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What have you been listening to this week? / Last.fm thread - April 07, 2021 - HipHop

What have you been listening to this week? / Last.fm thread - April 07, 2021

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 08:30 AM PDT

This is the weekly thread to share what you've been listening to recently and/or post 3x3 collages. Make sure to write some shit about what you listened to in order encourage discussion.

To make 3x3s:

Import from Last.fm:

Make yours manually:

Make sure to re-upload your picture on a site like Imgur, otherwise the 3x3 posts change.

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[DISCUSSION] Ab-Soul - Longterm Mentality (10 Years Later)

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 03:06 PM PDT

Longterm Mentality is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Ab-Soul. It was released on April 5, 2011, by Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), exclusively to digital retailers, serving as Ab-Soul's debut retail release. The album features guest appearances from Jhené Aiko, Schoolboy Q, Kendrick Lamar, Punch, Alori Joh, JaVonté, MURS, BJ the Chicago Kid and Pat Brown, with the production from American hip hop record producers such as Tae Beast, Ayiro, Sounwave, AAyhasis, Context, Alexis Carrington and Tommy Black. Upon its release, the album received was highly acclaimed by music critics.

Background

Preceded by the mixtapes such as Longterm: The Mixtape (2009) and Longterm 2: Lifestyles of the Broke and Almost Famous (2010), Ab-Soul stated Longterm Mentality is not the third installment in his Longterm series. In July 2010, in an interview with Complex, Stevens claimed the series would have four installments, "When I did the first Longterm I knew that there would be four of them. When I did the first one. So there will be four of them: Longterm 1, 2, 3, and 4. So right now we're at two. You'll have to wait for the next one. That's for the next Ab-Soul interview." In August 2011, in an interview with BlowHipHopTV, Ab-Soul explained in spite of the fact that Longterm Mentality is not a part of the series, all three projects paint a picture of his personal life and growth. While speaking with BlowHipHopTV, the Black Hippy member said that the project is intended to introduce listeners to the man behind the mic:

I wanted to do something to where all of my supporters and people that's following me could actually witness the entire growth of the whole situation. So Longterm was just an introduction. Longterm 2 was more personal about where I was at with it in my life at that particular time. Longterm Mentality is pretty much an overview of the whole idea. I'm trying to capture my life and the essence of what I aspire to do in this business.

RYM Review

Ab-Soul doesn't have the best flow and doesn't have the ability to amaze with a technically proficient lyrical showcasing, but he has an honest vision and knows how to deliver his message. It's refreshing to hear a rapper that isn't interested in the bullshit of the flashy rapper lifestyle while also being miles away from being boring or political. Longterm Mentality is a good album to put on if you want to think.

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[FRESH VIDEO] Sonder - Too Late To Die Young

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 03:29 PM PDT

Lil Wayne - Knuck If You Buck (ft. Mack Maine, Curren$y)

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 08:40 AM PDT

Flipp Dinero - Leave Me Alone

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 09:46 AM PDT

[FRESH] Logic - Tired in Malibu

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 08:33 PM PDT

Doja Cat announces “Kiss Me More” featuring SZA dropping Friday (04/09)

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 04:41 PM PDT

JOBA | MEET THE ROADRUNNERS

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 01:48 PM PDT

[FRESH ALBUM] Woesum - Blue Summer (feat. Yung Lean, Bladee, Thaiboy Digital & more)

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 03:00 PM PDT

The Avalanches Announce 20th Anniversary Edition of Since I Left You

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 03:26 PM PDT

[FRESH] Tkay Maidza - Syrup

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 11:42 AM PDT

[FRESH] R.A. The Rugged Man - Montero (Lil Nas X Remix)

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 01:04 PM PDT

Brooklyn drill and sextuplet flows

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 02:38 PM PDT

I've recently been getting into drill music. Listened to some Chiraq drill, worked my way through London drill and am now getting to Brooklyn. I'm absolutely in love with the style. I recently discovered Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow and the flows they're working with are blowing my mind. We're all familiar with triplets flows (a.k.a. the 'Versace' flow) popularized by trap music and going back all the way to the Memphis rap scene, but while listening to this absolute banger, I was wondering what made that flow sound so good and I noticed something: they were using sextuplet flows, or more accurately, going back and forth between normal triplet flows and sextuplet flows.

You may be wondering what the difference is since they're mathematically equivalent, and any verse written for a triplet flow can be re-phrased into a sextuplet flow (and vice verse). They have completely different feels however, and the difference lies in how frequently beats are accented. Triplets are 1 accent per 3 beats, sextuplets are 1 accent per 6 beats. This gives sextuplet flows a lengthier, more 'falling'/'stumbling' feel vs triplet flows which have a more 'tumbling'/'rolling' feel. I was wondering if anyone knows the origins of this unique flow pattern. I believe Kendrick uses it at one point on 'Alright'. And while we're at it, is anyone doing quintuplet flows? 7-tuplet flows? 9-tuplet flows? Any kind of tuplet flows?

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tobi lou - TROOP ft. Smino

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 07:58 AM PDT

21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Don't Come Out The House

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 05:19 PM PDT

Tommy Wright III - Murder in the First Degree

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 07:03 PM PDT

Daily Discussion Thread 04/07/2021

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 09:26 AM PDT

Welcome to the /r/hiphopheads daily discussion thread!

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[FRESH] Fenix Flexin x Maxo Kream - Lambo Truck

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 05:02 PM PDT

Handsome Boy Modeling School-The World's Gone Mad

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 05:41 PM PDT

[DISCUSSION] PARTYNEXTDOOR - PARTYMOBILE (One Year Later)

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 11:42 AM PDT

Partymobile is the third studio album by Canadian singer PartyNextDoor. It was released on March 27, 2020, by OVO Sound and Warner Records.

Release and promotion

In November 2019, PartyNextDoor announced his third studio album would be released in January 2020. The album's release was then pushed back to February. The album was delayed for a second time before being released to streaming services on March 27, 2020.

Commercial performance

Partymobile debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 50,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. This became Party's second US top-ten debut.

Top Comments in Fresh Thread

I been missing that "p p p p party...party" intro

Still mad about the cover art, Club Atlantis' one was the GOAT

Can't wait to listen to this by myself and think about the relationships I never had

Wow I missed Rihanna

The Rihanna track is a fucking hit, would've really gone off at spring parties but oh well 😔

Loving this so far, I'm probably biased because I fucking love dark/atmospheric R&B, you gotta really fuck up for me not to like it but I think Party got him a good one with this. Hoping it stays good throughout til the end. Even Loyal has grown on me over time (didn't like it at all at first).

Top Comments in First Impressions thread

Going into this album, despite being a huge PND fan, I just had a feeling this was going to be a letdown. Between The Weeknd's album just further cementing his spot as the better artist and the awful rollout, I just had a bad feeling about it.

That being said, this album pleasantly surprised me. There were a good chunk of great songs on this, that really nailed exactly why I and many others listen to PND, like Savage Anthem, PGT, The News, and Trauma. There were definitely some misses, and some weird decisions (why was there no drop on Showing You?).

Overall though, although it was no P1, it was a pretty solid album. 6.5-7/10.

I think it's better than his last project. I liked them all from the first time I heard them.

I really fuck with another day nobody is talking about that song

Really really enjoying this. Probably because not huge expectations and haven't listened to much before. 'Turn on' is amazing, as is 'trauma' 'split decision' and 'another day'. Too 3 of the year so far with Big Conspiracy and Eternal Atake

I'm convinced I listened to an entirely different album than you lot because I thought this was solid, nothing amazing but pretty much what I expected from him. He's still got the darl ambient R&B vibes plus his newfound love for Latin Pop gives it a much needed spice. Solid record that's getting undeserved hate that I don't get.

Top Comments in Pitchfork Thread

There's a running joke that PARTYNEXTDOOR only gets to release music once Drake passes on his records. If that's true, Drake is doing him a favor by standing in his way, because almost every PARTYNEXTDOOR song would sound better if he weren't the one singing.

Jesus Christ that's one way to start a review

Knew it was alphonse pierre by the way that review started, jfc, although i have to agree with him here. Partynextdoor's never been the best singer but his vocals always sounded amazing over his own production in the self titled trilogy and a few other songs; now his vocals sound muddy and uninspired(why does he think his rapping like young thug sounds good?) for the most part, not to mention how wack his lyrics got at some points(how many fucking times did he repeat that FaceTime line?) Did Drake and RiRi really take all of this man's best writing?

And his production-what in the world happened? He hasn't been the only one to produce his own music for a while now but aside from the opening track he really took a backseat on PARTYMOBILE. In some ways this turned out well on vibey tracks like The News and Split Decision(aside from pnd sounding like his verse was phoned in from the bottom of Lake Ontario), and Trauma and Eye On It reminded me of Not Nice and Only You, two great afrobeat tracks from P3. However, for the most part this led to messes like Touch Me(again wtf was with that FaceTime line?) The same vocals problem occurred on Never Again, also produced by Alex Lustig where the beat was nice but pnd's verses sounded like they were phoned in on a blackberry.

Savage Anthem feels like an exception from the album. What an amazing song. I feel like Pierre really nailed the spot by pointing out the detail pnd goes into and how he makes great songs that way- party washing his dick off and a smell arising in the living room really paints some kind of picture. The production is insanely good, just a simple loop and snap that somehow sounds better and captures the late night driving "mobile" vibe better than the rest of the album combined. The choir and vocals at the end are transcendent of everything else on the album.

However, when the best song on an album is a year old leak(and given the song's references to Kehlani and Kyrie, possibly 4 years old), that just goes to show how much party has declined. I'd love to think he still has it in him to make great songs like Recognize(and all of P1-colors-P2 and much of P3) but I just don't see how after this is what he came up with after a 3 year hiatus. "Don't hold your breath" continues to resonate inside whatever is left of my brain but aside from that Pierre hit the spot.

-A disappointed pnd stan

"...will probably rack up streams at an Applebees looking for white noise."

This has summed up PND since 2016 for me. I remember waiting for PX3 to drop, throwing it on and it even sounded stale and boring back in 2016. It's hard for me to understand why ppl still cape for this guy. The amount of hype for Partymobile on this sub was so wild to me.

PND is so uninteresting vocally that i can't get into it whatsoever. It just feels like background music with an islander tinge on a few songs. Other than that i agree that he sounds like a darker sounding Khalid and think writing is probably has always been his strong suit. pnd feels like he shoulda blow up 5 years ago or so and the fact that he hasn't kinda shows that his music has been pretty one note and replaceable as far as his vocals.

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[FRESH] R.A. The Rugged Man - Montero (Lil Nas X Remix)

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 03:55 PM PDT

Redman - Yesh Yesh Ya'll

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 05:19 PM PDT

[FRESH VIDEO] LANCEY FOUX - DONT! - TRUST ME

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 01:54 PM PDT

Your Old Droog - Odessa (ft. billy woods)

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 12:26 PM PDT

Dru Down - Pimp of the Year

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 02:59 PM PDT

[Fresh Album] Sauce Walka - Birdz Hunt Snakes

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 08:31 AM PDT
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