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. Sav Stanfield
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    Mar 25, 2019
    I think the reason I prefer MM.. Food is because it captures this feel even better than Madvillainy. Like a stitched together audio comic
     
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  2. Sav Stanfield
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    Mar 25, 2019
    Never heard of this but I'd be interested to hear it
     
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  3. Mraczewsky
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    Mraczewsky r.i.p. mac

    Mar 25, 2019
    I read that the first version was more like bright, similiar to MM FOOD when it comes to his delivery. You can hear his voice is like darker on the realeased version of Madvillainy than on the other records he made back then. But I never heard it either
     
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  4. Mraczewsky
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    Mar 25, 2019
    I give it 10/10 (surprise surprsie)
    I have over 2000 scrobbles of this album on lastfm and I am not bored at all, it is still fresh, I still discover some little things on it. Groundbreaking, milestone of an album, 2 of my favs together
     
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    Mar 25, 2019
    Anyone that still uses the word 'dust' or 'dustheads' are only making fun of themselves. Same goes for dissing all newer artists btw.

    This album is a perfect example of an album with an old school vibe, yet still sounds fresh 15 years later. I can see the Piñata comparison. Nice samples, lots of fun and an essential listen for rap fans. Can't really add anything that hasn't been said before. 10/10
     
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  6. Sav Stanfield
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    was waiting for this review. Whats your ranking of Doom's discog btw?
     
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  7. Mraczewsky
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    Mraczewsky r.i.p. mac

    Mar 25, 2019
    1. Madvillainy
    2. MM...FOOD
    3. Operation Doomsday
    4. VV1 and 2
    5. DangerDOOM
    6. Take Me To Your Leader
    7. JJ DOOM
    8. Born Like This
    9. Czarface and DOOM

    Didn't hear enough of the rest and I dont include KMD at all. Everything from top2 to top7 is extremaly close and can change daily tbh, but Madvillainy comfortably sits at the 1st spot, it is so important to me. Every album is at least good, with top7 spots being rated >8 by me. Rating DOOMs discography might be an interesting thread after we are done with Wu
     
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  8. Sav Stanfield
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    Born Like This that low? its top 4 for me. maybe top 3. But yeah we should definitley do a Doom ranking thread
     
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    Mar 26, 2019
    yeah I never got into this all that much, might need to revisit
     
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    Zeugma thugger thugger my brother

    Mar 26, 2019
    Man I love TMTYL
     
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  11. Sav Stanfield
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    Ricky Hip-Hop CEO ™

    Mar 26, 2019
    15 years? Wow, that was quick.
     
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    Enez Purple Heats Forever

    Mar 26, 2019
    Dont y'all be sleeping on MF Grimm tho.
     
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    Mar 26, 2019
    10/10. One of the best albums ever made.
     
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    Born Like This is gonna be in the middle of my rankings. Only thing bringing it down is the mixing. Its very bad.

    @Sav Stanfield also is it too early to hint at the next album?
     
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  16. Sav Stanfield
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    havent thought that far ahead yet tbh. but open to suggestions!
     
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    Mar 26, 2019
    Thinking of some Lupe albums, Control System by Ab Soul, and some Ruff Ryders albums like Gangster and A Gentleman or IDAHIH.
     
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    School shooter music. 2/10
     
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    Next up let’s do tech N9ne Everready or Logic Under Pressure
     
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  20. Sav Stanfield
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    Mar 28, 2019
    Madvillainy get a 10/10 from 7 ratings (the first perfect 10!)

    Next up…

    RATING 28: Anderson .Paak - Oxnard
    Release Date: 16 November 2018
    Label: Aftermath

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    Tracklist
    01. The Chase ft. Khadja Bonet
    02. Headlow ft. Norelle
    03. Tints ft. Kendrick Lamar
    04. Who R U?
    05. 6 Summers
    06. Smile/Petty
    07. Mansa Musa ft. Dr. Dre, Cocoa Sarai
    08. Brother’s Keeper ft. Pusha T
    09. Anywhere ft. Snoop Dogg, The Last Artful, Dogr
    10. Trippy ft. J. Cole
    11. Cheers ft. Q-Tip
    12. Sweet Chick ft. BJ The Chicago Kid
    13. Left to Right

    We praise Young Thug a lot for his widespread influence, but I think Kendrick Lamar deserves just as much recognition. Acts like J.I.D., Smino, Saba and Cheeky Andy himself owe a lot to Kendrick’s breakthrough into the spotlight. Anderson .Paak stands out from the others though; his raspy, 2-packs-a-day voice and James Brown-like intonation is a bubbling (pun intended) melting pot of different sounds and styles and genres that come together in a beautiful way (see Malibu and Yes Lawd!).

    Oxnard, his major label debut, is a little different. Executive produced by the legendary Dr. Dre, Oxnard sees Anderson Paak taking a more conventional approach to music making. There’s still a lot of old school rock/funk leaking through but there’s also an obvious intent to create a more hip hop-centric album, and it doesn’t really work as well as it could have. When Dre and Paak (And the incredible guest features) get everything right, there are some great results. But overall the album sounds a bit dulled, especially when comparing it to his 2 previous full-lengths. For every Tints or 6 Summers, there’s a groan-inducing Headlow or the confounding Left to Right (how this was the closer instead of Bubblin’ still baffles me). For maybe the first time, it seems like Dre’s input on this project was actually a bad idea and that Paak would have been better off without him. It seems Paak’s realised the same thing, recently admitting that Oxnard was not the best he can do, but that his new upcoming album Ventura will seek to remedy that. Here’s to hoping it does. I give Oxnard a 6/10.

    @RateThisAlbum
     
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