Dj Joey Joe Member since Sep 01st 2007 13770 posts
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8. "No Not Really But I'm Curious As To What It's Going To Sound Like" In response to Reply # 0 Fri Aug-09-13 12:41 AM by Dj Joey Joe
...but I'm not hyped or eager to hear it, it's so much new music out that I dig that I hardly get a chance to hear it often that I'm cool with not being eager to hear something that's not out yet; especially something that I'm not sure I'm going to be into.
Now if you had said, "Black Milk has produced two new songs for Pharoahe Monch" then I would be so hyped up that I would be begging for a leak of those two tracks.
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Most of it has been mad lukewarm and, what I've heard of this album, it looks to be in the same vein.
I REALLY don't understand how he didn't become a star after Caltroit. Maybe Bishop's displacement from Aftermath affected that opportunity.
Anybody else remember when Bishop was laughing at Joel Ortiz and others for getting tossed from the Aftermath roster? Hindsight is 20/20 like a mug..
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29. "^as long as he does NOT do this" In response to Reply # 18
is what i was going to say. dont nobody wanna hear that bamma ass watered down go-go.
and i fucks with Black Milk hard.
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40. "RE: ^as long as he does NOT do this" In response to Reply # 29
>is what i was going to say. dont nobody wanna hear that bamma >ass watered down go-go. > had a nicca thinking Amerie was gonna pop out of nowhere singin "Na, na, na, na, na, oh"
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21. "nah but I'll check it out tho" In response to Reply # 0
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It's not that he can do no wrong, but ever since Tronic, it seems I'm always going to be checking for his albums and albums with his production on it.
I do also recognize that he also has a high potential for making somewhat boring music.. I think we've heard glimpses of it, but for me.. so far he's been consistently somewhere between solid and great.
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47. "That's the thing - rap IS getting old to me." In response to Reply # 46
I'd rather listen to some shit like Operation: DOOMSDAY for the millionth time than try to convince my 28 year-old self that "riches and bitches" over an average beat is worth my brain space.
I ride for Black Milk but I also refuse to lower my expectations.
Especially when there's countless hours of crazy jazz/R&B/rock from years past, a couple decades worth of timeless hip-hop, and all the new house/electronic music that sits on my hard drive.
Again - I bought the Synth or Soul wax just as a show of faith. Listened to it once and filed that shit away for a rainy day. I have no problem giving my money to dudes I like, but I also don't have a problem criticizing them if it's not moving me like that (see: Danny Brown).
50. "lol nigga you doing too much" In response to Reply # 47
so toss aside the theme of the song, the flow, the context, the cadence and all of that other shit. Shit just ain't hitting because he rhymed bitch with rich huh?
Like if he rhymed any other word that would have made the song that much better right?
53. "SMH, Doom and Black Milk aren't even comparable on the mic." In response to Reply # 51
"Spit so many verses, sometimes his jaw twitches. One thing this party could use is more......
....
booze."
I expect some nice beats from Black on NPNP, and I'll assure you - anything *remotely* touching the level of MF Doom on the mic will have me coming back to this thread with a mouth full of crow.
You guys are funny though. I'll give you that. Doom and Black Milk's rhyme styles being placed on the same level - LOL that's some good shit.
32. "Unlike some in this post, I actually like him lyrically..." In response to Reply # 0
Now, he isn't the world's greatest but he has a nice presence and he's definitely not corny. I'd probably give him a rating of a B as an emcee.
My only thing is that I feel he's moving backwards, production wise. The stuff I heard on AOTY was superb and I felt that album could have been a minor hit if they had put Distortion and Oh Girl out as singles.
But, I feel like he's gotten lazy on the boards lately, ESPECIALLY on Synth or Soul and everything I've heard off this new release.
I hope it's just a phase.
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34. "i think the natural impulse is to say..." In response to Reply # 32
...that he's gone backwards, but that's what happens when you employ a live band and then go back to keeping it simpler. it would be like the roots going back to the illadelph halflife style now. that being said, "synth or soul" is definitely growing on me. not sure how old the beats are, but they're definitely quality
43. "I don't think it's just going back to basics..." In response to Reply # 34
>...that he's gone backwards, but that's what happens when you >employ a live band and then go back to keeping it simpler. it >would be like the roots going back to the illadelph halflife >style now. that being said, "synth or soul" is definitely >growing on me. not sure how old the beats are, but they're >definitely quality
Because, although Tronic didn't have as much live instrumentation as AOTY, it surely doesn't sound as sedated as the new stuff I've heard. Neither was Popular Demand OR Caltroit.
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35. "my man, you get it" In response to Reply # 32
>Now, he isn't the world's greatest but he has a nice presence >and he's definitely not corny. I'd probably give him a rating >of a B as an emcee. >
Couldn't agree more, although I think he's a stronger MC than folks want to admit but he tends to stay in one safe pocket.
>My only thing is that I feel he's moving backwards, production >wise. The stuff I heard on AOTY was superb and I felt that >album could have been a minor hit if they had put Distortion >and Oh Girl out as singles. >
"Oh Girl" was as perfect a single record than any and it had the right mix of all of what AOTY was going for and more.
>But, I feel like he's gotten lazy on the boards lately, >ESPECIALLY on Synth or Soul and everything I've heard off this >new release. > >I hope it's just a phase.
Yeah he's taking it back to his roots when he should have kept it moving forward with the live band approach.
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>>Now, he isn't the world's greatest but he has a nice >presence >>and he's definitely not corny. I'd probably give him a >rating >>of a B as an emcee. >> > >Couldn't agree more, although I think he's a stronger MC than >folks want to admit but he tends to stay in one safe pocket.
Yup. He doesn't experiment with flows very much, but, that one flow is tight like spandex on a fat chick.
>>My only thing is that I feel he's moving backwards, >production >>wise. The stuff I heard on AOTY was superb and I felt that >>album could have been a minor hit if they had put Distortion >>and Oh Girl out as singles. >> > >"Oh Girl" was as perfect a single record than any and it had >the right mix of all of what AOTY was going for and more.
Yes! But I think someone on the label probably felt that releasing that as a single would "alienate" his core audience.
>>But, I feel like he's gotten lazy on the boards lately, >>ESPECIALLY on Synth or Soul and everything I've heard off >this >>new release. >> >>I hope it's just a phase. > >Yeah he's taking it back to his roots when he should have kept >it moving forward with the live band approach.
Yessir. Although, I can maybe understand why he took it back to just him, an MP and some synths, though. That live band stuff is quite expensive and I'm sure the label spent that much hoping he would do decent numbers and that expense would be recouped.
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