Recommended If You Like thread - May 29, 2021 - HipHop

Recommended If You Like thread - May 29, 2021
Jay-Z talks Competition and Being on Tour with DMX | The Shop w/ LeBron James
Rico Nasty reveals cover art for new project “Rx” dropping this summer
Rosenberg: "Roc Marciano is a legend. He is like the Dilla or Doom of right now"
Mos Def street freestyle
[DISCUSSION] How should posthumous music be handled by the family or peers of the artist?
Wu-Tang - "Preservation" (feat. Aesop Rock & Del The Funky Homosapien) [Official Audio]
Daily Discussion Thread 05/29/2021
Future - All Bad (ft. Lil Uzi Vert)
Chamillionaire - Turn It Up Ft. Lil Flip
[LEAK] 03 Greedo - Aggressively Flexing (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) (2018)
[FRESH] Lil Yachty Feat. Icewear Vezzo & Rio Da Yung OG - Plastic
The Weeknd - Starboy
[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] DMX - Exodus
Statik Selektah - Alarm Clock ft. Ab-Soul, Jon Connor, Logic
Mann ft. 50 Cent - Buzzin'
[FRESH] King Los - Breakfast Freestyle (prod. by Saud)
Dopehead (Mike Luke of Bruiser Brigade) hospitalized
Mac Miller - Youforia: Live From The Space Migration
BJ The Chicago Kid ft. Kendrick Lamar - The World Is A Ghetto
SWV feat Wu-Tang Clan - Anything
The Case For Protecting Hip-Hop's Founders: "The case to protect hip-hop’s founders is in its early stages but, as other models have shown, it’s not impossible to build something that ensures they’re taken care of, and can either bask in their foundational contributions or continue to contribute"
Westside Gunn & Mach-Hommy On Jay-Z, MF DOOM, 'Pray for Paris', Haiti + More! | Real Late
Rolling Stone reviews Mustafa's When Smoke Rises

Posted: 29 May 2021 08:00 AM PDT

If you're looking for a recommendation give a description/music link/artist so that other people will know what you want.

Example: "I want to hear an artist that sounds like old Kanye production" (you can get more specific but usually enough). And then someone will respond with recommendations X, Y, and Z.

You can also leave a top level comment recommending an artist/project/scene that you think others might like if they like X, Y, and Z.

Example: "You guys should check out DJ Mustard's mixtape Ketchup RIYL (recommended if you like) post-hyphy and minimalistic west coast beats"

Remember, the point of this thread is to share music, try not to post stuff that's already really popular unless it answers someone's question.

The more descriptive you guys are with your posts, the easier it is to help you find what you want. Just stating an artist's name isn't that helpful since you might only like one specific aspect of that artist's music.

Previous RIYL posts

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Jay-Z talks Competition and Being on Tour with DMX | The Shop w/ LeBron James

Posted: 29 May 2021 07:32 AM PDT

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Rico Nasty reveals cover art for new project “Rx” dropping this summer

Posted: 29 May 2021 03:12 PM PDT

Instagram post

Imgur link

Potential confirmation that it's an album from the cover artist

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Rosenberg: "Roc Marciano is a legend. He is like the Dilla or Doom of right now"

Posted: 29 May 2021 02:30 PM PDT

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Mos Def street freestyle

Posted: 29 May 2021 07:51 AM PDT

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[DISCUSSION] How should posthumous music be handled by the family or peers of the artist?

Posted: 29 May 2021 02:53 PM PDT

I think this is an interesting topic, I'm not sure if I worded the prompt that well.

Following Juice WRLD's death, his label (Bibby's Grade A) and family released a statement saying that to honor Juice, they planned on sharing "unreleased music and other projects that he was passionately in the process of developing":

From the bottom of our hearts, we want to thank each and every one of you for your undivided adoration and love for Juice. You guys meant the entire world to Juice and by listening to his music, watching his videos and sharing your stories about him, you are keeping his memory alive forever. We plan to honor Juice's talents, his spirit, and the love he felt for his fans by sharing unreleased music and other projects that he was passionately in the process of developing.

It was reported that at least two thousand songs were recorded before the rapper's passing. Lil Bibby recently announced a new Juice Wrld album and there was some discussion in the thread differentiating this from "milking a dead artist" and someone bought up XXXTentacion, who's posthumous music includes some very noticeably unfinished work.

One way to look at this is that the family of the artist just suffered the death of their child and the unreleased material is now theirs and the artist would want them to be provided for off of it, even if the material isn't something they would have released when they were alive. They aren't here to finish it. This would also apply for collaborations with artists they didn't have a prior relationship with.

Or maybe the artist wouldn't want their unreleased work to come out, that's personal to many artists.

Some examples of instances I've seen this sort of discussion:

People often point to Pimp C's posthumous inclusion on Views. They speculate that Bun B should've have authorized the collab because Pimp C wouldn't have fucked with Drake.
On Loyal to the Game, which was executive produced by Eminem, Pac vocals are manipulated to say "Drop That Em", "2005" and "G-Unit"
Drake was planning on executive producing an Aaliyah album on Blackground Records – a label run by Aaliyah's uncle and cousin. Following the negative public reception after the announcement the revelation that Timbaland and Missy Elliott would not be involved, they cancelled the project.
Kurt Cobain's posthumous album Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings is a big case of "everything they could find" being released. AllMusic senior critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine said "While that's interesting for a while, at a certain point -- and it arrives rather quickly -- the fascination curdles and it's hard not to feel unclean, as if you're snooping through your beloved brother's desk." Alexis Petridis from The Guardian criticized the release, saying "In 21 years, the posthumous Nirvana industry has gone from releasing the band's astonishing MTV Unplugged in New York performance to literally putting out recordings of Kurt Cobain making farting noises." Further, Jayson Green of Pitchfork pointed out that "The Home Recordings marks the point where that exploitation enters the absurd." On the other hand, Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly praised the album, considering it as "a cultural artifact that provides an inside look at the creative process of an enigmatic genius." Tiny Mix Tapes critic Joe Hemmerling wrote: "There is pleasure to be found here, particularly in Cobain's left-field excursions into Burroughs-ian collage, but these pleasures will hold scant value to anyone not already convinced of the author's peculiar genius."
I don't know the details but I believe there was some discussion of this around Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 and Peep's family's handling of his posthumous music
Marvin Gaye's estate entered a contentious legal battle over "Blurred Lines" resemblance to "Got To Give It Up" that many warned would set a very bad precedent in copyright law.

NME wrote an article about this. Chase McMullen, editor in chief of online music publication Beats Per Minute and longtime fan of Mac Miller, tells NME: "It's a thorny issue because it's a chance for the artist to find some more love and, perhaps, your last chance to have a bit more work to treasure as a fan."

In older genres, an extensive amount of posthumous work of bands or artists often end up being released? It's inevitable that we'll be seeing new posthumous work from some recently diseased artists for a while.

Another aspect to this is subject matter: If an artist died of an overdose or gang violence for example, should their music that could be seen as glorifying drug abuse or gang violence be withheld by the right's holder?

EDIT: I feel like most people would say it's on a case-by-case thing, here's some topics on top of this jumbled mess above:

these examples and more you guys have and your thought son those cases
what this will mean as hip hop grows and ages Will we still be getting Juice WRLD album in 5 years? That's gonna be weird if he's on the top 10 sales for like a decade despite being dead. Artists who were 10 when he died may end up on his albums
general principles you believe – obviously there's exceptions.
Major labels buying artist's catalogs after their death – ex: Lil Peep
Hypotheticals: Should diss tracks by a dead artist be put out? Should collabs with an artist who had a falling out with a longtime collaborator shortly before their death be put out?

Obviously its condolences to the families and friends grieving the loss, but posthumous music is an interesting topic that sparks a lot of opinions. Not tryna "cancel" anyone (except Solar if that counts, fuck Solar)

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Wu-Tang - "Preservation" (feat. Aesop Rock & Del The Funky Homosapien) [Official Audio]

Posted: 29 May 2021 11:18 AM PDT

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Daily Discussion Thread 05/29/2021

Posted: 29 May 2021 07:23 AM PDT

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