Jim Jones, Harlem: Diary Of A Summer
rootlesscosmo
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Carry over from "most controversial rap album" thread.Noticed that Jim Jones, Harlem: Diary Of A Summer is #7 on the rap Billboard list.My only question is: Why? Shit is bammer. Discuss.
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Well first, you gotta get your lips wet.
He has charisma, but the production is
thats been my jam.
Album as a whole. eh.
Best line from "On My Way To Church"
We get on the planes and fly high....
Nigga I ride high, drive high, fly high, sky high, ha ha, I'm high. So high so fly, flow by, oh why, oh my, and I don't know why. So get your parachute, and row your boat nigga!
"
"Summer in Miami" is big in the streets (I love the way they sampled the bridge from Between the Sheets instead of the main melody - it is beautiful and kind of tense).
"Baby Girl" is huge in the club out here and in Philly. Bigger than Juelz "There it Go (Whistle Song)," for now at least. I like it, it is a simple beat but it knocks and it is fun to rock doubles. Can I get a G Clap?
"G's Up" (Pet Rock beat) is real boring. Bad look.
"Penitentiary Chances" with Hell Rell is crazy. That big cinematic Dipset shit that Juelz usually would rock, but Hell Rell kills it. "Two things I never seen: a UFO and a bitch I need."
"We Just Balling," with the "Rocking It" synth looped into a two-note melody is really hot to me. It reminds me of late 90s Bad Boy dance type shit, or Rockwilder shit from back then.
"What You Drankin On" looks good on paper - crunk beat, P Diddy and Paul Wall guest, but Jha-Jha's Trina impersonation is garbage. Paul Wall is pretty good.
"Harlem" is a cool album cut. Not mad at this.
"I'm in Love With a Thug" has a real shitty singer on the hook but I really feel what he's talking about - trying to balance a relationship with work (hustling and later music)
So yeah I think this is better than the last album but it doesn't hold a candle to some of the Diplomats mixtapes or Cam's album, which I consider a 5 Star classic.
Hella videos.
It is a big club record in New York and Philly. If you aren't out here, just take my word for it.
... "this is not a club record"... huh? actually, yes it is, every club I've been in in the last two months gets cracking when it comes on... ayo where are you at? That record has been doing it out here for a minute now.
"Harlem" is getting some good burn on the radio right now. Not mad at that cut, the little voice in the background is kind of sick.
Well, it's not banging at the club that adjoins my private mind garden!
what's your thoughts, concerns, feelings,emotions and opinions on:
ebony eyez: In yo face.
Not nearly as salacious as one might have hoped.
Yeah it wasn't Trina Salacious, buuuuuuuuuuut
I feel it. I was going to buy it last night but forgot. I love that 'WOOOO WOOOO WOOO WOOO WOOO" when that shit drops. Is that shit relevant anywhere else? or just in private mind gardens, warm-up set list, and soulstrut?
Not for nothing, she's actually kinda dope on the mic as well.
ditto on SF as far as I can tell. then I haven't been out in the city in a couple weeks....
That track is mad old!
I like the b-side of her new sangle... well the beat anyway, but she's aiiight
Don't know why they put out the 112 song as the single though
clearly, you haven't gotten your lips wet.
CLEARLY
it's like a fake tipsy (from the same producers too), just not as good. although the "this is the part where we break it down" accapella would be dope for a party break or something.
catchdubbsremixraer?
I wanna hear!!!