#624

absolutely filthy bass tone on that

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#625

RIP Combat Jack!

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#626

Fuck! Seriously!?

#627

Was he in ill health or something?

#628

Cancer apparently. I had no idea. Horrible news.

#629

skipped the Quality Control album so admittedly just heard this off Pitchfork but that Pharrell beat is a beaut and this is a great match

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#630

came here to post this. fucking jam

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#631

Really sad, one of the few (only) music related podcasts i listened to consistently. dude is a legend.

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#632

RIP

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#633

Very sad.

Mood buoyed by the fact that Conway’s album is dropping today.

#634

Is Dedication 6 any good?

#635

Excellent year for hip hop. I’ve barely listened to anything but hip hop for the last six months with so many new releases and the DiS listening club.

Favourite new releases…
Uncommon Nasa 'Written at Night’
Conway the Machine ‘Reject On Steroids’. GOAT ended up being a bit crap IMO. Especially as he’s been banging on about it for a year.
Benny the Butcher 'Butcher on Steroids’
Mach Hommy 'Fete Des Morts AKA Dia De Las Muertos’
Jay-Z '4:44’
Black Noi$e & Navy Blue 'Soul Golden’
Meyhem Lauren & DJ Muggs 'Gems from the Equinox’
Hus Kingpin 'Cocaine Beach’
Shabazz Palaces ‘Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines’ and 'Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star’
Billy Woods & Blockhead 'Known Unknowns’
Jonwayne 'Rap Album Two’
Roc Marciano 'RoseBudds Revenge’
Dalek 'Endangered Philosophies’
Mozzy '1 Up Top Akh’
Armand Hammer 'Rome’
Open Mike Eagle – Brick Body Kids Still Daydream

Reissues…
Organized Konfusion 'Stress: The Extinction Agenda (Deluxe Redux)'
Big L 'Devil’s Son EP’
Da Dysfunkshunal Familee 'The Therapy Files’
Black Moon ‘Enta Da Stage’ (bought this on tape despite no longer owning a tape deck)
The Crime Scene compilation
The Knotty Headz ‘Young Thugs’ (absolute gem - had never heard of it before. Right up my street).

Hard to pick favourites, but I can see that Armand Hammer album being a favourite for years to come. Like a modern ‘Cold Vein’. And Shabazz Palaces just get better and better.

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#636

already inspired to check out Mach Hommy and Knotty Headz. I loved Dump Gawd

#637

'Gis a shout if you can’t track any of them down. Mach Hommy has an odd pricing system…

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#638

Haven’t heard about one third of these. Glad you’re liking the Mozzy!

Does the Organized Konfusion re-issue have anything new one it?

#639

An extra disc of instrumentals (which is pretty pointless for me) and the Large Professor ‘Stress’ remix tacked on the end.

#640

ehhh pretty weak!

Checked out the Conway last week and wasn’t feeling it either.

#641

probably need to put Swae Lee’s christmas ballad in my top of the year even though it’s not rap.

between this, his pet monkey (that was a gift for Unforgettable’s success iirc) and his canon of hits, he’s definitely one of hip-hop’s more interesting oddballs

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#642

he’s gotta do a studio version of this. and maybe a full christmas album.

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#643

another year another thread.