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pixiesfanyo
04-15-2009, 01:19 AM
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I'm sure everyone has heard 'Donuts' as it was kinda the text book "rap" album of '06 with the passing of Dilla. While that record is great, Dilla's work with rappers is far better 'Fantastic Vol. 2' being a perfect example. When entering this album you can't really expect lyrically prowess. Elzhi has yet to join the group so Baatin and T3 were the only rappers. To be blunt they aren't very accomplished but the hosts of guests and Jay Dee himself make up for their otherwise weakness.

Another classic hip-hop joint by Slum Village. Once again, Jay Dee's beats are spot on, the most smoothest, jazziest, and pure body thumping, head bopping hip-hop beats that side of Detroit. No one does it better. The rest of Slum Village, including Dilla himself, are weak rappers with very perverted lyrics. But that doesn't necessarily make it terrible, no instead it actually makes sense. Instead of sounding womanizing, Slum Village, coupled with the beats, make tracks good for sex. Tell me if you can't imagine putting on "Climax (Girl ****)" while chilling with your favorite girl (or guy) in a dim room with some Nag Champa. Though most of the beats and lyrics are re-used from their first release, Volume 1, some get a face-lift for better, as in the case with "Untitled / Fantastic", and worse, as with "Forth and Back" whose beat is terribly weak compared to the first. Other changes of previous tracks include slightly longer verses, seen in "I Don't Know" and "Players". Other good tracks include "Jealousy", "What's It All About", "Fall-N-Love", "Get Dis Money", and "Once Upon A Time".




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Apocalyptic Raids
04-15-2009, 03:17 AM
i think i'll get this, definitely need to hear more dilla.

ATM
04-15-2009, 09:20 AM
Same, never heard this before.

kingsoby1
04-15-2009, 10:18 AM
everyone definitely should.

like he said, the rapping isn't amazing, but the overall package is solid.

iarescientists
04-15-2009, 11:53 AM
dl'ing

illmitch
04-15-2009, 01:19 PM
i have this, but i've never really listened to it much, as i got it right when i started to get sick of conscious rap. i still might bump it sometime cuz i still love j dilla.

pixiesfanyo
04-15-2009, 02:13 PM
lol at labeling this "conscious" rap.

(*The Noonward Race*)
04-15-2009, 02:16 PM
This is the album that showed me what I knew hiphop could be.

illmitch
04-15-2009, 02:25 PM
oh come on you know what i mean, it was a random adjective i pulled out

pixiesfanyo
04-15-2009, 02:30 PM
i don't really. half the songs are about ****ing and gats.

(*The Noonward Race*)
04-15-2009, 02:30 PM
for some reason ninth chords in hiphop seem to make the rappers leave their unconscious stupors

illmitch
04-15-2009, 02:32 PM
i dunno i was kinda just talking out of my ***, like i said i haven't given this a real listen. i'll do that now.

kingsoby1
04-15-2009, 02:43 PM
haha

illmitch
04-15-2009, 02:49 PM
so far i think i'd rather listen to an instrumental version of it

(*The Noonward Race*)
04-15-2009, 03:13 PM
no matter what they're saying the vocals are the best parts sometimes

illmitch
04-15-2009, 03:28 PM
seriously? so far the only verse i've heard that stood out in any way whatsoever was Busta's. the rapping style in say Jealousy just annoys me more than anything else and almost detracts from Dilla's beats.

pixiesfanyo
04-15-2009, 03:32 PM
you said you were siked for a new Rick Ross record how can lyrics ruin any of this?

Correction
04-15-2009, 04:09 PM
i dunno bout u illmitch

StalkingButler
04-15-2009, 04:32 PM
already have vol. 1 and dig it.. so I suppose it's time for this

illmitch
04-15-2009, 07:23 PM
you said you were siked for a new Rick Ross record how can lyrics ruin any of this?

it's not the lyrics that ruin it, it's that the voices range from nondescript to actually annoying. rick ross' voice and flow complement his beats.

iarescientists
04-16-2009, 02:56 PM
half way through

not really digging it that much

illmitch
04-16-2009, 02:58 PM
im glad im not the only one

iarescientists
04-16-2009, 04:00 PM
second half is a lot better than the first half

still disappointed though :(

kingsoby1
04-16-2009, 04:03 PM
i'm not huge into it either tbh, but i love the beats.

pixiesfanyo
04-16-2009, 04:11 PM
'Raise It Up' is the best.

illmitch
04-19-2009, 11:05 AM
when do we get the next classic

kingsoby1
04-19-2009, 11:56 AM
every weds brah, you wanna pick the next one? email me at yous0026{at}gmail.com

ATM
04-19-2009, 01:03 PM
Can I get the one after that?

kingsoby1
04-19-2009, 01:34 PM
sure

i think we might need to have a review competition or something, so that winner gets dibs for 4 weeks or something.

kingsoby1
04-21-2009, 03:57 PM
leavin this up until tomorrow; never got an email from illmitch for this week, so i chose something. hit me up before next tuesday with an image, writeup, quote, and link... and i'll feature it.

we gotta think of a better system for doing this... i have an album review competition on the drawing board right now.

easylee
04-25-2009, 11:34 AM
album is great

fall n love is classic