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[gta_player5]

 

 

Notorious BIG - Me & My Bitch

 

Normally, it's a good track, but over the Computer Love instrumental it's raw.

[Kippers]

That new Kanye West song is amazing. Can't wait for Good ass Job if the material will be like that.

 

 

LL Cool J and Eminem will be on Jonathan Ross next week (UK) I'm guessing LL's either got a sh*tty movie or another sh*tty album coming out soon (Exit 13 is not a good example of an album) and this may be Eminem's first live performance of Not Afraid.

 

Looking forward to it

[Suihkubad]

Download finnish rap group Kemmuru's albums differen remix versions for free

 

Click download and wait for 20 seconds. Its in Finnish and it is pretty underground but its free.

 

 

Edited May 29, 2010 by Suihkubad

[Threat]

 

 

 

 

 

[bigmike72]

Am I the only one who thinks em's track listing is fake.

[Gantons Most Wanted]

Am I the only one who thinks em's track listing is fake.

dude i have a feeling its fake because for it not to have a single feature from any of his labels roster such as D12, Dr Dre, Slaughterhouse, Stat Quo or Cashis. I mean come on I know hes trying a different direction but seriously rhianna? I honestly can't see that song working at all but from the terrible tracklists and moves made by aftermath and many artists on interscope its safe to say jimmy iovine strikes again. Aftermath hasn't put out any new artists or let the roster get on with promoting and making the music it just seems to me that jimmy and his shareholders are too pussy to let the talent they have signed have a shot look at Stat Quo he was there for what 5 years and then Bishop Lamont was there for like 4 years both definitely could have broken into the mainstream if the marketing and promotion was done correctly this days it just seems like interscope/aftermath are too busy pushing headphones and talking sh*t in interviews about other unrelated stuff when all the fans want is the music out there to be purchased sinc many have invested time into following these artists careers and just want to see them get the recognition they deserve.

[Kippers]

It's on the front page of Eminem.com so I highly doubt it's fake.

 

It's going to be a pretty deep no nonsense album judging by the names, and if you've listened to Rihanna's 'Rated R' album then you can see why she would work well with RECOVERY's theme. 'Rated R' was a pretty sombre affair as well. Also it's perfect single material for Em.

 

However I can't explain Pink, again probably just used as single material.

Edited May 30, 2010 by kippers.

[gta_player5]

 

 

You need to listen to more of these guys.

[Jonesizzle]

"It was my decision to get clean, I did it for me

Admittedly I probably did it subliminally for you"

 

Em's sh*t is retarded. Has been for almost a decade now.

[Attorney General]

@Gantons Most Wanted. Well said, sir. I'm not a huge fan of Cashis, Stat or Bishop Lamont, but I love D12 and for em to allow six friggin years go by without letting them release an album is some bullsh*t. I know they put a bunch of stuff out through green lantern back in the day and it was gold. Of course there's Proof's death and I read Swift got locked up. But I'm with you on the fact that Em rests on his laurels a little too much.

 

Didn't Obie walk because of that? He was an absolute gem. Haven't heard a word from him in years now.

 

As for Em's new stuff. Yeah, agreed DOOM. I loved his work up right up through the Eminem Show, but outside of a track or two, I haven't really been able to get into his last 2 albums.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[beanmachine43]

"It was my decision to get clean, I did it for me

Admittedly I probably did it subliminally for you"

 

Em's sh*t is retarded. Has been for almost a decade now.

A stupid line, yes, but considering he's killed every guest spot he's gotten recently, retarded is a very poor choice of words.

[flitcroft101]

 

 

Eminem is too calm nowadays, the anger that fueled his first 2 albums is pretty much gone and it will never come back no matter how much people want it to. Too bad because he used to be f*cking fantastic but now he's just good

[unopescio]

Eminem peaked with infinite. Yeah I said it. Getting rich took away his motivation.

[Cheat]

Yeah, yo, Till I Collapse is a great example on Eminem's flow, as is Lose It, he has the ability to spit with anger and the ability to spit like a maniac, for example (from The Real Slim Shady):

You little bitch, put me on blast on MTV

"Yeah, he's cute, but I think he's married to Kim, hee-hee!"

I should download her audio on MP3

and show the whole world how you gave Eminem VD [AHHH!]

 

But now? In Relapse, he sounds like Benjamin Button growing backwards and has a weirdly high chipmunk style voice through the whole album, but clearly, after Relapse he has gotten more like he should be, Despicable is very aggressive and so on, so it's all about his skill of going back a lil' bit to see if Recovery will be fire.

Sure, there will be a bunch of 11 years buying the album anyways

 

 

[Gantons Most Wanted]

@Gantons Most Wanted. Well said, sir. I'm not a huge fan of Cashis, Stat or Bishop Lamont, but I love D12 and for em to allow six friggin years go by without letting them release an album is some bullsh*t. I know they put a bunch of stuff out through green lantern back in the day and it was gold. Of course there's Proof's death and I read Swift got locked up. But I'm with you on the fact that Em rests on his laurels a little too much.

 

Didn't Obie walk because of that? He was an absolute gem. Haven't heard a word from him in years now.

 

As for Em's new stuff. Yeah, agreed DOOM. I loved his work up right up through the Eminem Show, but outside of a track or two, I haven't really been able to get into his last 2 albums.

I agree with you on Cashis the guy boasted and bragged too much for my liking and as for the stuff hes put out i can truly say only 3 tracks really swayed me due to the production on those specific tracks. Stat and Bishop don't get much of the recognition they deserve alot of the mixtapes they have done are very dope compared to a lot of these new rappers that people make a big deal about. Obie saw the situation coming so he bailed last i heard he was working on his 3rd album and still had a couple of Dre beats to use from prior releases he held onto the worst part is D12 is known worldwide and could chart relatively well.

[meta187]

You need to listen to more of these guys.

Have been, really tight J Dilla style production on all their sh*t.

 

If you like them you may like these guys as well.

 

 

 

 

 

@Em: I'd like to see him drop one seriously Hip Hop focused album before his career ends.

 

He made a great success out of talking about himself and exploiting his angst like a Hip Hop, Kurt Kobain.

 

I'd like to hear one song without hearing, "Me, myself and I" just talking about the music and what that's meant over the last 30 years.

[bigmike72]

Sounds like you guys just want another Marshall Manthers LP

[Kippers]

 

Sounds like you guys just want another Marshall Manthers LP

which will never happen. He's moved far beyond his immature 'just don't give a f*ck' days

[bigmike72]

Sounds like you guys just want another Marshall Manthers LP

which will never happen. He's moved far beyond his immature 'just don't give a f*ck' days

Exactly people need to stop living in the past I enjoy the new em seems like he as opened himself up more can't wait for Recovery i'm buying it the day it comes out.

[Jonesizzle]

Yup, he became a more lyrical Weird Al. Uh, yea, very open and "past his immature days".

[Kippers]

 

"past his immature days".

Compared to Slim Shady and Marshall Mathers LP......yes, very much so.

 

The 'immaturity' on Relapse sounded incredibly forced where as before it would flow so easy. You can tell it's not what he wants to rap about anymore, but it's what he was told to do for the album. He was in his true zone on Beautiful...and Beautiful only.

Edited May 31, 2010 by kippers.

[gamesguru]

 

Don't forget Déjà vu:

 

 

Also, I've seen have hits conversation many times before. Usually the fans want this 'immature' Eminem whilst the critics and want and evolvement, either way Eminem can't win. In my opinion Eminem's continued (key word) success is from tracks like When I'm Gone, Toy Soldiers, Lose Yourself, etc. I think the likes of Marshal Mathers LP worked as the flow was smooth, the lyrics were smartly layered and the rhymes were witty. I agree with you kippers, on both Encore & Relapse forced the immaturity too much.

 

It doesn't just apply to Eminem. To a lot of artists and groups. For instance take Jurassic 5 (I mentioned this in the Studio Q-13 topic before), they have this old-skool style and production. Which is what made them popular (to their fan base). However the critics call the style outdated and that they need update with times, but then the fans would obviously complain about the change. Because obviously it wouldn't be 'Jurassic 5', it would be 'Jurassic 5 trying to keep up with what's on the radio'. I'd have to agree with the fan base when it comes to Jurassic 5 however, mainly because I love Jurassic 5.

 

@meta187: What about Infinite?

[meta187]

 

@meta187: What about Infinite?

I always site that album because I kind of feel that's more who he is as a person.

 

Slim Shady is the persona who launched him to fame and pandered to a younger audience and was genuinely entertaining but he's a bit grown now. His roots were in underground Hip Hop. He was a true Hip Hop fan and emcee prior to any of this. I'd like to see him hook up with classic DJ's like Premier, Richie Rich and Prince Paul to do a return to form, "this is what I love about Hip Hop, f*ck a catchy hit single" Hip Hop album. Not necessarily an "old school" album persay just one that is straight skills, sharp verses and dope classic beats no f*cking Nickelback sounding bitches singing on the hook.

 

 

 

 

 

New B.Dolan

 

Edited May 31, 2010 by meta187

[gamesguru]

 

New Cool Kids Mixtape Soon:

 

 

 

 

 

The Bar Exam 3 [Leaked]
1. Intro (Most Interesting Man In The World) 2. The Most Interesting Man 3. Go Hard Pt. 1 (Feat. Kid Vishis) 4. On Fire (Feat. Crooked I) 5. Skit 6. Real Hip Hop (Feat. Black Milk & Elzhi) 7. Acapella 8. It’s Over Freestyle 9. Nobody f*ckin’ Wit Us (Feat. Bun B, Crooked I & Joe Budden) 10. Airplanes Freestyle 11. Most Interesting Man In The World Skit #2 12. Beamer, Benz or Bentley (Shady Megamix) 13. I Hate Your Pants (Skinny Jeans) 14. Forever Freestyle 15. In The Club 16. Most Interesting Man In The World Skit #3 17. Go Hard Pt. 2 (Feat. Kid Vishis) 18. Vagina 19. Psycho (Skit) 20. Psycho 21. Drama (Feat. Trick Trick & Junes Flow) 22. I’m Not Slaughterhouse (Interview) 23. 187 (Saigon Response) 24. Most Interesting Man In The World Skit #4 25. Taxi Driver 26. Iceman Skit 27. Lyrical Hitman (Feat. MarvWon) 28. Most Interesting Man In The World Skit #5 29. Spark Yo Brain
Download

 

Hopefully I'll be buying it when the physical version comes out. Only if there isn't all the sh*tty Whoo Kid drops though, they are damn annoying. Other than that, the mixtape is sounding good so far.

[Vanillainy]

Bar Exam 3 is ridiculous.

 

Its thanksgiving, its turkey time/

pick up an Indian midget flip him and dip his turban in turpentine/

 

yeahhh

 

Whoo Kid can f*ck off though, gawd.

Edited May 31, 2010 by FunkyChunky

[gamesguru]

Indeed it is. Hilarious too, especially I Hate Your Pants.

 

Another problem I found other than the annoying Whoo Kid sound-bites and name drops is that the production is somewhat awful. Not the actual beat selection, but the quality. The sound levels and volumes are all over the place The best example is Beamer, Benz & Bentley and Flight 187 where the sound is constantly going up and down. I presume that was down to Whoo Kid's terrible mixing.

 

The standalone leaks were better.

I hope it's because it leaked, but apparently Street Hop had a similar problem.

 

EDIT: Here we go:

 

 

The Cool Kids Tacklebox
1. Fishing Lessons (Prod. Chuck Inglish) 2. Flying Kytes (Prod. Chuck Inglish) 3. Freak City (Prod. Chuck Inglish & Old Young) 4. Neat (Ft. Tennille) 5. Going Camping (Prod. Chuck Inglish) 6. Volume II (Prod. Chuck Inglish) 7. Birthdays (Prod. Ski Beats) 8. Great Outdoors (Prod. Chuck Inglish) 9. Strawberry Girl (Prod. Chuck Inglish) 10. Systems (Prod. Chuck Inglish) 11. Good Afternoon (Prod. The Productionix) 12. Parking Lot (Prod. Chuck Inglish) 13. Summer Nights ft. Tennille (Prod. Chuck Inglish) 14. Los Angeles Leakers Outro (Prod. Chuck Inglish) 15. Gettin’ Flick (Prod. Chuck Inglish)
Download

 

This also came out about a week ago, so for those that missed it:

 

Raekwon Cocainism Vol. 2
01. Searchin’ For 02. Alphabet Soup 03. Ms. Sincere 04. Big Beat 05. Wallys & Pringles 06. Lizz 07. Traphouse 08. City of God 09. Shake 10. Keep On (feat. Selasi) 11. Slow Down (feat. Noreaga) 12. Just 4 Laughs 13. Disposable Gunz 14. Calligraphy 15. Pullin Teeth (feat. Tommy Nova) 16. Road To Riches (feat. Mobb Deep) 17. Dragon Style 18. Do It In The Park 19. Piss In The Shark Tank 20. Sunset Strip (feat. Mean Doe Green) 21. Have Mercy (Redux)
Download

 

I hope y'all don't mind me posting so many new mixtapes, but it's mixtape season all year! What's cool (I guess) is that even though 90% of the stuff on the radio and on albums is terrible, with mixtapes it's the complete polar opposite. Endless amounts of quality. I've already listened to Cocainism 2, pure dopeness throughout.

Edited June 1, 2010 by gamesguru

[EduardKoeleJuck]

Thanks for putting up that link, gg. Without you, I probably wouldn't have known that mixtape at all. I'm really diggin' Raekwon lately, any more recommendations?

[gamesguru]

 

Well, how about this for starters:

 

Pill 1140: The Overdose
01. The Overdose (Produced by Needlz) 02. Intro 03. On Da Korner (Produced by Needlz) 04. Ima Ride (Produced by Tha Bizness) 05. Get It How U Live (feat. Zay Cash) (Produced by Lil’ Neal) 06. Ok Denn (Produced by Grade A Muzik) 07. Hard In Da Trap 08. Ho Out 09. Action 10. Bust It Down 11. Doin’ It Over Here (Produced by Ced L. Young) 12. Pill Speaks 13. Westsiders (feat. Killer Mike) (Produced by Emile) 14. G sh*t (Tribute to Eazy-E) 15. Surroundings (Tribute to Big Pun) 16. Better Show Me 17. f*ckin’ Wit Sum Killas (feat. Big Bank Black) (Produced by Ced L. Young) 18. We Outside (feat. Alley Boy) (Produced by Grade A Muzik) 19. Pill Speaks Again 20. Shottas 21. Sober 22. No Time For Sleep (feat. Colin Munroe) (Produced by Colin Munroe) 23. My Team (Produced by Ced L. Young) 24. Sloppy Stupid (feat. Scrilla) (Produced by Grade A Muzik) 25. Outro 26. Yeen Ready (Produced by Grade A Muzik)
Download

 

@EduardKoeleJuck: There's been a load of mixtapes out this year you should check out, from the likes of: Asher Roth, Consequence, Reflection Eternal, Joell Otiz, etc. Speaking of which the Yaowa Mixtape should be dropping soon!

[EduardKoeleJuck]

Yeah, thanks, put I was looking for more Raekwon actually. I already know most of the others. I have the new GG, but not listened? How is it actually? Is Pill lyrically strong?

 

EDIT: Does anybody have the cover for Gangsta Grillz: The Pimp Squad (Special Edition) (by P$C ofcourse)? I have covers for everything in iTunes, but this is the only one that's empty and it looks so ugly.

Edited June 2, 2010 by EduardKoeleJuck

[gamesguru]

I haven't listened to Pill's new mixtape yet. But from the leaks, I don't think it is as good as his previous efforts however. The final master of Power has been released. Not much different, but the cover has been revealed: