Hip Hop/Rap Fanatics Unite!

[Luke]

Woke up earlier this morning and listened to "Power" by Snap! followed by Pump Up the Volume.

Much running man and "dumb dancing" was involved.

Dancing like a lunatic is good exercise.

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A$AP Rocky surprised everyone and dropped his new album At.Long.Last.A$AP today. It is now my front-runner for album of the year. Dark, psychedelic awesomeness.

[Luke]

For Noise and TSTR (because there is cheese involved)



Look at da flicka da wrist

[TSTR]

apparently the cheese has a deviated septum

[Luke]

apparently the cheese has a deviated septum

Or his sleep apnea carries over when he's actually awake.

[Luke]

You may have already seen this, but if not, I need to let you know that this video includes:

Double dutch
A leather TMNT jacket
A tribute to Mary J Blige
Lyrics from Wu-Tang
Crumping
Crips and crip walking
Kids doing the bankhead bounce
Breakfast
Lyrics from House of Pain
A list of the days of the week
A Blackhawks Sweater
A nod to Flicka da wrist
Overalls
Nods to TLC
Kids with more street cred than chris brown
The actual Harlem shake
The word sausage being yelled angrily
Twerking
Sick beats
Spontaneous dancing in the street
Gangstas on trampolines
Booty shaking
Flame throwing
Voguing
Cranking dat soldier boy
and hats!

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@TSTR:

Three 6 Mafia
The End
1996, It's kind of weird to call your second album The End, but whatever. The greatness of this album totally overshadows any nitpicking of the title. It certainly picks up right where Mystic Stylez left off. It's got that same creepy vibe, yet is far better produced. The album kicks off with "Stomp" - a track that samples the theme song from Unsolved Mysteries and carries all the creepy cache that said theme song might carry. It's haunting and spooky and impressive and dope. It's also an excellent way to start things up. The record moves along and manages to never sound overlong even at 17 tracks. The well thought-out sequencing plays a big role in this. "Late Night Tip" is another eerie track with fantastic back-and-forth between Gangsta Boo and Lord Infamous. "Walk Up 2 Yo House" makes you feel like these guys are insane - in a good way. Later on Project Pat shows up on "Where Da Killaz Hang," a track that makes a stray Master P lyric sound like the most demented thing you've ever heard. It slowly makes your head nod, but also makes you feel kind of nervous at the same time. Three 6 is great at making these kinds of schizophrenic tracks. The album closes with the one-two punch of "The End," an instrumental that could very well be a horror movie score, and "Life Or Death" a Killa Klan Kaze track that heavily features snippets of Makavelli's "Hail Mary" slowed down for ultimately macabre-ness. Whereas many artists can only hope to avoid the sophomore slump, Three 6 Mafia has managed to follow up their debut with a record that is absolutely stunning.

[TSTR]

On point, brother. I almost look at The End as their real debut album, and Mystic Stylez as like a culmination of all their previous underground work. The End sets the blueprint for the next couple albums to follow before the mainstream influence begins to really seep into their work.

[jp1]

Always love Cube, some might think he is a sellout. I bet they wouldn't say it to his face though.

[stickem]

Late nite tip prolly my favorite song off that one.