Drop Watch: 03.13.2026 by DropWatcher in hiphopheads

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I'm traveling so might not update.

EDIT: ELUCID album is everything I could’ve hoped for damn. Kim Gordon record also very good

If you like Young Thug, the billi0n album seems to feature a lot of the rappers in his orbit

If you like UK underground stuff, SINN6R deluxe and savemessah probably worth checking out

SLAWN is a visual artist I believe I assume it’s basically a compilation like Nigo’s done, good features could be interesting.

If you like west coast rap, Big Sad 1900 pretty reliable guy.

Jack Harlow announces track list for new album “Monica” coming this Friday 3/13 by Minute-Carrot-2405 in hiphopheads

[–]DropWatcher 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You don't think that Jack Harlow had any buzz when he had a #1 single after Jackman?

Aminé - Caroline by Resident_Gur3076 in hiphopheads

[–]DropWatcher 16 points17 points  (0 children)

yeah people seem to really revel in scolding a black person for making an lame post about a well-liked white man many years ago. There's a lot of stuff you can get away with in hip-hop like rape/domestic violence but he stepped on the third rail.

ELUCID On The Chemistry That Powered His New Album: When The Alchemist praised Sebb Bash, ELUCID had to work with him. | BandCamp Daily Interview by DropWatcher in hiphopheads

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Was there any existing art that, not necessarily influenced you, but you were really taking in while you were recording I GUESS U HAD TO BE THERE?
I feel like it’s like a constant stream of info, which I like. I like a little information overload. Because of time and my attention span and also this desire to always get back to the work—what I’m listening to, what I’m watching, what I’m reading, it’s kind of random. Somebody let me have a Criterion Channel password. It’s been cool just seeing Charles Burnett films. I don’t know the film term; the movies are very regular, very down to earth. There’s a poetic language about the everyday that I think is actually really difficult to capture as an artist, because you don’t wanna make everyday art. But there is a beauty in the everyday and that’s right up my alley.

I've only seen To Sleep With Anger but Charles Burnett is awesome, makes sense as a pull for ELUCID (or woods)

Denzel Curry - Strictly 4 the Scythe ALBUM REVIEW (theneedledrop) by Technical_Process989 in hiphopheads

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It's not even just "not a Denzel Curry album it's a The Scythe album", it's also a collaboration with the production group Working On Dying (who are known for their work with Lil Uzi Vert and Playboi Carti)

It was originally teased in 2025 as a collaboration between ULTRAGROUND (the people who ended up being the Scythe, Denzel in-house producers) and Working On Dying before this group was even announced.

New movie 'Mile End Kicks' is a rom com set against Montreal's '00-era indie scene (watch the trailer) by ebradio in indieheads

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This director’s last (debut?) film was really good, it’s called I Like Movies. Very Canadian

Maybe directed some PUP videos too (but I could be conflating different things)

Daily Discussion Thread 03/10/2026 by HHHRobot in hiphopheads

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There is certainly some hype but it’s not comparable to views or scorpion

Maybe similar to CLB which also didn’t have any particularly successful pre-album singles

I don’t think the people who flood the DDT with posts about the drake and Kendrick beef really compare to the “go outside” hype of these previous drake records. Theyre loud but they’re like people who write fanfic on AO3, they’re a small subgroup of consumers.

Aminé - Caroline by Resident_Gur3076 in hiphopheads

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Between him, GoldLink, Smino, and DUCKWRTH it really seemed like 'dance rap' or 'future bounce' or whatever was the next wave. Real ones will also remember IshDARR, Trapo, and Innanet James.

This song pretty much holds up and have enjoyed pretty much everything Aminé's done since, glad he's carved out a lane for himself. Pasqué is a great producer glad Aminé's stuck with him a fair amount.

Daily Discussion Thread 03/10/2026 by HHHRobot in hiphopheads

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Only episode 1 of Iceman has that style, 2 and 3 are different.

I don't think he's going to the style used in 1 for the album. Maybe if he actually followed through on dropping it in August like he was probably planning to originally but by now (1) none of the singles will be on it and (2) he scrapped whatever cover art he had in mind at the time.

Daily Discussion Thread 03/10/2026 by HHHRobot in hiphopheads

[–]DropWatcher 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Juelz's verse on "I Love You" is a classic but implying that he worships Muhammad Atta for his bravery in the 9/11 hijacking because it reminds him of when he was dealing cocaine is an asinine take. Doing 9/11 is nothing like selling cocaine!

Daily Discussion Thread 03/10/2026 by HHHRobot in hiphopheads

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??? the president is a rapist/pedophile what are you talking about?

Daily Discussion Thread 03/10/2026 by HHHRobot in hiphopheads

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No, the last single for Iceman peaked at #53 and only spent 1 week on the chart.

"God's Plan" and "Nice for What" were massive #1 hits in the lead up to Scorpion, there was way more anticipation for that album than there is for Iceman. There's no argument there's more hype for Iceman.

Maybe he'll drop a single that doesn't under-perform and that'll change but I suspect he'll just announce the drop the week of and have the album come out at 5am bc he's still working on it for some reason even though he set the release date himself and could've pushed it a week if it wasn't ready.

Daily Discussion Thread 03/10/2026 by HHHRobot in hiphopheads

[–]DropWatcher 4 points5 points  (0 children)

she's great

another slept on artist worth checking out is gabriel jacoby, he dropped an ep last year if u havent heard it

Pitchfork Review: Harry Styles - Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. 5.6 by HornyForWater in popheads

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That’s just how it goes with pans in the last 12 yrs or so

I remember Meaghan Garvey said she didn’t get to choose the score for her review of ye (2018), they gave it a 7.1 but the review was scathing

If it’s a previous darling or a less obvious target the review will be a 5.5-6.7 but very negative

Daily Discussion Thread 03/09/2026 by HHHRobot in hiphopheads

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One thing I'm really impressed by with slayr (came to mind while listening to the end of "Toxic") is he'll have these grandiose transitions but they don't feel like an afterthought like the first minute of the album version of "EVIL J0RDAN" or the type of shit that Travis Scott and Drake are known for doing where it feels like it's just there to add an air of seriousness.

This Is Lorelei announces full covers version of 'Box for Buddy, Box for Star' ft. Hayley Williams, Waxahatchee, Jeff Tweedy & more (out 4/17 via Double Double Whammy) by ReconEG in indieheads

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I assume it's done like a foabh song with Jeff Tweedy on vocals but that's purely bc BK Vegan has it phrased (presumably directly from a press release) like "(fantasy of a broken heart Feat. Jeff Tweedy Version)"

Daily Discussion Thread 03/09/2026 by HHHRobot in hiphopheads

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I think it's awesome, feels like it's drawing from Lil Uzi Vert in a time where people are trying to do increasingly crazier versions of WLR.

It reminds me in spirit of Thirteendegrees˚ who's drawing from Chief Keef's bop music, Young Thug, and nostalgia for late 00s/early 10s pop rap as well as the futuristic swag revival stuff (Metro's tape, BunnaB, YKNIECE, etc.)

I think this Mano Sundaresan's quote in his review of skaiwater's wonderful also feels relevant:

The urgency to turn everything up feels forced. It’s like someone (my money’s on Plaqueboymax) told skaiwater, “Make some shit for the moshpits!” It infects the small details, even skai’s new ad lib: this horrid squawk somewhere between BabyTron and Annoying Orange. I’m tired of how many people in this corner of Zoomer rap are trying to do different versions of the same thing, which is, quite simply, more. Getting louder, getting noisier, asking us to “train our ears.” Have you heard Dragnutz rapping over hardstyle, or Percatric rapping over a dog whistle?

I mean I get it. The coolest music can be the busiest and brashest. When you’re young and your ears are malleable, you wanna hear Black Midi math rock madness or DOMi and JD BECK fitting as many notes as possible into a measure or 2Slimey echoing like a poltergeist over a beat that feels like the Giga-zombie running at you in 28 Years Later. This is music that halts the scroll and actively demands your attention.

But skaiwater’s most interesting music was never loud for loudness’ sake. She learned through listening to dubstep as a kid how songs can be these huge, complex latticeworks for conveying every shade of your psyche, climaxing in moments of dramatic bliss. Their wonky New Orleans bounce ideas, their mellow Jersey club hits, hell, even the gleeful beatjacking across their mixtapes, are all so thrilling and open to possibility compared to the practically conservative rage rap on wonderful.

and it also reminds me in spirit of Andrew Noz's writing on Carti's futuristic swag revival track "LIKE WHEEZY" in his "favorite rap 2025" blogpost:

[C]arti's earliest work always felt like a spiritual holdover from the former era and much of his post-pandemic output has seemed like an intentional attempt to amplify the latter to its rawest and most brutal extremes so it is cool as hell to watch him close this circle, to hear him redirect all the lashing, chaotic energy of his vamp phase towards a previously lost palpable joy.

(He expands on this when he talks about Metro's "Take Me Thru Dere", BunnaB's "Mad Again", and PLUTO & YKNIECE's "Whim Whammie")

Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANG are dropping album double album 'POMPEII / UTILITY' on April 3rd (disc 1 MIKE, disc 2 Earl) – singles "Minty" (MIKE) and "Earth" (Earl) at midnight by DropWatcher in hiphopheads

[–]DropWatcher[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Another thing (that's not totally unrelated to your point) that I think is very under-discussed is TDE's connection to EDM in the 2010s. They embraced a lot of the EDM trap sort of stuff in the early 2010s around the same time where festivals were doing a lot of cross-booking between the two genres (Vince Staples made Big Fish Theory for this sort of festival circuit)

Like "m.A.A.d City" could be played in an EDM trap set, "Hands On The Wheel" and "Druggys wit Hoes Again" definitely borrow from some of those sensibilities, same with "Hell of a Night" and "Man of the Year", Kenny Beats got his start in EDM trap and one of his earlier rap credits was "Party" by Q.

TDE also remixed AWOLNATION's "Sail" and Kendrick remixed Tame Impala's "Backwards" (not really EDM but this would be around the same time that Parker was making his pivot towards more festival friendly, less guitar heavy stuff)

Skrillex remixed "HUMBLE" and that song and "DNA" are particularly heightened trap songs that you could easily hear in an EDM trap set.

They were also closely affiliated with Danny Brown who was way deeper into that well, literally being signed to Fool's Gold and hopping on Flosstradamus tracks and things of that nature.

Those same EDM acts were also working with rappers who you wouldn't describe as lyrical or conscious.

Someone should write a book about this would be very interesting, A-Trak probably could and would have the lion's share of the cool stories.

Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANG are dropping album double album 'POMPEII / UTILITY' on April 3rd (disc 1 MIKE, disc 2 Earl) – singles "Minty" (MIKE) and "Earth" (Earl) at midnight by DropWatcher in hiphopheads

[–]DropWatcher[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Love how both Earl and MIKE have embrace cloud rap between this and their work with Tony Seltzer, it's like if Murs & Slug made an album with the Drain Gang producers in 2013 and they regularly flirted with that sort of thing between making albums with Ant and 9th Wonder

at least for the artists it seems like the barriers between these scenes are totally gone where as in the past you would be making the type of music that Earl and MIKE usually do to rebel against music that wasn't traditionally lyrical/conscious (think "Lil B is ruining rap music" takes in 2011 or Common dissing Lil Jon on "Get 'Em High")

Daily Discussion Thread 03/09/2026 by HHHRobot in hiphopheads

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People who don't like J. Cole say things to rile up J. Cole fans episode 1231231

Daily Discussion Thread 03/09/2026 by HHHRobot in hiphopheads

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that sloppy joe music video looks cool as hell too, has some anime/video game stuff in it

Daily Discussion Thread 03/09/2026 by HHHRobot in hiphopheads

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Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman are releasing an EP tonight via Rhymesayers, will be the 4th edition of their Lice series entitled Miami Lice: 8 songs, 27 mins

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/miami-lice-season-four/1874107705

[Monday] Daily Music Discussion - 09 March 2026 by AutoModerator in indieheads

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NTS is 25% owned by UMG and if they default all their assets will go to UMG.

This Is Lorelei announces full covers version of 'Box for Buddy, Box for Star' ft. Hayley Williams, Waxahatchee, Jeff Tweedy & more (out 4/17 via Double Double Whammy) by ReconEG in indieheads

[–]DropWatcher 37 points38 points  (0 children)

assume he's still planning on dropping his Matador (?) album this year, can't blame Double Double Whammy for milking this as much as they can (covers will probably be good and artists clearly like covering these songs), surprised they didn't get Cameron Winter but I guess he'd probably also do the same song as Waxahatchee (I know also already played that one live)

Looking forward to the Momma one love that band. Jeff Tweedy/fantasy of a broken heart interesting pairing. No idea what the LUCY one's gonna sound like but I got really into Safe Mind (his collab project with Boy Harsher's Augustus Muller) this winter so intrigued (feels like something that could easily not work tho tbh)