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Post by titooo7 on Jun 21, 2024 2:10:10 GMT -5
As I’ve mentioned before, it’s f**k Pete Rock. WHY? Just curious. I know he said some conspiracy-ignorant s**t on social media, but is there anything else for you to say that?
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Post by buckthadevil on Jun 21, 2024 15:49:03 GMT -5
He sued or threatened to sue Nas over money made off Illmatic.
He cleared it up on Drink Champs with Common tho.
Said he’d never do something like that and it was more his people or his management team that felt Pete should be earning more off that album.
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Post by gino888 on Jun 22, 2024 0:00:15 GMT -5
That sounds like a flat out lie. PR is a known cheap skate. Dude has been filmed more than once s**tting on record dealers to for prices. He can't afford em?!
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Post by LEX718 on Jun 27, 2024 8:19:11 GMT -5
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Post by wcu on Jun 30, 2024 17:41:06 GMT -5
“I still make beats like I used to. Keep your top 5, I’m god’s favorite producer.”
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Post by nws1ne on Jul 1, 2024 12:33:39 GMT -5
Pete Rock came out and performed Wise Up with Common at The Roots picnic last weekend
Highly anticipating this release
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Post by Nightrider on Jul 9, 2024 0:14:40 GMT -5
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Post by Nightrider on Jul 12, 2024 0:24:12 GMT -5
Out now
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Post by meaker on Jul 12, 2024 13:51:01 GMT -5
It's pretty dope! I can't put my finger on one track that I want to keep listening to though and that's not great.
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Post by AEOKQ on Jul 12, 2024 19:51:43 GMT -5
Uplifting soulful beats, which was to be expected. It's good but I would have liked at least one or two more gritty loops or umtempo joints. Wise Up was the one song that sort of matches the stuff I like.
Will definitely give it some more spins and see how my opinion changes. I can see the general public really liking this. Common spits that intelligent s**t as always. It seems that Pete gave him a good pairing.
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Post by buckthadevil on Jul 13, 2024 3:23:51 GMT -5
3.5 mics.
Common is on auto pilot most of the album and Pete Rock beats are good enough. It’s Adult-Hop you listen to with wifey on the way to Home Depot or some sht.
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Post by celestialclockwork on Jul 13, 2024 12:29:11 GMT -5
This album is getting lavished with praise everywhere I've seen apart from here. Skimmed half of it and it sounded so nice, need to listen properly later.
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Post by AEOKQ on Jul 13, 2024 14:43:00 GMT -5
It is a good album for sure, I'd probably go 4/5 mics. Pete Rock's best work in quite some time. You can throw this on at a BBQ and people would be vibing to it. Signature PR horns on the first few tracks. He changed his style a bit, I feel like the way he chops his samples and layers his beats are a bit different. On Soul Survivor for instance, which I can think we can all agree is a certified classic, he let the samples shine and kept it more minimal. Very jazzy album. This is a bit more condensed with a medley of sounds going on.
Like I said, very uplifting soulful album. The opposite of a dark raw album, which is not a bad thing, I don't think anyone would expect that from Common.
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Post by buckthadevil on Jul 13, 2024 17:39:32 GMT -5
Of course it’s gonna get praise everywhere. It’s Common and Pete Rock. They can make an entire album with just fart sounds and people will call it a masterpiece.
Look at all the glowing reviews for that bullsht Andre flute album. The sht was wack.
Let’s keep it real over here. This isn’t BE. They played it as safe as can be tho.
They took zero artistic risks. It’s almost completely void of bangers besides one or two tracks. Common took a step back lyrically. There’s just too many played out lines and ABC rhymes.
This album needed some features to break it up. He’s not Nas. It was almost exhausting listening to nothing but the same flows from Common for the whole album. And Pete Rock made some average beats. Nothing had me like “Yoooo. THAT sht’s ridiculous” and made me want to run it back.
With all the build up and campaigning for this album, I’m disappointed. It’s not bad. It’s boring.
It’s music to have brunch to.
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Post by LEX718 on Jul 13, 2024 21:47:56 GMT -5
I f**k with it. Really feels like a couple masters in a good creative space making music where they're at. I agree that it isn't necessarily pushing boundaries. But the sound to me is great. Doesn't feel rushed or forced or half assed. It's a solid foot forward.
For anyone interested, they are performing for free in Brooklyn tomorrow at 5pm. Von King Park.
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Post by Your Good Egg on Jul 14, 2024 0:10:23 GMT -5
Hell on wheels was a great show highly recommended fam.
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Post by Nightrider on Jul 14, 2024 1:30:06 GMT -5
Hell on wheels was a great show highly recommended fam. He speaks the truth!
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Post by Nightrider on Jul 14, 2024 1:41:38 GMT -5
I only listened to Blu & Evidence album mainly for 2 days now, today I started with this album and I like it. Pretty easy, light, remains within some safe limits maybe it could be a little bolder. Fans will refer to it as a classic album, I'm sure of that.
And these two are perfect for each other
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Post by oghh on Jul 16, 2024 15:45:00 GMT -5
Few tracks in and it's not bad... For lullaby music. It's putting me to sleep. Props for doing their thing but both artists have plenty of other work that I'd rather listen to over and over and over before I ever want to hear this again. I will finish it if I don't fall completely asleep before it ends though.
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Post by buckthadevil on Jul 18, 2024 8:45:14 GMT -5
Couple spins and I’m over it. Will not be checking for Vol 2.
There’s nothing below the surface.
They’re Dreaming. They feel Fortunate. People need to Wize Up.
No styling at all.
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Post by AEOKQ on Jul 18, 2024 9:34:34 GMT -5
Gonna have to agree with Buck. When I first heard it I was impressed at what Pete Rock brought to the table. But the replay value is fairly minimal on this one. No fantastic songs, more like a compilation of good songs, which isn't a bad thing whatsoever, just not something I will be returning to often. 3.5/5 is a more appropriate rating. PR's style is too generic to call this a remarkable album.
If you are in a good mood driving around on a sunny day, this is a nice album to throw on.
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Post by meaker on Jul 18, 2024 11:33:08 GMT -5
Of course it’s gonna get praise everywhere. It’s Common and Pete Rock. They can make an entire album with just fart sounds and people will call it a masterpiece. Look at all the glowing reviews for that bullsht Andre flute album. The sht was wack. Let’s keep it real over here. This isn’t BE. They played it as safe as can be tho. They took zero artistic risks. It’s almost completely void of bangers besides one or two tracks. Common took a step back lyrically. There’s just too many played out lines and ABC rhymes. This album needed some features to break it up. He’s not Nas. It was almost exhausting listening to nothing but the same flows from Common for the whole album. And Pete Rock made some average beats. Nothing had me like “Yoooo. THAT sht’s ridiculous” and made me want to run it back. With all the build up and campaigning for this album, I’m disappointed. It’s not bad. It’s boring. It’s music to have brunch to. This is spot on!
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Post by gino888 on Jul 18, 2024 11:41:39 GMT -5
Common is boring and so is Pete rock. I said it. Standard issue rapity rap
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Post by buckthadevil on Jul 18, 2024 11:58:54 GMT -5
Common didn’t sound inspired at all which is crazy cuz the way they pushed the album was like “this is a return to classic hip hop, we bringing the world a gift to treasure forever with this one yall”.
Then this sht come on….
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Post by LEX718 on Jul 18, 2024 13:28:54 GMT -5
Am I the only one here who thinks this s**t is great? This is right up my alley. I'm cool with less bravado and more laid back s**t. The sonic quality of this project is excellent as well.
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Post by buckthadevil on Jul 19, 2024 20:23:04 GMT -5
Am I the only one here who thinks this s**t is great? This is right up my alley. I'm cool with less bravado and more laid back s**t. The sonic quality of this project is excellent as well. He said “watch this rap n***a get all up your mind / you like ice-cream, I like wine” Real introspective lyrics. They took your money.
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Post by LEX718 on Jul 23, 2024 7:23:14 GMT -5
Am I the only one here who thinks this s**t is great? This is right up my alley. I'm cool with less bravado and more laid back s**t. The sonic quality of this project is excellent as well. He said “watch this rap n***a get all up your mind / you like ice-cream, I like wine” Real introspective lyrics. They took your money. nevermind, I hate it now.. 🙄
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Post by titooo7 on Jul 24, 2024 4:30:23 GMT -5
I f**k with it. Really feels like a couple masters in a good creative space making music where they're at. I agree that it isn't necessarily pushing boundaries. But the sound to me is great. Doesn't feel rushed or forced or half assed. It's a solid foot forward. For anyone interested, they are performing for free in Brooklyn tomorrow at 5pm. Von King Park. The thing is that I didn't expect them to push boundaries really, I'm glad they didn't actually. I just wished they could release one of their best albums and not just a good one. Let's imagine I didn't know when any of their albums were released, you asked me to listen to all of them and then rank them. There is no way I would place this one among their Top 3 and probably not even their Top 5. Like others said it's not bad but I don't find it great either, I find it boring... And I think I blame Common a bit more than Pete for that.
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Post by thagoat on Jul 27, 2024 21:01:08 GMT -5
I love it
This is what i want in rap being an older head
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Post by ern on Aug 1, 2024 17:34:20 GMT -5
He said “watch this rap n***a get all up your mind / you like ice-cream, I like wine” Real introspective lyrics. They took your money. nevermind, I hate it now.. 🙄 lemonade was a popular drink and it still is
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