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Recommended If You Like thread - May 01, 2021 - HipHop

Recommended If You Like thread - May 01, 2021 - HipHop


Recommended If You Like thread - May 01, 2021

Posted: 01 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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Action Bronson Hated Writing His New Book, But He Knows He Needed To: The rapper, chef, and writer discusses his new book ‘F*ck It, I’ll Start Tomorrow’ (Interview by Jeff Ihaza)

Posted: 01 May 2021 05:24 AM PDT

[FRESH VIDEO] Duke Deuce - GANGSTA PARTY ft. Offset

Posted: 01 May 2021 03:56 PM PDT

Moneybagg Yo's "A Gangsta's Pain" sells 111K First Week. Myke Towers' "LYKE MYKE" sells 18K. Lil Yachty's "Michigan Boy Boat" sells 16K.

Posted: 01 May 2021 08:39 AM PDT

Rank Artist Album Label Pure Sales Streaming Sales Track Equivalent Sales TOTAL SALES
1 Rod Wave SoulFly Alamo/Geffen/Interscope 4,000 126,000 700 130,700
2 Young Stoner Life, Young Thug & Gunna Slime Language 2 Young Stoner Life/Atlantic 6,000 106,000 1,000 113,000
3 Moneybagg Yo A Gangsta's Pain CMG/N-Less/Interscope 3,732 107,020 713 111,464
4 NF CLOUDS (THE MIXTAPE) NF Real Music/Virgin 61,541 27,377 916 89,834
5 The Weeknd The Highlights XO/Republic 9,995 69,827 9,018 88,840
6 Lil Tjay Destined 2 Win Columbia 2,549 59,013 705 62,267
7 Pooh Shiesty Shiesty Season Atlantic 1,324 61,618 463 62,000
8 Jazmine Sullivan Heaux Tales RCA 6,907 32,177 694 39,778
9 Young Dolph & Key Glock Dum and Dummer 2 Paper Route/Empire 3,775 31,187 258 35,220
10 Giveon When It's All Said And Done... Take Time Not So Fast/Epic 1,307 28,624 365 30,296
11 BROCKHAMPTON ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE RCA 14,932 14,362 53 29,347
12 Only The Family Lil Durk Presents: Loyal Bros Only The Family/Empire 2,020 26,806 200 29,025
13 Anuel AA & Ozuna Los Dioses Real Hasta La Muerte 3,359 22,588 416 26,363
14 Various Artists Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album RCA 1,924 22,963 1,244 26,132
15 24kGoldn El Dorado Records/Columbia 2,501 19,675 458 22,634
16 Kevin Gates Only The Generals Part II Breadwinner's Association 2,346 19,706 303 22,365
17 Big Scarr Big Grim Reaper Atlantic 1,649 20,125 84 21,858
18 KAROL G KG0516 UMLE 1,439 18,166 576 20,181
19 Benny The Butcher The Plugs I Met 2 Black Soprano Family/SRFSCHL 8,419 9,571 205 18,194
20 Myke Towers LYKE MYKE Warner 671 17,208 88 17,967
21 MO3 Shottaz 4Eva H$M/Empire 2,104 15,654 175 17,933
22 Lil Yachty Michigan Boy Boat Quality Control/Motown/Capitol 218 15,708 71 15,997
23 Lil Skies Unbothered All We Got/Atlantic 756 14,145 175 15,076
24 ZAYN Nobody Is Listening RCA 4,181 10,338 378 14,898
25 Fredo Bang In The Name Of Gee (Still Most Hated) Se Lavi/Def Jam 4,023 10,572 93 14,687
26 CJ Loyalty Over Royalty CJ Music/Warner 370 11,930 270 12,570

Top 10 First Weeks of 2021 Across All Genres

Rank Artist Album Label Pure Sales Streaming Sales Track Equivalent Sales TOTAL SALES
1 Taylor Swift Fearless (Taylor's Version) Republic 185,215 112,072 2,785 300,072
2 Morgan Wallen Dangerous: The Double Album Big Loud/Republic 75,181 178,576 7,608 261,365
3 Justin Bieber Justice RBMG/Def Jam 30,000 119,941 4,401 154,000
4 Rod Wave SoulFly Alamo/Geffen/Interscope 4,000 126,000 700 130,700
5 Young Stoner Life, Young Thug & Gunna Slime Language 2 Young Stoner Life/Atlantic 6,000 106,000 1,000 113,000
6 Moneybagg Yo A Gangsta's Pain CMG/N-Less/Interscope 3,732 107,020 713 111,464
7 NF CLOUDS (THE MIXTAPE) NF Real Music/Virgin 61,541 27,377 916 89,834
8 The Weeknd The Highlights XO/Republic 9,995 69,827 9,018 88,840
9 Carrie Underwood My Savior Capitol Nashville 74,502 3,662 1,110 79,274
10 Lana Del Rey Chemtrails Over The Country Club Interscope 61,498 17,054 446 78,998

FAQ:

Q: Source?

A: http://hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming

Q: How is this list sorted?

A: It's sorted by the total first-week sales

Q: What are pure sales?

A: Pure sales are purchases of the album (iTunes, Amazon, physicals, etc)

Q: What are track equivalent sales?

A: Track equivalent sales (or TEA/Track Equivalent Albums) is a term used to describe the sale of music downloads or singles. A track equivalent album is equal to 10 tracks, or 10 songs

Q: Where is X album?

A: Only albums that make the top 50 in sales+streaming for their debut week are counted

Q: Why do some albums show exact sales numbers while others do not?

A: The albums that do not show exact numbers are the ones that have had sales corrections from Billboard

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

A: 2020 list, 2019 list, 2018 list, 2017 list, 2016 list


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Timbaland, YNW Melly, Kanye West, King Von, and Chief Keef Studio Session

Posted: 01 May 2021 07:53 AM PDT

[FRESH] wristoffthedome - Word on The Streets

Posted: 01 May 2021 10:21 PM PDT

[FRESH] Logic - I Love You Phillip Morris

Posted: 01 May 2021 10:55 AM PDT

Daily Discussion Thread 05/01/2021

Posted: 01 May 2021 08:51 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

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.

Weekly/Monthly Threads

Other ways to interact

There are a number of other ways to interact with other members of HHH:

New to /r/hiphopheads or hip-hop in general?

Check these out:

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[LEAK] Young Nudy & Maxo Kream - Coming For It

Posted: 01 May 2021 04:16 PM PDT

DMX, Shock G, and the Plight of the Middle-Aged Rapper

Posted: 01 May 2021 06:55 AM PDT

The Best Hip-Hop on Bandcamp: April 2021 – featuring a reimagining the US as being populated by pastries by MF Grimm, a free-associative dispatch from a cult Chicago rapper, and a pairing of 7 Iranian MCs with an experimental electronic producer, New York’s influential Atoms Family collective + more

Posted: 01 May 2021 05:08 PM PDT

Meek Mill - We Ball feat. Young Thug

Posted: 01 May 2021 11:35 AM PDT

[FRESH] BEEWERE - Tell Me

Posted: 01 May 2021 10:52 PM PDT

[FRESH] Teejayx6 ft. Boldly James - Too Loyal

Posted: 01 May 2021 10:18 PM PDT

Erik-Peter Mortensen - Heaven Descending [FRESH]

Posted: 01 May 2021 10:56 PM PDT

Alchemist beat X SADAK (1992 Indian film)

Posted: 01 May 2021 10:45 PM PDT

[FRESH MIXTAPE] Teejayx6 - generation scam

Posted: 01 May 2021 10:39 AM PDT

Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody? (ft. Timbaland)

Posted: 01 May 2021 12:59 AM PDT

King Von - Ain't See It Coming (Audio) (feat. Moneybagg Yo)

Posted: 01 May 2021 09:51 AM PDT

Snoop Dogg - Boss' Life (feat. Nate Dogg)

Posted: 01 May 2021 09:02 AM PDT

Duke Deuce Feat. Foogiano - Spin (Official Video)

Posted: 01 May 2021 04:41 PM PDT

The Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight (1979)

Posted: 01 May 2021 06:33 AM PDT

Kirblagoop - Welcome Tudda South (FRESH VIDEO)

Posted: 01 May 2021 08:54 AM PDT

[ORIGINAL] B-Real speaks on Steve Harvey’s disdain for hip-hop (FUCK STEVE HARVEY)

Posted: 01 May 2021 08:25 AM PDT

Spaceghostpurpp - Blackland Radio 66.6 (10 Years later)

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 11:54 PM PDT

Blackland Radio 66.6, stylized as BLVCKLVND RVDIX 66.6 (1991) is a mixtape by American rapper SpaceGhostPurrp. It was self-released on May 1, 2011, and released in February 2017, by Yeah We On Entertainment. The majority of the mixtape is self-produced. It features guest production and vocals from Lil Ugly Mane, Main Attrakionz, Supa Sortahuman, and J.K. the Reaper. The artwork was created by Lil Ugly Mane and Chino Amobi.

The mixtape pays homage to the hip hop scene of the 1990s. One of the influences for the album is the hip hop group Three 6 Mafia, which can be heard in the song "Pheel tha Phonk 1990", and on its cover which was based on the classical Memphis Pen and Pixel style of covers. It features chopped and screwed vocals in some tracks along with game and movie samples such as Mortal Kombat screams and Godzilla sound effects which creates an experimental ambience throughout the mixtape. Themes on this Mixtape stem from sex to drug abuse, while doing so, over Lo-Fi, trap instrumentals. Spaceghostpurrp uses Southern Slang throughout the whole album while using extremely vulgar lyrics.

What's your thoughts on this Tape 10 years later? For me it took ages to enjoy this tape but a lot of the songs I'm still listening to this day. What's the best song in your opinion off it?

https://youtu.be/pfb0axCidLk

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New Music Friday: April 30th, 2021 - HipHop

New Music Friday: April 30th, 2021 - HipHop


New Music Friday: April 30th, 2021

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 11:01 AM PDT

Albums

EPs

Singles

  • Baby Keem - Durag Activity (feat. Travis Scott)
  • 21 Savage - Spiral
  • bladee & Mechatok - Drama (feat. Charli XCX)
  • Bebe Rexha - Die For a Man (feat. Lil Uzi Vert)
  • USERx, Matt Maeson & Rozwell - My Body Left My Soul (feat. Pusha T)
  • Logic - My Favorite Song*
  • ALLBLACK - 10 Toes (feat. G-Eazy & E-40)
  • Gucci Mane - Shit Crazy (feat. BIG30)
  • Willow Smith — t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l (feat. Travis Barker)
  • Lil Baby - On Me (Remix) [feat. Megan Thee Stallion]
  • Kenny Mason & Foreign Air - Starts Right Here
  • Wiki & NAH - NO WORK
  • Mykki Blanco - Love Me (feat. Jamila Woods & Jay Cue)
  • Nottz - Black Woman (feat. Rapsody, Ke Turner, Rah Digga & Nikki Grier)
  • Gravediggaz - Pass the Shovel
  • Mereba - Rider
  • NLE Choppa - Final Warning
  • Joyner Lucas - Ramen & OJ (feat. Lil Baby)
  • Rick Ross & Cruel Youth - No Bark When I Bite
  • Skyzoo - Bed-Stuy is Burning (feat. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
  • NoCap - On Purpose
  • Rucci - Black & Brown (feat. Bugzy100)
  • AJ Tracey - FIRE IN THE BOOTH, Pt. 3
  • Full Tac - SIMP (feat. Rico Nasty & Lil Mariko)
  • Kali - Do A Bitch (Remix) [feat. Rico Nasty]
  • LoveLeo - TUNG TIED (feat. Rico Nasty)
  • Imanbek, Fetty Wap & MORGENSHTERN - LECK
  • Lil Skies - My Baby (feat. Zhavia Ward)
  • R.A. the Rugged Man - ALL SYSTEMS GO (Smokey Joe & The Kid Remix)
  • The Kid LAROI - Without You (feat. Miley Cyrus)
  • PnB Rock - Need Somebody
  • Uce Lee, DOM KENNEDY, Too $hort & G Perico - Take My Time
  • DJ Pharris - Knowledge (feat. G Herbo & CEO Trayle)
  • Kuttem Reese - No Statements (feat. Lil Durk)
  • FRVRFRIDAY - OKAY (feat. Vory)
  • Kyle Dion - Purr (feat. Kari Faux)
  • Lokowitthamask - AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (feat. Cameron Azi)
  • Lil West - Date A Star
  • Scarlxrd - HATE ME THEN
  • Mark Battles - Lemme Talk
  • Boog Brown - Queens Gambit/Make Room (feat. Miz Korona)
  • Dre'es - 2011 (feat. Kiefer)
  • Nappy Roots - How I Feel (feat. Elevator Jay)
  • Rarelyalways - Lamenting (feat. Hanni El Khatib)
  • Empress Of - One Breath
  • KAMAUU - Howie & The Hound
  • BasedNas - Slide Music / 1AM in NY (feat. KA$HDAMI)
  • Doe Savage - Flint 2 Bompton (feat. Louie Ray)
  • BabyTron - Ball Hog
  • Since99 - Heaven's Gate
  • Bad Boy Chiller Crew - Don't You Worry About Me (Zed Bias Remix)
  • DUCKWRTH - Quick (KMB Remix) [feat. KIAN]
  • Pressa - Attachments (feat. Coi Leray)
  • Tizzy Stackz - Cost Me
  • Quinton Barnes - Body (feat. Christina Jewell)
  • Little Mix - Confetti (feat. Saweetie)
  • Kaelin Ellis - Noise
  • Felt (Atmosphere & Murs) - Heavy D (feat. Collie Buddz)
  • Haviah Mighty - Way Too Fast (feat. Jalen Santoy)
  • Fantastic Negrito - Root City
  • James Fauntleroy - Monin
  • Burna Boy - Kilometre
  • Doe Boy - 1 Of 1
  • Ponae - Camo 4L
  • Blanco & Central Cee - The Great Escape
  • Zilo & Insightful - Show Me What's Mine
  • Deema - CAN I?
  • Jackboy - Protecting My Energy
  • PENPAULS - Razor Clams (feat. Qulle Chris)
  • Dizzy Fae - Body Move
  • RMC Mike - Wait That's It
  • Jany Green - Lost In Love
  • Rock Abruham & Guilty Simpson - Show Me Love
  • Chiiild - Gone
  • The Musalini - Came Up (feat. Hus Kingpin)
  • Mari World - Disconnect
  • Spencer. - Automatic (Orion Sun Remix)
  • Louie Ray - Ben & Jerry (feat. RMC Mike)
  • Allstar JR - Club Sunoco (feat. Louie Ray)
  • Novelist - Hustler / Piping Hot / Piping Hot Riddim
  • Slimelife Shawty & Zack Slime Fr - Real Steppers
  • Shawn Eff - On the News (feat. DaBoii & EBK Young Joc)
  • Rylo Rodriguez - CatFish
  • KrispyLife Kidd - Talkin' In Code (feat. BabyTron, Ysr Gramz, 10k Kev & Stan Will)
  • Scrim - Bricks
  • Avelino - Demons

Features

  • Tsuyunoshi - Spend the Night (feat. midwxst)
  • yungrico2x - Slime Pressure (feat. Slimelife Shawty)
  • Avery Sennin & meltycannon - Smokin' Derek Chauvin
  • Dagye & Lancey Foux - Fire Alarm
  • LyrikCool - Trending (feat. Jon Connor)
  • Roger Conque$t - Gummy Belt (feat. Kid Trash)
  • Kooley High - Lazy Sunday (Statik Selektah Remix) [feat. Melanie Charles]
  • Daichi Yamamoto & Mick Jenkins - Kill Me
  • 4chille 6rad - Big Mutt (feat. OG Maco)
  • Aj1k - Pop My Shit (feat. Sauce Walka)
  • Loe Gino - Live Fast Die Young (feat. Innanet James)
  • G4 Da Real One - No Messages (feat. Icewear Vezzo)
  • Rappa - Sunshine (feat. Lil OneHunnet & 03 Greedo)
  • Ned Kelly & Since99 - Caitlyn Jenner
  • Pete Twist - Business Strictly (feat. M.A.V. & Eto)
  • Gavin Turek - SLIDE (feat. bLAck pARty)
  • Mic 1, Rappin' 4-Tay & Yella B - Closer Den Friendz
  • Alonestar - Raise Em Up (2021 Remix) [feat. Freeway & Ed Sheeran]
  • Trey Twizz & Lil Zay Osama - Nobody Knows
  • Tryf Dacomedian & Snoop Dogg - Me Gusta Latina
  • Milan Ring - BS (feat. Che Lingo)
  • Kb3ach & Hit-Boy - Fa Shit Sho (feat. Zythaprophet)
  • $hyfromdatre & Asian Doll - Life of a Hitta
  • King Bandit - 6 Shots (feat. Jim Jones)
  • Isabella Lovestory - Kitten Heel (Remix) [feat. Ebhoni & Hook]
  • LBS Kee'vin - That's Life (feat. OMB Peezy)
  • Ty Brasel - Paid for It (Remix) [feat. Lecrae & Melodie Wagner)
  • Crook Guam - Thankful (feat. Drakeo the Ruler & 24hrs)
  • Ozy - Dance and feel ok (feat. Burna Boy)
  • Veeno - Cookie Monster (feat. Gucci Mane)
  • Denny Strickland - I Got the Sauce (feat. Juicy J)
  • James Major - Element (feat. Che Noir, Sir Michael Rocks, Relay & Juan Giovanni)
  • Payday - Beam, Pt. 2 (feat. Jackboy)
  • 973 - Militant Minded (feat. Hell Rell)
  • DDroid - Behave (feat. Skengdo & AM)
  • FBG Boomer - Starting 5 (feat. Lou Gram, Louie Ray, RMC Mike & Rio Da Yung OG)
  • Medicus - Slimy (feat. Louie Ray & So Icy Jordan)
  • JR Jones - Makin It Pop (feat. Nef the Pharaoh)
  • Black-D - HEAVY BAR LIFTING (feat. Vic Shadez & Grafh)
  • 3xbravo - Channel 2 (feat. Slimelife Shawty)
  • Amber Liu - blue (Mandarin Version) [feat. Masiwei]
  • Deeno - Hell Yeah (feat. Big Yavo)
  • Jackboi Breil - Thor (feat. Big Yavo & 41st Aj)
  • T3 Uptown - CAP (Remix) [feat. Jdot Breezy]
  • DillanPonders - KING OF THE TOWN (Remix) [feat. Nate Husser & Snotty Nose Rez Kids]

* means not on streaming

project features are listed mostly just if the artist is recognizable

the "Features" tab are songs that haven't been posted that I discovered through the feature.


From /u/KHDTX13 (will be updated):

SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS:

Fresh Singles

Fresh Albums & EPs


Someone suggesting adding a tip jar sort of thing, if u wanna paypal me it's f355974d@opayq.com

Upcoming Release Calendar

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HHH Cypher 2021 - Verse Submissions Open

Posted: 20 Apr 2021 04:10 PM PDT

Verse submission deadline extended through Sunday, May 2nd

Link to Cypher announcement

Thanks to everyone who voted on the beats for the HHH Cypher 2021. We will be using two beats this year for the Cypher. The two selected beats are WAP and What's Poppin.

To submit a verse for the HHH Cypher you will need to do the following:

  • Record a 16 bar verse over either of the two instrumentals linked above

  • Once you've recorded your verse, bounce the vocals into either WAV or MP3 format (WAV preferred).

  • Click here to send a direct message to this account, u/HHHRobot, with the subject "2021 Cypher Verse Submission" and the following - A download link to your vocals, which beat you recorded vocals for, and whether or not you want your Reddit username to remain anonymous (a poll will be put up to vote on best verses when the cypher is released). If you want, you can also bounce and send a section of the beat with your vocals over it in order to provide an example of how you want your vocals to come in on the beat.

  • If you want to talk with other cypher participants, post in the discussion channel in the hiphopheads discord. If you have questions, post in this thread or in the hiphopheads discord.

  • No racism, homophobia, transphobia, extreme horniness (horniness not enforced but pls spare us from 16 straight scat fetish bars and the like), etc in cypher verses.

  • Verse submissions will be open through Sunday, May 2nd. This will be the last day you can submit a verse.

    Have fun, surely this will go well!

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Baby Keem announces his next album will be named “ The Melodic Blue”.

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 08:53 AM PDT

’KHALED KHALED’ Is “ANOTHER ONE”. Another Painfully Mediocre DJ Khaled Album - Album Review

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 11:02 PM PDT

DJ Khaled likes to think big, a little too big given his transparent intentions. Over the course of the last two decades, Khaled has established himself as a media mogul, beloved socialite, his own hype man, and a musician, among other things. That's the issue, however. The music has never come first with DJ Khaled, he's a figure that thinks of numbers before acclaim, and his conveyor-belt rotation of manufactured chart-topping fodder is front and centre on 'KHALED KHALED'. In true Khaled fashion, he's assembled a legionnaire of certified hitmakers that'd rival a horde of animals at a zoo, but here there are no rules. 'KHALED KHALED' has all these contrasting cogs with no real direction, and his attempts to pave over vapid cracks with sheer-star power lacks the shock factor it had the first five hundred times.

Between an immense 27 man roster, Khaled finds little creativity. His efforts to concoct this one unit of currently trending artists to rule them all make even less sense here than it did on 'Father Of Asahd'. Khaled is still playing God as he mashes his minions into incoherent oddities. Justin Bieber's nasally whine and 21 Savage's emotionless sequence of robotic glitches mix like oil and water on 'LET IT GO'. It's the loaded posse cuts that prove just how mad with power Khaled has gone. Both 'I DID IT' with Post Malone, DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion and one of three Lil Baby features on the LP (each one somehow lazier than the last), and 'THIS IS MY YEAR' with Big Sean, Rick Ross, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, and Diddy are muddied free-for-alls where sloshing sub-par performances clumsily overlap.

'KHALED KHALED', like most DJ Khaled albums, is an unashamed celebration of common denominators. It's no short order to dim the charisma of the larger-than-life personalities Khaled enlists to rival his own, but the ring leader is often too distracted making sure the audience knows who's behind the chaotic circus to pay attention to detail. The worst offender is 'BIG PAPER'. Between a borderline unlistenable hook from Cardi B and poor mastering, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was the result of a five-minute burst of motivation. 'JUST BE' is a similar moment of parody. Here, a withered Justin Timberlake adopts a nauseating vibrato, not too dissimilar to Adam Levine's, whilst undergoing a sense of tacky Disney-fication. It's the least in tune with the state of pop either artist has been in for years.

Commercial exposure is the name of the game, and the greatest offense is just how clearly everyone is phoning it in to make a quick buck. Nothing suffers more than the writing which ranges from subpar at best, to dreadfully hollow. Lil Baby and Lil Durk gun for the bare minimum on 'EVERY CHANCE I GET'. Drooling over materialistic delights, the likes of which you've heard a thousand times over, the duo settle into a monotonous drive that barely satiates subpar expectations. 'GREECE' with Drake is yet another piece of flaccid braggadocio. The crooner struggles to complete a full sentence without at least one slip of the tongue, it's an endless stream of brand recognition that constantly interrupts the song. In this regard, 'KHALED KHALED' is like a superficial crush, adorned with every possible feature you could ask for, yet creatively bankrupt at its core.

The failed cameos are only half of the equation. The failure to assemble his all-star squad is Khaled's, but even more detrimental are his own contributions, or at least the portion that he's credited for. To the surprise of nobody, the production mostly subscribes to similar levels of mediocrity. It's frustrating that figures like Khaled have the ability to release tracks as uninspired as 'BODY IN MOTION', knowing that his and associated fans will gladly gobble it up due to the names attached to it. The brittle wobbling synths of 'POPSTAR' are similarly enough to bore me to death, granted, the fault isn't solely Khaled's. It's become a habit of mine to approach any DJ Khaled album with a healthy dose of skepticism, but when Khaled's material is as dangerously close to being mistaken for the 'X type beats' that rule SoundCloud, no amount of preparation suffices.

If you're capable of navigating through an endless sea of Khaled's curated flaws, 'KHALED KHALED' might surprise you with spur-of-the-moment individual brilliance. Meek Mill weighs in with heavy confessions about loss and family on 'I CAN HAVE IT ALL'. It's part of a scarce collective of emotive performances on the record. Buju Banton steals the show on 'WHERE YOU COME FROM' with his cartoonish demeanor. His untouched character oozes eccentricity, something that's otherwise like searching for a needle in a haystack on the LP. In a drastic turn of events, knowingly or not, Khaled's overblown 'Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City' sample drowns out stagnant performances from Lil Wayne and Jeremih on the record's opener, 'THANKFUL'. It's Khaled's shining moment as he breaks bad habits.

Deviance is rewarded when it comes to 'KHALED KHALED'. The further a song strays from the DJ Khaled formula, the more likely it is to be remembered in any way, shape, or form. The record has its fair share of over-qualified, exemplar students that don't exactly fit into Khaled's class of underachievers. Khaled's fabled anthem crafting talents are finally demonstrated on 'WE GOING CRAZY'. Equipped with celebratory synth fireworks, a stellar H.E.R. performance, and snappy, albeit crammed, vocal acrobatics from the Migos, it's an additional Migos verse short of greatness. 'SORRY NOT SORRY' is another relative highlight. Hip-hop's lyrical heavyweights Nas and JAY-Z certainly offer the most intriguing insight into money-making schemes the album has to offer, even if their respective verses are a far departure from their immense standards. Even the best of what 'KHALED KHALED' has to offer is swathed in artifice and lacks conviction.

Across a trying fifty-three minutes, Khaled's shortest, yet still too long album since 'Suffering From Success', offers little to nothing that the Khaled brand hasn't already touched and ruined. Khaled only further proves to be a business genius, that's far too uninvolved to get the music side of things right. You can practically hear 'KHALED KHALED' play in its entirety just by looking at the bloated tracklist and nonsensical partnerships. Despite being exactly what I expected, Khaled somehow manages to underwhelm - even with an entire industry heeding his every command. That's right folks, it is in fact "ANOTHER ONE". Another painfully mediocre DJ Khaled album.

KHALED KHALED - DJ Khaled - 2/10

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Travis Scott announces ASTROWORLD FESTIVAL on November 5-6 (Houston, Texas)

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 11:20 AM PDT

FOR THIS BDAY ALL I WANT IS RAGE MAN WE BEEN LOCKED IN A HOUSE FOR SOMETIME NOW AND I BEEN BANGING MY HEAD AROUND TRYNNA TO GET BACK TO IT I BEEN WANTING TO SHARE AND EXPERINCE WITH ALL THE OTHER LIKE MINDED CHAOTIC RAGER LIKE ME FOR SOME TIME NOW. THAT BEING SAID IN NOVEMBER POP OUT AT THE FEST ASTROWORLD FEST 2021 2 DAYS THIS YEAR WITH AND OUT LANDISH LINE UP SEE U SOON !!!

Tickets on sale May 5th at 10AM CT

Website / Instagram post / Twitter post

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Tupac Shakur and Jada Pinkett lip syncing to “Parents Don’t Just Understand” in 1988

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 07:38 PM PDT

[DISCUSSION] Drake - Dark Lane Demo Tapes (One Year Later)

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 09:00 PM PDT

One year ago on May 1st 2020, Drake released a mixtape tape full of unreleased songs or songs that's have already been leaked or published. Dark Lane Demo Tapes sees Drake moving away from his "hitmaking formula" to more experimentation, with common producers on his previous records being absent on the mixtape. With its production taking influence from lo-fi, UK drill, trap, Soundcloud rap, R&B and soul, the mixtape is noted for not being as cohesive as Drake's previous records. Rooted in dark, ambient sounds through prominent use of unpolished synths, themes on the mixtape include failed relationships, complicated relationships with friends, and braggadocio surrounding Drake's prominence in the music industry.

Success wise, The mixtape was supported by the single "Toosie Slide", which debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, making Drake the first male artist to accomplish three number-one debuts on the chart. All 13 of the mixtape's other songs entered the chart, including the highly anticipated "Pain 1993", which debuted at number seven on the chart, making Drake the tied record holder (with American singer Madonna) for the most top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with 38.

In my opinion it's one of his best works in quite sometime since "If Your Reading This It's Too Late" to be honest. I go back to this mixtape at least 2 times a month because it's that good, except for that Pain 1993 song... but overall it's a great project. What are your thoughts ?

Tracklist 1. Deep Pockets [prod. Plain Pat & 40] 2. When To Say When [prod. June James] 3. Chicago Freestyle (feat. Giveon) [prod. Sevn Thomas] 4. Not You Too (feat. Chris Brown) [prod. Noel Cadastre] 5. Toosie Slide [prod. OZ] 6. Desires (with Future) [prod. D. Hill] 7. Time Flies [prod. OZ] 8. Landed [prod. Dez Wright & Cardo] 9. D4L [prod. Southside] 10. Pain 1993 (with Playboi Carti) [prod. Pi'erre Bourne] 11. Losses [prod. Foreign Teck, Elyas, Sevn Thomas & OZ] 12. From Florida With Love [prod. 40 & MexikoDro] 13. Demons (feat. Fivio Foreign & Sosa Geek) [prod. JB Made It] 14. War [prod. AXL Beats]

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