Curren$y & The Alchemist - The Carrollton Heist (Mixtape)

[Ohene]

Have y'all noticed that Pilot talk 3 sounds a bit better now?

Like I don't have to turn my headphones all the way up to hear it anymore.

where

 

[Ohene]

blk rally stripes is meditation music. shyt will have you in a deep focus man...i dont know if its the best...but its certainly the most effective and powerful lol

 

[Stone]

where

It's the same version I downloaded when it came out. For some reason it sounds better to me than it did in the past.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

It's the same version I downloaded when it came out. For some reason it sounds better to me than it did in the past.

Nah

This and pilot talk 3 need better mixes

Spitta need a go to or engineer on his team. This ain't working breh. I been trying to bump this mixtape but I the levels are all fukked up

 

[Duppy]

@IronFist @beaniemac @Piff Perkins @savoutch @cimalee @StoneGenius @ThaRealness @Danie84 @Tuaminator @Wepa Man @Won Won @LeflaurLeflahEshkoshka
@Wargames @street heat @Duppy @JetLifer16 @JetLife @Lord Mecca @SoulController @Monoblock @dontreadthis @Dwight Howard @Morose Zeitgeist @nigraz @BuddyOmar @Aufheben @FloorGeneral @Ill-Mind @thewiz703 @jmetz08 @Surreal @Ari Gold Bawse @iamduval @the kid @Jx2 @ReggieFlare @Nigmund Freud @FukkAPaidEmail @dakidbanks @aceboon @O.Red @Tetris v2.0

Will most definitely be copping this one on vinyl, fukking beautiful tape

 

[zerozero]

this is smooth brehs

 

[subletteafterdark]

"Cooler than a polar bear's toenails, aw hell"
Great nod and reference, making an even greater hook. Can't get it outta my head.

 

[Danie84]

Why is smoking in the rain so short

That's my only complaint with Spitta, lately

...half 16 Barz (with the dadadeh adlib) over PIFF beats is still kinda uncooked

Anyway, Pinero over ALC's production makes the cypher complete

 

[Won Won]

"Cooler than a polar bear's toenails, aw hell"
Great nod and reference, making an even greater hook. Can't get it outta my head.

There was quite a bit of "paying homage" on here

 

[ReggieFlare]

That's my only complaint with Spitta, lately

...half 16 Barz (with the dadadeh adlib) over PIFF beats is still kinda uncooked

Spitta's style IMO is perfect for shorter tracks with little hooks...which this and CC are

 

[Ari Gold Bawse]

Spitta's style IMO is perfect for shorter tracks with little hooks...which this and CC are

we need two verses over these piff beats though

 

[LeflaurLeflahEshkoshka]

The drums on Cartridge

 

[mozichrome]

My fav song is 500 pounds of gas
Wayne came thru also on this joint
After cathedral and owners manual, spitta just can't lose

 

[u mad son?]

The soundstage on this one is larger than Covert Coup, but I would say that the overall melodies on Carrollton Heist are recessed.
Sonically, Carrollton Heist is gigantic, which is how it gets away with having less forward and less aggressive melodic ballads.

It's not fair to compare the two on a blow by blow, the two mixtapes are doritos to donuts.

That said, some elements are similar - familiar drum patterns - tracks with highly memorable 2 bar drum cadences over extended 4 or 8 bar instrumental sample sequence. I'd say Alchemist's collaging has improved greatly over the last 5 years since the release of Covert Coup, although the overall the immediate catchiness of Covert Coup melodies are uncontested.

Black Rally Stripes shows the growth of the dynamic between ALC and Curren$y, especially in the second half of the song. Curren$y seems more comfortable and at home on Carrollton Heist - one of the most organic flows on the entire project, not to mention how the beat melts from the initial soundtrack prog sample at the beginning, and drags its final intro note to a stretched sample that pulsates with the drums to create an entire beat aside from the looped hook at the end of every fourth bar.

Aside from the glaringly obvious attempts to tie in a theme using sound bites from movies, Carrollton Heist still would sound like a more cohesive project than Covert Coup. (maybe still arguable, but I think pacing on CH is more even-keel than CC)

I'd say you could find a parallel from each track on Covert Coup for each track of Carrollton Heist (someone had asked about a Blood Sweat and Gears equivalent - 500 Pounds Of Gas comes to mind based on its similar intricacies (but I also can't help but tie the production of 500 Pounds Of Gas to the arpeggiator inspired beats from Boldy James and Alchemist's M1CS album)).

As TheDarceKnight summed up well, Covert Coup is nearly bulletproof.
Also, it's had 5 solid years to marinate - I catch myself reminiscing of all of the good times that I had while listening to Covert Coup, and those moments will more than likely outnumber any other project I've been listening to in the last 5 years.
Carrollton Heist kept me in a good place for the last couple of days. I'm not sure another Covert Coup is remotely possible, there has to be a lot of luck involved in creating a project that is that good - it was stupid - and most of all, it was a project that no one had clear set expectations of - Alchemist was trying an untested style while shooting from the hip with those types of beats, and Curren$y had never worked extensively with ALC prior to (really, just an unlikely musical pairing as far as I'm concerned based on Curren$y's catalogue prior to).

This is my favourite part of the whole tape, I cant get over how he flipped that shyt

 

[Surreal]

Go faaaar