"Ab-Soul: Control System"-OFFICIAL ALBUM THREAD

[yeah i rap so don't]

He was a singer? Got a mixtape of his from 05, well I think it was one of the 200 cd's I lost when I moved. He was rapping on that, and it was not that good as a project. When I met him he was a rapper. We got along because we each thought the other one was dope.We went to different middle schools so in high school it must have been a shock that there was a dude who people thought was nicer than him. I could tell he was always the guy who people thought was nice and I look hella like a nerd and when people saw the battles we had they were shocked actually. We were like the only two guys who listened to Canibus too, which was different.

He used to send CDs of him singing to blogs in those days (early 2000s). A kid who's currently rapping/running a site that I'm cool with told me about this; his dad ran one of the sites/has this CD.

You seem like a cool dude man. A lot of stories.. This game as a whole is a small one, and within the same city everyone knows each other.

You telling me he was singing when we were in high school? That's crazy. I do not know everybody at all. I know or ran into people before they had a name. One of TDE's in-house producers Willie B worked at my old job right after I quit.

 

[Trillaaaaaa]

double

 

[Trillaaaaaa]

someone hack into my account and reposted that shit 3 times?

Or I'm trippin

 

[mosincredible]

I heard ILLuminate and had to make the purchase on Amazon and it was definitely worth it. This is music people. Support the movement...

 

[Dharmic X]

You telling me he was singing when we were in high school? That's crazy. I do not know everybody at all. I know or ran into people before they had a name. One of TDE's in-house producers Willie B worked at my old job right after I quit.

Yeah apparently... That's what I've heard. But knowing everybody might be a NYC thing more than anything. What are you up to now?

 

[yeah i rap so don't]

You telling me he was singing when we were in high school? That's crazy. I do not know everybody at all. I know or ran into people before they had a name. One of TDE's in-house producers Willie B worked at my old job right after I quit.

Yeah apparently... That's what I've heard. But knowing everybody might be a NYC thing more than anything. What are you up to now?

I've never been to NYC in my life bro. I am in school and I rap. My name on this site came from an encounter with Nipsey Hussle bro.

 

[Dharmic X]

Ah good stuff... What happened between you and Nipsey?

 

[yeah i rap so don't]

I use to work at the Ralphs on Crenshaw and Slauson. While I was collecting the grocery baskets in the parking lot he was posting flyers in the shopping center by where I was collecting baskets. It was right by a VIP Music and Subway. The flyer was about a performance he was doing. I asked him if he rapped and he said "Yeah I Rap" I told him I did too and he told me to keep pushing what I was doing and that is what was up. It fit me because I do not look like a rapper and the reaction to me telling someone I rap is met with a comment similar to "you rap?" Nipsey didn't make a joke out of it. Chordz (a producer from LA) also did not laugh when I told him and he took me serious from the jump.

 

[buttuh_b]

How don't you "look like you rap"? Haa.

 

[yeah i rap so don't]

How don't you "look like you rap"? Haa.

I look like a nerd and a weenie. Same reason people tried to bully me and I had to beat up other people my whole life. I got the look of a softie bro.

 

[Dharmic X]

Haha you're honest about it. That's a good thing.

 

[andre_1024]

HiphopDX gave it a 4.5/5
http://www.hiphopdx.com/m/index.php?s=album-reviews&id=1893

 

[blackdemo]

Breh this is one of the best albums ive heard in a long time. Im a huge fan of J.cole but this shits on CWTSS. Damn, TDE got the belt

 

[Dharmic X]

HiphopDX gave it a 4.5/5
http://www.hiphopdx.com/m/index.php?s=album-reviews&id=1893

In comparison to some of the other albums judged in the last couple of months (Apollo Brown & OC, Mayday), idk... I liked those two more than I liked Control System.

 

[BenjaminE]

lol some mobster is going around wacking every post in this thread... the album is sick tho.. im gonna cop this and the new killer mike as soon as I remember my itunes password... wack, huh?

 

[andre_1024]

XXL Mag gave it a XL...
http://www.xxlmag.com/reviews/2012/05/ab-soul-control-system/

 

[DNB1]

This album nice, Kendrick snapped on that Illuminate track

 

[R.D.]

sound like AB soul coming for that #2 spot in Black Hippy behind Q based on yall reviews

goint have to check this out

 

[JDSTAYWITIT]

This album is very dope ...i gotta give credit to Ab ...he has plenty of talent ..but listening to his previous projects it just dint seem to all come together just quite right .... i think on this one he definitely found his zone and hit it out the park ...

Best Tracks

Track Two

Bohemian Grove

Terrorist Threats

Sopa

Empathy

The Book of Soul

Black Lip Bastard (Remix)

 

[DarthRozay]

sound like AB soul coming for that #2 spot in Black Hippy behind Q based on yall reviews

goint have to check this out

behind Q? are you saying Q is #1?