#316

doing well thanks. job got busy and weird (we got acquired by one of the ten biggest companies in the US) and we bought a new house and sold our old one and im doing a bunch of work on the new one. the usual dad life challenges.

my son is ten now tho so im really trying to phase some hip hop (and other genres) into his musical diet of horrible edm. did a history lesson on mobb deep the other day and played shook ones II for him and my daughter (8). tons of life lessons to talk through and interpret to their level. my daughter said “dad why do they sound not very nice?” but really they just kinda focused through the whole thing trying to keep up with the lyrics.

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#317

we should do a best of decade thread or poll. chat only though, no lists haha.

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#318

10 is the perfect age. i think i’d had my casual initiation via the space jam soundtrack and the fresh prince of bel-air but it would be another year before eminem would have me asking my mum what clitoris and elope meant, and a couple more years before i somehow convinced my dad to buy me Blackout!, Nellyville, NWA Greatest Hits (‘Just Don’t Bite It’, jfc), and then I was off and away.

I guess there is the Dad hurdle of basically anything you like possibly being uncool. My Dad liked punk and would often say “you can’t spell crap without rap” and my Mum thought Harry Potter and the Simpsons were bad influences so obviously I lapped up Wu-Tang

I think someone on here said the (very well curated) Spider-verse soundtrack had helped them break their kid into rap music so maybe that’s a good shout, do your kids like Spidey? (it’s a great movie and very set apart from the others)

are there any genuinely good EDM/rap crossovers? at least this one would get you one chat away from them asking for speedknot mobstaz for xmas

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#319

Made me think of this. Sure he’s hamming it up a bit, but I still watched loads of these…

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#320

Yeah, my son is into that and we listen to it a lot. As in, it’s the only album we play in the car. I’m so sick of it now.

He also likes precisely 4 90s tracks.
Biggie - Hypnotise (which is on the Spider-Verse film, not the soundtrack album)
Black Sheep - Choice is Yours (same as above)
KRS - Sound of the Police (on the Angry Birds film)
3rd Bass - Gas Face (likes the bit at the end where they make the funny noise “Wadda we think about Hammer?!”)
But that’s literally it.

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#321

Oh, and Old Town Road.

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#322

ha man i love me some good reaction videos. such a dumb youtube phenomenon that i cant enough of for whatever reason.

#323

tbf i wish i had video of my initial reactions to some of the big game changers in my life lol

#324

Someone sent me the Shook Ones one and I rolled my eyes, then sat through about 7 videos.

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#325

think im on video 5 at this point lol. just got through the notorious thugs one. that song was such a landmark song for me my reaction was probably very similar.

#326

yeah i had to hide my cd collection from my parents. my parents still have zero clue of my love for the raps. my pops is a bit of jazz head tho so all was not lost.

my kids def like some hip hop ive shown them lately. spiderverse has been on rotation with the kids for a while yea. my youngest (3) ask for sunflower at least 10 times per day… still. i think this was the first song that really stuck with my older kids years back:

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#327

their current favs (that are some of my favs) are:

  • clyde carson - slow down
  • too short - blow the whistle (usually get to the chorus once)
  • ti - top back
  • naughty by nature - feel me flow
  • p lo - sneeze (less gross version of tygas taste)
  • outkast - humble mumble (they love the intro)
  • myka 9 - delusions of granduer (the laugh at his voice)
  • mop - ante up (they just like to watch me act a fool)

honestly they probably just like to watch me get hyped up and dance.

they get pretty bored with anything lyrical without a real standout hook. nice that spotify has a lot of classic hip hop songs with radio edits. i dont really care about the swears with the oldest but hes actually pretty sensitive about it at this point so im fine keeping him/them young and innocent as long as possible ha.

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#328

yeah not much. he loves… marshmello. i’m trying not to be a downer about anything he listens to cos i want them to go on whatever path they want to be on. so i have to be like yeah marshmello ok kid enjoy that. luckily i like the one with the chvrches girl so i can act like he introduced me to a song i like.

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#329

aw man this was one of the first rap songs I loved too. such a bop

they might like

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#330
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#331

As far as I can see, all of the best rap/hip-hop LPs this year have been released by artists whose names follow the format: two syllable name + one syllable name:

Freddie Gibbs*
Danny Brown
Little Simz
Billy Woods

*features include Killer Mike and Pusha T and they work too.

Note not every 2 syllable then 1 syllable artist has had a triumphant year cough Kanye West cough

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Thread for discussing your choices and mulling over your thinking for Album of the Year 2019
#332

New Roc Marciano album due any day. This new Griselda album is very decent too. Shaping up to be a solid end to the year/decade…

#333

Had kind of forgotten about Beans and Antipop Consortium. Great interview on Dad Bod Rap Pod, and his new album is solid.

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#335

loved me some anitpop consortium i will listen for sure.