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Post by sp90s on Jun 6, 2024 17:09:18 GMT -5
 Another UGHH forum favorite and for good reason. Think this was most people first introduction to Apollo Brown and the whole Mello group. Yall still feeling this album? |
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Post by Grayscale on Jun 6, 2024 21:32:30 GMT -5
Dope production. Journalist 103 is a serviceable emcee.
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Post by Your Good Egg on Jun 6, 2024 23:41:03 GMT -5
Dope production. Journalist 103 is a serviceable emcee. Pretty much sums it up for me too. I might have to listen through again and see if there a concept / theme through it or anything that makes it greater than the sum of its parts? |
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Post by AEOKQ on Jun 7, 2024 14:36:13 GMT -5
Really good album, right around 9/10 in my mind. Not sure where it ranks in AB's best albums (there was a poll a few months ago), but it is up there. Listening to the album now, Apollo is superb at chopping and blending vocal samples. He layers his beats well, lots of horns and other elements, always hard drums. He has a very distinct style, and he will end up being one of the GOATs when it is all said and done imo. If I had one small complaint, it is that his beats often sound similar stylistically, not necessarily having the same melodies. Probably because he samples so many soul and Motown records.
I think the rapping is dope, Journalist 103 does his thing, and there are enough guests to add a little spice. Caged Birds is such a magnificent song, probably a top 5 AB beat ever. Such an evocative sample, drums knock hard as hell, and Journalist and Finale trade dope bars. f**king love that song. That reminds me, I have his album A Pipe Dream and a Promise. I've been meaning to listen to that, never heard it.
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Post by Grayscale on Jun 7, 2024 22:25:24 GMT -5
 AEOKQ calculating album ratings. I imagine a journal with an extensive list of ratings at your residence. |
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Post by buckthadevil on Jun 8, 2024 0:24:44 GMT -5
How you get to throw your hat in the ring with these?
I wanna nominate Rosecrans by Quik.
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Post by buckthadevil on Jun 8, 2024 0:29:28 GMT -5
No diss to my man SP he half the reason I used to check out. I’m just trying to get in.
Rosecrans
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Post by Your Good Egg on Jun 8, 2024 1:05:39 GMT -5
Sounds dope Buck, is this the same sample used here?
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Post by ern on Jun 8, 2024 5:49:05 GMT -5
How you get to throw your hat in the ring with these? I wanna nominate Rosecrans by Quik. you click on create thread, type a thread title and a little message, maybe a video or two. what were you drinking last night lol |
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Post by gino888 on Jun 8, 2024 5:52:34 GMT -5
Don't hi jack the thread buck. U know what ur doing.
This album is lame btw. It's one of those old board albums that got sucked only ther.
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Post by LEX718 on Jun 8, 2024 8:26:42 GMT -5
That reminds me, I have his album A Pipe Dream and a Promise. I've been meaning to listen to that, never heard it. Finale is no lie one of my favorite artists. It's criminal how unsung he is. Pipe Dream and a Promise is excellent. I'd check for Odds and Ends next. |
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Post by Grayscale on Jun 8, 2024 9:31:29 GMT -5
How you get to throw your hat in the ring with these? I wanna nominate Rosecrans by Quik. you click on create thread, type a thread title and a little message, maybe a video or two. what were you drinking last night lol He forgot this was UGHH. He thought it was a place that actually had structure |
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Post by AEOKQ on Jun 8, 2024 11:55:15 GMT -5
AEOKQ calculating album ratings. I imagine a journal with an extensive list of ratings at your residence. Haha yes it is a thing with me. I dunno, I like analyzing and reviewing stuff. I was really into reviewing restaurants for a while. Something to pass the time I guess. |
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Post by AEOKQ on Jun 8, 2024 12:52:57 GMT -5
I got smashed last night. Must have had 6 hazy IPAs and three whiskeys. I was semi-passed out on the beach at one point under the Manhattan Beach pier. Then I went to Hustler Casino at like 2:50 am and lost with AK against AJ for like $200 🤬
f**kin A good times.
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Post by Grayscale on Jun 13, 2024 5:51:47 GMT -5
Gas Mask (the song) is an amazing album opener. Those drums are magnificent. That open crispy slurry hi-hat, that pop to the snare and the way that punchy kick cuts through.
The horns and the vocal samples are so soulful and commanding.
This is actually what brings out my summary that Journalist is serviceable. While his delivery here is great, nice hook, he makes the song topical - he doesn’t have any multis really and his presentation is very direct meaning not a lot of metaphor.
That type of lyricism definitely works. I mean I love 50 cent and he’s far from a dense lyricist, but I can never hold the more straightforward stuff in the same class as that possessing deeper layers and more complex construction.
Plus like the very next song he goes into played out references of his rhymes being like addictive drugs. Which is understandable because of the Nas vocal sample, but pretty f**king cliche.
Lyrically there is nothing that is just really stand out to me.
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Post by celestialclockwork on Jun 13, 2024 16:38:13 GMT -5
Surprised no one mentioned 'Binoculars' the beat is sensational
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Post by Grayscale on Jun 13, 2024 22:53:22 GMT -5
Sounds dope Buck, is this the same sample used here? Definitely the same sample |
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