West Coast Connection Forum
DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: teecee on June 13, 2004, 10:58:04 PM
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What the fuck, it used to be once upon a time there were dope commerical albums..... i admit it, even though i am more masta ace than 50 cent, more Nas than Jay z, i love me some commerical ass rap!!! But what the fuck is going on? Jada's album is literally a disgrace, and Banks isnt much better? Banks album is a poor mans version of GRODT, and Kiss of Death is even worse than the disaster that was Kiss The Game Goodbye. These rappers on major labels are fucked up right now..........some people dont feel Kanye, but at least he made a mostly consistent album with some different subject matter, and that is why that shit was dope.
This Banks album? It all sounds the same, i mean, i know he can do better than that......but the only track that really stands out is Warrior 2. At least GRODT had some damn good singles, but this banks shit is horrible.
As for Jada, his album is better than Banks, but come on, why come with TIMES UP as a single, everyone has done the Storch produced Nate sings the hook type track by now, it doesnt work anymore..
When i can only find 2-3 good songs per album, there are serious problems.........and i don't even wanna start on d12, that shit was about half as good as their debut, which was actually quite dope.
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well i dunno i dont think that was the real banks album it seems to be more of an advance
but there are some dope ass tracks on there
playboy is off the hook i think he rides a pretty difficult beat on that
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This Banks album? It all sounds the same, i mean, i know he can do better than that
I totally agree with that. You are already sick of the album after 2 spins. Good album though.
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Im only 5 tracks deep on the "Hunger for more" so I wont comment yet, but as for Jada, I will admit I was dissapointed with "Kiss of Death"...Jada came with about 6-8 really dope tracks and the rest of the album was average or weak at best IMO.
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Im listening 2 Banks album right now,this shit is dope,great album.As for Kiss Of Death,that shit was weak as fuck,not 1 banger on it,what a disgrace.He should've put the intro as his first single,cause that was only good part of the album,lol.
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I don't really feel Jada's album neither but i disagree on banks
and Til The End stands out way more than warrior 2
the game track is dope too and I don't see how tracks like south side story, work magic or im so fly are wack
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not the biggest jada or lloyd banks fan here, but the banks cd is actually good, nothing more, nothing less
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I still gotta check that Banks cd out, Jada's is aight IMO, but he's so damn far from livin up to his potential :-\
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right now i totaly agree with you, but i wana listen to the albums some more, maybe it will grow on me, and "playboy" is a hot track, and "why" is also
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What the fuck, it used to be once upon a time there were dope commerical albums..... i admit it, even though i am more masta ace than 50 cent, more Nas than Jay z, i love me some commerical ass rap!!! But what the fuck is going on? Jada's album is literally a disgrace, and Banks isnt much better? Banks album is a poor mans version of GRODT, and Kiss of Death is even worse than the disaster that was Kiss The Game Goodbye. These rappers on major labels are fucked up right now..........some people dont feel Kanye, but at least he made a mostly consistent album with some different subject matter, and that is why that shit was dope.
This Banks album? It all sounds the same, i mean, i know he can do better than that......but the only track that really stands out is Warrior 2. At least GRODT had some damn good singles, but this banks shit is horrible.
As for Jada, his album is better than Banks, but come on, why come with TIMES UP as a single, everyone has done the Storch produced Nate sings the hook type track by now, it doesnt work anymore..
When i can only find 2-3 good songs per album, there are serious problems.........and i don't even wanna start on d12, that shit was about half as good as their debut, which was actually quite dope.
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I like Kiss Of Death very much!!!
But yeah the Lloyd Banks album aint that good.... i was hooping it would be fire.. i think alot of it sound like mixtape freestyles...
2-3 tracks are good on it
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These albums are nothing but average cause these dudes dont care about improving or changing the rap game that we see today. all they want is to make money and have their names known. That is what the problem with rap is today, the wrong people are getting the attention. It doesn't even matter if its cause they are commercial or not, 2pac, Big, Eminem, Jay-Z, Nas all changed the game in one way or another and each improved their own styles through their careers once they became popular. Some rappers just dont have a true passion for hip hop even though they claim they do.
peace
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Yea, Jada's album was weak. Banks' album was just as weak. It had about 2 or 3 tight tracks, tops. So it looks like none of these guys are gonna be the future. Let's just sit tight and wait for Saigon, the real future.
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Jada album was a lil disappointing...Banks album lived up to my expectations and maybe a lil more...and D12 was a disaster...
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Banks' album was just as weak. It had about 2 or 3 tight tracks, tops. So it looks like none of these guys are gonna be the future.
OMFG, I'D NEVER EXPECT TO SEE THIS FROM SGV.. :o :o
Btw, the reply reads "today" so there might be a 0.0005% chance that SGV actually have heard the album, but I swear that I have seen the same reply months before the album was out on the net.. :o
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jadakiss cd is ok
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im checkin it now...........i'll hit up a review sometime when i got some time.......
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I bet you its cuz these muthafuckaz get million dollar advances way before they hit the studio. That probably takes out some of the motivation.
Hip-Hop is just in a slump right now anyway.
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In my honest opinion, i think both albums were pretty good. I did appreciate banks album a little more than Jada's because it was his first solo effort. I think you guys are expecting a little too much from these albums. Lets face it every one has the same topics(song) and if you people are expecting another Doggie style, Chronic, 2001, blueprint, etc. you might as well forget it. The day of the Classic album is gone. Rappers now and days work with entirely too many producers to get classic albums. Not saying that it cant be done but its far and between. You people are looking for one album to change the game so, therefore you will always be dissappointed.
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Yo BIg Daddy, you make some good points, but the fact is these albums are monotonous, completely monotonous. I didnt even have high expectations, but was hoping to be surprised; instead, the albums were worse than i could have imagined.
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^^^u know dawg, after hearing banks album, its bumps aiight in the tech but biggest problems i got with his album is
1 - production.....its aiight......but its to similar to everythin else that comes out from them.....and it sounds low bugdet......take away, the intro.....im so fly.....warrior 2, when the chip are down and u got shit that comes out everyday.........he should have got some production from swizz beats, it would have helped him..........as whether u like to beleive it or not, his in the same mold as fabolous and cassidy......his just lucky he dont have to make joints for the bitches to sell as he on g-unit..........
2 - he needs to bring some life to his joints......i donno if u noticed but who every raps with him, its like they bring life to his joints........yayo kills the intro and sounds real lively.......snoop brings life to the get high joint, even though his laid back and buck come strong on joint with him.......lines like "we on the fuck the police shit"....be catchy, and nate brings life on warrior remix with the rest of the cats.....game comes strong on that joint with the grimey beat
3- lacks catchy line.....his hooks are standard but he lacks catchy lines, unlike 50, buk, game n so
its obvious he can rap through a whole track though with things to say though, which was obies biggest problem, carrying a track......but to me..........banks is in the same mold as a shady records signing........good lyrics n shit, but his shit dont always hit hard......as he sounds kinda dead.....thats where u need swizz beats to bring some life with the beats
but overall......its not a bad album, theres some nice joints on it......the intro, im so fly and the game joint i'll bump, and theres a few other thats ok........but its nothing real sick.
but what can u expect, they get beats off unknown cats and theres no real consistancy so its how it is......
but its okay, pretty much what i expected to be honest.....nothing real great or nothing real bad......another album
peace
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I think what dissapoints us, is that all the albums sound the same now. It used to be that Jay-Z sound or that Wu-Tang or even that DMX sound. Now all this shit sounds the same.
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I think what dissapoints us, is that all the albums sound the same now. It used to be that Jay-Z sound or that Wu-Tang or even that DMX sound. Now all this shit sounds the same.
so true, back in the early 90's everyone sounded different, and if you tried to copy a style, you were dissed. There was only one Cypress Hill and B-Reals weird voice, Onyx and that hard rock sound, Das EFX and the speed rap that eventually became Mid-West, Ice Cube and his hard lyrics, Public Enemy and the political rap, Dr. Dre and his G-Funk, Eazy E and his childish voice, Snoop and his smooth flow, Digital Underground and that weird bass they had and of course Humpty Hump, Too $hort and his pimping, everyone had their own sound, now it all is the same. Before you had certain rappers with their producers, now producers are like hoes, everyone fucks with them. But as long as only 5 companies own the whole game, and one company controls the radio, it will continue to be the same way. They wouldn't invest, until you sell out.