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I'm not a writer but I know basic English and grammar. So I'm just writing what I like. Please give it a read.
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What level of starving is this?
Notice how Kendrick Lamar is placed slightly on the left of the video (similar to where The Heart is located in the human body) and his constant bounce representing The Heart beat. ART.
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Listen to South African jazz and tell me it ain’t some of the best music you’ve ever heard in your life. I dare you, I double dare you mf!
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My fellow hip hop heads, this is Jean Grey’s father, btw.
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Found this on Pinterest, I believe the owner is on the top left. It’s actually a really good “Starter’s Guide to Spiritual Jazz”. I highly recommend every album on there.
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When someone says MF DOOM just be saying words, I know right then I shouldn’t listen to a damn thing they have to say about hip hop.
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South Africans are really good at this thing called music.
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The same instrument, played by many musicians across the globe, over decades, and yet you cannot miss this sound when you hear it. Distinctly South African.
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Nas really said this is MY album… 17 songs and no features!
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White hip hop nerds’ full-on war declaration on Noname kinda makes me feel some type of way.
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5 years ago today! Don’t give a fuck what you think… undeniable classic!
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Nas making sure that by the end of his career he’s cemented his status as the greatest… beyond any reasonable doubt.
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Forget rap and hip hop as an art form and culture, Ka and billy woods are some of the greatest writers I’ve heard. Period.
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Denzel Curry with an interestingly refreshing take on what a deluxe album could be.
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It blows my mind that this man is turning 100. Like, is there an interview of him sharing his secrets to such longevity?
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Need more of these compilations but with the two working together. S/o Gilles Peterson.
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Hiphop is turning 50 next year… and so is the “greatest of all time” Nas. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
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finally got my hands on this classic!
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Imagine hearing this for the first time in 1971 🤯🤯
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Let’s start a ‘billy woods once said’ thread:
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jazz and funk shouldn’t be aesthetics you sprinkle over or mention only in hip hop discourse. they are unapologetically, individually, some of the greatest music to come from black people. for as long as i breathe i’ll fight to make sure younger generations understand and know it
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If you watched The Wire and don’t think it’s a great show, don’t ever share with me your opinions about anything ever again.
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every true jazz head anywhere in the world is in tune with south african jazz.
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I’m taking this guy’s poetry over a Walt Whitman any day lmao.
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If you celebrate a library burning, I’m really scared of you. You’re capable of the most vile shit.
#capetownfire
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When you can give people culturally relevant art, it doesn’t matter how long it takes you to craft it, because at the end of the day your your name will forever be engraved in history, never to be forgotten. What a journey and experience it’s been! 20 years!
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Speaking about Aesop Rock, has anyone else realised how he fully embodies Hiphop? I’m talking about how in almost all his LPs/visuals he’s got something highlighting the elements of hip hop… graffiti, djing/turntablism, emceeing, knowledge, etc. And he also pays homage.
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South African music just has that ‘thing’… those infectious rhythms, the beautiful melodies. Agh!
Kwaito
Kwela
Jazz
House
Amapiano
Gqom
Isicathamiya
Mbaqanga
Township Jive
Marabi
Mbube
Maskandi
Gospel
Bubblegum
and a variety of traditional music from different cultures
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3 years ago, Sterling Toles and Boldy James dropped Manger on McNichols, an album put together magnificently over a period of 12 years. Today, it’s not just my favourite Boldy record but one of my favourite albums ever… a classic in my book.
Instrumental album also out now!
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Rapsody really dropped Laila’s Wisdom and Eve to still be referred to as one of the best “female rappers”. The disrespect been crazy.
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DJ Premier’s So Wassup? series on YouTube is a slept on gem.
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The new Aesop Rock is… something else.
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There’s cats who are hip hop listeners who were really saying Black Thought and Mach-Hommy rap about nothing. As much as this got nothing to do with reading books, sometimes you gotta read something, man.
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Music has held me down my whole life, man. If I were to worship anything, it’d be it.
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Armand Hammer are the very definition of scaring-the-hoes music.
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Been working overtime to put the word out there about South African Jazz because I can’t believe music lovers ain’t tapped into this holy grail. Long overdue for discovery like Japanese Jazz.
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Eminem has won SIX “rap album of the year” at the Grammys. We know he was once a great rapper and he’s a genuine Hiphop legend, but don’t ever say white privilege ain’t played in his favour.
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The only church I recognise
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billy woods… I don’t know what to say anymore
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Y’all remember not so long ago when dude was below 30k? The Griselda train is real!
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Ain’t no way in my life I’m pressing play on a Khaled album.
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Receiving a trumpet from Satchmo at 16… he was always destined for greatness.
Hugh Masekela (16-year old) in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1956.
Photo taken by Alf Kumalo after Hugh Masekela received a trumpet from Louis Armstrong through anti-apartheid activist Father Trevor Huddleston.
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Contrary to what most people who are not deep into hip hop think, underground rap is versatile asf. There’s hardcore gangster shit, deep conscious, mellow, straight out bangers, etc. Not everything is Immortal Technique.
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I’m at a point in life where I’d rather hear Aesop Rock rap about pigeons, cats and the environment than listen consistent raps about crack.
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We gotta start having a conversation about Quelle Chris' feature game
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So we just gon’ pretend Mach-Hommy isn’t a rapper?
I don’t remember the last time I heard a rapper do a kaytranada beat justice
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That’s why I mess with this nigga Earl Sweatshirt outside his current music. Haram probably wouldn’t exist without him 👏🏾👏🏾
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You can tell who has a wide variety of music to enjoy and who waits for 5 rappers to drop.
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Been listening to Zimology since morning. Pure crack!
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@nfr_podcast
Little Simz’s run is on the upper echelon of modern day runs. Everybody else comes after
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🇿🇦🇳🇪 Don’t forget to support your own African music. We out here dropping masterpieces, music with substance and amazing production.
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Apologising as a man shouldn’t be a weakness but what’s really lame about all this is that nothing really personal was said, it was just raps. None of these folks said anything on Pusha’s level and there’s already apologies. Smh.
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It’s fuck ratings until it’s my favourites up there. billy woods and Armand Hammer (and underground rap in general) have come far, I’m just so happy for them!
Billy Woods has the two highest reviewed hip hop albums of 2023...
Which do you rate higher?
90 - Maps w/ Kenny Segal
87 - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips w/ Armand Hammer
No rapper in Metacritic history has ended the year with the top 2 reviewed hip hop albums
Wild stat
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Keorapetse Kgositsile… Earl Sweatshirt’s dad
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having billy woods in your gym playlist is unserious behaviour
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Best
@atmosphere
album? I think so.
Top 150 Hip Hop Albums Of The 2000s (2000 - 2009)
#57
. Atmosphere – You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having (2005)
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J. Cole of all people talking about a boring discography is insane lmao. He could’ve fired with anything else but that.
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So y’all ain’t be messing with Beth Gibbons and Portishead? Who raised y’all?
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Who on my TL has listened to this album? Cos ain’t no fucking way something this great has gone unnoticed for 8 years.
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anyway fuck israel and fuck you if you fuck with israel
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To all the 15 accounts who actually care when I share obscure/relatively unknown music, thank you! And I wish y’all a prosperous new year!
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DJ Muggs has done projects with:
Planet Asia
Meyhem Lauren
Mach-Hommy
Ill Bill
Eto
Roc Marciano
Crimeapple
Rome Streetz
Rigz
al.divino
GZA
Sick Jacken
Which collabs you think been the best and is there anyone else he’s never collaborated with but should?
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@ChezCharde
You should’ve taken an extra second to think about your tweet before hitting that send
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Probably my favourite mix out on YouTube. And I can’t even count the number of times I’ve played it.
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For a lot of ppl, MUSIC is just something they LISTEN to, it's nothing serious. For some, it's a lot more... They not only listen, but they RESEARCH and LEARN every day. That's PASSION, and I'll forever have that 💯
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I always recommend these two compilations because each one for a different generation. After you’ve heard the albums you can then look into the artists featured, and that’ll also lead you to similar artists. Then you can continue doing the digging yourself.
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We Buy Diabetic Test Strips is thee project that requires repeated listens. Not because it’s difficult to get into sonically or lyrically but because there’s just a lot going on… there’s nothing else quite like it.
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I could have a bunch of these but here’s only four randoms I’ve listened to recently
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My top 80 favourite projects of 2023... only the first thirty are in some order and the rest are just random. A great year for music of all kinds, there's a lot to dig into!
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Is Maps billy woods’ most accessible album to date in terms of the production?
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One thing that’s not needed is validation and attention. As long as my niggas show up when they can and vice versa, we always good. Plus, we got hobbies, work stress and just other life shit. What is 3 months? 🤷🏾♂️
men will claim a man is his best friend & not talk to him for 3 months straight
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hip hop heads y’all need to listen to IAMGAWD.
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