Hip-Hop Thread Genre • Page 780

Where would I be without my baaabaaay

 

Perfect song and album

 

I’ve been doing a Danny Brown discography dive. I’ve only heard a few songs here and there. YouTube Music doesn’t have Old, so I’ll have to get it from somewhere else when I get to it. Awesome stuff so far.

 

It's been said a lot but I really think Atrocity Exhibition is one of the best albums of the decade. XXX is amazing too

 

I made this at some point, it's like what you made but for the whole discography

It‘s Murda: Essential Ja Rule Songs, a playlist by mariuscjz on Spotify

 

old is phenomenal but not much like his other stuff. and atrocity exhibition is a genuine masterpiece. enjoy

 

This is really solid, but I gotta say there's one glaring omission

 

You’re right. There are also some songs from the later 00s that aren’t on Spotify that should be on there, like:

Also the One Blood Remix, which Ja killed.

 

Damn, I dunno if I know these deeper cuts but now I really want to run through your whole playlist.

 

lovely

 

Freestyle Fellowship: Innercity Griots

Good to see FF get the recognition they deserve. Fingers crossed this will turn more people on to them. Along with Tribe, Digable Planets and Guru, these guys are jazz rap pioneers.

 

Speaking of Ja Rule, I recently looked up that song he and Ashanti made for that Hamilton mixtape (Helpless, a really good song actually) on YouTube and the comments made me feel old as fuck. Especially this one, which is a response to one of the kids in the comments saying that Ja Rule has a weird voice:

 

I guess it's cool that they're doing these reviews, but I still don't trust them or take them seriously whenever they as an institution tackle hip hop

 

True, but they got Cadence Weapon to write this review and he's certainly someone who knows his alternative hip hop.

 

a fun fact, if you didn't know, but when Lin Manuel Miranda was writing Hamilton, Helpless was actually directly inspired by Ja Rule and Ashanti's collabs that he grew up with. When he put together the mixtape, getting modern artists to cover songs from the soundtrack, he reached out to both of the directly and explained that they were the inspiration for the song, and they both immediately came on board for it.

 

I did know that haha, that’s a fun story though

 

Really nice

 

Yeah I saw he put something out, but didn’t hear any reactions to it in here. Love Smoke DZA.

 

Yo I really don't know where the fuck I was during the initial Jay Electronica hype lol. I've always known the name and the Exhibit tracks (I think) were on my iPod and I liked them, but the hype around him has always baffled me. I legitimately don't think I've ever had a convo with a person in real life about him. I have literally no expectations for Act II, so hopefully I like it

 

His album from this year was ok, but his anti-Semitic tweets really soured me on him.

 

Oh God not him too

 

Ah yeah I forgot about that shit, fuck em then

 

You were probably in middle school it’s been that long

 

Freshman year of college!

 

This is pretty great, comp from ROC Nation benefitting social justice. Featuring Rapsody, Vic Mensa, Jorja Smith, Ty Dolla and more