Rate This Album v. 3.0: Kodak Black - Heart of the Projects

Started by Sav Stanfield, Nov 14, 2018, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Gimp
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    Feb 7, 2019
    Have we done dying to live
     
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  2. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    Feb 7, 2019
    That’s a great suggestion, I’m digging doing some more recent albums after we’ve had a month or two to sit on em.
     
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  3. BLACKIV
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    Feb 8, 2019
    Heard a few songs off DS2 a ways back like Stick Talk and Thought It Was a Drought and they were cool. Havent heard a lot from Monster or 56 Nights tho so thanks for the recommendations!
     
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  4. Zeugma
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    Zeugma thugger thugger my brother

    Feb 9, 2019
    monster > 56 nights > wizrd > ds2 > beast mode > hndrxx > future > purple reign

    and tha tour pt 1 & slime season 1 and 2 >>>>> 56 nights
     
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  5. Sav Stanfield
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    Feb 10, 2019
    The WIZRD gets an 8.6/10 from 9 ratings

    Next up…

    RATING 24: 03 Greedo - God Level
    Release Date: 27 June 2018
    Label: Alamo Records

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    Tracklist

    01. Blower ft. AD
    02. Finally
    03. Fall Off
    04. Basehead
    05. Prayer for My Lost
    06. Buckhead ft. KEY!, Lil Quill, ManMan Savage, Runway Richy & Yung Mal
    07. In My Feelings
    08. Praying To God
    09. Back 2 Jail
    10. Gun Bucc
    11. Floating
    12. Diabiase
    13. Conscience
    14. Fortnite (Remix) ft. Rich the Kid
    15. Static
    16. Street Life
    17. 100 100 100
    18. Good Grape
    19. Onna Way to the Paper ft. Young T.O.
    20. High Off Me ft. Yung Bans
    21. Cutlass
    22. Different Flavours
    23. Mr. Clean
    24. Tiffany Magnolia
    25. Mr. OT
    26. No Disrespect ft. ManMan Savage
    27. Never Bend (Remix) ft. Lil Uzi Vert

    My introduction to 03 Greedo was on his very unpolished sounding 2017 mixtape First Night Out, but I only really took notice when he dropped his first project of 2018 - The Wolf of Grape Street (which was brilliant). God Level, his final album before he started a 20 year prison sentence, is much more expansive. Greedo has a natural gift for melody and innovation and he explores these variations over the course of these 27 tracks, sounding like a man on a mission to balance the despair of his upcoming prison sentence with gun buccs and different flavored hoes. God Level. He’s backed by an array of instrumentals (a large chunk courtesy of Kenny Beats) from sugary sweet to murky slaps and everything in between and pretty much everything works. There’s a lot to digest on this album and it took me a while to appreciate it. But a few closer listens reveal an immersive story, full of incredibly vivid tales of life on Grape Street. I give it an 8/10. #FREEGREEDO #FREEDRAKEO

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  6. Ordinary Joel
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    Ordinary Joel Found a new way to flow

    Feb 10, 2019
    Tremendous album. Production throughout this mammoth album slaps so hard. Greedo's knack for melodies and hooks is second to none and the features here all add to the frantic feel of the record. He's a man on a mission, and it's an utter shame he's locked away for so long but I think he could be free within the next five years? Either way it's #FreeGreedo until that day comes. Work ethic on a hundred thousand trillion tho coz I swear I read he has a dozen or so albums already recorded (@Big Cuntry pls confirm)

    He cannot fall off :wow5:

    8 Woah Kenny's/10
     
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  7. Sav Stanfield
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    Feb 10, 2019
    I think its 2 years with good behavior. or some s--- like that.
     
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  8. Zeugma
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    Zeugma thugger thugger my brother

    Feb 10, 2019
    I first fell in love with Floating. Replayed the song so much. It was only like two months ago that I decided to listen to the entire CD. The whole thing is mesmerizing. Quiet evening music, I listen to it front to back quite often. I agree on the 8/10
     
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  9. Lil Squeed
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    Feb 10, 2019
    Solid 10/10
     
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  10. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    Feb 10, 2019
    We had some great news on the Greedo front recently: he’s eligible for parole September 2020!

    But yeah he said he had something like 13 projects recorded like a month before he got locked up. I’m sure some are collab EPs like Porter 2 Grape but that was phenomenal too sooooo I’m in for it. I know he said he has one with DJ Mustard, he alluded to one with Lil Pump, and I’d be surprised if he didn’t have an EP with Yhung T.O. or someone from SOB X RBE. I’m sure we’ll get something from him this year, hopefully sooner rather than later!
     
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  11. Gimp
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    Feb 10, 2019
    Love a lot of songs in here - he's like future the way you hear the pain in his voice. His style is nothing new or ground breaking though . I've never been able to listen to the whole album in one sitting, it's pretty bloated. 7/10
     
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    Sign Language We miss you Screw

    Feb 11, 2019
    Haven’t heard the whole album but Ted Dibiase is such a great song.
     
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  13. Sav Stanfield
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    Feb 15, 2019
    we got any more reviews for Greedo?
     
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  14. Sav Stanfield
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    Feb 20, 2019
    God Level gets an 8.2 from 5 ratings.

    Next up…

    RATING 25: YNW Melly - I AM YOU
    Release Date: 3 August 2018
    Label: P2018

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    Tracklist:

    01. I AM YOU
    02. Virtual (Blue Balenciagas)
    03. RISK TAKER
    04. Freaky Girl
    05. YNW Home Invasion
    06. Mama Cry
    07. Wine For Me
    08. 4 Real
    09. Drop Top
    10. In The Morning
    11. Free Tell
    12. Had A Dream
    13. Murder on My Mind
    14. Mind on My Murder
    15. Slang That Iron

    Can you separate the music from the artist? YNW Melly might be one of the most profound cases of this question since Big Lurch turned cannibal.

    What was previously a sad, yet fun listen has become an increasingly dark, twisted and disturbing pieces of music. There’s a big gap in time between the writing of this album and the later alleged murders of his 2 his YNW associates (for which he has now turned himself in), so the 2 are unlikely related. But listening to this after the news broke gives a lot of new insight into where Melly comes from.

    Melly wears his influences on his sleeve but you’d be dead wrong to call him a Thugger/Uzi clone, he’s much more than that. Supremely talented, with a natural gift for both singing and rapping and an ability to shift from bright and colourful to downright sorrowful (and now, maybe a bit scary as well). I AM YOU is an excellent showcase of how multi-faceted his talents are. Every song is a new experience, put all together, an emotional roller coaster. The obvious standout is the back to back ‘Murder on My Mind’ and Mind on My Murder’, where Melly recounts the story of losing his friend at age 16 and then flips it around and tells the story from his friend’s perspective.

    I don’t know how things will pan out with the murder case but its not looking good so far. But despite everything thats happened, there’s no taking away how good this album is. I give it an 8/10.

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    Ordinary Joel Found a new way to flow

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    Mama Cry a bonafide classic. Slang That Iron is amazing, great creative spin on Breezy's Say Goodbye. And we all know about Murder on My Mind. A really great debut project and like you said, his recent developments have cast new light on the material heard on here.

    Whether or not he's guilty, it's just sad to see that someone so young has been caught up in the law multiple times. His career could potentially be a flash in the pan like so many before him. :emoji_slight_frown:

    Giving this project a 7/10.
     
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  16. Sav Stanfield
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    Feb 20, 2019
    True. I'm still upset about it. His career was just starting to shape up to be huge.
     
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    Feb 20, 2019
    solid

    10/10
     
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  18. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    Feb 20, 2019
    f--- I had a blurb for Greedo typed up but never posted and my draft is gone, I'll get back to that and melly
     
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  19. Sav Stanfield
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    Feb 20, 2019
    post 'em both! i'll update the Greedo score
     
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    Fire Squad Boss Don Biggavel

    Feb 20, 2019
    When I get a chance I'll review the ones I've missed!
     
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