ITT: Best song on the album >NY State of Mind

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That's not The World is Yours. Great taste though still.

>When You Sleep

>>72059018
>one love
even though no matter how many times i listen to it i cant follow the story

>>72059018
NY State of Mind is top tier but best is It Ain't Hard To Tell

>>72059018
you mean Memory Lane

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title track

>>72059018
>>72059025
both correct although when you sleep is interchangeable with to here knows when

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>The City
>>72059018
That's not Life's a Bitch

>>72059126
yes but Fascination Street is second
call it cliche but every time i see this album i think of the FYE (which is now closed) at my local vapor mall and of how much i wanted to kill myself when i was 13.

>>72059018
It Ain't Hard to Tell, or >>72059083

>>72059025
What You Want

>>72059176
The City is correct

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>Agoraphobia

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>Wonder Years

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>>72059018
>mfw Elzhi's Detroit state of Mind is much better than NY State of Mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Mtwi8MzEE

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I Think I'm in Love

>>72059315
Wrong

>>72059315
What the fuck

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>ETOH

Or, if we're talking the Zomba Promo version

>With My Baby

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>>72059018
the world is yours
>>72059025
come in alone
>>72059176
spider in the snow

>pic related
ohio

>>72059018
One Love > NYSOM > Memory Lane > The World is Yours > Life's A Bitch > Represent > Half Line > One Time for Your Mind > It Ain't Hard to Tell > The Genesis

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>>72059018
>shootouts

>>72059315
Ny state of mind reinvented east coast hardcore

>>72059350
Good taste but I'd say Electricity

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>>72059315
Jesus Christ nigga

>>72059335
>>72059344
Did you guys actually listen to the song? I actually think illmatic is much better than Elmatic generally speaking, but Elzhi on DSOM destroyed that track. It's honestly one of the best rap performances put on wax. His rhyme schemes, wordplay, and delivery fire of on all cylinders.

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>>72059315
dumb animeposter

>>72059355
also heres a better pic, might be hard to tell from the vinyl

>>72059355
>>72059410
I'd say head south honestly since its basically the "modest mousest" song and the jam at the end is classic

>>72059384
why isnt this an album cover?

>>72059398
I did listen to it and you're obviously not from the NY metro area so you don't get it, and I'll excuse your ignorance

>>72059454
You don't have to be from the NY metro area to see how that anon was a retard

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>>72059366
I'm not debating how influential it is or how revolutionary it is. I'm arguing purely on the merit of the rap performance, and Elzhi's performance is better than any of Nas' on illmatic. Honestly Nas had better perfomances on some songs in IWW.

>>72059384
>>72059410
DSOM has consistently better lyrics than NY State of Mind though.

Find me a scheme as vivid and well written as

"And police raids, decreased grades; someone deceased made
The front page, the priests prayed he went to heaven, but the beast stayed"

or wordplay in NY State of Mind as good as

"Tryna hustle for more pay, police in my doorway
I never have my head in the clouds cause they could go gray"

hell find me a line on NY State of Mind as good as

"The hood is like a glass house the Devil throws stones through"

I don't even think Elmatic is generally close to as good as illmatic, but DSOM is one of the best rap performances put on wax.

>>72059398
>wanting me to waste valuable shitposting time listening to music
>>>/out/

>>72059454
I live in Staten Island, fuck up.

>>72059505
not an argument.

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Bodies

>>72059528
>If I'm wrong it's not an argument
Fuck anon you solved the world

>>72059454
>>72059528
>these suburbanites pretending to be citi bois

always adorable

>>72059435
I would say novacain stain is a more typical mm song than head south.

this album has a ton of jam songs wich is why i love it so much. pretty much every track except like dog paddle

>>72059565
Lol psh live in Kearny come challenge me to a beat off bring your mpc

>>72059549
I literally just posted an argument up there, either refute it or shut the fuck up. No one cares about your stanning. Hell I'm probably a bigger Nas fan than you, and you're some casual who only bumps illmatic.

>>72059356
>it ain't hard to tell below represent

ya ok dude

>>72059631
bro can i peep your instagram

>>72059217
>Fascination Street is second
yes and Pictures of You is third

>>72059633
>This entire post
oiamlaffin

>>72059685
Im 25 I don't have an instagram sorry

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>>72059508
You are fucking wrong

Vivid, well-written scheme
>And lamp like Capone, with drug scripts sewn
>Or the legal luxury life, rings flooded with stones, holmes

Wordplay
>But just a nigga walking with his finger on the trigger
>Make enough figures until my pockets get bigger
>I ain't the type of brother made for you to start testin'
>Give me a Smith & Wesson, I have niggas undressin'

Better line
>I never sleep, ‘cause sleep is the cousin of death

Fuck
Outta
Here
Nigga

>>72059794
bro

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>>72059814

>And lamp like Capone, with drug scripts sewn
>Or the legal luxury life, rings flooded with stones, holmes

these are good but how can you even say they have better schemes than what I posted? Not only does the line I posted have more rhymes filled in, it also paints a better scene of the hood and cylical nature of violence topped off with the metaphor. It's just better writing.

>But just a nigga walking with his finger on the trigger
>Make enough figures until my pockets get bigger
>I ain't the type of brother made for you to start testin'
>Give me a Smith & Wesson, I have niggas undressin'

Nig, how these even wordplay? You do know what wordplay is right?

"I never have my head in the clouds cause they could go gray." Is an example of a double entendre effortlessly interwoven into the verse. Another example of great wordplay in DSOM. That also fits into the theme and isn't just haphazardly thrown in is.

"It's just the same story, they cutting more ki's
When someone OD's in the same building on the same story"

That isn't a double entendre but it's pretty obviously wordplay.

>I never sleep, ‘cause sleep is the cousin of death

I'll give you this at least, cause it's prob one of the most iconic lines in rap. Although what I posted is a dope flip on an idiom, but that's 1 for 3.

>>72059969
>Bad taste in anime
>bad taste in hip hop
hmmmm

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>Surf's Up

>>72059018
It Ain't Hard to Tell

>>72059025
When You Sleep

>>72059126
Pictures of You

>>72059350
hmmmmmmm, idk

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>>72059018
>Life's a Bitch
>>72059176
>You are Invited
>>72059350
title track or frontier psychiatrist

Pic related
>good kid

>>72059969
delete your 4chan acc

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NYC

>>72059018
Life's a Bitch
>>72059025
When You Sleep
>>72059126
Plainsong
>>72059410
Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset or Beach Side Property. Can't decide tbqh famalam
>>72060023
Surf's Up

>>72060052
Nah Sing About Me is best

>>72059969
Nigga you suck kys

>>72060063
That's not Obstacle 1

>>72060071
>Sing about me
Did you mean Dying of Thirst?

>>72060126
No the first half only

>>72060150
Wrong

>>72059969
>Is an example of a double entendre
how

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>>72060211
>I never have my head in the clouds cause they could go gray

he obviously means going gray from worrying too much, which is why he stays grounded and not too optimistic. And the clouds going gray which foretell ominous times.

Another example of seamless wordplay.

>Them shorties screamin' they riders, but ain't none of 'em driven

I hope I don't have to explain this one.

>>72060080
>>72060009
>>72060059
why the hate?

>>72060274
what are you talking about?
>he obviously means going gray from worrying too much
what the fucks that supposed to mean?

he's just building off of the original metaphor to convey a single meaning

>>72060274
>shitposting at this level

>>72060403
You've never heard this idiom?

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/have+head+in+the+clouds

He obviously means going gray from worrying too much, anyone can see this. You don't need to look at rapgenius to come to that conclusion. If anything the second explanation of the clouds going gray as in "grey clouds" is more farreaching.

>>72060415
I swear to God I'm not shitposting. I even already conceded that illmatic is much better than elmatic overall, though the latter is still great. DSOM is the only song that really reaches that other level.

>>72059018
It Ain't Hard to Tell

>>72059025
What You Want

>>72059176
What Do You Want Me To Say

>>72059295
Nothing Ever Happened

>>72059350
Frontier Psychiatrist

>>72060063
thats not
>The New
>Stella was a Diver and she was always Down

shite taste, but also not really, NYC isnt that bad just not as great as the aforementioned

>>72060440
>You've never heard this idiom?
of course i have, did you even read my last post at all? i said he's building off the original metaphor

>He obviously means going gray from worrying too much, anyone can see this.
that interpretation is a stretch considering the phrasing of the line

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butterfly

>>72060536
I'm saying "going gray" refers to both the hair on his head (from worrying too much) and the clouds themselves hence making it a double entendre. I will admit, that it does seem like I'm trying to have my cake and eat it too, but why don't you think it applies to both?

>Them shorties screamin' they riders, but ain't none of 'em driven

This is a better double entendre where it's clear he intends for it to mean both ways.

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2100

>>72059018
The World Is Yours
>>72059025
Come In Alone
>>72059176
A Life of Possibilities
>>72060052
m.a.a.d. city
>>72060063
Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down

>>72060594
>Thinks run the cucks is good
>Shit taste in every other choice

>>72060614
>outs himself as triggered /pol/tard
>follows up with opinions like anyone cares

>>72059327
Cop shoot cop

>>72060645
>Claims anyone disagreeing is a le triggered poltard
I hate pol too but RTJ are literally white guilt cuck garbage

>>72060664
If you feel bad about being white when you listen to music then that's your cuckass problem.

>>72060670
I never said and I don't feel bad, I'm saying run the cucks keep saying it and people eat that shit up
Don't forget the """tolerance""" by disabling comments and not interacting with any opposing viewpoint they do

>>72060581
yeah, i get what you're saying, i'll give you the benefit of the doubt for this one. it didn't connect because the line is phrased in a way it could normally only mean the clouds turning grey

>>72060675
Yeah how dare they not read my Youtube comments, so much for the tolerant left. They just hate all white people huh. But those /pol/ comparisons were totally unfounded, right?

>>72060712
>implying youtube comments
I said they disabled them, which proves they want an echo chamber
I also said I hate pol and their retardation but hey liberals don't care about facts
Run the cucks never discuss with anyone, they go on talk shows and circlejerk

>>72060730
Yeah if these rappers really wanted change they'd go on Alex Jones or Rush Limbaugh, get the facts out there.

>>72060743
>Being this retarded
I said the echo chamber they provide is terrible but they want to be an epic #woke band
run the cucks are hypocritical politically illiterate fools

>>72060803
What echo chamber? Apparently you can't even post them on a music forum without triggering some guilty whiteboy thats not from pol but repeats pol image macros verbatim.

>>72060845
>all this buzzwording
We're done here kiddo

>>72059018
You know it's a fucking good album when 7/10 tracks are candidates for best song.

>>72060695
I could see it to now actually. He definitely doesn't just mean his head, at the very least the "they" refers to both his head and clouds. Though I can see why you just think it's clouds. I think he meant it to apply to both, but the phrasing makes it sound like the "they" refers only to the clouds.

>>72059362
Undoubtedly.

>>72060730
>claims to hate pol
>uses the term "cuck" unironically
What did he mean by this?

>>72060906
>If you say one thing you must be a poltard XD
Good to know liberals still have absolutism

>>72059018

ITT: Best song on the album

>The World is Yours

ftfy

>>72060911
>implying I'm liberal
I'm just wondering why you'd bother falseflagging when it's just gonna lead to the same result

>>72060945
>Absolutism
>Buzzwords
>Le Falseflagging
It's quite clear you are liberal and that's why you're defending literal cucks who want an echochamber

>>72060958
Well I'm now convinced you aren't the same person I was originally responding to because at least he tried to hide his shitposting somewhat so I'm just gonna stop.

Also, if I wanted an echochamber I wouldn't be posting on 4chan would I? It wouldn't accomplish anything, you know it and I know it.

>>72060995
I didn't say you wanted it, I said RTJ did

>>72061016
>I posted it again mom XD

>>72061061
>Other anon didn't understand what I meant
>Clarified it
>Epic reddit meme response

>>72061076
We're done here, cucko

>>72059018
Represent or It Ain't Hard To Tell.

>>72061091
Epic meme word I saw that on the deepweb site 4chan XD

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The View From The Afternoon

>>72059018
that's tough id probably say one love though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjd7EbUUds8

>>72059176
None stood out to me


And it's also the only album ITT i have listened to

>>72061368
a certain romance

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Penny Dreadfuls

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Black Quarterback

>>72060556
Good pick

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>>72059018
halftime

>>72059025
only shallow

>>72059350
since i left you

>>72060556
el scorcho

>>72061575
billy not really


4

>>72061482
nice, that's my 2nd choice

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good morning, captain

>>72061368
i can't pick out a bad song on this album off-hand

wtf that's impressive

>>72061623
>>72061575
Honestly, Billy Not Really and Black Quarterback are interchangeable for me.

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Motion Picture Soundtrack

The world is yours > Halftime > It ain't hard to tell

>>72061750
Meme answer

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Winters Love

>>72059126
Last Dance