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Buffalo represent. From everything I've seen buffalo seems to be a pretty bleak place, westside gunn is definitely not going to change any minds about that. His bio says that he's more designer than rapper but he sounds like a rapper to me. You guys remember when new york was the cultural hub of the world? When everyone was a lot meaner but also a little more honest because motherf**ker's were checking you and you had to stand by what you said? This sh*t reminds me of all that. I love this post-ghostface style of new york rap where you chop a sample and then don't do sh*t to it and throw some raps on top. If you also dig that, this is for you.

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I just realized that when I was talking about wavy rappers before, I had f**ked up and forgot about french. I think I've held resentment towards french because I used to do the same "unh" adlib way before him. Which is pretty ridiculous because we both stole it from missy anyway. As you can see there with the loopy cover, french just dropped a mixtape, and french tapes are always good for 3-4 f**king jams. Here's two. Here's Three. As usual he works best in a collaborative affair, which isn't an insult because a lot of the time he ends up the best part. To me french is secretly the king of new york. Well maybe more like the mayor of new york. I mean he even has diddy sounding dope! that hook part "on old man wildin" is the best diddy has ever sounded. Ever.

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Once again here I am discovering music from the end of a movie. You can make a good case that it's turning into my main source for finding new music. Despite all appearances this is probably my favorite type of sh*t, being from a long line of city dwelling musicians who for no good reason think they're f**king cowboys. I think it's the only way of holding onto one's edge while you know, searching the depths of your soul and other soft ass sh*t. It should be mentioned that dan auerbach produced this right here. If that doesn't mean anything to you, you're slipping.

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Truth is that montreal has had various moments in the sun. There was the era when we were the go to city if you wanted some pretentious indie rock music. There was also the montreal beatmaker boom from a couple years back, though that may still be happening, I couldn't tell you. Unfortunately though, ever since I stepped off the plane from north carolina like 15 years ago the rap scene has been stagnant and truthfully, generally untalented. It's definitely worth pointing out that I'm strictly talking about the english rap scene. I have no real gauge as to the quality of french rap because, well, I never listened to it. This is for several reasons but the two most important ones are,  A: I don't speak french and B: Their flows were terrible. Here we are in 2016 though and it looks like we're finally coming into our own. In fact we got a bunch of people who are actually doing some real good sh*t. I was inspired to do this mix/blend after I began seeing some montreal compilations popping up around the internet. The problem was that I wasn't seeing any of my sh*t on them. I don't want to go full kanye or anything but the idea of a montreal rap conversation without me involved is laughable. It should be noted however that I'm not laughing. Anyway, here it is, hope you dig that sh*t.

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I've been with this boogie sh*t since I first heard "bitter raps". He particularly kills this freestyle right here. This is how it's done. Where in the hell was this recorded though? The sonic quality is f**king crazy. Sounds like a solid steel bunker party. I saw an australian movie on netflix with a scene in a bomb shelter right under where a wild end-of-days party was going on. It wasn't a bad film. I'll let you know what it's called when I remember.

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She goes by the name of outrageous karina. She's from san jose and I've considered it but I don't think that's what makes her outrageous. I'm all about that second verse with the rap personally, I'm glad we've finally reached a point where women can rap about lady things, as opposed to when they used to only be permitted to rap about lady parts. You know, their vaginas and such. Also, the quickest way to get hella respect from me is to do something like that long ass echo at the end.

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Remember when chuck inglish was in the cool kids?  They ended up being a weird group historically speaking, having the distinction of being one of those kinds of artists who never really took off in a major way and yet are silently responsible for huge shifts in culture. I wonder how many of those kinds of people have existed? it's hard to quantify, being that sneakiness is such an big part of it. The way the current hip-hop fan dresses is like a f**king straight line back to the cool kids. The way the average person dresses is a straight line to hip-hop. You do the math. In a world where people seem to be more concerned with fashion than any era I've been a part of, the cool kids should be gods. There should be statues erected in the streets with f**king 20 foot supras. Their breakout internet hit "black mags" dropped in 2007. Soulja boy's "crank that" dropped in 2007. Look at that sh*t! One time I was in a band with two punk dudes and I swear to god, the only rap music they seemed to know was the cool kids. I wasn't really with it at the time, too much nostalgia for a forward thinking motherf**ker like me. Yet here I am cosigning this track right here. I guess I just didn't relate to that other particular brand of nostalgia. This I can get behind. A 12 year old me wasn't riding bmx's, a 12 year old me was watching bass music videos and fantasizing about freaknik. I never figured out how to order one of the videos off the internet without alerting my parents, though in hindsight, I don't think it would have been a thing.