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It is that time again! Common debuted as a solo artist in 1992 and has been doing it ever since. There really is not enough I can say about Common, he has been killing the game forever. Instead I'll leave his list of awards and nominations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Common

And something he has that I don't think many other artists do, which is a Wikipedia page that is just a (mostly?) complete list of his songs. Not sure why this exists but it is neat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Common

Share your favorite Common songs. Radio singles, deep cuts, amazing features, whatever you love.

You know that one album that is could've been a nice little EP if it wasn't for the fillers or the bad singles or just really bad songs.

The Massacre fits the description perfectly to me. I legit like the album but I'm grown enough now to not enjoy Candy Shop or any other songs where Olivia is involved. Pretty much anything near the end of the album is throwaway except for Position of Power and I Don't Need Em.

I keep 13 tracks total. And there's 21 on tracklist.

Drop a dope joint, talk shit. idk.

Either this shits going to get some traction or not, but let's get some activity in here. Lemmy/Kbin/whatever hasn't popped, this spot could get a decent base but this shit needs some activity.

I'm nobody important, I just got invited to mod because my sweet, some say fantastic, taste in music . Wouldn't blame them for removing me after this post.

I see yall lightly interacting, but if you want this place to be a solid place to get hammered and talk shit about hip hop.. step up. Drop a joint, drop a discussion.. idgaf. Just give a little effort to kick this bitch off for a little while. Shit might feel dumb but the fediverse isn't going to sustain this community, but interaction will.

You wanna talk some hiphop, I'll usually talk it with you cause that's what I'm here for.

Truly yours. Ya (likely former) mod

P.S.

My top 1/2 Wayne>Pac

I ain't listen to nothing but Magic 2, it grows on you more and more. Nas is a GOAT

I just wished he released more :P

[DISCUSSION] Future - Beast Mode 2 (5 Years Later)

Track listing

1 Wifi Lit 2:56 2 Cuddle My Wrist 3:01 3 Racks Blue 3:24 4 31 Days 4:00 5 Red Light 4:06 6 Doh Doh 3:40 feat. Young Scooter 7 When I Think About It 3:04 8 Some More 3:33 9 Hate the Real Me 4:00

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Curious on everyone’s thoughts on Uzi’s latest.

Personally, I could’ve done without the rage tracks (and the System of a Down cover). That being said, the remainder of the album felt like a solid Uzi project - some really excellent highs, but some mediocre tracks thrown in as well. Ultimately, I feel that’s to be expected of most 1.5 hr albums. I do appreciate the experimental tracks, and some of the more psychedelic, toned down tracks compliment the higher energy sections well.

Moving forward, I’d love more concise LPs with a clear, experimental theme, which I feel Uzi is capable of delivering. In fact, pretty sure if you cut this album to around 10 tracks, you’d have exactly that. Very much a numbers game at this point in the streaming world, and I doubt we could all agree on the perfect 10 track listing anyways.

Favorites: Flooded the Face, x2, Died and Came Back, Patience, Zoom

Looking forward to hearing from everyone!

What have you been listening to lately? If not, what is your worst Uber story?

Flying by the seat of my pants here a little bit, but what have you been listening to lately?

I've never been super into hiphop until a few years ago when I became obsessed with Freddie Dredd (Memphis rap, phonk, SoundCloud stuff)

And recently stumbled upon Jay Worthy and love his stuff, Step brother of Grimes, been through a lot of gang/ jail stuff toured with her one time and started doing music way more

J Worthy YouTube music https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSu2f_DOZC6IASivexy8-CkcRUGuHQARb&feature=share

Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0EhlAsgqTWkIsJCCEj8T4W

Hello! As a newly arrived Reddit refugee I thought I would try to contribute. I might start posting individual tracks if I sense interest but for now, let's start with a broader overview.

There is a branch of hip hop very close to my heart, one that has a relaxed, elaborate ambience on boom bap beats with twists.

I won't pretend I have historian level of knowledge but you can think of it as a continuation of artists like nightmares on wax, tricky, etc but also massive attack, portishead and that kind of more melodic trip hop. Some of it mixed with traditional rapping.

This all mixes into the French melting pot and you get this back and forth between traditional hip hop with a rapper, and this abstract, melodic Trip-Hop scene. You'll also find influences from reggae, dub, punk, rock, jazz, Celtic, Arabic, oriental etc etc etc, since this is very much a world of samples, while some artists do compose everything themselves.

Now of course all these things exist outside of France but I've explored a lot, I don't even live in France and I listen to many genres, and for me at least it's in the French artists from which I tend to find "that sound" that works for me.

Now to get you started on the journey, some of the more mainstream artists to search for in your preferred streaming service. I keep it to things international people can listen to (e.g. no/limited French lyrics).

• Chinese man (the masters, within this artist alone you can find many of the substyles I'm talking about I prefer the older albums by I hear youngsters enjoy the new stuff)

• Degiheugi (more modern and his own unique twist, kinda tropical)

• Chill Bump (these guys are more traditionally hip hop, the lyrics are in English, but you can still sense the influence)

• Kognitif (this is very much the essence of what trip hop means to me)

• Guts (here you'll find more ethnic influences, he also makes live musicians participate to his productions)

• Scratch Bandit Crew (not a fan of the whole discography but the good tracks are really, really good)

• Mounika (and finally, one of my all time favourites in his decidedly more chill and dark vibe, bordering on lo-fi at times).

There are so many more great artists and if you did want to try one with French lyrics, then in the more traditionally hip hop category but embodying this branch, I suggest starting with "Dooz Kawa".

I hope that I might make a few people curious with this and maybe even create a new passion or two for my beloved flavour of trip/hip hop.

Share your own regional artists that you think upstage the usual international stars in their own way!