New Music Friday: June 18th, 2021 - HipHop |
- New Music Friday: June 18th, 2021
- [FRESH] RAMIREZ - THE FINER THINGS
- After 2.5 years of complete radio silence, OVO’s PLAZA announces “Still Alive” out June 25th
- Nipsey Hussle to Be Honored With Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
- [Fresh] Kodak Black - Kodak Black - Falling Over (Tribute To XXXTentacion)
- [LEAK] Kanye West & Dr. Dre - God Is (Remix) (ft. The Sunday Service Choir)
- [FRESH] New Rory and Mal (Season 1)| feat. Earl Sweatshirt, WESTSIDE BOOGIE, Justice
- [FRESH] Isaiah Rashad - Headshots (4r Da Locals)
- [FRESH] Rejjie Snow - Disco Pantz (feat. Tinashe and grouptherapy)
- Vince Staples self-titled produced by Kenny Beats out July 9th
- Outkast's The Dungeon Is Available To Rent Out — And Record At — On Airbnb
- [FRESH VIDEO] Vince Staples - LAW OF AVERAGES
- [DISCUSSION] Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal: 25 Years Later
- H.E.R.’s Sound Is More Faceless Than She’s Ever Been On ‘Back of My Mind’ - Album Review
- [FRESH] Kojaque - Casio Ft. Maverick Sabre (Official Video)
- [FRESH VIDEO] MIKE - SPIRAL
- Future & Lil Uzi Vert - Off Dat
- Daily Discussion Thread 06/18/2021
- 2Pac - Pac's Life Ft. Ashanti & T.I.
- Rapper Dave Majesty is battling Covid19 in the hospital on intubation, He could use your prayers.
- LocoCity - Molly (Official Audio)
- [FRESH] Travis Thompson - Parked Cars (feat. KYLE & Kota the Friend)
- [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] GoldLink - HARAM!
- Kanye West - All Falls Down (Live on Jools Holland)
- [FRESH VIDEO] Don Toliver - Drugs N Hella Melodies (feat. Kali Uchis)
- What are some of your favorite "solo dolo", "toxic anthems", "f*ckboy vibe" and "trust no b*tch" music? (Examples inside)
| New Music Friday: June 18th, 2021 Posted: 18 Jun 2021 10:54 AM PDT Albums
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"Unposted" is are songs that have yet to be posted, if I discovered it because I'm following who's featured on it, they're bolded. Albums that aren't bolded haven't been posted. * means not on streaming From /u/KHDTX13 (will be updated): SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS:Fresh SinglesFresh Albums & EPsRelease Calendar[link] [comments]  |
| [FRESH] RAMIREZ - THE FINER THINGS Posted: 18 Jun 2021 07:40 PM PDT |
| After 2.5 years of complete radio silence, OVO’s PLAZA announces “Still Alive” out June 25th Posted: 18 Jun 2021 05:05 PM PDT https://twitter.com/plazashadow/status/1406038504388300805?s=21 Absolutely thrilled about this, his EPs are still in rotation. [link] [comments]  |
| Nipsey Hussle to Be Honored With Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Posted: 18 Jun 2021 08:41 AM PDT |
| [Fresh] Kodak Black - Kodak Black - Falling Over (Tribute To XXXTentacion) Posted: 18 Jun 2021 03:11 PM PDT |
| [LEAK] Kanye West & Dr. Dre - God Is (Remix) (ft. The Sunday Service Choir) Posted: 18 Jun 2021 11:39 PM PDT |
| [FRESH] New Rory and Mal (Season 1)| feat. Earl Sweatshirt, WESTSIDE BOOGIE, Justice Posted: 19 Jun 2021 05:05 AM PDT |
| [FRESH] Isaiah Rashad - Headshots (4r Da Locals) Posted: 17 Jun 2021 09:00 PM PDT Live Performance from SZA Virtual Concert Produced by: Hollywood Cole & Henry Was [link] [comments]  |
| [FRESH] Rejjie Snow - Disco Pantz (feat. Tinashe and grouptherapy) Posted: 19 Jun 2021 12:00 AM PDT |
| Vince Staples self-titled produced by Kenny Beats out July 9th Posted: 17 Jun 2021 09:18 PM PDT per Pitchfork
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| Outkast's The Dungeon Is Available To Rent Out — And Record At — On Airbnb Posted: 18 Jun 2021 08:09 AM PDT |
| [FRESH VIDEO] Vince Staples - LAW OF AVERAGES Posted: 17 Jun 2021 09:02 PM PDT |
| [DISCUSSION] Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal: 25 Years Later Posted: 18 Jun 2021 12:26 PM PDT From Wikipedia:
Discuss the album.
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| H.E.R.’s Sound Is More Faceless Than She’s Ever Been On ‘Back of My Mind’ - Album Review Posted: 18 Jun 2021 09:50 PM PDT If we've learned anything from pop culture it's that secret identities sell like hotcakes. So it's not all that surprising that the anonymity of H.E.R., a faceless voice turned personal idol by the imagination of listeners, fared well in a sea of pre-made stars. The novelty of an indirect protagonist creating projects composed of EP's that blended sun-kissed seduction and achingly blue isolation are a distant memory, however. In stepping into the light and shedding her infamous relatability, H.E.R. finds herself tampering with a sound more faceless than she ever was. On her debut album, 'Back of My Mind', H.E.R. is dressed in attire that could be mistaken for any current r&b crooners. The intimacy of the to the point EP splicing of her previous work has evaporated in favour of flexible love ballads that waver in the background like a radio station you're using to drown out silence - it's not harsh enough on the ears to turn off, but there's no real incentive to tune in. One thing remains certain with H.E.R. even after multiple public outings have broken her gimmick, she's still got the pipes to transcend, or conversely, imitate any sole identity. She resorts to an unpretty druggy slur, the type of ugly that's rawness breeds a scarily-real beauty, to deal with false promises on 'Hard To Love' like 'Lemonade' era Beyoncé. The ever-elusive superstar channels the sharp attitude of Tinashe over sleek synths on the carefree 'Slide'. But the record always leaves enough space for H.E.R. to revisit the curdled trauma that fueled her early work. The dampened heaving on 'Exhausted' stimulates the senses, re-animating the universal accessibility of H.E.R.'s expression that was deprived on 'I Used To Know Her', even if its most tiring outlet is the opaque synths that stew beneath rich confessions. The vocal talent at H.E.R.'s disposal is rarely called to question, however. As 'I Used To Know' would suggest, it's how, and to what, she applies that talent to that prevents H.E.R. albums from being the touchstone r&b records they're supposed to be. On 'Back of My Mind', her sullen vibrato echoes through vacant rifts without reciprocation, never quite making peace with the styles she glosses over. H.E.R. butchers a sample of Herb Alpert's 'Making Love in the Rain' leaving both her and the audience's cautionary concerns unsatisfied on 'Damage'. Whereas, spluttering hi-hats take a backseat on 'Process', a decision not remotely interesting enough to carry the nearly four minutes of filler content on the LP's most half-formed song. The milky guitar of 'Come Through' is inevitably eaten alive by H.E.R. and Chris Brown who stick to each other like white on rice. Its necessity is called to question if it never stood a chance even when two of the loudest voices in r&b of the last few decades are reduced to a frothing bleakness. That bleakness is present almost every time H.E.R., a wounded soloist, lends the stage to a rowdy ensemble. On 'Back of My Mind' it can often feel like the dialogue between artists has gone awry causing H.E.R. to do everything she can to wipe the botched interaction from memory. Not even an uncharacteristically fiery performance from Lil Baby can convince H.E.R. to acknowledge that he's even present on 'Find A Way'. The commercial high-flyer is a luxury neither KAYTRANADA or Thundercat can afford on 'Bloody Waters'. Granted, both multi-instrumentalists have already fallen asleep at their seats with postures slumped as they produce half-tone farts before H.E.R.'s even entered the equation. Ty Dolla $ign and Yung Bleu don't fare much better when they step up to the plate on 'Back of My Mind' & 'Paradise' respectively. On both occasions, the parties communicate like teens on an umpteenth date that are just discovering that their personalities don't actually match. Much of 'Back of My Mind' can be boiled down to that awkward mingling. The hodgepodge of influences rivals the ingredients list of a potion from a Brothers Grimm tale, though even then, the album contains just a fraction of the ludicrousy. The overtly gritty realism is hoisted by the themes of the record, which maintain a steadiness even when everything else around it cannot. Stability doesn't guarantee quality, however. H.E.R. is in love with love, or heartbreak to be precise. So in love, that she's often too distracted to state anything but the obvious repeatedly, love is hard. The fogginess of her infatuation with tragedy becomes blinding on 'My Own', a bare-boned ode to mixed-signals that handles the situation with less maturity than Justin Bieber's 'What Do You Mean?', but with all the self-entitled seriousness of a Machine Gun Kelly song. After years of dumping loosies into conveniently titled album-length project packages, 'Back of My Mind' was supposed to be H.E.R. finally lifting the lid on who she is. Instead, it cowers from immediacy and often comes up short when retracing H.E.R.-isms. If arrogance is a turn-off then look no further than 'Lucky', a remarkably unsexy egomaniac soliloquy, to kill the mood. The casual poetry of 'H.E.R.' has shriveled up on 'For Anyone' as H.E.R. struggles to find words to capture her frustration with a relationship limbo. You can feel time slip away from her as she endlessly meanders through songs that'd be more impactful at half the length, and with half the serving size. It's an unhealthy dose of heartbreak, for both H.E.R. and the listener, but it at least finds time for the accusatory 'Cheat Code', which runs like a smash hit from the '90s, and the hard-hitting admissions of a broken relationship on 'Trauma', with Cordae, a callback to the most exciting moment on an even weaker batch of tracks in 'I Used To Know Her'. If any of this sounds strangely familiar it's because it is. A lot of the shortcomings that plague 'Back of My Mind' have been mountains H.E.R. hasn't even tried to climb since her debut mixtape. And by the time you're hearing the same themes here for the third, fourth, or umpteenth time, they've grown dated. The (not so) faceless enigma is at a creative standstill, clenching at the same scribbled pages she read from to amass credibility in the first place. Worn and dampened by her tears her writing has now become eligible. Over half a decade after her actual debut, H.E.R. is only more confused as to who she wants to be and spends so much of 'Back of My Mind' trying to figure it out that she never actually settles on a face, or more brand appropriately, a personality, to plaster over flaccid romance. Back of My Mind - H.E.R. - 5/10 [link] [comments]  |
| [FRESH] Kojaque - Casio Ft. Maverick Sabre (Official Video) Posted: 19 Jun 2021 12:51 AM PDT |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2021 08:02 AM PDT |
| Future & Lil Uzi Vert - Off Dat Posted: 19 Jun 2021 12:45 AM PDT |
| Daily Discussion Thread 06/18/2021 Posted: 18 Jun 2021 07:24 AM PDT Welcome to the /r/hiphopheads daily discussion thread! This thread is for:
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| 2Pac - Pac's Life Ft. Ashanti & T.I. Posted: 19 Jun 2021 04:52 AM PDT |
| Rapper Dave Majesty is battling Covid19 in the hospital on intubation, He could use your prayers. Posted: 18 Jun 2021 10:26 AM PDT |
| LocoCity - Molly (Official Audio) Posted: 19 Jun 2021 03:58 AM PDT |
| [FRESH] Travis Thompson - Parked Cars (feat. KYLE & Kota the Friend) Posted: 18 Jun 2021 02:23 PM PDT |
| [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] GoldLink - HARAM! Posted: 18 Jun 2021 04:57 PM PDT any initial thoughts [link] [comments]  |
| Kanye West - All Falls Down (Live on Jools Holland) Posted: 19 Jun 2021 02:09 AM PDT |
| [FRESH VIDEO] Don Toliver - Drugs N Hella Melodies (feat. Kali Uchis) Posted: 17 Jun 2021 09:03 PM PDT |
| Posted: 19 Jun 2021 05:38 AM PDT
There are way too many and some are subtle, but I'm mostly looking for the ones that actually sound good tho [link] [comments]  |
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