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user-inactivated  ·  3809 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: ILL MIND OF HOPSIN 7

A Hopsin song that I actually really digged?

The end is truly nigh.





iammyownrushmore  ·  3809 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The beat is great, his flow is good, but even without the contact lenses he still just seems ... cheesy and I can't shake that feeling.

user-inactivated  ·  3809 days ago  ·  link  ·  

it's definitely cheesy, but I can do cheesy - I had a huge nerdcore-stint in highschool that I look back on fondly.

It's his preachiness that gets me. And his backpacker fanbase. "Hopsin is the only one that does real hiphop, not hiphop about money and drugs and women!"

But this was cheesy, while also being introspective and not shoving his values down my throat. Like Ill Hopsin 5...gah, never again.

Meriadoc  ·  3809 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I hadn't heard of Hopsin before at all and I liked this. Clearly cheesy as hell and trying to get more attention from being hammy, but it seemed authentic, like an actual introspective conversation he had with himself. So I'm glad I saw your comment at least to know not to look into him further hahaha

theadvancedapes  ·  3808 days ago  ·  link  ·  

For what its worth, I disagree with eightbit. If you liked this song, I think his album Raw is worth looking into. He is phenomenally talented and I always look for what he's doing. Unfortunately, he slipped into fundamentalist Christianity two years ago and started to lose his musical focus. But if this song is any indication, he's back for real now!

Meriadoc  ·  3804 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So I've given it one casual listen through once now, and it interested me enough to give it another follow-up listen to really form an opinion.

theadvancedapes  ·  3804 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What's your first impression?

Meriadoc  ·  3808 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Alright! I'll give it a shot and see how it goes

thenewgreen  ·  3809 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Me too, I had never heard anything from him. I dig this though and I agree that it seems genuine.