Albums Conway - G.O.A.T. (Grimiest Of All Time)(Discussion Thread)

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Zero said:
Skimming this right now because I can't give it a full listen at the moment.

Daringer might be getting a bit burned out. Still some flashes of what made me be a fan in the first place (Die on Xmas, XXXtras) but he might need to switch it up a bit. Th3rd has no business being nearly 6 minutes
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Dude has always been overrated. He's got some geat beats but he's so hit and miss. Dude is nowhere near alchemists level. Some of his shyt is just flat out unlistenable.
 
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((ReFleX)) said:
Dude has always been overrated. He's got some geat beats but he's so hit and miss. Dude is nowhere near alchemists level. Some of his shyt is just flat out unlistenable.
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He's as good as the sample he's flipping.

I always feel like I'm arguing on different sides of the line in regards to Daringer. If the final product is all that matters...then he's pretty good, most of the time. He has some great sounding finished products.

But as a producer and his abilities? His ear is his main weapon. That's fine. A lot of people's best weapon is their ear. But not only is it his main weapon, it's basically his only weapon so far. If the loop isn't a killer loop, then the beat likely isn't gonna come out fire. For example, his Rhythm Roueltte was pretty damn weak.

I haven't heard him do a ton of creative shyt yet, but again...I'm listening to Bishop Shot Steel, Arabian Sams, and Die on Xmas, and I can't really complain because they sound dope.
 
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TheDarceKnight said:
Likewise.

EDIT: It's hard to separate the actual album from the hype behind it and the songs we know were leftover. Trying to be balanced and fair...I'm giving it a solid 3.75 mics. Maybe a 4 if it had 2 more strong new joints, and maybe a better track sequencing.

1. G.O.A.T - I kept thinking the beat was going to drop, because it kept building and building. But not much happaned. Typical menacing beat by Daringer with solid Conway bars. Decent intro but it didn't blow me away.

2. Trump - Now this feels more like a proper kick off. Alchemist with some hard drums and a dope sample with some good collage samples and drum rolls scattered throughout. Conway's chorus reminds me of some dope early 50 Cent shyt. Too much talking at the end of the song though, but this is dope.

3. Th3rd F feat. Raekwon - Conway and Raekwon kill this. One of Rae's harder verses in a while to be honest. This beat is a 1 bar loop (with another 1 bar turnaround every 16 bars or so) for almost 6 minutes. No thank you. It reminds me of Visonware on Don't Get Scared Now. It's just too repetitive for me to replay this all that much.

4. Die On Xmas feat. Benny - Fire. This sample has been absolutely done to death, and Daringer doesn't do anything crazy with it, but the beat sounds fantastic. This is a perfect example of Daringer keeping it simple but striking the landing when the sample gives him what he wants. Benny shines bright on this.

5. Rodney Little feat. Prodigy - I bumped this so much in summer 2016 that I skipped over it. Go cop Conway and Prodigy's collab EP if you like this.

6. XXXtras - Conway basically just blacks out with no hook. Solid bars, but the beat is missing something. This is cool. The beat isn't bad, but I wish they had saved Dead Bodies Left and dropped it in this spot instead.

7. Bishop Shot Steel - Best joint on the album. Simple but perfect beat. More introspective joint by Conway. Reminds me of Through It All a little bit. This is what I was hoping more of this album would be like. Classic joint right here.

8. Mandatory feat. Royce 5'9 - This sort of reminds me of some DJ Premier shyt. The horns and the scratch sample. Conway does his thing but Royce really shines.

9. Arabian Sam's feat. Styles P - Heater. Styles P sounds perfect on Daringer and Alchemist beats and with Griselda in general. Probably a top 3 or 4 joint on the album. Great bassline on the beat, and Styles steals the show on here, but Conway holds his own.

10. Bullet Klub feat. Lloyd Banks & Benny - Again, not a new song. I burned this up a lot earlier this fall. Great beat. Benny and Banks outshine Conway on here IMO. And if I were Conway I would want my voice to be the last thing heard on my debut album. I would've maybe ended the album with Bishop Shot Steal maybe? Either way, this track is great.
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I agree Bishop Shot Steele is probably the best song on here

I can understand why he put Rodney Little on here (R.I.P. Prodigy) but I wish he would replaced that with one of the other songs that was expected to be on here

To be all the way real though I'm just happy that we got it to end the year
 
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T.H.E. Goat said:
I agree Bishop Shot Steele is probably the best song on here

I can understand why he put Rodney Little on here (R.I.P. Prodigy) but I wish he would replaced that with one of the other songs that was expected to be on here

To be all the way real though I'm just happy that we got it to end the year
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Same here...

BTW I wasn't complaining too much about Rodney Little. I just liked this joint he did with P more.

 
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shyt basically Reject 3.........


probably come back to it but this his most boring project to me. It may be the beats. shyt just ain't pushing the envelope.
 
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Shady Records actually posted about this on their IG page, first time I've seen them do this asides those Griselda/Shady shirts :jbhmm:
 
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