Is he a hack /mu/?
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Is he a hack /mu/?
>>63433832
yes
>>63433832
no
see: J cole
>>63433832
Not in the least.
>>63433832
dj douggpound? I mean some of his stuff seems to be non-sequitur but lack much in the way of substance, but some of his other stuff can be funny.
>>63433832
Nah, he's pretty good.
>>63433832
one the more technically inclined producers
regardless of how much you might disagree with the lyrical content or the political agenda or the general stylistic direction of Run the Jewels, his late 90s and early 2000's work has already cemented him as one of the greatest producers of all time
so he deserves the proper respect
>>63433832
Neh he's a pretty good producer. Some of his writing is hit and miss, but he good over all.
>Pardon me, I got halfwit vision
>But fuck I know? I just crawled here, cap'n
>Pass me the baton, the rest of y'all batten the hatches
>In fact, better scram, I'm a bastard
>On the lam in a hatchback, blasting some rap shit, trying not to slam into traffic
>With my feet on the wheel and my hands through the moon roof laughing, let's crash this
>See, the truth from the womb is a fool-proof plan to be doomed while the damned do their dances
>So I move through the room like an animal fooling a master
>But I don't got love for the hand with the food, matter fact, I am drooling at that shit, I don't only bite, but I'm rabid
>Try to pet my fucking head again and I'ma put a tooth through the flesh of the palm that you jack with
no
No way. El P has been around for a while making killer stuff. The remix he did for NIN is out of this world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RRbrWmaKyU
Produced the Cold Vein.
Pretty damn based.
>Straight shots of the sterno plus, wick stuck in the bottle empty
>Three blocks to the target we lit it and lob it hard at Sentry
>Four pigs of the oinking variety guard the market entry
>Five minutes of flames and then aim the whistle my father lent me
>Six o'clock we meet up and divvy the shells among the youngins
>Seven continents in the shit and smoke like it's fuckin London
>Just before they ate up the funds our harmony love was bumping
>Now government issue nines are pointed where your blood is pumping
>Tend to mop up these muttering zombies talker pieces
>El'll vent on you harder than Fukushima breezes
>In the end when a dozen or so ajourn to reason
>You'll find the verdict return corrupted in murderous seasons
>With inverted 31's and other unlucky omens
>Thats why I chug 7 and 7's til I'm fucking homeless
>And every time you think my fifteen minutes of fame are up
>I'll spit another sixteen to prove to the world I fucking own it
no
>>63433832
nope he is quite the skilled producer
he's been a hack rapper as part of run the jewels but other than that, no
>>63435276
>the lyrical content or the political agenda
I haven't heard a RTJ album but I'm thinking of getting them, what's El-P's political agenda?
>>63439302
as part of rtj? dad jokes about dicks
>>63439302
i mainly included that because killer mike is very outspoken about his political beliefs, in his music as well as elsewhere, and a lot of people write off the RTJ project completely because they disagree with said beliefs
el-p largely just goes along with whatever mike's saying on the albums, i don't even know what he actually believes
>>63439302
RTJ is leftist and anti-authority
which i personally have no problems with
rtj2 was goty
>>63439339
El-P has always been pretty cynical, and a lot of his music voices concerns about the encroaching authoritarianism of modern America. Also, he samples George Orwell quotes on his first solo album
>>63439398
Interesting considering how big a supporter Killer Mike is of the most economically authoritarian candidate.
>>63439357
>when the Castanets start up in Blockbuster Night
Hnnnngggg, gets me every time.
Really like him when he isn't rapping. When he is, he's just ok.
Given that he produced the following:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66iV3wuWWuc&ab_channel=RunTheJewels
...No. Not at all.
"I said El-P didn't do it, so get the fuck outta here"
>>63439481
economic authoritarianism =/= authoritarianism
Neoliberals, everybody
>>63439724
>using authoritarianism as a real word and not as a joke
>>63439481
Yeah, I'm sure El-P would be really upset about billionaires and corporations paying higher taxes
>>63439756
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism
I'm sure the people who were victims of authoritarian regimes don't thing it's funny
>>63433832
He's a hack rapper but a great producer. There is a long history of such people in hip-hop.
GOAT producer and amazing flows and punchlines
>>63438817
it's always bothered me how in that one interview he said he skipped one but in reality he skipped one and two
like am I just too retarded to get where "two" is or what
>>63439235
he's been consistently better than shitter mike
>>63439552
rtj is his weakest production you dumb fag
>rapper
>>63440117
RTJ1 maybe but RTJ2 is among his best work
>>63440103
>shitter mike
dude that is fucking brilliant
>>63440168
I liked RTJ 1 more, on the surface the beats seemed uninteresting, but there's a lot of depth to them if you hear 'em on a good system
>>63440551
RTJ1 has too many songs that aren't about anything
>>63439481
>economically authoritarian
oh libertarians
>>63440130
>>63439481
90% chance this was the same poster
>>63433917
i actually laughed at this, love you anon
>>63440168
Not really, it's just a more streamlined version of what he's always done. That paranoid shit.
>>63441157
nigga shut up hahaha
>>63440871
love you too bb
>>63433832
No, he is doing great music and label since a long time now.
>>63440650
I agree, some of the verses are weaker, but I thought it was less uneven, RTJ 2 falls off midway for me, too much singing for an album allegedly made to contain bangers, and I liked the features on the first one better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0ijOe3sGEk
His verse on this is the GOAT
>>63433875
this x1000
>>63442029
fuck, i always hated him on that. this shouldn't exist
>>63438817
fucking goat
i feel like im 14 again
>>63442093
oh wait, nevermind, i never listened far enough to hear his verse. the first fag rapping on this is a straight up poser (from memory i thought it was elp, but it's not).
the original huzzah is so much better and exqure doesn't sound like a poser
>>63442029
1. El P
2. Danny Brown
POWER GAP
20. eXquire
21. Heems
POWER GAP
9001. Despot
9002. Kool A.D.
>>63442169
kool AD best rapper
>>63442029
OBJECTIVE RANKING COMING THROUGH
1) El-P
2) Danny Brown
3) Despot
4) Kool AD
POWER GAP
10,000,000) Heems
10,000,001) eXquire
>>63440117
Exactly, even his worst production work firmly cements him in the not a hack camp
>>63438807
this
his releases up until c4c were all quality, more recently have been mixed but still ok
>>63439339
>el-p largely just goes along with whatever mike's saying on the albums, i don't even know what he actually believes
el-p is even more leftist than killer mike. he made loads of songs about it prior to rtj do you even lyrics
EL-P OBJECTIVE RANKINGS
>I'll Sleep When You're Dead
>Fantastic Damage
>The Cold Vein
>Cancer 4 Cure
>Funcrusher Plus
>R.A.P. Music
POWER GAP
>RTJ1/2
>>63442029
>WORST RAPPER ON THE TRACK
>THIRD COOLEST
I generally hate hip hop that's bad on purpose but this line gets me every time
>RUN BACKWARDS THROUGH A FIELD OF DICKS!
Fucking really? He's 40 years old and still making dick jokes?
>>63444106
what do you expect from a couple of manchildren
>>63442169
I agree with this, except for where you put Despot. I think he was one of the two best on this track.
