17. "DS2 is a masterpiece to me" In response to Reply # 16 Tue Feb-09-16 03:49 AM by will_5198
Monster has amazing highs ("Codeine Crazy" / "Fuck Up Some Commas" / "Hardly") but is scattered in quality otherwise. 56 Nights is dope start to finish, albeit a little short (less than 28 minutes of actual music). Southside said it's Future's best project by far and I wouldn't really argue vehemently against it.
Dirty Sprite 2 is immaculate, though. "Thought It Was a Drought", with those ominous first notes, is one of the most appropriate intros ever -- this is going to be an hour* of dark, drugged, nihilistic and amazing music.
thematically it's the tightest of his projects, aurally it's the most cohesive, and lyrically it's some of his best lines and hooks ("Slave Master" is Future's whole ethos). I fuck with everything Future has made in the last year, but DS2 is forever his magnum opus to me. if he tops that, I'd be amazed.
*I'm speaking on the deluxe version of DS2, of course.
18. "RE: DS2 is a masterpiece to me" In response to Reply # 17 Tue Feb-09-16 09:16 AM by Nick Has a Problem..
Agreed. Beast Mode is his second best project but it's more of an EP IMO. Monster had high highs and you could see where he was headed with tracks like "Codeine Crazy". DS2 is his magnum opus all the way. He got everything right on this album. The opener "Thought It Was A Drought" followed by "I Serve the Base" was a ridiculous one-two punch. He even got the bonus tracks correct on the deluxe edition. Him, Metro and the rest locked in on a great LP.
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so glad i'm not one of those "trapped in an impregnable early-90s-east-coast-superlyrical-boom-bap cocoon" dudes who can't appreciate it.
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21. "Did old heads back in our day not fuck with Nas, Common, Snoop, etc?" In response to Reply # 20
I didn't know any old heads back in the early 90's who grew up with hip hop like we did, so I don't know but was there also a generational disconnect?
Old heads that grew up with Grandmaster Flash, the Cold Crush, etc, were they like FOH when it came to Pete & C.L., Ice Cube, Redman, etc?
Cuz that's what's happening here. A lot of cats I came up with are either trapped in the 90's or said fuck hip hop altogether. Only a few have accepted that times and sounds change. I'll never say Future is an incredible MC, but I like what he does. I rate EVOL and DS2 as dope shit, he's bringing a new sound to hip hop just like bomb squad, native tongues, g-funk, and soulquarians did.