"srsly poptimists need 1x CRASH COURSE in contemporary hip-hop"

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

(That's the Lex speaking)

1. Do we? Or "Do you?" I should say, since we're a loose clumping of individuals innit.

2. GO ON THEN! What's the best hip-hop you've heard this year?

Comments

Re: Daft Question

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

The thing with Da Drought 3 is that its appeal is almost entirely in the words - the beats are great but they're not his and not the point. A lot of the time I can remember great lines but have no idea where on the mixtape he used them - I think my favourite section is the triumphalist section from 'Ride For My Niggas' through to 'I Can't Feel My Face' on CD1 though where it seems like words are just tumbling unbidden out of him. Love his versions of 'Promise' and 'Crazy' too...

Re: Daft Question

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The thing is this gives me the same kind of "well I might like it buuuuut" reaction as I get when people praise the Hold Steady.

Too many words. I spend my whole life paying attention to bloody words. MOAR CONCISENESS.

Re: Daft Question

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Weezy's 'normal' albums are concise! Plus, his amazing guest spots: truly he is the new Ludacris (though on the evidence of 'Freaky Gurl' and 'Dat Girl Right There' Luda is on his way back to claim that crown...)

Re: Daft Question

[mooxyjoo.livejournal.com]

wayne's words don't mean much, at least not in a way that requires attention (though they may repay some). he's tipped a lot more toward free-form wordplay.

none of the mixes have grabbed me, and i think it's like lex says that the beats on them are not so interesting. i'm waiting for carter 3 though.