I rate Monch as a truly gifted MC and lyricist and hope that he has a great solo album left in him but I honestly thought Desire was an unfocused mess with some terrible production. The PE tribute was particularly pointless as if you're going to cover a legendary track it's normally worth bringing something new to the table, be it production or lyric wise. I just don't see how that could be anyone's best rap album of the year.
rap this year....
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you are completely correct that Desire is an unfocused mess, comparing it to Free at Last is very much the difference between a couple of good songs. I don't think anything on the new one reaches the dizzy heights of 'What We Do' / 'Flipside' / 'Line Em Up' / 'You Don't Know'. The first in particular is a classic of undeniable magnitude.
The Monch album - of course that's my man but you know like as a full album it fell short. The singles were better than the sum of it's parts.
The UGK album was too long. The Devin album wasn't dynamic enough (for me) to be a really good "full album" - same with the Redman.
The UGK album was too long. The Devin album wasn't dynamic enough (for me) to be a really good "full album" - same with the Redman.
i don't know how you could make this a single CD without cutting out some great tracks. It was easily more than a full CD worth of classic material + on par with their best.
the idea that its more important to have an album be a 'consistent statement of art' or some shit vs. 'a double disc packed with great tracks' is silly to me
more great songs = better
Yes, your disdain for the album as anything more than a storage unit for songs is well documented.
It is indeed difficult to approach the level of stand-the-world-on-its-ear novelty evident in your rhetoric.
Man, go on with these biased-azz lists--don't you have tracks on half of those?
lol. I left out some albums that I did stuff on. I forgot to put Little Brother on my list too. If a album has at least 4 songs that I like, its a success to me these days.
Well, he's no Shawnna. damn f uckin straight he's not
i know thats supposed to be clowning me but seriously, dude blows. shawnna can rap. you're a herb with lazy zings
Uncharacteristically agressive.
Hath a nerve been touched?
Im glad to see alot of yall are still enjoying this stuff. but to me it was a pretty half assed year.
seriously? rich boy? twista?
I dont hear it.
I liked.
prodigy - this album was cool. not mindblowng, but kinda hot.
american gangster - growing on me.
Kanye west - classic.
Common - had some good tracks. Southside was the shit.
Curtis - I liked the jake one beats. and I get money was kinda hot.
The ugk single was cool, ummm....theres a couple joints on the freeway album, mabye a mixtape cut or two from wayne.
thats about it,
seriously? rich boy? twista?
I dont hear it.
I liked.
prodigy - this album was cool. not mindblowng, but kinda hot.
american gangster - growing on me.
Kanye west - classic.
Common - had some good tracks. Southside was the shit.
Curtis - I liked the jake one beats. and I get money was kinda hot.
The ugk single was cool, ummm....theres a couple joints on the freeway album, mabye a mixtape cut or two from wayne.
thats about it,
The best album this year was DJ STATIK SELEKTAH - SPELL MY NAME RIGHT. It was a comp so I know it's hard to count, but i found it better than anything else.
