rolling hip hop albums for people clearly doing it wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECvLMprZ-Eo

Lone Wolf Son of Cosmos, RIYL Killah Priest

just realized his flow reminds me of a third-eye-pilled Camp Lo

really cool instrumental

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTfaR4IHDoo

that is cool, i'll check it out

could use an editior but that's kinda par for the course with this stuff

some recs for those who might like doing it wrong

navy blue - ways of knowing: soulful, sample-heavy, deeply personal rhymes from a guy who is probably better known for his producing. beats are by budgie, a british boom-bap enthusiast who reminds me a bit of exile

niontay - dontay's inferno: one of my favorite projects of the year so far, reminds me of a more abstract version of veeze or bandgang lonnie bands. signed to ny rapper mike's label, so there's a bit of that left-of-center energy. beats are great.

lavarr the starr - illusions ago: latest project by ish butler of shabazz palaces!

mentioned defprez - it's always a time like this in the main rap thread, good cerebral stuff

Defprez is soooo good. Defcee is def one of the best backpackers out there

I've known the other rapper (crashprez) for years, super good dude (and music writer), glad to see it's getting some traction.

he is really great too was not familiar with him before

i think that AKAI SOLO is someone doing it wrong in the specified way maybe? his style feels kinda unusual, like he's reeling off beat poetry rather than more standard hip hop bars a lot of the time. i can struggle to get on with him as easily as people like droog, WSG and others in this thread but i think his spirit roaming album was really good

https://akaisolo.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-roaming

yeah for sure. anything associated with the ptp label def counts

Chester Watson - fish don't climb trees is pretty great doing it wrong hip hop

David - Plum Whisky

another great album from the thriving chicago scene

https://dorchesterbully.bandcamp.com/album/plum-whisky

oops DAVIS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEX1JyVAgl4

different type time, the new album by the rapper cavalier, is a really great album. it's lyrical, but not quite as dense as many of the albums released by backwoodz artists, and he has an excellent ear for production. really funny too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQMFddBfl4c

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

this one felt like a 2024 version of a song from common's resurrection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJoIGIKls8w

why posting on this thread? seems like he's doing everything right to my ears!

(ty for posting, this is great!)

I think the concept of this thread is that we olds prefer listening to albums (wrong) to scouring Youtube for what the kids are into (right)

lol forgot my sarcasm tags!

also vc-
i was kinda going in mad because of the resurrection comparison, but nah... that's very apt. i've never heard him before. playing the album now and it's... a lot to take in, but the beats are kind of a breath of fresh air.

yeah i've been digging Cavalier

I never know where to post my stuff on the rap thread or this, cuz technically most of what I post is doing it wrong but then it would just be voodoo (thank u for it all btw) stuff

i guess in my head this thread is specifically for arty, lyrical dudes who consciously shy away from the mainstream, but also aren't pure old man raps or nostalgia trips. artists like cavalier, elcuid, defcee, and the rest of the backwoodz roster, mike and the 10k crew (niontay, el cousteau), pink siifu and fly anakin, yung morpheus, maassai, etc.

trying to follow the spirit of uptown churl's original post

as for doing it wrong, the title was just a play on the "techno albums for people clearly doing it wrong" thread. tho this thread title would def be appropriate if there was more of a goon presence still on the board lol

xpost yeah that makes sense
in that spirit:

https://theshah.bandcamp.com/track/howmuchyabench

yeah, i was totally goofin re:thread title/"doing it wrong" but all that makes a lot of sense. i think we used to call this sort of thing "alternative hiphop" (which is admittedly v uncool). i kinda consider it in the spirit of the next generation of native tongues affiliates + followers... poor righteous teachers, bush babees, little brother, etc.

the last track -"flourish"- on that cavalier is so good. "i wanna thank all the academies. i don't even know em all, but i wanna thank em." pure heart and soul. thanks again for this rec.

i guess in my head this thread is specifically for arty, lyrical dudes who consciously shy away from the mainstream, but also aren't pure old man raps or nostalgia trips. artists like cavalier, elcuid, defcee, and the rest of the backwoodz roster, mike and the 10k crew (niontay, el cousteau), pink siifu and fly anakin, yung morpheus, maassai, etc.

trying to follow the spirit of uptown churl's original post

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this was all stuff that was posted in the yearly rap threads btw

i think there's enough of a scene doing specifically what uptown churl asked about in this thread that it's worth cross-posting.

also, i post in this thread and people respond, i post in the other thread and no one responds ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

dude pfork gave that cavalier an 8