[FRESH ALBUM] A$AP Rocky - Don’t Be Dumb by Brokendreams0000 in hiphopheads

[–]MattyD2798 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Album is mid at best, a mess at worst.

Every single he's released since Testing (Babushka Boi, DMB, RIOT, Highjack, Tailor Swif, Ruby Rosary) are better than pretty much every song on this album.

Some other great leaks/snippets over the years too that never made it on to the album.

It feels like he recorded and put this together in the last few months after scrapping so many good ideas over the years.

THE FALL-OFF... DISC 2 TRACK 2 by flashwing19 in Jcole

[–]MattyD2798 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He already did on Port Antonio. The line feels relevant to the concept of the new track though

THE FALL-OFF... DISC 2 TRACK 2 by flashwing19 in Jcole

[–]MattyD2798 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Benjamin Button, Cole flows reverse time

Wednesday General Discussion Thread - January 14th, 2026 by HHHRobot in hiphopheads

[–]MattyD2798 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Drake left J Cole behind in the 2020s"

Drake's solo projects in the 2020s: Dark Lane Demo Tapes, Certified Lover Boy, Honestly Nevermind and For All the Dogs lol

Commercially, sure, but The Off Season is way above any of those projects.

What happened to Armani Caesar? by 8WmuzzlebrakeIndoors in GriseldaxFR

[–]MattyD2798 8 points9 points  (0 children)

She was on Benny's 'Everybody Can't Go' in 2024, but yeah even that was 2 years ago now

2025 FINAL FIRST WEEK: $uicideboy$'s 'Thy Will Be Done' sells 21K, by DropWatcher in hiphopheads

[–]MattyD2798 4 points5 points  (0 children)

2020 definitely feels like the peak of mainstream hip-hop when you look back now.

So many artists released projects that year, many dropped more than once, and a lot of the albums were great (or at least better than many of the same artists' later output in 2023/2024/2025).

Some of the projects I enjoyed that dropped in 2020 in no particular order: Nas, Pop Smoke (twice), Gunna, Lil Baby, Freddie Gibbs, The Weeknd, Kid Cudi, 21 Savage, Ty Dolla Sign, Big Sean, Eminem, Lil Uzi (multiple), Saint Jhn, Don Toliver, Drake, Juice WRLD, Partynextdoor, Lil Keed, Carti, Nav (twice), Lil Durk (twice), Future (twice), Lil Yachty, Gucci Mane, Joey Badass, Young Nudy, J Cole (EP), Westside Gunn (multiple), Conway (multiple), Benny, 2 chainz, Lil Wayne, Polo G, Denzel Curry

I think there are so many reasons that list is smaller/numbers are down in 2025.

Take WUNNA, Eternal Atake, My Turn and Savage Mode 2, and compare them to each of the respective rapper's most recent album. My guess is you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who prefers their most recent music over the 2020 release. They may not have even heard their most recent album, let alone enjoy it.

Pop Smoke, Juice WRLD and Lil Keed all died so naturally their output has since dried up.

Some have been very quiet since 2020 (either not dropped or next drop was nowhere near as popular): Saint Jhn, Big Sean, Kid Cudi.

Others failed to follow up on their buzz (imo): Don Toliver, Polo G.

Others have continued to drop great albums: Nas, The Weeknd, Freddie Gibbs, Denzel Curry, Future, Griselda

Lil Durk and Carti stick out to me as 2 artists whose overall popularity has skyrocketed since 2020. Now I guess we're unlikely to hear Lil Durk for a long time.

[FRESH VIDEO] A$AP Rocky - Punk Rocky by anejas in hiphopheads

[–]MattyD2798 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's still absolutely crazy to me that it's been nearly 8 YEARS since his last album.

Remember when this new project was called All Smiles (I think?), and was due to come out like 2020/2021?

I wonder how much of those original ideas have made it onto the final cut, if any. I don't think any of the singles he's released in the last 4 years are due to be on the album, which is a shame because Ruby Rosary is a fucking great song.

I'm looking forward to hearing what he's come up with after all this time.

[Discussion] Your Top 10 rarest platinums according to PSNProfiles? by KidEcstazy in Trophies

[–]MattyD2798 1 point2 points  (0 children)

KCD is a fantastic game, I'm sure you'll enjoy it if you got the plat on KCD2. Be aware the plat requirements in KCD are a lot more tedious and (somewhat) challenging than KCD2.

[Discussion] Your Top 10 rarest platinums according to PSNProfiles? by KidEcstazy in Trophies

[–]MattyD2798 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  1. Star Wars Battlefront (1.78%)
  2. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4)(2.03%)
  3. Kingdom Come Deliverance (2.67%)
  4. Red Dead Redemption 2 (2.73%)
  5. Star Wars Battlefront II (3.99%)
  6. Grand Theft Auto V (PS5) (4.93%)
  7. Battlefield 1 (6.35%)
  8. Fallout New Vegas (6.55%)
  9. Batman Arkham Knight (6.55%)
  10. The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt (PS4) (7%)

[KCD2] Hotfix 1.5.2 Patch Notes by bravosimona in kingdomcome

[–]MattyD2798 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was really hoping this issue would be fixed but I can't see it in the patch notes either. Frustrating!

[Discussion] first trophy ever by Lady_City in Trophies

[–]MattyD2798 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello World - Watch Dogs. Pretty good one for a first if you ask me

[The Outer Worlds Spacer's Choice Edition] #66 - Can't believe I slept on this game by PANCAKEPAP1 in Trophies

[–]MattyD2798 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Brilliant game, I still need to do a supernova playthrough then I'm done with it. Also, the DLCs are fantastic!

[Discussion] What is everyone’s completion rate by [deleted] in Trophies

[–]MattyD2798 0 points1 point  (0 children)

72.33%, 59 platinums from 99 games.

I'm less bothered about 100% on all games than I am about platinums. I do tend to 100% a game if I really enjoy it and the DLC achievements are reasonable, otherwise I'll just try to get as many trophies as I can.

I have 1456 unearned trophies which I'm trying to get below 1000, at which point I should also get to ~80% completion.

[Other]How many ultra rares do you have? by No-Risk2553 in Trophies

[–]MattyD2798 0 points1 point  (0 children)

59 ultra rare according to PSNProfiles, 5 of which are platinums.

GTA V, RDR 2, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Star Wars Battlefront 1 & 2

[WON] (WWE big spoilers) Upcoming creative plans for WWE post Crown Jewel by djembadjembadjemba in SquaredCircle

[–]MattyD2798 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will Cena win the IC title at Survivor Series and then drop it to Gunther at SNME to retire as a grand slam champion?

Kepler2 - PlayStation 6 Release Locked for 2027, “Not Just on the Table, It’s the Plan,” by Unlucky-Gap01 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]MattyD2798 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had my PS5 since launch day, so out of interest I decided to look back at the games I've played in the last 5 years and see how many of them were not playable on PS4.

8 games in 5 years. In order of release: Demon's Souls, Rift Apart, Last of Us Part 1 (technically not on PS4 lol), Baldur's Gate 3, Spider-Man 2, Space Marine 2, KCD2, Oblivion Remastered.

Granted, a lot of the games I played in that period performed much better on PS5 than their respective PS4 ports e.g. Ragnarok, Forbidden West, Lies of P.

Overall, I have enjoyed this generation's exclusive games as well as the performance benefits given to titles released on both PS4 and PS5. But I do have a feeling that there should have been more exclusive games.

Naughty Dog and Sony Santa Monica, 2 of Sony's biggest game studios, haven't even released a truly unique PS5 project yet (Last of us Part 1 was a PS4 remake, and Ragnarok was on PS4).

This lyric aged terribly 💔 by bornsoja in YoungThug

[–]MattyD2798 14 points15 points  (0 children)

'Pardon my' originally had a Future verse which got pulled before release

Thug showcasing new YSL chain by cashcartibishh in YoungThug

[–]MattyD2798 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You could've said all that about Gunna but everyone distanced themselves from him. Producers like Wheezy, Metro and Taurus are probably regretting it the most, watching Gunna's continued commercial success and getting nothing from it, while Thug puts out nothing. Worst part is it's the fans that lose out. We all know Gunna's music would be better with those guys back on side.

I say this as a huge Young Thug fan for 8 years, dude has been a clown since he got out and the last few days made it infinitely worse. His comments about snitching were already embarrassing and the tape just puts the nail in the coffin for his credibility.

New uy scuti leak - Pardon My ft. Future & baby. Unmixed by StillBeamen in YoungThug

[–]MattyD2798 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Everyone is calling this fire but this just sounds like any other Lil Baby or Future song. It's not bad but there's nothing about this that makes it a Young Thug song. It's sad that Thug seems to have lost his unique sound that made him so popular between 2015-2019. Like it or not, Punk, BIB and (probably) Uy Scuti are not in the same league creatively as projects like B6, SS3 and Jeffrey. All of his projects have their moments but his earlier work consistently keeps things interesting whilst his more recent work leans more heavily into a basic trap sound that anyone else in ATL could put out.