can't stop listening to power in numbers by jurassic 5

Actually having just heard the new Common a 2.5 is what I'd give it too.

[QUOTE]It's getting slaughtered on RYM, but the resident hip-hop expert gave it a really tentative 3.5 and was like, 'I'm really not looking forward to defending this rating to everyone'.[/QUOTE]
diction? totally expected that dude to give it a .5

Yeah I know. He gave Finding Forever a 0.5, iirc.

a lot of people are applying the 808s reasoning to UMC... which is bs in my opinion. it's a pop album... but it's a [i]poor[/i] pop album. i really can't see it being "average"... pharell's beats are terrible, common doesn't really rap besides his dance-commands, the content is severely lacking, i mean, all around it's basically awful. 808s is a great example of a rapper/producer making an awesome pop album; this just fails miserably.

i still have to decide between a 1.5 and 2. i'll give it another spin (ugh).

"conscious" hip hop isn't usually too good. that or anything militant

Looks like I may be interviewing Chino XL tomorrow :D

Anything you guys want to know?

Chino is still around? That's news to me.

New Common is a 1.5 at best for me.

Yeah he is putting out an album this year on Machete Music.

New Common is pretty lame.

universal mind control is really fun to dance to with drunk hot girls

which is erally surprising since we're talkign about common here

common needs dillallalalala

I listened to [I]Moment Of Truth[/I] by Gangstarr on my Ipod today. Haven't listened to it in years. I forgot how awesome it is. :)

woke up turned the drum machine on
used my instincts to make a dope song

ya antimeridian was pretty tight. i rocked out to deltron 3030 and oh no all night.

UMC is really, really awful, and by far the worst album he's dropped in his career.

Rams, this album is great.

[url]http://www.newmixes.com/flying_lotus-essential_mix-sat-11-29-2008.html[/url]

flying lotus live set for bbc radio 1

its good.

i've been on a hip hop binge lately. The roots, Atmosphere, and cLOUDEAD in particular

more like atmostupid!

I got a ton of stuff last night. Although for the life of me I can't find a working link for Grip Plyaz - Grip Hop.

Diggin this

[url]http://www.mikeymcfly.com/2008/10/proton-red-purple-vol-1.html[/url]

[QUOTE=Surf;16942217][url]http://www.newmixes.com/flying_lotus-essential_mix-sat-11-29-2008.html[/url]

flying lotus live set for bbc radio 1

its good.[/QUOTE]
oshi sweeeet

now i get to go inside his mind, musically

pharcyde - runnin' ftw

ive been listening to e 1999 eternal, souls of mischief among other albums.

[QUOTE=JonG;16945493]pharcyde - runnin' ftw[/QUOTE]

The Pharcyde is awesome.

[QUOTE=JonG;16945493]pharcyde - runnin' ftw

ive been listening to e 1999 eternal, souls of mischief among other albums.[/QUOTE]
dillaaaaaa

I just started getting into Aesop Rock. I picked up Labor Days, pretty rad.

aesop's lines are all like glibble globble glibyoullob glyben glabbletob, jaggalon, zagalon, ziggle zab

never liked aesop rock

[QUOTE=Surf;16942217][url]http://www.newmixes.com/flying_lotus-essential_mix-sat-11-29-2008.html[/url]

flying lotus live set for bbc radio 1

its good.[/QUOTE]
this shi is so good, i love how he`s using his old samples, you can see them in their true when you contrast them to the they were used in his songs. esp, the massage situation one