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Showing posts with label Clipse. Show all posts
2009 Album of the Year: Drake - So Far Gone (mixtape)
"Dropped a mixtape, that shit sounded like an album, who'd a thought a countrywide tour would be the outcome?" - Drake on "Forever"
"The industry got to get it in gear, cause it's bad when a mixtape is really the album of the year" - Skillz speaking about So Far Gone on his "2009 Rap Up"
I have a friend who thinks "Houstatlantavegas" is an actual city. No really, I do, and I don't know who's to blame. Either the Toronto District Schoolboard really fucked up, or Drake's mixtape So Far Gone had a much bigger impact on her than grade 9 geography.
You can say all you want about the state of Toronto's public school system (how's my grammar?), but So Far Gone is dope. It's the dopest in fact, and in my humble opinion, Drake's third official release is the year's best hip-hop album, even though it's technically very much a mixtape. But that's just one of the many reasons why it deserves 2009's crown. For example:
- It made R&B rap cool.
- It made me enjoy R&B again.
- It made Trey Songz relevant.
- It introduced me to Lykke Li.
- It made me buy the Peter Bjorn and John album because of "Let's Call it Off".
- It made me not give up on Wayne.
- It made me proud(er) to be Canadian.
- It made me wonder how good 808s and Heartbreak could've been if Kanye decided to just produce instead of sing.
- It made me excited for the direction mainstream hip-hop is headed in.
- And ask yourself this: how many casual hip-hop fans ever download a mixtape? Do you really think that the girl down the street has 50 Cent is the Future or any of the We Got it 4 Cheap mixtapes in her iPod? She doesn't, but she probably has So Far Gone.
In the end however, Drake's mixtape proved that quality songwriting is king. It's great if you can rap for days and days, but when it comes down to it, people remember songs.
Hip-hop album of the year, hands down. Hate all you want.
Runners-up (in no particular order):
Clipse - Til the Casket Drops
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day
Brother Ali - US
The Black Keys - Blakroc
Song of the year:
Clipse Mixtape Download Extravaganza!
'Tis the season, right?
Since it's the holidays, and Clipse's latest record Til the Casket Drops is so damn good, I've compiled all of their mixtapes into 4 easy downloads.
Merry XMAS D-Bag readers!
Check out below for some quality listening.
Download:
Clipse - We Got it 4 Cheap Vol. 1
Download:
Clipse - We Got it 4 Cheap Vol. 2
Download:
Clipse - We Got it 4 Cheap Vol. 3
Download:
Clipse - Road Till the Casket Drops
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Double Super-Duper Special XMAS Bonus:
If you love vintage Neptunes production and unreleased hip-hop, be sure to download a copy of Clipse's unreleased first album Exclusive Audio Footage. How could this possibly be bad? Link below.
Download:
Clipse - Exclusive Audio Footage
Vulture: Apartment Shopping with Clipse
I love real estate.
And the Clipse are undeniably dope (3 for 3 on the classic album tip).
Check out this article by Amos Barshad:
Apartment Shopping with Clipse
Candidates for the SarcasticDBag Album of the Year Award
Wow, what a prestigious award! If I could rap, I'd love to be recognized by a moderately well-received blogger for my skills on the mic. Luckily for these 4 artists, they've somehow managed to achieve success without the bestowment of my official adulations. So without further adieu, here are 3 potential candidates for the SarcasticDBag "Album of the Year" award.
Drake - So Far Gone (mixtape)
The mixtape game hasn't seen such a buzz since 50 and G-Unit forced the industry to take notice of them with their aggressive content and street presence. But while 50 and his crew's run is pretty much over, the mixtape gods have crowned a new king who turned his buzz into a multi-million dollar record deal, international stardom and a couple of Grammy nominations. Shit, even if only a dozen people picked this joint up it still deserves consideration as one of the best releases of the year.
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt II
It's a common adage both in film and music that a sequel can never live up to the genius of the original, but Rae (and Ghost of course) really brought it all to the table with this joint. Classic beats, unabashed drug content and the reunification of Staten's finest makes this album the obvious favorite for "Album of the Year". But then came...
Clipse - Til the Casket Drops
This album may have officially dropped today, but it's been on the internet for sometime now and the duo from Virginia still maintain their perfect batting average with this beautifully produced record.
Malice and Pusha T show a lot of maturity on this one but they never fail to remind you that Virginia is for hustlers.
This record is the perfect marriage of beats and rhymes.
Winner crowned on New Year's Eve.
Hold your breath!
Drake - So Far Gone (mixtape)
The mixtape game hasn't seen such a buzz since 50 and G-Unit forced the industry to take notice of them with their aggressive content and street presence. But while 50 and his crew's run is pretty much over, the mixtape gods have crowned a new king who turned his buzz into a multi-million dollar record deal, international stardom and a couple of Grammy nominations. Shit, even if only a dozen people picked this joint up it still deserves consideration as one of the best releases of the year.
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt II
It's a common adage both in film and music that a sequel can never live up to the genius of the original, but Rae (and Ghost of course) really brought it all to the table with this joint. Classic beats, unabashed drug content and the reunification of Staten's finest makes this album the obvious favorite for "Album of the Year". But then came...
Clipse - Til the Casket Drops
This album may have officially dropped today, but it's been on the internet for sometime now and the duo from Virginia still maintain their perfect batting average with this beautifully produced record.
Malice and Pusha T show a lot of maturity on this one but they never fail to remind you that Virginia is for hustlers.
This record is the perfect marriage of beats and rhymes.
Winner crowned on New Year's Eve.
Hold your breath!
The Clipse - Doorman (produced by the Neptunes)
Video coming soon. More importantly, Til The Casket Drops drops on December 8th. I can't wait.
The Clipse - Doorman (produced by the Neptunes)
Malice featuring Mary Mary - God In Me (Remix)
Meh.
It breaks my heart to give a member of Clipse a "meh".
Malice featuring Mary Mary - God In Me (Remix)
