Good call on ZelooperZ, great artist.

Not familiar with Psychedelic Ensemble. I’ll have to look up that Jada John joint

Didn’t know L’Rain was down with these guys? I dig her self-titled

I agree that FlySiifu’s is very satisfying, even if I’m not big on Anakin

Also need new Duendita. Voice is golden

Well put, sir. I hate to say it, but I feel the same

still a bit of a reach so far but she's friends with Slauson so I think we might see some collabs with people of the crew on her next project...

Also real for knowing her s/t, tape is flames

Yeah, his delivery really just doesn’t come off as evocative as his lyrics and the monotone flow on top of that is just hard to stay interested in

just listened to it twice today and had the opposite reaction got classic written all over it imo

even though I don't mind his delivery at all, do you also think BLP2020 is better in that regard? One of my rym friends was saying that. To me it's not that huge of a difference but I dunno.

It's wild how I initially didn't quite care for BLP but it's been growing on me like crazy, honestly not even sure what to put on my EOY list first... Used to be Old Earth, but today I bumped it to WOW>OE>BLP, but was tempted to go straight to WOW>BLP>OE. On the other hand still think OE is the most cohesive and concise of the three and features some of Mike's best production and Jada's best bars.

another powerful revisit rn about time Archy links up with the scene tbh, apart from the obviously overdue Archy x Earl, him linking up with MIKE would be a dream too

I think the production on BLP keeps me listening more actively. And I think I like the project more, maybe because it’s a smaller batch of tracks? Even on my first listen of WOTW, I appreciated how it kind of captures and zones out the listener with the loops + MIKE’s monotone flows, but on revisiting, I’m just not so intrigued or committed as when I’m really listening closely.

I think for me it comes down to the mood I’m in. If I’m just zoning out (maybe painting) the album might be more valuable to me, but if I’m tryna actually listen closely I become sorta disengaged and comatose lol

I mean I can imagine how it can be appreciated like that, especially in the slums canon

I really was not rocking with it today tho

Be interested to hear what y’all top 10 slums projects are.

Same, mine are in op

a lot I haven’t heard in there

Also, mad I was sleeping on Mad Moon. Easily my favorite Akai project I’ve heard

It's semi-updated too, tho less updated the lower you go down the list I might try to give it a more complete update for the new year, I've been meaning to add more descriptions for artists in forever too

F***in Roper Williams man Jesus 🤯

man production on Song of Sage is just immaculate vibing heavy to Post Panic rn on my second spin today

Deep Water Blue is a heavenly head nod bop

@beflygelt much love for putting me onto Jada John

glad you enjoyed it criminally overlooked so far sadly. I love it! John Glacier also did this track with Vegyn and Dean Blunt this year (and featured on the newest Jada EP from this week)

love how he flows over it on the hook

Everybody drop your top 5 features of the year pls. I got:

1. Earl on MIKE’s “allstar”
2. Liv.e on FlySiifu’s “Mind Right”
3. Ka on Navy Blue’s “In Good Hands”
4. Navy Blue on Ovrkast.’s “Face”
5. Maxo on Earl’s “Whole World”

I got you, fam. I haven’t heard everything, but from what I have, my top 10 are:

1. MIKE - May God Bless Your Hustle
2. Mavi - Let the Sun Talk
3. Pink Siifu - Ensley
4. Slauson Malone - A Quiet Farewell
5. Standing on the Corner - Red Burns
6. KeiyaA - Forever, Ya Girl
7. Liv.e - Couldn’t Wait to Tell You
8. Navy Blue - Song of Sage
9. Medhane - Own Pace
10. Maxo - Lil Big Man

Camden finally dropped understand me on streaming as well as a new one called zoom