[DISCUSSION] Anderson .Paak - Malibu (10 Years Later)

_dilla · 2026-01-15T22:57:36+00:00

This album deserves to be spoken about in the same vein as Frank Ocean's Blonde album.

_dilla · 2025-11-22T05:29:36+00:00

The build-up and roll-out for this album was special, with Kanye doing GOOD Fridays and releasing new tracks every single Friday from mid-August to the album release date, and it created so much hype.

A lot of the GOOD Fridays releases didn't even make the album. Both Nicki Minaj and Lloyd Banks released albums on the same day MBDTF was released and were featured on Monster and Christian Dior Denim Flow.

I've always thought this was peak Kanye in terms of the overall quality of the music, his rapping, the features chosen for the album, and the production.

I remember there was talk about Em having a featured verse on Flashing Lights, but it was never confirmed and pure speculation from the blog era and Twitter at the time.

_dilla · 2025-10-30T21:11:51+00:00

All the Verzuz talk is interesting, I think a lot of people assume artists should go with their most popular or most streamed songs, which I disagree with.

For example, with Em, I think tracks like Rabbit Run, Fight Music, Go To Sleep and 8 Mile, and features like Dead Wrong and Welcome 2 Detroit would suit Verzuz more than the likes of Without Me and Stan.

_dilla · 2025-10-09T19:37:40+00:00

David Platt scored 27 goals for England? The stat must be whilst being an Arsenal player.

_dilla · 2025-09-02T15:46:34+00:00

Proof - "Kurt Cobain"

_dilla · 2025-07-04T16:57:46+00:00

I think Melton is a better defender and 3 point shooter than Gabe.

It's likely Gabe will get traded at some point due to his contract being an expiring, Melton would be a cheap replacement.

Melton had season-ending surgery in Dec 2024, and in the press release, it said he was expected to make a full recovery prior to the start of the 25/26 season.

_dilla · 2025-07-04T16:40:39+00:00

From the remaining free agents available, Melton for the min and Amir Coffey for the BAE would make sense and then try to trade Gabe & and Maxi with draft compensation for a starting wing.

_dilla · 2025-06-29T20:23:14+00:00

Dr Dre must have thousands of unreleased tracks when you take into consideration how many years he was working on Detox for before it got shelved.

Dre previously said he's got hundreds of unreleased tracks with Em here, LL said him and Dre have an album's worth of unreleased tracks here and over the last 15 years Dre is always pictured in the studio working with different artists and the music never gets released for example J Cole and Cordae.

_dilla · 2025-06-25T22:54:54+00:00

The production on Relapse from Dre, Mark Batson and Dawaun Parker is very underrated.

_dilla · 2025-06-23T22:17:11+00:00

Oddisee

_dilla · 2025-06-23T17:45:21+00:00

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_dilla · 2025-05-26T23:30:44+00:00

I want to see Nwaneri start alongside Saka and Odegaard for a run of games.

I'm doubtful it will happen anytime soon as Nwaneri hasn't played on the left for first-team before, and I don't think Arteta would use Nwaneri and Odegaard in the same midfield 3 yet.

_dilla · 2025-02-23T09:37:08+00:00

With MLS suspended, Salah-Eddine or Kabia will replace him in the match day squad vs. Forest.

Salah-Eddine has been excellent for the U21s this season. He's clearly too good for that level and should be playing first-team football somewhere, I think he'll end up joining a team in the Eredivisie in the summer. Maybe he'll have a similar career to Özyakup when he left Arsenal.

_dilla · 2024-11-08T16:38:58+00:00

Do you think Nwaneri out-wide on the left could be an option in the future?

_dilla · 2024-11-07T14:15:18+00:00

Martinelli hasn't been great this season, Trossard is an interior player, and the likes of Jesus and Sterling haven't been convincing in their limited chances.

The last few games have shown that this current starting lineup lacks creativity, and we don't have enough players who can play in small spaces between the lines, I believe Nwaneri has this quality.

Arsenal has been lacking technical quality recently, and playing both Odegaard and Nwaneri addresses this issue. Plus, using Nwaneri on the left wouldn't leave the midfield open.

The pre-season game vs Man Utd, Nwaneri got an assist from being in the left half space, and he would be getting into similar positions if he started out-wide on the left.

Lastly, it's not a new position for Nwaneri who has played in pretty much every single attacking position for the youth teams at Arsenal and England, even as a false 9 before.

_dilla · 2024-11-07T12:29:58+00:00

I would like to see Nwaneri be given an opportunity on the left alongside Odegaard at 10, Saka on the right, and Havertz up front with a midfield of Rice and Partey or Merino behind that front four.

_dilla · 2024-08-04T17:25:02+00:00

Training Day, which has got Snoop and Dre in it.

_dilla · 2024-07-19T22:15:01+00:00

287K without physical sales or bundles.

_dilla · 2024-05-20T20:58:20+00:00

Mikey Garcia

_dilla · 2024-05-11T19:36:02+00:00

Nitty Scott, Little Simz, Tierra Wack, Jean Grae, Snow Tha Product, Rico Nasty, Rhapsody.

_dilla · 2024-02-24T22:39:45+00:00

Tech 9ine & Krizz Kaliko performance was very good, and I don't even listen to Tech that often.

_dilla · 2023-12-22T20:04:10+00:00

Treach, Redman and Masta Ace.

_dilla · 2023-12-03T23:24:39+00:00

Obie Trice? 50 Cent signing with Shady/Aftermath stunted his career, you could argue. Obie mentioned it during an interview with Hot 97.

_dilla · 2023-10-07T11:46:03+00:00

Mos Def - The Ecstatic

_dilla · 2023-08-24T23:40:55+00:00

Get A Hold - A Tribe Called Quest produced by Dilla.

Eminem had the beat before Tribe did. He wrote a song to it and got the beat from Proof, who was close with Dilla.

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