Jaz
Pro
Favorite track on the cd...
'Cause we from where you from
not talking 'bout the slums
I'm talkin' about that mindstate that keep a black nikka dumb
Keep a black nikka dyin' by a black nikka gun
And keep 'em listenin' to these frontin' ass rap nikkas sonThat verse and his verse on Pity make me contemplate my life![]()
Cole aint nothin but mid-00s conscious underground rap revisited
People big him up because of what he represents rather than his actual ability
that's what these new cats don't understand. Cole, Kendrick.... so safe. We've been here before, and it was done better back then. I rock with rappers that do NEW shyt. take me places where hip hop hasn't been and do it well. Not some struggle backpack rapper 'bringing the feeling back'. FOH
What new shyt? And who's doing it?
I don't recall mainstream hip hop albums like GKMC/TPAB
Despite the album’s aspirations towards the avant-garde, To Pimp A Butterfly isn’t even particularly innovative. The blending of jazz, funk, and neo-soul has been a cliché of progressive-leaning hip-hop since the late 1990s. Basically, anything the Soulquarian clique ever released. Common’s Electric Circus, Q-Tip’s Kamaal the Abstract, The Roots’ Phrenology all moved towards sonic eclecticism that Kendrick is dabbling in. Like Kendrick’s latest, the musicianship on each of its predecessors was virtuosic. However, each fell victim to the same plague of prizing atmosphere and abstraction over tight songwriting.
Funny shyt?
I look at Wale's snapchat and he has absolute FIRE.
I mean shyt that makes J Cole look like he's in the talent competition in high school.
Wale needs J Cole's push, but hey, I don't make the rules
I DO know that J Cole appeals to people who aren't that intelligent. I feel confident in saying that right now. No one who ACTUALLY considers themselves an academic or learned or even someone who isn't that pretentious needs to listen to that ham-fisted attempted conscious bullshyt. He's not that good at even rapping. I mean...he can lace a few bars together when he does a feature or two, but his LPs are an epic chore and an exercise in unremarkable and prosaic output.
Agreed, that sample is piffI gotta give him credit, that 'Cant Get Enough' sample was![]()
Shut the fukk up with this "real hip hop" shyt
Real hip hop is entertaining
Real hip hop doesn't need fukkboys to defend it