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Run These Jewels is dope, but some of El-P's beats are downright bland and even bad. I'm a big Killer Mike fan though so I attempt to overlook that.
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I have always been a fan of El-P's production, Funcrusher Plus and the Cold Vein are masterpieces in my eyes. I am a fan of all of his solo projects and feel like RTJ is his best work to date. To each his own I guess.Run These Jewels is dope, but some of El-P's beats are downright bland and even bad. I'm a big Killer Mike fan though so I attempt to overlook that.
NY needs talent and a memory.
Nah, I have absolutely no energy to hate it or dude.I swear to everything I turned this **** off under 5 seconds when he started rapping. I even skipped somewhere to the middle.
Nah b. I'd have to be high on something at a party for me to get by on that playing.
5 seconds is even enough to try and digest the music. "You hated before you played it". That's the problem with some people.
Personally, I give everything a real chance to try and see the appeal. I then decide if it's for me after actually trying to listen to it.
Nah, I have absolutely no energy to hate it or dude.
I tried to listen to dude rap and I couldn't. Why are so many ppl rapping in this inaudible sound now a days? Just trying to flow on the beat saying a whole lot of nothing?
I dunno man maybe you should posted something with a better beat as well. I had my volume up and everything I listened when it started and when he started rapping the hook or w/e I quickly stopped it, then skipped to the middle when he spitting his verse.
Sorry that **** don't sound good to me.
I still flip **** when any song on Diplomatic Immunity comes on my shuffle. That music is gonna forever be timeless to me.
Are you basing your timeline on strictly mainstream rap? 1998 was a flourishing time for Underground Hip Hop, especially in Los Angeles. As a matter of fact, this was a time when the West Coast saw the emergence of some of their best artist. Living Legends were making their mark, Ras Kass was rising, Stones Throw was emerging and Project Blowed was the epicenter of skilled emcees in the entire Western Hemisphere. While I know you are clearly perceptive in mainstream artist and their time-line, you have clearly ignored the Underground in your recollection of history. You also seem to have no real grasp of Los Angeles and what was really going on here.NY needs talent and a memory.
Remember in 1998, the west coast for all intents and purposes was dead in the water. Kurupt solo was a disappointment. Daz as well. Mr Short Khop? If you even remember him, you get my drift. There was a lack of NEW talent, bad business had ruined Ruthless and Death Row along with untimely deaths.
I don't need a history lesson, like you; I have lived this and we are most likely the same age. Nowhere in my post did I say that the East Coast's Underground scene wasn't top notch either.Ras Kass debuted in 96. Same time as Xzibit.
Even in the terms of underground hip-hop (which I'm obviously not talking about when I mention Death Row and Ruthless) the east had Rawkus records, Stones Throw was not ****** with Rawkus in the least bit. Status or quality. Peanut Butter Wolf's project was revered but it was no Soundbombing, Lyricist Lounge 1, or Funcrusher.
I don't think underground has been the topic of discussion on either coast in this thread.
So why point it out?I don't need a history lesson, like you; I have lived this and we are most likely the same age.
IMO leaving the underground out of the discussion is just odd to me. No matter the region, the Underground is the bedrock of this culture. I hope you're not taking what I'm saying the wrong way, nothing but respect for you my man.If I wanted to discuss "underground" I would've just added the prefix.