Huey Briss - Black Wax

Started by Charlie Work, Jan 28, 2019, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Charlie Work
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    I'm just gonna keep posting stuff from last year I dig up. This is another NYC throwback artist, complete with using fa---- derogatorily. Better writer than the last one though his production choices aren't quite as idiosyncratic. Kinda sounds like Blu. @Hypebeasts
     
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    :comeon:
     
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  3. Charlie Work
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    I didn't say he was from there. I definitely wouldn't classify his sound as west coast. Hence the Blu reference.
     
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

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    ...both Blu and Huey sound like they're from LAC lol
     
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  5. Charlie Work
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    Okay, but I'm not going to recommend this album to people who like Kurupt. Would you prefer I call back to boom bap or just call it "east coast hip-hop"? I don't think many people listen to Earl Sweatshirt and think "now this is that west coast s---".
     
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

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    why do you think west coast rap only sounds like death row lol

    i'm not even being pedantic, the idea that huey is an "east coast hip-hop"-sounding guy is just...obtuse to me
     
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  7. Charlie Work
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    Because to most people, they do? Also, the production is more than half the battle when pinning down a genre in rap. The opening track has record scratches on it. The drums all over this sound like a DJ Premier pack.

    Genres are pretty obtuse.

    Do we at least agree he sounds like Blu? Do I get half credit for that?
     
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    incredible name

    edit: this is nice af
     
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    Good find @Charlie Work :khaled2:
     
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