QN5 Music

Went through old tonedeff stuff today since I’m on a deff binge after the megashow. Those projects reminded me how ahead of his time he is. Morethanthis, fast, monotony, and especially circles have an eternal relevance and impressiveness.

I don’t have Calligraphy - but I totally agree.

Monotony and Circles remind me of my freshmen & sophomore years of high school. They will always hold a place in my heart.

Underscore is one of my top played albums, I def agree!

fast and circles are timeless tracks

im relistening to all his sung songs, amazing.

from home coming king, to fast, to morethanthis, to gathered. fucking crazy.

and Here comes the tide, that needs to be released

maybe it’s a part of Chico and the Man =O

I had Here Comes the Tide on a 40 second loop, for 2 hours the other night, fucking engraved in my head now.

yeah tone said that WOULD be released but the 40 seconds is gonna have to do until we get it.

*feels stupid* - here comes the tide?

The little 40-second ‘interlude’ snippet at the end of “Hypocrite” w/DTV off of Underscore.

Oh that.. wow, never put much thought into why it was at the end of the track..

I hope that does get released, listening to it as an individual song now - it’s awesome!

i just realized i havent seen my copy of Underscore in a VERY VERY long time

have no idea where that shit is…dont even know where to start looking…fuck

Im gonna have to disagree.

As much as i like those releases, I cant honestly say i like them better than what ive heard this year.

Brother Ali - Us
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
The Narcicyst - The Narcicyst
The Grouch & Eligh - Say G&E!
CunninLynguists - A Strange Journey Vol. 1
Saigon - All In A Days Work
Common Market - The Winters End EP
Classified - Self Explanatory
Braille & S1 - Cloud Nineteen
Brother Ali - The Truth Is Here EP
Deep Rooted - D.E.E.P.R.O.O.T.E.D.
Finale - A Pipe Dream & A Promise
Sandpeople - Long Story Short…
Mr. SOS - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb
Mr. J Medeiros - The Art of Broken Glass EP
Debaser - Back To Work
Toki Wright - A Different Mirror
Tanya Morgan - Brooklynati
Sandpeople - B-Sides Vol 2
K’naan - Troubador
Raekwon - OB4CL2
KRS-One & Buckshot - Survival Skills
J. Cole - The Warmup

Still looking for CATM to take top honors though.

Of course if that Rakim - Seventh Seal drops and is on point who knows.

Or that The Last Emperor - Wizards Wardrobe, been waiting for an album from him.

And more to come like,

Mr. J Medeiros - Friends Enemies Apples Apples
CunninLynguists - A Strange Journey Vol. 2
Blu - Godlee Barnes EP
Royce Da 59 - Street Hop
Reflection Eternal - Revolutions Per Minute
Sean Price - Mic Tyson/Kimbo Price
Vakill - Armor of God
Chief Kamachi - Clock of Destiny
Solitair - The Departure
DL Incognito - Someday Is Less Than A Second Away
Masta Ace & Edo G - A&E
Blue Scholars - Oof! LP
Slum Village - Villa Manifesto
Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives
Edit: More
Elzhi - Elmatic
Killah Priest - Elizabeth
Souls Of Mischief - Montezuma’s Revenge
Luckyiam & Sapient - The Prime

Not to mention at least a dozen under the radar albums ive yet to give a spin. Sometimes the unheard artists come with the best shit (sometimes).

Like i said, im waiting for CATM to take top honors this year. But i would have to be delusional to ignore the quality efforts being dropped by non QN5 affiliates.

Shit seems I’ve been in a Coma - missed most of those releases ^

While we’re on the topic of great releases this year, I just wanna say that you owe it to yourself, above all else, to listen to Common Market’s “Winter’s End” EP. Sleeping on them is criminal.

Tone and Kno couldn’t have picked a better year (at least this decade) to test their utter dominance in the realm of hip-hop. I think that, when we look back on 2009 in a few years, people will see this as one of the best years in indie hip-hop ever since “indie hip-hop” became what it is. Lots of great material from some of the greatest people in the genre has or will be coming out this year. Just incredible, really. 2003 is up there too.

Dont know about that, 2007 would probably be at the top of my list. Loved quite a few of those Rawkus 50 releases. That was like christmas. Though looking at other years its hard to be dissapointed with any of them. When you can make a Top 10 and not even have 1 mainstream release on it, its pretty crazy.

gangstasmurf06 said:While we’re on the topic of great releases this year,

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one of the releases i really enjoy right now: Fashawn- Boy meets world

those exile beats are crazy.

pen said:

gangstasmurf06 said:While we’re on the topic of great releases this year,

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one of the releases i really enjoy right now: Fashawn- Boy meets world

those exile beats are crazy.

I co-sign that statement…I also am enjoying Boy Meets World, a really good album. It’s been gettin’ mad spins.

That Royce album sounds like Hellen Keller mixed that shit.

not naming Slaughterhouse or Escape Route = smh