Fuck all that above noise. Saigon's album was really good. I slept on it way too long. It actually flows like an album. It's going to be an album that stands the test of time. Not that either of those 2 statements matters to the average listener.
That shit goes hard tho.
And I'm pretty sure that onomatopoeia is an accurate description of how most outsiders view any hiphop that isn't cadenced for "easy-listening".
Heeaaaardd that.. but neither of the songs you mentioned were indecipherable.
That's what I took from the topic. Hence a lot of Ghost, Rae, E-40, code-speaking rappers. I'd add a Ross verse in here. Capadonna too...
Cons! And... his teeth.. lol.
Punch is nice. Crazy that Wordsworth is even better imo. And his second verse ended up on their Black Starr collab... Still iLL. Real emcee shit. This whole video in fact.
He's had some nice ones, and he's had ones that have fallen flat. It happens... you would just think it wouldn't happen with Em at this stage of the game.
He went off on "Cold Wind Blows", "On Fire", and "Almost Famous". I personally think "On Fire" was downplayed.
And on that note I leave you...
I know I understood that once I opened the thread lol.. I just can't vibe with Gucci and Waka like that. I got my guilty pleasures, but I don't like feelin my intelligence is being insulted back to muthafuckin back. That's just me tho.
Personally I just thought the song was kinda weird. I can listen to it kinda, but the beat and hook don't bring out any real positives.
Lyrically, Em outclassed her... the flow just added to it. His punchlines > shit like "Nicki... nicki... asthma... hang it up... plasma". Her first verse was...