The Hip-Hop Appreciation Thread

[franticfish]

Some good British Hip-Hop here.

[Disturbed_fan]

Am i the only one who thinks Kanye's new album is extremely overrated? It's a average record at best but nowhere close to the amount of praise it has been getting.

[Gowienczyk]

My thoughts on Death Grips - Exmilitary

Going into Exmilitary seems to be a hard-placed one; the raw emotion and presentation is very rough and the instrumentation feels all over the place with a lack of focus. I'm not sure if each quality helps the album or deters it; I mean it is a Zach Hill project, so assuming slick beats and smooth flow seems a ridiculous expectation/assumption to make.

So far I'd say I'm not sure, but it's a interesting release in the least.

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As for this thread, I think the traffic and discussions could be better; going to not go on AOTW again until interest is at the least revitalized to some extent. But I'm still going to try to talk about hip-hop albums I enjoy again to a consistent rate.

[Lameboy19]

I really like Exmilitary a lot, for the most part it's somewhat unique and I love Zach Hill's work on the beats. I still don't think I've full digested it yet though

I still need to listen to this Shabazz Places everyone has been talking about

[Rocket2Russia]

I really thought I would dig it, but on first listen, Exmilitary is really underwhelming. I fully admit I need a couple more listens to flesh out my views on it, though.

[Gowienczyk]

It really is underwhelming, I agree. It just doesn't stick anywhere and I don't even think the record decides on what it is actually doing.

[Ultimatum]

I grew to love Exmilitary after a couple listens.

[exploder]

I've already posted Tha Basement Boys alot,but still this is freaking hilarious

[Lameboy19]

so I wonder if this will start anything

either way I kinda dig the kids flow

[388Rust]

I don't think there's going to be any back and forth with this. They didn't respond to the BOB diss track either. I agree though, the guy can rap, even though he probably just did the whole anti-Tyler thing for attention. Seems to have worked if the comments are any indication.