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DKC · Apr 23, 2016

Apr 23, 2016
It's easy to name a handful of albums off the top of your head when discussing favorites, but until now I'd never really sat down and tried to discern an ordered list. Obviously lists like this can change pretty frequently as albums age poorly and tastes change, but I'm pretty confident in it at this point in time. Some of these probably will never leave my list, but if I'm being real, I wouldn't trust someone if they felt their ranking was concrete and forever -- it shows they aren't open to new music and don't have any interest in checking out older stuff they may have missed.

Anyway, this is purely subjective: ie, I'm not trying to discern which rap albums are the best, simply which ones are my absolute favorites (though clearly I think all of these are classic, or at the very least extremely good). I'm not gonna load it with safe 90s classics I like just because they're timeless, though obviously there are lots of great albums from that time period. I think everyone knows that "feeling" you get when you hear an album and you're certain you're going to love it forever, whether it was on the first listen or it took you a few before you "got it." That's what I'm talking about here.

A few things you should know about the list:
1. For the sake of diversity, the only rule I used when making it is that an artist can only appear once.
2. Hint: there are four albums from the 90s, one from the 2000s, and five from the 2010s. I'm probably a little biased toward the 90s and 2010s because I was a dusthead in the 2000s and didn't start really paying attention to new music like I do now until the 2010s. Make some guesses if you'd like!
3. I'm just trying to have fun with this, so these write-ups are more informal, off-the-dome blurbs of #mythoughts (shouts out @Narsh).

Like OP or tag me if you want to be mentioned when I update. I'm gonna try to do three or so every day so I don't drag this out too long.

10. Future - Monster (2014)

Full disclosure: for how much I love Future now, I was late as f--- to the game. I'd tried listening to Dirty Sprite back in 2012 after he made the XXL Freshman list and couldn't get into him other than the titular track. Pluto and Honest didn't do much for me either when they dropped (I love them now though), and it wasn't until I heard Monster that I really 'got' Future. From the moment I heard that low growl on "Radical" and heard him say "Cowboy hat on me I went blonde cause I'm bougie/matter fact n----- I got St. Laurent groupies" I was sold.

When you're new Future's delivery and this style of production, it's hard to take in everything he says unless you're listening closely. For that reason, it took me a few spins to get past my immersion in the production and delivery and realize just how depressing this album is. For every "f--- Up Some Commas" there's a "Throw Away" and a "Hardly." Even songs like "Showed Up" that feel like pure braggadocio upon first listen are cries for help ("I was drugged up on so many drugs"). Released just six months apart, Monster is the come down from Honest. Both albums boast a smattering of infectious hooks, but the delayed sense of distraught and sadness is what makes Monster special in my eyes. The melodies get stuck in your head before you even realize what he's saying, and before you know it you can't go a day without thinking "I just downed a whole eighth of codeine...fixin' up the molly with the Spirte like it's protein." Even if you can't relate to why he's feeling what he's feeling, you can relate to what he's feeling. It's that ability to transfer emotion that I love.

Also, "Codeine Crazy." I think that speaks for itself. "I'm an addict and I can't even hide it."

9. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty (2010)

I’m one of the seemingly few people who would put Big Boi above Andre, and that’s nothing against 3K. I’d never argue that putting him above Big Boi is a bad choice, but for me, Big’s post-Stankonia solo output (that includes Speakerboxxx, as I view Stankonia as the last true Outkast album) seals the deal. Though Big Grams and Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors don’t have nearly as high of a success rate as Chico Dusty (or even Speakerboxxx), they’re decent albums in their own right. I’m not so much of a fan of The Love Below, but to be fair, the last time I heard it was in 2014 when I was gearing up to see them at Sasquatch, so I should probably give it another chance.

As for the album itself: I don’t listen to it nearly as much as I used to, but there was a point in time where I honestly preferred it over and listened to it more than MBDTF…I think that’s partially because the girl I was dating at the time hated Kanye and this was one of the few rap albums she liked as much as me (not liking Kanye was an easy sign we should have broken up earlier, but I was 19 and dumb. Side note: sometimes when she would ask me questions I would answer “cuz I’m just a Chi-town cracker with a nice flow” to piss her off).

There are a lot of guests on Chico Dusty, but what I love is that he utilizes them to build an aesthetic rather than going the Game route and phoning them in to take up space and boost sales. Sleepy Brown and Big Rube are on here of course. George Clinton is on here. T.I. is on here. Too $hort stops by for four bars just because he can a la Rick Ross on “Monster.” “Shine Blockas" is one of the most fun songs ever. I love the Gucci verse (“They put Gucci in a cell then Madea went to jail/I make music, I make movies, I need Tyler Perry sales”) and I love even more that he’s not in the music video because he was in jail so they just spliced in translucent images of him during his verse. Even Yelawolf and B.o.B. hold their own (the latter of whom seemed really promising at the time, despite somewhat of a lackluster debut). For the most part, the guests seem like natural and necessary pieces of the song, and it really proves Big Boi’s ability to craft a consistent and holistic album. He’s not working with people just to work with them, he’s working with them for the greater good of the sound.

Bonus: it spawned this wonderful Black Keys mashup:

8. UGK - Ridin’ Dirty (1996)

Despite this being widely considered UGK’s best album and one of the best southern rap albums of all time, I was a little late to the game on this one as well. It’s funny because back when I was still stanning Eminem I was bumping Super Tight and Underground Kingz, but I guess being fairly removed from the overall hip-hop canon comes with the territory of listening to Eminem a lot.

It’s absolutely baffling to me that people discredited the south for so long (and still do) when you had albums like this and ATLiens coming out in the same year (especially with an opener like “One Day”). It’s not even as if Ridin’ Dirty is particularly weird. In terms of samples, it flips most of rap’s mainstays — soul, funk, jazz, disco (and funnily enough, Pink Floyd). It’s almost as if it took sparse, gritty drums that characterized a lot of New York rap in the 1990s and blended it with the G-Funk sound that was coming out of California. For that reason, it’s an album I feel like I can put on almost anytime: it’s soulful enough for a sunny day, hard-hitting and catchy enough for background music at a low-key party, and thoughtful enough for when I’m feeling introspective.

Also, p---- C is the only person named Chad whose cocaine numbers I would believe.

furface · Jan 12, 2016

Jan 12, 2016
Some may disagree with the tracklists, but regardless I think smaller mixtapes are the easiest way to digest all of Thug's random songs that aren't officially on a project. I'll order them with my favorites first, and provide a lil description of what I was trying to do with each one. I hope you all enjoy.

I tried to give each tracklist a good flow. I also tried to make the vibe of each tape match the aesthetics of the cover in a way. Some of you guys may find this blasphemous but there are some tracks that were released on the Slime Seasons after I had already made many of these tapes. Since I had an emotional attachment to these tapes already, and think they work well within the context of the project, I kept them like this in my own library and replaced them with different songs on Slime Season(s). I'll include those reworked Slime Seasons as well.

f--- 300

This is by far my favorite compilation of any Thug tracks, even more than any official releases. Featuring production from Metro Boomin, Isaac Flame, Wheezy, London on da Track, Allen Ritter and WondaGurl, f--- 300 is a collection of off-the-wall bangers with some of Thug's best vocal work of his career.
http://www120.zippyshare.com/v/UxRj2pww/file.html

1. I Mean
2. Free Gucci
3. Flaws
4. Speed Racer
5. Keep It (Leave)
6. Here
7. Mind Right
8. The Promise
9. Mine
10. Freaky
11. Pass Me the Lighter (ft. MPA Duke)
12. Spaghetti Factory [yeah I use Factory just cause I like it more and its a leaked demo of Skyfall so who cares]
13. Scoop
14. Birds
15. Mama I'm Sorry [AKA Wood Would]
16. Myself
17. Draw Down

Warning: Explicit Beauty

This one is meant to primarily show off the more sensitive (but still ridiculously sexual), crooning side of Thugger. Mainly utilizing production from London on da Track, with some appearances from Wheezy, Goose, and others, this one nearly doubles as an R&B album at times.
http://www17.zippyshare.com/v/D9rC5GXo/file.html

1. Love Me Forever
2. She Notice
3. Hey, I
4. I Swear to God
5. Like (ft. Trae the Truth & Skeme)
6. Calling Your Name
7. Wanna Be Me (Carrots)
8. Get that Money
9. Paradise
10. Iowa
11. Purpose
12. Know It [AKA Drinking Lean is Amazing]
13. Raw (Might Just)
14. Guarantee
15. Makaveli
16. Lil n----- (ft. Rich Homie Quan)
17. My Baby
18. Because of Me (ft. Birdman)

THUGGER

This one is ALL BANGERS. There's also a feature on nearly every song. Some of them, in fact, are technically featuring Thug but I felt like his presence overwhelmed the other rappers to such a degree that they were basically Thug tracks. Not much else to say. ALL BANGERS. Metro Boomin, 808 Mafia, Mike Will Made It, Lex Luger, DunDeal!!
http://www42.zippyshare.com/v/aIpvBXBS/file.html

1. Ready (ft. PeeWee Longway & Jose Guapo)
2. IDK Why
3. Cash Talk
4. Perfect
5. Treasure (ft. Zuse)
6. Every Morning (ft. Skooly)
7. I Need War (ft. T.I.)
8. Rihanna (ft. Yo Gotti)
9. Mister
10. Hundreds (I Had a Dream) (ft. Meek Mill)
11. No Joke
12. California Rari (ft. Future & Problem)
13. Thru Wit It (ft. Bricc Baby Shitro)
14. Try Me (ft. Trae the Truth)
15. YRN (ft. Migos)
16. Down On That (ft. Gucci Mane)

Black Knight

Around this point it became harder to make cohesive sounding tapes, so the next two are more like compilations. Still great music though. This one has mostly London on da Track production, with a few Mike Will Made It, Timbaland, Wheezy, Isaac Flame, 808 Mafia, and Boi-1da joints thrown in.
http://www35.zippyshare.com/v/ZkQp1o9e/file.html

1. Count Up (ft. Birdman)
2. Slugs (ft. Trae the Truth)
3. Party Favors (ft. Tinashe)
4. Money
5. CrimeStoppers (ft. Migos)
6. Dance
7. No Problem
8. Didn't Do It (ft. Timbaland)
9. Pour It Up
10. Destroyed (ft. Kevin Gates, Birdman & MPA Duke)
11. Termite
12. Red Star
13. Schedule (Thick b----)
14. Beat It Up (ft. Jeremih)
15. Magnificent

Otter Pocket

This one has lot of gems (especially Wheezy tracks like I Just Might and You the One) and some of the more overlooked leaks like Ride Around the City and Tragic. Wide range of production form London on da Track, Metro Boomin, DunDeal, Wheezy, 808 Mafia, DJ Spinz, Mike Will Made It, Goose, and Ricky Racks.
http://www35.zippyshare.com/v/iy8w3TSs/file.html

1. First Up
2. I Just Might
3. Can't See Em
4. No No No (ft. Birdman)
5. Friend of Scotty
6. Make a Lot
7. Chickens
8. Tragic
9. Ride Around the City
10. b---
11. Lil Mama
12. How to Be Real (ft. Wiz Khalifa)
13. Fetti (ft. Fetty Wap, Lil Uzi Vert & Juugman AKA Yung Ralph)
14. Serious
15. You the One
16. Proud of Me

BONUS TAPES:

BlassiK

This is a basically a compilation of classic Thug tracks and features with a few custom-made surprises thrown in (hint: About the Money and Gutter).
http://www35.zippyshare.com/v/0yMZNdkd/file.html

1. Danny Glover
2. Hookah [Tyga-less version]
3. Take Kare (ft. Lil Wayne)
4. Old English (ft. Freddie Gibbs & A$AP Ferg)
5. Stoner
6. Some More
7. Get TF Out My Face (ft. Rich Homie Quan)
8. Paying Homage (ft. MPA Duke)
9. The Blanguage
10. Eww Eww Eww
11. Dresser // Lil Boy (ft. 2 Chainz)
12. Bands (ft. Young Ralph)
13. About the Money (ft. T.I.)
14. Chanel Vintage (ft. Future)
15. Lifestyle (ft. Rich Homie Quan)
16. Gutter (ft. Surprise Guest!!!!) [Bonus track]

Custom SLIME SEASON

Like I said, I replaced some of the tracks I had used for my own mixtapes and also rearranged the order a bit to make it flow better (IMO).
http://www35.zippyshare.com/v/4jlml7jv/file.html

1. Again (ft. Gucci Mane)
2. Take a Picture
3. Quarterback (ft. Quavo, Offset & PeeWee Longway)
4. That
5. Warrior
6. Best Friend
7. That's All
8. Woke (ft. Rich Homie Quan)
9. Purple
10. Brazy [AKA Be Me See Me]
11. Overdosin
12. No Way
13. Stunna
14. Power
15. Peanut Butter Jelly (ft. T.I., Young Dro & MPA Duke)
16. Rarri (ft. Juugman AKA Yung Ralph)
17. Udiggwhatimsayin

Custom SLIME SEA2ON

Same as above, but a bit less order rearranging
http://www35.zippyshare.com/v/BfwZU9JM/file.html

1. Big Racks (ft. Lil Uzi Vert)
2. Thief in the Night [Extended Piano Outro] (ft. Trouble)
3. Don't Know (ft. Shad da God)
4. Dripset (ft. MPA Duke & Yak Gotti)
5. Color Purple (ft. Rich Homie Quan)
6. All Over
7. Twerk It
8. Phoenix
9. I'll Tell You What
10. Hold My Cup (ft. Shad da God)
11. Go Crazy
12. Pull Up on a Kid (ft. Yak Gotti)
13. Up
14. Bout (d---) Time
15. Everyday
16. Smokin' Aladdin (ft. Rome Fortune)
17. Oh Lord
18. Beast
19. Never Made Love (ft. Rich Homie Quan)

BONUS BONUS:

This isn't a tape because I just made it a playlist but I think my Metro Thuggin' tracklist is pretty decent as well. If you want to listen to it all the tracks are in the tapes above, just make a playlist like I did:
1. Spaghetti Factory
2. Color Purple
3. Speed Racer
4. Keep It (Leave)
5. Cash Talk
6. Hercules
7. Here
8. Brazy (Be Me See Me)
9. Warrior
10. Free Gucci
11. Every Morning
12. The Blanguage
13. All Over
14. Woke
15. I Mean

WELP, that's everything. I hope my fellow Thug fans can enjoy these tapes, and maybe even use them to successfully introduce people into Thuggerism, as I have. f--- 300 and Warning: Explicit Beauty usually do the trick. Nice contrast.

EDIT: ANOTHER ONE
I actually had this one made when I first posted but just forgot about it TBH.

1017 Thug 4 (The Return)

http://www35.zippyshare.com/v/lPZPBMUw/file.html

1. 1017 Mafia
2. Please Don't Stop It
3. Extacy Pill
4. No Ceilings
5. Rich n----- s---
6. Colossal (ft. King Monte Carlo)
7. Monument
8. Pelican Fly
9. OMG (ft. Iamsu!)
10. Air It Out
11. Time Out (Monument, Pt. II)

EDIT 2:

Tha Tour, Pt. 1 (Thug-centric version w/ extra leaks)

So I made this version of Tha Tour that cuts out all RHQ solo tracks (except War Ready cause that song bangs) and includes some of the leaks from RG2. Idk I know most people like this tape a lot as is but personally I'm not a huge RHQ fan and I prefer it being more Thug-based.
http://www35.zippyshare.com/v/9WK583IS/file.html

1. Givenchy (I cut the Birdman intro out lmao)
2. War Ready [RHQ]
3. I Know It (ft. RHQ)
4. See You
5. Brian Nichols (ft. RHQ)
6. Flava (ft. Birdman & RHQ)
7. 7:30
8. Tell Em (Lies) (ft. RHQ)
9. I Got (ft. PeeWee Longway)
10. Imma Ride (ft. Birdman & Juugman AKA Yung Ralph)
11. b------s (ft. RHQ)
12. Keep It Goin'
13. Throw Your Hood Up (ft. Nipsey Hussle & Bloody Jay)
14. Right Back (ft. Jeezy & RHQ)
15. Pull Up (ft. RHQ)
16. Freestyle (ft. RHQ)
17. Up Up and Away (ft. RHQ)

EDIT 3:

I Came From Nothing 4

Since Thug doesn't seem like he's actually gonna deliver this s---, I made it myself. Enjoy.
http://www35.zippyshare.com/v/U9d6hxvn/file.html

1. Gangster s---
2. Party (ft. YG)
3. Cop Me a Foreign (ft. Gunna)
4. Do It By Myself
5. Make a Lot
6. Stand Up n----s (ft. Duke)
7. All Nite (ft. Premadonna)
8. Cloud 9
9. Texas Love
10. Triple T (Maintain) (ft. Trez and TWICE)
11. Youngsta (ft. Blac Youngsta)
12. Turn Up

M Solo · Aug 5, 2015

Aug 5, 2015
I know it's called Compton but this is still Detox... that's besides the point though. The fact of the matter is that this is an EVENT and it warrants an M Solo thread. From here on out I'll be posting all of my thoughts, observations and reactions in this thread. Now you won't have to sift through s--- posts from little fa---- simps like @Cain to see what I'm thinking.

I'm still debating how/when I will be listening to this. I'll be to busy watching Trump going HAM tomorrow night to catch the stream but there's a small chance I may hold out until Sunday. I know I have otherworldly discipline but that will be TOUGH. However, if I can do that it'll be an incredibly special experience. We'll see.

I've been discussing this album with some of you guys for over a decade and now we're just 24 hours away. It's incredibly surreal and I can't wait to share this experience with all of you.

Oh yeah. I always said I was done posting when/if Detox dropped. This could end up being a really special thread.

Mike Tyson · Feb 4, 2015

Feb 4, 2015

shout out to @Kold for noticing this

Littlezy · Jun 26, 2017

Jun 26, 2017
quavo standing there like a fighter being selected in mortal kombat

Mike Tyson · Jan 10, 2015

Jan 10, 2015

www.sectioneighty.com

Take a peak around, we still got some work to do on this joint but what you see is close to the final product. Salute to @Akaash and @ODB for the multiple hours of work they put in to this to get it to where it is right now. @Wiz KaShiva been working on the social networks right now, and that'll put the site over the top.

I know a lot of people were expecting a music blog, and the original plan was to open as one, but ODB helped shift the site to a culture blog off the bat. It was always in the plan to go that way when I picked the name ‘Section Eighty’ for this site, but I thought we’d be over extending ourselves if we did that off launch. Still, if this joint is going to succeed or flop, I wouldn’t do it with any other team than the people who came over from JCN with me.

Sections:
Music: new singles, news, interviews
Sports: highlight plays, news, opinion pieces
Culture: weird news, video games, movies, TV and everything else
Reviews: music reviews

To all the people who reached out about getting involved, I'll be hitting you shortly with some info. If you're someone who would like to get involved (post news, or type up feature articles) just identify which area you could add in and hit me, @ODB or @Akaash with a PM.

Thanks to Poly for everything. Also thanks to Slyk for helping me try to figure out the technical issues we experienced when trying to launch this.

www.sectioneighty.com

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx · Oct 28, 2016

Oct 28, 2016
"Ill be out soon"

He tryna get tough while he in a mental hospital for depression

DKC · Jan 15, 2016

Jan 15, 2016

www.soundspurple.com

This is still a work in progress, but welcome to the new blog!

For those who didn't know, the last blog ultimately failed due to the sheer amount of content we tried to take on. It's impossible for a few people to maintain a "blog" in the traditional sense (though shouts out to @Flacko / @ODB / @Mike Tyson / @Slyk for their effort with that last time, holy s---) where we post every tidbit of news and hope it makes it to the front page of r/HHH. Though we saw a decent amount of success quickly, we simply didn't have the money or resources to keep it up. We're gonna take this more slowly this time and focus on longform for the time being. That is: reviews, interviews, think-pieces, etc. I'll be focusing on rap for this reason, though we are hoping to expand to all music, sports, tv, film, general culture, etc. s---t me a PM if you're interested in writing/submitting something in any of those departments.

I will be handling the writing/editing/publishing portion of the site. @Mike Tyson and @ODB will be in charge of graphics/social media/design/etc.

Shouts out to @Charlie Strangelove for coming up with the name.

Shouts out to @Soldier, @Mike Tyson, @Blaza, @Big Mitch, @Charlie Strangelove, @Flacko, @THCLUTCH, @Skippy, @Slyk, @Nay Nay, @Changeling, @Dew, and @Skippy for helping nominate and construct the list. Huge thanks to Blaza, Has, Mitch, Changeling, and THCLUTCH for helping write the blurbs. I promise I'll be a real editor and give actual feedback next time

Shouts out to @threee for being the only other editor and for his awful australian versions of words like "litre" and "sombre."

Shouts out to @Narsh here's your articles you f--- (and on Beast Mode's anniversary no less). But seriously thanks for letting us rehost them. I will have Only One up soon, I just prioritized things that were on the list.

Shouts out to @captain awesome for also letting me republish his old articles. Republishing everything will be a WIP over the next week or so.

Anyway, this list is already really late, but we figured it would be a good piece to start things off. Let's get some discussion going.

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