Albums DJ Premier x Roc Marciano - The Coldest Profession (August 8th)

[mundL]

Wait this is dropping tomorrow?

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Wait this is dropping tomorrow?

Yep and the leak is floating around

 

[mundL]

Yep and the leak is floating around

I'll wait for the official release

I was not prepared for this to drop so early lmao

Roc has never dropped a weak project

He is the Real King of the New school lol

Rip Ka

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

It's the same with Pete.

Dude was on IG going through old SP discs, that had labels on them like "3/14/95" and sh*t and he was playing the craziest beats that we never heard! Sh*t that was better than a lot of his later work after '98. And the people in the comments were telling him to do something with them.

He said some of the beats he had on the last Common album, he already had in the stash for years and just dusted them off for Common. These dudes are literally sitting on some of the best sh*t never heard and just doing nothing with them. Dre's the same, lol.

The best beats I'd Pete's projects have been from the vault but he also did joint dof common album brand new that were neck and neck. Like fortunate.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Gave it a spin earlier

It's okay...

Kinda hope Nas got a better batch than this

 

[Corndog]

This is dope as hell to me, love to hear Roc over these more traditional beats (love his usual left field stuff too, but variety is the spice of life, as they say)

Marcberg vibes

 

[TheDarceKnight]

This is dope as hell to me, love to hear Roc over these more traditional beats (love his usual left field stuff too, but variety is the spice of life, as they say)

Marcberg vibes

Yeah, there's 2 beats I'm not loving a whole lot but they could grow on me for sure

 

[Awesome Wells]

The best beats I'd Pete's projects have been from the vault but he also did joint dof common album brand new that were neck and neck. Like fortunate.

Truth.

And I never had an issue with the legends just going back and dusting off joints from the vault. I always felt like some of their best sh*t is from that era. Why not use those today if they're still dope?

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Prayer Hands is the weakest on here to me

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Truth.

And I never had an issue with the legends just going back and dusting off joints from the vault. I always felt like some of their best sh*t is from that era. Why not use those today if they're still dope?

Man, a lot of times they just enjoy being creative and it’s not as fulfilling for them to use older stuff when collaborating in the here and now. I understand wanting to hear a lot of that older stuff, but I also understand why most producers only like doing that in rare cases.

Everybody wants to feel relevant and energized by what they’re doing in the present time. Even non creative people feel that way. It’s a very human thing.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Man, a lot of times they just enjoy being creative and it’s not as fulfilling for them to use older stuff when collaborating in the here and now. I understand wanting to hear a lot of that older stuff, but I also understand why most producers only like doing that in rare cases.

Everybody wants to feel relevant and energized by what they’re doing in the present time. Even non creative people feel that way. It’s a very human thing.

Nah, I totally get that.

I just think for the fans, you gotta give them your best sh*t. Regardless of when it was made. For the people, it's all new. Pete is a great example because he said a lot of that last Common album was his old beats that he played for Common years ago.

Thing is, Pete's still making new beats daily. So he said he's sitting on "albums and albums" and years of beats, so he has a lot of sh*t to choose from, for MC's.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Nah, I totally get that.

I just think for the fans, you gotta give them your best sh*t. Regardless of when it was made. For the people, it's all new. Pete is a great example because he said a lot of that last Common album was his old beats that he played for Common years ago.

Thing is, Pete's still making new beats daily. So he said he's sitting on "albums and albums" and years of beats, so he has a lot of sh*t to choose from, for MC's.

That makes sense for Pete I also think Preem doesn’t have as much unreleased beats. Of course he has some. But he’s said he rarely makes beats for fun or practice, and mostly only does it when he’s been commissioned to work. He’s not shooting jumpers all day like some other guys are.

Also, it’s very likely to me that he doesn’t consider his newer work to be worse than his old work.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Off 2 listens.

I like 5/7 of these a lot. I do wish it was like 2-3 songs more. A solid 10-piece here would’ve been great.

On the other hand. It’s free and they did say it was only an EP from the jump.

I think this will be a devicive project. One thing that’s good and bad about Roc doing drumless is sometimes he does these crazy flows where he stuffs a ton of words into the pocket. It can be real dope but other times I don’t like it as much (Cryotherapy is a good example of this). The drums on this album are very conventional, and IMO they kind of force Roc to stay in certain pockets and flows that I like.

The big complaint some folks will have on that is that the production might sound dated here and there.

- The rapping on Glory Hole is insane.
- Armani Section’s been fire since I heard it earlier this year.
- Good to Go is super hard. Some super funny adlibs too. Slower flow reminiscent of older Roc.
- Execution Style sounds like Preem doing more of a Roc style beat.
- Travel Fox is real smooth. I miss Roc doing these mid-tempo flows. That’s a good part of this album
- RocMarkable and Prayer Hands might have to grow on me a little bit.

 

[ManBearPig]

 

[Jards]

Yep and the leak is floating around