Any fans of Da Youngstas?

[QUOTE]New Kanye West album leaked.

Incase anyone cares.[/QUOTE]I care. Can you upload it? His new single was bad but the man hasn't released a bad album yet so I can only expect it'll be alot better than his single.

Does anyone anyone know why the hell Lupe is about to retire? He’s released (as far as I’m concerned) 2 of the freshest hip hop albums in recent years or any year for that matter with F&L and the Cool. His rhymes have been so intelligent and intricate he can tell a story like no-one else, now, with only 2 albums under his belt he’s arguably one of the best emcees ever. Finally a young highly intellectual emcee has been embraced by the mainstream and now he wants to end it all with only 3 albums to his name? It’s almost a crime, he has so much to say. Well….if LupEND is as fresh as his last two have been I probably wont be complaining at all I’ll be praising him as the greatest emcee ever…..we shall see. Cant wait to hear three whole discs of new Lupe though....

Anyone heard of Typical Cats?

Lupe is alright...I think that's over-rating him a bit though. Someone like Ghostface is a far superior story-teller and he consistently releases excellent albums. F&L was great by Lupe, [I]The Cool[/I], was ok, nothing amazing, and I imagine the new one will be in the same vein.

sure lupe is retiring he is touring australia the beginning of next year :/

[QUOTE]The Cool, was ok, nothing amazing[/QUOTE]It's not as accessible as F&L musically but lyrically it's as good if not better. Listen to all the lyrics of "Hip Hop Saved My Life", "The Die", or "Intruder Alert" the guy is brilliant. "Paris and Tokyo" sounded like a more articulate and classier Q Tip it's my favorite Rap love song (thats besides "Otha Fish" of course). I didn't like [I]the Cool [/I]either at first but if you really give it a chance and listen to all the lyrics you'll find something new everytime it'll grows on you if you keep listening.

[QUOTE=Schyma;16867724]It's not as accessible as F&L musically but lyrically it's as good if not better. Listen to all the lyrics of "Hip Hop Saved My Life", "The Die", or "Intruder Alert" the guy is brilliant. "Paris and Tokyo" sounded like a more articulate and classier Q Tip it's my favorite Rap love song (thats besides "Otha Fish" of course). I didn't like [I]the Cool [/I]either at first but if you really give it a chance and listen to all the lyrics you'll find something new everytime it'll grows on you if you keep listening.[/QUOTE]


I don't really think it's less accessible. I agree that those songs are good, but it's too inconsistent to be considered 'great'.

horsey, he has said that he plans on retiring after releasing his third album, which he plans on making a triple album. I don't think it will turn out too good, but who knows? I hope it is awesome.

Lupe is boring. He's not terrible but I just find him sort of robotic and bland. As for a triple album, most mainstream rappers have enough trouble releasing an album that isn't bloated and over-long as is so I won't be bothering with it.

**** me a triple album is a bit much...jeez

ya know there's otha fish in the sea that is

That song is cool until the end. Then it drags on.

Never really got into Lupe much.

Lately, I've been listening to Dred Scott, Da Youngstas, and Down South.

lol what

Damn [I]Tronic[/I] so good.

****, it's seriously amazing

i can listen to this album all day

why did you only give it a 3-and-a-half on the reivews site

[QUOTE=Apocalyptic Raids;16863306]the title track is awesome

the rest of album is alright but i put off getting it for so long and it got a lot of hype so it sort of disappointed me a little. i still need more listens though.[/QUOTE]

it isn't really a "hit after hit" rap album, it is just an organic experience that has to be taken in as a whole. kind of like 'Tronic' which is also amazing, but really doesn't have more than one or two "amazing" tracks.

kingsoby i'm trying my hardest to get you put on contributor for the review site.

thanks dude, def would write grips of hiphop reviews

which reminds me -- i was thinking of finishing up this ludacris review here someday

Listened to D12's 'Devil's Night' and Public Enemy's 'Fear of a Black Planet' last night.

D12 album was alright, entertaining, I enjoy a nice blend of different voices. The Public Enemy album had a very nice feel to it, very alternative hip-hopesque.

holy ****

dan le sac vs. scroobius pip's album angles is so ridiculously good its not funny

omg this is so good

emeritus is really tight.

review should be up tonight.

[quote=horseman] dan le sac vs. scroobius pip's album angles is so ridiculously good its not funny[/quote]

It ain't half bad, but it does wear off after a while

[quote=kingsoby1]emeritus is really tight.[/quote]

Shiznik is tight.

i love the clip of dan le sac and scroobius on the british X factor covering a nate dogg song...they looked so bad and they got hacked when to see their actual music is heaps funny

Lol, I saw that, was hilarious.

what does everyone think of the new ludacris disc? I got it and am in a love/hate relationship with it. any other comments? (sorry if some1 already brought this up i didnt wanna scroll thru 253 pages of text haha)

no worries dude, but fyi, there's a search function at the top called "search this thread".

i don't believe anyone's discussed it, anyway... i think it's alright. some solid tracks, some stupid tracks, overall a good release for luda.

tight album:

[img]http://www.rapkc.com/Shop/images/berner&equipto-400.jpg[/img]

mainly the song everythang

did you guys know k-os has a new cd coming out and he's having a contest to mix 11 of the songs.

[url]http://www.indabamusic.com/contests[/url]

i thought that was pretty cool!

Downloading the new Common, anyone heard it yet?

i heard some track off it a while back, seemed okay. kinda weird beat for common.

Also getting the new Scarface because apparently he plays a guitar solo on it. Should be good.

It's the outro of the song with Z-Ro.