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Welcome to Week 1 of our Book (Album) Club! This weeks album is Madvillainy by Madvillain, the duo of MF DOOM (all caps) and Madlib. Please give the album a fresh listen and give us your thoughts, opinions and possibly hot takes.

Doesn't matter if this is your 100th time listening to the album or your listen to the album the first time right before posting!

Upcoming Calendar

September 26th: LIVE.LOVE.A$AP by A$AP Rocky

October 3rd: Poverty’s Paradise by Naughty By Nature

October 10th: Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

October 17th: R.A.P. Music by Killer Mike

Crooklyn Dodgers '95, DJ Premier, Chubb Rock, O.C., Jeru the Damaja

Drop Watch: September 15th, 2023

LPs

• Diddy - The Love Album: Off The Grid (w 21 Savage, French Montana, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Summer Walker, Swae Lee, Busta Rhymes, Fabolous, Kehlani, Ty Dolla $ign, Babyface, John Legend, Burna Boy, Jeremih + more) [Pop Rap, Bad Boy]
• Nas & Hit-Boy - Magic 3 (w Lil Wayne) [East Coast Hip Hop, Mass Appeal]
• Sleepy Hallow - Boy Meets World (w Doechii, Marshmello, Lil Tjay, Fivio Foreign, TaTa + more) [NY Drill]
• Rod Wave - Nostalgia [R&B, Alamo]
• Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows [R&B, Thirty Tigers]
• Freeze Corleone (🇫🇷) - ADC [French Hip Hop]
• RL Grime - PLAY (w 070 Shake, reo cragun + more) [EDM Trap, Sable Valley]
• Cleo Sol (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) - Heaven [R&B]
• VIC MENSA - VICTOR (w Chance the Rapper, Thundercat, Ty Dolla $ign, Maeta & G-Eazy) [Chicago Rap, Roc Nation]
• CITY MORGUE - My Bloody America [Trap Metal, Hikari-ULTRA/Republic]
• Nasty C (🇿🇦) - I Love It Here (w Benny the Butcher + more) [South African Hip Hop, Def Jam]
• Lil Dusty G - NOISE T.V [Cloud Rap]
• Ronny J - Charged Up (w Wiz Khalifa, XXXTentacion + more) [Trap]
• ZelooperZ & Quadie Diesel - Quazel [Rap, Bruiser Brigade]
• Citizen Queen - CLIQUE [R&B]
• ACRU (🇦🇷) - EL DON [Argentinian Rap, Dale Play]
• Bizzy Bone - The Waste Lands [Midwest Hip Hop]
• Glockboyz Teejaee - The Glock Is Hot (w BabyTron, Skilla Baby & OnFully) [Michigan Trap, The Hip Hop Lab]
• Mega Ran - Buddy's Magic Toy Box [Nerdcore]
• Rasheed Chappell & The Arcitype - Sugar Bills (w Rome Streetz + more) [Boom Bap]
• SiyahXO! - Hit List Vol. 2 [Rap]
• JAHMED - Prophecy [West Coast Rap]
• Kipp Stone - 66689 Blvd Prequel [Midwest Hip Hop, Closed Sessions]
• Airospace - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
• Shaykh Hanif & MichaelAngelo - Wilderness of North America (w Keisha Plum, CRIMEAPPLE, BoriRock + more) [Boom Bap]
• Monobrother (🇦🇹) - Mir geht's um die Menschen [Austrian Hip Hop, Honigdachs]

Deluxe

• Kiler Mike - MICHAEL DELUXE (w T.I., Young Nudy, JID & Jacquees) [Southern Hip Hop, Loma Vista]
• LE$ - Bigger in Texas [Southern Hip Hop]

EPs

• tana - London* [Cloud Rap]
• Lil Kayla - Who is Lil Kayla? (w YN Jay + more) [Trap, Asylum]
• Ransom - Gia... Á La Carte (w Nicolas Craven) [East Coast Hip Hop]
• Grindhard E & Tony Rose - Flint 2 Lansing (w YSR Gramz) [Michigan Trap]
• Steven Bamidele (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) - Summing Up [R&B]
• Niko Is, Thanks Joey and SAHAR - Amor in Abundance (w Hus KingPin + more) [Hip Hop]
• Phro. - Ambition 2 (w Blu, Lord Apex, Chuck Strangers, Skyzoo, Jayy Grams + more) [Producer]
• Dos Monos - DMAN: Excerpt [Experimental Hip Hop]
• Conduit - Fruits of Labor (w Pink Siifu, Brainorchestra & KBOB)

Songs

• Drake & SZA - TBA
• RONNY J & Wiz Khalifa - MAGIC
• Offset - Fan
• Show Dem Camp, Amaarae & Tems - Too Bad (Remix)
• Majid Jordan - Waiting For You (feat. Naomi Sharon)
• Despot & Lil Yachty - Rain*
• $NOT - Cruel World
• Denzel Curry - Sked (feat. Kenny Mason)
• Sango - Masego's Interlude (feat. Masego)
• Rosehardt & Masego - Baby Love
• Kelis - Milkshake 20 (Alex Wann Remix)
• Headie One & K-Trap - Catfish (feat. M1onthebeat)
• ghetto10k & Zoo Keeper - Met Gala (feat. Benny The Butcher)
• Ronne - Dreams (feat. Mick Jenkins)
• DJ Flipp - Built Like That (feat. Fenix Flexin & Rob Vicious)
• Rob Vicious - Heaven For a Thug
• Khary, YOG$ & AKTHESAVIOR - Am I
• Mike Lowery - Lowest of the Lows (feat. Christyle & Sauce Walka)
• Chosen Ru & Sauce Walka - Promise
• Coo Wop - Like Me (feat. Young Scooter)
• Dende - Flowers (Remix) [feat. Xavier Omär]
• Erykah Officer & Dende - Lowkey Lover
• Aesop Rock - Mindful Solutionism
• Nikki Natural - Money in the Bag (feat. YN Jay)
• GNSBEEZY - MOTION FREESTYLE (Remix) [feat. YN Jay]
• DC the Don - Tell Shyanne 2 (feat. Jace!)
• FLEXA & DC The Don - Taking It Back
• Berhana - Break Bread
• Cookin Soul & Kid Frankie - La Verdad
• Flashy B & AzChike - All Lies
• Maxo - PlayDis! (feat. ZelooperZ)
• Mitaya & Lawsy - If U Really Love Me
• BRG Lavish - Depend On Me (feat. Louie Ray)
• 25Knowledge - Money Mission (feat. Louie Ray)
• Dusty Staxx - Nothin' To Lose (feat. Freeway & Neef Bucks)
• YGTUT - Bad Habits (feat. BIGG CUP)
• Ambar Lucid - NADIE COMO TU
• Babyxsosa - Southside to South Pasadena
• BabyBoySlimee - Baby From the Bottom (feat. Trapland Pat)
• Aaron Veal & byJ. - Hometown Hero (feat. Nyck Caution)
• Kingpen Slim - Shiesty (feat. Symba)
• TLG Dooda - G.B.A. (feat. EBK Jaaybo, EBK Leebo & Ten Letta MG)
• Eli Sostre - Broken
• Suave-Ski & Your Old Droog - Like That
• Lil Darius - Meant 4 You
• Bronald* - Ben 10 (feat. Subiibabii & Xaviersobased)
• L.O.T.S. - Double Up (feat. Nef the Pharoah)
• Roby ABM - Traphous (feat. LilCJ Kasino)
• Memo600 - AMERICAN GANGSTA (feat. Baby Money)
• GAL - ROXX OFF (Remix) [feat. Akeem Ali]
• Tre Loaded - Santa
• Tru Carr - Bust a Move
• Jay Gaddy - Trip (feat. Allstar JR)
• Al-Doms - Til My Heart Stops (feat. Alessandra Salinas)
• Jeremiah Jae - Street Watchers (Remix)
• KP SKYWALKA - I'm Still Pistol
• Rome Fortune - Super Easy
• Lil Nuu - Day I Got Shot
• Gabe 'Nandez - Cortado
• Vash Noir - Müv On (feat. Gabe 'Nandez)
• Moh Baretta - Stargirl
• BRYSON THE ALIEN & Fatboi Sharif - Shepard / Shepard (2099 Version)
• Kxsh - No Hook
• Greemsliime & Kid Breeze - Angel Dust
• Kyd Money - DO the ISH
• Ciara Leah - One Day

* means not on Apple Music or Spotify

Sorted by Spotify Monthly Listeners

Reposted from u/DropWatcher on Reddit.

6 albums in 3 years. It's a wrap

Link to lyrics, meaning, and translation

Welcome to the first [WORLDWIDE] Wednesday! A day specifically to share music from all over the world! We are primarily an English speaking community but Hip Hop is [WORLDWIDE] and I want to have a day to encourage our members who don't speak English as a first language to share some stuff we might not have heard.

Only rule is don't tag stuff as [WORLDWIDE] if it is from the USA, or English speaking Canada. I don't hate Drake but I don't want to see him today. That is the stuff we see all the time and that dominates the US charts. Otherwise, I don't care what language it is or where it is from. This includes English, if you have some sick Australian rap or something, share it, English or not! Non-[WORLDWIDE] posts are still welcome on Wednesdays of course, I just want to have the stuff sticking to the theme tagged.

For our overseas posters, [WORLDWIDE] Wednesday starts wherever it is Wednesday. Don't worry about if it is Wednesday in the US or not. If it is Wednesday in your timezone then we are [WORLDWIDE].

EDIT (12/6/2023): [WORLDWIDE] Wednesday will now be just the first Wednesday of every month. Non-English Hip Hop is still always welcome of course, but we are only going to go with the tag just the one day a month.

One more to start us off on our first [WORLDWIDE] Wednesday. Share your language from outside the USA and English speaking Canada! It doesn't explicitly have to be in non-english.

Lyrics, meaning and translation: https://sonichits.com/video/MHD/Afro_Trap_Pt._8_(Never)

First post of the first [WORLDWIDE] Wendesday! Share your international Hip Hop! Use the tag [WORLDWIDE] so they are easy to spot!

TL;DR: Book (album) club is coming! First thread will be next week. First album will be Madvillainy by Madvillain (MF DOOM and Madlib)

Long Version: Next week I am starting a weekly book (album) club thread. Every week will be a different album and anybody who is interested can give it a listen, then share their opinions in the weekly thread!

I'm open to feedback but at least at first I am going to try to mix up the decade/style of the albums each week. I know I personally tend to get stuck in the "type" of hip hop I like. I want this to be a way for myself, and hopefully everybody else, to listen to stuff they might not have heard before or wouldn't normally check out. That said, my goal is to make sure we are listening to good albums so while the style of the music might vary, hopefully the quality does not. My current plan is not to use any album less than ~3 years old. Since I'm trying to only pick good albums, albums newer than that are likely still being discussed, mentioned and listened to semi-regularly.

I'll keep a running tracker at the bottom of each thread of the next few upcoming albums. That way if people want to listen to the album before the thread is posted, they can be ready. Alternatively, if people want to listen after it is posted, I hope we can have each thread active for at least a couple days after each post.

The Sidebar will also have a link to the most current version of this thread. I HOPE to keep that link up to date...we will see how I do on that.

UPCOMING CALENDAR

September 19th: Madvillainy by Madvillain (MF DOOM and Madlib)

September 26th: LIVE.LOVE.A$AP by A$AP Rocky

October 3rd: Poverty's Paradise by Naughty By Nature

October 10th: Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B