Music Commercial Hip Hop Thread

BigDunc9 said:
Scarface is the man. When does this drop? fecking fantastic surprise to see he is releasing a new album as he is one of my favourite all time rappers.
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The album dropped friday, not had the chance to check it out yet, hes massively underrated for me, cant believe its already been 7 years since Emeritus
 
Straight Outta Compton reminded me again how much I dislike todays hiphop. I just cannot bop my head to todays beats.
 
14 Types Of Rap Fans You Meet On The Internet

1.The guy who blames the radio and major labels for everything.

2.The 17 year old keep it real kid who hates all new rap but thinks Nas, Big L, Biggie, and OutKast were the only things to happen in hip-hop during the ‘90s.

3.The diehard, longtime, “I was-into them before they blew up” fan who obsessively rails against any new music that his favorite artist releases, to the point where it’s pretty clear that he’s not really a fan of that artist anymore

4.The tough-talker who may or may not actually be from the hood, but posts like he’s sitting in a Queensbridge stairwell. He makes frequent use of capital letters, has little regard for punctuation, and often shoots down arguments by saying, “You ain’t never been to the hood!”

5.The person who has some insanely specific behind the scenes information and tells some regional industry gangster sexual story that can’t be anything but true.

6.The guy who sees the art of rapping as a completely one dimensional craft of technical proficiency rather than a multi-dimensional art that involves things like songcraft, musicality, emotion, etc.

7.The thirsty fan who responds to every tweet or Instagram post from their favorite rappers with a proposal for sex or a question about whether or not he or she (usually she) can send nude pictures of him or herself.

8.The white hipster who is harshly critical of anything and everything any white rapper does, but offers full carte blanche, politically and musically, to impoverished rappers of color.

9.The guys who have A$AP, OVO, or GBE in their Twitter handles but no real affiliation whatsoever with the brand.

10.The wannabe critic who declares everything derivative and asks, “But will we be talking about this 10 years from now?” instead of just enjoying the music.

11.The international rap fan who keeps it realer than anyone in America.

12.The conspiracy theorist who talks like they have secret knowledge of the innermost workings of the music industry, as if they had dinner with Lyor Cohen and Jimmy Iovine every night—even though its pretty obvious that they don’t.

13.The guys who “would really appreciate if you could check out my new mixtape. I think you’ll really love it. God bless.”

14.The dreaded Nas Stan who is so devoted to a single artist that he or she (usually he) swears there’s a vast conspiracy against said artist, and that even the tiniest step in the direction of questioning this artist’s brilliance is a sign of personally biased hatred. They also think everyone is on Jay Z’s nuts and feel the need to bring it up—even when no one has mentioned Jay Z’s name in the conversation.

http://uk.complex.com/music/2013/11/types-of-rap-fans/
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Pretty accurate.
 
6.The guy who sees the art of rapping as a completely one dimensional craft of technical proficiency rather than a multi-dimensional art that involves things like songcraft, musicality, emotion, etc.

This one is very important!
 
5.The person who has some insanely specific behind the scenes information and tells some regional industry gangster sexual story that can’t be anything but true.

6.The guy who sees the art of rapping as a completely one dimensional craft of technical proficiency rather than a multi-dimensional art that involves things like songcraft, musicality, emotion, etc.
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5. I once shared a jail cell with Tony Sunshine, a singer who used to be in Terror Squad. Another person there let a fart rip, and Mr. Sunshine took it personal. He almost fought the poor kid.

6. This is me. Other factors exist, but the primary factor for me is the technical skill.
 
Is there a particular reason new age artists aren't able to follow up somewhat classic mixtapes with really good/better than average albums?

Travi$ Scott,Big Sean,Meek Mill,Logic et al.
 
Roman Bellic said:
Is there a particular reason new age artists aren't able to follow up somewhat classic mixtapes with really good/better than average albums?

Travi$ Scott,Big Sean,Meek Mill,Logic et al.
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Label influence? Pandering to the casual fan? Aiming for numbers rather than critical acclaim?
 
adexkola said:
Label influence? Pandering to the casual fan? Aiming for numbers rather than critical acclaim?
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All valid points. I also believe we (the fans) are more inclined to warm up to a mixtape than an album, i don't know, there's just something that makes a mixtape better to listen to - perhaps it has to do with wanting to feel more in tune with the underground.
 
New Game track list looks :drool:

01 Intro
02 On Me f. Kendrick Lamar
03 Step Up f. DeJ Loaf & Sha Sha
04 Don’t Trip f. Ice Cube, Dr. Dre & will.i.am
05 Standing On Ferraris f. Diddy
06 Dollar And A Dream f. Ab-Soul
07 Made In America f. Marcus Black
08 Hashtag f. Jelly Roll
09 Circles f. Q-Tip, Eric Bellinger & Sha Sha
10 Uncle (Skit)
11 Dedicated f. Future & Sonya
12 Bitch You Ain’t Shit
13 Summertime f. Jelly Roll
14 Mula f. Kanye West
15 The Documentary 2
16 New York, New York
17 100 f. Drake
18 Just Another Day
19 LA f. Snoop Dogg, will.i.am & Fergie

First single
 
Hate this fecking streaming war going on right now.

Drake is going to debut the mixtape on apple's OVO radio first...smh.
 
This Future/Drake mixtape is just a bunch of Future songs with Drake tagging along to do Drake things until the end when they have solo songs at the end. Future really ain't fecking around this year though.
 
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