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New Music Friday: April 12th, 2019 - HipHop

New Music Friday: April 12th, 2019 - HipHop

New Music Friday: April 12th, 2019

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 03:23 PM PDT

Albums

Anderson .Paak - Ventura

RiFF RAFF - PiNK PYTHON

The Alchemist - Rappers Best Friend Pt. 5

Vinnie Paz & Tragedy Khadafi - Camouflage Regime

Intellexual (Nico Segal and Nate Fox) - Intellexual

Oswin Benjamin - Godfrey

M Huncho - Utopia

Labrinth, Sia & Diplo - LSD

Caskey - Black Sheep 4

Mistah F.A.B. - Thug Tears 4

EPs

Kevin Abstract - ARIZONA baby

SOSMULA - KLEAN UP KREW

Marshmello & SOB X RBE - Roll The Dice

Supa Bwe - Just Say Thank You

iann dior - nothings ever good enough

Omar Apollo - Friends

Singles

Lil Uzi Vert - That's a Rack

Chance The Rapper & Lil Yachty - Atlanta House Freestyle

Lil Uzi Vert - Sanguine Paradise

Beast Coast - Coast/Clear (feat. Joey Bada$$, Flatbush Zombies, Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution & Issa Gold)

KAYTRANADA & VanJess - Dysfunctional

070 Shake - Morrow / Nice To Have

Chief Keef - Boost

Jessie Reyez - Imported (feat. 6LACK)

Bones & Xavier Wulf - LIFEASAMELODY*

Sporting Life - Crux (feat. Mike & Wiki)*

Smokepurpp - Remember Me

Damu the Fudgemunk & MF Doom - Coco Mango Diced

Chief Keef - Lucky

Smoke AO - Cartier Wrist (feat. Lil B)*

Young Thug - Terrorist (feat. Hoodrich Pablo Juan & Lil Jamez)*

Kota the Friend - Boat to Bermuda

Oliver Tree - Fuck

BTS - HOME

03 Greedo & Sherwood Marty - Kemosabe

Kamiyada+ - Ashes Where I Walk*

Ski Mask The Slump God & Lamb$ - Break Ya Back*

Landon Cube - Make Up

Cheeks Bossman - UDIGG (feat. Young Thug)*

Plies - Drip 4 Sale (Remix) [feat. Kevin Gates & NBA YoungBoy]

Big Narstie - Celebrate

Chop Squad DJ - I Wish You Would (feat. Chief Keef)

Snap Dogg - Fallen Soldier (Nipsey Hussle tribute)

Anitta - Onda diferente (feat. Snoop Dogg and Ludmilla)*

Khalid - Talk (Remix) [feat. Megan Thee Stallion & Yo Gotti]

Yung Bans - Side By Side*

* means maybe not on streaming, this one's later bc i got locked out of my apartment lmao

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Daily Discussion Thread 04/12/2019

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 05:32 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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Body cam footage of Lil Pump’s arrest in December

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 07:36 AM PDT

Anderson Paak performers Dang! at Coachella as a tribute to Mac Miller and Nipsey Hussle

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 08:41 PM PDT

KENNY BEATS & FREDDIE GIBBS FREESTYLE | The Cave: Episode 4

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:02 PM PDT

[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] Anderson .Paak - Ventura

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 04:21 PM PDT

It's been 19 hours and 21 minutes since Paak released the smoothest album of the year. What are your thoughts on it?

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Khalid's "Free Spirit" sells 190K First Week (75K Pure). BLACKPINK's "Kill This Love" sells 18K First Week (8K Pure). Nipsey Hussle's "Victory Lap" sells 58K (10K Pure).

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 02:53 PM PDT

Rank Artist Album Label Pure Sales Sales + Streaming
1 Khalid Free Spirit Right Hand Music/RCA 75,446 189,665
2 Juice WRLD Death Race For Love Grade A/Interscope 42,648 164,076
3 Future Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD Freebandz/Epic 11,829 125,251
4 Gunna Drip or Drown 2 Young Stoner Life 8,806 89,955
5 Offset FATHER OF 4 Quality Control/Motown/Capitol 6,622 88,311
6 Nav Bad Habits XO/Republic 24,000 82,000
7 2 Chainz Rap Or Go To The League Def Jam 14,912 64,960
8 Lil Skies Shelby Atlantic 6,413 54,270
9 Lil Pump Harverd Dropout Warner Bros. 21,966 45,875
10 Solange When I Get Home Columbia 12,549 43,808
11 Rich The Kid The World Is Yours 2 Interscope 1,486 42,323
12 Kehlani While We Wait Atlantic 6,836 33,056
13 James Blake Assume Form Polydor 9,398 21,215
14 DaBaby Baby On Baby Interscope 1,268 20,593
15 YNW Melly We All Shine P2019 497 18,948
16 Yelawolf Trunk Muzik 3 Slumerican/Shady/Interscope 12,515 18,767
17 BLACKPINK Kill This Love YG/Interscope 8,197 18,410
18 Boogie Everythings For Sale Shady/Interscope 3,264 18,397
19 Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y 2009 Atlantic 3,591 16,883
20 G Herbo & Southside Still Swervin Machine 831 16,028
21 XXXTENTACION XXXTENTACION Presents: Members Only, Vol. 4 Members Only/Empire 1,722 15,791

Top 10 First Weeks of 2019 Across All Genres

Rank Artist Album Label Pure Sales Sales + Streaming
1 Ariana Grande thank u, next Republic 111,912 354,954
2 Billie Eilish WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Darkroom/Interscope 165,277 307,069
3 Backstreet Boys DNA K-Bahn/RCA 229,107 236,196
4 Khalid Free Spirit Right Hand Music/RCA 75,446 189,665
5 Juice WRLD Death Race For Love Grade A/Interscope 42,648 164,076
6 Future Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD Freebandz/Epic 11,829 125,251
7 Gunna Drip Or Drown 2 Young Stoner Life 8,806 89,955
8 Hozier Wasteland, Baby! Columbia 75,214 89,444
9 Offset FATHER OF 4 Quality Control/Motown/Capitol 6,622 88,311
10 Nav Bad Habits XO/Republic 24,000 82,000

FAQ:

Q: Source?

A: http://hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming

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: Isn't that kind of low for XXXTENTACION?

A: Members Only, Vol. 4 dropped on a Wednesday meaning that it lost out on 5 days of sales.

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

A: 2018 list, 2017 list, 2016 list

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J. Cole brings out 21 Savage for A Lot at Dreamville Festival

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 06:42 PM PDT

Reports of a shooting at Waka Flocka's studio

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:23 AM PDT

Apparently, Flocka wasn't hurt but the details are unclear right now. I will update it as more information becomes available.

https://twitter.com/SeidenWSBTV/status/1116764530263117825

"JUST IN: Atlanta rapper @WakaFlocka forced to dodge barrage of bullets after gunmen opened fire on recording studio, per law enforcement sources. @wsbtv"

https://twitter.com/SeidenWSBTV/status/1116767435879796740

"MORE INFO: When officers arrived at the nw Atlanta recording studio, they were greeted outside by two armed men who told them that their friend had been shot in the right arm, police said. @WakaFlocka wasn't injured. Search continues for gunmen."

Edit: To be clear this happened last week.

https://twitter.com/SeidenWSBTV/status/1116768477782728704

"This all happened earlier this month (April 4) at Zac Recording on 669 Antone St. We stopped by the studio, but an unidentified man told us "no comment"through an intercom."

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Jaden Smith’s Album ERYS Coming out on 5/31

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 02:25 PM PDT

He just posted a merch preorder link, and if you check the description it says you will get a digital copy delivered on 5/31.

Site: https://www.erysiscoming.com/

Screenshot

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[FRESH MIXTAPE] Westside Gunn – 'Fourth Rope'

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 04:38 PM PDT

[Game Thread] Coachella - Friday - Weekend 1

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 04:24 PM PDT

Official Website

Coachella YouTube

Livestream Schedule (Times in PST)

5:10 – JPEGMAFIA

6:45 – Jaden Smith

7:25 – Tierra Whack

7:40 - Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals | Dang! Tribute

8:55 – Ella Mai

10:30 – Janelle Monáe

11:25 – Childish Gambino (LIVE 1)

(Parenthesis = what stream they will be on)

Full Friday Schedule

Weather:

82° SUNNY

Wind NNW 15 mph

Humidity 10%

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[ORIGINAL] Rap network analysis in Python - Which rappers collab the most?

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 08:18 AM PDT

Hey all,

I hope this isn't breaking any HHH rules (it got removed yesterday for some reason) - I thought you guys might find this interesting. I scraped thousands of song titles from RapGenius and collected a list of all rapper features.

Here's an example of what I mean:

The A$AP Rocky song 1Train, features six different rappers: (Kendrick Lamar, Action Bronson, Joey Bada$$, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, and Big K.R.I.T.) Six different items – one for each featured artist – get added to the overall features list, with each one noting A$AP Rocky as the original song artist.

(^ Basically, imagine that process repeated 70,000 times.)

Before looking at the final network, here are some important points to note:

1) The relative locations of every artist are only approximate.

2) An artist must have at least 25 scraped song titles for any connections involving that artist to appear.

3) This map makes no distinction between rappers who featured on the song, and rappers "credited" for the song. (That is, J. Cole appearing on a 21 Savage song is treated the same as 21 Savage featuring on a J. Cole song.)

4) No connection is made between two artists who featured on the same song, if neither were credited for the song.

5) Songs must be credited to only one artist on RapGenius. For instance, the song Sunflower is credited to the artist "Post Malone & Swae Lee", rather than just one of the two artists, so it won't be included in the dataset.

Here's a link to the final network map! It's a pretty big image, so I'd recommend opening in a new tab:

Rap networks map

The map does a great job of visualizing different "groups" of rappers who most often work together. Odd Future, Pro Era, and the Wu-Tang Clan (among others) appear to have their own distinct "sections" of the map.

We can also see different styles – or even eras – of rap appear in different areas. The right-hand side of the map includes a lot of 1990s or early 2000s rappers, and most SoundCloud rappers show up farther towards the land. Also, most of the biggest "mainstream" rappers show up towards the center of the map, which I found interesting. DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, and Rick Ross are the three most "central" rappers of the entire network, and Juicy J, Snoop Dogg and Busta Rhymes all have relatively large data points, which represents the fact that they are most often involved in "paths" between other pairs of rappers.

Hope you guys enjoy! All code is on my Github (@saisenberg) for anyone curious.

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[FRESH] Anderson .Paak - Winners Circle

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 07:28 AM PDT

[FRESH MIXTAPE] Marvin Bagley- The Calm Before The Storm

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 07:16 PM PDT

[Fresh] Damu the Fudgemunk & MF Doom - Coco Mango Diced

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 09:24 AM PDT

Westside Gunn - GODS Don't Bleed (feat. Benny & Jadakiss)

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 03:29 PM PDT

Cigar Talk: Boogie on accepting Eminem smoke, Drunk Texting SZA, Blowing advance on weed

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:19 AM PDT

Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash Lineup Announced!

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 10:36 AM PDT

Why do we have different expectations for female rappers?

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:49 PM PDT

Lupe Fiasco and Immortal Technique give a live tribute to Nipsey Hussle at a Robert Glasper concert in NYC

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 02:57 PM PDT

Mac Miller - Days

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:06 PM PDT

[FRESH VIDEO] Thouxanbanfauni & UnoTheActivist - Choppa Down

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 10:52 AM PDT

[FRESH MIXTAPE] YNW Melly - Free M&M

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 04:24 PM PDT
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Daily Discussion Thread 04/11/2019 - HipHop

Daily Discussion Thread 04/11/2019 - HipHop

Daily Discussion Thread 04/11/2019

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 06:57 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?")
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Nipsey Hussle Memorial Livestream

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 08:36 AM PDT

Memorial starts at 10am PST.

Livestream on Tidal available for subscribers and non subscribers

Nipsey Hussle Memorial on YouTube

RIP Nipsey Hussle 1985-2019

🏁 The Marathon Continues 🏁

After a memorial service at Staples Center, which will begin at 10 a.m., there will be a 25.5-mile funeral procession from Staples Center through South L.A., Watts and Inglewood.

Vince Staples on Twitter: Pulling out the court suit for the homie today. ''Tis will be a beautiful day full of positivity. See y'all there.

Text message that Lauren London sent to Nipsey thanks to u/ChilliSpice

YG Program Insert thanks to u/exhibitm

Snoop Dogg Program Insert

JayZ Program Insert thanks to u/exhibitm

In a letter from Barack Obama

"In a neighborhood where people saw disparities....Nipsey saw hope, he saw a community that even through it's flaws taught him to always keep going"

Kendrick Lamar speaks on Nipsey

In 2009, I remember trekking cities alongside Nipsey and family. Both performing as opening acts on The Game LAX Tour. Our sprinter van trailed their mobile home from state to state.

Though I was a there as support for my brother Jay Rock, Nipsey greeted me as one of his own. And that was very commendable. Casually I would go out to the crowd and listen to the substance he spewed on stage. Thinking to myself, this is the type of talent I want to be apart of. His charisma and way with words was powerful. But his integrity as a person, made me even more enthused.

I watched a young, ambitious black male orchestrate fellowship amongst the men around him on that tour. Determined to execute one thing — and that was Greatness. Greatness in knowledge, greatness in wealth, and greatness in self.

My curiosity about who he really was started to grow from that moment in time. Was he a product if Crenshaw and Slauson? Was he a radical? Or was he a thinker? That mystique kept me engaged throughout his life career. The years progressed, and my admiration grew from up close and from afar. Watching his interviews, his philosophies, and his work amongst the black community.

Time surely revealed itself. I realized Nipsey was all of those perspectives. But most importantly, he was a vessel from God. As my heart aches for him and his family. I understand that the Most High doesn't make mistakes. I pray that Ermias Foundation continues to blossom. I pray for those who trespass against it.

A true King will be tested in adversity. To stand in fearlessness in what he believes will impact on earth, as well as in heaven. So thank you Nipsey The Radical. Nipsey The Husband. Nipsey The Friend. Nipsey The Great. And from now on, Nipsey The Messenger…... Shalom.

Lauren London Tribute to Nipsey

Chris Carter (Nipsey step-son) talks about dream he had about Nipsey

Snoop Dogg's Eulogy

Karen Civil reads letter from Barack Obama

Blacc Sam (Nipsey's Brother) eulogies Nipsey You made the set proud

YG speaks about Nipsey. "Brother from another color"

Tribute video played at memorial set to Frank Sinatra - My Way

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[FRESH ALBUM] Anderson .Paak - Ventura

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 08:58 PM PDT

APPLE MUSIC | SPOTIFY | TIDAL | GOOGLE PLAY

TRACKLIST

  1. Come Home (feat. Andre 3000) [prod. self, Jairus "J. Mo" Mozee]

  2. Make It Better (feat. Smokey Robinson) [prod. self, FREDWRECK, The Alchemist]

  3. Reachin' 2 Much (feat. Lalah Hathaway) [prod. self, Dem Jointz, Pomo, Vicky Farewell Nguyen]

  4. Winners Circle [prod. self, Vicky Farewell Nguyen]

  5. Good Heels (feat. Jazmine Sullivan) [prod. self, Pomo]

  6. Yada Yada [prod. Callum Connor & Kiefer]

  7. King James [prod. Callum Connor & Kiefer]

  8. Chosen One (feat. Sonyae Elise) [self prod.]

  9. Jet Black (feat. Brandy) [prod. Pomo]

  10. Twilight [prod. Pharrell Williams]

  11. What Can We Do? (feat. Nate Dogg) [prod. FREDWRECK]

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Drake brings out J. Cole in London and announces that they have been working on new music together

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 04:00 PM PDT

1 Dead, Others Hurt in Shooting During Funeral Procession of Slain Rapper Nipsey Hussle

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 07:52 PM PDT

Kanye Gives up his Best Video award to UGK at the 2007 BET Awards

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 10:01 AM PDT

[FRESH] Beast Coast - Coast/Clear (ft. Joey Bada$$, Flatbush Zombies, Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution & Issa Gold)

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 09:00 PM PDT

[FRESH] Anderson .Paak - Come Home (ft. Andre 3000)

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 09:01 PM PDT

Beast Coast Perform Left Hand Live On Jimmy Fallon

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 03:07 AM PDT

XXL Freshmen overview #1 - Abby Jasmine

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 03:58 PM PDT

Right so /u/israfil_on_sax doesn't seem to be doing this in 2019 so I figured I'd take the mantel, seeing as I'm not doing much this Easter.

Basically I'll be listening to and reviewing the 80 candidates for the 2019 XXL list with full breakdowns of their music and aesthetic and judging whether they are fit for the list based on their originality, music quality and following both online and off.

I'll be doing this in alphabetical order so I'll begin with Abby Jasmine

Abby Jasmine

Age: 20

Sex: Female

Location: Staten Island, New York

Spotify monthly listeners (ATOW): 44,757

Pitch video like/dislike ratio (ATOW): 271:425 (38.9% liked)

Listened to: TRAP MOM

Abby Jasmine got her start on Twitter, which isn't really a typical growth point. Going by @abbn0rmal_ she would upload quick remixes of popular songs with her own lyrics, usually about relationships and typical high school problems. She would turn this into a career of sorts when she uploaded her first commercial song to SoundCloud in November 2017. Titled Long Live, the song was a remix of Baka's Live Up To My Name and featured a music video of Jasmine smoking in a black tracksuit and dancing around in somebody's kitchen with a bottle of Hennessy intercut with shots of her buying a chocolate ice cream – safe to say she was not fully decided on an image at this point.

From here she uploaded a few more tracks onto Soundcloud, Spotify and other such streaming services until her debut EP released late October last year. Titled TRAP MOM, the EP features a confusing aesthetic in the cover art (it's clearly 70s/80s themed yet she's taking pictures with a camera phone?) and 7 tracks about cheating exes, twitter stalkers, side men and hating bitches. The record features production from Crystal Caines and Mitch Mula and has one feature in the form of frequent collaborator and fellow NY native LevyGrey.

I would probably recommend the record for fans of Bryson Tiller, ANTI- era Rihanna and Tinashe, as the record primarily consists of down-tempo croons about relationships that would probably sound better at night in a car with rain coming down. Her bars are really nothing special and she is definitely not bringing anything new to the game, but there's probably a couple songs to be thrown into a late-night driving playlist on here. I was a fan of Front Door, Message and No Hook in particular. The music video for No Hook (uploaded to No Jumper) in particular shows a more focussed image for Jasmine, using many techniques popularised by A$AP Rocky's AWGE directed music videos to give off a gritty "street" image.

So why is she applicable to be an XXL Freshman? Most likely this is down to label work. Signing to Cinematic before even setting up a SoundCloud means that Jasmine has had loads of help in marketing herself and a label like Cinematic that primarily markets hip-hop artists will be firmly focussed on the XXL Freshmen list. She doesn't have the sound, popularity or image to back up her placement on this list and she most definitely should not be on it. Even her newest track, Relax featuring Taylor Belle seems to be taking her in a more RnB focussed direction that doesn't fit at all with the groundwork she's been building. However, if she grows into a stronger of a niche, she could be a larger female voice in the game, rather than just a #relatable Twitter account.

Notable bars:

In a perfect world I'll pour a penny in the Vatican / Then I'll pull up on Donald Trump and shoot him in the abdomen / Fuck a pacifist, I'll pass a fist to any bitch that think her mouth won't get her hit (Why U Mad)

Acting like I'm rich n*gga / You ain't doing shit with your life, lurkin' on my Twitter

Even if the last people on the Earth was you and I / I could never let a pussy get between what's in my thighs (Message)

You said that's your girl but she been sucking dick for Xanax / I don't fuck with thotties get that ho up out my session (Long Live)

Fit for the list? - NO

IF YOU GUYS LIKED THIS PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I'LL TRY AND GET THEM OUT AT A FASTER RATE. IF YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT PLEASE GIVE ME FEEDBACK

Thanks for reading!

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[FRESH ALBUM] RiFF RAFF - PiNK PYTHON

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 08:59 PM PDT

[FRESH] Beast Coast - Coast/Clear (Feat. Joey Bada$$, Flatbush Zombies, Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution, Issa Gold)

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 06:48 PM PDT

[FRESH EP] Marshmello & SOB X RBE - Roll The Dice

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 08:50 PM PDT

[FRESH] 070 Shake - Morrow / Nice To Have

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 08:58 PM PDT

(throwback) Lupe Fiasco appears on Bill O'Reilly's show, defends calling Obama a terrorist

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 07:44 AM PDT

DJ Khaled, Big Sean, & Kendrick Lamar - Holy Key

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 03:21 PM PDT

City Morgue - Shinners 13

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 05:00 PM PDT

[LEAK] Travis Scott, The Weeknd, SZA - Untitled Game of Thrones Song

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 08:43 PM PDT

[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] Kevin Abstract – ARIZONA baby

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 08:42 PM PDT

It's been 24 hours since this EP dropped. How is everyone feeling about this project?

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Guide to Cantonese Hip Hop and why it is kind of different from Chinese Hip Hop

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 06:10 PM PDT

This is the Cantonese Rap playlist I've been building for a little while now

https://open.spotify.com/user/5goenu8ro9qr77h5ceo9l4xe7/playlist/38CDvH0GDbmI9bwl9irOQM?si=X3X2RC1NTB6dCSWiU_1hmQ

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During the journey of discovering great songs to put together, I have learned a lot about the Cantonese Hip Hop scene (mostly Hong Kong Hip Hop) and wanted to share it with you fine folks.

Firstly, let's briefly get into what the difference is between Chinese Hip Hop and Cantonese Hip Hop. Isn't Cantonese and Chinese the same thing you may ask. Kind of, but no. Cantonese is one of the dialects of the Chinese language, and is the primary and official dialect of Hong Kong and Macau. Mandarin is the dominating dialect of pretty much everywhere else in China (I am oversimplifying here). So Cantonese Hip Hop falls under the umbrella of Chinese Hip Hop (but not the other way around). When you are listening to Chinese Hip Hop (for example the very popular Higher Brothers now), you are most likely hearing Mandarin.

Many people in Hong Kong are very keen about differentiating the label of Chinese Hip Hop with Cantonese Hip Hop. The main reason is the political tension between Hong Kong and Mainland China (a whole other topic on its own). Hong Kong, since being reclaimed by China from British rule, remains under a uniquely different governing body even though technically owned by China. So people in Hong Kong have a lot more freedom in terms of access, speech, and expression. For example, they have access to Google and Youtube whereas people from Mainland China are blocked. There are people in Hong Kong who do not identify themselves as being Chinamen. Some even go as far as despising their counterpart. This is an ongoing thing that is a topic of controversy.

Sorry to veer off there. Back to music. I thought I needed to briefly sum that up because it is somewhat reflected in the music. Since there is much more freedom in Hong Kong, the content of Cantonese Hip Hop is also more unrestricted. There is more swearing, more overly sexualized lyrics, and more lashing out at society/government. In Mainland China, music that glorifies violence/sex will likely be banned, and god help you if you rap or say anything negative about the government. So any of the more hardcore topics in Chinese Hip Hop (Mainland China) remain underground.

OK let's get to the music finally. Every artist I list off I will link to one of their songs (my favorite one or one I feel is most representative of said artist). This is not the most comprehensive list, but is one of artists I think are good or have some good songs.

Currently trending/popular:

Bakerie - a group that consists of 4 guys. Among them is Dough-Boy, an experienced producer with a "Best original song in a film" award on his mantle.My favorite song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH-LyOYLt_Y

About hardships of the working class in HK.

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The Low Mays - group of 6 young guys. Their songs are filled with profanity and glorifies the gangster lifestyle excessively, to a point of satire/parody.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vQ-W0c7BiA

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24Herbs - group of 6. 2 of the members were part of the Hip Hop group LMF, a group widely recognized as the pioneers of Cantonese Hip Hop. They now host an online talk show and release music occasionally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jpMwwn4V04

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Fotan Laiki - a female rapper who went viral with one video (a trap song about smoking up). She hasn't released much music since and is dangerously heading into the "one hit wonder" area.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDp-zfU64PM

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JB - a Filipino rapper who grew up in Hong Kong. He came from a background of dancing. Nice flow and lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhqV_1rVFsk

Song that disses negativity/online trolls

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Lesser known/underground gems:

GTB - a female duo with a dgaf attitude. GTB stands for Green Tea Bitches. One of the members is Serrini, a singer/songwriter, with some pretty good solo songs.My favorite song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGZDA2l6ZbU

Kind of taking a stab at the spoiled generation

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Keevin - followed this artist a while for his nice lofi instrumentals and beats. Randomly drops a Cantonese Hip Hop album that is good. Releases a lot of music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP51yUKL0xk

Animated video with English subtitles which is nice. Good message.

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Akiko - male rapper with a lot of sexualized lyrics. Has a unique voice with good flow on top of pretty smooth/chill beats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIVMNX0jbs0

Song about getting it on.

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YankiDin - a female youtuber who started out as a dancer. Releases music on the side but seems pretty active. Cute/seductive rap style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxajF_-MczA

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Luna is a Bep - young female artist. Style is very unpolished over chill lofi beats. Talented lyricist with a lot of potential.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUCwnOs8w1w

Song about the hasty culture of HK

Honorable mentions:

MastaMic - been around the scene for a while. Known for good lyrics and being able to rap at a very fast speed.

LMF - the OGs. Basically introduced Cantonese Hip Hop to the world. Raps a lot about society/government.

Edison Chen - idol pop singer turned Hip Hop advocate. Not that active anymore with music.

MC Jin - made a name for himself with his sick freestyle battles. Pursued Cantonese rap for a little while but is now finding more success in Mainland China.

Heyo - conscious rapper with lyrics that connect at a street level.

FAMA - a comedic duo more known as media personalities (acting, hosting, commercials). Their music has reached more of the mainstream audience because of their profile and easy listening style beats.

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If you have made it this far, you are truly a trooper! Here is the link to my playlist again which basically covers what is mentioned above plus some more.

https://open.spotify.com/user/5goenu8ro9qr77h5ceo9l4xe7/playlist/38CDvH0GDbmI9bwl9irOQM?si=X3X2RC1NTB6dCSWiU_1hmQ

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Bun B & Statik Selektah announce ‘TrillStatik’, to live-stream entire album creation from scratch

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