Travi$ Scott - Days Before Rodeo - best rap release of 2014 so far?

King Louie's "Tony," Lil Herb, HD's "Bad Habits," Kevin Gates "By Any Means Necessary," L'A Capone's "Separate Myself," Mick Jenkins' "The Waters"

this has turned into a pretty good thread. challops still have a place on ilx in 2014

hurt that ANU isnt repping for the new king l album

Isaiah Rashad – Cilvia Demo

haven't listened to a whole lot of rap albums this year but this would be my fav so far

It was a slow grower for me, but eventually I stopped thinking of it as a TDE release and it really started revealing itself

I don't think anybody would say this is a new golden age or anything, but there have been several lasting albums/mixtapes this year along with volumes of super lively mixtapes to bid the time between the real head turners. All in all a great time to be a rap fan; every week I feel spoiled

Excited to check out some of those sisilafami recs that I missed. Also gotta revisit the King L, I guess. The Future-ness of it really threw me off (which is odd, since that's not usually a deal breaker for me)

I don't think it's very Future-y at all.

thought the Travis Porter was a little boring give or take "Dope Boi"

Thug and Migos are getting to the point where they could be the next Future type guys radio loves that get used to get other artists a hit, definitely feels like what's being deliberately courted on this tape

― some dude, Sunday, August 31, 2014 3:24 PM Bookmark

Feels like this is true of Thug but not Migos. Have Migos even been on any hits other than their own shit?

Gibbs + Madlib
Step Brothers
Sweetz P mixtape
Saba mixtape

jeez rev does the phrase "getting to the point where they could be the next" need annotated evidence, i wasn't exactly making a bold definitive statement

i guess sleaford mods - divide & exit might be my fav rap album this year depending on how you define it

gene the southern child is good, not like super "impressive" or new but it dug into me a bit

best rap album this year is witch by gangsta boo & la chat

you just heard it yesterday

cmon he didn't actually have to hear it

tru

well do you actually want to talk about the album or...

hey i'm going to listen to gangsta boo

goth so far!

what's the name of the Gene the Southern Child tape/album?

gene the southern child/parallel thought - southern meridian :)

http://www.mariowiki.com/images/thumb/9/96/TanookiMario_SMB3.jpg/210px-TanookiMario_SMB3.jpg

lol bbcode

thanks dude

hey i'm going to listen to gangsta boo

― ra's al goole (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, September 2, 2014 10:42 AM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

goth so far!

― ra's al goole (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, September 2, 2014 10:43 AM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

m@tt being very much in character is never not hilarious

lol it starts with an english chick singsonging about about "hail mary quite contrary how does your haaaytred grow/with skin of snake and rabbbit bait (??)" over minor key keyboards

"classic" lil' wyte guest verse on one song

"I rock out with my cock out/they jam out with they clam out"

haha

This is pretty fun, not super different thanlots if stuff tho

I am curious what you think of BeatKing

can we do a m@tt listening thread a la Dylannn's west coast one

haha "hip hop senior citizens react to trap music" :)
i'll listen to anything

overall lex this gangsta boo/la chat is pretty cool, couldn't really see it being album of the year in anything other than a super dry year but who knows?

deej - vikings qb teddy bridgewater was watching the LSU game and said a player did the shmurda dance and i thought of you

last boo/la chat song is "thelma & louise", as it should be :)

probably my fav

oh yeah i liked the king louie tape, don't know why didn't think about it.

also Pyramid Vritra's Palace ep on Stones Throw is really good.

Took days for 1 person to even mention the Gibbs/Lib album.

But this stuff:

"YG - My Krazy Life
A-Wax - Pullin' Strings
Beatking - GSM 2
Shy Glizzy - Young Jefe
Vince Staples - Shyne Coldchain Vol.2
Migos - No Label II
Travis Porter - Music Money Magnums 2
Mouse On Tha Track - Air Time
Common - Nobodys Smiling
Doughboyz Cashout - We Run The City 4"

I got the howling fantods thinking ppl are listening to these albums , are above the age of 20, and look down on T.S album. It's so much better produced that any of this stuff (other than Madlib/gibbs).

And YG? Why would you listen to YG?

OK David Foster Wallace reference is seetting off sock puppet meter

Tanuki what is your opinion of DJ MUSTARD

I got the howling fantods thinking ppl are listening to these albums , are above the age of 20, and look down on T.S album. It's so much better produced that any of this stuff (other than Madlib/gibbs).

― Raccoon Tanuki, Tuesday, September 2, 2014 11:17 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dog all the producers on the travis scott record literally came from producing these other albums, listed here

No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Days Before Rodeo: The Prayer" WondaGurl[8] 3:22
2. "Mamacita" (featuring Rich Homie Quan & Young Thug) Metro Boomin, DJ Dahi,[9] Travis Scott (co.) 5:18
3. "Quintana, Pt. 2" Mike Dean, Southside, Lil' C, AudioKlique[10] 4:59
4. "Drugs You Should Try It" FKi, Charlie Handsom[11] 3:29
5. "Don't Play" (featuring The 1975 & Big Sean) Vinylz, Allen Ritter, Travis Scott (co.) 4:46
6. "Skyfall" (featuring Young Thug) Metro Boomin, Travis Scott (co.)[12] 5:18
7. "Zombies" Lex Luger[13] 4:20
8. "Sloppy Toppy" (featuring Migos & Peewee Longway) FKi[14] 4:34
9. "Basement Freestyle" Lex Luger[15] 4:07
10. "Backyard" O.Z, SykSense[16] 4:31
11. "Grey" J Hill, Tane Runo[17] 3:48
12. "BACC***" Metro Boomin[18] 2:13

why can't any of these cheap southern rap tapes by travis porter and migos get production from metro boomin and fki!

ha

Travis co pro on 3 tracks, probably uncredited on more. Mike Dean I bet on more than one two by the sounds. The wundagurl tracks def has Travis on it. At the same time, you're proving my point in that case - how are you hating on this album when you seem to like everythign about it?

tell me any of those albums listed have anything like -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaP2mS13QgI

those albums listed don't have anything like that 'cause i don't like to listen to kanye/drake/future cut'n'paste. Those albums listed don't sound like anyone else's music.

"Those albums listed don't sound like anyone else's music."

O_0...........-_-

iii don't wannaa buuuuuuuuuyyy no more, youre shit ant getting me higggggghhhhh no mo

also this is hot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5gdM2qgjrs

Re: the travis scott track you just posted ... that record sucks ass bro. if it was derivative but at least had some decent songwriting i wouldn't mind, but its shapeless/formless meandering solipsism in song form ... makes kid cudi seem like a mercenary hitmaker in comparison

Lol so racoon Tanuki was a deej sock all along

Nicely played

the kanye keef cosign has created some very strange alliances

"drugs you can buy it" isn't bad but it just sounds like kid cudi, maybe kid cudi doing witchouse if we're being generous. not entirely sure how that is appealing.