Recommended If You Like thread - September 11, 2021 - HipHop

Recommended If You Like thread - September 11, 2021
[FRESH] Freddie Gibbs - Vice Lord Poetry (Freestyle)
Pop Smokes Gravesite Vandalized in Brooklyn Cemetery
Drake - Pop Style (OG Version) Feat. Jay-Z & Kanye West
[DISCUSSION] The labels aren't the only ones who sold out, the rappers did as well
Baby Keem - vent / fade (ft. Kendrick Lamar) (Original Version)
Daily Discussion Thread 09/11/2021
(DISCUSSION) DJ KHALED - Major Key (5 years later)
JACK HARLOW | CHICKEN SHOP DATE
Fabolous - Can’t Deny It (feat. Nate Dogg)
[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] AZ - Doe or Die 2
A$AP Rocky - Pretty Flacko (Remix) ft. Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka & Pharrell
Playboi Carti - One Day ft Drake
Insane beatboxing by Doug E. Fresh
[FRESH ALBUM] Rx Nephew - Crack Dreams 2
2Pac - Smile (Tribute Mix II) ft. Scarface & Johnny P
Page Kennedy, Cassidy, King Los, KXNG Crooked, Micky Factz, Elzhi - Made You Look
Sage Francis — Makeshift Patriot (2001)
Boldy James, The Alchemist - E.P.M.D
03 Greedo - Condo Money (feat. Johnny Boy Duece)
[FRESH] E L U C I D and Von Pea - Pepper La Beija
The Best Soul on Bandcamp: August 2021 – "com[ing] from Seattle, Melbourne, London, and beyond. Whether it’s Cleo Sol’s warm Mother or Ngaiire’s breathtaking 3, the artists in this month’s roundup each surrender to vulnerability."

Posted: 11 Sep 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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[FRESH] Freddie Gibbs - Vice Lord Poetry (Freestyle)

Posted: 11 Sep 2021 09:08 AM PDT

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Pop Smokes Gravesite Vandalized in Brooklyn Cemetery

Posted: 11 Sep 2021 03:43 PM PDT

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Drake - Pop Style (OG Version) Feat. Jay-Z & Kanye West

Posted: 11 Sep 2021 08:59 AM PDT

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[DISCUSSION] The labels aren't the only ones who sold out, the rappers did as well

Posted: 11 Sep 2021 10:15 PM PDT

I believe the post speaks for itself, which is my observation that hiphop/rap has abandoned its revolutionary roots and now is primarily concerned with making as much money for the elites in the hiphop/rap circles as possible, and little else. Although there are nods here and there to the revolutionary background of the artform, the majority of the efforts nowadays by rappers seem to be concerned with getting as rich as possible to get away from the problems in black society, and not to do anything significant about combatting them.

Inasmuch as I can relate to what rappers and people from that background go through, I empathize with the desire to get rich af as a way to provide for yourself and the ones you care about, and as a way of rejecting how society told you that you were worthless growing up, but there's no talk among the community about actually redistributing the wealth that rappers manage to accumulate. I look at the pittances people like Jay-Z dole out from time to time, and all I can think is that this man is a billionaire and should be at least bankrolling housing projects all along where he came from, or working to pay more in taxes (as billionaires should) so that the govt can provide for people.

It seems to often that rappers (esp. male) rappers, don't want to actually put an end to the oppression going on in society, they just want to be a member of the oppressing class and call it progress because their black. Back on the Jay-Z metaphor, if this man owns Tidal, there's no reason why he shouldn't have made it into a completely community owned streaming service where black artists have equal ownership of what they make, and there's no reason why Diddy should have people on his label who are homeless.

On the community's side, this selling out looks like us not actually calling out rappers on their bullshit. Jay Electronica is an anti-semite, T.I. is a sex offender, Jay Rock is an anti-vaxer, Kanye is unstable, Boosie is a homophobe, Kodak is a rapist, Nicki Minaj is a bully, and Jay-Z/Beyonce co-opt the legacy of black icons (Basquiat, Black Panther Party) to make even more money and call it black excellence. I understand that these guys are icons, but just because they've been elevated to a higher class doesn't mean that they're beyond reproach. Lots of times these guys seem like all they know is a bunch of pseudo-scientific crap and how to rap really well and we treat them like gods.

Additionally, we among the community shit on the rappers (Noname, Megan, etc.) who call them out on their shit because we want to elevate these guys in our minds and hearts and want to believe that we can achieve the levels of excess they did. Newsflash, but one of the first things elites do is pull away the ladder. There's a reason no one can sell records like Hov did, and a lot of it is the same streaming service bullshit he contributes to. Also, if you're a woman, queer, disabled, etc. its highly unlikely you're gonna make it as far as these cis-gendered, able-bodied men with great fucking luck did, but that doesn't mean you don't deserve a decent life.

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Baby Keem - vent / fade (ft. Kendrick Lamar) (Original Version)

Posted: 11 Sep 2021 02:47 PM PDT

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Daily Discussion Thread 09/11/2021

Posted: 11 Sep 2021 12:42 PM PDT

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(DISCUSSION) DJ KHALED - Major Key (5 years later)

Posted: 11 Sep 2021 02:41 PM PDT

In 2015/2016 DJ khaled said a bunch of stupid shit that got memed on snapchat and then he dropped this album. The only memorable song is that For Free song with Drake. I saw the vinyl at the store today lmao.

Also there is a rando dance hall track at the end and Khaled isn't even credited. Shout out Movado I guess. Terrible watches.

I can't tell you how much I find him annoying. He also ruined the "All the way Up" music video.

here is him bombing a set at the fucking overwatch tournament lmaooo

Do you guys have a favorite song from this project?

This is the most serious discussion you will get for this album mods. Don't delete pls.

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JACK HARLOW | CHICKEN SHOP DATE

Posted: 11 Sep 2021 07:27 AM PDT

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Fabolous - Can’t Deny It (feat. Nate Dogg)

Posted: 11 Sep 2021 04:22 PM PDT

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