Tagged as: Ab, Album of the Year, Danny Brown, Daru Jones, Deadly Medley, DJ Dez, Elzhi, Melanie Rutherford, Monica Blaire, Mr. Porter, Royce Da 5'9", Will Sessions
‘ALBUM OF THE YEAR’ SNIPPETS
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RT @HouseShoes: @black_milk Don't forget the end of Let's Grow... @Royceda59 <-- oh sht, was just listening to that 2000 batch today
20 hours ago when the beat slooows down at the end of Common's "Funky 4 U" & @Bilal goes the FU@K IN!! #favdillamoments
20 hours ago Still on the hunt for this @Bilal joint they sent to R.J.'s looong time ago.. Dilla had this crazy church organ chop in it RIDICULOUS!!
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This sounds so dope… Can’t wait to hear the full version. Hope this is at Best Buy when it drops… will definitely cop it.
P’z.
black and brown, deadly medley are certified classics.
this might really become the album of the year.
black milk, you’re really on some j dilla state of mind recently. big ups. one of the few artists who’s improving with each new album.
Man..this album is really Album Of The Year
Love this kinda music man.. speechless
DOPE!!!!!!!!!
stop comparing black to dilla…. is completely diffrent shit! dope but in a other way than dilla.
compared to tronic i dont know if it wins… but lets wait for the full lp
god damn!!! cant wait!! congrats black!! fire
black and brown is going to be track of the year
Word! I wholeheartedly agree with Owusu. Maybe when Black initially debuted with BR Gunna, he was on some Dilla shit, but now he is in his OWN lane, honing his OWN sound. Each album, he further detaches himself from the concept of being a Dilla successor, and I think that’s the best thing for him as an artist. I can’t wait for this album.
Although magazine XXL rated this album “XL”, they said it’s not that good that it can be Album Of The Year.
But what i heard right now, is eargasm.
No dissrespect, but for me: AOTY > HIGO (although HIGO is mega dope album!)
about to cop AOTY right now…
thank you Black Milk for making that dope music.
Thanks so much to everyone for the thoughtful comments. Really glad y’all feelin’ the music and supporting my evolution as an artist. Means a lot.
@Leon The CD will be available in some Best Buys. You can also buy it straight from the online store on this site.
@Tony & Owusu Thanks for recognizing that I’ve developed a sound that’s uniquely mine.
Everyone else, thanks for the support!
Hey Black. I just wanted to let you know I copped your cd off of Fat Beats today! Keep doing it with the great productions and dope emceeing (you get better with each album). We need your name out in the masses….you’re too nice!!! Last but not least, keep reppin real hip-hop. Peace my dude
WOW!!! over again /ooh girl! those jointz go hard as fuck …maaaaan !! i cant wait for my copy to arrive …. keep beastin on these sucka ass mainstrean catz my nigga ….im gettin back on my grizzly ..great inspiration.
I’m not gonna hate, he has improved, found new interesting sounds, live drums really helped the production BUT.. Is it me or is it as if Black is more interested in telling us how much better he is than everybody else when it’s just not that complicated. I mean the Reps in boot camp were doing those flows years ago – check out for the people. He sounds like a whiny Jay-Z but less intelligent, keeps repeating himself and depends to much on cheap Pro Tools tricks. That being said he is currently the most original hip hop artist out there because others are too lazy to master and enhance their craft. Somebody please hurry up and give him a run for his money because you can hear he is getting bored with the beats just by the format he is using to make the beats. Also Black is no Dilla, his kicks dont even sit in the same frequency range as Dilla’s. Probably something engineers at studio 1 have deliberately done. Blacks stuff is really thin and mid-rangy -Pro Tools, his live show is really entertaining though and he is a cool person. His music does leave you with a lacking feeling though – sounds contrived somehow- Rock is not the way to go.
Black IS secretly a little genius, he appears humble but he is not.
If he can humble himself a bit he should:
1.) Concentrate on the fact that we are already sold on him. Stop being fake and give a little more substance instead of what you think we wanna hear. Starting to sound a little manufactured. We like the observant space cadet – its what we beatmakers can relate to, you know when making beats is effortless because is is like a language, you know you hear all the elements separately, you know exactly what to do with barry whites voice to turn it into a bassline etc. It gets almost spiritual.
Hip hop is still there, but people dont contribute – so people buy the damn cds and quit downloading and bootlegging!
2.) Know that frequency of a sound relates to its pace in the mix. There is a reason a kick appears less than a hi-hat in a phrase. (do a bandpass then chop- watch the difference).
Black, I’m gonna give you 6 months to get your shit together then I’m gonna blow you out the water. You know what i’m talking about.
Magic frequencies -i’ll give you a head start! Mr Cross, You have been warned.
@4d beatmaker
lol i’m gonna stand still and let you do your thing over the next 6 months. come with your album and we’ll let the people decide if what you create can stand up to “album of the year” or “tronic”. hopefully you can create something that’ll light a fire up under me because you’re right, i haven’t been that inspired by a lot of music lately. so if you feel like you can do what i can do better, since i’m using “simple pro-tools tricks” (ha!), then i challenge you to prove it to me.
I agree that dedley medley and welcome are pretty dope as stand alone tracks. I hope the full lp provides way more, but what I’m gettign from the snippets has me agreeing with XXL mag rating. As talented as Daru is, there IS such a thing as overkilling the live drums. As an lp i’m not hearing much diversity in the sound (mind you, nothing is wack about individual tracks, just talking about the overall sound). An album can be cohesive across tracks without being the SAME across tracks. Even with live instrumentation (huge tip of the hat to Black for that alone) one can be diverse. If you need proof, see How i Got Over. There’s something about the over-reliance on the hi-hat and snare that has the drums drowning out whatever melodies there are on these tracks. I’d even just say on some basic engineering shit that the drums are too loud. Is this Daru’s album or Black Milk’s???
and 4D, i gotta concur. Black is no dilla. There is a lack of subtlety and nuance in AOTY that takes him out of that running. He’s never tried to wear that crown and heads need to stop pinning it on him.
Black Milk Artist Watch… http://www.livemusicguide.com/artist-watch-black-milk/
Can’t wait!
4d, you have a youtube page or suttin’…….cause you seem like you sincere with ya comment, but still seem to be talkin’ out ya ass at the same time. If you have some beats, I would LOVE to hear them homie……real talk. Blacks album is the album I’ve been waitin’ for all year (that and Homeboy Sandman) you seem like an expert the way you based ya opinion so, if you got them BEATs………shoot……..
It should be good, took long enough nigga! Wheres the love for guilty and sean P? Where they at nigga? No T3? No Elzhi? shame…….
Pretty dope album ive been listening to black milk for a while i met him in downtown dallas before, he will never be dilla, he is who he is, would have loved to see my man guilty simpson on the album. black you gotta take it to another level next album you have the skills just do it. is this the album of the year… hmmmm i gotta hear it all the way through first, guilty simpson (oj simpson) minus a few of the skits, and madlib MS 3 beat konducta in africa are my faves so far! good luck black!
Not sure if u guys are up on it, but over at http://www.npr.com, they have a review of the album along with streaming of the album in its entirety until the release date (9/14/10). Just type in “Black Milk” in the search box and click on the “First Listen: Album of the Year” link. You can even select to listen the specific tracks of the album. Kind of a different look for NPR, but welcome.
@Simona Peach: The reason it is titled “AOTY” is because it touches on Black’s experiences over the last 365 days since he dropped Tronic (as he explains on the intro to the album). I don’t think that is a particularly long time to put out an album of this caliber. BTW, Elzhi is on Dedley Medley, along with Nickel Nine. Do your homework next time you decide to criticize negatively.
I love u MILK!!! KEEP rollin on yo shit nigga!
@ 4d Yo how you going to shit on a dude who’s keeping Hip Hop dope, like all the true school greats that came before him. I say if you got some dope shit then you will get the respect too, but don’t shit on somebody who actually has skill, something even your boy Jay is even walking away from to do lil abc raps now, because thats what everybody is doing. This shit We hear today is straight funeral music, slow tempos and sad sounding mcs afraid to be happy about”being successful” and lame production to boot. I love dope beats and sick rhymes, and if people are mad at Milk for taking a page from Dilla, the same page Dilla, took from Premo, Pete Rock, EPMD, Marley Marl, And a host of others, then you need to step back and give this dude props, because thats called learning your craft, which all artist should be doing, but aren’t doing it because they’re full of shit……………….. sort of like you. LL said it best ain’t no future in frontin’.
Danz
Bk supports you Milk, keep the fire burnin homie
Woke up just to buy the album. It feels like Christmas. Damn man I firmly believe this is a CLASSIC. I love Popular Demand and Tronic but the vibe on this album and the composition is soooo damn smooth, hard hitting, and SOULFUL. Also, you lyrical prowess has risen considerably, hard work pays off.
Honestly I feel like I would be cheating your hard work by copping only one album. I’m buying 3 more copies for random people to give out. Good music has to get out there. Thanks for putting in work , its greatly appreciated. My goodness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats my piece, Peace
At Jacky Danz, 4D aint full of shit, checked out what he said and he correct nigga, plus he aint shitting on him, he challenging him……………plus you quoting LL?……….really?………..Maybe you were one of the 14yr old kids he fucked in the ass over his washer huh nigga?…………..who full of shit now? Lame ass , Black and 4D OBVIOUSLY kno each other that’s why Black felt the need to comment.
…. No doubt they be calling out each other all the time like Pete Rock and Dilla used to do. LOL!
the album is dope.. gonna go get it this weekend.. tronic was callin a nigga in the record store.. i ain’t even kno who dude was.. i was pleased.. and stop wit tha dilla/black comparisons.. jus cuz dude from the d, don’t mean he tryna b dude.. that’s like saying pharrell was tryna b timbo.. or dre was tryna b quik or battlecat (lol, he kinda was) but ya’ll niggas get it.. and @black, it would b dope if you would bring back some of those snares/rimshots from shit like baatin’s marvelous & magic or u’s a freak bitch.. yo style is craaaazy tho.. you always had them drums.. (declaime & georgia anne muldrow “shine on” CRAAAZY) u still using the 2000xl?
Wow,
First off shorty I wasn’t talking to you. I think if dude felt some kind a way about my comment, I believe he could answer for himself. It was all in the spirit of recognizing good hip hop thats all. No offense to 4D if he does know Milk. Secondly, I wouldn’t talk if I was you, about getting fucked in the ass, your name Simona Peach, well that a porn chick who actually makes a living doing shit just like you said………. wait a minute is that you……… Damn!!!!!!!
just copped it off of Amazon wooooooooooo
Lmao @Jacky Danz. Homie talkin’ crazy and name fugaz’ as hell……wtf is wrong with these ninjaz!?!?!?!
Lmao@Seven Thirty ….. Nigga you gay…..
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