Schoolboy Q is charismatic with no distinct character. Kendrick Lamar actually suffers from the reverse, a distinct character with NO charisma. Kendrick tries very hard to be provocative. Schoolboy Q tries very hard to be distinctive. Q is technically talented but its all performative. Its not real. He sounds disconnected from 90% of the sh*t he says. J. Cole had that issue for a LONG time but because he's not a street guy, it took him longer to find himself. Blue Lips is his attempt to pick up where Blank Face left off because he tried making radio/current sounding records on Crash Talk and none of them worked. Nobody looks at Q as a trendsetter, although him and Waka Flocka pushed the gangsta rap element hard in the 2010s. Blue Lips sounds out of place today because Schoolboy is still stuck in the 2010's formula wise. The album has a little bit of replay value but it has no narrative. no identity and no message. Its experimental - alternative soundtrack is the album's only real draw. TDE is done. And Blue Lips belong on a dead corpse. A fitting end to their long run.
If your old formula was goated then it's fine to stick with it. Rocky changed his formula and fell off. Top track on his streaming account on Spotify right now is a Clams Casino beat from 2009. If Q was goated in his prime and made an album similar to that, he'd have been fine. But he didn't have distinct character like you said. He's just another MC. Better than most rappers of the 2010s but not enough to stand out after a long hiatus. He needs to consistently drop music again to be in conversations.
@@trompeur1044 Agreed. His formula is too outdated. He never updated it like J. Cole, Drake, Kendrick and Future. Q knows he can rap and he thought that was enough to get back in favor with people. He was wrong. He sounded dope on Larry June's "pop out" record but we barely got any of that on Blue Lips. "Foux" felt like a farewell song. Like that was the last we'll ever hear of the old Q. Asap Rocky gave that same feeling on "Testing". Like they were symbolically saying goodbye to rap.
@@SDC214True. Sadly, Rocky rapped on OG Beeper "nowadays I feel like I ain't got shit to prove"... dude said this on his THIRD album. In the same period, Drake was on his third album in 2013 and never had this type of mentality - he literally did 0 to 100 a year after and kept grinding. Rocky has also ran with an excuse that people close to him are sacrificed when he releases albums. Yeah, sure. "Purity" also seems like a really dead outro track, almost as if Rocky just doesn't have the motivation to keep making music beyond that point. Unfortunately some rappers are affected by money differently than others. It's clear the riches killed off Rocky's hunger. Nowadays he just does fashion, ads, designs, a few feature verses and is pictured with Rihanna and his children. I don't even think he wanted to release an album in 2018. He was probably forced by his label to release music because he was probably contractually required to release 3 albums under RCA. However oddly, they still seem to be implying Rocky is working on a new album and has released singles for it. If nothing happens this year, they're gonna need to change his Spotify bio (and also his descriptions on the RCA website). But for me, I consider Rocky to basically be retired from hip-hop, nothing on his social media seems to indicate he's interested in music. I don't think Kendrick/J Cole ever updated their formula in any way. If anything, Kendrick got worse, J Cole is basically the same as the early 2010s he just hopped on the trap wave like everyone else in 2021. Apparently there's supposed to be It's A Boy as his next music release after the Off-Season and then The Fall Off, although it's unclear how J Cole is planning to roll this out. Right now it's very ambiguous.
I do agree with your point that Blue Lips is basically an album where he tried to leave off where Blank Face left off. However, the songs just didn’t hit and that time since Blank Face came out has passed and I feel that sound and style has changed. I gave this entire album 3 listens to see if it would grow on me in any way and honesty it didn’t. I think for one the production puts you to sleep or is just very forgettable. Q vocally on this album doesn’t even rap on a lot of the songs. Many of the songs Schoolboy Q does that droning singing style he does or repetitive hooks where he switches his style on occasion. I think in terms of his character and getting a personal side and story we get on Germany 86, which was one of the better tracks on the album but not a hit or something that could be a single or has long term replay value. Overall, Blue Lips is an album where he is trying to continue from the Blank Face era, but misses the boat and returns 5 years after the commercial album Crash Talk with an album that doesn’t have exciting production or anything vocally from Schoolboy Q that really makes me jump out of my seat. To me Blank Face was his best album and judging off the two albums after this I don’t know if we will see an album of his that will be better than Blank Face. As for Schoolboy Q as a rapper I think you are on point. When I compare him to Kendrick, I definitely think he has better vocal delivery and sounds more charismatic on songs than Kendrick. However, Schoolboy Q there is nothing to his persona or identity that stands out or you can really remember him by that separates him from other rappers. That lack of identity I think is also why he never became bigger as an artist in my opinion.
great comment. I think Q has more (not much more, but more) charisma than Kendrick but Kendrick is definitely a better defined character as you rightly pointed out. Kendrick's the introverted, charisma-less kid dreaming of pop fame while surrounded by gang shit. Q is...a bucket-hat-flower ruffian that loves b*tches? Not as easy to define.
Nice to see you back uploading. All of TDE on that "Artsy Hood" gimmick. And I don't wanna hear that "all Black people aren't a monolith" shit, either. It's true to an extent, but their music, the image, the subject matter, it all appeals to the ivory complexion.
Im surprised you didn’t mention I Bet I got some Weed. You’re spot on about Schoolboy’s identity crisis. He lists 50 as an influence and does songs with him and Raekwon, but then crosses over into Tyler the Creator/Kendrick artsy fartsy territory. Good breakdown as always.
Why is Kendrick doing that AAAAH sound with his voice on the metro/future album? He sounds like a crazy person. Drake and Cole are lightyears ahead of Kendrick at this point.
There are songs of his that have potential, especially of Blank Face, but it was never fully realised, like he only came through on Brand New Guy as a total package imho, or at least came through with everything he has to offer as a rapper.
You reminded me that this album even dropped lol...normally i like beat switches, but it has to feel like a mix show, like a DJ is present. And that DJ feel has been sorely missing in hiphop. Sonja blade "Look out 4 tha name" comes to mind, the switch adds energy ...it doesnt take it away.
I used to play Vice City a ton! I like some Q stuff like Collered Greens and Brand New Guy. Man Of The Year is cool. I don't know a lot about his other stuff.
My favorite track off the album was Blueslides. Everything else went in one ear and out the other. I don't know how long Q actully took to make this album but if it was anything more than 12 months I'd say he just doesn't have it anymore.
Loved at the end of the video when you gave genuine advice on how he can improve as an artist. Majority of "critics" on youtube would do that. Can tell you love hip hop and just want to see good music regardless of who its from. I hope some of the artists that produce aimless music have someone in their camp that can give advice like that... Or tell them to watch your videos lol. Potential is really being wasted by scattergun albums and music with no purpose
@@legendary9689Don't blame him at all. Gunna is sleepy for the most part. If he had a good delivery, I'd dive into his projects further. But based on like 20 Gunna songs I've heard, he's not interesting enough. He's much better than Lil Baby though.
When it comes to the 2010’s in hip hop and I see how production has changed there are 5 things that really made beats go down hill. One lack of drums or that they don’t stand out on beats like they did in the 90’s. Second the laws when it comes to sampling. Not say rap songs of today don’t sample songs they do. However, there is less of it or it lacks uniqueness or is just a sample of a rap song from the 90’s and 2000’s just slightly changed and their is no real art to the sampling as there was in the 90’s. Third many of the albums songs suffer from sameness where you listen to one song and don’t realize you have moved onto the next song or the next few songs after that because the beats sound the same or they are unexciting beats to begin with and so none of it stands out to you or the songs quickly become forgotten because of it. Fourth an over saturation of beats switching on one song. Now I will say is not a new thing there have been rap albums that have done this in the past. Vol 1 from Jay-Z on the One and A Million track they switch the beat and on Vol. 3 Come and Get Me also did this beat switch. Sometimes I feel it can work for a song, but it should not be a continuous habit and should only be an occasional thing. The 2010’s took the beat switching and over saturated it to where it gives the song no excitement or a surprise to the listener anymore. If anything all it does is help keep the attention to the rapper or the song so you don’t skip over it. Fifth today’s production credits have too many producers for one song. You take a look at the 80’s and 90’s and even the 2000’s and still somewhat in the early 2010’s most songs only had one producer to a song and may of had a few with a co producer or have 3 producers as a maximum. Then by the mid to late 2010’s you started to see songs have 5-10 producers to one song and you may have had this on 6 or 7 songs. And the minimum for these albums was 2-3 producers to a song. Kendrick, Kanye, and Travis Scott are known for the overuse of beat switches and having 5-10 producers for one song. I feel having too many producers for one song makes it feel like you have corporate job with too many managers overseeing a project or too many cooks in one kitchen. Furthermore, I feel having multiple producers on this song takes away from that imprint that the producer supposed to leave for that rapper and what makes them stand out from other producers. I also think having multiple producers takes away from the song making the beats iconic and memorable. Now this is just my opinion but from what I observed from listening to albums from the 1990’s and the rap albums of today and looking at the production credits to albums I feel this is what many of the songs suffer from today as being seen as iconic or standing the test of time. I think this is definitely a topic that can be explored and discussed in a future video. Also pertaining to this video a lot of what I said I believe can be said about Schoolboy Q’s Blue Lips album. Too much sameness, too many beat switches, too many producers for sure. At least on the production side I feel that’s one way hip hop or rap has changed in the past decade.
@@CMJ_96the grittiness is missing in today’s beats. Not every beat needs to be gritty but the FEELING is just missing a lot. And there’s not much diversity at all in today’s beats when everybody using a day or a sound 808 and the same synth &hi hat patterns. But the opportunities are endless for this generation
I enjoyed the project for what it was but I haven’t really returned to it and that’s a HUGE eye opener for me. But TDE as a rap label is done. And this sad proof of it. Back in the day a TDE album used to seem like fun to listen to. This album is a testament to when you listen to things you overlooked in the past with mature ears and see the cracks in the armor. A lot of their shit didn’t hit like that like I remembered outside a few projects.
I listened to that “Cinderella” song and it sounded like a TH-cam beat. Someone in Metro’s camp should tell him to take a break and try and find some inspiration, because he has 2 more albums he plans on dropping this year and I can’t see things getting better.
@@CoOl-yc6er The OG Cinderella was an okay vibey song but yeah the final mastered one was garbage. I thought Metro's beats on american dream were decent actually. They should cancel the next album because this one was -mid- trash.
Future album was a snorefest. Carti and Kendrick were the highlights. What a damn shame. Now more reason for people to suck Carti off despite dropping trash singles.
7:18 BOOM! If it’s one thing that whole collective does that pisses me off is them unnecessary beat switches, i be grooving to the shit and then a random unnecessary ass skit or change happens and fucks up what could have been a great record. Yeah TDE is done man lmao
I didn't think it was an amazing album personally, I did want you to check it out but I can understand why it didn't rock your boat. Maybe I overhyped this release a bit because it was better than Kendrick's last album so I was pleasantly surprised. It's definitely listenable at least, even if it isn't a gamechanging album. I liked some of the beats on here, I thought the Smile beat was really nice. Ah well
You probably don’t even need to make full reviews of wack albums anymore. Just play “Movin on Ya Weak Productions” and call it a day 😂 I actually like Schoolboy Q, but this album wasn’t it. I completely agree about all those beat switches. It’s cool for maybe one or two songs if both beats are fire (ex: “A Million and “One Questions” and “Come and Get Me”), but the beats on Blue Lips weren’t great to begin with, so it just came off as sloppy and unnecessary.
I don't agree w/ the crash talk comparison, as I think that album is truly FORGETTABLE. But besides ThaT you've said no lies lol . As most of the beats on this album are too barebones to stand on their oWN. To me , that's a sign of a TRULY great beat, and tune in general 💯 no matter how short or long it is... You're just drawn to listen to MORE❤
If I had to choose one rapper from the whole black hippy collective, I’m taking Schoolboy Q. Jay rock, ab-soul and Kendrick are all wack to me. With that being said, I liked 2 joints on the album. The whole beat-switching shit every two minutes threw me all the way off. They go from snooze-fest to ADHD for no reason….
Very annoying project to listen to. How do you do beat switches on a 2 minute song? Trying to be experimental for the sake of being experimental is the worst.
You said ScHoolboy Q is immature cause of the “I Hit It First” shit. But do you overlook somebody like Carti’s immature sexual lyrics bc you like his music?
When you say a rapper is saying nothing, do you mean that a rapper saying nothing memorable or amazing? Because if that’s what you mean, then I agree with you on that. I don’t think ScHoolboy Q says anything impressive or amazing or memorable.
Blank Face is a decent but ultimately forgettable LP, That Part, Kno Ya Wrong, By Any Means, Dope Dealer are my favorite from the bunch. But when it comes to how Schoolboy Q reevaluated the album, that’s what he said: In a 2019 interview with Vulture, Schoolboy Q expressed his dissatisfaction with the content of Blank Face LP, stating: "Some shit just be too introspective. Some shit be too turnt up. I want balance in my music. I'm not a guy that's just about to give you one sound. That's so boring and lame to me. That's my biggest regret with Blank Face. Besides a couple songs, I just made the whole album pretty dark. I regret that so much. Why did I do that?”
I dislike Kendrick's music but there's no way Jay Rock is ahead of him lol. I've heard like 4 Jay Rock songs and quickly forgot all of them. and nobody plays his music anywhere. Feel free to recommend 2 great Jay Rock songs.
@@tochiRTAJay Rock's voice is better and he outrapped him on Money Trees (though Kendrick wrote the verse) and King's Dead. I think Jay Rock is less annoying. Does Kendrick have 2 great songs himself? Probably not.
@@tochiRTACan only name 1 decent song from jay rock which is "Parental Advisory" released in 2014. I liked da beat and vocal delivery onda hook but that's about it really.
Ab-Soul is the better rhymer, vocalist and has the better flow pattern in black hippy compared to the other 3 in my opinion but has poor beat selection across his whole catalogue overall.
@@tochiRTA Why? Especially considering I believe kendrick has everything you mention Schoolboy lack’s especially in regards to personality and rapping ability
@@dominiquesmith7680 I don't like most of Kendrick's beats. He's not rapped on anything game-changing. His voice is even worse than Q's and his rhymes are worse.
@@legendary9689Exactly. Kendrick is only tolerable in spells. He's had some decent beats particuarly in 2012-17 but he wasted most of them on spoken word rap or just whiny leprechaun delivery. His last album completely disappeared from the mainstream outside of a few TikTok trends for certain segments for tracks (particularly the choir on Count Me Out/United in Grief) on there but nun crazy. I been said the whole Kendrick hype been a facade. It's only now the casuals are starting to come to realize that Rocky was a better MC, but they couldn't buy into the narrative because Rocky was a bad boy that keeps getting in trouble, wears funky clothes and fucks bitches whereas Kendrick is the messiah of hip-hop and could do no wrong. But you are not to buy into optics. The only thing that matters is our ears. You can clearly tell Kendrick doesn't have punch or flow as a rapper. Seeing people compare him to Biggie was laughable.
You never miss bro
Thanks bruh!
Schoolboy Q is charismatic with no distinct character. Kendrick Lamar actually suffers from the reverse, a distinct character with NO charisma. Kendrick tries very hard to be provocative. Schoolboy Q tries very hard to be distinctive. Q is technically talented but its all performative. Its not real. He sounds disconnected from 90% of the sh*t he says. J. Cole had that issue for a LONG time but because he's not a street guy, it took him longer to find himself. Blue Lips is his attempt to pick up where Blank Face left off because he tried making radio/current sounding records on Crash Talk and none of them worked. Nobody looks at Q as a trendsetter, although him and Waka Flocka pushed the gangsta rap element hard in the 2010s. Blue Lips sounds out of place today because Schoolboy is still stuck in the 2010's formula wise. The album has a little bit of replay value but it has no narrative. no identity and no message. Its experimental - alternative soundtrack is the album's only real draw. TDE is done. And Blue Lips belong on a dead corpse. A fitting end to their long run.
If your old formula was goated then it's fine to stick with it. Rocky changed his formula and fell off. Top track on his streaming account on Spotify right now is a Clams Casino beat from 2009.
If Q was goated in his prime and made an album similar to that, he'd have been fine. But he didn't have distinct character like you said. He's just another MC. Better than most rappers of the 2010s but not enough to stand out after a long hiatus. He needs to consistently drop music again to be in conversations.
@@trompeur1044 Agreed. His formula is too outdated. He never updated it like J. Cole, Drake, Kendrick and Future. Q knows he can rap and he thought that was enough to get back in favor with people. He was wrong. He sounded dope on Larry June's "pop out" record but we barely got any of that on Blue Lips. "Foux" felt like a farewell song. Like that was the last we'll ever hear of the old Q. Asap Rocky gave that same feeling on "Testing". Like they were symbolically saying goodbye to rap.
@@SDC214True. Sadly, Rocky rapped on OG Beeper "nowadays I feel like I ain't got shit to prove"... dude said this on his THIRD album. In the same period, Drake was on his third album in 2013 and never had this type of mentality - he literally did 0 to 100 a year after and kept grinding. Rocky has also ran with an excuse that people close to him are sacrificed when he releases albums. Yeah, sure. "Purity" also seems like a really dead outro track, almost as if Rocky just doesn't have the motivation to keep making music beyond that point.
Unfortunately some rappers are affected by money differently than others. It's clear the riches killed off Rocky's hunger. Nowadays he just does fashion, ads, designs, a few feature verses and is pictured with Rihanna and his children. I don't even think he wanted to release an album in 2018. He was probably forced by his label to release music because he was probably contractually required to release 3 albums under RCA. However oddly, they still seem to be implying Rocky is working on a new album and has released singles for it. If nothing happens this year, they're gonna need to change his Spotify bio (and also his descriptions on the RCA website). But for me, I consider Rocky to basically be retired from hip-hop, nothing on his social media seems to indicate he's interested in music.
I don't think Kendrick/J Cole ever updated their formula in any way. If anything, Kendrick got worse, J Cole is basically the same as the early 2010s he just hopped on the trap wave like everyone else in 2021. Apparently there's supposed to be It's A Boy as his next music release after the Off-Season and then The Fall Off, although it's unclear how J Cole is planning to roll this out. Right now it's very ambiguous.
I do agree with your point that Blue Lips is basically an album where he tried to leave off where Blank Face left off. However, the songs just didn’t hit and that time since Blank Face came out has passed and I feel that sound and style has changed. I gave this entire album 3 listens to see if it would grow on me in any way and honesty it didn’t. I think for one the production puts you to sleep or is just very forgettable. Q vocally on this album doesn’t even rap on a lot of the songs. Many of the songs Schoolboy Q does that droning singing style he does or repetitive hooks where he switches his style on occasion. I think in terms of his character and getting a personal side and story we get on Germany 86, which was one of the better tracks on the album but not a hit or something that could be a single or has long term replay value. Overall, Blue Lips is an album where he is trying to continue from the Blank Face era, but misses the boat and returns 5 years after the commercial album Crash Talk with an album that doesn’t have exciting production or anything vocally from Schoolboy Q that really makes me jump out of my seat. To me Blank Face was his best album and judging off the two albums after this I don’t know if we will see an album of his that will be better than Blank Face. As for Schoolboy Q as a rapper I think you are on point. When I compare him to Kendrick, I definitely think he has better vocal delivery and sounds more charismatic on songs than Kendrick. However, Schoolboy Q there is nothing to his persona or identity that stands out or you can really remember him by that separates him from other rappers. That lack of identity I think is also why he never became bigger as an artist in my opinion.
great comment. I think Q has more (not much more, but more) charisma than Kendrick but Kendrick is definitely a better defined character as you rightly pointed out. Kendrick's the introverted, charisma-less kid dreaming of pop fame while surrounded by gang shit. Q is...a bucket-hat-flower ruffian that loves b*tches? Not as easy to define.
I was waiting on your take on Schoolboy lmao LEETTTSSS GOOOOOOO
Let's go!!! 😆
Nice to see you back uploading.
All of TDE on that "Artsy Hood" gimmick. And I don't wanna hear that "all Black people aren't a monolith" shit, either. It's true to an extent, but their music, the image, the subject matter, it all appeals to the ivory complexion.
Im surprised you didn’t mention I Bet I got some Weed. You’re spot on about Schoolboy’s identity crisis. He lists 50 as an influence and does songs with him and Raekwon, but then crosses over into Tyler the Creator/Kendrick artsy fartsy territory. Good breakdown as always.
thanks homie. Identity crisis is a sign of poorly developed art.
Why is Kendrick doing that AAAAH sound with his voice on the metro/future album? He sounds like a crazy person. Drake and Cole are lightyears ahead of Kendrick at this point.
And people still hyping his lame self up smh
"nigga BUM!!!!"
That shit had me crine.
Y'all ass kdot dropped best rap album wit Mr.Morale
Good video tochi! Always love hearing from you. We need that Mac miller video next!
Gotchu! Thanks for reminding me.
There are songs of his that have potential, especially of Blank Face, but it was never fully realised, like he only came through on Brand New Guy as a total package imho, or at least came through with everything he has to offer as a rapper.
Blank face is good stuff.
You reminded me that this album even dropped lol...normally i like beat switches, but it has to feel like a mix show, like a DJ is present. And that DJ feel has been sorely missing in hiphop.
Sonja blade "Look out 4 tha name" comes to mind, the switch adds energy ...it doesnt take it away.
right! but Preemo was doing HIP HOP. Unlike Metro and Future who are doing stale pop trap.
I used to play Vice City a ton! I like some Q stuff like Collered Greens and Brand New Guy. Man Of The Year is cool. I don't know a lot about his other stuff.
My favorite track off the album was Blueslides. Everything else went in one ear and out the other. I don't know how long Q actully took to make this album but if it was anything more than 12 months I'd say he just doesn't have it anymore.
Since you love hip hop so much what's your thoughts on goodie mob?
Loved at the end of the video when you gave genuine advice on how he can improve as an artist. Majority of "critics" on youtube would do that. Can tell you love hip hop and just want to see good music regardless of who its from. I hope some of the artists that produce aimless music have someone in their camp that can give advice like that... Or tell them to watch your videos lol. Potential is really being wasted by scattergun albums and music with no purpose
Thanks for the thoughtful comment. Yeah I just want great music - I don't mind who or where it's from.
Genuinely curious as to who you think is a great rapper, preferably modern.
Check out some of my recent videos and you'll get a sense.
He likes Mac Miller, which is really nice.
You'll probably listen to the Future x Metro album, right?
I wasn't aware they had an album. 🤔
@@tochiRTAapparently Kendrick dissed Cole and Drake
@@tochiRTA It dropped and Kendrick dissed Cole/Drake lol
10+ years of this sneak dissing 😭😭
@@itsX2024Gonna listen to the album and see how it sounds
@@itsX2024 oh it just dropped? OK I'll check it out. lmao at sneak dissing for 10+ years. Kendrick is trying to redo Control I guess.
The bucket hats 😂
lol am I wrong? 😆
Im suprised you opened up with that gunna track. Thought you werent a fan?
still not a fan. But if you make something dope, I'll be the first to say it's dope.
@@tochiRTAAnd that’s called keeping it real💯
@@legendary9689Don't blame him at all. Gunna is sleepy for the most part. If he had a good delivery, I'd dive into his projects further. But based on like 20 Gunna songs I've heard, he's not interesting enough. He's much better than Lil Baby though.
When it comes to the 2010’s in hip hop and I see how production has changed there are 5 things that really made beats go down hill. One lack of drums or that they don’t stand out on beats like they did in the 90’s. Second the laws when it comes to sampling. Not say rap songs of today don’t sample songs they do. However, there is less of it or it lacks uniqueness or is just a sample of a rap song from the 90’s and 2000’s just slightly changed and their is no real art to the sampling as there was in the 90’s. Third many of the albums songs suffer from sameness where you listen to one song and don’t realize you have moved onto the next song or the next few songs after that because the beats sound the same or they are unexciting beats to begin with and so none of it stands out to you or the songs quickly become forgotten because of it. Fourth an over saturation of beats switching on one song. Now I will say is not a new thing there have been rap albums that have done this in the past. Vol 1 from Jay-Z on the One and A Million track they switch the beat and on Vol. 3 Come and Get Me also did this beat switch. Sometimes I feel it can work for a song, but it should not be a continuous habit and should only be an occasional thing. The 2010’s took the beat switching and over saturated it to where it gives the song no excitement or a surprise to the listener anymore. If anything all it does is help keep the attention to the rapper or the song so you don’t skip over it. Fifth today’s production credits have too many producers for one song. You take a look at the 80’s and 90’s and even the 2000’s and still somewhat in the early 2010’s most songs only had one producer to a song and may of had a few with a co producer or have 3 producers as a maximum. Then by the mid to late 2010’s you started to see songs have 5-10 producers to one song and you may have had this on 6 or 7 songs. And the minimum for these albums was 2-3 producers to a song. Kendrick, Kanye, and Travis Scott are known for the overuse of beat switches and having 5-10 producers for one song. I feel having too many producers for one song makes it feel like you have corporate job with too many managers overseeing a project or too many cooks in one kitchen. Furthermore, I feel having multiple producers on this song takes away from that imprint that the producer supposed to leave for that rapper and what makes them stand out from other producers. I also think having multiple producers takes away from the song making the beats iconic and memorable. Now this is just my opinion but from what I observed from listening to albums from the 1990’s and the rap albums of today and looking at the production credits to albums I feel this is what many of the songs suffer from today as being seen as iconic or standing the test of time. I think this is definitely a topic that can be explored and discussed in a future video. Also pertaining to this video a lot of what I said I believe can be said about Schoolboy Q’s Blue Lips album. Too much sameness, too many beat switches, too many producers for sure. At least on the production side I feel that’s one way hip hop or rap has changed in the past decade.
totally agree.
I would argue hip hop production today is way better than before it’s way more diverse now than ever and obviously the technology is better
@@CMJ_96the grittiness is missing in today’s beats. Not every beat needs to be gritty but the FEELING is just missing a lot. And there’s not much diversity at all in today’s beats when everybody using a day or a sound 808 and the same synth &hi hat patterns. But the opportunities are endless for this generation
Great comment.
@@CMJ_96 totally disagree. If hip hop production was way better, people would be rushing out to dance and enjoy the music in public.
I enjoyed the project for what it was but I haven’t really returned to it and that’s a HUGE eye opener for me. But TDE as a rap label is done. And this sad proof of it. Back in the day a TDE album used to seem like fun to listen to. This album is a testament to when you listen to things you overlooked in the past with mature ears and see the cracks in the armor. A lot of their shit didn’t hit like that like I remembered outside a few projects.
Thoughts on goodie mob?
Life was sucked out of me after listening to that Future x Metro album...
I listened to that “Cinderella” song and it sounded like a TH-cam beat. Someone in Metro’s camp should tell him to take a break and try and find some inspiration, because he has 2 more albums he plans on dropping this year and I can’t see things getting better.
I heard a snippet of that Kendrick song and didn’t care for it. He dissed Cole and Drake apparently? 🥱
@@CoOl-yc6er The OG Cinderella was an okay vibey song but yeah the final mastered one was garbage. I thought Metro's beats on american dream were decent actually. They should cancel the next album because this one was -mid- trash.
It was boring as hell the first song was the best one and went sleepy mode after that smh
Future album was a snorefest. Carti and Kendrick were the highlights. What a damn shame. Now more reason for people to suck Carti off despite dropping trash singles.
Have u heard Raymond 1969 by Q?
just heard it. thanks for mentioning it. eh.
Kendrick referencing the Melle Mel and Eminem beef.
I really wanted to like this album. I really tried. I couldn't even get through the rest of the project.
It's super weak.
7:18 BOOM! If it’s one thing that whole collective does that pisses me off is them unnecessary beat switches, i be grooving to the shit and then a random unnecessary ass skit or change happens and fucks up what could have been a great record. Yeah TDE is done man lmao
Best Hip Hop clothing video?
My Hatin Joint has a decent beat on Habits & Contradictions. Not Figg St level but nice and vibey
I didn't think it was an amazing album personally, I did want you to check it out but I can understand why it didn't rock your boat. Maybe I overhyped this release a bit because it was better than Kendrick's last album so I was pleasantly surprised. It's definitely listenable at least, even if it isn't a gamechanging album. I liked some of the beats on here, I thought the Smile beat was really nice. Ah well
You probably don’t even need to make full reviews of wack albums anymore. Just play “Movin on Ya Weak Productions” and call it a day 😂 I actually like Schoolboy Q, but this album wasn’t it. I completely agree about all those beat switches. It’s cool for maybe one or two songs if both beats are fire (ex: “A Million and “One Questions” and “Come and Get Me”), but the beats on Blue Lips weren’t great to begin with, so it just came off as sloppy and unnecessary.
Imo this is worse than Crash Talk, at least that had Numb Numb Juice which is one of his better songs imo.
I don't agree w/ the crash talk comparison, as I think that album is truly FORGETTABLE. But besides ThaT you've said no lies lol
. As most of the beats on this album are too barebones to stand on their oWN.
To me , that's a sign of a TRULY great beat, and tune in general 💯 no matter how short or long it is... You're just drawn to listen to MORE❤
Q or Soulo?
hmmm Soul
If I had to choose one rapper from the whole black hippy collective, I’m taking Schoolboy Q. Jay rock, ab-soul and Kendrick are all wack to me. With that being said, I liked 2 joints on the album. The whole beat-switching shit every two minutes threw me all the way off. They go from snooze-fest to ADHD for no reason….
Ab Soul alright imo
Very annoying project to listen to. How do you do beat switches on a 2 minute song? Trying to be experimental for the sake of being experimental is the worst.
You said ScHoolboy Q is immature cause of the “I Hit It First” shit. But do you overlook somebody like Carti’s immature sexual lyrics bc you like his music?
Honestly I have no urge no listen to it man
it's 100% forgettable.
When you say a rapper is saying nothing, do you mean that a rapper saying nothing memorable or amazing? Because if that’s what you mean, then I agree with you on that. I don’t think ScHoolboy Q says anything impressive or amazing or memorable.
exactly. nothing memorable. Just a bunch of blah blah.
Really love those few singles by Q but yeah pretty much agree with everything you said. Now, jay rock’s always been ass
I kinda like Schoolboy Q
Blank Face is a decent but ultimately forgettable LP, That Part, Kno Ya Wrong, By Any Means, Dope Dealer are my favorite from the bunch. But when it comes to how Schoolboy Q reevaluated the album, that’s what he said:
In a 2019 interview with Vulture, Schoolboy Q expressed his dissatisfaction with the content of Blank Face LP, stating: "Some shit just be too introspective. Some shit be too turnt up. I want balance in my music. I'm not a guy that's just about to give you one sound. That's so boring and lame to me. That's my biggest regret with Blank Face. Besides a couple songs, I just made the whole album pretty dark. I regret that so much. Why did I do that?”
Also this album is even worse than his last, at least his last had Numb Numb Juice which to me is one of his better songs.
Honestly I thought the album was corny.
The best in black hippy in my opinion:
1. Ab-Soul
2. Schoolboy Q
3. Jay Rock
4. Kendrick
They're all trash overall though
No way you think they're all trash😭 Soulo is defo decent at best.
I dislike Kendrick's music but there's no way Jay Rock is ahead of him lol. I've heard like 4 Jay Rock songs and quickly forgot all of them. and nobody plays his music anywhere. Feel free to recommend 2 great Jay Rock songs.
@@tochiRTAJay Rock's voice is better and he outrapped him on Money Trees (though Kendrick wrote the verse) and King's Dead. I think Jay Rock is less annoying. Does Kendrick have 2 great songs himself? Probably not.
@@tochiRTACan only name 1 decent song from jay rock which is "Parental Advisory" released in 2014. I liked da beat and vocal delivery onda hook but that's about it really.
Ab-Soul is the better rhymer, vocalist and has the better flow pattern in black hippy compared to the other 3 in my opinion but has poor beat selection across his whole catalogue overall.
Kendrick lamar>Schoolboy
I disagree 🤷🏾♂️
@@tochiRTA Why? Especially considering I believe kendrick has everything you mention Schoolboy lack’s especially in regards to personality and rapping ability
@@dominiquesmith7680 I don't like most of Kendrick's beats. He's not rapped on anything game-changing. His voice is even worse than Q's and his rhymes are worse.
@@tochiRTAKendrick is straight up garbage I rather listen to Schoolboy Q over Kendrick and i don’t even like Q music.
@@legendary9689Exactly. Kendrick is only tolerable in spells. He's had some decent beats particuarly in 2012-17 but he wasted most of them on spoken word rap or just whiny leprechaun delivery. His last album completely disappeared from the mainstream outside of a few TikTok trends for certain segments for tracks (particularly the choir on Count Me Out/United in Grief) on there but nun crazy. I been said the whole Kendrick hype been a facade. It's only now the casuals are starting to come to realize that Rocky was a better MC, but they couldn't buy into the narrative because Rocky was a bad boy that keeps getting in trouble, wears funky clothes and fucks bitches whereas Kendrick is the messiah of hip-hop and could do no wrong. But you are not to buy into optics. The only thing that matters is our ears. You can clearly tell Kendrick doesn't have punch or flow as a rapper. Seeing people compare him to Biggie was laughable.
Since you love hip hop so much what's your thoughts on goodie mob?
Since you love hip hop so much what's your thoughts on goodie mob?
Since you love hip hop so much what's your thoughts on goodie mob?
meh. I don't listen to them.
@@tochiRTA your tripping