plum is an excellent writer and her every word is captivating. She rides the beat like she owns it. "What would Griselda do?" "Shoot them before they can shoot you." Clearly Gunn takes this advice to heart. The Alchemist produced track Elizabeth features a horn sample that is as smooth as silk and features vocal samples from Randy Savage and Mick Foley. Gunn is a man of diverse interests. From fashion, to wrestling to dealing drugs. He's got something for everyone, a lyric that could make any rap listener turn their head towards the music and smile. Whether it's cause he reps their favourite brand "I know some niggas only skate over supreme shit" or cause of the litany of witty bars that permeates this album. It is my assertion that the whole Griselda crew has mass appeal and it's seems that this explosion in popularity is imminent. Gunn can sing, he can rap, he's a genius fashion designer, a very smart manager and he's got authenticity that nobody living in the rap game can match. This coronation serves as notice to any rapper faking the funk. Your head is going to be positioned on a very sharp stick if you get in Gunn's way. In the midst of all the revelry surrounding Gunn's newfound success there is a tinge of sadness. We lost a legend recently. R.I.P to Mean Gene Okerlund, a legend to the wrestling world, a legend in the eyes of Westside Gunn. He was immortalized on the album by The Alchemist and Gunn. They got a chance to pay homage while Gene was still alive and now it serves as a tribute to one of the most important voices of pop culture in the 80s. The album serves as a fitting tribute to a number of figures, including one you might not have expected from a Buffalo NY rapper. DJ Screw is referenced with his chopped and screwed style being aped on the track Stefflon Don, Gunn has gone on the record saying he's been a fan of Screws for a long time and takes a chance to reference his ingenious style at least once on each of his projects. It's in this run of tracks from Elizabeth to Brossface Brippler that Gunn shows his planning ability off. Carrying the wrestling theme from track to track starting with Elizabeth and moving to Macho Man and Mean Gene before referencing Chris Benoit and Sabu which leads into the track called Sabu which has a vocal sample of none other than Busta Rhymes who appears on the very next track. This album really is a masterpiece in pacing and flow. Speaking of Busta Rhymes, good lord this man went off. He really gave the Fashion Rebels a challenge. His voice sounded different, like it was layered twice and lubed with WD-40. He manages to make a Salt Bae reference while talking about cooking crack and it's just awesome. Busta Rhymes really is special when he's not trying to rhyme as fast as possible. The song features Alchemist production with a heavenly vocal sample looped and a drum loop serving as a rhythmic base for the whole track, piano chords included to jump off of. Benny and Gunn go off but that's to be expected at this point. These guys are so good I find myself almost becoming jaded. You start to think to yourself, "ah yeah I've heard rappers talk about cooking crack a million and one ways" but whenever I'm listening to any of the GxFR MC's they manage to make these concepts fresh with their incredibly intelligent rhymes and beats. I expect to be bumping this album on my deathbed and still enjoy their bars. This album shows that drug raps will always have a place in rap. Some people feel like the whole concept is outdated and that doing drugs is more hip than serving them. Questlove (who said Supreme Blientele was his favourite rap album of the year how's that for a co-sign?) said the album sounds like it could've come out in 1995. To some that might seem like he's saying the album is dated. To me it's an assertion that the album was timeless from inception. It could've existed in any era in the history of rap and been heralded as a fantastic project. The finishing stretch of this album has some of the best moments on a project chock full of them. Harry Fraud produces and CRIMEAPPLE features on the song Spanish Jesus. Which features prominently a guitar riffing and wailing with some faint drums and it creates one of the most special and effective uses of guitars I've ever heard in rap. CRIMEAPPLE is a killer and he's a deadly sharp MC with a Mexican background that gives him a really unique flavour. Keep your eyes on that dude. The Steiners in their era were a unique duo of powerhouses with a flashy high flying style. This name clearly inspired everyone on this track. Pete Rock laced the beat with a beautiful piano sample from a Janet Jackson song and Elzhi showed the hell up on the cut. Elzhi without question has my favourite flow on the whole album. He made himself inseparable from the beat. He wasn't the flashiest MC on the project but he did have a very lyrical, dextrous performance and he made his mark. The Steiners is his track. Not that Gunn didn't give him a good run for his money. If Conway and Gunn weren't already an established duo Elzhi and Gunn would be a rap duo to give the likes of EPMD, Tribe and Outkast a run for their money. Roc Marciano slides through on a self- produced track to show his support for his friend Gunn and get a piece of the action for himself. The vocal sample, the vinyl static, the drums, the piano chords. It all comes together to produce a beautiful package, not unlike Ric Martel the tracks namesake. Gunn and Roc Marci flow over this beat with impunity. Statik Selektah disgusts me sometimes, his beat work is just gross. The eponymous track WESTSIDE needed to come correct if it was gonna bear the name of the signature artist and Statik came through with the most cinematic beat on the whole project. With an epic violin/vocal swell that punctuates certain moments and violins lacing the rest of the beat along with the vintage scratched chorus. It's just beautiful. The world needs more Statik/Gunn. When Anderson .Paak made the freshman cover in his year he was asked who should've made it that didn't. He said Westside Gunn. Gunn recognizes realness and the two have been friends since. It's incredible how connected that Gunn has become and it's all because he's just undeniable. He knew he had a great product and he's had faith in himself from the jump. It didn't matter who told him he couldn't do it, it didn't matter that no MC had ever come from Buffalo and blown up, it didn't matter who didn't believe. Gunn knew he'd end up in this position with the crown about to be put on his head. WrestleMania 20 was the event when finally after years of grinding and surely times of hopelessness, Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit had reached the summit of their careers. They had made it farther than anyone would have ever expected them to go. This song, 2018, this is Gunn's WrestleMania 20. But he still has further to go. Anderson .Paak has the voice of an angel and Gunn has employed it to talk mad shit on all the non believers and the haters. He did not come for jokes, he didn't come for games. He definitely didn't come to play with the lames. 9th wonder lets a guitar take prominence in the beat with a vocal sample playing the supporting role to Anderson's vocals. Gunn doesn't take this opportunity to celebrate his victory, he continues to talk about killing and robbing and mobbing and dealing. Cause that's how he got to where he's gotten, and that's gonna get him where he's going. The last track on this album doesn't even feature Gunn, just brother AA Rashid. Produced by Harry Fraud this track features light flutes and dramatic drums in the background while Rashid lays down the GxFR manifesto. If you want to understand why so many people from Joe Budden to Charlemagne to Royce to of course Eminem have co-signed these guys, listen to this. They do not participate in attention seeking behavior, they care about the art, they take care with the packaging. Gunn is such an entrepreneur, he has maximised his fan base in a way nobody else has. They gladly pay 20 dollars for the digital projects, they scoop up the CDs and the Vinyls, they buy the fashions. Westside Gunn, Griselda, they are playing this rap game the way it should be played. They have it all figured out. Gunn's style is old school but his plays are all futuristic. By the time the rap game catches up to Westside Gunn, he'll be long gone. Enjoy it while you can. 2019 is a year long celebration of the King of drug raps. So bow down, pay homage, and definitely listen to the Rap Album of the year, Supreme Blientele. Favorite Lyrics I could write down the lyrics to every bar across this entire album but this write up is long enough as is. So I'm gonna start at the beginning of the album and choose three verses I wanna highlight. Probably won't make it very far.
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| Denzel Curry announces new collaborative project "Aloha" with Charlie Heat. Dropping 02/01/19 Posted: 07 Jan 2019 11:20 AM PST Edit: just a song. Charlie Heat says album otw https://twitter.com/GOODWorkCharlie/status/1082361303820251137 [link] [comments]  |
| CupcakKe Posts That She is Going to Commit Suicide Posted: 07 Jan 2019 07:29 PM PST Twitter Post: https://i.imgur.com/qSt8307.png She also posted it on instagram: https://i.imgur.com/1BTOieM.jpg Some twitter posters believe she was hacked, but no confirmation so far. Lizzo has reached out to offer support: https://i.imgur.com/1XYDf6K.png Earlier in the day CupcakKe posted about escaping an abusive relationship: https://i.imgur.com/pnisLCA.png Edit 9:58pm Some people on Twitter seem to have called the Police. There is some speculation she might be in/flying to London for a show. Everything is still speculation [link] [comments]  |
| [FRESH VIDEO] Nas - Cops Shot the Kid Posted: 07 Jan 2019 08:02 AM PST |
| [FRESH] Aminé - hunnybee remix Posted: 07 Jan 2019 07:17 PM PST |
| [DISCUSSION] Surviving R Kelly Docuseries Posted: 07 Jan 2019 03:09 PM PST submitted by /u/TheRoyalGodfrey [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Jan 2019 06:54 PM PST More updates came out today for these invitations for ROTDIII [link] [comments]  |
| [DISCUSSION] Who Runs Rap in 2019? Quantifying the Most Popular Rappers Right Now. Posted: 07 Jan 2019 03:42 PM PST I made a post about quantifying the XXL Freshman List a little while ago and it was pretty well received, so I figured I'd make one in a similar vein. Here I use data to quantify who the biggest rappers in the game are right now. I looked at nine factors: Google Trends , Spotify streams (monthly listeners), Youtube views (top 5 tracks), Instagram/Twitter followers (whichever account has more), RIAA certifications, first week pure sales, first week total sales, and Billboard Hot 100 hits (all over the past three years). With Billboard I made up a simple formula calles BP. Essentially BP rewards those who have more charting and higher charting tracks. With RIAA I used a similar formula, awarding 3 points for a platinum certification and 1 point for a gold certification. I measured these factors for a multitude of rappers including: 2 Chainz, 21 Savage, 6ix9ine, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, A$AP Ferg, A$AP Rocky, Big K.R.I.T., Big Sean, BROCKHAMPTON, Cardi B, Chance The Rapper, Chief Keef, Childish Gambino, Drake, Eminem, French Montana, Future, G-Eazy, The Game, Gucci Mane, Gunna, Ice Cube, Iggy Azalea, Jay-Z, J. Cole, Jeezy, Joey Bada$$, Juice WRLD, Juicy J, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Kevin Gates, Kid Cudi, Kodak Black, Lil Baby, Lil Pump, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Wayne, Lil Yachty, Logic, Macklemore, Meek Mill, Migos, Nas, Nav, Nelly, NF, Nicki Minaj, Pitbull, Playboi Carti, Post Malone, Pusha T, Rae Sremmurd, Rich The Kid, Rick Ross, Russ, ScHoolboy Q, Ski Mask The Slump God, Snoop Dogg, Soulja Boy, T.I., Tory Lanez, Travis Scott, Trippie Redd, Tyler the Creator, Wiz Khalifa, YG, Yo Gotti, Young Thug I only chose to consider rappers who have released albums in the past 3 years. The results were as follows Trends
Spotify
Youtube
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RIAA Certifications
Pure Sales
Total Sales
Billboard
Top 25 Most Popular Rappers
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| [DISCUSSION] Lil Wayne - Imagine Dragons NCAAF CFP Posted: 07 Jan 2019 07:07 PM PST Word, this wasnt expected, decent performance! What was he wearing though! [link] [comments]  |
| [FRESH] Aminé - Hungry Hippo Remix Posted: 07 Jan 2019 07:02 PM PST |
| New Gesaffelstein x Weeknd song dropping Friday (1/11) Posted: 07 Jan 2019 02:25 PM PST |
| Metro Boomin - Lesbian (feat. Gunna & Young Thug) Posted: 07 Jan 2019 09:58 AM PST |
| Eminem sold most albums(755,027) in US in 2018 Posted: 07 Jan 2019 09:42 PM PST |
| The 2019 Governors Ball NYC Lineup Announced Posted: 07 Jan 2019 05:05 AM PST Friday May 31 Tyler, The Creator, Lil Wayne, Brockhampton, Jorja Smith, Blood Orange, The Internet, Amber Mark Saturday June 1 Vince Staples, Ty Dolla Sign, Playboi Carti, Denzel Curry, Ravyn Lenae, Saba, Tobi Lou Sunday June 2 Nas, SZA, Kaytranada, Sheck Wes, Beast Coast (Joey Bada$$ x Flatbush Zombies), Noname, SOB x RBE, 070 Shake, Taylor Bennett, The Underachievers, Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution, Jack Harlow [link] [comments]  |
| Ski Mask the Slump God will appear on “Revenge of the Dreamers III” Posted: 07 Jan 2019 11:18 PM PST CONFIRMED ON HIS INSTAGRAM STORY He also posted a video with him and JID in the studio together. Y'all think we're finally getting a song with JID and Ski Mask? [link] [comments]  |
| Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) Posted: 07 Jan 2019 09:46 AM PST |
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