[NEW INTERVIEW] Elzhi - Elmatic (2011)

[RuffDraft]

please disreguard this post ...... cuzzin ruffdraft has obviously been poisoned by this attrocity that elzhi has disguised as a tribute

Damn, debate!! haha

I think you need to look dude up, he's got a long list of prestigious projects that he's put together including Europass, the Prefix (highly acclaimed) and Out of Focus.

Everything else that you discussed, Trae pretty much stated how it was... we're part of the underground and we enjoy underground music. Elzhi is a great lyricist, the live instrumentation on this release is ridiculously good and Elzhi for the most part offers a really great fresh look at a classic.

Making a comparison between Elzhi and Soulja Boy or however you spell his name is ignorant because you haven't listened to dude... you should check him out before you come with a strong viewpoint. In the time it took for the titangraph, you could have listened to a few more tracks, your opinion might have changed.

Either way, a great release for hip hop in an age where such titangraphs could be aimed much better at artists in the mainstream who neglect and depreciate the history of hip hop.

 

[traestar]

Damn, debate!! haha

I think you need to look dude up, he's got a long list of prestigious projects that he's put together including Europass, the Prefix (highly acclaimed) and Out of Focus.

Everything else that you discussed, Trae pretty much stated how it was... we're part of the underground and we enjoy underground music. Elzhi is a great lyricist, the live instrumentation on this release is ridiculously good and Elzhi for the most part offers a really great fresh look at a classic.

Making a comparison between Elzhi and Soulja Boy or however you spell his name is ignorant because you haven't listened to dude... you should check him out before you come with a strong viewpoint. In the time it took for the titangraph, you could have listened to a few more tracks, your opinion might have changed.

Either way, a great release for hip hop in an age where such titangraphs could be aimed much better at artists in the mainstream who neglect and depreciate the history of hip hop.

Damn right RuffDraft!!

And besides him being in numerous Slum Village albums, his mixtapes (including Elmatic)
are critically acclaimed legendary!!

 

[RuffDraft]

Damn right RuffDraft!!

And besides him being in numerous Slum Village albums, his mixtapes (including Elmatic)
are critically acclaimed legendary!!

haha

No doubt, dude is mad talented and I'm looking forward to his next release...

 

[UPTOWN]

you know what fuck it

im gonna listen to this dudes shit. and it better be fire!!... im downloading his shit ..putting it on my BB and i will listen to it at work, where it will piss me off even worse if its not good. i will not skip past any tracks, which makes it really bad if its not good. after that .. then i will listen to this blasphemous mixtape

killacham ... youre a coward for not directly quoting me .. sending subliminals and shit smh

i like how no one could respond directly to my post tho LOL i sense some of you are in denial because i pointed out some interesting facts

you young men in here are going thru golden era withdrawl and will support anything thats even half good yet not commercial that comes out

man ... elzhi's lucky that i respect the posters in here

this shit is now under review ....

matter of fact .. nah .. im gonna listen to his elmatic ... and i will stack it up right against illmatic. im gonna put illmatic and elmatic in my bb and they will go head to head. to be fair .. he must atleast meet 75% of the success (lyrically) of illmatic. otherwise im striking his existence into the depths of hip hop hell. he already lost some points just because killacham likes him. nikki minaj, chamillionaire, camron, and elzhi?? what da hell kinda line up is that??

this actrocity just may leave a permanent scar on the essence as subforum of this board ..... **begins review**

 

[CMac]

It was a great Mixtape, I wasn't mad he was rapping over Nas's Illmatic beats cuz Elzhi is a great underground rapper. It would have been whack if he was a avg or above avg rapper but he's far better then that. I liked every track on the Mixtape, I played that shit from start to finish with no skipping tracks.

 

[RuffDraft]

you know what fuck it

im gonna listen to this dudes shit. and it better be fire!!... im downloading his shit ..putting it on my BB and i will listen to it at work, where it will piss me off even worse if its not good. i will not skip past any tracks, which makes it really bad if its not good. after that .. then i will listen to this blasphemous mixtape

killacham ... youre a coward for not directly quoting me .. sending subliminals and shit smh

i like how no one could respond directly to my post tho LOL i sense some of you are in denial because i pointed out some interesting facts

you young men in here are going thru golden era withdrawl and will support anything thats even half good yet not commercial that comes out

man ... elzhi's lucky that i respect the posters in here

this shit is now under review ....

matter of fact .. nah .. im gonna listen to his elmatic ... and i will stack it up right against illmatic. im gonna put illmatic and elmatic in my bb and they will go head to head. to be fair .. he must atleast meet 75% of the success (lyrically) of illmatic. otherwise im striking his existence into the depths of hip hop hell. he already lost some points just because killacham likes him. nikki minaj, chamillionaire, camron, and elzhi?? what da hell kinda line up is that??

this actrocity just may leave a permanent scar on the essence as subforum of this board ..... **begins review**

This whole post is genius, you should post here more often hahaha

I think you're doing the right thing in listening to Elmatic if you're going to be open minded about the lyrics... keep in mind that this is a free release, not an album, therefore stacking the hip hop classic that is Illmatic against Elmatic is kinda unfair considering the majority of hip hop albums aren't even 50% as good (lyrically and generally) as Illmatic. But I'm happy that you won't skip any tracks, this mixtape is that nice.

But I like that you bring us up as being stuck in the golden era of hip hop, it's untrue in many ways because I think a lot of artists in the underground are pushing boundaries with their albums, the concepts that they're coming with are modern and brilliant. The only reason I'll partly agree with you is because we respect hip hop and therefore stay true to its foundations. Therefore, whilst we're not stuck there, we are hoping for glimpses of a future where greatness is apparent. I think a lot of Indie albums show this... which is why we're so protective of underground hip hop at times.

Much respect for checking it out though :tu

It was a great Mixtape, I wasn't mad he was rapping over Nas's Illmatic beats cuz Elzhi is a great underground rapper. It would have been whack if he was a avg or above avg rapper but he's far better then that. I liked every track on the Mixtape, I played that shit from start to finish with no skipping tracks.

They flipped the beats though, which I thought helped the mixtape (a lot) considering you could just be lazy and rhyme over them, but to use live instrumentation goes a long way.

Most definitely an above par emcee though, it's great to hear a mixtape of this quality too.

 

[traestar]

you know what fuck it

im gonna listen to this dudes shit. and it better be fire!!... im downloading his shit ..putting it on my BB and i will listen to it at work, where it will piss me off even worse if its not good. i will not skip past any tracks, which makes it really bad if its not good. after that .. then i will listen to this blasphemous mixtape

killacham ... youre a coward for not directly quoting me .. sending subliminals and shit smh

i like how no one could respond directly to my post tho LOL i sense some of you are in denial because i pointed out some interesting facts

you young men in here are going thru golden era withdrawl and will support anything thats even half good yet not commercial that comes out

man ... elzhi's lucky that i respect the posters in here

this shit is now under review ....

matter of fact .. nah .. im gonna listen to his elmatic ... and i will stack it up right against illmatic. im gonna put illmatic and elmatic in my bb and they will go head to head. to be fair .. he must atleast meet 75% of the success (lyrically) of illmatic. otherwise im striking his existence into the depths of hip hop hell. he already lost some points just because killacham likes him. nikki minaj, chamillionaire, camron, and elzhi?? what da hell kinda line up is that??

this actrocity just may leave a permanent scar on the essence as subforum of this board ..... **begins review**

You didn't even listen to it yet???

Dude it's free, its not like this mixtape is 9.99

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

It's shit compared to Illmatic. I tried listening to it, but I just can't. Elzhi is an ill lyricist and all, but he doesn't match up well against Nas.

Dudes need to leave the classics alone, and stop trying to redo or pay tribute to everything.

 

[rip.dilla]

It's shit compared to Illmatic.

LOL why the comparison?

He never tried to outdo or even make a better record

Its just a tribute piece ass a fan of the album, nothing more nothing less

 

[traestar]

LOL why the comparison?

He never tried to outdo or even make a better record

Its just a tribute piece ass a fan of the album, nothing more nothing less

Chill rip.dilla, let em see for themselves

http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2011/05/10/elzhi-–-elmatic-mixtape/

 

[UPTOWN]

It's shit compared to Illmatic. I tried listening to it, but I just can't. Elzhi is an ill lyricist and all, but he doesn't match up well against Nas.

Dudes need to leave the classics alone, and stop trying to redo or pay tribute to everything.

well well well

maybe i shouldnt poison myself with this

 

[UPTOWN]

LOL why the comparison?

He never tried to outdo or even make a better record

Its just a tribute piece ass a fan of the album, nothing more nothing less

no nigga LOL

this nigga went in on ILLMATIC .... he will be held to illmatics standards

see this is what happens when you dont pay your dues. ive never even heard dude before and now he has illmatic as his measuring stick

message to elzhi

GOOD LUCK CHAMP ... now ur in the ring with mike tyson circa 1988

** proceeds to trae's link for D/L **

 

[RuffDraft]

well well well

maybe i shouldnt poison myself with this

lol @ poison, just enjoy the listen, it's a great tribute and a great mixtape and it's free.

no nigga LOL

this nigga went in on ILLMATIC .... he will be held to illmatics standards

see this is what happens when you dont pay your dues. ive never even heard dude before and now he has illmatic as his measuring stick

message to elzhi

GOOD LUCK CHAMP ... now ur in the ring with mike tyson circa 1988

** proceeds to trae's link for D/L **

You can hold him to ridiculous standards and if you're expecting Illmatic 2 you can stop listening now.

It's a tribute mixtape and it's a damn good one at that. Very listenable and a great tribute overall. Not one track made me skip and I thought it was a very worthwhile listen that I'm going back to...

 

[RuffDraft]

***waits for the Uptown review***

Why not listen to it yourself, seeing as it's free?

 

[traestar]

Listen, I'm not trying to be bias or anything, but thats why we don't try
to post underground material on the Reason itself. Too many people have
something to say about an artist and either never heard of them or didn't even
attempt to listen to their music!! Keep it mind, the Elzhi's, the Blu's, the Common's
in the world and far many more, the reason we don't allow just any artist to post on
here and ADVERTIZE, we share music from artists that are established or are in the
process of being established as a MC. That means they DON'T have to advertise on
websites, fb/myspace pages just to get their music heard. They know the different
vendors and vehicles, and not to say they don't advertise on these pages but basically
their fanbase goes to them for music. Thats when you know you're on the right track, and
thats not to say that each and everyone of them didn't go through their own struggle.

 

[RuffDraft]

Listen, I'm not trying to be bias or anything, but thats why we don't try
to post underground material on the Reason itself. Too many people have
something to say about an artist and either never heard of them or didn't even
attempt to listen to their music!! Keep it mind, the Elzhi's, the Blu's, the Common's
in the world and far many more, the reason we don't allow just any artist to post on
here and ADVERTIZE, we share music from artists that are established or are in the
process of being established as a MC. That means they DON'T have to advertise on
websites, fb/myspace pages just to get their music heard. They know the different
vendors and vehicles, and not to say they don't advertise on these pages but basically
their fanbase goes to them for music. Thats when you know you're on the right track, and
thats not to say that each and everyone of them didn't go through their own struggle.

Preach! I'm glad The Essence is appreciated, we brought it a long way following the upgrade, we're not quite to what I got it to before the upgrade with the other posters pre-upgrade, but we're not too far away anymore, which is great :tu

 

[The 3mcee]

Good looking on the info about this mixture. I picked it up and so far Elzi has done the cover of Illmatic justice. I also appreciate the Essence because you guys are always dropping info on a lot of good artist that don't get shine on the reason. I fuck with a lot of the cats you guys talk about so much props

 

[stupot0607]

i been listening to this alot more than expected, personal fav song One Love or It Aint hard to tell. his versions are amazing!

 

[traestar]

i been listening to this alot more than expected, personal fav song One Love or It Aint hard to tell. his versions are amazing!

You're just in time

[video=youtube;38HmE7fuE1w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38HmE7fuE1w&feature=player_embedded#at=50[/video]

 

[stupot0607]

You're just in time

[video=youtube;38HmE7fuE1w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38HmE7fuE1w&feature=player_embedded#at=50[/video]

Good looking man, I cant watch it now, im at work, but will when i get home...