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| Poll: Which Song? |
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| Big Boi- Shine Blockas |
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43% |
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| The National- Fake Empire |
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56% |
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| Total Votes : 23 |
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- #11
- Posted: 10/29/2019 11:08
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They put Gucci in a cell, then Madea went to jail, I make music, I make movies, I need Tyler Perry sales...
Always been underwhelmed by Big Boi's solo ventures, but this song gets it right. [/i]
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theblueboy
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- #12
- Posted: 10/29/2019 16:44
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OK with both but not too excited by either. Went with Big Boi as it felt a bit more vibrant.
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baystateoftheart
Neil Young as a butternut squash
Age: 29
Location: Massachusetts
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- #13
- Posted: 10/30/2019 00:16
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Looks like all three of my hip-hop nominees are on the way to a first-round exit. Pour a sip on the concrete for the deceased. And yet again, it's to a song I also regard as near-perfect (and like Maps, considered nominating). So I can't begrudge any of the individual results, even if I mourn the overall phenomenon that when two songs of comparable stature enter, the rap song leaves.
So why did I nominate this single from late 2009? First, the beat is simply incredible. Cutmaster Swift flips a great sample into a beat that is somehow at once palatial and buttery smooth, captures the soulfulness of the source material, is distinctively southern in its musical points of reference within hip-hop, and knocks hard as hell.
Big Boi and Gucci Mane ride the beat flawlessly. They are both in near-top form in terms of flows and bars, and while said bars might not be of the 'spiritual lyrical miracle' variety, that doesn't make them any lesser.
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junodog4
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Gender: Male
Location: Calgary
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- #14
- Posted: 10/30/2019 02:39
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| revolver94 wrote: | | damn i need to listen to sir lucius left foot apparently |
It's good times...
and my vote goes to Big Boi.
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Hayden
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- #15
- Posted: 10/30/2019 03:31
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| revolver94 wrote: | | damn i need to listen to sir lucius left foot apparently |
Def. Big Boi's work since has been bizarrely uneven, but that album's a banger. Probably in my top 25 hip-hop releases of the decade. I think it was also the first hip-hop album I ever bought on wax... also one of the first albums I illegally ripped to a CDr.  (vinyl's still on the shelf, think I've tossed the disc since though).
Shine Blockas is a highlight, but the streak from Follow Us to Hustle Blood is underappreciatively solid. Insane knowing he hopped in the studio nearly 13 years ago to start it, time flies...
Just a pity it's up against Fake Empire.
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cestuneblague
Edgy to the Choir
Location: MA/FL
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- #16
- Posted: 10/31/2019 11:50
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Bump
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cestuneblague
Edgy to the Choir
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- #17
- Posted: 11/01/2019 14:33
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The National's Real Win
13-10
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control
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- #18
- Posted: 11/02/2019 01:19
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| CryingGameDahlin wrote: | The National's Real Win
13-10 |
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