TheDarceKnight
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Evidence Unlearning Vol 2 album OTW (1st 2 singles inside)
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FunkyFresh
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Fire
No drums, very mellow song. Odd choice for the first single. Ev on his introspective, conscious shyt, I like it.
"It goes beyond any rhyme in a verse when it's your life, no rehears-ing a line, when you live it, more vivid, more search and you'll find"
"It goes beyond any rhyme in a verse when it's your life, no rehears-ing a line, when you live it, more vivid, more search and you'll find"
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TheDarceKnight
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Yeah this new one reminds me of a cross between Pardon Me and Unlearning (the title track actually wasn't on the Unlearning album)
The Jewnited States
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Great to hear some new EV
Pen still sharp. Interested to hear this in the context of the rest of the project. Cool lil song though
Pen still sharp. Interested to hear this in the context of the rest of the project. Cool lil song though
I think saying a track like this has "no drums" is pretty misleading and plays into a very annoying narrative, although I do get what is meant (eg. looped vs programmed drums) and I'm not trying to start shyt
But the track is absolute fuego. Ev has come so far since the Dilated days
But the track is absolute fuego. Ev has come so far since the Dilated days
Piff Perkins
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Dope track
For anyone who's not heard it, track is insane. The fact that it's not on an album is wild
This popped up in my playlist the other day, I forgot all about it. shyt was so dope 
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Yeah I'm talking about programmed drums, some clear kicks or snares.
Dilated used to always have hard drums and the overall energy was a big part of why I fukked with their music so much. The production on Evs first 3 solo albums was a direct evolution of that as well.
I'm happy with evolution in style and art, and I really enjoy Ev's stream of conscious raps these days, but I do hope he has more "traditional" rap drums on this album as well.
TheDarceKnight
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I get you. The entire sub genre has changed, for better or worse. I feel like this is just more of what the sample based indie rap scene sounds like now. I expect UV2 to be a lot like UV1–a mix of lighter drums, and more traditional drums, but still noticeably less harder/louder sounding overall than cats dogs/weatherman/weather or not…
It’s almost entirely a quieter and more minimalist style these days across the board with all the major underground rappers. People are socializing less. Going to less concerts. Listening to more music in headphones. And these rappers are in their 40's or even 50's now and just aren't making as much bang out loud music as they used to.
Sometimes I miss the older sound too, but there really is a lot of that music for us to go back and listen to. 
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this was nice..respects
TheDarceKnight
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@dubsmith_nz @Corndog For one last crazy perspective on the hard drums vs light drums thing, I was talking about music with a 23 year old dude at my gym (he's a big music head), and he really surprised me by saying if he hears hard drums in sample based hiphop music, he immediately thinks of it as "old head boom bap" or "unc" music. And he said lighter drums or no drums makes him think it's "more modern" and "younger sounding" and that it sounds fresher to him as a young head. That fukked my head up.
As an older head, when I think loud drums I think of more youthful energy and what not, and I think of quieter drums as more smokey lounge rap music for older heads. But this younger fan had the exact opposite take, and he said he'd way rather listen to light drums in sample based rap music.
As an older head, when I think loud drums I think of more youthful energy and what not, and I think of quieter drums as more smokey lounge rap music for older heads. But this younger fan had the exact opposite take, and he said he'd way rather listen to light drums in sample based rap music.