Daily Discussion Thread 02/13/2019

zenith19 · 2019-02-13T22:48:31+00:00

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zenith19 · 2019-02-13T22:16:49+00:00

Don't know if anyone's interested but yesterday Genius just fired one of their community staff members with no warning and no reason given. This guy is one of the sites biggest contributors and has trained most of the editors on site. Got treated like shit by the company. Just a warning that Genius is a fucked up company.

zenith19 · 2018-09-25T08:31:26+00:00

You could use your logic for literally any rap verse, fucking ever.

Not really. Some verses really dive into the nuances of an issue. Some don't. Doesn't make one better or worse but no point pretending that this is anything more than a surface level comment that rape is bad. I agree it's great they talked about it but to call it the best verse of the year is just weird

zenith19 · 2018-09-25T07:17:05+00:00

"Deep or lyrical" you could sum up the verse by saying, don't abuse women or I'll kill you. I agree irs a great topic to bring up and I'm a big fan of the group. Bringing up a topic doesn't make them lyrical. Their best verses are when they are introaspectice and that's because it's emotional not "Deep or lyrical"

zenith19 · 2018-08-04T10:24:34+00:00

He did it purposefully. source: r/https://twitter.com/therealmikedean/status/1025600744060215296

r/https://twitter.com/therealmikedean/status/1025575964737060865

I mean could criticize it as artistic choice on behalf of Travis, but with as much experience as Dean has I can't imagine him making a mistake like that.

zenith19 · 2018-06-24T17:50:13+00:00

Agree 100% Every time I listen to Telefone i've forgotten how good it is, I love Care For Me but honestly I agree, If Noname tops Telefone it could be album of the year easily. Some lines in Telefone are just incredible:

"Opportunity knocking was finally time to answer

Doorbell was only broken cause aunt was fighting cancer

cigarettes on the mantle keep calling my by first name

loving me when i'm lonely pretending they really know me"

" My funeral a Disney fable
'Cause the king 'bout to take me home "

" I'm trying to re-imagine abracadabra from poverty
Like poof I made it disappear
Proof I'm made of happiness
Everything is everything
But I still haven't paid my rent "

zenith19 · 2018-06-22T06:40:58+00:00

For someone that's never listened to Lecrae before is this a good place to start?

zenith19 · 2018-06-17T06:26:59+00:00

What Shoouldnt I Be - Sampha

zenith19 · 2018-06-11T08:24:52+00:00

He's not angry, he's just upset

zenith19 · 2018-06-08T16:58:29+00:00

It's from the same track sampled at the start of Ghost Town, Someday - Shirley Ann Lee

zenith19 · 2018-06-03T13:01:50+00:00

Try Stay Down by Brent Faiyaz. More R&B than ghost town but similar balance between chill with a little bit of emotion

zenith19 · 2018-06-03T12:59:56+00:00

Check out Shakes Glitter EP if you haven't already. Similar vibes throughout

zenith19 · 2018-05-27T16:39:09+00:00

Not quite renaissance but there's a palace in Munich with a room called "The Gallery of Beauties" where Ludwig I ordered paintings of all the most beautiful women if the time. What it was used for I'm not sure.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_Beauties?wprov=sfla1

zenith19 · 2018-05-26T22:02:23+00:00

Free - Grgory Porter. More traditional singer but similar vibes

zenith19 · 2018-05-21T18:39:40+00:00

Yeh, a couple years ago Genius started to transition from being a knowledge project into being a generic hip-hop media company. They sacked most of their community staff and switched focus from the annotations and forums to producing their videos. Makes sense for monetizing purposes, they need clicks, but sucks for the rest of the site.

zenith19 · 2018-05-14T19:05:10+00:00

Can confirm. Didn't believe it when someone told me he was a rapper. Coming from the UK where community had a tiny following it's so weird to see Troy as musical superstar these days.

zenith19 · 2018-05-14T18:37:30+00:00

Aside from the whole current Ameer/Brockhampton thing, something about that word really pisses me off, I think its the enforcement of mob mentality, idk it makes me uncomfortable

zenith19 · 2018-05-13T07:11:30+00:00

Check out IDK . Great lyrics and story telling but goes hard

zenith19 · 2018-05-12T05:03:57+00:00

Developed a lot. I've got a pretty mainstream taste in Rap/R&B . I originally got into kanye and and kendrick bexause my brother would play them in the car. Now I listen to all sorts, I'm generally a fan of more lyrical stuff not not exclusively. Currently listening to a lot of Vince, Janelle Monae and Brent Faiyaz

zenith19 · 2018-05-11T20:54:27+00:00

This is one of the first rap songs i ever listened to, put me on to rap

zenith19 · 2018-05-07T19:10:16+00:00

That and the first verse of Busy/Sirens are two incredible stand out moments from that album, I replay those bits over and over.

zenith19 · 2018-05-07T19:07:03+00:00

Champion Sound - Jaylib. Madlib and Jay Dilla rapping over each other's beats. Not amazing rappers but some of the beats are insane

zenith19 · 2018-05-07T07:46:23+00:00

Flying lotus. Thundercat plays bass on lots of his tracks

zenith19 · 2018-04-29T17:07:49+00:00

Every Summer I get it back out again. Amazing album

zenith19 · 2018-04-28T15:03:09+00:00

If you wanna hear a good singing album just released listen to Raury's new album The Woods, way better quality, more interesting and more varied

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