J. Cole has The Audio Dope licking our chops in anticipation for his second studio album set to release sometime in the beginning of 2013. After the release of ‘Miss America’, we have a sneaking suspicion that “Born Sinner” will draw more parallel’s to Cole’s mixtape/album “Friday Night Lights” than his debut studio album “Cole … Continue reading
Although the two albums are completely different, Kendrick Lamar’s new “GKMC” debut album reminds us so much of J. Cole’s debut release “Cole World: The Sideline Story”. Today’s Lyrical Exercise features lines from the the title track ‘Sideline Story’. ‘Sideline Story’ is one of my favorites on the album and always a good one to bump when … Continue reading
‘m.A.A.d city’ is hands down one The Audio Dope’s favorite songs on Kendrick Lamar’s debut studio album “good kid, m.A.A.d city”, which was released by Interscope/Aftermath yesterday. The song’s opening verse is one of the rawest, longest, and impressive verses I’ve heard in a long time. Today’s Lyrical Exercise features three of our favorite quotes … Continue reading
I always say a significant measure of how good an album is how many different songs become your “favorite song on the album”. While I won’t disagree with anyone saying ‘Watch The Throne’ wasn’t what it could be, it had some awesome re-listen value and classic tracks. ‘Why I Love You’ was my favorite song … Continue reading
Big K.R.I.T. is definitely one of The Audio Dope’s favorite artists in the hip-hop game right now as he offers a breath of fresh air and a different type of southern sound. KRIT’s debut album, “Live from the Underground” definitely disappoint and was one of our favorite projects of 2012 so far. Today’s Lyrical Exercise … Continue reading
The sole reason I’m able to make it to work three days a week at 830am before class is that I have Kanye West’s debut album (My personal fav album of all-time) “The College Dropout” in the whip. “The College Dropout” is the kind of album that has listeners picking a different favorite song upon … Continue reading
Slowly but surely, Lupe Fiasco’s new album “Food and Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album” has been making its way to my daily-playlist. Despite the fact I was disappointed after my first listen of ‘F&L2’, I’ve come to really enjoy a majority of the album. Lupe goes over some awesome beats and is arguably … Continue reading
So today’s Lyrical Exercise comes with a little hesitation. 50 Cent’s debut studio-album “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” is hands down one of my favorite hip-hop albums of all time. I remember when ‘In Da Club’ came out in the spring of 6th grade as well as strictly bumping the album all soccer season in … Continue reading
Today’s Lyrical Exercise features Dr. Dre on the classic track ‘Still D.R.E.’ from his sextuple platinum album “2001”. “2001” is definitely in The Audio Dope’s top 10 favorite hip-hop albums of all-time. This Lyrical Exercise features one of the many dopeee Dr. Dre verses on his second solo album which was released in 1999. Favorite … Continue reading
Sorry for the Kendrick overload, but he’s the best rapper in the game right now so deal with it. Today’s Lyrical Exercise is from HiiiPower, the lead single off last year’s independent album Section.80. Kendrick uses some really intricate metaphors to make a statement about his movement against a corrupt society. Take a second and read … Continue reading
For today’s Lyrical Exercise, we selected one of our favorite jams of all time (no exaggeration). The question is: which is the best verse in Renegade, a standout track off of Jay-Z’s Blueprint. Many people say that Em kills Jay on his own track but The Audio Dope begs to differ. Em might come a little … Continue reading
We were listening to Late Registration on the way home from New York last night and were once again reminded how much we love the old Ye (not that we don’t like the new). The last track of this classic album, Gone, is a favorite of The Audio Dope’s. Kanye perfectly ends the album with this verse. … Continue reading
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In this video, Curren$y talks about his favorite verse that he has even written and why. It just so happens that this is one of The Audio Dope’s favorite verses of his as well. It is from the Mos Def produced cut, Breakfast, off of 2010’s Pilot Talk. I’m so cold with it, the potency … Continue reading
I listened to this one on my way to work this morning and was once again reminded how much I love Outkast. When people argue about the best lyricists ever, Andre 3000 should always come into conversation. This is the fourth verse from the classic single Elevators off of my favorite Outkast album ATLiens. This verse is … Continue reading
Off of arguably my favorite album of all time, Jay-Z’s ’96 album Reasonable Doubt, this is the first verse from 22 Twos’s produced by Ski Beatz. There are in fact 22 too/two/to’s in this verse which makes for an interesting rhyme scheme. Verse starts at 0:40. Too much West coast dick licking, and too many n*ggas on a mission Doing … Continue reading
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