Ikka Shinjyuu - Kurbitsuri

My favorite Japanese hardcore excepting Detestation. The vocal performance is one of my favorite ever (some of the most manic yelling you'll ever hear.) The first track is dominated by the vocals. The second track is just a distorted motherfucker of a song. Somehow their least popular release, it's by far their best and clearly their most unique.

you know me they call me birdman jr

K2 - Metal Dysplasia

K2 uses a harsh noise soundset of metal swangin n bangin to make music more consuming than it is violent. Like standing in the eye of a hurricane of shrapnel. A 70 minute monster but worth it.

got a pocket fulla drugz n mo thugs than bone

United Mutation - Rainbow Person

Exactly what I like in my hardcore: powerful vocals that stand out in the mix, sharp guitar, and an off-kilter feel to the whole thing. The sample on Zone is a little too long when listening to this on repeat but otherwise it's perfect. A little oddity to cherish.

descargz

One Gud Cide - Look What the Streets Made

Low-key rap from Fort Worth. It's the kind of sad but not mopey rap that you can just put on and chill to and introspect. It's kind of comforting in a way. It starts growing on you because it's so easy to come back to. I guess it's hard to explain an album like this because it isn't exceptional, but it doesn't have to be and you still love it. Just download it is what I'm saying.

EDIT: This is growing on me in the same way that Look What You Did To Me did, meaning it's really climbing up in my favorites. Don't sleep on this.

And oh yeah by the way that cover image is from when one of these guys got shot in the fucking face

Fear of God - Pneumatic Slaughter

Grind/noisecore masterpiece that slays the entire family. Overwhelming torrent of muddy instrumentation and hideously powerful vocals. A new favorite for sure.

dl or whatever

(Starting to use zippyshare because every single file I'm uploading to mediafire is being noted for copyright. If no one downloads the file after 30 days it gets taken down by zippyshare, so if you're reading this in the future and it's down, that's probably why. Sorry.)

Tommy Wright III - Feel Me Before They Kill Me (1998)

Tommy Wright III is one of the most well known non-Three 6 rappers from Memphis, mostly based on his album On the Run, which is good, but not quite as good as this one. Feel Me Before They Kill Me is less gangsta, more grungy and sad. This is basically great all the way through, but Hell on Earth and especially Down to Ride are just otherworldly. Listening to Tommy peak the mic while shouting the chorus in the latter is the closest I've come to rap transcendence.

RIVERSIIIIDE, RIVERSIIIIDE, RIVERSIIIIDE

Freeband Gang - Future Presents F.B.G: The Movie (2013)

I don't even consider this a real post because I'm just pointing you to the datpiff page but this is most of what I've been listening to recently. If you think Turn on the Lights and Tony Montana are masterpieces you'll love this. If you're still complaining about autotune, you might not. It's hard to imagine this kind of music being done better.

had to skeet it in her face she caught my dna

Lee Hazlewood - Cowboy in Sweden (1970)

I used to think this was kind of kitschy and weird and not as good as Love and Other Crimes but nope, this is a masterpiece too. Probably better, in fact. One of the best albums I've ever heard. That's all.

selling yesterday's dreams in tomorrow's paper

Man Is the Bastard - Abundance of Guns (1992)

Yeah yeah yeah everyone knows Man Is the Bastard but this shit doesn't get much attention for some reason. I always liked them most at their most primal with the vocals pushed forward in the mix (Our Earth's Blood, anyone?) and that's exactly what you get with this one. At first I only liked those first really short fucking ragers but now I'm all FOREVER HAS BEGUN 24/7 straight up. This whole thing is the shit.

SOCIETY CONDONES YOUR DEATH

Lack of Interest - Take Another Step (2006)

This album is better than the more well known Trapped Inside, a powerviolence classic. It doesn't have the crazy awesome vocals of that other album but makes up for it with piercing guitar work and an appropriate production job. Trapped Inside is just a bit too muddy for their style, though still a good album. This one grows on me with each listen, really charming and fun in some way and very impressive for coming 7 years after their classic. Also has one of the illest album covers of all time.

TAKE ANOTHA STEP

Young Gangstas - Pre-Meditated Gangstarism (1995)

This is the best rap album I’ve heard in months. It has this beautifully consistent dark atmosphere which I think is the best complement to G-funk synths and attitude. There are zero duds. Simple lyrics, great beats, and consistency. Seriously perfect. You always think it’s going to drop off with the next song but it never does. If you’re a lyrics-stickler or no fun, you might not like it, but otherwise I doubt it’s possible to dislike. Unfairly obscure.

 the only thing ya swingin on is nuts when i drop you

Lee Hazlewood - Love and Other Crimes

This was such a bad post it just needed it to be gone. Suffice it to say this is a classic and you should have this in your life.

By the way, that fucking mustache

Doris Duke - I'm a Loser

In my limited exposure to soul, this album has been singular in consistency and emotional resonance. Though the story of the album concerns a woman desperately lost in life, the production is beautifully varied in mood. Doris Duke herself demands attention with a voice simultaneously powerful and always warning of shattering (if you'll forgive the strange, strange comparison, it is the same captivating balance which Max Varnier struck on Last Tape Before Doomsday). The general sentiment of the album is one of melancholy but it is executed by sensible musicians whose restraint and good taste keep this from being kitsch.

I don't know if I'm better off alive or dead

Nicolas Bernier + Jacques Poulin-Denis - Étude no.3 pour cordes et poulies (2007)

I’m fairly sure that the combination of classical sounds which repeated exposure has made seem organic and the clearly artificial is what makes Program Music I so enticing to so many people. These same two elements conspire on Étude no.3 pour cordes et poulies, albeit existing in their own form rather than conforming to a predictable electronic structure. The main difference, though?

This album doesn’t blow cock.

Paul Jebanasam - Music for the Church of St. John the Baptist

Though this might be termed a modern classical piece, it begins with an aesthetic closer to noise or drone: allowing distorted sounds separated from instrumental identities to swell and flow, with continuous climaxes, each more intense than the last.  The noisier aesthetic gives way to what sounds like an organ breathing a sigh of relief; if this is supposed to be religious music, it seems demons have been exorcised. But such relief is only superficial, as the string-dominated second half of the piece expresses great sorrow, not coming off as clichéd or kitschy if only because the listener has experienced a kind of struggle themselves in the first half. These ‘parts’ complement beautifully because intensity is maintained throughout the entire piece, and neither resorts to gimmick to shock or touch. The melodrama of accessible modern classical (though admittedly I sometimes crave it) is absent from this piece, rendering it authentically moving and quite a nice treat indeed.

Motivation music for niggas that sell drugs

 

This is essentially the opposite of I’m Still Livin, not only in that Z-Ro has shed the ‘woe is me’ songs which used to define him, but also (thankfully) in that the majority of beats aren’t total ear-graters. Listening to Look What You Did To Me, it’s hard to imagine calling a Z-Ro album a “good time” but here we are. The heavy presence of features doesn’t allow Z-Ro to get too personal, so we’re left with one of the smoothest flows and voices in rap and a throwed atmosphere. Of course this is all relative, so there’s still a small touch of the Z-Ro weariness, and, (regrettably) two flagrantly atrocious beats but for 34 songs and 154 minutes, it’s consistently entertaining. One of the most remarkable tracks is a screwed version of the Guerilla Maab classic Fondren & Main, which may be the single greatest track to bear the name DJ Screw. With the number of great tracks here it’s easy to call this one of Z-Ro’s best releases. Among double disc mixtapes, there can only be one better.

call me vince young homie i got quarterback vision