DocMcCoy"Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
DocMcCoy said:
Juan Cocktolstoy said:
Killer Mike and EL-P (I forgot the name of their upcoming album)
R.A.P. Music - on subsequent listens, it's really good.
I dunno why I expected this to be a dog's breakfast, but it isn't. Mike comes hard as fuck - "we're the readers of the books and the leaders of the crooks". When he does political stuff, he follows the Southern tradition and leaves all the Infowars bullshit where it's best left; to hectoring, pompous bores like Immortal Technique or Lupe Fiasco. El-P's production is solid, too. Rather than try to make square-peg beats fit a round-hole emcee, he dials down the industrial side without compromising his style too much, and the end result is a much more tightly-focused record that brings the best out of both contributors. It's definitely on the "alternative" end of the scale, but is refreshingly free of all the usual art-wank bollocks you'd associate with the term. It's the kind of alternative rap record that regular rap fans can dig.
Yeah heard this the other day. Not 100% sold on this particular track (though that might be more due to the sensitive nature of my head right now) but I do think that Brown's voice fits to grime production beautifully. Sure I read in an interview a while ago that he was a big fan of Dizzee's early stuff (might have been with Noz) and certainly works for him.
Some stuff I've been enjoying.....
DocMcCoy"Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
He's an acquired taste... I like his lyrical skill more than the music. "Poor People's Day" was better. I'm hoping for a EL-P and Bigg Jus collabo in the future... I say again, hoping...
The fact that I can stumble across stuff like this on the internet and have the album on my iphone 15 minutes later is still kind of facemelting to me. Mark it down to being the last generation which grew up without the internet. Anyway, highly recommended.
DocMcCoy"Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
Juan Cocktolstoy said:
DocMcCoy said:
Juan Cocktolstoy said:
Bigg Jus "Machines That Make Civilization Fun"
Really? I thought it was barely listenable.
He's an acquired taste... I like his lyrical skill more than the music. "Poor People's Day" was better. I'm hoping for a EL-P and Bigg Jus collabo in the future... I say again, hoping...
I'd have hoped that, in the 15 or so years of hearing his work since Funcrusher Plus, I might have acquired it by now, so I'm willing to accept that it probably isn't going to happen. His lyrics are like randomly-punctuated screeds of tinfoilhattery from the Infowars forums. Lyrical, mystical, super-scientifical, "I'macramintheabsolutemaximumnumberofsyllablespossibleoverafourbarmeasureandendeveryline LIKE THIS!" rhyming at its absolute best/worst (delete where applicable). At least El-P is attempting to figure out if there's a place where what he does fits in with what the mainstream is prepared to accommodate, and it's already producing impressive results. Jus seems happier to remain exactly where he's been for the last decade or so.
Yeah heard this the other day. Not 100% sold on this particular track (though that might be more due to the sensitive nature of my head right now) but I do think that Brown's voice fits to grime production beautifully.
So this guy is from [strike]America[/strike] the South, and he's rapping over grime and filmed his video in London? How does Harvey feel about this?
He's an acquired taste... I like his lyrical skill more than the music. "Poor People's Day" was better. I'm hoping for a EL-P and Bigg Jus collabo in the future... I say again, hoping...
I'd have hoped that, in the 15 or so years of hearing his work since Funcrusher Plus, I might have acquired it by now, so I'm willing to accept that it probably isn't going to happen. His lyrics are like randomly-punctuated screeds of tinfoilhattery from the Infowars forums.
Like Diamond D, I've never really judged El-Producto on his raps. Great beatsmith. 8-Steps, Little Johnny From The Hospital, The Cold Vein, all visionary.
DocMcCoy"Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
ketan said:
DocMcCoy said:
NUTS.
First listen and I'm, like, WHOA. Need to listen again, more closely...
I didn't know the backstory about Alori Joh (RIP) before hearing it, so The Book of Soul was devastating to hear.
Nor did I. That line "fall off a fuckin' tower tryin' to find you" is heavy as fuck.
i'm afraid to listen to that new show and ag. i can't think of anything they've done post the full scale ep that wasn't boring/mediocre. (i include that ag solo that people seem to like for some reason)
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Junior said:
DocMcCoy said:
This is factory fresh, on the other hand.
Yeah heard this the other day. Not 100% sold on this particular track (though that might be more due to the sensitive nature of my head right now) but I do think that Brown's voice fits to grime production beautifully.
So this guy is from [strike]America[/strike] the South, and he's rapping over grime and filmed his video in London? How does Harvey feel about this?
He's from Detroit and wears skinny jeans, so he probably barely counts as a rapper in Harv's eyes. May as well cancel his US citizenship, give him an EU passport and shove him on the first transatlantic flight out of Wayne County.
DocMcCoy"Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
This album is just taking a massive dump on everything right now.
Also, I have to give massive props to Danny Brown not only for having the stones to pair comedy Jeremy Scott Adidas with clamdiggers, but to actually make them look good. And that Patagonia hoodie is fresh.
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I hope future tracks are better.
:liljohn:
Killer Mike and EL-P (I forgot the name of their upcoming album)
R.A.P. Music - on first listen, it's pretty good.
its coming biatches
cop the free preview alboom
link
I dunno why I expected this to be a dog's breakfast, but it isn't. Mike comes hard as fuck - "we're the readers of the books and the leaders of the crooks". When he does political stuff, he follows the Southern tradition and leaves all the Infowars bullshit where it's best left; to hectoring, pompous bores like Immortal Technique or Lupe Fiasco. El-P's production is solid, too. Rather than try to make square-peg beats fit a round-hole emcee, he dials down the industrial side without compromising his style too much, and the end result is a much more tightly-focused record that brings the best out of both contributors. It's definitely on the "alternative" end of the scale, but is refreshingly free of all the usual art-wank bollocks you'd associate with the term. It's the kind of alternative rap record that regular rap fans can dig.
:feelin_it:
NUTS.
great little 45 this - who is this cat the purist? liking the design on the poster too..
Apparently this is a few months old now, but I've only just heard it.
This is factory fresh, on the other hand.
you can cop the Marci/Bronson 7 here http://kingkongholdingco.bandcamp.com/album/the-purist-double-feature-e-p
Yeah heard this the other day. Not 100% sold on this particular track (though that might be more due to the sensitive nature of my head right now) but I do think that Brown's voice fits to grime production beautifully. Sure I read in an interview a while ago that he was a big fan of Dizzee's early stuff (might have been with Noz) and certainly works for him.
Some stuff I've been enjoying.....
Really? I thought it was barely listenable.
He's an acquired taste... I like his lyrical skill more than the music. "Poor People's Day" was better. I'm hoping for a EL-P and Bigg Jus collabo in the future... I say again, hoping...
Link here
http://sandlotsdugout.com/
I'd have hoped that, in the 15 or so years of hearing his work since Funcrusher Plus, I might have acquired it by now, so I'm willing to accept that it probably isn't going to happen. His lyrics are like randomly-punctuated screeds of tinfoilhattery from the Infowars forums. Lyrical, mystical, super-scientifical, "I'macramintheabsolutemaximumnumberofsyllablespossibleoverafourbarmeasureandendeveryline LIKE THIS!" rhyming at its absolute best/worst (delete where applicable). At least El-P is attempting to figure out if there's a place where what he does fits in with what the mainstream is prepared to accommodate, and it's already producing impressive results. Jus seems happier to remain exactly where he's been for the last decade or so.
First listen and I'm, like, WHOA. Need to listen again, more closely...
I didn't know the backstory about Alori Joh (RIP) before hearing it, so The Book of Soul was devastating to hear.
So this guy is from [strike]America[/strike] the South, and he's rapping over grime and filmed his video in London? How does Harvey feel about this?
Like Diamond D, I've never really judged El-Producto on his raps. Great beatsmith. 8-Steps, Little Johnny From The Hospital, The Cold Vein, all visionary.
Nor did I. That line "fall off a fuckin' tower tryin' to find you" is heavy as fuck.
Album of the year for me.
copped - great release!
bw
:hayek:
http://www.mediafire.com/?tls7hd5af4jl215
He's from Detroit and wears skinny jeans, so he probably barely counts as a rapper in Harv's eyes. May as well cancel his US citizenship, give him an EU passport and shove him on the first transatlantic flight out of Wayne County.
Also, I have to give massive props to Danny Brown not only for having the stones to pair comedy Jeremy Scott Adidas with clamdiggers, but to actually make them look good. And that Patagonia hoodie is fresh.