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Gave this whole tape a few rounds when it first came out. Pretty solid. Love anything The Alchemist does.
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Now I have to share more of The Alchemist.
Boldy, Curren$y and Gibbs are my favorite active rappers. Partial to the midwest guys for sure. And Curren$y is just a legend in my book. Modern day Underground King.
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Curren$y is one of those guys who will pop up as a feature on tracks in recent years, and itās always a highlight. Heās so in his own lane.
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Kaās Days with Dr. Yen Lo and Honor Killed the Samurai are a centerpiece in my tastes in rap music. Through him I got to know Roc Marciano, Mach-Hommy, MIKE and Earl. His approach to music and story are really inspiring to me as an artist.
Rest in peace!
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fuckin heartbreaking, man
was literally asking an NY friend to go to kaās meetup a few weekends back, itās the only way he sells vinyl & apparently gave free hugs tooā¦nightās gambit was my intro to him, and it resonated deeply. as you said, i was put onto him from a roc marciano & sean price head, and now, like price, thereās this void that no other MC fills
RIP ka
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Iāve been a fan of Roc Marciano since the Flipmode days, and Sean Price nearly as long. Thank you @Irishninja and @Bonsai for reminding me that I need to get acquainted with Ka. Not sure how Iāve missed doing that before.
Another one gone too soon.
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Follow up: damn I waited way too long to listen to Ka. Bread Wine Body Blood immediately goes on my all time bars list. Exactly the type of dusty old production I love too. Beautiful.
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"ever notice itās never no fix, only bring em crack/aināt write gems, but tight with ends, then thŠµy run it back
now I peep why they call it heat, itās just a running track/then itās drink this, smokŠµ that, shit so wack"
ā¦ 'thatās how a lame floss, til the brain loss from the growing plaque/you say itās safe and play the eighth, canāt replace what your soul lack"
woooof
" had enough of every tussle, seeing muscles, where the brains at?/you wanna hurt, those that do us dirt should be the aim, black
FBI and klan kills your leaders, when yāall gone pay em back?/if thatās how we move, then iām smooth, yāall can stay intact"
the way dude just seemed to drop quotables so effortlessly over these grimy beats, every album was a treat that iād revisit some time later & pick up another thing. like, nightās gambit didnāt quite catch me the first playthrough or two it did years later in the early pandemic, around when descendants of cain dropped. same with grief pedigree
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Wow seeing it written out like that reveals how much is actually going on, how much is packed into every line.
Yeah the ease of his delivery is beguiling isnāt it. Ka feels like the middle of the Venn diagram between DOOM and Roc Marc.
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This is a great interview with him and it goes deep into who he is and how that informs his approach to rap music as an art form. I highly recommend it, what an inspiring person in so many ways. To me his authenticity is what shines through in the interview and I have a lot of respect for that.
Itās from seven years ago and he talks about those two releases I mentioned, Honor Killed the Samurai and Days with Dr. Yen Lo.
They were several questions in and the interviewer asks: so what do you do for a living? and Heās like yeah Iām a new york fireman.
It is sad that he is no longer with us, you can tell how many of his peers had him as an inspiration. Iāve seen other rappers whose work I value post about him and its heartwarming to see the deep respect people had for him.
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edit: embed might be screwy because of lame youtube age-gating. track is nissan altima by doechii
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What are some of your favorite instrumental beat tapes? Itās hard for me to pick just one but I think DJ Harrisonās 1996 is definitely up there. So much personality in there.
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MF DOOMās entire āHerbs and Spicesā collection stays on in my house.
āCoffin Nails/Rap Snitchesā is my absolute favorite.
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YES YES YES YES YES YES. YOU ARE MY PEOPLEEEEE!
I once endured a Hannibal Burress comedy show in the dead of a Chicago winter just because Thundercat was opening for him. Iāve been DESPERATE to see him again (heās always on tour in like Europe, never here.)
If i can get him and FlyLo in a show together im pretty sure it will be the closest to God Iāve ever been.
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I saw FlyLo completely by chance one night in Miami. I was invited to an art gallery event, quickly realized that it was 99% NFT art being displayed, and left the venue because f that.
On my way back to my car I heard āGolden Divaā by him (one of my favorite FlyLo tracks), the sound coming from a courtyard area next to a warehouse. I just walked over there and there were like 30 people dancing, and on the stage was FlyLo doing a DJ Set. It was like a dream for real, I could not believe my luck.
Until the Quiet Comes is an all-timer for me but his catalogue is just incredible.
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How does it feel to be so blessed?
And YES!!! I was working at FYE (when it was still mostly a music/dvd store instead of what its become now) when Until The Quiet Comes dropped and bc i was the asst manager i could chose the music we played in the store and i kept that shit ON much to the chagrin of my employees who were all younger kids who wanted to listen to Cheif Keef and the like.
I own that album on vinyl now and Youāre Dead! (Never Catch Me was how I was introduced to Kendrick Lamar and Hoooooo migawd thatās a fucking SONG!) and I need Cosmogramma.
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