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“Ayo wyd?” 2:00 pm EST | Friday, March 4, 2022

With this album, I did something Ive never done before. I listened to the album twice instead of once before writing this. Not only that, but I'm listening to the album as I write this very review. I’m doing this because I want to trust that what I’m writing to be fresh ion my mind so I can deliver what I think. Now other than that, this album is really good but its hard to care about it. On my first listen, I thought that the flow was the boring 90’s flow that over saturated the whole decade. On my second listen, I found respect for the flow since they did bring their own enthusiasm and personality that I think many modern hits lack.

Right now, at this current moment, I think I’m back to thinking that its low key boring. Now check this, 90’s albums (I feel) always walk the line of standing time or being corny. Sometimes the flows feel dated with how the lines are delivered. The songs are give or take but I think the instrumental shine over the vocals. Now I’m not going to say that the instrumentals are better overall, actually I think that they’re pretty standard for the time.Im not trying to say that there is no value in the album though, I t does have fun songs with potential for bboys to get down to souls of mischief, but me? I don’t know. But I would be lying if I said I don’t get weak for a scratch record instrumental and 90’s albums always deliver with them. Plus the instrumental for “93 ‘till Infinity” goes hard. Now this is the part where I say that the album was charming and important for its time but, I probably will be skipping the tracks I did add to my playlist sadly.

TLDR: an early 90s group makes an album, that’s all really.

Tracklist:

Let ‘Em Know

Live and Let Live

That’s When Ya Lost

A Name I Call Myself

Disseshowedo

What a Way to Go Out

Never No More

93 ‘Till Infinity

Limitations

Anything Can Happen

Make Your Mind Up

Batting Practice

Tell Me Who Profits

Outdo

THUGGERY

“Ayo, wyd?” - 10:00 pm EST - Thursday, September 2

Seeing the progression of Thug is fucking wild. I’ve only heard his newer stuff with like YSL and The Barter 6, so going backward on his discography is really interesting. The album came out in 2016, finally ending the bad music epidemic that happened between 2010 - 2015. In all seriousness, Thugger is a goat and this album just shows it.

At this point it should be common knowledge, Young Thug (and Future, I didn’t forget) is the father of all modern rap stars that are out right now. Listening to this album, it sounds so new and modern with what is coming out today. All the adlibs, beats, flows, the way thug manipulates his voice. It is all present in modern hip-hop and rap (whether you like it or not). Not only does this album sound modern, but it also holds up with the new Thug and the rest of YSL. Like I wouldn’t be able to tell you this came out 6/7 years ago, I would think this shit came out last month. “Hercules”?? HERCULES GOES FUCKING HARD. I never heard Thug experiment this much before and I wish he did more. Because the last time he did, he made this album. Holy shit. The only thing this album need was more tracks because only 38 minutes ain’t enough for me… and also less features. The features kinda hold this album down but barely, just wished for more singles. I need more Thug making dumb-ass sounds on the mic. It’s Beautiful.

TLDR: jesus this tape is so good. Listen to “Hercules”, and skip “Family”

Track list:

1. F Cancer (Boosie)

2. My Boys

3. For My People

4. King TROUP

5. Ridin’

6. Hercules

7. Special

8. Bread Winners

9. Family

Short and sweet, just like how my gf told me ;)

“Ayo, wyd?” - 11:34 pm EST - Wednesday, September 1

I have no idea how I ran into in Halberd. it was either through an artist called Polearm or if Spotify just suggested me him but I really enjoyed the lil beat tape. I’m calling it a beat tape because the whole album was only 13 minutes long. I’m not complaining about it though, not at all. I love short tapes like these because I’ll add like every track to my playlist. I add these minute-long tracks cause I feel like they just add more spice to my playlist. Like they’re a lil break between the longer tracks. Short and sweet, just to add to flavor. The tracks themselves feel like Halberd is just experimenting on each track. Actually good tape, give it a listen.

Track list:

1. Man and cheese is like,,,,really good dude

2. Call me back

3. Im sad and now im sitting on my bed while sad everyTHING is sad

4. Splice samples !! Haha

5. Asmr type beat

6. Writing a progression on piano only to draw it in midi

7. I AINT HAD ME A JOB SINCE 2001

8. Dilla would probably tell me this beat sux :/

9. Ight…im boutta head out

Thank god they put Pitbull last

“Ayo, Wyd?” - 11:39 pm EST - Tuesday, August 31

The first Shakira album I heard was “Shakira” from 2014. That album was boring and forgettable. The music didn’t catch me at all and the instrumentals sounded generic for its time. It was obvious that the 2014 album was just a run-of-the-mill pop album. But… “Sale El Sol” is totally different. It’s the total opposite of “Shakira”.

I was completely not prepared for “Sale El Sol” because it blew me away. It blew me away with how catchy, exciting, and fun the album was. I was at work when I listened to this album and I couldn’t help myself from dancing and looking in the mirror. Me being under the influence is beside the point, this album had me fucking hype.

The overall tracklist fucking hard but Shakira's voice was hitting too. I kept trying to sing along with her, her voice sounded great in this album. Songs like Gordita, Mariposas, and Rabiosa, just show her voice in such a great way that I had to repeat them after I heard them (especially Gordita)

TLDR: The Pitbull remix scared me, skip that one song. The rest is great.

Tracklist:

1. Sale el Sol

2. Loca

3. Antes de las Seis

4. Gordita

5. Addicted to You

6. Lo Que Mas

7. Mariposas

8. Rabiosa

9. Devocion

10. Islands

11. To Boca

Floor cry is a pretty cool name i guess.

“Ayo, Wyd” - 11:22 pm EST - Monday, August 30

This post will be a little different than the ones I usually post. Usually, I would talk on an album and my experience with it. The only problem is that I already heard all the albums FLOOR CRY has on Spotify. So the only thing left to listen to is her one-off singles. Let's see what’s left of FLOOR CRY.

I found out about FLOOR CRY this year just by browsing g around Spotify for something to listen to. I’ve heard all of … her music. I honestly don't know anything about FLOOR CRY, all I know is the music she makes is pretty cool. The singles I heard are probably some of her older stuff because it sounds a bit flatter than her newer stuff but that doesn’t mean it's bad. I enjoyed the singles for what they were but none of them blew me away in any way. They were nice additions to my playlist and nothing else really. She needs to post more soon because these singles definitely did not fill the album sized hole in my heart.

TLDR: just listen to the albums instead. But these were a nice treat.

Track list:

1. Swimming Team

2. I’ll Be Around

3. Parents

4. Laughing on the Outside

5. Anybody

“Ayo Wyd?” - 8:02 pm EST - Sunday, August 29

Yo i have dead been busy so much this past weekend that I haven’t been able to write about the albums I’ve been listening too. I’ve listened to like 5 Valium’s that I still haven’t written anything too but I when get the time (hopefully tonight or tomorrow in the morning) I’ll be sure to update yall on what’s poppin.

Other than that, I DID A PUZZLE!! It was the first time I’ve done a puzzle in so long so it was nice to dedicate a night and morning to completing.

I “took” the puzzle from some local store since I came in looking for a chess board but the puzzle sufficed.

Anyway, look at the puzzle and go listen to eye by mfdoom, catch yall later

My browser always on this bands name

“Ayo, Wyd?” - 9:57 pm EST - Friday, August 27

Incognito is a band that I know I like and enjoy very much. But, after listening to their album “Positivity” I was kinda disappointed. I wanted to listen to this album but It wasn’t the first on my list. Well my list is starting to shrink so why not, lets give this one a shot.

“Jazz Funk” is exactly what it’s means, It a fusion of Jazz and Funk, no fucking duh. The cool thing with incognito is the all the synths they use that throughout this song. It feels like Incognito took the old ways of Jazz and Funk and introduced them in to the “modern world”. And by modern, I mean modern. The music in this album feels and sounds like a lot like modern music and gives me huge alt rap vibes. I know I’m not making sense but I don’t know how else to explain it. “Jazz Funk” is exactly what it’s means, It a fusion of Jazz and Funk, no fucking duh. The cool thing with incognito is the all the synths they use that throughout this song. It feels like Incognito took the old ways of Jazz and Funk and introduced them in to the “modern world”. And by modern, I mean modern. The music in this album feels and sounds like a lot like modern music and gives me huge alt rap vibes. I know I’m not making sense but I don’t know how else to explain it. ]

On the other side of the coin, The only flaw I see is that sometimes they use the synths way too much (is synth the right word? Fuck, I’m slippin). Some tracks just have these high pitch sounds that drag on way too long for my liking, and on the topic of dragging way too long. Some of the songs in this album drag way too long in general. That’s just a personal thing but yeah I noticed that.

All in all, This album is definitely a listen, I just won’t blame you if you lose your attention sometimes while listening.

TDLR: SOME SONGS GO EEEEEE FOR TOO LONG

Track List:

1. Parisienne Girl

2. Summers Ended

3. Shine On

4. Interference

5. Incognito

6. Sunburn

7. The Smiles of a Child

8. Why Don’t You Believe

9. Chase the Clouds Away

10. Walking on Wheels

The album ended? I didn’t notice.

“Ayo, Wyd” - 9:44 pm EST - Thursday, August 25

Ah jeez, this is an album that I have been avoiding for whatever reason. The only other album I’ve heard by them was “The Black Parade” and, I really enjoyed the album, but this album just gave me a feeling. Look, I’m not saying that I know when I’m not going to like an album but … I guess I like it?

Imma tell you right now, I am not knowledgeable on the culture or whatever comes around this type of music. I’m an outsider looking into the mirror of this genre of music and what the fans might be getting out of the music. I never grew up with this type of music, my household mostly playing hip hop and Banda, so I’m ignorant to the morals or ideals of the movement or culture. (Whatever that means to you)

Now that I gave my lil warning, jeez this album was boring. The album doesn’t even start until “Our Lady of Sorrows” I already forgot what comes before that. (Honey, This Mirror was good tho Ngl) I don’t know If I’m just not getting something but the album just seems like it's trying really hard to be emotional and relatable but all I get from it is lackluster and falls flat. I’m not trying to say that I didn’t enjoy the album tho. After the first five songs pass, the songs do progressively get better and easier to listen to without feeling embarrassed someone might hear what I’m listening to through my headphones. By the end, I feel like I enjoyed my experience, I just think I’ll like their newer albums more.

TLDR: album was good, just good.

Track List:

1. Romance

2. Honey, This Mirror Isn’t Big Enough for the Two of Us

3. Vampires Will Never Hurt you

4. Drowning Lessons

5. Our Lady of Sorrow

6. Headfirst for Halos

7. Skylines and Turnstiles

8. Early Sunset Over Monroeville

9. This is the Best Day Ever

10. Cubicles

11. Demolition Lovers

What’s that say? I’m Pharsighted

“Ayo Wyd?” - 9:04 pm EST - Wednesday, August 25

The Pharcyde has always been something that I knew and heard about growing up. My brother is a bboy so I went to a bunch of functions and jams, always hearing The Pharcyde and trying to figure out who they were. This was before I had a phone and I was too shy to ask the Dj for the track, so I just listened. It wasn’t until I starting going into random rabbit holes that I found Pharcyde. The only tracks I really knew by them was “Passin’ Me By” and “Runnin’” but I couldn’t get them out of my head. It’s about fucking time I listen to an album.

“Bizarre Ride” is a perfect way to describe the album in total. The whole time I’m hearing weird flows with eccentric voices, it’s fucking wild. It’s also of the funniest albums I’ve heard. Everyone here is in character and the shirt they be saying is funny as hell. But even when they are being dumb or whatever, the instrumental is going hard too. All the instrumentals are fun and energetic, it's really music to dance too. The songs are catchy and bumpin, I have no complaints.

TLDR: was he talking about wanting to mess with his teacher in that one song?

Track list:

1. 4 Better Or 4 Worst (Interlude)

2. Oh Shit

3. It’s Jiggaboo Time (Skit)

4. I’m That Type Of Nigga

5. If I Were President (Skit)

6. Soul Flower - Remix

7. On The DL

8. Pack The Pipe (Interlude)

9. Officer

10. Ya Mama

11. Passin’ Me By

12. Otha Fish

13. Quinton’s On The Way (Skit)

14. Pack The Pipe

15. Return Of The B-Boy

(Teenage dirtbag joke)

“Ayo, Wyd” - 6:03 pm EST - Tuesday, August 24

Now this is something that I can really say I’m going TOTALLY BLIND. I mean shit maybe I’ve heard some of course but I’ve never sat down to actually give the music a fair chance. I never had anything against it, It just never fell onto my lap… until now.

I’m not going to waste any time to tell you that this album is fucking awesome and every track in this album was added to my playlist. No joke, every song felt like like an adventure that I tagged along with. It’s hard for me to explain but the whole album is so intense but exciting with its presentation. While listening to each track, i could visualize the band looks like playing together, like I’m creating tiny music videos in many head too the music. I don’t even know what the musicians look like.

Regardless, this album is definitely not a skip, do yourself the favor. I know imma go deeper soon.

Track List:

1. Where Eagles Dare

2. Revelations

3. Flight of Icarus

4. Die with Your Boots On

5. The Trooper

6. Still Life

7. Quest for Fire

8. Sun and Steel

9. To Tame a Land

A spoonful of nothing

“Ayo, Wyd?” - 7:34 pm EST - Monday, August 23

Ugh. I do not know why I have so much 60s rock albums in my playlist. THEY ALL SOUND THE SAME! MEDIOCRE! Honestly, lemme rant real quick. Once you weed out the classic mainstream rock artist of the 60s, the rest are just absolutely boring and all sound the same. Like have y’all listened to the kink?? FUCK THE KINKS!! I KEEP LISTENING TO THESE DAMN WHITE BOY BAND 60S ALBUMS THINKING IT’LL BE GOOD JUST TO BE PUNCHED IN THE FACE WITH COVERS OF 50S SONGS. ITS ASS. Ill keep an eye out for when I find a good one tho i got y’all.

Okay so back to the actual album lmao. The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Do You Believe In Magic” is their first studio album and it’s nothing special. The band only lasted for like 5 years so maybe they get better with time but this album just isn’t fun in the slightest. It’s like once you heard to one go 60s album, you’ve already listened to all the bad ones too because they all sound the exact same. That decade got rock and they all just ran copying each other shit talking about heartbreak and virgin girls. Btw, “Younger Girls” needs more context cause it just sounded gross throughout the whole song. Icky ew.

TLDR: boring album, skip

Track list:

1. Do You Believe in Magic?

2. Blues in The Bottle

3. Sportin’ Life

4. My Gal

5. You Baby

6. Fishin’ Blues

7. Did You Ever Have to Make up Your Mind

8. Wild About my Lovin’

9. The Other Side of This Life

10. Younger Girl

11. On The Road Again

12. Night Owl Blues

Noname Nocase

“Ayo, Wyd?” - 8:16 pm EST - Sunday, August 22

The first time I have heard of Noname was I’m guessing when J.Cole released “Snow on tha Bluff” lmao, but other than that is when she had a feature of Saba’s “Bucket List Project” and I was really interested in the female rapper since my playlist lacks it. It took me up till today to finally listen to one of her projects and I’m really glad I did.

Noname is obviously inspired by the soulful and conscious hiphop legends of the late 90s and early 2000s and I was loving every second of it. By the first track I was already hooked by the smooth instrumentals and interesting flow she carries herself on. She has a way to fit a lot of words in a bar while changing the speed of her delivery to accommodate the bar. I love it. Her voice is smooth and humble but still confident in the topics she brings up. It’s like she’s trying to enlighten me in the nicest way possible. With Noname’s calm vocals and smooth soulful instrumental, this is definitely not a skip. Fresh.

Track List:

1. Self

2. Blaxploitation

3. Prayer Song

4. Window

5. Don’t Forget About Me

6. Regal

7. Montego Bae

8. Ace

9. Part of me

10. With you

11. no name

TLDR: smooth style makes this worth your time.

(Side note: I don’t like the idea of number ratings so I’ll just show how many of the tracks from the album I added to my personal Spotify playlist, just for reference.)

That a Mac? Nah it’s Adele

“Ayo, Wyd?” - 10:30 am EST - Sunday, August 22

Pop has always been one of those genres where the artist really has to convince me to enjoy it. Now add that on top of that this album was released in the early 2010s, I hate the early 2010’s. I’ve only listened to like 3 Adele songs so this is basically a blind dive. Let’s jump!

In Adele’s “25”, her voice is given full attention through the album with most instrumentals only having pianos or guitars in em. Now as much as I like some drums on a song (and honestly think the album would’ve improved if it had more drums in the instrumentals) I can see that this is more to Adele’s style and I respect that. With that out of the way, ffffuccckk her voice is amazing.

Even the songs that I didn’t add to my playlist were getting me all emotional acting like a bitch n shit. You can really feel hurt and remorseful in her voice and you have no choice but to put yourself in her shoes and look, now I’m texting my ex. And even if not every song was added to my playlist, the album should be heard regardless. The whole package is great, it's when you start analyzing each song individually that you start seeing the dirty smudges. But as an album from start to finish was very enjoyable. (Even if I asleep for like 2 songs oop)

Track list:

1. Hello

2. Send My Love

3. I Miss You

4. When We Were Young

5. Remedy

6. Water Under the Bridge

7. River Lea

8. Love in the Dark

9. Million Years Ago

10. All I Ask

11. Sweetest Devotion

TLDR: I’m not crying you are

(Side note: I don’t like the idea of number ratings so I’ll just show how many of the tracks from the album I added to my personal Spotify playlist, just for reference.)

Yo Roy, pass the woods ….. get it?

“Ayo Wyd?” - 1:11 pm EST - Saturday, August 21

I've never listened to a Roy Woods in general, so I was excited to listen to a new (to me) artist. After listening to “Walking At Dawn” it leaves me wanting more. This was Roy’s first album and you can tell. His voice and instrumental go together well and the songs are calm and catchy at certain points. But it feels like there’s a lot more he can do with it. Especially with its shorter length at just a bit past 30 minutes. Trust me, I do not need 2 hours of content, I love short albums, it just feels like I’m missing something. It’s not the most memorable album but I think I’ll have a lot more to say when I listen to his next project. “Walking at Dawn” is a good starting point with Roy, I just hope when I revisit his discography that I’ll leave it a bit more full.

TLDR: pretty singing with decent instrumentals. Leaving me wanting more.

Track list:

1. Sonic Boom

2. You Love It

3. Gwan Big up Urself

4. How I Feel

5. Down Girl

6. Switch

7. Got Me

8. Why

9. Menace

10. She Knows About Me

(Side note: I don’t like the idea of number ratings so I’ll just show how many of the tracks from the album I added to my personal Spotify playlist, just for reference.)

AND PUT THAT MONSTER IN MY HINEY, HINEY!!

“Ayo Wyd?” - 9:36 am EST - Saturday, August 21

Lmao this the first album I’ve listened to with the intent to write something after. Fly.

Honestly, Albums like this are what made me so hesitant to start this in the first place. How is a teeny tiny baby baby boy going to pass judgment on a fucking classic with two of hip hop most essential? The only way to do it is with respect, and family, and loyalty

“The Ownerz” is the second album I’ve listened too (the first was Hard to Earn btw) and just like the first, I’ve been blown away. This shit is fucking raw and they know it. Premier went fucking nuts on this album, every song just punches you in the jaw! And while everything going wild, Guru is staying calm on every track but still with the confidence of a legend. Plus the HINEY interlude was great so uh yah. The only thing I was hoping for was more relaxed instrumentals. I’ve listened to a lot Premiere’s work and he has a way to relax a soul with the scratches he does on his beats. The whole experience was 100% just boom to your face with no apologies. But uh, damn guru chill out bro he was threatening everybody on every track but at the same time adding some philosophical, peaceful metaphor after. Fucking beautiful.

TLDR: damn y’all didn’t have to go that hard (pause) GAD DAMN

Track list:

1. Pull Up Or Shut Up

2. Werdz From The Ghetto Child

3. Sabotage

4. Rite where you stand

5. Skillz

6. Deadly Habitz

7. Nice Girl, Wrong Place

8. Peace Of Mine

9. Who Got Gunz

10. Capture

11. Playtawin

12. Riot Akt

13. Same Team, No Games

14. In This Life…

15. The Ownerz

16. Zonin’

17. Eulogy

(Side note: I don’t like the idea of number ratings so I’ll just show how many of the tracks from the album I added to my personal Spotify playlist, just for reference.)

MINMIminotaur hates tartar sauce

“Ayo, Wyd?” - 10:07 am EST - Friday, August 20

I’m starting to notice a pattern with the past few albums I’ve listened to. MINMI was a feature of a Nujabes track (this one to be specific https://youtu.be/UQbcyOxqDFw) and I fell in love with her voice since that song. Now I first heard that song maybe 7 years ago and I’m finally listening to one of her albums. Truly blessed.

MINMI’s “Miracle” was released in 2003 so I was curious how she directs her voice by herself instead of just providing. And this being like a year before she hopped on the Nujabes track that made me even more curious. Well?

I was very surprised to see that it felt like a classic 2000’s pop album from the states. I don’t know what the pop scene was in 2000’s Japan but, this fucking banged. The tracks hit you immediately with her sass and confidence. Not o nay her voice, the instrumentals boom behind her like she asserting dominance. I wish I knew what the fuck she was saying. Regardless, I could tell she was saying, I was happy to finally be listening to the vocalist to one of my favorite songs.

TLDR: ion know what she sayin but boy it sounds good

Track list:

1. Into

2. The Perfect Vision

3. T.T.T

4. Home Town

5. Once Upon a Star

6. Eternal Destination

7. SUNSHINE

8. LOVE SONG

9. You need a…

10. カイラクノカナタ

11. Fly High

12. south orange

13. Miracle

(Side note: I don’t like the idea of number ratings so I’ll just show how many of the tracks from the album I added to my personal Spotify playlist, just for reference.)

Count Bass Dick, that’s it. No joke

“Ayo Wyd?” - 12:17 am EST - Friday, August 20

Okay, I’m going to say something that may or may not be obvious to say out loud but … I ONLY KNOW COUNT BASS D BECAUSE OF MF DOOM!

okay, I needed to get that off my chest for a while now.

Count Bass D’s “CBD” was a really fucking good album considering that I thought I was totally going to hate this (well not hate but maybe dislike). Now the only reason that I thought that "CBD" wasn't going to be good, is because "CBD" is Count's newest and latest album in his discography. Count ain’t new freshman, he been making music for a grip so honestly, I thought it was going to be feel dated.

Now usually when a rapper/artist has a long career, there newer music can feel dated or not up with the times, whatever that means. But, Count Bass D has a style that I can tell has no era. His instrumentals are very much new to me but feel so nostalgic. Count’s lyricism had to convince me before the instrumentals had to. almost like they’re made exactly for him!! (prob because he fucking made them he’s holding the MPC in his hand). Regardless, Count’s personality shines with this album and convinces me to take a deep dives into his older music. Plus like basically all the tracks made it onto my playlist. Fly.

TLDR: Count makes really fly beats with decent lyricism, mentions doom too much.

1. Busy

2. Nobody

3. I Can’t Tell

4. Am I the Only One

5. Nose Bone

6. One Man Roots

7. Be Mine

8. Someone as Wonderful as You

9. Show Love

10. BYOB

11. Break Bread

(Side note: I don’t like the idea of number ratings so I’ll just show how many of the tracks from the album I added to my personal Spotify playlist, just for reference.)

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