11. "yea that track is cringy.. " In response to Reply # 7 Fri Aug-23-19 01:48 PM by My_SP1200_Broken_Aga
...hope the rest of the LP is dope .
edit: ..meh, skimmed thru it and not feeling any of these songs sonically (nice to hear a Queen Lah verse tho) ...was hoping the LP would be fire on the strength of that "Phylicia" track she dropped earlier this year. oh well.
41. "D'Angelo's Singing & Rapsody's ODB impression hurt my ears..." In response to Reply # 13 Mon Aug-26-19 09:43 AM by My_SP1200_Broken_Aga
...plus they secured the rare GZA guest verse, but didn't do him justice with a mailed in reworked beat and blah Rapsody verse. On paper it's a classic, but i cant even make it to the GZA verse because the rest of their token "real hip hop" track is so bad.
Now, i know Rapsody isn't wack at all... "Phylicia" is one of my favorite songs of the year. So wheres the new joints that have this level of quality??
42. "hell, her singing is cringy on the track. " In response to Reply # 41
Solid album but this is probably my least favorite track. I can skip it. ______________________________________________________________________________
24. "bro, I hated it the first time I saw the video, a few weeks ago..." In response to Reply # 7
I’ll be damned if it didn’t grow on me , though. I think I was initially turned off by the Liquid Swords jack...but, that’s kinda the point of Gaza being there, lol.
...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft
28. "It bangs, and she us got the best GZA verse in a decade+" In response to Reply # 24
>I’ll be damned if it didn’t grow on me , though. I think >I was initially turned off by the Liquid Swords jack...but, >that’s kinda the point of Gaza being there, lol.
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8. "this is album of the year" In response to Reply # 0
so great to hear an album full of raps in 2019. i really hope this gets the shine it deserves. i have a few favorite albums for the year but i think this one wins over them.
i love these albums and they would each be worthy of AOTY but Eve i think beats them out. black beans ground & water foto
well see on repeat listens but for now this is where im at.
Any other year this is AOTY. I love that she is unashamed to rap. She has bars for days and hella substance.
Side note: I love Afeni, but the idea that black men don't appreciate/protect their(black) women is mildly frustrating to me on a personal level. Kinda makes me fell invisible sometimes. -my bad too personal for OKP.
17. "If you are defending the song, cool." In response to Reply # 15
Like I said, the song is dope. But if you are asserting the lie that black men don't appreciate black women. I'm not going to respond because that is a conversation filled with expletives that I am not going to have with some rando on the internet.
22. "You sound like you need a hug" In response to Reply # 17
>Like I said, the song is dope. But if you are asserting the >lie that black men don't appreciate black women. I'm not going >to respond because that is a conversation filled with >expletives that I am not going to have with some rando on the >internet.
Rapsody made a harmless song with a harmless sentiment and you're frustrated.
There are *countless* stats to support the idea that black women are underappreciated by black men, but it sounds like those won't sway you because of a personal experience of some kind.
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16. "no one discussing the possible swagger jacking of Jamila Woods?" In response to Reply # 0
First, it's low key wild for her to name the joint Eve when it could be argued that that's confusing to the market (isn't Eve planning a new album this year?)
Second, Rapsody featured on Jamila's Legacy Legacy album, then puts out her album using the same concept of naming each song after historical figures, and Rapsody gets feature after feature talking about the concept, and no one mentions it?
Just seems crazy to me, and it's a solid record, but the concept is wholly lifted, and i haven't heard/seen anyone say peep about it...
21. "RE: no one discussing the possible swagger jacking of Jamila Woods?" In response to Reply # 16
The first thing I thought of when I heard of this albums concept was that Jamila woods has very recently done the same thing. Whether they came up with the idea independently or not is anybody’s guess.
25. "let me admit, openly, that I don’t know anything about Jamila..." In response to Reply # 16
but, just a thought...hasn’t Rapsody done this before to a much lesser extent? “Crown” had the joint, Tina Turner. Betty Shabazz (possibly my 2nd favorite Rapsody song after Godzilla) was like 2013. Plus, Sojourner dropped last year. I feel like she, at least, already had the idea in mind.
...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft
27. "Yup. That we're having this discussion at all is so fucking dumb" In response to Reply # 25
>but, just a thought...hasn’t Rapsody done this before to a >much lesser extent? “Crown” had the joint, Tina Turner. >Betty Shabazz (possibly my 2nd favorite Rapsody song after >Godzilla) was like 2013. Plus, Sojourner dropped last year. >I feel like she, at least, already had the idea in mind.
I can't fucking believe someone fixed their fingers to make THAT complaint
51. "Jamila Woods is awesome BUT the execution is different" In response to Reply # 16 Fri Aug-30-19 08:50 AM by spirit
>First, it's low key wild for her to name the joint Eve when >it could be argued that that's confusing to the market (isn't >Eve planning a new album this year?)
I thought about the Eve name confusion issue, but that is the metaphorical “first woman” (literal if you’re follower of the Judeo-Christian tradition). Would have been nice if Eve got a cameo.
>Second, Rapsody featured on Jamila's Legacy Legacy album, then >puts out her album using the same concept of naming each song >after historical figures, and Rapsody gets feature after >feature talking about the concept, and no one mentions it? > >Just seems crazy to me, and it's a solid record, but the >concept is wholly lifted, and i haven't heard/seen anyone say >peep about it...
Rap flips the concept to make it specific to Black women. Maybe Jamila and Rap talked about it behind the scenes or Rap just saw JW do it and decided to Do a flip on the idea. Hope they both will go on tour together and that people will support both projects.
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35. "My favorite joint right now is Iman." In response to Reply # 0
Is that the same sample used in Hi - Tek / Common’s The Sun God?
I liked the production on Laila’s Wisdom a lot, the album as a whole though — not so much.
Clearly Rapsody can rhyme with anyone, she’s fantastic. Just didn’t really like her I guess on LW.
But I guess due to the content / theme of this album... The historical black women, the perseverance all of them showed throughout each’s personal journey...
Is somehow reflected in the rhymes, because this album has a harder edge to it than LW, a tougher exterior, lived through some shit. Can hear it in the album imo.
48. "That might be the sample!" In response to Reply # 35
Thank you for pointing that out - I forgot I had that song in my library. Did a comparison and it sounds a bit like it, but I'm not completely sure.
A few days ago I submitted the main vocal/musical sample, Billy Paul's "Ebony Woman", to WhoSampled.com (waiting for it to be approved) but that song doesn't have that instrument (is sounds like a string instrument, but my brain can't think of what one.)
My fav song is def Iman as well, but Reyna's Interlude is equally my fav. Whew!
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