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Post by gino888 on Mar 5, 2024 3:56:56 GMT -5
I had these joints come on a shuffle of mine the other day and there really good. I forgot how dope akrobatik was. He was someone I didn't check for but a little back in the day but going back most his material is good. What did y'all think of this album???
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Post by Grayscale on Mar 5, 2024 7:44:06 GMT -5
The good songs were really good, but overall the beats were meh if I recall. Him and Mr lif both suffer from terrible beat picking
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Post by eseph84 on Mar 5, 2024 8:54:02 GMT -5
there was a time when i kinda wrote ak off but him and lif are two of the greats to me. the last perceptionists album had great beats by willie e and p locke (rip) and a few others. their message has always been strong and they rep Boston Hip Hop as some of the best next to czarface, insight, and edan, and a few others.
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Post by gino888 on Mar 5, 2024 10:25:08 GMT -5
I actually don't have his 2003 album Balance but I know its even better than this and that first perceptionists album is also good.
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Post by eseph84 on Mar 5, 2024 11:32:25 GMT -5
yeah balance still holds up and built 2 last was solid too. i think ughh exclusively released that cd at the height of their ughh fame. biggups to adam walder the hip hop history guy. still a legend 2 me for creating and running ughh so well thru the era that he was i charge. he was like the jeff bezos of rap
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Post by AEOKQ on Mar 5, 2024 16:41:00 GMT -5
I remember being disappointed by it when it dropped, but there are definitely some good songs in there, you posted some of them. Black Hell Breaks Loose is an awesome beat from Therapy (from the Asamov crew). I liked Front Steps Pt. II as well. Could have been better production overall for sure, I agree with Grayscale that him and Lif deserved better beats. Akrobatik had a strong clear delivery and rough voice. Good MC for sure, I met him once at show in Baltimore and sold him some weed haha. Met Icon the Mic King at that show too.
I'm gonna listen to the album again, thanks for reminding me. As of now it is like a 7.17/10
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Post by ern on Mar 7, 2024 4:17:00 GMT -5
I never checked for The Perceptionists, together or solo. bout to play these songs tho. I have Built to Last by Akro...and I just recently starting adding Mr. Lif material. coming to a dump near you lol. i remember seeing the Mo Mega album at best buy all the time back in the day and never got it.
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Post by eseph84 on Mar 7, 2024 9:45:58 GMT -5
mo mega is easily lifs worst. i phantom emergency rations and i heard it today are all top notch and so was his ep with l-orange and stu bangaz a few years back.
both perceptionists albums get the job done but 2nd one is better to me.
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Post by Grayscale on Mar 7, 2024 11:34:31 GMT -5
Agree mo mega I wasn’t feeling
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Post by gino888 on Mar 7, 2024 12:04:39 GMT -5
The l'orange project is great
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Post by gino888 on Mar 8, 2024 3:37:01 GMT -5
I've been sitting with Balance in my YouTube playlist for 3 days now and I haven't played it but that Ak. B nimble track I posted has been on repeat. s**t is bananas
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Post by gino888 on Mar 8, 2024 14:15:57 GMT -5
So i listened to Balance and I'm pretty sure I never heard this album or just once back when. Its got good beats to me and the raps are packed with a ton of substance. I thought u could maybe trim 2 or 3 songs and it'd be great not just good. But my favorite tracks were "The hand that rocks the cradle" and "Here and Now" its a complete album and thers zero skits which is nice sometimes.
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Post by gino888 on Mar 8, 2024 18:13:09 GMT -5
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Post by diagrams on Mar 15, 2024 4:32:02 GMT -5
I had his verse on a Mr lif collab on my ig post. HE told me to take it off cuz Talib mentioned him on my post and of course these idiotic rappers hate far right truthers, not saying I’m far right but you know what I mean
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Post by diagrams on Mar 15, 2024 4:51:38 GMT -5
I haven’t been invited to any family gatherings since I was like 18. I think it’s because I’m not with this Bay Area liberal agenda s**t that everyone in my family is hypnotized from . Now my dads side my black side they don’t have that problem , they’re not addicted to the news and my cousin Lakiah is Anonymous, she goes out and rallies and makes over a 100k at her tech job. I Can relate more to my Black side then my Latin side
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Post by Grayscale on Mar 15, 2024 5:34:52 GMT -5
I haven’t been invited to any family gatherings since I was like 18. I think it’s because I’m not with this Bay Area liberal agenda s**t that everyone in my family is hypnotized from . Now my dads side my black side they don’t have that problem , they’re not addicted to the news and my cousin Lakiah is Anonymous, she goes out and rallies and makes over a 100k at her tech job. I Can relate more to my Black side then my Latin side  |
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Post by diagrams on Mar 15, 2024 5:57:52 GMT -5
THAT talib one goes hard. 3 hours I’m taking a shower , gonna get a lumber jack at Denny’s and opt out for the new phone Se cuz it’s cheaper and smaller
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Post by titooo7 on Mar 25, 2024 14:04:09 GMT -5
I remember I liked that album a lot, but like it happens with way too many albums I never went back to it afer 1 or 2 years...I guess there was a reason for that.
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