Hip Hop/Rap Fanatics Unite!

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That's exactly it. Sometimes Kanye is sharing extremely deep and intellectual personal stuff. Then he teeters and goes into a tirade of controversy, conspiracy and self-absorbedness. Doesn't detract from how much of a musical genius he can be, but it's lol what sometimes.

oh yeah dood, I'm not putting the record down. I'd say its ridiculousness is a big part of its draw. It's sort of why it exists. Live albums aren't as prominent in hip hop as they are in other genres. So it seems to me that often they exist because they're some kind of special show that needs preservation. In this example it's a pre-MBDTF Kanye already slipping into his downward spiral.

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Kickstarter to "liberate" that one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang album.

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How is twelve reasons to die? I have it on my computer but have yet to burn it to a CD and put it in my car so I can actually listen to it.

it's incredible! Adrien Younge's band did the music. Sounds like a 70's Italian horror film score - which is why I got the deluxe ed for the bonus instrumental disc. Seriously one of Ghost's best albums in years. Which is saying a lot.

Yea I just burned it and drove to work listening to it and what I heard was awesome up until the CD started skipping

Probably going to look into that instrumental disc. Now if he would just come to town and do a show I'd be happy because its been awhile since he was here last.

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Flexi, I'm actually borderline devastated. That limited edition I got of 12 Reasons... I can't find the first disc. I mean, I still have the mp3's on my PC and all. I have the really nice packaging w/ slipcase. I have the bonus disc and even the comic book. But I cannot find the actual physical first disc anywhere. My wife even helped me search the house high and low, as well as both our cars. (This is actually the one Ghostface album she really likes as it reminds her of Morricone or Goblin...)



Anyway, I hit up my local game/comic/record/movie store last night to see what they had in the way of used hip hop. It was pretty dry. I grabbed Slim Thug's Already Platinum - best known of course for "Like A Boss," but a pretty good Neptunes-produced record. Though I actually prefer the follow-up Boss Of All Bosses. Also grabbed The Great Milenko. As easy as it is to hate ICP, there's quite a few albums of theirs that I got a kick out of 'back in the day.' It's not necessarily good stuff, but it's like Gwar to me. A funny/fun/silly/stupid show. Though buying an ICP album is one of those situations where you wait for all other customers to leave the store before bringing it to the counter...
at any rate, both of these CD's were ones I already had on my HDD.

Also related to the OP, I started reading My Infamous Life this week, which is Prodigy (from Mobb Deep)'s autobiography. I'm slightly ashamed to say that I don't really read a lot of books for fun these days, but when I do it's pretty much always non-fiction. Generally, it's like 50% books about games and 50% books about music.

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Dude, that sucks about losing the disc. If I come across a copy here I'll grab it for you man.

Oh and dude I think sure shot part one & two track eleven (?) On twelve ways to die is probably one of the absolute best Ghostface tracks ever. Some of the lines in that song just knocked my socks off.

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my favorite on there is "An Unexpected Call." That beat is incredible.



I hit a thrift shop after work and found a few CD's. Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill first. Then ICP's Amazing Jekyl Brothers. At this point it's like a joke. I keep finding cheap, really good condition ICP albums so I feel like I have to buy them. And then I found Da Unbreakables by Three 6 Mafia. I hadn't heard that one before, so was pleased to grab it.

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Kickstarter to "liberate" that one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang album.

it's come to this, eh

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Kickstarter to "liberate" that one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang album.

it's come to this, eh

I'll be happy if it works.

Tonight I'm listening to:

Considering an album title like Murda Muzik, it’s kind of surprising to hear some outright positivity coming out of Mobb Deep on this one. Whether it’s Prodigy discussing his love for his father or the track “Spread Love” which quite literally encourages listeners to spread love. In a lot of ways this album feels a bit more personal as far as subject matter goes than previous Mobb albums. But that doesn’t mean that Mobb’s lost their edge by any means, and just as the album title should suggest there’s lots of grimm-ness to be found here. Havoc’s beats shift mostly between the atmospheric gloominess that Mobb is most well known for (“Quiet Storm”) to old school QB breakbeat throwbacks (“Allustrious”) to out-of-tune-isms akin to the classic “Shook Ones” (“The Realest”) and it all gels really nicely. The same can be said for the guest appearances from the likes of Cormega, Raekwon, Infamous Mobb, Big Noyd, Kool G Rap and Lil’ Kim. It’s not a perfect album, but very few Mobb Deep albums are. Fortunately it’s a really solid album that fans of the group should definitely have in their collections.

and now:

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Grabbed a few used CD's while out clothes shopping w/ my wife. Stash is a remix EP by Cypress Hill. N*E*R*D's Fly Or Die is an album I like a lot. I feel like it was pretty slept on. And Snoop's Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss was one I never heard. His first after his stint on No Limit, I believe.

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You'll be posting Ini Kamoze next week