₱APERHAM LINCOLN

Send all inquiries and music submissions to [email protected] and follow on twitter at @PaperhamLincoln

[paperhamlincoln]

raw asl

RAWASL.TUMBLR.COM

[paperhamlincoln]

http://thoughtcatalog.com/paperham-lincoln/2014/09/the-most-important-album-of-2014-didnt-even-come-out-in-2014/

[paperhamlincoln]

IS IT TUESDAY YET? PLEASE TELL ME IT IS IN FACT TUESDAY

[paperhamlincoln]

Lyfe gives the people something to ride to. Smooth croons and a Texas twist have you in for an ambient journey fueled by real rap raw. It's always good to have a ride-or-die accompanying you on your sonic ride along.

[paperhamlincoln]

Yung Lean - Yoshi City

Leandoer hits the people over the head with another next-level, James Bond, euro-thug ballin' visual/audible clinic. Catch the international man of spittery lonely-rap in caves and dramatically stroll through a parking garage that feels undoubtedly from the future. So much emotion. Feel that?

#LonelyHomie

[paperhamlincoln]

SAVECHICAGO

[paperhamlincoln]

BLACCHOLLYWOOD

Official Blacc Hollywood Website | Wiz Khalifa Music, Videos, and Photos from the upcoming album Blacc Hollywood

[paperhamlincoln]

HONEST

What a blessing the arrival of this project has become. So many hip-hop writers inspired to really be truthful about some shit, maybe. Probably not, but anyway, this project is for everybody.

A rarity in 2014, but the best songs on this project were the ones you didn’t get to hear pre-release. It’s also highly intriguing to a young Paperham that this project has been quickly marketed as the segue into what’s to come on “Future Hendrix,” possibly given to planet Earth in the same year.

Future touched on making sure the “Honest” project had the turnt energy his mainstream fans were looking for, but only in an attempt to prepare his listeners for the emotional range “Future Hendrix” is designed to display. Future for the people, but enjoy the eccentric stunts like “I Won” and “How Can I Not” while you can. Once his credibility in bringing a new sound/style to hip-hop is established, things are going to feel a lot more like “I Be U,” but he can do that now because he gave blood, sweat, AND tears for this. You couldn’t known what he did for that.

Future hit the Trap + R&B yin and yang with this one. Combined with Future’s future, the utilizing of these influences brought me to an interesting conclusion. Future and Drake have the exact same paths to walk to success, but in the complete reverse order...

- “The Ride”

“My Junior and Senior will only get meaner” and so far we’ve seen that to be true, as Drizzy has adopted the trap wave and backburnered the sing-song sappy boy stuff that put him on the map, from a mainstream perspective. NWTS was his hardest hitting project to date, and that was his junior, right? So if he’s really sticking to the script, whatever Drake gives us next will only get… meaner, right?

Hip-hop has officially turned into a metaphorical teeter-totter with one sad boy and one trap boy taking turns launching their end off the ground. Even if the sad boy and trap boy reside within the same being.

With anything else, balance is appropriate. If you didn't know that until now, at least you know now, and I'll know it’s because of me.

  Sincerely,

Paper

[paperhamlincoln]

http://news.rapgenius.com/Paperham-lincoln-yung-lean-and-the-rise-of-euro-thug-annotated

[paperhamlincoln]

Because Underground Organizations With All The Power Be The Wave

2014 has been a very blessed year for the state of Washington. Just a month in and Washington’s already witnessed the legalization of marijuana, a chance at Super Bowl redemption, and the arrival of a Grammy-winning hometown rapper.

So how does so much awesome happen in one not-so-relevant state in such a short amount of time? Sure, Washington is probably a great place, but don’t get shit twisted. The Pacific Northwest isn’t exactly viewed on a nationwide scale as one of America’s treasured cultural epicenters. Sorry Washington, but you’re in with the 45 other pretty ok places to live between Canada and Mexico.

Let’s be real ‘bout the shit; the right ‘somebody’ really wants to bring the Seattle Supersonics back.

For the uneducated broke boys out there, the style of play that swept through the NBA during the late 80’s to the mid 90’s was one that was incredible to watch. The Seattle Supersonics were by no means left out of the fun.

Don’t belee?

Just watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZX6u5AKuIY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OPvh7jdeeo

Sellout crowds packed house to see players like OG Gary Payton, Shawn “Reign Man” Kemp,  scumlord Ray Allen, and a surplus of other talented athletes hoop it up in a city that was lacking excitement from other sports programs.

In the wide world of professional sports, small market cities are arguably the most dedicated of fan bases. For everybody not from Miami, New York, LA, and Chicago: remember your first impression of the hometown representatives? How heroic they appeared? How captivating of an experience they provided for the young and eager mind? So if the right guy/girl, from the right place, with the right pull wanted to make some wild shit happen in his/her hometown, what’s to stop them?

These sorts of impressions being made upon people commonly lead to valuing of team support and it’s no different when it comes to Seattle. The Seattle Seahawks are this year’s NFC representatives in the Superbowl. This team is winning for a fan base that has had its basketball team taken away from them. Even the MLS team up there rackin’ up dubs. So why would the NBA not be obligated to provide Seattle with that? Let’s not get wrapped up in questions that will be short lived, because the Freemasons, Illuminati, Catholic Church, US Government, whatever-you-want-to-call-it is the only one with answers, bruh.

This Super Bowl is advertised as one of those scripts that “writes itself,” but we know better, right? Welcome to a little thing we call - foreshadowing -

________ wants to smoke weed, listen to Macklemore, and watch the Seattle Supersonics while they sip their starbucks and plot their next move.

PS - The information delivered here is 100% factual and is the direct cause of the travesties that occurred on 1/26/2014.

- @omnilite317

[paperhamlincoln]

Don't let this one go. Lyfe flips an ocean of emotion-provoking greatness and NJOMZA's the captain of the ship to sail through it. Turn the speakers up and float away, or hit up your x's and hope for the best.

[paperhamlincoln]

SEMI

ALL ABOUT MY DOLLAS, RASTA NIGGA LIKE IM SHABBA

VINTAGE CLUB WE BLOW THAT GANJA, I AINT NEVA HAD A FATHER

SO IM WILDIN WIT MY PATNAS, WE BE CUTTIN UP IN COLLEGE

IU UP ON TV WATCH US, BITCH IM RICK JAMES SO FVCK THESE COUCHES

  BITCH I BET IM BOUT DIS, LEMME TELL YOU HOW IT FEELS

TO KEEP SHT TRILL, SHARPEN YO SKILLS, AND REP MY CITY MERRILLVILLE

YOU TERRIBLE, AND I FEEL TERRIFIC

IMMA BOSS, YOUNG, BLACK, AND GIFTED

GOTTA OBSESSION WIT MY ASSENTION, SO COP DEM PHILLIES NIGGA GET LIFTED

  ALL OF YO BITCHES, ALL IN MY MENTIONS

IM EATING WHOLEFOODS WIT MY HOE FOO

I AIN’T FAITHFUL, BUT SHE HOPEFUL

FVCK THE FIRST NIGHT, CAUSE SHE CHOSE TO

  IM GOING LOCO WIT THE LOCALS

MY OLD HOES SAY DAT IM LOCO

  NOSE-RING IN MY NOSE IM 2-PACin’ IN DA PUSSY

YOU AINT POPPIN SHIT YOU PUSSY

GURL GON POP THAT POP THAT UHHNNN

GURL, SHAKE THAT BUADUNKADUNK

THESE NIGGAS GON MEMBER WHERE IM FROM

I R.I.P THESE VERSES ONE AND DONE…..UHHNNN

- YOUNGJUIICE

[paperhamlincoln]

[paperhamlincoln]

Wishful

Established in 2008, Wishful Thinkin Clothing Company is back with some new gear for a cold winter. This Ivy-League-inspired line of street wear brings to life ambitious professionalism while maintaining your cultural edge.

  A bit of cut and sew shows Wishful's first vintage crew neck as well as a flash of the future with Wishful's sticker hoodie.

Crew Neck - $50.00

Sticker hoodie - $40.00

Bringing back their classic "Wishful" hoodie in the Georgetown color way, showing another side of this timeless classic.

Classic - $40.00

For real, for real.

Just Us - $40.00

Quit dressing like a fuckboy, and start Thinkin Wishful. This new line will be made available for purchase on January, 23. To see more of Wishful's product line, check www.wticlothing.com.

[paperhamlincoln]

Sonic Comparison and the Casual Music Listener

    I listened to “Over Here” by partynextdoor 15 times in a row the other day. When first arriving on the scene, partynextdoor’s sound (and affiliation) was regularly compared to The Weeknd, but the careful ear strongly disagrees. In light of the comparisons, I find myself listening in situations that I could also apply to moods and mindsets that would be fulfilled by the falsetto croons and spacey production of Yung Abel.  During a recent discussion with Paperham, it was pointed out that we compare artists because of the feeling or emotions that their music inspires in us. Sounds and lyrical content trigger similar responses causing us to say one artist sounds comparable to another, but in actuality we should be saying “feels like” rather than “sounds like”. We categorize artists into a genre, but the genre itself is based off the idea of an anticipated range of emotions, lyrics, and sounds. We tend to listen to these artists that we, in an almost innate fashion, try to relate to others.

         So what makes people favor the moods of music that they do? Do they choose to listen because they want to experience a particular reaction?

           Let’s look at this idea from two different perspectives. When we feel a certain way, we tend to resort to a specific genre of music. We want to relate to what the song is saying and know that someone else might understand us. This is why we put artists into categories so that we can go to a genre and know these artists are going to embody the emotions that we may already be experiencing. You don’t go to a club and expect to hear depressing music.

Aside from capturing and empowering an existing emotion, our genres of choice can completely change our emotional state, helping to get us from one end of a spectrum to the other, more desirable end. You’ve been feeling sad and no longer want to feel that way, so you listen to a more upbeat genre to change the way that you feel. You are wanting to avoid an emotion and change your current state of mind. How many times have you skipped a sad song because you knew it was going to entail a flood of associated emotions and memories?

             The significant difference is between the initial and desired emotion. The way we feel as a response to the music becomes a matter of control. Music is a relationship of the mind and it’s relative emotional responses via sonic design/lyrical content. Music is a powerful influence. However, there is no Yin without Yang. Our emotions fuel the empowerment of music by acting as its receptors and its creators. Understand a bit of the music, understand a bit of yourself.   

- mellemeredith

[paperhamlincoln]

YE Ali's ART x DRUGS project. Coming soon.

[paperhamlincoln]

#SAVEMONEY