Studio Random Thoughts

[kyhadley]

Nah Right s Coachella Set

So fucking good.

[Woy]

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Happy 17th birthday Illmatic.

[Champ]

Other than the first 2 songs in the Miguel CD it kinda sucks.

[Woy]

Woy's Word: The king and his heirs.

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About 18 years ago, a young R&B artist who went by the name R. Kelly left his group Public Announcement to release his first solo album, 12 Play. It received mixed reviews at first (then later received mostly positive) but it's easily one of my favorite albums of all-time. He followed that up with a successful self-titled album released two years later and then a double-disc album named R. that found itself on top of the Billboard charts after its first week.

After his self-titled album, he was proclaimed the "King of R&B" by Ebony Man magazine and still to this day, when someone discusses the genre, R. Kelly's name is almost immediately brought up. Just last year, he released another critically-acclaimed album in Love Letter, which gave a different vibe from his previous albums.

10 albums into his career and with more to come, it's no wonder that upcoming R&B artists today aspire to be as successful as R. Kelly. There are three in particular that I want to touch on - three that might be the heir to R. Kelly's crown sometime in the future. Two of them have been in the game since the middle-to-late 2000s with three or more albums under their belts already, while the other artist has worked more behind the scenes for a while before finally releasing his debut album this year.

There's three qualities I look at in a R&B artist; beautiful vocals, great lyrics and a very consistent record. R. Kelly has demonstrated all three of these throughout his career with some of the best vocals I've ever heard, a knack for telling a story through a song and the ability to release consistently good albums after one another.

Trey Songz has four albums under his belt and is probably the most popular R&B artist today. His vocal range has consistently improved throughout his career and it's to the point where I would consider it one of the best voices in the genre. Songs like "Can't Be Friends", "Black Roses" and "On Top" shows that Trey can craft a song from a lyrical standpoint. The biggest flaw however with him is his consistency. His second album Trey Day was a flop and although his past two albums have been very good, there's always one track in there that throws the entire album off. I don't know if it's label politics or if it's Trey's doing, but "LOL :-)" and "Bottoms Up" should not be on a R&B album.

The-Dream is the self-proclaimed "Radio Killa" but he speaks the truth; his hand in writing songs like J. Holiday's "Bed" and Rihanna's "Umbrella" have put those two artists in constant radio waves over the years. His lyrical skill is geared towards putting out music for the radio (like his nickname states) but it's not completely mainstream. His consistency is unparalleled compared to other R&B artists today because he is one of the few that knows how to make a complete album. Every track transitions perfectly to the next song in his three albums, which is rare today. However, the biggest flaw that he has is his voice because it's extremely weak. The-Dream uses a lot of computer generated programs to make his voice more appeasing and it said he can't carry a stage to save his life because of that flaw.

If you follow the Def Jam record label, you might remember an up and coming artist that went by the name Lonny Breaux. Well today he's known as Frank Ocean and he's already one of the genre's fastest rising stars. As Breaux, he was passed over and kept in the dark from the public, but he had his hand in writing songs for established artists like John Legend and Brandy. After releasing what has gotten mostly positive reviews in Nostalgia, ULTRA, the 23-year-old member from OFWGKTA could be the darkhorse to take R. Kelly's crown someday. He has good vocals and a real knack for writing a song; it's just up to him if he can stay consistent with his releases from now on.

There are other artists I could have mentioned like Legend, but I feel like he's reached his potential and won't get any bigger than he already is. That's fine though because he's an incredible artist on his own right, but the three artists I listed still haven't reached the pinnacle of their success yet and it just takes one classic album to put their name in legitimate conversation. I would say that Trey Songz is the most likely choice to take the crown someday, with Frank Ocean and The-Dream slightly behind him.

[Houston]

Only 10 dollars? Why I couldn't resist...

[Woy]

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Paralyzed on the bathroom floor by pain
Last month I endured, but now I can't ignore
Feels like railroad spikes being stuck in my liver
Am I dying? Eyes crying, body starting to shiver
Crawl upstair from the basement calling my sister
(Sniff) Dawn help me, I ain't feeling too healthy
Stomach walls burning, head spinning and turning
Waiting for the EMS; 3:10 in the morning
Rush me to the emergency screaming like a newborn
The pain's too strong maybe my soul's trying to move on
They hook me to the I.V., put me through some X-Rays
Gave me Demerol to kill the pain that was the next phase
Early the next day in the hospital room
Moms and pops in the room, three or four docs in the room
Test results suggest your colon and your liver
Is so cancerous you got three months left
Me and Death is playing chess ever since then
My strength is the most high, my fam and close friends
The Last Emp and Set Free blessed me with a verse
Staying healthy comes first
Look at me things could be worst

If this verse doesn't give you chills, you don't have a soul.

[IamMedellin]

Im in

[Houston]

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[Houston]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khCok...layer_embedded

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[Lupe]

http://omusicawards.com/

Chiddy close to breaking a world record

[MvP]

Courtesy of user "Imagin3" from Boxden

Prodigy talks about the time he met Jadakiss

So me, Big Noyd and E Money Bags are bored looking for something to do. I wanted to call some bi*ches but my phone with all the fine bi*ches numbers in it was dead, so all I had was my beeper. So Noyd is like "Let's hop in the Bulletproof Toyota Prius and head to the waffle spot". I don't really want to go because it's like 1 AM and I don't really got gas money to be wasting gas like that, that's why I got the Prius in the first place. But after a while I'm like "fu*k it", grab the burner and me, Big Noyd and E Money Bags hop into the Bulletproof Prius and head to the waffle spot.

When we get to the waffle spot, theres a bunch of niggas there lined up waiting for they waffles. I'm P, you know my name ring bells, so I'm not trying to wait in line and sh*t. So I walk to the front of the line and it's some 6'9 Lebron looking nigga standing there grilling me. Nigga asks if I don't see the line. At this point E Money Bags pulls out his burner and is begging for me to give the word to shoot the nigga in the lips. But I'm on parole so I can't just have niggas murdering niggas so I tell E Money Bags to chill. I walk up to the nigga, I only catch about midway above his belly button, but I'm P so I tell the nigga, "It's over for that dunny" and a swing. Before I even hit the nigga I see him collapse and then hear a loud ass pop. Apparently I had swung so hard I caused a sonic boom that popped the nigga eardrum, so he was out. Big Noyd and E money bags start laughing as I step over the unconscious giant and start ordering waffles for the crew.

As I'm asking for the strawberries I hear a very strange sound. It sounds like the mixture of a hawk screech and a hyena busting a nut. I turn around and see a lil bald black nigga laughing. I don't recognize the nigga but my nigga Big Noyd pokes me and is like, "Oh sh*t, thats the nigga Kiss." I'm like "Gene Simmons is black?" Noyd looks at me like I'm silly, so I'm about to snuff the nigga, but then he says "Nah Nigga, Jadakiss." So I'm like "Word?". The nigga Kiss beckons me to come over to his table, and he got a couple bi*ches there. But I'm clumsy and I forget about the nigga i knocked out and i trip over his body, spilling syrup all over me. I get up ready to shoot any nigga who laughs but the nigga Kiss is like "fu*k that nigga, come through to the crib, these bi*ches love syrup and sh*t."

We get to the crib and I'm like "Ayo kiss, where the bathroom?" Nigga points to this door that look something like a time portal from Stargate Atlantis or some sh*t and tells me I can take whatever linen shorts I want. I walk up to the sh*t, flip the light switch and walk in. I'm about to take my shirt off when Kiss walks into the bathroom smiling hard as fu*k. I'm about to reach for my burner cause I seen that smile before at Rikers and I ain't having that sh*t. But before I could blast the nigga he says "Watch This". He reaches over the sink, and the sh*t does some eye scan sh*t to the nigga, and i swear on every nigga i ever lost in Queensbridge, THIS NIGGA WHOLE BATHTUB LIFTED UP AND ROTATED. My nigga Kiss just said "AHA!" and walked out, and two white bi*ches walked in naked, took they pins out and they hair fell down to they calves. Then all three of us took a shower.

[CCBrink]

I had a nerdgasm while watching this video. The Blu-Rays need to hurry up and come out.


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[Houston]

I'll never be able to watch Star Wars without thinking about Senser

[NAHSTE]

My girl texted me saying she was having a crappy day so I said you know what, fuck it. Let's go see Fast and Furious Five tonight. It's been a while since I had dumb fun at the movies, so I'm looking forward to the ridiculousness.

[SHOGUN]

After listening to Pandemonium, I have an interest in the Maybach Music Group album.