What The **** Are You Listening To?!: The Rap & Hip Hop Edition

**Frownland** · 07-13-2020, 06:26 AM

OccultHawk · 07-15-2020, 04:28 PM

OccultHawk · 07-15-2020, 04:41 PM

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That sabbath sample at the get goes hard but ain’t listen to the whole thing yet

Lucem Ferre · 07-16-2020, 06:19 PM

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Hey, quit jacking my edgelord hip hop style. LOL

**Frownland** · 07-18-2020, 06:58 AM

The new RTJ album is the first one that I'd say is on the level of El-P's solo stuff.

OccultHawk · 07-19-2020, 11:39 PM

SGR · 07-21-2020, 08:51 AM

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The new RTJ album is the first one that I'd say is on the level of El-P's solo stuff.

I don't know, I kinda thought all of RTJ's albums were close in quality. My favorite El-P solo album is Cancer 4 Cure and I think most of RTJ's albums are around the same level of quality.

I must say, I was blown away when I first listnened to RTJ4 and heard the Gang of Four sample on this song. Wow!

**Frownland** · 07-21-2020, 09:02 AM

The new one is grittier/darker with serious/better lyricism, which is closer to El's solo style than their other stuff imo, but ja if there's any solo album that's easy to compare RTJ to it's C4C.

The way I see RTJ's trajectory is that they released the first album as a side project for fun, did RTJ2 as a victory lap, dropped RTJ3 to show that it's no longer just a side project, and doubled down on that with RTJ4 while moving away from a more playful sound into something more dedicated.

SGR · 07-21-2020, 10:03 AM

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The new one is grittier/darker with serious/better lyricism, which is closer to El's solo style than their other stuff imo, but ja if there's any solo album that's easy to compare RTJ to it's C4C.

The way I see RTJ's trajectory is that they released the first album as a side project for fun, did RTJ2 as a victory lap, dropped RTJ3 to show that it's no longer just a side project, and doubled down on that with RTJ4 while moving away from a more playful sound into something more dedicated.

It's been a while, but I rememebr thinking RTJ3 was pretty gritty sounding. RTJ4 might be more "serious" oweing to it being somewhat more obviously political.

Your description of their timeline fits exactly with my interpretation of it. Although, (and perhaps this will change with time) I still find myself liking RTJ2 the most. To me, RTJ1 was basically their "Little Boy" - and RTJ2 was their "Fat Man".

**Frownland** · 07-21-2020, 11:08 AM

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It's been a while, but I rememebr thinking RTJ3 was pretty gritty sounding.

I feel ya, I was mainly referring to the production which is a lot cleaner and less distorted than RTJ2 was.

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RTJ4 might be more "serious" oweing to it being somewhat more obviously political.

And no dick jokes!

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Your description of their timeline fits exactly with my interpretation of it. Although, (and perhaps this will change with time) I still find myself liking RTJ2 the most. To me, RTJ1 was basically their "Little Boy" - and RTJ2 was their "Fat Man".

I don't think that they'd like being compared to atrocities but I see what you're getting at. I feel like you could frame 3 & 4 like this as well.

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07-21-2020, 09:02 AM	#1158 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	The new one is grittier/darker with serious/better lyricism, which is closer to El's solo style than their other stuff imo, but ja if there's any solo album that's easy to compare RTJ to it's C4C. The way I see RTJ's trajectory is that they released the first album as a side project for fun, did RTJ2 as a victory lap, dropped RTJ3 to show that it's no longer just a side project, and doubled down on that with RTJ4 while moving away from a more playful sound into something more dedicated. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x