I get that about Woods, he's been bigged up by The Wire and is cerebral/distanced from the street just enough to get praise outside of rap circles. But also, it's just fucking good. The beats on Aethiopes are out of this world, and he's a fantastic rapper. The reality matches if not exceeds the hype for once.had a listen to the new EST Gee/42 Dugg & billy woods/ preservation albums, two very different rap albums but i like them but i probably prefer the latter more so
I feel like i should like 42 Dugg more than i do but just on some of the Atlanta trap sounding stuff he comes off like just like another Atlanta rapper to me where as on the michigan beats he sounds more like himself, Gee is more consistant and just a very visceral rapper like he's trying to speed through his verse and you're just hanging on trying to follow him. The albums basically a brand exercise as their both on Yo Gotti's label now but its solid considering what's led to these two getting together.
woods/preservation more low key and "out of time" sounding but really solid and all the guests pull their weight on the album i'd be interested to see what people think of Gabe 'Nandez & Fatboi Sharif who are two of the more recent notable names to come up in underground rap especially Sharif cause i feel like some folk in here would like him cause they can spot his influences easier. i wish the former had a verse on the album and the latter at first i thought it was weird but i'm adjusting to it
@WebEschatology I like the sound of Gabe, where's the best place to start? Does he have a tape yet? Following a deluge of new releases on Youtube does my head in (see RxNephew). Maybe this is an argument for getting Youtube Music, idk.