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lil troy-massive one hit wonder "wanna be a balla". speaking of "troys" try out pastor troy, legend. wanna be a balla brings back some memories. nice reviews noise, btw, enjoy reading them.

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20 INCH BLADES
ON THE IMPALA

Goddamn that song was everywhere when it came out.

[Ack]

But what does noise think of Brotha Lynch Hung?

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20 INCH BLADES
ON THE IMPALA

Goddamn that song was everywhere when it came out.

I always wondered if it was an interpolation of "Raspberry Beret," or if it was just coincidental. I think the former.

But what does noise think of Brotha Lynch Hung?

Wow. You got me. I know of him, but couldn't name a song. Am I missing out? I feel like walking into the metal thread and stumping you.

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I just finished watching SVDDXNLY the new A$AP Rocky documentary. It came out in 5 parts over 5 weeks, but I was waiting til it was all up so I could see it in whole. It was awesome. Honestly, of all the new dudes out there now - Kendrick, Odd Future, Wiz, Schoolboy, Danny Brown, Chance, etc - for me, Rocky is just on this other level. And I don't mean that I think he's any better than any of those guys. I'm just seeing, me, personally, he just hits me the exact right way. Like, when I listen to Live Love A$AP, that mixtape to me is like exactly what I want music to sound like. It's like, I'd struggle to explain what I love about music, and this dude just made the music and said "this, right?" Stuff like "Whassup?," "Leaf," "Purple Swag," all that stuff is just exactly what I think is just perfect in my mind. Slow, druggy, beautiful, ugly, chill, introspective, brash, spacey, atmospheric... just perfect. I mean I'll re-iterate all this shit when I end up doing a write-up on that mixtape. But just saying. I love a lot of new rappers, but to me Rocky is just easily my favorite and I'm fiending so hard for that new A$AP Mob album after hearing them working on it in the documentary. Anyone even sort of into him needs to watch this.

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I love how cheap CD's are if you're patient. I generally don't spend over $4 on em. This is what arrived for me today:

2Pac - Better Dayz
Lil Wayne - Lights Out
Common - One Day It'll All Make Sense
Lil Troy - Sittin Fat Down South
The Diplomats - Diplomatic Immunity 2
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
Ghostface - The Pretty Toney Album
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
KMD - Mr. Hood
Mos Def - The New Danger
Dangerdoom - The Mouse And The Mask
Digable Planets - The Blowout Comb
A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes & Life

Agree. Some great albums in there. I've done the same here in England, picked up these for £1.99 each. Sold all of my CDs last year to pay towards a wedding, so it's quite nice starting a fresh collection.

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But what does noise think of Brotha Lynch Hung?

wore season of da sickness out back in the day. lestened to his newer stuff and it's "ok"

[Razzmatazz]

Snoop Dogg - Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$ - 2002 - Doggystyle
After his stint on No Limit, Snoop returns with a celebratory album. Now I must note that I hate that he used "tha" and "da" in the same title, but all that aside, this is a pretty decent record. The major problem with this album - and ultimately with many of Snoop's albums - is that it's just too much. Clocking in at 19 tracks, it's tough to keep the momentum and quality top-notch throughout. Luckily, there's more hits than misses here. And be assured that this is a total party record. Snoop provides several party anthem throwbacks: "Stoplight" jacks Parliament's classic "Flashlight," "Ballin'" revamps The Dramatics' "Fallin'" (and features The Dramatics!), "Paper'd Up" is actually a really faithful cover of Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full," (which you may have seen performed in the movie Old School). But it's not all remakes, and a lot of the fresh originals are the real standouts. There's no denying just how awesome The Neptunes-produced cuts are. "From The Chuuuch To The Palace," is Snoop in top form, while "Beautiful" lets Pharrell get some crooning spotlight. These are reminders of just how great a team Snoop and The Neptunes really are. While Paid Tha Cost definitely runs on longer than it needs to, it also doesn't exactly overstay its welcome. And while many tracks are less compelling than the really excellent gems peppered throughout, nothing here is really a throwaway either. The worst material here is mostly just Snoop on autopilot, which isn't totally terrible either.

Yeah this was one of his better efforts. Am I right in thinking it had a couple of DJ Premier tracks - "Batman and Robin" and "The One And Only"? And then Snoop repaid the favour with "In This Life" on the final Gang Starr album.

I don't think I've enjoyed a Snoop album throughout since Tha Last Meal. It was in that 2000/2001 period where the West Coast had a fine balance between gangsta and mainstream. It didn't hurt that Dre was on fire either. Remember blasting Tha Last Meal and Restless by Xzibit, whilst playing Tony Hawks 2 on Dreamcast. Even though that game had a brilliant soundtrack itself!

The problem with modern Snoop albums (for example, "Doggumentary") is that they try to please too many people. He had a dance anthem with DJ Guetta's "Sweat", some throwback G shit ("The Way Life Used To Be") and collaborations with everybody from Willie Nelson to Damon Albarn.

[IrishNinja]

ordered that Tribe vinyl set! $13/each for one of my all-time favorite groups, just gotta track down Love Movement one day which shouldn't be hard.

good write-ups as usual noise, and yeah as a Nas fan, hooo boy was The Firm a letdown. in my mind it was somewhere after that we saw oochie wallie/etc and i had to move onto other artists, until Stillmatic at least.

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Yeah this was one of his better efforts. Am I right in thinking it had a couple of DJ Premier tracks - "Batman and Robin" and "The One And Only"? And then Snoop repaid the favour with "In This Life" on the final Gang Starr album.

you're right. First meeting of Snoop & Primo. Mean to mention that.

[/quote]The problem with modern Snoop albums (for example, "Doggumentary") is that they try to please too many people. He had a dance anthem with DJ Guetta's "Sweat", some throwback G shit ("The Way Life Used To Be") and collaborations with everybody from Willie Nelson to Damon Albarn.[/quote]

Yeah they're to schizophrenic. I mean, I thought the Willie Nelson collabo was actually kind of cool. But I like when his albums have sort of focus instead of sounding like "a bunch of songs."

ordered that Tribe vinyl set! $13/each for one of my all-time favorite groups, just gotta track down Love Movement one day which shouldn't be hard.

Awesome. ATCQ is my favorite. Midnight Marauders is my fav hip hop album of all time. Love Movement is so-so, but still worth having.

good write-ups as usual noise, and yeah as a Nas fan, hooo boy was The Firm a letdown. in my mind it was somewhere after that we saw oochie wallie/etc and i had to move onto other artists, until Stillmatic at least.

Haha, "Oochie Wallie" isn't terrrrrible. I actually like the QB's Finest album quite a bit. But more so for non-Nas tracks I guess. I'd say that The Firm and Nastradamus are the weakest pieces in his discography. I Am... is not quite as bad. But definitely Stillmatic was just this insane comeback for me.

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But what does noise think of Brotha Lynch Hung?

Wow. You got me. I know of him, but couldn't name a song. Am I missing out? I feel like walking into the metal thread and stumping you.

wore season of da sickness out back in the day. lestened to his newer stuff and it's "ok"

His Season of da Siccness album is probably the best example of what Brotha Lynch Hung is like, noise. He's a horrorcore artist. His lyrics include ultraviolence, murder, rape, misogyny, necrophilia, and cannibalism, amongst other nasty topics.

Return Of Da Baby Killa with Sicx is worth listening to to give you an idea what he's like.