Renegade47
Superstar
dog jay versace is really going to hell for these trash ass beats man. wtf is this shyt
Boldy James x Jay Versace - The Versace Tapes (8/14)
- Thread starter AMcV'88
- Start date
-
- Tags
- boldy james griselda
Word this is dope AFshyt is dope so far.
The drumless beats don't bother me
Cartier
I fukk with the drumless loops but I get the complaints. Some of these beats are a poor man's Earl, Knxwledge type knockoffs and not as polished or creative...I still vibe to them tho. Brick Van Exel, Cartier, Bentayga are all dope
Boldy is on a super dope run right now you love to see it
This shyt is wack
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
This exactly. Dude is legit one of my favorite emcees now. He’s reminding me of Jay mixed with Prodigy mixed with an Evidence or Roc Marci.Dope so far. I came in expecting no drums and just straight loops, which is Jay's style. Boldy's rhymes continue to improve. When I go back and listen to My First Chemistry Set, while I love that album (and think it's one of Alchemist's best, beat wise) you can hear him running into walls with his bars. Punchlines not hitting, not actually rhyming, etc. But he's got a flow and rhyme pattern down now and it just...works with that voice.
Brick Van Exel
I’m glad Jay is co-signing him heavy now.
Last edited:
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
Please give Tea in China another listen. Beat for beat it’s not as dope as the 2013 album, but bar-wise it’s way leveled up, and the track sequencing is immaculate.
I didn’t like it much at first. But I listened a month later and it’s slowly burned and burned until it became one of my favorite albums of the year.
Give it one more shot breh.
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
I never heard this joint before this year. Love it though. Been bumping these 2 a lot as well. I really wish someone could tell me who produced Free 80. I’ve looked everywhere and can’t find out.
Dope so far. I came in expecting no drums and just straight loops, which is Jay's style. Boldy's rhymes continue to improve. When I go back and listen to My First Chemistry Set, while I love that album (and think it's one of Alchemist's best, beat wise) you can hear him running into walls with his bars. Punchlines not hitting, not actually rhyming, etc. But he's got a flow and rhyme pattern down now and it just...works with that voice.
Brick Van Exel
I couldn't disagree more with the bolded. Boldy murdered every verse on that album effortlessly to me. Tea In China is insane too.
I'm not one of these people that complains about drumless beats or whatever. But these beats sound straight up unfinished. Just seems like a waste of dope lyrics. Boldy is one of my favorite rappers though, so maybe it'll grow on me.
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
I know you were talking to @Piff Perkins and not me, but you really think Boldy was as dope in 2013 as he is in 2020? I think he even said he was fukking with lean too much and wasn’t as sharp back then.
I think I like the lyrics on Chemistry Set more than Piff does, but to me there’s a CLEAR step up in rhyming abilities in the Chemistry Set and the Tea in China/Boldface recording sessions. Maybe it was him getting clean, or maybe he just got better. Maybe both.
The only issue I had with Chemistry Set is I thought it was too long. On most songs Boldy used the three 16-bar verse format, and back then I didn’t think he was a dope enough emcee to keep me engaged for that long. Even now, most of the verses on his last 4 projects (Boldface, Tea, Manger, and Versace) are 2 verses and done.
I do agree these Versace Tape instrumentals sound mad fukkin lazy and unfinished. We agree there big time.
@TheDarceKnight people in the YouTube comments was saying Alchemist produced that Free 80
Okay I feel you. Yeah, Boldy been dope to me before he linked with Alchemist. Its crazy what affiliations can do for a rapper. I don't know how you can hear KY Jellybeans or Bold or 400 Thousand and not recognize he's a technician.
M1CS wasn't long at all to me. Isn't it only like 14 songs? If anything I wasn't a big fan of having so many random features. I liked the one with Bronson cause the back and forth was dope and seemed organic.
areohbee824
Superstar
I've been thinking Al this whole time too, just not sure tho
Where's Puff Daddy with Chuck Inglish, doe?
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
word? I’ll ask around my connects. For some reason I didn’t think it was Al but I could easily be wrong