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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Blood$ on February 18, 2014, 02:36:29 PM
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01. Gangsta
02. Los Awesome (feat. Jay Rock)
03. Collard Greens (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
04. What They Want (feat. 2 Chainz)
05. Hoover
06. Studio (feat. BJ The Chicago Kid)
07. Prescription/Oxymoron
08. The Purge (feat. Kurupt & Tyler The Creator)
09. Blind Threats (feat. Raekwon)
10. Hell Of A Night
11. Break The Bank
12. Man Of The Year
13. His And Her Friend (feat. SZA) (Deluxe Edition Bonus)
14. Grooveline Pt. 2 (feat. Suga Free) (Deluxe Edition Bonus)
15. Fuck L.A. (Deluxe Edition Bonus)
it's out there, I think only a web rip is available now but the links are getting shot down with the quickness
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Imma wait for the real thing to drop. So far so good from what I've heard...the three singles. I'm actually kinda sick of collard greens though. But then Man of the year is solo and he rips it. Fresh sounding beat too. I hope that the rest of the album is solid, and I'm looking forward to next week.
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yeah I'm just gonna wait for a good rip or just until Tuesday when I go to Best Buy for my copy lol
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I'll be in tears if I have GroupRIP tonight.
I'm so hyped.
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yeah I'm just gonna wait for a good rip or just until Tuesday when I go to Best Buy for my copy lol
Don't go to best buy to get your copy . Go to Target to get the Deluxe exclusive version that target only carries.
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yeah I'm just gonna wait for a good rip or just until Tuesday when I go to Best Buy for my copy lol
Don't go to best buy to get your copy . Go to Target to get the Deluxe exclusive version that target only carries.
good call 8)
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Can't find this shit anywhere.
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Can't find this shit anywhere.
TDE has one hell of a team on the net no lie… I seen only like 2 links and both were dead and now nothing is popping up lol that track with Raekwon is on mad sites though
I bet tomorrow some links will start floating around again
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is this leaked?
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I'll be in tears if I have GroupRIP tonight.
I'm so hyped.
:camp:
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You don't fuck with Schoolboy, Dicksuck Material?
Yeah...your opinion isn't the least respected on this forum... ::)
Anyway, Grouprip out yet, niggas?
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You don't fuck with Schoolboy, Dicksuck Material?
Yeah...your opinion isn't the least respected on this forum... ::)
Anyway, Grouprip out yet, niggas?
LOL @ you wantin' to cry if you get a rip for that average rapper u sensitive faggot fuck. btw isaiah rashad, ab soul, jay rock > school boy
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Lol @ you googling the members of TDE and saying some brash shit to be relevant.
We all know you listen to two artists, fam. None of which are from the West...fall back.
Don't derail the thread with your stupidity, kid.
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Lol @ you googling the members of TDE and saying some brash shit to be relevant.
We all know you listen to two artists, fam. None of which are from the West...fall back.
Don't derail the thread with your stupidity, kid.
sit your cryin' ass down somewhere prag or kill yourself.
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Lol @ you Googling everything you claim to know.
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Lol @ you Googling everything you claim to know.
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I honestly haven't given Schoolboy Q a listen at all. Only thing I've heard from him was that diss he did to 40 Glocc and those 2 features on Game's mixtape (although I don't know who he is and who Skeme is and they're both on back-2-back songs together).
I think I'm going to do what I did with Kendrick, just pick it up and allow myself to be surprised. Hopefully lightning stikes twice.
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I honestly haven't given Schoolboy Q a listen at all.
well if you feel like bumping anything before the album leaks/drops I'd start with Setbacks, Habits & Contradictions was dope but a little more experimental for Q
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I think I'm going to do what I did with Kendrick, just pick it up and allow myself to be surprised. Hopefully lightning stikes twice.
Gonna be a nice surprise. I can guarantee it.
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Yeah I think I'll start with the album and work my way backwards. It's more fun that way.
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I honestly haven't given Schoolboy Q a listen at all. Only thing I've heard from him was that diss he did to 40 Glocc and those 2 features on Game's mixtape (although I don't know who he is and who Skeme is and they're both on back-2-back songs together).
I think I'm going to do what I did with Kendrick, just pick it up and allow myself to be surprised. Hopefully lightning stikes twice.
Your history shows that you don't really like to give a lot of new artists a shot? Schoolboy is one of the bigger rappers in the game, not hearing his shit is almost hard to do unless your ear is just not tuned to hip hop.
Do you listen to any rappers post 2005? I been seeing you post since the old DR forums by the way, not talking shit just asking.
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I honestly haven't given Schoolboy Q a listen at all. Only thing I've heard from him was that diss he did to 40 Glocc and those 2 features on Game's mixtape (although I don't know who he is and who Skeme is and they're both on back-2-back songs together).
I think I'm going to do what I did with Kendrick, just pick it up and allow myself to be surprised. Hopefully lightning stikes twice.
Your history shows that you don't really like to give a lot of new artists a shot? Schoolboy is one of the bigger rappers in the game, not hearing his shit is almost hard to do unless your ear is just not tuned to hip hop.
Do you listen to any rappers post 2005? I been seeing you post since the old DR forums by the way, not talking shit just asking.
Enigma expert in all hip hop not talking shit just saying
i guess when schoolboy drops and the bandwagon jumpers just like you be like they were always a fan
dont remember you posting anything on schoolboy here
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I honestly haven't given Schoolboy Q a listen at all. Only thing I've heard from him was that diss he did to 40 Glocc and those 2 features on Game's mixtape (although I don't know who he is and who Skeme is and they're both on back-2-back songs together).
I think I'm going to do what I did with Kendrick, just pick it up and allow myself to be surprised. Hopefully lightning stikes twice.
Your history shows that you don't really like to give a lot of new artists a shot? Schoolboy is one of the bigger rappers in the game, not hearing his shit is almost hard to do unless your ear is just not tuned to hip hop.
Do you listen to any rappers post 2005? I been seeing you post since the old DR forums by the way, not talking shit just asking.
Enigma expert in all hip hop not talking shit just saying
i guess when schoolboy drops and the bandwagon jumpers just like you be like they were always a fan
dont remember you posting anything on schoolboy here
Okay now you wanna troll me, have at it. I've been a fan since day one, and there's a good possibility I haven't talked about him on here. You know why? Cause I've been on this forum for 12 years as opposed to your 3 or 4 years and you have more posts than me. I only have 500 some posts in 12 years? What's that mean? I don't post a whole lot.
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I honestly haven't given Schoolboy Q a listen at all. Only thing I've heard from him was that diss he did to 40 Glocc and those 2 features on Game's mixtape (although I don't know who he is and who Skeme is and they're both on back-2-back songs together).
I think I'm going to do what I did with Kendrick, just pick it up and allow myself to be surprised. Hopefully lightning stikes twice.
Your history shows that you don't really like to give a lot of new artists a shot? Schoolboy is one of the bigger rappers in the game, not hearing his shit is almost hard to do unless your ear is just not tuned to hip hop.
Do you listen to any rappers post 2005? I been seeing you post since the old DR forums by the way, not talking shit just asking.
Enigma expert in all hip hop not talking shit just saying
i guess when schoolboy drops and the bandwagon jumpers just like you be like they were always a fan
dont remember you posting anything on schoolboy here
Okay now you wanna troll me, have at it. I've been a fan since day one, and there's a good possibility I haven't talked about him on here. You know why? Cause I've been on this forum for 12 years as opposed to your 3 or 4 years and you have more posts than me. I only have 500 some posts in 12 years? What's that mean? I don't post a whole lot.
i been here since 03
i was also on WestCoastRydaz forum also back in the day
as far as schoolboy and tde i been hearing them since mid 2008
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1 mins snippets of all 15 tracks are posted here if anyone's interested!
http://www.juno.co.uk/ultraplayer/521625-01.m3u
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1 mins snippets of all 15 tracks are posted here if anyone's interested!
http://www.juno.co.uk/ultraplayer/521625-01.m3u
Thanks!
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Grouprip still not out? Unreal.
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Grouprip still not out? Unreal.
LOL baby don't cry.
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it's leaked @ pcrockers.com (you'll see it on the front page) & rapnation
not posting links cause obv it's not allowed here, i'm downloading it now anyway. seems like i'v been waiting years for this to drop
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RGF has it now too
gonna check it out once I get home
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12 tracks got leaked and it's just what I expected probably the album of the year 8)
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The PM is dry. Let's get it poppin', Dubcc.
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Uh-oh, the feedback is not lookin good lol
(http://puu.sh/71YnB)
(http://i.imgur.com/yKh1GON.gif)
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smh bunch of haters lol
this shit taking forever to download though, servers all fucked up
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Uh-oh, the feedback is not lookin good lol
(http://puu.sh/71YnB)
(http://i.imgur.com/yKh1GON.gif)
LOL
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Uh-oh, the feedback is not lookin good lol
(http://puu.sh/71YnB)
(http://i.imgur.com/yKh1GON.gif)
LOL
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That would mean the other seven songs we haven't heard are trash. Hard to believe.
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That would mean the other seven songs we haven't heard are trash. Hard to believe.
Yeah even if the other tracks were all garbage he has enough already out to carry a decent album.
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the version I just got is only 12 tracks so I think some are missing?
still gonna buy this either way cuz like y'all said the early leaks alone are worth the moulah
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The version I got in my inbox is no version; lets work, Dubcc.
& the 12 track one is legit; just missing the bonus tracks.
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The version I got in my inbox is no version; lets work, Dubcc.
& the 12 track one is legit; just missing the bonus tracks.
yeah I was tripping cuz I thought the Suga Free collab made the actual album but I guess that's a bonus track now
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I heard Ab Soul didn't make the album either because they couldn't clear the sample. :-\
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Deluxe is out.
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it's leaked @ pcrockers.com (you'll see it on the front page) & rapnation
not posting links cause obv it's not allowed here, i'm downloading it now anyway. seems like i'v been waiting years for this to drop
i dont see the point of dub not letting dl links here when they got tons of other people albums to dl
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Got some bangers on here.
"Good Kid, M.a.a.D. City" wins easy though.
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now that I got the deluxe on deck I'm halfway and so far so good 8)
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I'm about to check this out. I thought "Yay Yay" was gonna be on the deluxe edition?
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Gonna be awesome to get turnt to.
However, Los Awesome is fucking awful. I fuck with everything else.
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01. Gangsta - 4/5
02. Los Awesome (feat. Jay Rock) - 4/5
03. Collard Greens (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - 4/5
04. What They Want (feat. 2 Chainz) - 3.5/5
05. Hoover Street - 5/5
06. Studio (feat. BJ The Chicago Kid) - 4/5
07. Prescription/Oxymoron - 4.5/5
08. The Purge (feat. Tyler, The Creator & Kurupt) - 4/5
09. Blind Threats (feat. Raekwon) - 5/5
10. Hell of A Night - 3.5/5
11. Break The Bank - 4.5/5
12. Man Of The Year - 4/5
13. His & Her Friend (feat. SZA) - 3.5/5
14. Grooveline Pt. 2 (feat. Suga Free) - 4/5
15. Fuck LA - 5/5
overall I'd give this a solid 4/5, absolutely going to be buying this
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The album is not as cohesive as Kendrick one for sure but it's a westcoast gangsta rap record and this is just want I wanted from him.
Only song I dont like is the SZA assisted record which is ugly to me.
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The album is not as cohesive as Kendrick one for sure but it's a westcoast gangsta rap record and this is just want I wanted from him.
I agree… tracks 5-9 flow together real nice though
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Dope album!
01. Gangsta - 5/5
02. Los Awesome (feat. Jay Rock) - 4.5/5
03. Collard Greens (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - 4.5/5
04. What They Want (feat. 2 Chainz) - 4/5
05. Hoover Street - 5/5
06. Studio (feat. BJ The Chicago Kid) - 5/5
07. Prescription/Oxymoron - 5/5
08. The Purge (feat. Tyler, The Creator & Kurupt) - 5/5
09. Blind Threats (feat. Raekwon) - 5/5
10. Hell of A Night - 4.5/5
11. Break The Bank - 5/5
12. Man Of The Year - 5/5
13. His & Her Friend (feat. SZA) - 4.5/5
14. Grooveline Pt. 2 (feat. Suga Free) - 5/5
15. Fuck LA - 5/5
Overall 4.5/5
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Album is Garbage. Q needs to learn u can't just rap the first thing that comes into your head. + dude sounds like Kokanes bastard son rappin.
1 Gangsta 5
2 Los Awesome 5
3 Collard Greens 5.5
4 What They Want 4
5 Hoover Street 4
6 Studio 5
7 Prescription 4
8 The Purge 2
9 Blind Threats 4 <----------- even Rae tacked on the end can't save this one
10 Hell of a Night 4
11 Break the Bank 4
12 Man Of The Year 4
Final score 4/10 = Poor. He just committed solo career suicide.
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Album is Garbage. Q needs to learn u can't just rap the first thing that comes into your head. + dude sounds like Kokanes bastard son rappin.
1 Gangsta 5
2 Los Awesome 5
3 Collard Greens 5.5
4 What They Want 4
5 Hoover Street 4
6 Studio 5
7 Prescription 4
8 The Purge 2
9 Blind Threats 4 <----------- even Rae tacked on the end can't save this one
10 Hell of a Night 4
11 Break the Bank 4
12 Man Of The Year 4
Final score 4/10 = Poor. He just committed solo career suicide.
the dumber the fan the easier it is to sell them bullshit.
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Album is Garbage. Q needs to learn u can't just rap the first thing that comes into your head. + dude sounds like Kokanes bastard son rappin.
1 Gangsta 5
2 Los Awesome 5
3 Collard Greens 5.5
4 What They Want 4
5 Hoover Street 4
6 Studio 5
7 Prescription 4
8 The Purge 2
9 Blind Threats 4 <----------- even Rae tacked on the end can't save this one
10 Hell of a Night 4
11 Break the Bank 4
12 Man Of The Year 4
Final score 4/10 = Poor. He just committed solo career suicide.
Did you just rank every song out of 10? LMFAO.
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Album is Garbage. Q needs to learn u can't just rap the first thing that comes into your head. + dude sounds like Kokanes bastard son rappin.
1 Gangsta 5
2 Los Awesome 5
3 Collard Greens 5.5
4 What They Want 4
5 Hoover Street 4
6 Studio 5
7 Prescription 4
8 The Purge 2
9 Blind Threats 4 <----------- even Rae tacked on the end can't save this one
10 Hell of a Night 4
11 Break the Bank 4
12 Man Of The Year 4
Final score 4/10 = Poor. He just committed solo career suicide.
Did you just rank every song out of 10? LMFAO.
Why not. 2 others rated every track.
I gave the album a legit play through and noted each track as I played it.
Album will sell off the K.dot connection doe.
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Break The Bank, Gangsta, Man of the Year, Prescription & Gangsta CANNOT be under a five out of ten. Stop it, dude. Between this & Nicki Minaj stanning your poorly respect opinion is just in another galaxy of disgraceful.
This is even coming from a guy who thought this album was going to be awesome & it fell below my expectations. But 4's across the board? Grow up.
btw, Faggot Material; please stop posting in this thread. The entire forum, our mothers, your dead mother & random niggas from China ALL know you did NOT listen to this album. Just bow out.
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8)
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Break The Bank, Gangsta, Man of the Year, Prescription & Gangsta CANNOT be under a five out of ten. Stop it, dude. Between this & Nicki Minaj stanning your poorly respect opinion is just in another galaxy of disgraceful.
This is even coming from a guy who thought this album was going to be awesome & it fell below my expectations. But 4's across the board? Grow up.
btw, Faggot Material; please stop posting in this thread. The entire forum, our mothers, your dead mother & random niggas from China ALL know you did NOT listen to this album. Just bow out.
miley hip hop is way out of your league that rita ora shit should be droppin' soon for you to twerk to prag.
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btw, Faggot Material; please stop posting in this thread. The entire forum, our mothers, your dead mother & random niggas from China ALL know you did NOT listen to this album. Just bow out.
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btw, Faggot Material; please stop posting in this thread. The entire forum, our mothers, your dead mother & random niggas from China ALL know you did NOT listen to this album. Just bow out.
go see what pussy smell like for once and sniff your grandmas panties prag.
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I hate he's adlips
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btw, Faggot Material; please stop posting in this thread. The entire forum, our mothers, your dead mother & random niggas from China ALL know you did NOT listen to this album. Just bow out.
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I dont think i ever deleted an album that fast. Restarted my computer twice but i still feel like shit. I could have done so much more with the bandwidth i just wasted.
I really envy people who havent had the chance to listen to this.
Final score: <0 :scarface:
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But 4's across the board? Grow up.
Why is immature to recognise awful music?
4/10
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★★/★★★★★
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But 4's across the board? Grow up.
Why is immature to recognise awful music?
4/10
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★★/★★★★★
she's the same bitch who was askin' if niggas copped the beyonce album. take everything she say wit a grain of salt.
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But 4's across the board? Grow up.
Why is immature to recognise awful music?
4/10
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★★/★★★★★
Because the album has been out for less than 24 hours & you already just threw some low ass numbers on the board because you've never liked him. Even the review that was all 4/5's is too soon.
And let's not act like you're not a BLATANT hater of TDE...blatant. Let's also not act like you weren't defending Nicki's lyrics on "Lookin' Ass Nigga"...which have 64 bars that end in "...ass nigga" just two days ago & now this is "unlistenable" after one spin.
One day you'll understand what the word "logic" means.
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But 4's across the board? Grow up.
Why is immature to recognise awful music?
4/10
=
★★/★★★★★
Because the album has been out for less than 24 hours & you already just threw some low ass numbers on the board because you've never liked him. Even the review that was all 4/5's is too soon.
And let's not act like you're not a BLATANT hater of TDE...blatant. Let's also not act like you weren't defending Nicki's lyrics on "Lookin' Ass Nigga"...which have 64 bars that end in "...ass nigga" just two days ago & now this is "unlistenable" after one spin.
One day you'll understand what the word "logic" means.
Where did I say this was unlistenable? It's just poor. Beats/concepts/rappin/content...he got a track thats over 6 1/2 minutes of NOTHING Cham :D
What has the amount of time the albums been out got to do with it? U want me to tweet u from the future on some sci-fi shit? Does it take u that long to form an opinion?
And where u got it from I'm a blatant hater of TDE u trippin son LMAO
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http://youtu.be/gMrxiTpc188 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Album is Garbage. Q needs to learn u can't just rap the first thing that comes into your head. + dude sounds like Kokanes bastard son rappin.
1 Gangsta 5
5 Hoover Street 4
7 Prescription 4
8 The Purge 2
9 Blind Threats 4 <----------- even Rae tacked on the end can't save this one
11 Break the Bank 4
Final score 4/10 = Poor. He just committed solo career suicide.
LMAO wow there is no way you listened to this album in full if you rated these tracks anything less than an 8/10… leave the trolling for the pros, broski
what album that dropped this year is better than this then in your opinion?
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Album is Garbage. Q needs to learn u can't just rap the first thing that comes into your head. + dude sounds like Kokanes bastard son rappin.
1 Gangsta 5
5 Hoover Street 4
7 Prescription 4
8 The Purge 2
9 Blind Threats 4 <----------- even Rae tacked on the end can't save this one
11 Break the Bank 4
Final score 4/10 = Poor. He just committed solo career suicide.
LMAO wow there is no way you listened to this album in full if you rated these tracks anything less than an 8/10… leave the trolling for the pros, broski
what album that dropped this year is better than this then in your opinion?
check my sig.
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Album is Garbage. Q needs to learn u can't just rap the first thing that comes into your head. + dude sounds like Kokanes bastard son rappin.
1 Gangsta 5
5 Hoover Street 4
7 Prescription 4
8 The Purge 2
9 Blind Threats 4 <----------- even Rae tacked on the end can't save this one
11 Break the Bank 4
Final score 4/10 = Poor. He just committed solo career suicide.
LMAO wow there is no way you listened to this album in full if you rated these tracks anything less than an 8/10… leave the trolling for the pros, broski
what album that dropped this year is better than this then in your opinion?
You mean in Jan/Feb or last 12 months? Last really dope release IMO was No Poison No Paradise
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Dope album 8).
This will likely end up being the best west coast hip hop album in 2014.
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Gonna be awesome to get turnt to.
However, Los Awesome is fucking awful. I fuck with everything else.
Indeed. Los Awesome is Los Awful!
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Album is Garbage. Q needs to learn u can't just rap the first thing that comes into your head. + dude sounds like Kokanes bastard son rappin.
1 Gangsta 5
2 Los Awesome 5
3 Collard Greens 5.5
4 What They Want 4
5 Hoover Street 4
6 Studio 5
7 Prescription 4
8 The Purge 2
9 Blind Threats 4 <----------- even Rae tacked on the end can't save this one
10 Hell of a Night 4
11 Break the Bank 4
12 Man Of The Year 4
Final score 4/10 = Poor. He just committed solo career suicide.
Did you just rank every song out of 10? LMFAO.
Isn't DBA the dude who always gets criticized for his horrible album ranking system? Why are you surprised ha?
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I dont think i ever deleted an album that fast. Restarted my computer twice but i still feel like shit. I could have done so much more with the bandwidth i just wasted.
I really envy people who havent had the chance to listen to this.
Final score: <0 :scarface:
:laugh: HAHAHAHA
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SOB... half way through and this is turning out a disappointment. The beats are garbage.
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Y'all need to stop all that bullshit and take it to the G-Spot. I'm gettin' tired of y'all fuckin' up every thread with your stupid ass beefin'.
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Wow! This album is a fucking joke on first spin. Dude chose lame beats. Very disappointing. This album can't fuck with his first two albums and Setbacks remains his best solo work by far.
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I wonder how this album does sales-wise. Last figure I saw was 23,000 pre-orders and that was over a week ago (http://www.dubcnn.com/2014/02/12/schoolboy-q-oxymoron-pre-order-sales-announced/).
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But 4's across the board? Grow up.
Why is immature to recognise awful music?
4/10
=
★★/★★★★★
Because the album has been out for less than 24 hours & you already just threw some low ass numbers on the board because you've never liked him. Even the review that was all 4/5's is too soon.
And let's not act like you're not a BLATANT hater of TDE...blatant. Let's also not act like you weren't defending Nicki's lyrics on "Lookin' Ass Nigga"...which have 64 bars that end in "...ass nigga" just two days ago & now this is "unlistenable" after one spin.
One day you'll understand what the word "logic" means.
Where did I say this was unlistenable?
How does a 4/10 on 90% of the songs not translate to non-listenable?
4/10 is 40%...I don't know if you've ever been to school bruh but...
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checked it out just cause of the hype and for the suga free joint, but man this shit sux, the new school today has the worst taste. westcoast rapper over trap sounding beats GTFO
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checked it out just cause of the hype and for the suga free joint, but man this shit sux, the new school today has the worst taste. westcoast rapper over trap sounding beats GTFO
this.
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But 4's across the board? Grow up.
Why is immature to recognise awful music?
4/10
=
★★/★★★★★
Because the album has been out for less than 24 hours & you already just threw some low ass numbers on the board because you've never liked him. Even the review that was all 4/5's is too soon.
And let's not act like you're not a BLATANT hater of TDE...blatant. Let's also not act like you weren't defending Nicki's lyrics on "Lookin' Ass Nigga"...which have 64 bars that end in "...ass nigga" just two days ago & now this is "unlistenable" after one spin.
One day you'll understand what the word "logic" means.
Where did I say this was unlistenable?
How does a 4/10 on 90% of the songs not translate to non-listenable?
4/10 is 40%...I don't know if you've ever been to school bruh but...
I rated Daz's last album 4/10 (no joke)
Ignorant, generic Daz shouting over cheap sounding beats from youtube producers. Sometimes u wanna listen to that ingnant shit doe. Foolboy Q went straight in the trash however...
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I didn't hear any "trap beats" on this though, dudes just making up excuses and trolling now lol
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It doesnt matter how the album sounds - most people on Dubcc are not gonna like it. I told ya. This forum is so out of the loop. Not saying you cant
have your own opinion but they just looking to trash everything thats new. We still in 1994 over here with people from all over the place. Then in a few years
the same people gonna be like "i wish Schoolboy Q went back to his old shit. At least he was good then", as i constantly tell people how members here act. Anything post 1996 or so people here hate.
Been conditioned - sonically & opinion wise - to not like anything unrelated to Death Row, NWA and so on. Add the fact that its alot of trolls here.
Now i see people some of the same people who were shitting on G.K.M.C. props. Funny huh?
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It doesnt matter how the album sounds - most people on Dubcc are not gonna like it. I told ya. This forum is so out of the loop. Not saying you cant
have your own opinion but they just looking to trash everything thats new. We still in 1994 over here with people from all over the place. Then in a few years
the same people gonna be like "i wish Schoolboy Q went back to his old shit. At least he was good then", as i constantly tell people how members here act. Anything post 1996 or so people here hate.
Been conditioned - sonically & opinion wise - to not like anything unrelated to Death Row, NWA and so on. Add the fact that its alot of trolls here.
Now i see people some of the same people who were shitting on G.K.M.C. props. Funny huh?
and what did you think of the album?
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It doesnt matter how the album sounds - most people on Dubcc are not gonna like it. I told ya. This forum is so out of the loop. Not saying you cant
have your own opinion but they just looking to trash everything thats new. We still in 1994 over here with people from all over the place. Then in a few years
the same people gonna be like "i wish Schoolboy Q went back to his old shit. At least he was good then", as i constantly tell people how members here act. Anything post 1996 or so people here hate.
Been conditioned - sonically & opinion wise - to not like anything unrelated to Death Row, NWA and so on. Add the fact that its alot of trolls here.
Now i see people some of the same people who were shitting on G.K.M.C. props. Funny huh?
AMEN
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Dope album personnaly, feeling it.
Props for getting Suga Free and Kurupt on it.
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It doesnt matter how the album sounds - most people on Dubcc are not gonna like it. I told ya. This forum is so out of the loop. Not saying you cant
have your own opinion but they just looking to trash everything thats new. We still in 1994 over here with people from all over the place. Then in a few years
the same people gonna be like "i wish Schoolboy Q went back to his old shit. At least he was good then", as i constantly tell people how members here act. Anything post 1996 or so people here hate.
Been conditioned - sonically & opinion wise - to not like anything unrelated to Death Row, NWA and so on. Add the fact that its alot of trolls here.
Now i see people some of the same people who were shitting on G.K.M.C. props. Funny huh?
Blah blah blah yawn
Personally I rated GKMC as one of the best West Coast records in a decade. I support good music new and old and I listen to all genres too
This album was ass. Nothing againsts the artist and no hidden agenda sorry pal
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How are the Kurupt and Suga Free verses?
Based on the one-minute snippets, some songs sound dope, some sound like skippers because they just weren't made for me, and some sound like absolutely wack filler (His and Her Friend).
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How are the Kurupt and Suga Free verses?
Based on the one-minute snippets, some songs sound dope, some sound like skippers because they just weren't made for me, and some sound like absolutely wack filler (His and Her Friend).
the song feat. suga free the beat doesn't fit suga free or his flow and the joint wit kurupt sounds drowsy. sounds like q slipped somethin' in them niggas drinks before they did their verses.
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This is a solid effort. I've listened to it multiple times since it's release and give it a 3.5 or 4 outta 5 for now.
GKMC was the only TDE project I loved right off first listen so this album might grow on me like Section 80 and Habits & Contradictions did.
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How are the Kurupt and Suga Free verses?
dope as fuck, those are 2 of the best tracks
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How are the Kurupt and Suga Free verses?
dope as fuck, those are 2 of the best tracks
break the bank >
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It's solid, but not what I had hoped for. No songs with messages on this one like his last two. And it didn't help that 4 songs were already out there. Maybe the worst of his 3 albums, and definitely not on the level of GKMC or Control System. A bunch of gangsta/crip shit with some pimping tracks. He won't set hip hop on fire like Kendrick did, at all.
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Its good .. Some dope moments , a few not so dope moments . Gangsta enough mixed with new school..A keeper for sure .
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people need to understand out of all black hippy schoolboy is the weakest link the least Lyrical out
of all and he also is a party rapper
if ya was expecting 90s west coast then ur not going to get it just give this guy some time he will grow on you
if u was a real tde fan then u know but i guess the bandwagon jumpers were ready to jump on the next dick just cause he popular now
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First Play available now on iTunes..
(http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music4/v4/c6/7c/f9/c67cf9b0-b980-5a97-5d8a-5f9887987e48/cover200x200.jpeg)
First Play - Schoolboy Q, Oxymoron (https://itunes.apple.com/us/station/first-play-schoolboy-q-oxymoron/idra.820551584)
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No songs with messages on this one like his last two.
"Prescription/Oxymoron" and "Blind Threats" I'd say have a message to them if you listen to the lyrics
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people need to understand out of all black hippy schoolboy is the weakest link the least Lyrical out
of all and he also is a party rapper
if ya was expecting 90s west coast then ur not going to get it just give this guy some time he will grow on you
if u was a real tde fan then u know but i guess the bandwagon jumpers were ready to jump on the next dick just cause he popular now
Naaaah! Nobody is expecting the 90's. Those days are long gone. The album was a bust. No matter what time frame. His first album isn't 90's and is much better than this shit. It really comes down to taste. I'm sure most teens will love this album. The kids will be bumping this shit at high school parties. Enjoy!
I do like some tracks, by the way. Gangsta - Hell of A Night - Break The Bank - Fuck LA, are all firme. That's about it for me though.
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Album is crack, only joint I don't fuck with at all is "Los Awesome" dunno what Pharrell was thinking with that beat.
"Prescription/Oxymoron", "Break The Bank" and "Blind Threats" are probably my favourite tracks so far.
Whole album bumps, though I'm not surprised the dusty Dub doesn't fuck with this album lol.
With Q and YG both dropping within a month of each other the West Coast is having a dope start to the year.
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Album is crack, only joint I don't fuck with at all is "Los Awesome" dunno what Pharrell was thinking with that beat.
"Prescription/Oxymoron", "Break The Bank" and "Blind Threats" are probably my favourite tracks so far.
Whole album bumps, though I'm not surprised the dusty Dub doesn't fuck with this album lol.
With Q and YG both dropping within a month of each other the West Coast is having a dope start to the year.
Shocking!
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Aside from a few songs this shit is wack. Wtf do people see in this guy? Nothing stands out at all about him.
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i like this album for the 1st listen. Gonna try again later!
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Wtf do people see in this guy? Nothing stands out at all about him.
the fact that he's signed to tde cause his labelmate is linked to dr. dre. if it wasn't for that there wouldn't even be a discussion about dude or his music.
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the fact that he's signed to tde cause his labelmate is linked to dr. dre. if it wasn't for that there wouldn't even be a discussion about dude or his music.
Sad but true
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what the fuck you 2 talking fuck dre he don't do shit and tde was going to make it with aftermath or not its been a couple years now that tde had that momentum
tde has great house djs just cause people here don't like them cause ur stuck in 1996 get over it its not coming back they dont need to talk about your typical shit from the 90s to sell records gang banging selling drugs the same o shit like it was back then all 4 can hold their own now there popular now cause the bandwagon jumpers the mainstream and its fans got a taste of tde where were they at years ago u stupid euros will never understand ya like 20 years behind get with the movement dont stay stuck in 1996 im surprised you guys dont got a fake ass n.w.a
a fake pac or snoop as artist over there
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what the fuck you 2 talking fuck dre he don't do shit and tde was going to make it with aftermath or not its been a couple years now that tde had that momentum
tde has great house djs just cause people here don't like them cause ur stuck in 1996 get over it its not coming back they dont need to talk about your typical shit from the 90s to sell records gang banging selling drugs the same o shit like it was back then all 4 can hold their own now there popular now cause the bandwagon jumpers the mainstream and its fans got a taste of tde where were they at years ago u stupid euros will never understand ya like 20 years behind get with the movement dont stay stuck in 1996 im surprised you guys dont got a fake ass n.w.a
a fake pac or snoop as artist over there
dude before kendrick linked up wit dr. dre nobody (includin' some posters here) gave a fuck about kendrick lamar. not fans but a very small few. not rappers. not magazines. not mtv. not bet. none of them niggas. tde is where they at based on the hype of kendrick before that no one here knew what a tde was. if schoolboy q was on babygrande records none of y'all wiggers would be hyped for his album or even be discussin' him right now. miss me wit the bullshit !
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the fact that he's signed to tde cause his labelmate is linked to dr. dre. if it wasn't for that there wouldn't even be a discussion about dude or his music.
Sad but true
Speculation does not equal truth.
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the fact that he's signed to tde cause his labelmate is linked to dr. dre. if it wasn't for that there wouldn't even be a discussion about dude or his music.
Sad but true
Speculation does not equal truth.
It ain't speculation that this album sucks
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damn I'm in the minority that think "Los Awesome" is tight :-\
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what the fuck you 2 talking fuck dre he don't do shit and tde was going to make it with aftermath or not its been a couple years now that tde had that momentum
tde has great house djs just cause people here don't like them cause ur stuck in 1996 get over it its not coming back they dont need to talk about your typical shit from the 90s to sell records gang banging selling drugs the same o shit like it was back then all 4 can hold their own now there popular now cause the bandwagon jumpers the mainstream and its fans got a taste of tde where were they at years ago u stupid euros will never understand ya like 20 years behind get with the movement dont stay stuck in 1996 im surprised you guys dont got a fake ass n.w.a
a fake pac or snoop as artist over there
dude before kendrick linked up wit dr. dre nobody (includin' some posters here) gave a fuck about kendrick lamar. not fans but a very small few. not rappers. not magazines. not mtv. not bet. none of them niggas. tde is where they at based on the hype of kendrick before that no one here knew what a tde was. if schoolboy q was on babygrande records none of y'all wiggers would be hyped for his album or even be discussin' him right now. miss me wit the bullshit !
i could care less bout mtv or other people i didn't start listening to tde cause of that shit the mainstream going to jump on whats hot dick they don't know any better i remember not to long every one was on lil wayne dick i always thought he was over rated and wack now Kendrick took his spot in the spot light tde did there shit on there own and were going to blow up anyway sonner or later they showed the world that all songs don't need to sound south with a trap crap beat there is no one out there that can really fuck with them how many times kendrick appeared as a feature on some 1 else s track and killed them about every 1 including game em needed dre 50 needed dre and em game needed 50 and dre tde only tde
cant wait for ab-soul and jay rock next
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obviously this album isn't gonna have the same impact as Kendrick's but I bet we will see some flip-floppers in here a few months later talking about "you know what, I listened to it a few more times and it's really grown on me!"
FOH
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obviously this album isn't gonna have the same impact as Kendrick's but I bet we will see some flip-floppers in here a few months later talking about "you know what, I listened to it a few more times and it's really grown on me!"
FOH
You're on your own there
jk
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I have never been big on Q.
Have seen/heard him on some radio shows and whenever he drops a verse or freestyle, he was always awful.
So I wasn't expecting much from this album but I have to say, he delivered a good album,
Have listened to it 3 times and it will remain in my car for now.
These are the tracks I like at the moment:
Collard Green, Gangsta, Hell of a night, prescription/Oxymoron, Break the bank, studio, Blind threats & Man of the year.
Couldn't stand 'what they want' at first but growing on me,
Still don't understand 'The Purge', sounds bland & forced.
I will give the album 7/10 for now.
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obviously this album isn't gonna have the same impact as Kendrick's but I bet we will see some flip-floppers in here a few months later talking about "you know what, I listened to it a few more times and it's really grown on me!"
FOH
yep u see when schoolboy gets real hot people r going to say that same shit just cause people want to fit in and like music just cause the next person likes it
stupid fucks
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You can tell whose a real herb and who has a social life based off of reactions.
If you spend your days and weekends all couped up in your moms crib like OG Classic Material and Will and you're not exposed to a party/bar/club scene on a weekend to weekend basis, this album just won't stick. It's understandable.
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I have never been big on Q.
Have seen/heard him on some radio shows and whenever he drops a verse or freestyle, he was always awful.
So I wasn't expecting much from this album but I have to say, he delivered a good album,
Have listened to it 3 times and it will remain in my car for now.
These are the tracks I like at the moment:
Collard Green, Gangsta, Hell of a night, prescription/Oxymoron, Break the bank, studio, Blind threats & Man of the year.
Couldn't stand 'what they want' at first but growing on me,
Still don't understand 'The Purge', sounds bland & forced.
I will give the album 7/10 for now.
respect for keeping it trill 8)
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You can tell whose a real herb and who has a social life based off of reactions.
If you spend your days and weekends all couped up in your moms crib like OG Classic Material and Will and you're not exposed to a party/bar/club scene on a weekend to weekend basis, this album just won't stick. It's understandable.
(http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4991354502057404&w=228&h=366&c=7&rs=1&qlt=80&pid=1.7)
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obviously this album isn't gonna have the same impact as Kendrick's but I bet we will see some flip-floppers in here a few months later talking about "you know what, I listened to it a few more times and it's really grown on me!"
FOH
yep u see when schoolboy gets real hot people r going to say that same shit just cause people want to fit in and like music just cause the next person likes it
stupid fucks
that's exactly the case right now.
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You can tell whose a real herb and who has a social life based off of reactions.
If you spend your days and weekends all couped up in your moms crib like OG Classic Material and Will and you're not exposed to a party/bar/club scene on a weekend to weekend basis, this album just won't stick. It's understandable.
(http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4991354502057404&w=228&h=366&c=7&rs=1&qlt=80&pid=1.7)
Can't even deny your dormat lifestyle.
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I don't associate wit aspiring snitches. posters beware !
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Album is crack, only joint I don't fuck with at all is "Los Awesome" dunno what Pharrell was thinking with that beat.
"Prescription/Oxymoron", "Break The Bank" and "Blind Threats" are probably my favourite tracks so far.
Whole album bumps, though I'm not surprised the dusty Dub doesn't fuck with this album lol.
With Q and YG both dropping within a month of each other the West Coast is having a dope start to the year.
Shocking!
What's shocking b? The fact the dub is dusty as fuck?
Or the fact that there is actually a lot of dope music coming out of the West right now from Q, YG, Skeme, Nipsey, Dom etc. that this "West Coast" board sleeps on constantly.
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Last warning, you two. Stick to the topic.
I done bumped the album a couple of times and i like "Collard Greens", "What They Want", "Hoover Street", "Studio", "Prescription", "Hell Of A Night", "Break The Bank" and "Man Of The Year". 8 dope songs out of 12, not bad at all. I'm coppin' this shit. Not really feelin' the rest of the beats on the album. "Yay Yay" should've definitely been on the album or at least it should've been on the deluxe version, i've been bumpin' that shit since it came out. I don't know why people hatin' on Q, does anybody actually expect him to spit like Kendrick or somethin' like that? He got dope bangers, i'm not lookin' forward to hearin' him rap some crazy ass verses, he has dope lyrics every now and then. Some of you hatin' on him just because some members on the forum like his music and actually like this album, y'all need to stop that bullshit. Anybody got "Gravy", "Pusha Man" and "Californication" with A$AP Rocky? I wanna hear those.
Oh yeah, for a while i thought the beat of "Blind Threats" was gonna be a remake of Cypress Hill's "Illusions".
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Last warning, you two. Stick to the topic.
I done bumped the album a couple of times and i like "Collard Greens", "What They Want", "Hoover Street", "Studio", "Prescription", "Hell Of A Night", "Break The Bank" and "Man Of The Year". 8 dope songs out of 12, not bad at all. I'm coppin' this shit. Not really feelin' the rest of the beats on the album. "Yay Yay" should've definitely been on the album or at least it should've been on the deluxe version, i've been bumpin' that shit since it came out. I don't know why people hatin' on Q, does anybody actually expect him to spit like Kendrick or somethin' like that? He got dope bangers, i'm not lookin' forward to hearin' him rap some crazy ass verses, he has dope lyrics every now and then. Some of you hatin' on him just because some members on the forum like his music and actually like this album, y'all need to stop that bullshit. Anybody got "Gravy", "Pusha Man" and "Californication" with A$AP Rocky? I wanna hear those.
Oh yeah, for a while i thought the beat of "Blind Threats" was gonna be a remake of Cypress Hill's "Illusions".
the reason people hate on q u know the reason cause this didn't come out in 1996 this is the best the west done since pac died westcoast music fans should be happy not the other way around q even says himself hes the weakest out of all tde but he could still hold his own and u cant compare him to kendrick q is more of a party rapper kendrick a more lyrical artist
still they both good so many good acts on the west right now WTF is wrong with people here is this a westcoast forum or what
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this album average
aint nothing special
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he got a track thats over 6 1/2 minutes of NOTHING Cham :D
Wait...I just caught this...
Are you talking about "Hoover Street"? Couldn't of picked a worse example on the entire album to say he rapped about "NOTHING". Makes the review thaaaat much more suspect.
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I thought of "Illusions" when I heard "Blind Threats" too
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better then i expected by far
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Last warning, you two. Stick to the topic.
I done bumped the album a couple of times and i like "Collard Greens", "What They Want", "Hoover Street", "Studio", "Prescription", "Hell Of A Night", "Break The Bank" and "Man Of The Year". 8 dope songs out of 12, not bad at all. I'm coppin' this shit. Not really feelin' the rest of the beats on the album. "Yay Yay" should've definitely been on the album or at least it should've been on the deluxe version, i've been bumpin' that shit since it came out. I don't know why people hatin' on Q, does anybody actually expect him to spit like Kendrick or somethin' like that? He got dope bangers, i'm not lookin' forward to hearin' him rap some crazy ass verses, he has dope lyrics every now and then. Some of you hatin' on him just because some members on the forum like his music and actually like this album, y'all need to stop that bullshit. Anybody got "Gravy", "Pusha Man" and "Californication" with A$AP Rocky? I wanna hear those.
Oh yeah, for a while i thought the beat of "Blind Threats" was gonna be a remake of Cypress Hill's "Illusions".
Why everyone pro the album thinks everyone who said it was trash has some hidden agenda?
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Last warning, you two. Stick to the topic.
I done bumped the album a couple of times and i like "Collard Greens", "What They Want", "Hoover Street", "Studio", "Prescription", "Hell Of A Night", "Break The Bank" and "Man Of The Year". 8 dope songs out of 12, not bad at all. I'm coppin' this shit. Not really feelin' the rest of the beats on the album. "Yay Yay" should've definitely been on the album or at least it should've been on the deluxe version, i've been bumpin' that shit since it came out. I don't know why people hatin' on Q, does anybody actually expect him to spit like Kendrick or somethin' like that? He got dope bangers, i'm not lookin' forward to hearin' him rap some crazy ass verses, he has dope lyrics every now and then. Some of you hatin' on him just because some members on the forum like his music and actually like this album, y'all need to stop that bullshit. Anybody got "Gravy", "Pusha Man" and "Californication" with A$AP Rocky? I wanna hear those.
Oh yeah, for a while i thought the beat of "Blind Threats" was gonna be a remake of Cypress Hill's "Illusions".
My copy of the albums got 15 tracks not 12.... I think you're missing "Fucc LA" which is one of the best songs on the album. Also "Grooveline Pt. 2" Feat Suga Free which is dope and the track with SZA which is ehhh
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Last warning, you two. Stick to the topic.
I done bumped the album a couple of times and i like "Collard Greens", "What They Want", "Hoover Street", "Studio", "Prescription", "Hell Of A Night", "Break The Bank" and "Man Of The Year". 8 dope songs out of 12, not bad at all. I'm coppin' this shit. Not really feelin' the rest of the beats on the album. "Yay Yay" should've definitely been on the album or at least it should've been on the deluxe version, i've been bumpin' that shit since it came out. I don't know why people hatin' on Q, does anybody actually expect him to spit like Kendrick or somethin' like that? He got dope bangers, i'm not lookin' forward to hearin' him rap some crazy ass verses, he has dope lyrics every now and then. Some of you hatin' on him just because some members on the forum like his music and actually like this album, y'all need to stop that bullshit. Anybody got "Gravy", "Pusha Man" and "Californication" with A$AP Rocky? I wanna hear those.
Oh yeah, for a while i thought the beat of "Blind Threats" was gonna be a remake of Cypress Hill's "Illusions".
My copy of the albums got 15 tracks not 12.... I think you're missing "Fucc LA" which is one of the best songs on the album. Also "Grooveline Pt. 2" Feat Suga Free which is dope and the track with SZA which is ehhh
Yeah, the deluxe edition is 15 songs. "Fuck L.A." is dope. Not really feelin' the other two songs though.
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totally hyped and totally wacked...even faggot lamar´s album was much better.
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totally hyped and totally wacked...even faggot lamar´s album was much better.
U mean Kaydot Lamar?
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totally hyped and totally wacked...even faggot lamar´s album was much better.
Schoolboy Q > all of the Outlawz combined
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totally hyped and totally wacked...even faggot lamar´s album was much better.
Schoolboy Q > all of the Outlawz combined
that's right.
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I played this album for a hip-hop head homie of mine last night clam baking my whip and his only minor complaints were Kurupt's delivery on "The Purge" and he felt the 2 Chainz track was average and replaceable, other than that he loved the rest which says a whole lot about how solid the album is and how terrible of trolls some of y'all are 8)
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totally hyped and totally wacked...even faggot lamar´s album was much better.
Schoolboy Q > all of the Outlawz combined
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XXL Reivew:
Rating: XL
Having dominated 2012 with “There He Go” and “Hands On The Wheel,” ScHoolboy Q took his time building himself as the next big thing out of TDE. Q represents a quarter of the Black Hippy crew, alongside Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock, but his independent releases, as well as collabos with the likes of Macklemore, 50 Cent and YG, showed that he could stand on his own two as a solo artist. The 27-year-old MC was chosen as an XXL Freshman in 2013, increasing his profile, as well as the anticipation for his major-label debut, Oxymoron. While Lamar has had a lot of success from the Grammy-nominated good kid, m.A.A.d city, Q has been the promising talent waiting his turn. On an LP almost two years in the works, the Los Angeles rapper immerses listeners in tales of his gang affiliation, struggles with selling and consuming prescription drugs and accounts of his upbringing. It’s a story that might have started with Habits & Contradictions, but Oxymoron goes darker and deeper into Q’s past.
ScHoolboy’s presence on Oxymoron is poised and confident. He’s not here to give us another hot single for the radio or win fans over with cocky lyrics. He’s here to push gangsta rap mainstream without compromising his style. The LP is a sullen listen with hard-hitting anthems. On the opening track “Gangsta,” Q spits chilling bars that capture the feel of being a soldier in the trenches. “We on block patrol, nigga, fuck your roll, got the gat on me/Nigga look, it’s right here, bulldog bark, you could die right here.” “Hoover Street,” with Q reflecting on his youth and an uncle addicted to drugs, is a six-minute tale worth rewinding back for its vivid imagery.
Q’s other hallmark is his vulnerability, which is often more shocking to the system than his images of street life. Many instances of his past are meant to show he wasn’t hustling on the block all the time just to get by. Key tracks like “Prescription/Oxymoron” utilizes his daughter Joy to illustrate that there has been a lot of pain in his life. “My mommy call, I hit ignore, my daughter calls, I press ignore/My chin press on my chest, my knees press the floor,” he shares with deadpan delivery. He talks about doing good for his family on his standout verses on “Blind Threats” featuring Raekwon. ScHoolboy tells us about trying to survive by robbing and killing with sharply worded rhymes. And things come full circle with “Break The Bank,” where Q lets his story do the talking. “Good weed and me time, goodbye to Nissan,” he says. “’Cause one day this rappin’ gon’ pay.”
It helps that Q has developed his voice and flow since Habits & Contradictions. With a range of pitches and variation in attacking a verse, there’s a noticeable ease in hearing him go hard over tough beats by Pharrell, Tyler, The Creator, Mike Will Made It, The Alchemist and more. TDE’s in-house producers (Digi+Phonics and THC) make their case with a sonic direction that’s filled with delicate piano loops, snare drums and ominous synths. Then there are Q’s hooks, bouncing out from his rhymes. They’re surprisingly catchy for a rapper on his gangsta tip.
TDE promised to flood the game with new material in 2014. Isaiah Rashad’s Cilvia Demo introduced the raw talent to new ears, while Oxymoron fits as another chapter in Q’s journey for rap supremacy. It’s hard to tell if Q will take Kendrick’s throne off this debut, but you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who hasn’t already thought about it. The LP ends with “Fuck LA,” an outro that embodies both his appeal and potential to be an even bigger threat in rap. “I’m a Crip for real, way before the deal, had them Oxy pills,” he boasts. There he goes again.
—Eric Diep
http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2014/02/schoolboy-q-oxymoron-album-review/
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LOL they pushing him hard like Rolling Stone mag
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LOL they pushing him hard like Rolling Stone mag
some of these magazines be bias than a muthafucka. LOL
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
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AllHipHop Review:
First things first, if you are copping this album with the intention of experiencing some profound intellectual awakening, you should immediately put your hands on the wheel and swerve all the fuck away. Oxymoron listening sessions (especially in the whip) will no doubt produce a visceral experience that will slap the Kufi right off your dome. The hallmark of a superior group is that each member brings something fresh to the table, and while Ab Soul and Kendrick are rightfully regarded for their conscious lyrical content, the self-proclaimed man of the year is more concerned with titties, ass, and getting hands in the air. On Oxymoron, there is a plethora of that ignorant sh*t we love, magnified by beats that bang.
Schoolboy triumphs in an arena where many corny ass dudes fail because of his fearless approach to the art of creating so-called vain content; a rapper who truly spits whatever is on his mind, like on “Gangsta,” where Schoolboy states: “My Grandma showed me my first strap” not even a full 2 minutes into the album. The most sophisticated way to describe Schoolboy’s blatant rapping style is like the homie sitting at KFC going h.a.a.m. on a bucket of chicken with no regard as to how his appearance comes across to others, especially females, like on “Studio,” where Schoolboy speaks about his love interest with the sensitivity of a gentleman and a stoner.
Even though there is an abundance of features, they surely don’t detract from Q’s presence on the album. It may be of no surprise that Kurupt (“The Purge”) and Raekwon (“Blind Threats”) come through on their respective joints, but the best collaboration is by far “Groveline Pt. 2,” where Schoolboy and Suga Free make a certified jam gloriously laced with a g-funky ass feel.
While real thinkers will inevitably crucify Ab Soul’s TDE brother for his lack of “conscious” content, there is no doubt that Q is definitely serious about his craft. Songs like “Break The Bank” and “Hoover Street” are introspective departures from the more radio-geared tracks featured on the album. While I have no doubts that Kendrick’s next official release could potentially provide a solution for world hunger buried within the musical confines, in the meantime Oxymoron is a damn good soundtrack for fun frivolities and all things whip-related.
Lyricism – 9/10
Production – 10/10
Album Cohesiveness –8/10
Replay value –9/10
Overall –8/10
Personal Favorite Tracks: “Man Of The Year”, “Break The Bank”, “The Purge”,”Grooveline Pt. 2″
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
Just shows how the casual listener knows nothing about music
All these reviews of 4/5 - 4.5/5........so if Illmatic is your 5/5 .....this albums just a bit less good :D :D :D :D
Damn. Schoolboy Q dropped a 'nearly Illmatic' type album :o :o :o
I better start ghost riding his dick
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
Just shows how the casual listener knows nothing about music
All these reviews of 4/5 - 4.5/5........so if Illmatic is your 5/5 .....this albums just a bit less good :D :D :D :D
Damn. Schoolboy Q dropped a 'nearly Illmatic' type album :o :o :o
I better start ghost riding his dick
says someone who judged albums after listening 2 songs on youtube - how ironic ::) ::)
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
if dude was signed to duck down or e one records do you honestly think he would've gotten these kinda ratings ?
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Haven't listened yet but Suga Free and Raekwon are both in my top 5 DOA so I'm losing my mind right now.
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
if dude was signed to duck down or e one records do you honestly think he would've gotten these kinda ratings ?
Of course he would, it's Allhiphop and XXLMag, they're not just going to throw people good reviews for nothing. During the peak of G Unit's hype Lloyd Banks got an M in XXL because he released a sub-par album. Reviewers have more to lose by pandering to artists than they do to gain.
Too many cats on here think their opinions are the be all and end all of music, they can't understand their own tastes are either narrow minded or stuck in a dated box. Get out in the world and enjoy yourself, hear "Collard Greens" or "Man of the Year" in a club setting and you'll understand. Actually sit down and listen to the lyrics / story in "Hoover St" and "Prescription/Oxymoron" and you'll understand.
I get it if you don't like the music, that's fine, that's your opinion. But throwing other peoples tastes in the bushes just because they like something you don't is retarded, get off your own dick b.
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
if dude was signed to duck down or e one records do you honestly think he would've gotten these kinda ratings ?
Of course he would, it's Allhiphop and XXLMag, they're not just going to throw people good reviews for nothing. During the peak of G Unit's hype Lloyd Banks got an M in XXL because he released a sub-par album. Reviewers have more to lose by pandering to artists than they do to gain.
Too many cats on here think their opinions are the be all and end all of music, they can't understand their own tastes are either narrow minded or stuck in a dated box. Get out in the world and enjoy yourself, hear "Collard Greens" or "Man of the Year" in a club setting and you'll understand. Actually sit down and listen to the lyrics / story in "Hoover St" and "Prescription/Oxymoron" and you'll understand.
I get it if you don't like the music, that's fine, that's your opinion. But throwing other peoples tastes in the bushes just because they like something you don't is retarded, get off your own dick b.
no one's dissin' anyone's opinion homie relax it ain't that serious. I'm just sayin' had this release came out on somewhere else it wouldn't even be noticed. you brought up Lloyd banks but if g unit was in their prime that joint woulda got a xl. xxl has rated so many albums wrong good or bad it's a shame. Isaiah's joint is better but i don't see y'all discussin' him.
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
if dude was signed to duck down or e one records do you honestly think he would've gotten these kinda ratings ?
Of course he would, it's Allhiphop and XXLMag, they're not just going to throw people good reviews for nothing. During the peak of G Unit's hype Lloyd Banks got an M in XXL because he released a sub-par album. Reviewers have more to lose by pandering to artists than they do to gain.
Too many cats on here think their opinions are the be all and end all of music, they can't understand their own tastes are either narrow minded or stuck in a dated box. Get out in the world and enjoy yourself, hear "Collard Greens" or "Man of the Year" in a club setting and you'll understand. Actually sit down and listen to the lyrics / story in "Hoover St" and "Prescription/Oxymoron" and you'll understand.
I get it if you don't like the music, that's fine, that's your opinion. But throwing other peoples tastes in the bushes just because they like something you don't is retarded, get off your own dick b.
no one's dissin' anyone's opinion homie relax it ain't that serious. I'm just sayin' had this release came out on somewhere else it wouldn't even be noticed. you brought up Lloyd banks but if g unit was in their prime that joint woulda got a xl. xxl has rated so many albums wrong good or bad it's a shame. Isaiah's joint is better but i don't see y'all discussin' him.
But Banks album was in G Units prime, it was right after The Massace and The Documentary and they gave it an L. It's the first big commercial hip hop release of the year and the first proper album from TDE since GKMC so of course it's going to get press.
Yeah that Isaiah album is definitely heatrocks, it got a massive reception at the other forum I post at now, I don't even know if it was mentioned here lol. "Brad Jordan", "R.I.P. Kevin Miller", "Heavenly Father" and "Shot You Down Remix" were some of the best joints I've heard in a long time. The last verse of "Banana" was insane. TDE got the best two projects of the year so far to me 8)
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
if dude was signed to duck down or e one records do you honestly think he would've gotten these kinda ratings ?
Of course he would, it's Allhiphop and XXLMag, they're not just going to throw people good reviews for nothing. During the peak of G Unit's hype Lloyd Banks got an M in XXL because he released a sub-par album. Reviewers have more to lose by pandering to artists than they do to gain.
Too many cats on here think their opinions are the be all and end all of music, they can't understand their own tastes are either narrow minded or stuck in a dated box. Get out in the world and enjoy yourself, hear "Collard Greens" or "Man of the Year" in a club setting and you'll understand. Actually sit down and listen to the lyrics / story in "Hoover St" and "Prescription/Oxymoron" and you'll understand.
I get it if you don't like the music, that's fine, that's your opinion. But throwing other peoples tastes in the bushes just because they like something you don't is retarded, get off your own dick b.
no one's dissin' anyone's opinion homie relax it ain't that serious. I'm just sayin' had this release came out on somewhere else it wouldn't even be noticed. you brought up Lloyd banks but if g unit was in their prime that joint woulda got a xl. xxl has rated so many albums wrong good or bad it's a shame. Isaiah's joint is better but i don't see y'all discussin' him.
But Banks album was in G Units prime, it was right after The Massace and The Documentary and they gave it an L. It's the first big commercial hip hop release of the year and the first proper album from TDE since GKMC so of course it's going to get press.
Yeah that Isaiah album is definitely heatrocks, it got a massive reception at the other forum I post at now, I don't even know if it was mentioned here lol. "Brad Jordan", "R.I.P. Kevin Miller", "Heavenly Father" and "Shot You Down Remix" were some of the best joints I've heard in a long time. The last verse of "Banana" was insane. TDE got the best two projects of the year so far to me 8)
that rotten apple joint ?
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
if dude was signed to duck down or e one records do you honestly think he would've gotten these kinda ratings ?
Of course he would, it's Allhiphop and XXLMag, they're not just going to throw people good reviews for nothing. During the peak of G Unit's hype Lloyd Banks got an M in XXL because he released a sub-par album. Reviewers have more to lose by pandering to artists than they do to gain.
Too many cats on here think their opinions are the be all and end all of music, they can't understand their own tastes are either narrow minded or stuck in a dated box. Get out in the world and enjoy yourself, hear "Collard Greens" or "Man of the Year" in a club setting and you'll understand. Actually sit down and listen to the lyrics / story in "Hoover St" and "Prescription/Oxymoron" and you'll understand.
I get it if you don't like the music, that's fine, that's your opinion. But throwing other peoples tastes in the bushes just because they like something you don't is retarded, get off your own dick b.
no one's dissin' anyone's opinion homie relax it ain't that serious. I'm just sayin' had this release came out on somewhere else it wouldn't even be noticed. you brought up Lloyd banks but if g unit was in their prime that joint woulda got a xl. xxl has rated so many albums wrong good or bad it's a shame. Isaiah's joint is better but i don't see y'all discussin' him.
But Banks album was in G Units prime, it was right after The Massace and The Documentary and they gave it an L. It's the first big commercial hip hop release of the year and the first proper album from TDE since GKMC so of course it's going to get press.
Yeah that Isaiah album is definitely heatrocks, it got a massive reception at the other forum I post at now, I don't even know if it was mentioned here lol. "Brad Jordan", "R.I.P. Kevin Miller", "Heavenly Father" and "Shot You Down Remix" were some of the best joints I've heard in a long time. The last verse of "Banana" was insane. TDE got the best two projects of the year so far to me 8)
that rotten apple joint ?
Yeah breh, shit got slammed by critics, actually it came out after Mobb Deep and Yayo so was near the end of their run. But they still had a lot of influence.
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
if dude was signed to duck down or e one records do you honestly think he would've gotten these kinda ratings ?
Of course he would, it's Allhiphop and XXLMag, they're not just going to throw people good reviews for nothing. During the peak of G Unit's hype Lloyd Banks got an M in XXL because he released a sub-par album. Reviewers have more to lose by pandering to artists than they do to gain.
Too many cats on here think their opinions are the be all and end all of music, they can't understand their own tastes are either narrow minded or stuck in a dated box. Get out in the world and enjoy yourself, hear "Collard Greens" or "Man of the Year" in a club setting and you'll understand. Actually sit down and listen to the lyrics / story in "Hoover St" and "Prescription/Oxymoron" and you'll understand.
I get it if you don't like the music, that's fine, that's your opinion. But throwing other peoples tastes in the bushes just because they like something you don't is retarded, get off your own dick b.
no one's dissin' anyone's opinion homie relax it ain't that serious. I'm just sayin' had this release came out on somewhere else it wouldn't even be noticed. you brought up Lloyd banks but if g unit was in their prime that joint woulda got a xl. xxl has rated so many albums wrong good or bad it's a shame. Isaiah's joint is better but i don't see y'all discussin' him.
But Banks album was in G Units prime, it was right after The Massace and The Documentary and they gave it an L. It's the first big commercial hip hop release of the year and the first proper album from TDE since GKMC so of course it's going to get press.
Yeah that Isaiah album is definitely heatrocks, it got a massive reception at the other forum I post at now, I don't even know if it was mentioned here lol. "Brad Jordan", "R.I.P. Kevin Miller", "Heavenly Father" and "Shot You Down Remix" were some of the best joints I've heard in a long time. The last verse of "Banana" was insane. TDE got the best two projects of the year so far to me 8)
that rotten apple joint ?
Yeah breh, shit got slammed by critics, actually it came out after Mobb Deep and Yayo so was near the end of their run. But they still had a lot of influence.
yeah they were pretty much done at that point.
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Isaiah Rashad's joint was dope and I made a thread for it here in Outbound but it did go unnoticed and he's TDE so there goes that theory of "people only checking for it cuz it's TDE" 8)
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Isaiah Rashad's joint was dope and I made a thread for it here in Outbound but it did go unnoticed and he's TDE so there goes that theory of "people only checking for it cuz it's TDE" 8)
I peeped it. only four replies smh. let dr. dre say that nigga is dope or take a flick wit him and this forum will go bonkers.
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Isaiah Rashad's joint was dope and I made a thread for it here in Outbound but it did go unnoticed and he's TDE so there goes that theory of "people only checking for it cuz it's TDE" 8)
fuck the outbound and the hookup thread if u put something there it will get unnoticed u will be lucky to get a reply if u try to post it in this thread some stupid fuck mod will put it in hookup
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Isaiah Rashad's joint was dope and I made a thread for it here in Outbound but it did go unnoticed and he's TDE so there goes that theory of "people only checking for it cuz it's TDE" 8)
I peeped it. only four replies smh. let dr. dre say that nigga is dope or take a flick wit him and this forum will go bonkers.
Lol sad but true
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
if dude was signed to duck down or e one records do you honestly think he would've gotten these kinda ratings ?
YES tde is still a indy record label u think all of this happened over night tde represent the much needed change in hip hop black hippy has been grinding since 2005 now its time for the payoff
wait till kendrick ab-soul jay rock and sza drop next
get back to my uncles musc and stfu already (http://slidesthatrock.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/old-rapper-front-2-jpg-006.png)
this is real music fuck all that cars hoes and bling bling bullshit
before u talk anymore shit on tde know your info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Dawg_Entertainment
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I been a fan of Q since i heard "Hands On Tha Wheel", that was before he was signed to Interscope. I think there's a lot of people here who have been his fans way before Kendrick got signed to Aftermath and Black Hippy signed with Interscope. Are they actually all signed as solo artists on Interscope now? Or is it just Kendrick and Q?
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
Just shows how the casual listener knows nothing about music
All these reviews of 4/5 - 4.5/5........so if Illmatic is your 5/5 .....this albums just a bit less good :D :D :D :D
Damn. Schoolboy Q :odropped a 'nearly Illmatic' type album :o :o :o
I better start ghost riding his dick
says someone who judged albums after listening 2 songs on youtube - how ironic ::) ::)
That's judged not to listen to
Here's something that will really shock you: if I see a trailer for a film and don't like the look of it...I don't watch the film :o
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I been a fan of Q since i heard "Hands On Tha Wheel", that was before he was signed to Interscope. I think there's a lot of people here who have been his fans way before Kendrick got signed to Aftermath and Black Hippy signed with Interscope. Are they actually all signed as solo artists on Interscope now? Or is it just Kendrick and Q?
i think hands on the wheel and they he go and Micheal Jordan were songs the mainstream were feeling and started to notice him all 3 r great songs
In March 2012, MTV reported that Top Dawg Entertainment closed a joint venture deal with Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment. Under the new deal, Kendrick Lamar's debut studio album, good kid, m.A.A.d city would be jointly released via Top Dawg, Interscope and Aftermath, while releases from the rest of Black Hippy would be released by Top Dawg and Interscope, respectively
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I can honestly say I've been checking for him since '08 when he punked 40 Glocc but I didn't really start bumping him until 2011ish when he dropped Setbacks
after seeing him live a few times that also made me fuck with the music more, actually going to his show on the 6th here in New Haven 8)
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I can honestly say I've been checking for him since '08 when he punked 40 Glocc but I didn't really start bumping him until 2011ish when he dropped Setbacks
after seeing him live a few times that also made me fuck with the music more, actually going to his show on the 6th here in New Haven 8)
thats why i like tde so much it was either listen to the same o shit or find something new found tde and some others i know the old shit was the bomb but people here need to know this not 1996 time to move on
some of these artist talked about here on a daily since i been on this forum 2003 gotta be close to 50 yrs old
a 50 yr old rapper just isn't that cool
time to grow up?
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
Just shows how the casual listener knows nothing about music
All these reviews of 4/5 - 4.5/5........so if Illmatic is your 5/5 .....this albums just a bit less good :D :D :D :D
Damn. Schoolboy Q :odropped a 'nearly Illmatic' type album :o :o :o
I better start ghost riding his dick
says someone who judged albums after listening 2 songs on youtube - how ironic ::) ::)
That's judged not to listen to
Here's something that will really shock you: if I see a trailer for a film and don't like the look of it...I don't watch the film :o
u just contradicted yourself cuz so in such a case u should keep ur mouth shut do not discuss album u did not listen then or maybe u talking about movie and how it is based upon trailers ::) ::)
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I can honestly say I've been checking for him since '08 when he punked 40 Glocc but I didn't really start bumping him until 2011ish when he dropped Setbacks
after seeing him live a few times that also made me fuck with the music more, actually going to his show on the 6th here in New Haven 8)
What happened? "Ezell" is one of my favorite older songs from Q.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rxTHt09xFo
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
Just shows how the casual listener knows nothing about music
All these reviews of 4/5 - 4.5/5........so if Illmatic is your 5/5 .....this albums just a bit less good :D :D :D :D
Damn. Schoolboy Q :odropped a 'nearly Illmatic' type album :o :o :o
I better start ghost riding his dick
says someone who judged albums after listening 2 songs on youtube - how ironic ::) ::)
That's judged not to listen to
Here's something that will really shock you: if I see a trailer for a film and don't like the look of it...I don't watch the film :o
u just contradicted yourself cuz so in such a case u should keep ur mouth shut do not discuss album u did not listen then or maybe u talking about movie and how it is based upon trailers ::) ::)
LMAO I was asked about an album and I said it sounded wack from what I'd heard
Way to go catching feelings over this tho :)
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^^^^^^^^^^^^
and than you went on and on with Nicc that Lamars album is better ;D ;D ;D
catching feeling hahaha im not u and nicc showed that ur opinion is actually quite irrelevant something similar to infinite's i would say
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Ok so if I said that....
I could also tell you Kendricks album is better after just 2 tracks of Schoolboy Q. Hell I could tell you that after the intro :-*
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http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.2230/title.schoolboy-q-oxymoron
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
if dude was signed to duck down or e one records do you honestly think he would've gotten these kinda ratings ?
YES tde is still a indy record label u think all of this happened over night tde represent the much needed change in hip hop black hippy has been grinding since 2005 now its time for the payoff
wait till kendrick ab-soul jay rock and sza drop next
get back to my uncles musc and stfu already (http://slidesthatrock.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/old-rapper-front-2-jpg-006.png)
this is real music fuck all that cars hoes and bling bling bullshit
before u talk anymore shit on tde know your info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Dawg_Entertainment
and not only that, dude been rappin' since 2010 ? oh hell naw !!! dude stay too drugged up he's too slurrish for me to each is own though.
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^ shit, negro that's all you had to say! ;D
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After listening, I like a few of the songs, but I have to agree with OG Classic. That slurry xanax and lean flow gets really old. Not all that impressed with the album. 6.5/10
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LA Times:
One of the year's most anticipated hip-hop releases, Schoolboy Q's "Oxymoron" lives up to its buzz. Both heavy with bass and filled with memorable hooks, Q's long-gestating major label debut is tight in length and rich with intent. "Oxymoron" arrives in the wake of fellow Black Hippy member Kendrick Lamar's Grammy album of the year nominated "Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City." That's a lot of pressure for anyone's major label debut, but Schoolboy Q meets those expectations. "Oxymoron" presents 12 bass-heavy tracks upon which the artist born Quincy Hanley explores his neighborhood, his hedonism and his rough-and-tumble early life hawking Oxycontin tablets on street corners near his 51st Street and Hoover neighborhood. ("I can get a hundred of them, make three Gs," he explains at one point.)
It's a powerful album with big beats and lyrics that focus on hard truths through a fog of synthetic opiates, crime, cough syrup, chronic and paranoia. "If God won't help me this gun will, I swear I'm gonna find my way," he raps desperately on "Blind Threats." The Pharrell-produced "Los Awesome" features a "backyard full of Crips, county blues, barbecues" on a celebration of all things gangsta. One of the album's best mergers sees Q join Odd Future founder Tyler, the Creator and longtime L.A. rapper Kurupt for "The Purge."
The seven-minute centerpiece "Prescription/Oxymoron" is the big payoff: a harrowing snapshot of a man "stuck in this body high" of prescription pills, slipping in and out of consciousness while his child tries to wake him. This is not an album to give your teenage kid without a companion conversation about the dangers of drugs. But after the disclaimer, sit down and wonder on the miraculous ways in which musical talent can germinate amid such a landscape and grow to create work filled with boundless promise.
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^ shit, negro that's all you had to say! ;D
this new generation sucks and have no standards at all. dudes can come out and kiss each other on the lips, wear dresses, be a c.o., have no skills on the mic, etc. and it's accepted. smdh.
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^ shit, negro that's all you had to say! ;D
this new generation sucks and have no standards at all. dudes can come out and kiss each other on the lips, wear dresses, be a c.o., have no skills on the mic, etc. and it's accepted. smdh.
I agree, thankfully that isn't TDE's game plan 8)
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http://youtu.be/KNdMSIQ0S-o :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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I've decided to fade out anyone whose hating on the sound of the album because clearly it isn't for you. This is the same type of music Schoolboy has always produced.
Prescription Drugs is my shit. About to pop a Percocet to that shit. 8)
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Complex Review:
There’s something like a renaissance, we’ve been told, in Los Angeles hip-hop right now. The success of good kid, m.A.A.d. city sparked renewed interest in hip-hop’s second-oldest metropolis. ScHoolboy Q is its most evident benefactor. He's racked up enough praise (and pre-sales) to suggest he’s the lunar counterpart to Lamar’s red-hot sun, refracting the light of his friend and labelmate, the beaming light of success illuminating all the cracks and crevices in Q's gruff persona.
Q’s major label debut album Oxymoron—really, his third major project since TDE began to gather national attention—comes out today. It’s a good record, closer in approach to the song-oriented Setbacks than the abstract, jam-packed Habits & Contradictions. Oxymoron shows flashes of brilliance, and the best overall songwriting of ScHoolboy’s career. The elusiveness of style that makes Q an intriguing character is also ultimately a limitation, and one that he shares with his city, as it attempts to shrug off the weight of three decades of hip-hop history. Unlike so many other Angelenos, though, Q seems completely unconcerned.
Q has renounced gang banging in favor of music, but still roots his worldview and music in that milieu. So where does ScHoolboy Q fit in? What does it mean to be a gangster rapper in Los Angeles in 2014?
With Game, we’d already experienced gangster rap as a museum piece, a formal exercise to be executed according to its various rules and restrictions. (What else was Doctor’s Advocate but a tribute to 2001?) Los Angeles didn’t disappear in the era leading up to good kid, of course. Nipsey Hussle arrived, the visual mold of Snoop Dogg reborn over “Funky Worm” synthesizers and impeccable street credibility—Los Angeles personified, history’s echo, modernized and referential. Meanwhile, outside of gangster rap, Dom Kennedy eased onto the scene with a distinctive flow and humble ambitions. History lessons had no place at his barbecue.
The latter two are key figures in L.A.’s current revival—certainly, Nipsey’s drawn more attention on a national level in the last six months than he had in the previous two years. But the artists who have had the biggest impact neatly avoided being boxed in by archetype. Because in L.A., it’s not just gangs, but gangster rap itself, that has a long history in the popular imagination.
Kendrick's approach kept the setting and inspirations—his story is steeped in references to Tupac, while his music samples Ice Cube's "Bird in the Hand," features MC Eiht—but his style draws on gangster rap while ignoring its template. He neither avoided it, nor was he boxed in by its limitations; he zoomed in on a specific point of view, grounded it in autobiography, and told a story that wrestled with that legacy. Part of his approach suggests Kendrick was of but apart from street rap; his music channels the gut-wrenching immediacy of Lex Luger on “m.A.A.d. City” but only for a moment—as a tonal reference. Kendrick doesn’t follow street rap’s rules; he isn’t ignorant of them, but he critiques their implications, looks at the same subjects from a different angle. In contrast, Q, a former Crip leader and Oxycontin dealer, has a more traditional street-rap narrative style.
In L.A., that's a lot of history to have to shrug off. Q's fellow Compton rapper YG—whose Def Jam debut drops next month—averts history with production from L.A.-based DJ Mustard, who has managed to commandeer strip clubs and dance floors with a set rhythmic framework. But TDE's world is still Kendrick's, and being the crew's gangster rap scion sets Q slightly adrift. Musically, he's not aiming at the clubs. And while his music is of the streets, it doesn't seek the visceral adrenaline rush of street rap's vanguard. His bars are full of references to violence and hedonism, but presented in a left-of-center manner, from a guy who is less of a gangster superhero and more of a gangster eccentric, hidden behind circular shades, a trench coat, and a floppy hat.
From a creative point of view, Oxymoron is a slimmer record than 2012’s Habits & Contradictions. That album was packed with ideas—each track its own universe, wordy and skeletal. This was a place of disjointed atmosphere, of abstracted moods, of unpredictability and shadow. Setbacks had capital "S" Songs—the sexual bump of "Fantasy," the regal banger "Kamikaze," the West Coast throwback "WHat's THa Word." It was, in parts, pretty—"LigHt Years AHead (Sky HigH)" had a comforting immediacy. Habits & Contradictions was more about the twisting wordplay, intricacy, a lack of resolution, dissonance.
Much like Setbacks, Oxymoron trades density for songfulness. First were the lead singles, album highlights like "Collard Greens" and "Man of the Year." One would hesitate to call them "hits," at least off the bat; rather than taking a more direct route, their catchiness sidles up to you to remind you of their presence when you least expect it. These are the most straightforward cuts on the album. ScHoolboy is a gangster who avoids easy pigeon-holing. When you think you've got him pegged, he evades your definition with a puckish growl. The album's best beat is perhaps ScHoolboy's most enveloping song to date: "Studio," a BJ the Chicago Kid-assisted cut that should do as much for BJ as TDE has already done for Jhene Aiko. Like a sequel to "Fantasy," the song has a sensuality that's all the more unexpected coming from a gruff gangster like Q.
ScHoolboy is a gangster who avoids easy pigeon-holing. When you think you've got him pegged, he evades your definition with a puckish growl.
While there was nothing so evidently pop on Habits & Contradictions, the trade-off is one of content. Lyrically, ScHoolboy often goes through what is expected, walking a fine line between creativity and cliche. Quotables don't exactly abound on this record; instead, he fills in the lines on many tracks, even some of the cuts with strong songwriting. Have you ever wondered what a rapper does at the club? "Hell Of A Night" will fill you in; it does so with an especially moving beat, one that captures the emotional importance we tend to place on weekend escapism, and incorporates an EDM-referencing build-up that shouldn't work. Q pulls it off; but if you're hoping to hear a revelation about who ScHoolboy is, or what a gangster eccentric might do differently, you'll end up disappointed.
On "What They Want," the way his lines can wash over a listener is especially striking when contrasted with a punchline-laden guest verse from 2 Chainz. In fairness, it's one of Chainz's stronger verses, full of memorable imagery. Other tracks don't seem to suffer quite as much; "Gangsta" and "Blind Threats" have the kind of mystique-generating space between meaning and sound that energizes the bulk of Habits & Contradictions. "Break the Bank," meanwhile, is the best conflation of song and the aesthetic on the record, balanced in harmony.
The album's apex, lyrically, is "Hoover Street," a career highlight. Autobiographical, a narrative about the roots of addiction (he watches his uncle's addictive behaviour, a few tracks before wrestling with his own), it is clear that he's got something to say, something he communicates in a subtly artful manner. It's no genre exercise, nor is it a decorative expression of artfulness. Instead, it uses the concrete to address the abstract. ScHoolboy might not be a good kid, but he can tell a story with just as much power as Kendrick. He does something similar on "Prescription," a numbing descent into the cotton-y listlessness of addiction. Its emotional punch is rooted in the addict's withdrawal from society, the depletion of motivation in the face of the overwhelming need for a fix.
"The Purge" is one of the album's more striking moments, for also drawing attention to what the real sound of Los Angeles has been in recent years. Gangsters are now living in a world diverse enough to include Odd Future's scab-picking realness. Kurupt—already a rapper who bridged lyrical abstraction and hypermasculine gangster shit, appears for a familiarly foreboding moment of Tyler, The Creator-style bleakness. The song's lineup says something about Los Angeles, about history, and about what it's like to really rap your ass off. Like ScHoolboy's personality and his art, it ducks being pinned down and grins.
http://www.complex.com/music/2014/02/schoolboy-q-oxymoron-review?utm_campaign=complexmag+socialflow+02+2014&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social
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Review Summary: Don't believe the hype train
I should stop reading the blogs, really. I should stop getting swept up in the hype of any artist affiliated with a big name and hoping, despite my better judgment and already formed opinion, they will do anything more than what I expect. I kind of blame Earl Sweatshirt for everyone’s inflated expectations of the second-in-line of the numerous hip-hop ‘groups’ of individual artists who ostensibly represent a collective. It happened with A$AP Ferg and it’s happening now with ScHoolboy Q, even though 2012’s Habits and Contradictions was unspectacular.
It’s my own fault for thinking he could change my mind. I tried to fall in love with his persona even though I didn’t think it was anything bigger than ‘the dude who wears bucket hats.’ I heard “Collard Greens,” with Kendrick Lamar’s terrible verse he probably found in a 15-year-old’s Spanish notebook with a bunch of penises and ‘jajaja’ etchings around it, and couldn’t figure out what I wasn’t hearing. I listened to Habits again but felt worn out when second track “There He Go” was by far the best he’s ever made. Maybe my problem is I tried, actively tried, to like him.
The problem is: there’s really no concept of who Schoolboy Q is. Even on the album cover he is obscured by a white ski mask which manages to hide everything- including his race. He has a gangster edge- a pill pusher from Hoover Street, which is closest thing to a personality he offers- but at the same time he’s a dad. Sometimes he’s ‘Puffy,’ the weed head who gets high in the studio, and others he’s some sort of sex god who, like so many others, indulges himself from the rear of women. Out of the booth he’s a normal looking guy with a bucket hat and a goatee. His daughter is manipulated into contextualizing her father with interjections like “my daddy says you’re a nigga” and “*** rap, my daddy a gangsta,” indicative of his two irreconcilable sides and his tendency to tread into unappealing themes.
Apparently this is all intentional: a representation of Q’s Oxymoronic status as a father to a young girl who also parties heartily and hears the calls of the streets in the back of his mind. However, this is presented incredibly vaguely, alluded to but never said flat out. Only on the disjointed centerpiece “Prescription/Oxymoron” do we get a glimpse of the overarching narrative. Before the track breaks, Quincy Hanley has passed out on the couch- he has overindulged on medication. His daughter’s voice rings through the empty space trying to wake him, the beat switches and he is reborn: “I just stopped selling crack today!” The exclamation feels hollow, though, because on “Man of the Year” he has girls dancing for him during a drug binge. Any potential lessons learned are left behind in a matter of a few songs.
The way these themes are rolled together for effect is awkward. The thrust of the album is this gangster life he wants to leave behind but is obviously hung up on and he brings in themes of fatherhood to create artificial conflict. His inner contradiction is obscured by party anthems and traditionally ‘gangster’ guest stars (Kurupt, Jay Rock, Raekwon). In fact, without his daughter’s orations, there is no semblance of narrative or meaning behind Oxymoron. This could be because Q’s storytelling ability is lacking, look no further than the bungled story of his uncle “Hoover Street” for how not to weave a narrative, but also because his inner turmoil sounds forced when spoken on record. It’s not entirely correct to compare Oxymoron to Good Kid m.a.a.d. City but give Kendrick Lamar credit for thoroughly exploring street life from someone who has left it all behind. Schoolboy, no matter what he tries making himself believe, clearly hasn’t left the streets behind and convincing the listener otherwise is impossible.
Reading these reiterations about theme and whatnot is dull and repetitious, but so is Oxymoron. Worse, though, it isn’t limited to theme. Hooks are run into the ground, songs are extended for just one chorus too long and beats are looped until they start grinding. The word “gangsta” is said 32 times on the opener alone. The replay value is just about non-existent. Each song is fairly flawed in some way or another, that some are good enough to overcome their faults speaks to the quality of the guests. Tyler, the Creator’s voice fits perfectly on “The Purge,” 2 Chainz livens up “What They Want” and Raekwon’s “Blind Threatz” verse is the best on the album.
So this is Schoolboy Q’s coming out party: an incomplete album with a brainy yet underdeveloped concept and a corrupted concept of the man behind the ski mask. The singles are shiny and probably hooked a lot of new fans, but the real substance is a contradictory mess. The image of a walking contradiction, a drug addict father, is hard to sell and Q is too underdeveloped, he started rapping seriously in 2010, to articulate his true feelings. What comes of this experiment/appeal to the masses is an overlong slog with enough shine to pull you in but a tangled mess beneath the bright veneer.
2/5
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/61148/ScHoolboy-Q-Oxymoron/
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that website has no business even reviewing the album just based off the rest of their content plus you can tell by reading it the guy definitely didn't hear the whole album (just like you) by only referencing a handful of tracks and saying the features had the best verses lol
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^ shit, negro that's all you had to say! ;D
this new generation sucks and have no standards at all. dudes can come out and kiss each other on the lips, wear dresses, be a c.o., have no skills on the mic, etc. and it's accepted. smdh.
I agree, thankfully that isn't TDE's game plan 8)
+1 8) they got bigger plans like taking over
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I've decided to fade out anyone whose hating on the sound of the album because clearly it isn't for you. This is the same type of music Schoolboy has always produced.
Prescription Drugs is my shit. About to pop a Percocet to that shit. 8)
people here r just out of touch ur right schoolboy music has always been like this on tde he is the weakest link on tde he even says that hes not the most lyrical 1 hes more like a gangsta/party rapper
people need to check out these tde schoolboy projects to understand
Gangsta & Soul
ScHoolboy Turned Hustla
Setbacks
Habits & Contradictions
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#1 on iTunes with an average rating of 4.5/5 as well 8)
guess all iTunes users are biased than a motherfucker too right? lol
if dude was signed to duck down or e one records do you honestly think he would've gotten these kinda ratings ?
YES tde is still a indy record label u think all of this happened over night tde represent the much needed change in hip hop black hippy has been grinding since 2005 now its time for the payoff
wait till kendrick ab-soul jay rock and sza drop next
get back to my uncles musc and stfu already (http://slidesthatrock.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/old-rapper-front-2-jpg-006.png)
this is real music fuck all that cars hoes and bling bling bullshit
before u talk anymore shit on tde know your info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Dawg_Entertainment
and not only that, dude been rappin' since 2010 ? oh hell naw !!! dude stay too drugged up he's too slurrish for me to each is own though.
Schoolboy Q has said he wrote his first verse when he was 16, but wasn't serious about music until he was 21. Music became his way of expressing himself: "I wrote my first verse when I was 16. I wasn’t really rapping, but you know everybody wrote a verse before. I wrote the verse but I wasn't really fucking with it. By 21, I started to really get into it and gained a passion for it. You got to let your aggression out, so you got to get in the booth and let it out. I was really working on my craft, studying music, and I became Q. I did all of it, school and the streets. I was just lost; I didn't know what I wanted to do. I was just trying to do something. Then I found music and it was just over after that. I made my first little bit of money doing music, after that I wanted to get used to doing it, and I kept rapping. Then it became something that I had to do."[8]
In 2006, he began to work with Top Dawg Entertainment, a Carson-based independent record label, recording at their studio House of Pain and collaborating with their artists. His first time at the studio he worked with his soon to be Black Hippy cohorts Jay Rock and Ab-Soul: "I walked in and the beat was playing. Ali told them that I rap. Punch told me to jump on the beat. It was a record that Jay Rock and Ab-Soul were writing to, so then I wrote it. Punch liked it and he told me to come back through. I kept coming back, kept getting better, and eventually they signed me to [Top Dawg Entertainment]." On July 29, 2008, Hanley released his first mixtape titled Schoolboy Turned Hustla, with G.E.D. Inc., the same imprint that helped launch the career of fellow West Coast rapper Tyga, with whom Schoolboy Q worked with early in their respective careers. After the release of Schoolboy Turned Hustla, he signed a deal with Top Dawg Entertainment in 2009, where he later formed Black Hippy, with fellow label-mates and frequent collaborators, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul.[9][10]
In 2009, Hanley was involved in a short-lived "beef" with fellow West Coast rapper 40 Glocc. ScHoolboy Q released a diss track titled "Ezell (40 Glocc Killa)", where he questions 40 Glocc's gang-banging. Hanley later stated in a video interview as to why they were "beefing": "He made some false statements about my boy, Tyga, that's my little brother. He did a lot of fake stuff with Wayne, a lot of lies, rumors and childish shit that I really didn't like, and I really felt disrespected by this clown saying all this shit so I just had to like air it out". He went on to say "It's over with, I did what I did, I said what I said and I won't diss him no more, because it's obvious he ain't on my level...so why categorize myself with a loser?".[11] Hanley released Gangsta & Soul, his second mixtape on May 14, 2009, which included the aforementioned diss track. The mixtape was his first official project with Top Dawg, which presented the mixtape alongside G.E.D. Inc.
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that website has no business even reviewing the album just based off the rest of their content plus you can tell by reading it the guy definitely didn't hear the whole album (just like you) by only referencing a handful of tracks and saying the features had the best verses lol
LMAO @ no business reviewing your boyfriends album
Dude. I wish I could get that time back playing out the entire album, don't even joke
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dude, you got the weakest and most sap ass song off Devin's new album in your sig and you're promoting a DAZ project talking about you wish you could get back time for listening to music? :-[ :laugh: :P
I'll fall back though cuz we all know you actually are in fact enjoying Oxymoron and just in here for the trolling attention so this is all you're gonna get at least from me since I'm not into derailing healthy threads where a solid discussion about music is taking place 8)
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dude, you got the weakest and most sap ass song off Devin's new album in your sig and you're promoting a DAZ project talking about you wish you could get back time for listening to music? :-[ :laugh: :P
I'll fall back though cuz we all know you actually are in fact enjoying Oxymoron and just in here for the trolling attention so this is all you're gonna get at least from me since I'm not into derailing healthy threads where a solid discussion about music is taking place 8)
Depends what you class as healthy talk. People like yourself aren't even articulating why you think the albums good. Only saying that others who don't like the album are somehow conspiring against Schoolboy Q and perhaps secretly love the album. Or saying other websites have 'no right' to review the project.
I think you need to think just as hard about who you're 'riding' for, who's in your avatar etc.
Those Daz and Devin tracks are decent stuff btw. Daz and Los put out a decent EP with no hype and no biased 'big name' sites pushing them to the masses (to benefit from the post-GKMC/Control Remix rap media hype that Q is getting)
Peace
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So what are your thoughts on the album, P
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LOL… the one guy who rates albums without bumping them, criticizes movies without viewing them, and talks about threads without reading through them 8)
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LOL… the one guy who rates albums without bumping them, criticizes movies without viewing them, and talks about threads without reading through them 8)
LMAO again discrediting the listener with the opposing view, is the only way you can attempt to articulate why this album doesn't suck :D
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whether positive or negative opinion on this album, its got 8 pages of comments which is rare for any topic on this forum when dealing with newer westcoast artists. I think its a solid album. I don't listen to schoolboy q expecting really deep lyrics and even then, he still has a few of those tracks on this album. Which makes me wonder, most the albums from the west people consider classics don't have much more substance in lyrics then this one so what really were the people that don't like it expecting from a guy that does mostly gangster/party music?
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honestly i thought school boy q sucked before i heard this album. i think as a single collard greens sucked so coming in with no expectations this album actually was very enjoyable.
i heard habits and contradictions (thx radiotube) and only liked a song or two and on his interviews he sounds like a heroin addict so i didnt expect shit but this album is actually very dope. it almost seems like from everything from the cover to the way he adds his daughter on the ominous drug songs and shit it almost feels like its a big reminder to himself of who he used to be and on other songs who he wants to become. like maybe those songs with his daughter on them will be the thing that keeps him from falling totally off the wagon. theres alot of talk about his drug use right now because he showed up to hot 97 sloppy off lean i believe thats all contradictory and calculated to make ppl more curious about his album and personal life. you know wiggers love a rapper with a story to tell. when it comes to drugs and the pills he claim to sold so many of he dont know wtf hes talking about sometimes he was like"....NOOOO i never fucked with norcos! i took percosets and xanax but i never did the norcos." percs are WAY more fucking addictive them norcos and stronger at that. and if he knew as much about drugs and lean and shit as he claims he would know 3 or 4 vicodin/percs and a few benedryl and its the same exact feeling as lean for a fraction of the cost. its sad the lean phenomenon has infiltrated the west coast...i really thought it was for the southern bammers and gucci mane wanna bes that wear clear jordans and coogi jeans....ANYWAYS.
good album what he makes up for in wordplay he compensates for concepts and passionate delivery but if your looking for something like GKMC you will be dissapointed no doubt in my mind about that. if your looking for some hype ass ignorant shit to party to that has some substance to it this is going to blow your speakers all summer.
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LOL… the one guy who rates albums without bumping them, criticizes movies without viewing them, and talks about threads without reading through them 8)
LMAO again discrediting the listener with the opposing view, is the only way you can attempt to articulate why this album doesn't suck :D
read that bolded part in my original quote dummy lol, I gave my thoughts on the album pages back and the reviews I also posted coincide with the majority of my thoughts on it
you don't see me knocking CM or Ghost because they said they are not with all the drugged out stoner rap, you on the other hand provided no articulate reasons as to why so many songs sucked in your eyes and were 4/10s, etc.
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After hearing the standard, deluxe itunes and deluxe target edition. I would take all the crappy songs he had on the standard edition and replaced them with the bonus songs to have a better album. Add Yay Yay, Fuck LA, Gravy, Pusha Man, Californication on the standard album and I would think it would of flowed better I think.
I am sure many make there own album how they see fit anyway. ;)
I do agree some beat selection is meh.
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Did Will really get exposed for not listening to the entire album? LMAO.
Did you also counter BloodMoney's Complex Magazine Review with a "Sputnik Music Blog" review? LMFAO.
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Review Summary: Don't believe the hype train
I should stop reading the blogs, really. I should stop getting swept up in the hype of any artist affiliated with a big name and hoping, despite my better judgment and already formed opinion, they will do anything more than what I expect. I kind of blame Earl Sweatshirt for everyone’s inflated expectations of the second-in-line of the numerous hip-hop ‘groups’ of individual artists who ostensibly represent a collective. It happened with A$AP Ferg and it’s happening now with ScHoolboy Q, even though 2012’s Habits and Contradictions was unspectacular.
It’s my own fault for thinking he could change my mind. I tried to fall in love with his persona even though I didn’t think it was anything bigger than ‘the dude who wears bucket hats.’ I heard “Collard Greens,” with Kendrick Lamar’s terrible verse he probably found in a 15-year-old’s Spanish notebook with a bunch of penises and ‘jajaja’ etchings around it, and couldn’t figure out what I wasn’t hearing. I listened to Habits again but felt worn out when second track “There He Go” was by far the best he’s ever made. Maybe my problem is I tried, actively tried, to like him.
The problem is: there’s really no concept of who Schoolboy Q is. Even on the album cover he is obscured by a white ski mask which manages to hide everything- including his race. He has a gangster edge- a pill pusher from Hoover Street, which is closest thing to a personality he offers- but at the same time he’s a dad. Sometimes he’s ‘Puffy,’ the weed head who gets high in the studio, and others he’s some sort of sex god who, like so many others, indulges himself from the rear of women. Out of the booth he’s a normal looking guy with a bucket hat and a goatee. His daughter is manipulated into contextualizing her father with interjections like “my daddy says you’re a nigga” and “*** rap, my daddy a gangsta,” indicative of his two irreconcilable sides and his tendency to tread into unappealing themes.
Apparently this is all intentional: a representation of Q’s Oxymoronic status as a father to a young girl who also parties heartily and hears the calls of the streets in the back of his mind. However, this is presented incredibly vaguely, alluded to but never said flat out. Only on the disjointed centerpiece “Prescription/Oxymoron” do we get a glimpse of the overarching narrative. Before the track breaks, Quincy Hanley has passed out on the couch- he has overindulged on medication. His daughter’s voice rings through the empty space trying to wake him, the beat switches and he is reborn: “I just stopped selling crack today!” The exclamation feels hollow, though, because on “Man of the Year” he has girls dancing for him during a drug binge. Any potential lessons learned are left behind in a matter of a few songs.
The way these themes are rolled together for effect is awkward. The thrust of the album is this gangster life he wants to leave behind but is obviously hung up on and he brings in themes of fatherhood to create artificial conflict. His inner contradiction is obscured by party anthems and traditionally ‘gangster’ guest stars (Kurupt, Jay Rock, Raekwon). In fact, without his daughter’s orations, there is no semblance of narrative or meaning behind Oxymoron. This could be because Q’s storytelling ability is lacking, look no further than the bungled story of his uncle “Hoover Street” for how not to weave a narrative, but also because his inner turmoil sounds forced when spoken on record. It’s not entirely correct to compare Oxymoron to Good Kid m.a.a.d. City but give Kendrick Lamar credit for thoroughly exploring street life from someone who has left it all behind. Schoolboy, no matter what he tries making himself believe, clearly hasn’t left the streets behind and convincing the listener otherwise is impossible.
Reading these reiterations about theme and whatnot is dull and repetitious, but so is Oxymoron. Worse, though, it isn’t limited to theme. Hooks are run into the ground, songs are extended for just one chorus too long and beats are looped until they start grinding. The word “gangsta” is said 32 times on the opener alone. The replay value is just about non-existent. Each song is fairly flawed in some way or another, that some are good enough to overcome their faults speaks to the quality of the guests. Tyler, the Creator’s voice fits perfectly on “The Purge,” 2 Chainz livens up “What They Want” and Raekwon’s “Blind Threatz” verse is the best on the album.
So this is Schoolboy Q’s coming out party: an incomplete album with a brainy yet underdeveloped concept and a corrupted concept of the man behind the ski mask. The singles are shiny and probably hooked a lot of new fans, but the real substance is a contradictory mess. The image of a walking contradiction, a drug addict father, is hard to sell and Q is too underdeveloped, he started rapping seriously in 2010, to articulate his true feelings. What comes of this experiment/appeal to the masses is an overlong slog with enough shine to pull you in but a tangled mess beneath the bright veneer.
2/5
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/61148/ScHoolboy-Q-Oxymoron/
Duke didn't like Habits n Contradictions or Fergs album, both which were top 5 the year they were released, it's obvious this sort of music isn't for him. His review can go in the bushes.
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Did you also counter BloodMoney's Complex Magazine Review with a "Sputnik Music Blog" review? LMFAO.
a sad, feeble attempt at trolling lol
that HHDX review that CM posted where they rated the album 3.5/5 was most definitely respectable and is at a least credible hip-hop site that holds weight unlike that Sputnik bullshit which is just a bunch of euros reviewing a bunch of unheard of crap nobody cares about
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Definitely some decent songs on the album, but as a whole it falls flat. Pretty disappointing, but honestly don't know if that was because Kendick's album was a classic and I was just expecting the same level. Nothing against TDE, but so far after Kendrick there is a pretty big drop off. Not everyone can carry a solo album, and I wonder if TDE wouldn't be better off just releasing a Black Hippy album or compilation album instead of solo albums for non Kendrick artists.
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Did Will really get exposed for not listening to the entire album? LMAO.
No.
But carry on with the trolling...and enjoy this album...I can see you being a big fan Cham
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That bonus cut with ASAP thoooo. 8)
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I been a fan of Q since i heard "Hands On Tha Wheel", that was before he was signed to Interscope. I think there's a lot of people here who have been his fans way before Kendrick got signed to Aftermath and Black Hippy signed with Interscope. Are they actually all signed as solo artists on Interscope now? Or is it just Kendrick and Q?
Jay Rock is still Strange and Ab-Soul's album will probably be only TDE/Interscope
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The final word "Weird off kilter gangsta rap...I don't know who else is doing this right now"
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It's alright.
Studio/The Purge/Blind Threats/Hell of a Night and Gravy are the tracks I'm liking, and Suga Free barely saves Grooveline, there's no wrong he can do in my opinion.
Overall this album really had me hyped, somebody said it was west coast as fuck, and I give Q credit for actually rapping about his hood ALOT, which most popular rappers dont do anymore, (they want to appeal to a wide audience instead of keep it hood) but the overall sound of the album just doesn't stand out in any way. Like so much other rap, it combines some trap hi hat rolls, some go-nowhere synth pads, and a moderate amount of slump. Pretty standard.
I don't know, maybe I'm just not as big a fan as I wanted to be.
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So which is Q's best album? You guys really think this is better than his first two? I think SETBACKS is easily his best album.
This album resembles Habits & Contradictions a bit more than Setbacks imo.
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So which is Q's best album? You guys really think this is better than his first two?
Setbacks > Oxymoron > Habits & Contradictions
I'd rate all of them 4/5
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LOL that's dope
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So which is Q's best album? You guys really think this is better than his first two?
Setbacks > Oxymoron > Habits & Contradictions
I'd rate all of them 4/5
Fo Sho. Setbacks takes it for me.
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I'd say
Habits, Oxy then Setbacks. Setbacks had a good amount of songs I liked but his rhymes didn't seem as good on a lot of them like he was still developing his flow on that one.
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no one here cared for Schoolboy Q
Gangsta & Soul (Mixtape)
Hosted by DJ Ill Will & DJ Dave
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www.dubcnm.com/audio/mixtapes/schoolboy_q_-_gangsta_&_soul_(dubcnn).zip
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"Ezell" was the first track I'd ever heard from him
dude's come a long way
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ScHoolboy Q Gets a Surprise Call From Kendrick Lamar About "Oxymoron
ScHoolboy Q stopped by the #Liftoff with J Cruz and Justin Credible, to celebrate the release of his new album Oxymoron. Some pretty big moments happen on the show Kendrick Lamar called in to congratulate Q, and so did Mr. CEO Top Dawg. Congrats to Q for having the #1 album and for being a great role model for all of Los Angeles
https://www.youtube.com/v/BD0SEQ7sOm0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD0SEQ7sOm0)
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lol, to be fair I wouldn't call that a "surprise". That's his go-to nigga right there.
But props to Quincy. Just need those numbers to topple Ross for the real win.
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Anyone got the Target bonus tracks?
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Dope album. It's a grower.
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that Anthony Fantano kid gave it a "strong 7" lol he was pretty on point though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPsrNDt81aM
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that Anthony Fantano kid gave it a "strong 7" lol he was pretty on point though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPsrNDt81aM
LOL @ the fan made cover of "Oxymoron" in the video. Dude does nice reviews though, i've watched some of his videos.
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Schoolboy Q the new 40 Glocc
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Schoolboy Q the new 40 Glocc
What's up with you constantly hatin' on Q, Will?
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Schoolboy Q the new 40 Glocc
What's up with you constantly hatin' on Q, Will?
It's called trolling stupid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)
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Schoolboy Q the new 40 Glocc
What's up with you constantly hatin' on Q, Will?
I was just thinking who Q might be comparable to.
Past rapper with no real substance. Got a following due to who co-signed him.
Appeared to have some street rep...then fizzled out when the dust settled and people realised he was never that good.
Pure hate I know, but still my prediction :D
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The album is solid, I don't know what you fuckers are complaining about.
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^ shit, negro that's all you had to say! ;D
this new generation sucks and have no standards at all. dudes can come out and kiss each other on the lips, wear dresses, be a c.o., have no skills on the mic, etc. and it's accepted. smdh.
the new generation ? you sound like a fucking old man bro.. did you know 2pac was a ballet dancer ? did you know biggie went to private school ? back in the days it was ok for 2 men to hold hands because it was a sign of friendship, people were rocking tight jeans just like people are rocking them today... you always got some lame ass niggas talking about this generation :-\ you sound like the old man on the corner telling stories about his days as a youth.
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^ shit, negro that's all you had to say! ;D
this new generation sucks and have no standards at all. dudes can come out and kiss each other on the lips, wear dresses, be a c.o., have no skills on the mic, etc. and it's accepted. smdh.
the new generation ? you sound like a fucking old man bro.. did you know 2pac was a ballet dancer ? did you know biggie went to private school ? back in the days it was ok for 2 men to hold hands because it was a sign of friendship, people were rocking tight jeans just like people are rocking them today... you always got some lame ass niggas talking about this generation :-\ you sound like the old man on the corner telling stories about his days as a youth.
lol +1
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^ shit, negro that's all you had to say! ;D
this new generation sucks and have no standards at all. dudes can come out and kiss each other on the lips, wear dresses, be a c.o., have no skills on the mic, etc. and it's accepted. smdh.
the new generation ? you sound like a fucking old man bro.. did you know 2pac was a ballet dancer ? did you know biggie went to private school ? back in the days it was ok for 2 men to hold hands because it was a sign of friendship, people were rocking tight jeans just like people are rocking them today... you always got some lame ass niggas talking about this generation :-\ you sound like the old man on the corner telling stories about his days as a youth.
lol +1
Hahahaha!!! I'm sorry but The Oxy is Floppy… Trash! I expected more from the "ALIMIGHTY TDE" smh!!! Someone please save the game… Like I said before, The west coast is "WIIIIIIIIIIIDE OPEN" right now.
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160K first week doesn't sound floppy to me in 2014
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160K first week doesn't sound floppy to me in 2014
Not in terms of Sales, but more in terms of actual "CLASSIC-ISM" People can buy gimmicky shit all day long…. In my true honest opinion, everybody has gravitated towards Q's personality and Character. But to base off "PURE & SHEER TALENT" then he's by far no where near the top tier echolon of MC's. Now don't get me wrong he's doing what's best for Q, which is nothing wrong with. I wish the kid prominent Success, but when we're going off Talent n shit. Again the Kids Floppy…
Witty West West Y'all
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Pretty decent sales. Snoop cant even sell close to that these days. I still haven't gotten around to checking this yet. Guess i should check dude out more to see if i like his style enough. I bought 2 Kendrick albums and jay rocks strange music album but haven't heard much or Q.
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man i don't know...at first i was like "this album sucks", but then a few tracks grew on me...it's still wack for the most parts for me, but i'll see if it will grow on me.
maybe i overrated him :-\
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man i don't know...at first i was like "this album sucks", but then a few tracks grew on me...it's still wack for the most parts for me, but i'll see if it will grow on me.
maybe i overrated him :-\
People are mixing things up. It's not about overrating him. It's about his album. I was just expecting more from the ALBUM. Not necessarily him. I know what he can do. I like his first album much more than this. It's not about Q or TDE being overrated. I just think the project was not as good as thought it was going to be. That's all. It doesn't mean he can't make another dope album. In a way, I had a feeling this album wasn't going to live up to my liking. Usually when it's a "commercial" release, that's what you will get. Its the market that dictates what you do. This is why many of the hip hop heads are critical about today's state of Hip Hop. Everyone is copying the same sound. If you don't, you're not going to sell. You're not going to have the same appeal, especially when you're talking about attracting the younger crowd.
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Didn't like this album that much. Some songs are OK, but nothing on here really makes me want hit the repeat button, or bump it loud in my ride cuz the songs are so tight. I wasn't expecting to like every song on this, but I thought there'd be some songs I really liked cuz on his last couple albums there were songs I really liked and would listen to all the time. I never thought he had a lot of skill on the mic but he can make some good "songs". I think if there were at least some beats on this that I liked it would help. But maybe its just my age. But I'm happy the sales are good, and know there will be songs he makes in the future that I will probably dig.
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I'm personally diggin the album. I didn't really like setbacks (but I only listened to it once so maybe I gotta give it another chance) liked Habits & Contradictions (except the production was kinda booty on some of the tracks) but I'm feelin this one as a whole. I bought it about 4 days ago & been bumpin it every since. I like the whole album & the bonus tracks is where it gets weak to me. I should've saved the Lil 2 or 3 bucks & bought the standard. Maybe people that don't like it were expecting something else but I just take it for what it is & enjoy it. I mean he ain't a Kendrick where he gonna fuck you up with those well thought out concepts & flows but he can pain the picture good like on Prescription/Oxymoron and Hover Street. Pretty solid album for me. For those that heard his lable mate Isaiah Rashad's shit, what do you think of that compared to this?
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can't really compare Isaiah Rashad's tape to this album but it was a dope project worth checking out for sure
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man i don't know...at first i was like "this album sucks", but then a few tracks grew on me...it's still wack for the most parts for me, but i'll see if it will grow on me.
maybe i overrated him :-\
People are mixing things up. It's not about overrating him. It's about his album. I was just expecting more from the ALBUM. Not necessarily him. I know what he can do. I like his first album much more than this. It's not about Q or TDE being overrated. I just think the project was not as good as thought it was going to be. That's all. It doesn't mean he can't make another dope album. In a way, I had a feeling this album wasn't going to live up to my liking. Usually when it's a "commercial" release, that's what you will get. Its the market that dictates what you do. This is why many of the hip hop heads are critical about today's state of Hip Hop. Everyone is copying the same sound. If you don't, you're not going to sell. You're not going to have the same appeal, especially when you're talking about attracting the younger crowd.
yeah, but i was not mixing things up here. i wasn't really feelin' "setbacks" or "habits & contradictions" that much, but i thought that this album maybe will be dope because of some of the tracks he released prior to the release and i also liked him on a few black hippy collabo projects. now that i got the feelin' that i won't dig this album anytime soon, i have to say that maybe i overrated him based on the expectations i had on this album. but like i said maybe this album will grow on me idk
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ScHoolboy Q sat down with Elliott Wilson to talk about his new album, "Oxymoron", and the state of gangsta rap in 2014.
Beyond the singles, ScHoolboy Q's new album, Oxymoron is gangsta rap through and through. In a new "CRWN" interview with Elliott Wilson, Q took some time to explain why he felt this particular sub-genre has fallen out of favor, the assumption that it has "no substance", as well as his belief that rappers are just too nice these days.
"People hear aggressive rappers and they think 'no substance.' I don't get that," he said of his critics. "How can me talking about somebody getting killed or me running from somebody trying to kill me be no substance? You clearly live behind a computer."
ScHoolboy then went on to give his theory on when gangsta rap was phased out. "Once 50 and Game stopped beefing and that, gangsta rap just fell off the map," he said. "It was just done. Then all the new nice niggas came up."
Q elaborated on how rappers are too afraid to step on any toes these days. "The new rapper now is super nice, you know what I mean?" he said. "Nobody wants to say anything about anybody. Niggas are giving interviews like they're in the NBA now... There's a whole WWE thing about this rap shit now."
http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-addresses-the-assumption-that-he-has-no-substance-says-new-rappers-are-too-nice-news.9613.html
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For me topic is irrelevant in rap. It's more how gifted the artist is with the pen. The tightest MCs have a poetical mind, honestly, message, cleverness, wit, or are just gifted songwriters and entertainers (Slick Rick, Biz Markie, Sugarhill, Kurtis Blow, or early Snoop and Dre hit factory type stuff)
This ain't hate but Q ain't got a whole lot of any of that. I can see what he's sayin but shouting gangsta gangsta 25 times on a track is just ignant. If I wanna get hyped ill put some Pac on sorry Q 8) 8)
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Great energy in the track
Will this even get airplay doe?
What would you rate this song out of 10 Will?
6/10 good sound concept and execution. Can't imagine this will get airplay tho.
This about Nicki Minaj's "Lookin' Ass Nigga".
http://www.youtube.com/v/2mwNbTL3pOs
The 6/10 you gave this is better than EVERY song you rated on Schoolboy's album LMAO. Delete your account.
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OXYMORON Tops Billboard
#1
8) 8) 8)
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he'll go hit 500K in time as long as TDE/Interscope push him like they did Kendrick
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OXYMORON Tops Billboard
#1
8) 8) 8)
good numbers
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Schoolboy Q the new 40 Glocc
What's up with you constantly hatin' on Q, Will?
I was just thinking who Q might be comparable to.
Past rapper with no real substance. Got a following due to who co-signed him.
Appeared to have some street rep...then fizzled out when the dust settled and people realised he was never that good.
Pure hate I know, but still my prediction :D
If you think Q's got no substance then you clearly aren't listening to the music b.
"Grandma said she loved me, I told her I loved her more
She always got me things that we couldn't afford
The new Js and Tommy Hill in my drawers
Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, see Golden Eye was away at war
We wasn't thinking of getting money then
Nor did I wonder why my uncle done sold his Benz
Cause he been tripping now, he sweats a lot and slimming down
I also notice moms be locking doors when he around
But anyways, he wife done left him and now he living with us
My bike is missing, Grandma like to hide her check every month
My uncle's nuts, he used to give me whiskey to piss in cups
Knocking on the door telling me to hurry up, he in a rush
I gave it to him then got my ass whipped for doing it
Moms used to tell me like, nigga, know who you dealing with
Them was the good days 'til I was raised the older ways
Rat-Tone my nigga's brother showed me my first K
I was amazed, me and Floyd was in the back, he called us over like, hey
YAWK, YAWK, YAWK, YAWK! We like, damn, nigga
Then again, YAWK, YAWK! We like, damn, nigga
Hearing him say cuz turned us to a fan, nigga
Later on he got locked so know we're taking his fades
Continue the chapter from his life, we flipping that page
Gangbanging was a ritual and Grandma would help
She should've never left her gun on the shelf"
Second verse of "Hoover Street", real as fuck.
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"Hoover Street", "Prescription/Oxymoron", "Blind Threats" all have enough substance to make up for the tracks that lack
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Schoolboy Q the new 40 Glocc
What's up with you constantly hatin' on Q, Will?
I was just thinking who Q might be comparable to.
Past rapper with no real substance. Got a following due to who co-signed him.
Appeared to have some street rep...then fizzled out when the dust settled and people realised he was never that good.
Pure hate I know, but still my prediction :D
If you think Q's got no substance then you clearly aren't listening to the music b.
"Grandma said she loved me, I told her I loved her more
She always got me things that we couldn't afford
The new Js and Tommy Hill in my drawers
Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, see Golden Eye was away at war
We wasn't thinking of getting money then
Nor did I wonder why my uncle done sold his Benz
Cause he been tripping now, he sweats a lot and slimming down
I also notice moms be locking doors when he around
But anyways, he wife done left him and now he living with us
My bike is missing, Grandma like to hide her check every month
My uncle's nuts, he used to give me whiskey to piss in cups
Knocking on the door telling me to hurry up, he in a rush
I gave it to him then got my ass whipped for doing it
Moms used to tell me like, nigga, know who you dealing with
Them was the good days 'til I was raised the older ways
Rat-Tone my nigga's brother showed me my first K
I was amazed, me and Floyd was in the back, he called us over like, hey
YAWK, YAWK, YAWK, YAWK! We like, damn, nigga
Then again, YAWK, YAWK! We like, damn, nigga
Hearing him say cuz turned us to a fan, nigga
Later on he got locked so know we're taking his fades
Continue the chapter from his life, we flipping that page
Gangbanging was a ritual and Grandma would help
She should've never left her gun on the shelf"
Second verse of "Hoover Street", real as fuck.
My problem with that track is Q's horrible flow stops the track dead at times. The actual flow of the music (its like a 1 out of 10). The dragging out of the track to SEVEN mins. Schoolboy's persona switching to something between 'Who Am I' and Joe Budden. That hook. And how the track just ends with him mumbling 'uh bu boo' - an idea so inspired it could've easily been this instead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvyAqL3H4Js
It's garbage as a whole and that writing is one technical aspect yeah, but wasted wrapped in such weak track.
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Schoolboy Q the new 40 Glocc
What's up with you constantly hatin' on Q, Will?
I was just thinking who Q might be comparable to.
Past rapper with no real substance. Got a following due to who co-signed him.
Appeared to have some street rep...then fizzled out when the dust settled and people realised he was never that good.
Pure hate I know, but still my prediction :D
If you think Q's got no substance then you clearly aren't listening to the music b.
"Grandma said she loved me, I told her I loved her more
She always got me things that we couldn't afford
The new Js and Tommy Hill in my drawers
Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, see Golden Eye was away at war
We wasn't thinking of getting money then
Nor did I wonder why my uncle done sold his Benz
Cause he been tripping now, he sweats a lot and slimming down
I also notice moms be locking doors when he around
But anyways, he wife done left him and now he living with us
My bike is missing, Grandma like to hide her check every month
My uncle's nuts, he used to give me whiskey to piss in cups
Knocking on the door telling me to hurry up, he in a rush
I gave it to him then got my ass whipped for doing it
Moms used to tell me like, nigga, know who you dealing with
Them was the good days 'til I was raised the older ways
Rat-Tone my nigga's brother showed me my first K
I was amazed, me and Floyd was in the back, he called us over like, hey
YAWK, YAWK, YAWK, YAWK! We like, damn, nigga
Then again, YAWK, YAWK! We like, damn, nigga
Hearing him say cuz turned us to a fan, nigga
Later on he got locked so know we're taking his fades
Continue the chapter from his life, we flipping that page
Gangbanging was a ritual and Grandma would help
She should've never left her gun on the shelf"
Second verse of "Hoover Street", real as fuck.
My problem with that track is Q's horrible flow stops the track dead at times. The actual flow of the music (its like a 1 out of 10). The dragging out of the track to SEVEN mins. Schoolboy's persona switching to something between 'Who Am I' and Joe Budden. That hook. And how the track just ends with him mumbling 'uh bu boo' - an idea so inspired it could've easily been this instead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvyAqL3H4Js
It's garbage as a whole and that writing is one technical aspect yeah, but wasted wrapped in such weak track.
Why are you wasting so much of your (and others) time on something you don't like?
Move the fuck on!
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Great energy in the track
Will this even get airplay doe?
What would you rate this song out of 10 Will?
6/10 good sound concept and execution. Can't imagine this will get airplay tho.
This about Nicki Minaj's "Lookin' Ass Nigga".
http://www.youtube.com/v/2mwNbTL3pOs
The 6/10 you gave this is better than EVERY song you rated on Schoolboy's album LMAO. Delete your account.
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http://instagram.com/p/lPyjETlfsW/
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http://instagram.com/p/lPyjETlfsW/
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That u homie? 8) 8)
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http://instagram.com/p/lPyjETlfsW/
8)
That u homie? 8) 8)
live in the flesh :pimp:
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http://instagram.com/p/lPyjETlfsW/
8)
That u homie? 8) 8)
live in the flesh :pimp:
Respect 8)
Did u give Q any snacks/energy drinks n shit? :D
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http://instagram.com/p/lPyjETlfsW/
8)
That u homie? 8) 8)
live in the flesh :pimp:
Respect 8)
Did u give Q any snacks/energy drinks n shit? :D
lmao son was turnt for his performance but was shot afterwards, had no voice when I was chopping it up with him hah
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I gotta get to a Schoolboy concert.
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I gotta get to a Schoolboy concert.
I can honestly say he killed every song from his set except for "Grooveline Pt. 2" he lost the flow of the beat a bit and there was another song he was kinda ehh but I don't know what he was performing I was zapped off lots of bud, yay, and booze hah
he came out to "Fuck LA" and transitioned into "Banger" which was :o though, that set the show off right
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My boy went to his NY show March 3rd I think. He said it was wack.
Said Schoolboy didn't perform a lot of songs, didn't really come through with a lot of energy, didn't have anyone come out & sounded sick.
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he did 12 joints off the album alone at the show down here plus easily another 6-8 joints from his older projects, no guests though other than the opening acts Vince Staples and Isaiah Rashad
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Who got "Gravy", "Pusha Man" and "Californication" in 320kbps?
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30k sold in the second week. what a drop of sales.
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but was shot afterwards, had no voice when I was chopping it up with him hah
Props on meeting folks, I think thats just homies style. Dude talks like he did an 8ball before every interview lol.
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Who got "Gravy", "Pusha Man" and "Californication" in 320kbps?
gotta borrow my boy's external CD drive cuz mine is shot on my laptop… when that happens I got you 8)
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30k sold in the second week. what a drop of sales.
That's not bad at all proportionally. Especially from a guy whose core fan base is going to run out & cop the album within the first three days.
Cudi sold 95,000 first week & dropped to just under 9,000 week two.
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30k sold in the second week. what a drop of sales.
That's not bad at all proportionally. Especially from a guy whose core fan base is going to run out & cop the album within the first three days.
Cudi sold 95,000 first week & dropped to just under 9,000 week two.
if he had sold 60k-70k the second week I'd agree cause all his fans couldn't have possibly bought his album the first week. but 30k ? I don't know if he'll go platinum maybe gold in a few months.
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Not hating but this ain't an album that's gonna build momentum of sales through word of mouth
He hit the big time with preorders, and anticipation buzz. Even the overly positive reviews aren't echoing what the web chatter is saying. People are only 50/50 on this one
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he will more than likely hit Gold if they push "What They Want" followed up by "Studio"
keep in mind he just started the tour 12 days ago, dude is hitting cities left and right garnering even more new fans
plus Rozay and Pharell just dropped
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lol, 160,000 copies is a great number for him even if he doesn't sell another copy. He's barely scrapping B-list in terms of popularity. He's not Jay, Em, Wayne, Drake.
J. Cole is a huge artist in terms of getting promotion & airplay & pushed 300,000 first week. Schoolboy had being associated with Kendrick Lamar & a song with him as promotion.
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lol, 160,000 copies is a great number for him even if he doesn't sell another copy. He's barely scrapping B-list in terms of popularity. He's not Jay, Em, Wayne, Drake.
J. Cole is a huge artist in terms of getting promotion & airplay & pushed 300,000 first week. Schoolboy had being associated with Kendrick Lamar & a song with him as promotion.
do you not understand that he will have to pay back the money interscope spent on him if he don't recoup ?