| What have you been listening to this week? / Last.fm thread - February 24, 2021 Posted: 24 Feb 2021 08:30 AM PST This is the weekly thread to share what you've been listening to recently and/or post 3x3 collages. Make sure to write some shit about what you listened to in order encourage discussion. To make 3x3s: Import from Last.fm: Make yours manually: Make sure to re-upload your picture on a site like Imgur, otherwise the 3x3 posts change. submitted by /u/HHHRobot [link] [comments] |
| [DISCUSSION] The Genius (GZA) - Words from the Genius (30 Years Later) Posted: 25 Feb 2021 10:53 AM PST Words from the Genius is the debut studio album by the American rapper GZA, under his previous stage name "The Genius". The album never charted, and GZA went on to co-found the Wu-Tang Clan in 1992 after the album's failure. Album background It was released on February 19, 1991. It is significant as one of the few albums released by a Wu-Tang Clan member before the founding of the group in late 1992 and only one of two pre- Wu-Tang clan releases any of the members recorded with a major label (the other is Ooh, I Love You, Rakeem EP by Prince Rakeem (RZA). Album re-release It was re-released in 1994, with the song "Come Do Me" replaced by "Pass the Bone." Both versions are now out of print. In 2006, an expanded version was released by Traffic Entertainment Group, the owner of the bulk of the Cold Chillin' Records catalog. "I was signed to Cold Chillin' 'bout five years ago," GZA recalled in 1995. "They put out an album but didn't promote it. They tried to put it out again last year after everything happened with the Clan, put a '94 date on it, but still didn't put any money behind it, so it didn't sell twice. I'm still proud of it, though. The beats ain't all that but, lyrically, shit was bangin'. So it wasn't all peaches and cream, but I was determined to break through. 'A quitter never wins, and a winner never quits.'" Gary Grice made his rap game debut in 1991 under the name "The Genius", releasing his debut album for Marley Marl's Cold Chillin' Records, now in ruins and with which he signed the year before. The production is almost entirely entrusted to EZ-Mo-Bee, and it's quite generic and flat, while the rapping of The Genius is simple, he spits tight and raw bars and lyrically brings some valid street-positive argument, however he hasn't yet found and defined his own style here: technically he's solid, he's at the level of the other rappers of the early nineties and there are many flashes of immense talent, but most of the tracks have the same structure and sound boring. Among the worst cuts, in addition to the pseudo-soft-porn of "Superfreak", there's the introductory one, "Come Do Me", a generic commercial and sexual attempt signed by Jesse West, which will then be removed from the 1994 edition of Cold Chillin' is replaced with Robert Diggs' "Pass the Bone", Grice's cousin at the time still known as Prince Rakeem, who made an EP in 1991 for Tommy Boy Records, "Ooh I Love You Rakeem". The disc is irregular and boring, marks a flop and risks ending the career of The Genius, failing to enter the rankings due to the inadequate promotion by Cold Chillin': the Marl label tries to re-release the disc in the 1994, after fans had flocked to discover the origins of Wu-Tang following the release of the debut, but also in this case the label decides not to promote it adequately, for the second time. Incredible, but it went just like that: technically, this is officially the first solo album of the Wu-Tang Clan, but I don't dare to say that for this reason it's an essential listening for a Wu-head or for a fan of GZA. The guy did better (starting from the next work) and Wu-Tang gave many gem albums, this is not essential. If you really care, come and see. Highlights: "Words from a Genius", "Who's Your Rhymin' Hero", "Life of a Drug Dealer". Rating: 6/10. submitted by /u/HHHRobot [link] [comments] |
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| Yung Lean - Warlord [5 Years later] Posted: 25 Feb 2021 05:29 AM PST 5 years ago Yung Lean released what I would argue is his most accessible album to trap music fans. Before I heard Warlord I had only heard Yoshi City, Ginseng and Kyoto where I could recognise the beats where fire but couldn't stand a leans style or lyrics on the track when all I listened to was chief keef, flocka, bones, Rae Sremmurd and shit like that. But shit man when I heard Immortal I knew the shit was another level I even thought bladee killed it on highway patrol. As with most Yung lean projects it only grew on me and dominated my Spotify wrapped that year and honestly bro changed my life I wouldn't make beats if I had never heard his stuff and 3 gigs, an offensive amount of merch later he made me more accepting of weirdo rap and a fan of his for life. One thing that adds to the album is how much a state Leans life was at the time after getting a bit to stuck in with the drugs and the death of a friend. I won't do it justice by explaining it but there's a doc on it here. Failing that if you don't have 2 hours to spend finding out about hip hops favourite swede there's an article on it here The track list was fire front to back but what did you guys think? What stands out, why? Best production all that? Immortal Highway Patrol (feat Bladee) - bladee murked this one Fantasy (feat Lil Flash (when he didn't spend his time leaking chief Keef)) Afghanistan Hoover - incredible for the pit highly rec Fire (best song the album if you ask me and one of leans GOATS) Stay Down Eye Contact - some of my fave lines from him ever hear "I just popped a pill and my life is like a fairy tale" BARZ. ALSO fun fact on this one at the beginning of the track you hear someone shout "the sword, the sword" and a few times throughout its from one of the Excalibur films More Stacks Af1s (feat Ecco 2k) v rare Ecco verse hear very cool angel man Hocus Pocus (feat Bladee) - I can't forgive myself for liking a song with such a shit name but here we are Shanty U Know What It Do Miami Ultras - man this song is special you really get a feel for the mess leans life was at the time shoutout to Bladee for staying with him. Also crazy that this is a sample of New England by Billy Bragg BONUS TRACKS - the production on all of these is insanity shoutout Gud, Sherm, White Armour all that Sippin (feat Mane Mane) - originally I thought this was one of the worst songs but then I listened to it when I was fucked up and it's nuts God Only Knows - best production on da album How U Like Me Know (feat Thiaboy Digital) - Thiaboys best shit since eBay again incredible production Pearl Fountain (feat Bladee and Black Kray) - this track is cloudrap royalty Stars Align - anthem Shine - catching a tan in Yung Leans light RIP BARRON SAD BOYS FOREVER submitted by /u/JerichoSavedUs [link] [comments] |
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| Black Culture Has Always Been Pop Culture: How Prejudice to Hip-Hop Echoes the Past Posted: 25 Feb 2021 10:41 AM PST It's a phrase that music curators for public spaces hear on a daily basis: "No hip-hop." "Anything but hip-hop." At a time when the genre is arguably at the height of its popularity, listeners, scholars, and artists continue, unfairly, to defend the merits of an art form more commercially successful than any before it. One need not look too far into the musical past to find similarly Black genres cast aside, derided for their social, economic, and political connotations. Matt Lipson takes a look at how the "anything but hip-hop" attitude echoes the past and how Black Culture has always been Pop Culture. Check out the article and let us know your thoughts. https://rxmusic.com/editorial/black-culture-has-always-been-pop-culture-how-prejudice-to-hip-hop-echoes-the-past/ Do y'all still observe and experience this, would love to know your thoughts? submitted by /u/chedotcus [link] [comments] |
