[tru blu]

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 The whole point i was trying to make was that the new Big K.R.I.T album is way less conscious than his previous albums and is pretty much a throwback southern album.. meaning that it sounds like tons of southern music created before krit. Yet it will be considered dope and fresh by the same people that hated southern music not to long ago.
 
here's a stream of the new KRIT album. im sure anyone thats a hip-hop fan has already heard it though since i came out 3 days ago and thats like 3 weeks in the internet world. http://www.npr.org/2012/05/27/153604174/first-listen-big-k-r-i-t-live-from-the-underground

 
…so, you're the only listener who'll be able to hear that it's "less conscious"? Neither of us is engaging in heavy scientific method here, but my guess is that if I can hear the difference instantly on the Ludacris track linked to earlier, quite a few other folks will be able to also. Kinda bizarre that NPR chose this disc for its "First Listen" series…as you've already alluded by saying it's "way less conscious than his previous albums", this almost seems like a misrepresentation of K.R.I.T.'s work. Clearly, he's tired of grindin' it out in the "underground" (aren't we all?) and is hoping for a moneymaker…

 

[washedupred]

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…so, you're the only listener who'll be able to hear that it's "less conscious"? Neither of us is engaging in heavy scientific method here, but my guess is that if I can hear the difference instantly on the Ludacris track linked to earlier, quite a few other folks will be able to also. Kinda bizarre that NPR chose this disc for its "First Listen" series…as you've already alluded by saying it's "way less conscious than his previous albums", this almost seems like a misrepresentation of K.R.I.T.'s work. Clearly, he's tired of grindin' it out in the "underground" (aren't we all?) and is hoping for a moneymaker…

i was personally getting tired of krit constantly rapping about struggles. this new album is refreshing to me. not a classic but i was getting tired of his same old content. Krit is a talented hip-hop artist regardless of his "ignorant" choice in subject matter. Im not above enjoying music about being materialistic or other nonsense.

 

[tru blu]

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i was personally getting tired of krit constantly rapping about struggles. this new album is refreshing to me. not a classic but i was getting tired of his same old content. Krit is a talented hip-hop artist regardless of his "ignorant" choice in subject matter. Im not above enjoying music about being materialistic or other nonsense.

…are you K.R.I.T.'s new publicist?

 

[washedupred]

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…are you K.R.I.T.'s new publicist?

nah, just a hip-hop fan who likes to listen to every kind of hip-hop and give his opinion on it.

 

[washedupred]

 
wowser. alchemist actually branched out from his normal sound and did something different. album of the year contender. calling it before the hipster reviewers.

 

[earIEMusik]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kori0AqZBCc
 
Freeway & Jake One - Throw Your Hands Up!

 

[LOVEPIXY]

Cool calm pete 
Aesop Rock
Asheru & Blue Black
Beatnuts
Black moon
Black star
Cannibal Ox
common
CunninLynguists
Das EFX
Deltron 3030
DJ Shadow
Dr. Octagon
Funkdoobiest
Gang Starr
Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic)
I.N.I
Illogic
Jeru The Damaja
Kool G Rap
A Tribe Called Quest
Madlib
Masta Ace
MF Doom
Miilkbone 
Mobb Deep
Mountain Brothers
Organized Konfusion
People Under The Stairs
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Deda
The Pharcyde
R.A. The Rugged Man
Wu tang 
just off the top of my head so lots more 

 

[Alexein Aner]

 

[JoeDoe]

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Cool calm pete 
Aesop Rock
Asheru & Blue Black
Beatnuts
Black moon
Black star
Cannibal Ox
common
CunninLynguists
Das EFX
Deltron 3030
DJ Shadow
Dr. Octagon
Funkdoobiest
Gang Starr
Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic)
I.N.I
Illogic
Jeru The Damaja
Kool G Rap
A Tribe Called Quest
Madlib
Masta Ace
MF Doom
Miilkbone 
Mobb Deep
Mountain Brothers
Organized Konfusion
People Under The Stairs
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Deda
The Pharcyde
R.A. The Rugged Man
Wu tang 
just off the top of my head so lots more 

+1 Aesop Rock, Common, Tribe Called Quest, Pete Rock, Wu Tang
 
I'll add:
 
Black Milk
Black Thoughts
Chiddy Bang
Corey McLemore
Flobots
Lyrics Born
Reks
The Roots
Strange Fruit Project
Talib Kweli
Zion I
 
Check em out!

 

[tmugt]

The Great Gatsby has a new Jay-Z song "100$" I personally think it's super good. I would also consider Andre 3k and Beyonce's cover of "Back to Black".

 

[ecva]

Awesome hip-hop songs posted here.  I listen to probably 85% hip-hop and 15% others.  Favorite hip-hop album for me has to be Nas - Illmatic, very pure.  

 

[Imraan619]

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Cool calm pete 
Aesop Rock
Asheru & Blue Black
Beatnuts
Black moon
Black star
Cannibal Ox
common
CunninLynguists
Das EFX
Deltron 3030
DJ Shadow
Dr. Octagon
Funkdoobiest
Gang Starr
Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic)
I.N.I
Illogic
Jeru The Damaja
Kool G Rap
A Tribe Called Quest
Madlib
Masta Ace
MF Doom
Miilkbone 
Mobb Deep
Mountain Brothers
Organized Konfusion
People Under The Stairs
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Deda
The Pharcyde
R.A. The Rugged Man
Wu tang 
just off the top of my head so lots more 

Mountain Brothers!  That's a name I haven't heard in a while!  Great list here. 

 

[LOVEPIXY]

Cool calm pete 
Aesop Rock
Asheru & Blue Black
Beatnuts
Black moon
Black star
Cannibal Ox
common
CunninLynguists
Das EFX
Deltron 3030
DJ Shadow
RJD2
Company Flow
Pharoahe Monch
Dr. Octagon
Funkdoobiest
Gang Starr
El-P
Marco Polo
Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic)
I.N.I
Typical Cats
Soul Position
Ol' Dirty person
Illogic
Ol' Dirty person
Jeru The Damaja
Kool G Rap
A Tribe Called Quest
Nas
Cannibal Ox
Das EFX
Mr. Lif
Dumbfoundead
homeboy sandman
Joey Bada$$
Prolyphic
Surreal 
J Dilla
J-Live
The Sound Providers 
Peanut Butter Wolf
Tha Alkaholiks
Madlib
Masta Ace
MF Doom
Kool G Rap
Miilkbone 
Mobb Deep
Mountain Brothers
Organized Konfusion
People Under The Stairs
Pete Rock
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Deda
The Pharcyde
R.A. The Rugged Man
Wu tang 
 
Updated list still missing heaps