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 | klap re: Kurt Vile soundoff; it's ok bro, you're not white
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 | PorkchopExpress You ever heard of Marco Polo? He was suggested to me by someone today. Nothing mind-blowing but pretty solid nonetheless. [a]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpreBrnaOz8[/a]
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| PorkchopExpress Oh damn, I really like that. I checked out some of this other stuff too, and I liked almost all of it. Contraband especially. He reminds me of someone, but I can't put my finger on it. And I have no idea who 7th Dan is, but I really dig his production. I need to DL this.
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 | EaglesBecomeVultures okuneff and i are vibing on this hard in his list http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sULcfQRtI8Y
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| EaglesBecomeVultures will do. and i'll zippyshare my favorite eligh records sometime this weekend for ya.
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| EaglesBecomeVultures i would look into his older records. he used to be super interesting on the boards until he quit doing drugs.
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| EaglesBecomeVultures nah man came out back in '07. check out this sweet JT remix from the same album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGk0bkvT9ZY
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 | slipnslide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcJWjKFZTLM
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 | SgtPepper Oh, no worries, whenever you get the chance is fine with me. I appreciate you taking the time. Thanks.
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 | Omaha Glad to hear it, man, it's good stuff. By the way I'm really starting to get into Danny Brown-- you're a fan, right?
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| Omaha Hey man, glad to see you dug the new Baths!
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| SgtPepper Hey Sobhi. I was wondering if whenever you had some time, you could recommend me some trippy/mellow/introspective hip-hop. Anything that sounds like 'Instructions to numb' from Vessels, Kid Cudi's 'Trapped in my mind', 'Transformer' by Gnarls Barkley, or Beastie Boys' 'Don't Play No Game' is mainly what I'm looking for. You're the go-to guy for this stuff so I thought I'd seek your guidance here. You can get back to me whenever. Thanks.
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 | Hyperion1001 well thats a relief, i thought you were serious
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 | MisterTornado and The Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley, Lee Fields) than on a hip-hop record. Lacks teeth and spontaneity.
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| MisterTornado As much as I respect Ghostface as a rapper, the production is just boring to me. I respect Adrian Younge and his ear for classic soul production, but I think it would work better on one of the Daptones soul revivalists (Sharon Jones
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 | liberi yeah got a facebook, how do I find said facebook page?
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 | tarkus fantastic dude thanks all i already have from that is captain murphy (which is awesome) so ill get on these
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 | Hep Kat i see dyzlectic octo has met with your seal of approval. i first heard about them years ago when i was looking for rare insight tracks, and i hadn't heard them til yesterday when i fell ass backwards into that recording on a forum i frequent. pretty rad s***
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| tarkus yo sobhi wanna pls hook me up with sweet hip hop like marijuana deathsquads and astronote and kendrick and c4c and i dig the new tyler and stuff like that thanks
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| PorkchopExpress I'll preface this by saying the actual "url" I chose was based on an inside joke between a few friends of mine that I chose back when I had no idea Facebook was going to become as big as it got, so I'm slightly embarrassed by it nowhttp://www.facebook.com/badmotherfer
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 | Casablanca nothing that i noticed, at least. still kicks ass
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| Casablanca well the name for one thing, called "York" now; plus a couple of features
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| Casablanca sobhi, you should edit somethings on your "NoYork!" record, now that it's been changed. i was bumping it recently and forgot how amazing it was
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 | SlaveState Hey. I haven't been here for a few days and when I logged in, my account rated Wolf by Tyler, the Creator with a 5 on April 4th, a day I was not online. Any other complaints like this? No one could have hacked it as far as I know.
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 | theacademy haha thanks dude. unfortunately im gonna be in philly for 4.20 so im gonna have to miss out on that show. andy is a cool guy, he'll show you a good time (idk if you've been to NY before?)
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 | Aids Sorry bro but I would really feed your ears to my two beautiful daughters.
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 | Wildorwhat Nah, just the Careless Talk EP. The main members of this group formed No Bird Sing. But I feel like the material on that EP is far superior to anything they produced after.
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| Wildorwhat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cEttdblSxc this is what I was talking about, check out the rest of the EP
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 | Yourhotdad I feel you, I'm just gonna miss Edan though. Is it remastered in any way?
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 | Albus Please, review the new Drones album! It's so overlooked right no here!
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 | conesmoke ahhh darn it, thanks anyways. i'm just going to have to keep my eyes out for a mod.
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| conesmoke what was wrong with my news article? It was well written, provided the right information and a link to more specifics. Why was it not allowed to be on the news thread... ?
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| Yourhotdad hahaha dude. have you seen that you're on the 20/20 experience wiki page?
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 | cpimentel986 I've been checking Autre Ne Veut. Any opinions? Anxiety is good.
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 | fromtheinside inter arma - sky burialhelms alee - weatherheadcrushing post rock and post metal as well as post doom post dm and ov course post postbut in all seriousness these killenjoy :)
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| Casablanca mayne, you're right, that marijuana deathsquad album is bumping. i've just been rocking el-p and can-ox (besides jt, of course)
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 | MaskAtTheMasquerade fckn rad dude, i'll be picking up a ticket for that show wheneva that next pay check rolls through. gonna rule
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| theacademy sweet dude. ill look into the show... might be in philly that weekend but ill figure it out
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| cpimentel986 Man, i feel so inexperienced. I want my profile pic to be seen in the comments section when i post, yet every photo i upload has the same problem.
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| cpimentel986 OK then. Fear of Men, Early Fragments. uploaded.net/file/4dhzfsgs/EarlyFragments2013.rar
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| cpimentel986 I have some new material for you, if you're interested. Seeing as you were disappointed w/ the last one, i don't blame you. Want another go?
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 | Xenophanes The title is fitting because it definitely feels like "more" of everything--more punk, more BM, more rock, and more melody. It's like the S/T but exaggerated which is really awesome to me.
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 | robertsona yeah, i can see the potential for boner dissuasion
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| robertsona that's cool, bilal is definitely more active/out there. i found black radio calming and slick in a good way but i could see the flipside--i associate the two because they explore the crossregions of similar genres and i think hang out together/with the same musicians (chris dave drums for both) but ya
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| robertsona ooh--i'd be interested to hear why you don't like black radio (especially given your like of the bilal albums)...too clean cut or summat?
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 | This Life is Genocide lol turning on the NFL channel and seeing Sobhi Youssef plastered on my screen blew my mind... well played sir
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 | aok http://imgur.com/Eh4OQvs,eeo8Tan or http://imgur.com/Eh4OQvs,eeo8Tan#1 or .. do it ;]
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 | HillaryClitTounge hey, would u maybe review this? Insane album but my review is not gonna make anyone wanna listen.http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/55768/Killah-Priest-The-Psychic-World-of-Walter-Reed/#lastpost
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| Casablanca haven't yet, but will. honestly the only 2 rappers im still following from that group is sean price and pharoahe monch. thats why it took me a while to start liking joey badass
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| Casablanca i'm so bored of bare-bones 'boom-bap'. after a 5 day continuous el-p marathon, im losing passion for hardcore hip hop
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| cpimentel986 BTW, i'm surprised no one has reviewed that Bilal album around here. Strange.
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 | Butkuiss Weird, the end of my shoutbox post cut off. But yeah, you guessed right, it was about Eyedea and Abilities' By the Throat. I always thought it was an interesting and well-written review, even though I was pretty much diametrically opposed to its assertions.
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| Butkuiss Whatever happened to your review of E
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| MisterTornado I've been meaning to check out that new Delfonics, how is it?
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| MisterTornado Your review was great, despite the FACT that your WRONG (#fact)
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| MisterTornado Haha, but staying ominous is so much more fun. Which review was it?
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| conesmoke hey man, is there a way to edit reviews once posted?
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| Casablanca oh and peep this dude http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6jnCBcCfHg
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| Casablanca wasn't ab-soul suppose to release an album with jmsn? wtf happened to that?!
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| fromtheinside album is deep agreed. too many hooks to wrap my head around and the production is lush timbaland almost matters again
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| Casablanca honestly dude, after the brilliant year we had in rap music last yr, the 2013 releases seem meh. I'm actually waiting on the ghostface/adrian younge album. i might review papoose's album (lol!) And i'm glad that i'm not the only one disappointed with the doppelgangaz -all those 4.5s are tripping me out!
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| fromtheinside if i was sobhi what would i rate the new jt? 4.1. just because edgy is in and jt made an album that wasn't edgy enoughhhh
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 | breakingthefragile I ever tell you about the time I first saw your name and didn't think it was your real name, but instead thought it was an accented spelling of "So be yourself"? Funny s***.
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 | azninva5in here ya go: http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/55618/Thats-Outrageous-Psycho/
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| azninva5in thanks! could I link you to my next review, then?
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| azninva5in I was thinking of writing shorter reviews, but I'm still in that phase where I care about approval rating. But quality over quantity I guess :D
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| azninva5in hey man, before you were staff, did you still write short reviews?
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 | GnarlyShillelagh I knoww :((I've been editing this old hip hop joint though, hopefully it will be posted today. And I have quite a few reserved for next month so hopefully it won't be as dull as this month was
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 | Willie Check the Review Requests area. There is one in there for you specifically.
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| Casablanca thanks sobhi. was just busy with school stuff and came back to find out im a contributor
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| Wildorwhat Dude listen to Hyder Ali - Careless Talk, ridiculously underrated
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 | Insurrection Krypts: http://www.metalchesh.com/new-albums-2013/10189-krypts-unending-degradation-2013.html
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| PorkchopExpress Yeah, I've not had as much time to check on new music this year so far either. The other ones worth mentioning are Chance The Rapper and Jahshua Smith, who you can hear here http://jahshuasmith.bandcamp.com/
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| PorkchopExpress In re: your comment on the Cunninlynguists earlier: You should check out Alexander Spit's "A Breathtaking Trip to the Other Side". He has nothing to do with Cunninlynguists, it's just a really good, progressive album that releases recently.
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| Willie I was just about to ask if there was stuff with similar backing music.
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| Yourhotdad http://clppng.bandcamp.com/ i'm not sure how i feel on it tbh. dig the guys flow though
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| fromtheinside as my favorite reviewer on the site, i'd like you to check out handwrist (possible: review, exposure anything really). something i think steps aside what we didn't like about that damn light bearer album
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| Yourhotdad Just wondering, have you ever heard of a group called clipping? it's some weird ass glitch hop.
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| fromtheinside completely agree. the opener had one of the most beautifully constructed segments in recent memory, but after that there seemed like there was only so many ways for the song to go. this is s huge problem I'm finding in a lot of new post metal I'm getting
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| fromtheinside are you gonna do the new light bearer? seems like something you'd really enjoy if you haven't heard it yet, album rocks doomly
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| Casablanca so yeah dude, I applied to become a contributor. i'm hyped to start doing this thing now
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| HillaryClitTounge fair enough. but to a lot of people sticking with old school boom bap style is not a negative in any way and is preferable to the rapid-paced banal/gibberish flows over digital beats today. The benefit of Boom Bap is you never have to sacrifice the message in your lyrics or the clarity of your lyrics to try to make your voice fit in with more catchy sounds. He doesn't pick this style cus he can't do others, he picks it because his music is about being candid and it works well with it.
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| HillaryClitTounge Musically, El-P is way better. Lyrically I think I.T. has brought rap to another level..
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| HillaryClitTounge I meant a non-wack rhyme relative to Immortal Technique, who is the most talented emcee today and really on another level lyrically than anyone out today, especially people like El-P that are mainly producers. idk what to tell you.
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| HillaryClitTounge Yeah I.T. would rip El-P a new asshole lyrically, its hard finding a single non-wack El-P rhyme seriously.
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| EaglesBecomeVultures "Kno seriously doesn't suck as bad on this though. Hopefully he sees this soundoff."lolol
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 | iGuter What's with the rating system? Seems like the staff is getting to be more specific in their ratings rather than the regular .5 system.
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 | HSThomas Sobhi I don't know if this'd be your thing but there's an album called Trip, Trance and Travelling by a band called Paintbox? It's basically Japanese Hardcore meets Pink Floyd. Song link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdqyJN51D78
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| Omaha I'm not sure what sub-genre their music would be considered... It definitely has an old-school vibe to it, but they're very recent. Check out this song, for a taste:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixCYc1znWuE
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| Omaha Hey man, have you listened to The Doppelgangaz?
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 | FourthReich that marijuana deathsquads rec made my day it is so good thanks!
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 | Thealwaysopenedmind Any new reviews coming Sobhi? It'd be cool to hear your opinion on Duality.
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 | daIceman check it you might like ithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_MQVWxYqOw
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 | WeepingBanana i know it came out a month or two ago, but a sobhi stamp of approval would suit that new Billy Woods album nicely
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| Xenophanes Thanks, man. They're sadly overlooked due to the fact that they both--Persona 4 mostly--came out so late and people had moved on to the newer consoles. Really great games. Also, I am having a hell of a time with that Mount Eerie review : l. I know you were wanting to review it so if you'd like to feel free. I'd be happy to read it :]
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| Casablanca Dude, you're right; that No York! album is incredibly slept-on. So dope!
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 | Deviant. http://www.factmag.com/2012/08/15/house-of-balloons-producer-zodiac-readies-ep-for-jacques-greenes-label/ - and hey there, listening to Claro Intelecto and stuff
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| This Life is Genocide checked out gaza a couple times. it's good but the ballou influence is out of control on it.
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 | plane will do, thanks sobhi man
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 | silentpotato i think i like it better than Mingus Ah Um hard to say but gotdamn
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| Deviant. Don't forget that after that list you still have to go through this one as well haha: http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=426967 And sweet, I will check it out
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| Deviant. Your 3 for Shifted makes me saaaaad
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| Casablanca Another one up:
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/51265/Sweet-Valley-Stay-Calm/
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| Casablanca Dude, just read your review for guilty simpson; one of my favs of the decade. Hope everything is cool [with the staff vs. contrib thing]
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| Omaha Yeah, dude. (I'll pretend I'm not 19!) :P Going to see DTS and Aesop Rock in Atlanta tomorrow, I'll let you know how it goes.
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| Omaha Heh, yet another DTS fan in the Contributor field. I'm okay with this.
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| breakingthefragile Wait dude, actually, I didn't really understand what you meant by the comment you left on my wall, when you said "As official Lead contributor, get ready to be cracked down upon" did you mean that I AM the official lead contributor? Or did you mean you are thee official lead contributor? And am I at risk of being demoted or something?
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| breakingthefragile So, if it's confidential, private business, or you simply don't want to explain it, I understand, but I am curious, why did you get demoted anyway? You're a great reviewer and you consistently put out reviews, is this a temporary thing?
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| breakingthefragile Don't worry about it man, I won't let you down. I've been trying to get on a review a day schedule actually, but I've had to do a ton of stuff that's been preventing me from writing more, I figured I'd just contribute ratings in the time were I can't write. And don't worry, I think my ratings out as if I'm reviewing in my head, I don't mindlessly rate or anything.
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| Xenophanes Congrats the new position! Lol, hope things are back to normal soon ; )
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| breakingthefragile Wow, what the hell happened? Why did you get knocked down to contributor man?
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| silentpotato thank you for thinking of sharing it with me dude thats wicked
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| silentpotato holy s***, this is crisp as fresh slacks, mind blown
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| Casablanca Dude, because of C4C I've been getting back into a lot of that def jux sound. what's your opinion of camu tao?
Any recs besides cold vein, fan dam, funcrusher
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| Casablanca just reviewed the new rick ross album. It was pretty enjoyable,
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| breakingthefragile Hey Sobhi, I was wondering, are you gonna be reviewing Rick Ross's new album?
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 | Crysis do it, i don't think there has ever been a staff blog post about black metal
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| Crysis holy s*** so jelly upload a pic of it
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 | Gyromania new Nas is good eh? didn't expect it to be
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| Casablanca I think letting No ID produce primarily helped a lot.
Of course dude, that'd be awesome. I don't know if I'd be apt, considering I like writing for Hip-Hop mostly. What are the requirements and whatnot?
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| Casablanca I'm surprised you like the new Nas. I thought you'd hate the production
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| Omaha Hey man, could you look at my most recent list? It has your name written all over it.
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 | gabethepiratesquid u hear the Flatbush Zombies mixtape/album? I was eh about the singles but it's really nice
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| Gyromania Just wanted to say thanks again for putting a good word in for me.
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 | carouse Hey thank you! It's awesome hearing praise like that, especially when it's not a position I felt entitled to or fully-deserving of. If I may ask though, what held me back in the staff's eyes? Was it simply a lack of new release coverage and sheer quantity of reviews, or are there some other issues I can work on?
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 | Kiran you should! i have desire but i'll get internal affairs.
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| Kiran sobhi, i have been on an absolute hip hop rampage for the past few months, but i've slowed down and need some recs! just a list of your favourites would be great, or a list of anything you would recommend really. no rush, thanks in advance!
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| silentpotato not gonna lie i havent listened to much Frank Ocean at all but its good eh?
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 | redskyformiles i think it just needs to grow on me, but right now color me indifferent.
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 | BigHans yeah man Im stoked. I already have a 6 year old but babies rule.
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| silentpotato that Billy Woods album is great man. Blue Dream is so ****ing awesome
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| silentpotato cool dude, well, gimme a holla whenever im on and u wanna do er up
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| silentpotato s***, checkin that out now. only problem is i dunno if many sputnikers would be down to leave their turntable comfort zone ;]
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| silentpotato ive always been curious about it though there are some select users that would be great for that but for the most part yeah i am a whore to my own music collection and nothing else will do!
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| silentpotato canada man :[. and ive tried that whole ip block get invited on facebook thing and it didnt work for me either
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| silentpotato hahaha oh man that is pretty m/ the deep blue melancholy hues really add a whole new level of krieg! Also i've heard it is much more metal to face West than it is to face East, you've got me beat. I haven't! I've been looking for more good 2012 hip-hop to tide me over until ANX comes out (leaks) so i'll dl that right now, thanks.
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| daIceman Sobhi I am in deep depression, how the **** you can scrobble and rate ANX :D I wrote you on last.fm it's mistery for me I wanna hear it badly
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| Gyromania i know, this is the best year in hip-hop since... well, i don't know when. probably the last 5-10 years imo. have you heard about gza's new project? might be just one more hip-hop record to get excited about.
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| Gyromania damn, sounds like you have your hands full for the month. glad to hear it's good though! needless to say i'm extremely jealous that you've heard it. do you know if they're pressing it to vinyl?
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| Gyromania so, how good is new dts? it's probably my most anticipated album of 2012.
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| Crysis Yeah they're one of the best bands in the genre right now. I've seen that box set once before and I really contemplated ordering it, but considering I'm now an unemployed recent college grad I think I'll have to pass. Would love to get it, though.
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 | rasputin yeah i owe over 30k to the government at the moment though =P and yeah i was blown away by the new zelienople, didnt expect it to be so good.
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| rasputin 3 already? goddamn, it's been years. yeah I graduated but I'm doing a post-grad course at the moment, still putting off any and all responsibility
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| This Life is Genocide cheers! glad you like it man. check out the new Enabler if you're diggin that kind of sound
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 | BaselineOOO You're rather rude, but you're still one of my favorite users.
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 | greg84 Yeah. Their latest album is quite cool. I listened to it not so long ago. Thanks anyway.
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| klap first year done and i hear that's the worst so i'm cruising thru summer now, working at an entertainment attorney's office who produces films it's cool. i know multiple places that specialize in brew-throwing let me know if you're here for interviews ever
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 | taylormemer Oh, you know the deal: I don't review enough because I am too busy mixing EPs for s***ty bands and other assignments. Haha. I'd love a spot, but there are others who deserve it more.
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| taylormemer Trollz :/. How have you been anyway? Really enjoying your latest spree. Keep it up bro.
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| rasputin hey man how have you been? yeah I barely review anymore, got too much other s*** to worry about. most of the last ones I've posted had been written ages ago anyway.
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 | paxman Actually, I haven't been able to work for a week because of a back/tailbone/hip problem I've been having, so I've been stuck at my house with limited mobility and my doctor has proven himself to be quite useless thus far....so I guess you could say I've been having a bad week. Thanks for the kind words, my friend.
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| paxman Suggesting you learn the definition for whatever word that was (I can't remember) isn't constructive?
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| plane Jk I like you man but you are missing the forest for the trees with a lot of these new artists. Some really great ideas a-brewin'
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| plane I mean get off the internet old man
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| greg84 I need minimum 3 spins to review an album and at least 2 to give it a rating. Still, when the LP is poor I'm not really willing to go beyond 1 spin. There's so much great music out there that I don't seem to listen to often enough. So, that's kind of understandable. Still I'll try...
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| greg84 I exactly know what you're aiming at. It's not that I've never wanted to write a totally negative review. I've written a couple partly negative ones (3/5). I guess I'm just too lazy to take time and listen to a bad record long enough to give it a proper review. I'll try to do something about it in the future.
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| PorkchopExpress Hey, have you heard this yet? It's the first single from the collab album from Tha Alkaholiks and The Beatnuts. It's bonkers.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvoH9bXaAx8
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 | Irving Fair enough. Will keep that in mind for the future. Also, for what it's worth, the review was solid - though I miss the times when you used to write marginally longer pieces. Anyway, my sincere apologies to you once more Sobhi - make sure you have yourself a great weekend now. Cheers! =)
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 | Inveigh yeah i get what you mean, currensy's beats can be especially frustrating on certain discs, krit's all start to sound the same after awhile, even though I think returnof4eva is fantastic all around. I'll keep looking for that new DTS, definitely interested in peeping it
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| Inveigh damn I haven't even heard it yet... no luck on a link on my end. just bought a three pack of cds: new krit, killer mike and currensy. obv rap music rules them all, but the new krit and spitta are good summer listening
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| daIceman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZptOs8Gu9k
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 | StrangerofSorts Any chance of this list being featured? http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=531891
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 | AtavanHalen have you ever considered reviewing an album using only a letter, a number or a symbol?
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| Casablanca I got into the album before R.A.P. Music, so my ears hadn't been hypnotized yet
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| daIceman Are you going to review Cancer for Cure as well? peace
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| redskyformiles the new blu and exile was a lot better than No York. just sayin
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| Casablanca Yup, I'll try getting back on that horse. Oh and congrats on being promoted to Staff.
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| Casablanca I know this is damn late, but thanks Sobhi!
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| aok i know you dug the broken bells lp .. you should try out the ep too since i liked it even better
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 | Tupik Have you listened to the new Royce da 5'9 yet ?
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