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Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

Boltzmann — Sun, 1 Apr 2018 12:43:35 GMT

Author: Boltzmann

Posted: 04/01/2018 16:43

Puncture Repair wrote:

Everything by Young Thug.

Goat

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

Graeme2 — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:22:48 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 03/31/2018 18:22

sethmadsen wrote:

Graeme2 wrote:

sethmadsen wrote:

I've had difficulty getting into a lot of rap music of the 2010s. Kanye was easy cause he's not really from the 2010s. Same with Killer Mike, etc.

It took me about 2 to 3 years to see the brilliance of Kendrick Lamar's music (It felt novel, but not brilliant) beyond his lyrics (which are amazing).

But when I listen to acid rap or other rappers... idk... it feels like what prog rock did (got a bit complex) and while I can appreciate that from afar, it

Maybe peeps got some recs for me for someone who liked popular rap of the late 80s, 90s, and 2000s, but is having a hard time getting into rap artists of the 2010s? I typically like exciting, lyrically clever (and not a long stretch clever or hipster ironic clever) and powerful rap music. I got turned off by Kendrick at first because he kept saying his dick was big... I don't give shit. Then I realized at least one of those times he was talking about racism, so that kinda opened it up for me.

I mean the simple solution is listen to like 30 rap albums to find the 4 I like, but idk... maybe another day.

There are still plenty rap records by newer artists that are looking back to the classic sound and still being creative and fresh. Couple I'd suggest:

In Celebration Of Us by Skyzoo
Packs by Your Old Droog

Thanks mate!

I mean I'm not against new fresh ideas, I'm just not loving them or maybe just haven't given them much of a chance. I mean I listened to Kendrick maybe 20 times before it clicked for me.

And to be clear I like rap, I'm just more of a "popular" rap fan I suppose?

A weak effort, but a start.
Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B by sethmadsen

Spinning Packs by Your Old Droog right now, and digging it. Thanks again!

As someone ignorant of rap developments and how we got to stuff like Acid Rap, etc.... maybe someone can explain the gap/growth/understanding? I mean I could just go read about it on Wikipedia, but discussion and stuff.

Also Your Old Droog's Grandma's Hips is killer... haahaha. I mean funny, but also really good.

Glad you like them mate. Also I totally understand where you're coming from. As someone who has followed hip hop and rap off and on since the mid 80s and now being in my 40s, I've struggled to get with some of the post Kanye new school. I myself am only just starting to 'get' the genius of kendrick after many plays of pimp a butterfly. I've been open minded in approaching much newer stuff recently that I'd previously written off and finding that I actually love it, espcially Danny brown and kendrick. When ive been listening to those two I've been thinking exactly that it's just progressive hip hop or rap. It really does feel like a new genre to me some of this newer stuff. I still love the throwback stuff like czarface and droog but I can't get enough of kendrick, brown, RTJ and even stormzy and skepta (never loved grime until now). I was just listening previously with too many preconceptions. Still don't like Kanye though.

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

Anonymous — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 13:17:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/31/2018 17:17

Everything by Young Thug.

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

Boltzmann — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 12:13:28 GMT

Author: Boltzmann

Posted: 03/31/2018 16:13

Skinny wrote:

Basically anything by Roc Marci, Ka, billy woods, Gibbs, YG, Mike Eagle, Maxo Kream, DJ Quik, Kendrick, plus some other bits by Kevin Gates, Thugga, Future, Earl Sweatshirt, Jonwayne, Chance, Noname, Junglepussy. Gonna go bat for one particularly underrated LP, though:

Incarcerated by Lil Boosie

Junglepussy is definitely upcoming talent. I’m sure gonna take a listen to that album of lil Boosie; curious how the guy for whom “F Cancer” was written sounds.

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

Skinny — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 08:43:54 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 03/31/2018 12:43

Basically anything by Roc Marci, Ka, billy woods, Gibbs, YG, Mike Eagle, Maxo Kream, DJ Quik, Kendrick, plus some other bits by Kevin Gates, Thugga, Future, Earl Sweatshirt, Jonwayne, Chance, Noname, Junglepussy. Gonna go bat for one particularly underrated LP, though:

Incarcerated by Lil Boosie

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

Anonymous — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 01:05:11 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/31/2018 05:05

people seem to have tackled most of the big names already so I'll drop some lesser known gems here in a bit. 2010's has low key been fantastic for kinda left-field "art rap" shit

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

RoundTheBend — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 00:31:20 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/31/2018 04:31

YoungPunk wrote:

@seth

Just listen to rock music if you don't get it. The exact same prog element you don't like is in the 2010s hip-hop so you likely won't get that either. Also, the Jack White album got me thinking some modern music is made by soulless computers, so If you don't like what's mainstream just stay in your old-time safety zone.

Makes sense, but that's not the problem I'm facing.

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

RoundTheBend — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 00:25:33 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/31/2018 04:25

Graeme2 wrote:

sethmadsen wrote:

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

YoungPunk — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 19:03:52 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 03/30/2018 23:03

Or maybe he's talented but really stupid like Mozart...

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

travelful — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:51:00 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 03/30/2018 22:51

YoungPunk wrote:

An important thing to realize is that no one will sacrifice their money for art unless they're on serious drugs...

Which Chance is (or at least was), so hopefully that won't be an issue.

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

YoungPunk — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:48:32 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 03/30/2018 22:48

An important thing to realize is that no one will sacrifice their money for art unless they're on serious drugs...

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

Boltzmann — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:25:31 GMT

Author: Boltzmann

Posted: 03/30/2018 22:25

travelful wrote:

I want to faith he will bounce back from Coloring Book. 10 Day and Acid Rap are two of the best mixtapes ever imo, I hope becoming mainstream doesn't ruin him.

Yeah, I feel like the struggle was the engine of his creativity, hopefully I’m wrong. Sunday Candy was delightful tho, the rest of that album however...

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

travelful — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:20:00 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 03/30/2018 22:20

antaiospiano wrote:

Acid Rap by Chance the Rapper: feel good masterpiece that came outta nothing. Too bad he fell off steeply after it.

I want to have faith he will bounce back from Coloring Book. 10 Day and Acid Rap are two of the best mixtapes ever imo, I hope becoming mainstream doesn't ruin him.

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

YoungPunk — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:15:14 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 03/30/2018 22:15

I don't need reinforcement I kind of just go... 😄

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

Boltzmann — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:11:44 GMT

Author: Boltzmann

Posted: 03/30/2018 22:11

Interesting topic, and I agree fully with your statement about the bias on BEA; declinism (and some other -isms I’m afraid to mention, because people will misunderstand what I mean) is very present on this site.
I’d say:

Pink Friday by Nicki Minaj: inspired too many artists and pretty much dictated/dictates the mainstream. Together with her empowering persona and controversial statements, she is what this decade needs but clearly not wants.
MDTF by Kanye West: mf genius, but as with most masterpieces, when you look good at it, it is more of a compilation of past accomplishments, but they are ample. I think 808s is his masterpiece.
DS2 by Future: just the vocals, production and narrative of a drug addict which set the world on fire.
Broke with Expensive Taste by Azealia Banks: interesting subgenre I wish was bigger by now.
Barter 6 by Young Thug: weirdly satisfying vocals, he is lightyears out of the box.
IYRTITL by Drake: rapping and singing finally truly merged to one on this “mixtape”, would almost call it avant-garde.
GKMC by Kendrick Lamar: oldheads say he brought real rap back and ruined him for me, but I don’t let them blur my vie... hearing, it’s just a very good rap album. He sounds sometimes more like a poet than a rapper, which is probably why a lot of people drool all over him.
Acid Rap by Chance the Rapper: feel good masterpiece that came outta nothing. Too bad he fell off steeply after it.
Rodeo by Travis Scott: catchy hooks and atmosphere creating, but damn is he good at it.
MAYA by MIA: if you can call that a hiphop album. Sounds a lot like Death Grips and Yeezus but it’s from 2010.
EDIT: hey we all totally forgot about Kid Cudi’s debut album, it’s certainly not the best artist of this decade, but he has the biggest dreams, and that’s worth something too.
Also Yeezus, Take Care and Jeffery.

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

YoungPunk — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:02:13 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 03/30/2018 22:02

There's literally centuries of good old music out there...

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

YoungPunk — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 17:52:43 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 03/30/2018 21:52

@seth

Just listen to rock music if you don't get it. The exact same prog element you don't like is in the 2010s hip-hop so you likely won't get that either. Also, the Jack White album got me thinking some modern music is made by soulless computers, so If you don't like what's mainstream just stay in your old-time safety zone.

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

Graeme2 — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 17:25:55 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 03/30/2018 21:25

sethmadsen wrote:

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

RoundTheBend — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 16:24:20 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/30/2018 20:24

I've had difficulty getting into a lot of rap music of the 2010s. Kanye was easy cause he's not really from the 2010s. Same with Killer Mike, etc.

It took me about 2 to 3 years to see the brilliance of Kendrick Lamar's music (It felt novel, but not brilliant) beyond his lyrics (which are amazing).

But when I listen to acid rap or other rappers... idk... it feels like what prog rock did (got a bit complex) and while I can appreciate that from afar, it

Maybe peeps got some recs for me for someone who liked popular rap of the late 80s, 90s, and 2000s, but is having a hard time getting into rap artists of the 2010s? I typically like exciting, lyrically clever (and not a long stretch clever or hipster ironic clever) and powerful rap music. I got turned off by Kendrick at first because he kept saying his dick was big... I don't give shit. Then I realized at least one of those times he was talking about racism, so that kinda opened it up for me.

I mean the simple solution is listen to like 30 rap albums to find the 4 I like, but idk... maybe another day.

Re: Most Essential Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

Graeme2 — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 15:52:40 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 03/30/2018 19:52

Lachapelle wrote:

How I Got Over by The Roots

The Life & Death Of Scenery by L'Orange and Mr. Lif

Piñata by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib

Duality by Captain Murphy

Southsiders by Atmosphere

The Water[s] by Mick Jenkins

The Earn by yU

90059 by Jay Rock

Hallways by Homeboy Sandman

777 by Paranom

March On Washington by Diamond District

Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown

All The Beauty In This Whole Life by Brother Ali

Rap Album Two by Jonwayne

Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often by Quelle Chris

Can't go wrong with any of these.

The ones I know, I like. I guess I'd like most of these. March on washington is one ive been wanting to hear. That homeboy sandman is one I've played a bit and should have it in my decade 100. I'm excited that he's apparently doing a collab album with Edan 😁