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toko

toko

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catalog said:
Viktor vaughn is Doom right? Yeah I really like this one. I've not listened to loads of Doom, but almost everything of his that I have listened to I like. I like his slowish flow, the storytelling aspect, the simplicity in the beat. In fact, I'm sure he's done a similar tune to this one before, a duet, that I posted in the thread we had for him.




He sort of squares the circle Doom, he's not aggy gangsta, but nor is he trying to be too clever or conscious, he's got that crucial oddball surreal side. I love that one kode9 remixed, air.

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boy have I an artist for you. MIKE is a rapper/producer, (produces under the name DJ Blackpower) heavily inspired by DOOM and madlib, he has the same lazy off-kilter flow of DOOM but with a bit more poetic/personal element to it. many of his beats, (depending on the album and track) are also a little hazier, fried with more effects, and often include more extreme pitch differences.

some of his more hazier/fried:

 
luka

luka

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MIKE / Ade Hakim / Standing On The Corner / Etc.

Patty's dodged it another day to talk about the Chris Daddy Dave band again, thus we've had two board members enthuse for them (me and Webs) and two members express resistance and disbelief (Patty & Luka). They are now the: Quantifiable for it's on topic, I think Odai would agree. I know...
www.dissensus.com
 
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catalog

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WebEschatology said:
next two tunes @catalog not favourites but still


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These 2 fit together well, both young men reflecting with a tinge of sadness on their early life/current state of affairs. You feel for them both.

Not so keen on the voice fx on the first one, but then I listened a 2nd time over a speaker and it was less of a sticking point.

The over-repetition of that line "I had to make a couple bens by my lonely" was also something that clicked well the 2nd listen. About 2/3 of the way through where he changes pace was good.

2nd one... I suppose I like it a little bit less, feels a bit too sparse in the beat, but appreciate that this is a vocal performance first and foremost and he's pretty good, it's has a stream of consciousness feel and the lack of a noticeable chorus doesn't matter much, you kinda get pulled along by the sheer always-moving-on nature of it. He seems a more proficient rapper but in songs of this style, that doesn't matter the most. He also switches up into a more traditional singing voice at times.

Think I prefer the first one, just in the sense that I am intrigued to check out more by him, over the 2nd one, who sounds like a lot of other people.
 
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catalog

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toko said:
boy have I an artist for you. MIKE is a rapper/producer, (produces under the name DJ Blackpower) heavily inspired by DOOM and madlib, he has the same lazy off-kilter flow of DOOM but with a bit more poetic/personal element to it. many of his beats, (depending on the album and track) are also a little hazier, fried with more effects, and often include more extreme pitch differences.

some of his more hazier/fried:

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Thanks will check em
 
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forclosure

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nah lie i had trouble whittling it down to 2 tracks so if you wanna know what my other picks were or why i had these two planned ask away
 
linebaugh

linebaugh

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toko said:
boy have I an artist for you. MIKE is a rapper/producer, (produces under the name DJ Blackpower) heavily inspired by DOOM and madlib, he has the same lazy off-kilter flow of DOOM but with a bit more poetic/personal element to it. many of his beats, (depending on the album and track) are also a little hazier, fried with more effects, and often include more extreme pitch differences.

some of his more hazier/fried:

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Mike is one of those artists who only exists to make the sounds of other artists less abrasive to girls youre trying to sleep with
 
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forclosure

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linebaugh said:
Mike is one of those artists who only exists to make the sounds of other artists less abrasive to girls youre trying to sleep with
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i mean i would have to ask some serious questions to the kind of breh who thinks MIKE is gonna be the kind of music you use to link with gal
 
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forclosure

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sharing this cause he was one of the two rappers i started this thread off with but Drakeo the Ruler's dead as a result of getting stabbed at a festival

people are still unsure cause nothing official official has come out but with Jeff Weiss and Drake offering condolences i have little hope
 
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forclosure

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and i'll get around to the next 2 tunes (you do not have to check them out immediatly after the last 2)

the theme surrounding these 2 is UK/US hip hop collaborations:


 
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forclosure

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woops said:
surely this is the pinnacle of us/uk hip hop relations,.

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the Ghostface verse is great as he's one of the few rappers who can pull out great verses on R&B songs

but The 411 to me they sound like they just gold told 20 minutes ahead of time that they'd have to rap instead of sing,they just sound so stiff and awkward
 
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DannyL

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WebEschatology said:
sharing this cause he was one of the two rappers i started this thread off with but Drakeo the Ruler's dead as a result of getting stabbed at a festival

people are still unsure cause nothing official official has come out but with Jeff Weiss and Drake offering condolences i have little hope
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Ah shit. I saw the RIP last night but not the cause. Damn.
 
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forclosure

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ok only doing this to keep this thing going and the i'll leave you alone for the rest of the week cause Christmas but lets take it back to some really early rap shit @catalog :


(despite the length you'd be surprised at how quickly the time passes by)
 
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