Hip Hop Opinions

[ill-matic]

* Dre is finished. The material he has released for this supposed "Detox" album doesn't live up to all these years of hype. There's nothing groundbreaking or exciting about his music.

* Eminem will do 1 million his first week, given the right single.

* 50 Cent has major insecurity issues. Look how defensive he gets all the time whenever someone takes a shot (no matter how insignificant it is). I think the whole Rick Ross thing shows how desperate 50 is to make himself appear like some sort of "boss" in the industry. I mean, who the fuck is Rick Ross? That morbidly obese, bearded motherfucker who has been exposed as a fraud is nothing short of an embarrassment, and he has the balls to diss 50? Not saying that's my feelings on it specifically, but i can imagine that is what 50 is thinking to himself. It shows he's losing his influence and stranglehold. He is desperate to reassert himself so he went all out in this Rick Ross thing, and it shows.

* I think Kid Cudi is great.

* Jay-Z will most likely disappoint with BP3. It will be hyped to the sh*t yet he'll fail to deliver. The beats will most likely be fire, but this new style Jay is adopting will extinguish the fire of those beats.

* Nas is making stupid music, and with each new release he seems more like a gimmick to me. His music is transparent as fuck.. in the sense that i see right through it. His concepts just sound so insincere and fake, and he is trying way too hard to do something different that it just comes off as being totally unnatural and forced.

* Lil Wayne will be forgotten after his next album. 2 years tops.

* I am seeing N*E*R*D and Grandmaster Flash play this weekend

 

[Bobby Sands]

* Dre is finished. The material he has released for this supposed "Detox" album doesn't live up to all these years of hype. There's nothing groundbreaking or exciting about his music.

* Eminem will do 1 million his first week, given the right single.

* 50 Cent has major insecurity issues. Look how defensive he gets all the time whenever someone takes a shot (no matter how insignificant it is). I think the whole Rick Ross thing shows how desperate 50 is to make himself appear like some sort of "boss" in the industry. I mean, who the fuck is Rick Ross? That morbidly obese, bearded motherfucker who has been exposed as a fraud is nothing short of an embarrassment, and he has the balls to diss 50? Not saying that's my feelings on it specifically, but i can imagine that is what 50 is thinking to himself. It shows he's losing his influence and stranglehold. He is desperate to reassert himself so he went all out in this Rick Ross thing, and it shows.

* I think Kid Cudi is great.

* Jay-Z will most likely disappoint with BP3. It will be hyped to the sh*t yet he'll fail to deliver. The beats will most likely be fire, but this new style Jay is adopting will extinguish the fire of those beats.

* Nas is making stupid music, and with each new release he seems more like a gimmick to me. His music is transparent as fuck.. in the sense that i see right through it. His concepts just sound so insincere and fake, and he is trying way too hard to do something different that it just comes off as being totally unnatural and forced.

* Lil Wayne will be forgotten after his next album. 2 years tops.

* I am seeing N*E*R*D and Grandmaster Flash play this weekend

have you heard his last album?

 

[Shadows]

I hope Dr.Dre is very scared of coming out with something that doesn't add to the hype he built for it. So again, I hope that he is coming out with shitty music lately just to kill his hype and surprise people, b/c no one is waiting no more...and those that were have turned in disgust with what was leaked.

 

[TheCat]

^^
i think those comments about nas was directly aimed at the untittled album.

 

[S O F I]

I believe Killa Cam's album will be pretty good. The three leaks so far (we cookin up, get it in ohio, and cookies and apple juice) are all fire in my opinion.

I think Kid Cudi has potential and is talented but the stuff I've heard from him makes me think he doesn't really know the angle he wants to take his music from. I'm hoping he'll have some sense of direction on his album.

I like the angle Asher Roth is taking with his music, being that he's marketing himself to college students. A pretty big segment it is and "I love College" is pretty tight. When I first heard it on my laptop I didn't think much of it but that opinion changed when I heard it in a party setting. I've heard a remix with Chamilionaire on it and I'm thinking "WTF?"

 

[DPG iz all I C]

I believe Killa Cam's album will be pretty good. The three leaks so far (we cookin up, get it in ohio, and cookies and apple juice) are all fire in my opinion.

I think Kid Cudi has potential and is talented but the stuff I've heard from him makes me think he doesn't really know the angle he wants to take his music from. I'm hoping he'll have some sense of direction on his album.

I like the angle Asher Roth is taking with his music, being that he's marketing himself to college students. A pretty big segment it is and "I love College" is pretty tight. When I first heard it on my laptop I didn't think much of it but that opinion changed when I heard it in a party setting. I've heard a remix with Chamilionaire on it and I'm thinking "WTF?"

Agreed on Asher Roth. Silly Boy is also very tight.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

I agree with the Nas, he is trying to hard.

Someone link me to a Kid Cudi mixtape/album or anything.

 

[Bobby Sands]

^^but come on the Untitled album was pretty good regardless. Hip Hop Is Dead was a borefest though

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

^^but come on the Untitled album was pretty good regardless. Hip Hop Is Dead was a borefest though

I didn't like Untitled that much, there was a few good tracks on there, but it had little replay value for me.

I used to be a Nas fan until Street Disciple.

 

[ill-matic]

thats the thing.. ever since Gods Son, Nas's albums have absolutely no replay value.

and the concepts he does are interesting... but in my mind could be done 1000000x better. he alwys has to make a point of what he's doing, rather than trying to incorporate it into his music more naturally..

 

[S O F I]

I agree with the Nas, he is trying to hard.

Someone link me to a Kid Cudi mixtape/album or anything.

Deposit Files

 

[Casey]

agreed, i love Nas but he is trying too hard and coming off a bit gimmicky.

 

[exrp765]

Random Hip-Hop Opinions...


K'naan is MAJORLY slept on.....

Trabadour is amazing...

 

[S O F I]

^Yeah I've been hearing about K'naan...I haven't listened to his music but if it's just him rapping about hard life in Somalia, I could care less.

 

[Flipmo]

K'naan has been around for a while... His stuff is usually played here.

This was his first major single I believe.

 

[S. Fourteen]

- Hip Hop is not dead. Zing!

- My favorite west coast artist(s) is(are) rodney o & joe cooley. (hiss & boo)

- El-P's percussion mash-up that was available for download along with Weareallgoingtoburninhell megamixx pt. 2 -- That was classy.

- I want to hear what he brings with Cage's new album.

- Yeah. Dre's leaked beats are just horrific. Hopefully he's fooling us.

- Can Eminem do it? Naaaahhhhhh.

- I realized 50 Cent wasn't a rapper anymore when Conan introduced him as Curtis Jackson. Still a good entertainer with charisma, though.

 

[Farzin]

-I think Lupe Fiasco is the best rapper out there right now.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

i think mc ren is taking too long with that album he was supposed to have coming out - the comeback that was supposed to see him better than ever.

 

[Euphanasia]

-I think Lupe Fiasco is the best rapper out there right now.

i like lupe but i was disappointed with his last album.

 

[Caesar]

Jay Z, Dr. Dre and Eminem will disappoint but sell. 50 Cent and Busta Rhymes will surprise and impress, but neither will sell very well.