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New Music Friday: August 24th, 2018 - HipHop

New Music Friday: August 24th, 2018 - HipHop

New Music Friday: August 24th, 2018

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 07:26 AM PDT

Albums

Bas - Milky Way

The Hermit & The Recluse - Orpheus vs. The Sirens

Blood Orange - Negro Swan

Jack Harlow - Loose

E-40 - The Gift of Gab

Comethazine - Bawskee

Always Never - Always Never

projects not on streaming

T-Pain - Everything Must Go, Vol. 1

Lil Yachty - Birthday mix 3

City Morgue - Be Patient

Knxwledge. - 2PK​.​4TRK​.​B​.​SiDE.

YGTUT - Save It

EPs

YoungBoy Never Broke Again x Kevin Gates - 4 Respect

Amir Obe - Can't Be A ____Here: Chapter 1

Sadistik - Salo Sessions II

Singles

Logic - The Return

Jason Derulo - Swalla (feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign)

T-Pain - Might Be (feat. Gucci Mane)

Lil Durk - Spin The Block (feat. Future)

BTS - Idol (feat. Nicki Minaj)

Kyle - Playinwitme (Remix) [feat. Logic and Kehlani]

KYLE - Moment (feat. Wiz Khalifa)

Atmosphere - Virgo

Masego ft. SiR - Old Age

KAMI & Smoke Ono - Reboot (feat. Chance the Rapper & Joey Purp)

Innanet James - Amazing

Loosies

Thelonious Martin - Guidelines (feat. Mac Miller)

also KYLE's movie is on Netflix and Jeremiah Jae's Daffi is on streaming

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Danny brown has recently starting twitch streaming, and to celebrate is playing unrelated music in his stream, right now

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 07:59 PM PDT

DRAM Talks: Top 3 Underrated Actors or Actresses

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 10:02 AM PDT

Wassup Reddit fam. Talking with the homies right now and we're trying to figure out our top 3 underrated actors or actresses of all time. I wanna know yours. Hit me back with your top 3 rn!

Here's mine:

Steve Buscemi

Tim Roth

Dave Franco

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Anderson .Paak teases new music with Andre 3000, Pharrell, Kendrick, J. Cole, Pusha T and more

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 09:21 PM PDT

[FRESH] Reason (new TDE signee) - ‎Better Dayz

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 12:22 PM PDT

Anderson Paak when asked about a second NxWorries album "Knx doesn’t like me rn :("

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 05:02 PM PDT

[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] Bas- Milky Way

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 05:54 PM PDT

I think I'm allowed to post this now, right mods?

What did you guys think of this album? Fav/ least favorite songs?

I've been following Bas since J Cole tweeted out Last Winter, which I ended up loving. As for this one, I personally like it a lot. I thought there was somewhat of a lull in the middle but the opener through Purge are all top notch imo, and it finishes off relatively strong. I'm not sure if I like it as much as Too High to Riot or Last Winter off the bat, but I can imagine it will grow on me. I think songs like Barack Obama Special and a few others on here have some of his best verses thus far. Hope this one puts him further on the map.

Favorites: Icarus, Tribe, Barack Obama Special, Purge, Designer

Least Favorite: Infiniti +2, Sanufa, Rockets

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Geto Boys’ DJ Ready Red Dead at 53

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 08:54 PM PDT

A$AP Rocky - RAF (feat. Frank Ocean, Lil Uzi Vert & Quavo) [Version 1]

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 09:30 AM PDT

Young Thug & Young Stoner Life Records' "Slime Language" sells 44K First Week (3K Pure).

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 09:06 PM PDT

Rank Artist Album Label Pure Sales Sales + Streaming
1 Drake Scorpion YMCMB/Republic 158K 749K
2 Travis Scott Astroworld Cactus Jack/Grand Hustle/Epic 270K 553K
3 Post Malone beerbongs & bentleys Republic 157K 471K
4 J. Cole KOD Dreamville/Roc Nation/Interscope 166K 395K
5 Cardi B Invasion of Privacy Atlantic 105K 254K
6 Kanye West Ye G.O.O.D./Def Jam 82K 210K
7 Migos Culture II Quality Control/Motown/Capitol 34K 200K
8 Nicki Minaj Queen YMCMB/Republic 83K 190K
9 The Weeknd My Dear Melancholy, XO/Republic 70K 167K
10 Various Artists Black Panther TDE/Aftermath/Interscope 52K 156K
11 Kanye West & Kid Cudi Kids See Ghosts G.O.O.D./Def Jam 79K 140K
12 XXXTENTACION ? Bad Vibes Forever 21K 134K
13 Jay-Z & Beyonce Everything Is Love Roc Nation/Parkwood/Columbia 70K 124K
14 Logic Bobby Tarantino II Def Jam 30K 117K
15 Wiz Khalifa Rolling Papers 2 Atlantic 13K 80K
16 Nas Nasir Mass Appeal/Def Jam 49K 79K
17 Pusha T Daytona G.O.O.D./Def Jam 39K 77K
18 A$AP Rocky TESTING RCA 13K 75K
19 Trippie Redd Life's A Trip TenThousand 15K 71K
20 Lil Baby Harder Than Ever Quality Control/Motown/Capitol 4K 71K
21 Lil Yachty Lil Boat 2 Quality Control/Motown/Capitol 7K 64K
22 Gorillaz The Now Now Parlophone 51K 61K
23 Rae Sremmurd SR3MM EarDruma/Interscope 6K 61K
24 Playboi Carti Die Lit AWGE/Interscope 5K 60K
25 Mac Miller Swimming Warner Bros. 20K 57K
26 YG Stay Dangerous Def Jam 10K 56K
27 Rich The Kid The World Is Yours Rich Forever/Interscope 7K 56K
28 Janelle Monae Dirty Computer Atlantic 43K 55K
29 6ix9ine Day 69 Scum Gang/Ten Thousand 21K 55K
30 Future Beast Mode 2 Freebandz/Epic 0 54K
31 Tory Lanez Memories Don't Die Mad Love/Interscope 12K 51K
32 YoungBoy Never Broke Again Until Death Call My Name Atlantic 7K 49K
33 Nipsey Hussle Victory Lap Atlantic 25K 48K
34 Young Thug & Young Stoner Life Records Young Stoner Life/Atlantic 3K 44K
35 Juice WRLD Goodbye & Good Riddance Interscope N/A 39K
36 Nav Reckless XO/Republic 4K 34K
37 Jay Rock Redemption TDE/Interscope 9K 31K
38 Mike Shinoda Post Traumatic Warner Bros 23K 28K
39 Flatbush Zombies Vacation In Hell Glorious Dead 14K 28K
40 Lil Xan Total Xanarchy Columbia 13K 28K
41 Meek Mill Legends of the Summer Atlantic 5K 27K
42 Tee Grizzley Activated N/A 4K 27K
43 Moneybagg Yo Bet On Me N-Less/Interscope 5K 26K
44 Famous Dex Dex Meets Dexter Rich Forever/300 Entertainment N/A 25K
45 Teyana Taylor K.T.S.E. G.O.O.D./Def Jam 7K 23K
46 Tech N9ne Planet Strange Music 16K 22K
47 G Herbo & Southside Swervo Epic 3K 21K
48 Royce Da 5'9" Book of Ryan Eone 10K 19K
49 Queen Naija Queen Naija Capitol 6K 19K
50 Rich Brian Amen 88Rising/Empire 4K 19K
51 Denzel Curry Ta13oo Concord/Loma Vista 4K 17K
52 Kali Uchis Isolation Virgin 4K 17K
53 KYLE Light of Mine Atlantic 2K 17K
54 H.E.R. I Used to Know Her RCA 5K 17K
55 Lil Skies Life of a Dark Rose Atlantic 5K 16K
56 21 Savage, Future & Lil Wayne Superfly Soundtrack Epic 3K 15K
57 The Internet Hive Mind Columbia 9K 14K
58 Moneybagg Yo 2 Heartless N-Less/Interscope 5K 14K
59 Rich Homie Quan Rich As In Spirit N/A 3K 14K
60 Ne-Yo Good Man Motown/Capitol 7K 13K
61 Jorja Smith Lost & Found Famm 5K 13K
62 Dave East Karma 2 The Dispensary 2K 12K
63 Blac Youngsta 223 Epic N/A 12K
64 PRhyme PRhyme 2 N/A 9K 11K
65 Dave East P2 Def Jam N/A 11K
66 2 Chainz The Play Don't Care Who Makes It Def Jam N/A 11K
67 BlocBoy JB Simi Bloc Nation N/A 11K
68 Ski Mask the Slump God Beware the Book of Eli Republic N/A 11K

FAQ:

Q: Source?

A: http://hitsdailydouble.com/building_album_chart

Q: How is this list sorted?

A: It's sorted by sales + streaming

Q: What are pure sales?

A: Pure sales are purchases of the album (itunes, amazon, physicals, etc)

Q: Where is X album?

A: Only albums with 10K in sales + streaming are listed

Q: Why are Famous Dex, Blac Youngsta, Dave East, BlocBoy JB, Ski Mask, Juice WRLD, and 2 Chainz' pure sales "N/A"

A: Those artist's pure sales were outside of the top 50 for their release weeks, meaning the exact number was unknown. Dave East, Ski Mask, and 2 Chainz sold fewer than 3K pure copies, Blac Youngsta, BlocBoy JB, Juice WRLD, and Famous Dex sold fewer than 2K pure copies.

Q: Where can I find last year's list?

A: 2017 list, 2016 list, 2015 list

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[DISCUSSION] Daniel Caesar - Freudian (one year later)

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 02:02 PM PDT

One year ago today RnB Singer Daniel Caesar dropped his debut album "Freudian." How has your opinion changed in one year?

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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill to get a special mini series from the critically acclaimed podcast, Dissect!

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 07:30 AM PDT

[DISCUSSION] Lil Uzi Vert- LUV is Rage 2 (One Year Later)

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 04:56 AM PDT

This is Lil Uzi Vert's debut studio album and his only one to date. How do you guys think this album held up in comparison to his previous mixtapes. Favorite tracks?

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[Fresh Video] Jay Rock - Rotation 112th

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 10:01 AM PDT

[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] Blood Orange - Negro Swan

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 09:01 PM PDT

24 hours since release, what do we think of it?

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[FRESH] Ty Dolla $ign x Jeremih - New Level ft. Lil Wayne

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 01:18 PM PDT

Bas reveals he has collabs with J.I.D, Cozz & EarthGang in his stash

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 12:14 PM PDT

Young Nigga - Come Threw Looking Clean

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 03:06 PM PDT

[Fresh Album] E-40 - The Gift of Gab

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 05:32 PM PDT

Xxxtentacion's '17' receiving first time physical release

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 07:33 AM PDT

Geto Boys’ DJ Ready Red Dead at 53

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 08:40 PM PDT

[DISCUSSION] A$AP Mob - Cozy Tapes Vol. 2 - Too Cozy (1 Year Later)

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 07:41 AM PDT

It's been one year since this album was released? What are your thoughts today? How does it hold up to the first Cozy Tapes? Favorite songs?

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Daily Discussion Thread 08/24/2018

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 11:37 AM PDT

Welcome to the /r/hiphopheads daily discussion thread!

This thread is for:

  • objective questions with right/wrong answers (e.g. "Does anyone know what is happening with MIXTAPE?", "What is the sample in SONG?")
  • general hip-hop discussion
  • meta posts...e.g. ideas for the sub

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Weekly/Monthly Threads

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Night Lovell - Dark Light

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 05:44 PM PDT

Aesop Rock - 9-5ers Anthem

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 12:01 PM PDT
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Rap Buy Weekly: a place to post pictures and discuss your recent rap purchases. - August 23, 2018 - HipHop

Rap Buy Weekly: a place to post pictures and discuss your recent rap purchases. - August 23, 2018 - HipHop

Rap Buy Weekly: a place to post pictures and discuss your recent rap purchases. - August 23, 2018

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 11:05 AM PDT

This is Rap Buy Weekly: a place to post pictures and discuss your recent rap purchases. T-shirts, albums, concert tickets, posters etc... If you're supporting Hip-Hop with your wallet, show us how!

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[FRESH ALBUM] Bas - Milky Way

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 08:59 PM PDT

APPLE MUSIC | SPOTIFY | TIDAL | GOOGLE PLAY MUSIC | DEEZER |

TRACKLIST

  1. Icarus (feat. Ari Lennox)
  2. Front Desk
  3. Tribe (feat. J. Cole)
  4. Fragrance (feat. Correy C)
  5. Barack Obama Special
  6. Purge
  7. Boca Raton (feat. A$AP Ferg)
  8. Infinity
  9. Infinity + 2 (feat. Correy C)
  10. Sanufa
  11. Great Ones
  12. PDA
  13. Designer
  14. Spaceships + Rockets (feat. LION BABE, Moe Moks & mOma+Guy)

Lyrics

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Post Malone announces that Tyler the Creator will be performing at Posty Fest

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 01:39 PM PDT

[FRESH] Logic - The Return

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 09:00 PM PDT

Kali Uchis Went to Her Hometown in Colombia to Donate Food & Supplies to Families in Need

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 03:40 PM PDT

Instagram post:

in my hometown of🇨🇴 i was able to contribute medicine, groceries, school supplies, new shoes, household appliances, & even make house modifications for some families suffering from disabilities, illness, & others who had nothing after fleeing from guerrilla warfare. tho i can't share photos of everyone i will share these with you & they would like me to thank every one of you who has bought from my @depop account. this is my first time running my very own charity & i'm so grateful to have the opportunity to help anyone at all!!! thank you.

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[FRESH ALBUM] Blood Orange - Negro Swan

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 08:59 PM PDT

SPOTIFY | APPLE MUSIC | GOOGLE PLAY | TIDAL

Tracklist

  1. Orlando

  2. Saint

  3. Take Your Time

  4. Hope (feat. Puff Daddy & TeiShi)

  5. Jewelry

  6. Family (feat. Janet Mock)

  7. Charcoal Baby

  8. Vulture Baby

  9. Chewing Gum (ASAP Rocky & Project Pat)

  10. Holy Will (feat. Ian Isiah)

  11. Dagenham Dream

  12. Nappy Wonder

  13. Runnin' (feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow)

  14. Out of Your League (feat. Steve Lacy)

  15. Minetta Creek

  16. Smoke

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[FRESH VIDEO] YBN Cordae - Scotty Pippen (Dir by Cole Bennett)

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 06:27 PM PDT

Adult Swim Festival 2018 lineup fully revealed; includes T-Pain, Open Mike Eagle, Run the Jewels, IDK, $uicideboy$, Big Freedia and many more!

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 04:33 AM PDT

[SHOTS FIRED] 6IX9INE HAS SOME WORDS FOR LUDACRIS

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 04:19 PM PDT

[DISCUSSION] Brockhampton - SATURATION II (1 Year Later)

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 04:49 PM PDT

SATURATION II is Brockhampton's second studio album and was released in late August 2017, only a few months after the release of their debut, SATURATION. The album was supported by 4 singles, "Gummy", "Swamp", "Junky" and "Sweet".

What do you think of this album one year since its release?

Some points for discussion:

  • How does this album compare to the rest of the Saturation trilogy?

  • Who has your favourite verse?

  • What do you think of the production? Would you have preferred more variety over the 3 releases or did you like the consistent and recognisable sound?

  • What are the best and worst tracks? If you had to make one SATURATION album, how many of SATURATION II's tracks would be on it?

  • Do you prefer Brockhampton's more aggressive tracks or the smoother, more melodic cuts?

  • On tracks like JUNKY and FIGHT, the lyrics address more complex and personal issues. Do you think Brockhampton tackled these topics effectively?

  • What do you think of the group's chemistry? Do they complement each other well and is there enough building of distinct themes?

  • What are the album's biggest weaknesses? What would you like to see Brockhampton do differently in future releases?

Reminder that top-level comments need to be over 140 characters

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The making of Travis Scott's "CAROUSEL" with Hit-Boy | Decontructed

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 11:16 AM PDT

[FRESH EP] YoungBoy Never Broke Again x Kevin Gates - 4 Respect

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 09:02 PM PDT

[FRESH] $UICIDEBOY$ - Meet Mr. NICEGUY

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 09:13 PM PDT

[FRESH] lil yachty - BIRTHDAY MIX 3

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 11:40 AM PDT

Don Cannon hints at Features & Producers for Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 01:17 PM PDT

https://twitter.com/doncannon?lang=es

Features:

Chief Keef

Lil Baby

Gunna

Pharrell

21 Savage

BlocBoy JB

Kanye West

Producers:

OOGIEMANE

Southside

Tay Keith

Murda Beats

Wheezy

Zaytoven

Hit Boy

Don Cannon

Maaly Raw

Chief Keef

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[FRESH] Comethazine - Bawskee

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 09:00 PM PDT

LINKS

SPOTIFY

APPLE MUSIC

GOOGLE PLAY MUSIC

Tracklist: 01. Walk 02. V12 03. Bands 04. No Discussion 05. Blicky 06. My Way 07. Let it Eat (feat. Ugly God) 08. Sick Shit 09. Bring Dat Bag Out (feat. Lil Yachty) 10. Mans 11. If I Got To 12. No Ex 13. Oowee 14. Pneumonia 15. Sticks Out The Window 16. Hero 17. Demi 18. Piped Up

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[DISCUSSION] Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (20 Years Later)

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 06:05 AM PDT

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the debut solo album by singer and rapper Lauryn Hill. It incorporates musical styles from neo-soul, R&B, hip hop, and reggae. The lyrics focus on Lauryn's pregnancy and turbulence within the Fugees, as well as exploring themes of love, motherhood, heartbreak and God.

The album's chart debut broke the record for first-week sales by a female artist and by 2013 it had sold over 19 million units worldwide. Lauryn was also the first woman to receive as many nominations (10) and rewards (5) as she did in a single night at the Grammy Awards. This album is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time and in 2015 it was included by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry.

What do you think about this album 20 years later?

Some points for discussion:

  • Does it deserve classic status?

  • What is your favourite track?

  • How does this compare to Lauryn's work in the Fugees?

  • Did you enjoy the overall sound of the album and the fusion of different genres? Lauryn said herself that she "didn't want to come out with a Fugees type of sound", but create "something that was uniquely and very clearly a Lauryn Hill album".

  • What did you think of the shots aimed at Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel?

  • Did you like Lauryn's production, with her aim being to make the music sound raw and not computer-aided?

  • How much influence do you feel this album had?

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Doja Cat "Mooo!" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 09:48 AM PDT

[FRESH] KAMI & Smoko Ono - Reboot (feat. Chance The Rapper & Joey Purp)

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 09:00 PM PDT

Daily Discussion Thread 08/23/2018

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 04:39 PM PDT

Welcome to the /r/hiphopheads daily discussion thread!

This thread is for:

  • objective questions with right/wrong answers (e.g. "Does anyone know what is happening with MIXTAPE?", "What is the sample in SONG?")
  • general hip-hop discussion
  • meta posts...e.g. ideas for the sub

Thread Guidelines

  • Do not create a separate self post for these types of discussions outside of this thread - if you do, your post will be removed, as stated in the guidelines.

  • Please be helpful and friendly.

  • If a question has been asked many times before, provide a link to a thread that contains the answer.

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[FRESH] T-Pain - Might Be (feat. Gucci Mane)

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 09:06 PM PDT

The Weeknd - I Feel It Coming ft. Daft Punk

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 09:30 AM PDT

Outkast winning Best New Rap Group at the Source Awards 1995

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 04:49 PM PDT

Travis Scott - I Can Tell

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 09:20 PM PDT

Amine announce American tour with support from Buddy

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 12:46 PM PDT

Kirk Knight's album IIWII is coming in the next week or so, he just played his album to his label (via IG)

Posted: 23 Aug 2018 11:30 AM PDT

It was on the Pro Era records story last night.

https://www.instagram.com/proerarecords/

Kirk's krazy I love it. Album coming real real soon, I'm expecting an official release date

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Kevin Parkers talks extensively on working with Travis Scott & Kanye West, also talks Rihanna covering him, his material with SZA and meeting Kendrick Lamar in new Billboard Interview - HipHop

Kevin Parkers talks extensively on working with Travis Scott & Kanye West, also talks Rihanna covering him, his material with SZA and meeting Kendrick Lamar in new Billboard Interview - HipHop

Kevin Parkers talks extensively on working with Travis Scott & Kanye West, also talks Rihanna covering him, his material with SZA and meeting Kendrick Lamar in new Billboard Interview

Posted: 22 Aug 2018 03:11 PM PDT

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'KANYE WANTED SOMETHING PSYCHEDELIC'

You're credited on Kanye West's recent song "Violent Crimes." How did you get involved on ye?

It was [through designer and creative director] Willo Perron. He's been a longtime collaborator with Kanye West, with his stage design and I think album covers as well. He was working on the Tame Impala live show, so I got pretty close with him. One day he said that Kanye wanted something psychedelic. He wanted some psychedelic guitars. Willo was like, "Oh, you've got to meet Kevin, then." So he took me out to [West's] studio one day, and we just chatted for a bit, and it kind of went from there. Everything after meeting up with him once was over the phone, email and stuff, because I was back in Perth.

What were your first impressions of Kanye when you met him at the studio?

I was completely starstruck, obviously. I was numb with excitement. He was in the element. He was super chilled-out. I guess the first impression I got was how into music he is. He loves to just wax lyrical about music. To him, a lot of the creative process is just talking about it conceptually. I hate to say too much -- I don't want to give away his methods or whatever. I feel like I was so privileged to be in the room. He wasn't totally head-in-the-clouds. He seemed really switched-on and lucid. Even though you can see him [being] all over the place, musically I always knew I was in safe hands.

What did you learn or take away from your time together?

I guess just how malleable an idea can be. You can have a whole song with all these beats in it, and you can just isolate one bit and take that out and put it into something else and scrap the rest of it. Someone else who's like that is Wayne Coyne from Flaming Lips -- they're not sacred about how something has come to be. They can be quite ruthless with ideas. That's something I've always wanted to be able to do more. Famously, with Yeezus, the album was a lot more dense, and two weeks before release, he just stripped it back completely.

I heard you didn't even know for sure which song you were credited on. Why was it so confusing?

I mean, I kind of assumed it would be that way. I knew that he was working on it down to the wire. When you mess around with ideas and chop stuff out and put it different places that quickly and that much, [informing] all the people who had ideas must slow you down. I'd been told, and I'd assumed it to be that way, that I'd just hear the album and hear my bits on it. It wasn't a surprise.

What was it like to listen to the album without knowing where you'd come in?

I got a couple of messages from a friend of mine. Someone was like, "Oh, your song's playing on the livestream." I was giving a phone interview at the time. I was like, "I've just been told my song's on the Kanye album!" And then I went and I listened to the song, [and] I realized that my beats weren't on it. So I said in an interview that my song was on the album, and then I found out it wasn't. The publication had already posted a thing, and we got them to change the article. The next day, I was listening to the rest of the album, and my stuff was on another song. It was kind of a mess. My contribution ended up being some drums on the last song ["Violent Crimes'].

That's one of the strengths of hip-hop: It can be an absolute collage of sounds and flavors and ideas. In no other genre of music can things from so many different worlds come together and sound great. I'm being very narrow-minded here, but rock 'n' roll music's kind of got to be rock 'n' roll, you know what I mean?

It's interesting to hear you say that, because I don't think too many fans would have predicted you'd end up working in hip-hop.

For sure. I probably would've said the same thing. I would've been like, "I couldn't imagine doing hip-hop," just because I didn't come from that world. I never really looked at it as something I could do. Even on the things I've collaborated with, they've still got me star-crossed.

Do most artists come to you way Kanye did, where they say, "I'm interested in doing something psychedelic," and you're the guy for it?

I hope not. [Laughs.] If that's what gets me in the game, I'm cool with that. Whatever gets me there. But I would hope it's not that linear or predictable -- that I'm the "go-to psych rock producer." I would never want to be that. I don't want to do too much of the one-trick pony. But I know that's what I've got to offer at the moment.

'THE AIR WAS THICK WITH BLUNT SMOKE'

You co-wrote and co-produced Travis Scott's "Skeletons." How did you become part of his Astroworld project?

His manager got in touch and said he was a big fan [and suggested we] meet up if I was ever in L.A. So I went to a few sessions with him. We hung out and played some stuff, and he really liked what ended up being "Skeletons." That definitely got the biggest reaction out of him. I could tell he liked it. I remember going through this stuff to play to Travis, and just thought, "Oh, this is actually really up his alley." I know Travis likes his psych-rock. He likes his crusty metal guitar sound. I was struck by how much I thought it would fit Travis' thing even though it's not hip-hop-sounding. So much hip-hop is cycled from music that sounds like that -- crusty-sounding '70s rock. There's so much of that, that kind of King Crimson stuff.

What was Travis like to work with?

I did a lot of sessions with him, actually. What's cool about people like Travis is that they're just getting a bunch of people in the room and seeing what happens. For a lot of it, I was just a team player. At some points, there were 10, 20 people in the room. You could just be there and hang out and not do anything for like an hour. And then something perks your ears up, and you can be like, "Oh yeah yeah, plug me in, I've got an idea." We'd go for hours until three in the morning.

But it's not intense. Well, it's intense because it's the loudest shit I've ever heard. I've never heard music played that loud in my life, and possibly never will. I'm talking huge speakers. These studios have these speakers that are like, 12 inches each. And they were blowing out. Your eardrums rattle. Even the hi-hats kind of make your ears rumble a bit. That's fuckin' intense. After about a half-hour, I think your ears close up a bit so you can deal with it more.

That's exactly how I would expect being in the studio with Travis to be.

It was everything I'd hoped it would be. Even listening to the album for the first time, hearing a lot of the songs I hadn't heard, I had immediate flashbacks. I could smell the blunts. [Laughs.] The air was thick with blunt smoke. It was such a potent vibe that I just had full-on flashbacks. Even listening to "Skeletons" now, it feels weird to listen to it at moderate volumes, because it was so eyeball-shakingly loud for all the times up until then.

Who else was in the room, then? Well, the producer Frank Dukes, he's a super switched-on, smart guy. Chaz [Bear] from Toro y Moi was there for a bit. I feel like maybe I'm not meant to talk about who was there. [Laughs.]

Do you have a favorite collaboration you've ever done?

The Travis one has probably been the most artistically-satisfying, just because it was over a long period of time and had a lot of sessions to it. And it was fulfilling to watch. A lot of other collaborations, you kind of put something in, and then you don't really hear or see anything until the final product.

That's another thing about hip-hop -- the pace of releasing music is often quicker.

Yeah, but that's what I love about it. Especially coming from my world of being this control freak, everything's gotta be perfect -- working with hip-hop artists has taught me so much about not being precious about every single sonic detail. There's a big thing in the recording world: professional sound snobbery. Like, "You shouldn't use these microphones for this." Like, "Real albums gets made with real gear." There's that kind of preciousness about it. But I've made my albums for dirt cheap. Hip-hop will just take stuff from anywhere. It doesn't matter where it comes from, it just has to sound good. A beat can get made in 20 minutes. I feel like that's a big element of musical snobbery: [the idea] that songs that get made in a day are not as good as songs that were labored over for months. Which I just find so narrow-minded. Some of the best music that has been made has been made quickly. Like that song "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath. It was made literally in the last minute, and it ended up the lead single. People always try to find ways to quantify music. Like, what makes good music? But music is one of those things where you can't attribute any quantity for whether it's good or not.

'IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE AT SPOTIFY FUCKED UP'

How did Rihanna come to cover a Tame Impala song for Anti?

From my end, we got an email from her manager saying she wanted to do something with ["New Person, Same Old Mistakes"]. I can't remember how they worded it. They didn't say "cover." We thought she wanted to sample it or remix it in some way. We didn't really know. So it was only when the song came out that I was like, "It sounds like a cover." I thought, "That's cool, I guess that means she thought it didn't need changing in any way." It also meant I got 100 percent of the publishing, so I was like, "Fuck yeah!" Someone was telling me that SZA got her into [Tame Impala] -- actually, I think it was Kendrick Lamar. I did a session with him once, and he was like, "Oh, do you know how Rihanna got on to your stuff?" I was like, "No." He was like, "Oh yeah, SZA played it to Rihanna late at night at my session." She was like, "You've gotta check out Tame Impala." I guess that's how she knew.

So you've never actually talked to Rihanna about it?

No. I've never met her. And apparently, when that album first came out, if you Shazam'd her [cover before she starts singing], Tame Impala came up. It's kind of funny, because when I was writing the song, I imagined a female R&B voice singing it. And I forgot about that when I was finishing the song. So when I heard Rihanna singing it, I was like, "Oh, wow, the song is how I originally imagined it."

What else was going through your mind?

Obviously, when it first came out, it was just blowing my mind. All these wires were crossing in my brain. Track one played, and then another, and then suddenly, the last song off my album would start playing, and I was like, "What the fuck? It sounds like someone at Spotify fucked up and uploaded the wrong file." As time has passed, now I can appreciate it as its own song.

I guess it comes back to appreciating ideas being malleable and being able to imagine music in different worlds. And you know what else that teaches me? Context is everything. You can take a song that was on a psychedelic rock album and put it on a Rihanna album. You can stand back and say, "Hey, it kind of fits." That just tells me that context is everything. It doesn't necessarily not fit just because they're from two different worlds. That blows my mind.

You mentioned Kendrick. What were you doing in the studio with him?

Oh, we met up for like an hour. We were kind of playing each other some stuff. It was before DAMN. came out. He was working on DAMN. I don't think anything came of it, necessarily. I mean, it wasn't anything huge. I worry now that people might think I have something coming. I don't necessarily think anything is. He wants to do sessions with people all the time. He's obviously an open-minded artist.

SZA, too. You have worked with SZA on material, but nothing has been released, right?

No. I don't know if it ever will, which makes me really sad. It makes me extremely sad.

Why wouldn't it come out?

I don't know, exactly. I don't want to point fingers at anyone. It never got finished, for starters.

How much music is there?

It's basically just a song we were working on [with Mark Ronson]. We DJ'd it when we played Governors Ball [in 2017], and I think there was a mobile phone recording of it, and that's what's been out there. We were in the studio the day before recording it. So we only had half the song, bits of ideas, and we just played that. So it would need to get finished first, and then everyone would need to agree to put it out. Put it this way: SZA, she's got to be busy -- when we were doing [the song], her album [Ctrl] was about to come out. I don't think even she anticipated how much it would blow up and that she'd be all over the world. In the way that you probably imagine that I have people flooding my inbox with requests to work, she's gotta have about five times that.

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Nicki Minaj: Is the queen of rap's crown fading?

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Yung Lean - Ginseng Strip 2002

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Big Boi’s Favorite Verse: Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” (via Pitchfork)

Posted: 22 Aug 2018 09:30 AM PDT

Rakim and Pharaohe Monch are doing a live on stage recording for a new mixtape "J. PERIOD live mixtape" with Black thought as a special guest

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Devin The Dude - Doobie Ashtray

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New Logic single “The Return” releasing this Friday

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Pitchfork gives Young Thug's slime language a 7.3/10

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New E40 album 'Gift of Gab' dropping August 24th...

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Edit: We're getting 3 albums

Gift of Gab august 24th

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The Joe Budden Podcast Episode 175 | "They're Gonna Regret This"

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Pitchfork gives Ka’s “Orpheus vs. The Sirens” an 8.0

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[FRESH] Masego ft. SiR - Old Age

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NBA Live 19 soundtrack featuring J. Cole, Schoolboy Q, Migos, and more

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