Who is All City Chess Club? Lupe Fiasco, The Cool Kids, Asher Roth, Diggy Simmons, J. Cole, Charles Hamilton, Blu, B.O.B., Dosage, & Wale. Wait, what? [youtube]JkBXlko3bsU[/youtube] ACCC's remix of Lupe's I'm Beamin', sans Wale and J. Cole. What are your thoughts on this completely imba (see: imbalanced, overpowered) supergroup?
I don't really see them working on an actual album, ever. It'll be just online releases like this one, which I'm totally cool with. Not sure if I can take that many artists at once. The remix is dope though. Asher, Lupe, Blu and BoB came correct.
It'd be like a mainstream Army of the Pharaohs. It needs to be done. That and CRS. And the ACCC and CRS should combine and make mainstream rap explode with underground-ness.
Take out Diggy, Charles, Dosage, and the Cool Kids and I would buy the album (though they're probably just gonna release a mixtape). I'm still waiting on that CRS album though. Lupe also said he's making an album with Jay Electronica, but I doubt that will ever happen. EDIT: Add B.o.B. to that list too. I like him, but he just sounded awful on this. Tries to hard sometimes to sound like Andre 3000.
Lupe has been pretty good about trying to keep promises. I mean, by all means Japanese Cartoon shouldn't have come out, but it did.
Diggy does not have bars. I'm gonna disagree, Minus. Cudi doesn't have bars either. That's prolly why he wasn't in the BET cyphers. Cudi isn't wack though, he just doesn't belong in a group of emcees IMO edit: Charles Hamilton and Kid Cudi have beef with Wale, haha.
I honestly think it'd work out pretty damn well, but that's just me. Then again I think the ACCC and CRS should combine anyways, so yeah. I see it as an Army of the Pharaohs kinda deal. Not everyone will be on every single track if they were to ever make a whole album.
You can argue his worth as a music artist, but as a straight rapper Kid Cudi is straight trash and I will say that to the ends of the earth. He plays out that 3 note sing/rap thing he does. His beat selection is what makes his albums. Kid Cudi artist = meh. Kid Cudi rapper = trash. It should be Lupe, Asher, Wale & J. Cole. Diggy can rap for sure but he has little to no subject matter in his verses.
Well you can argue that he's trash, but I will argue that he's a pretty dope rapper to the ends of the earth. Just sayin'.
Agree to disagree lol. To me he just doesn't stand up to the caliber of rappers in the (true) lineup of ACCC. Asher, Lupe, J. Cole & Wale as far as being an old school emcee. He's more of a recording artist than "Kid Cudi the Rapper". He can't really go bar for bar with anyone and (to me personally) doesn't have any good metaphors or flow. Maybe he could beat Charles Hamilton but I think C.H. is WACK lol. He needs to be removed from ACCC.
Well, in Diggy's defense, he is only 15, and has only just recently started putting out mixtapes. He is definitely miles above his brother Jojo though
Did you watch the BET Cypher recently? http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2010/10/12/2010-bet-hip-hop-awards-cyphers/ Check Diggy and his dad. He's just an impressive rapper coming from a place like New York. You have to step it up in New York. Joel Ortiz would destroy Kid Cudi in a freestyle battle. And overall I'm not impressed with freestyling. Jin was an amazing freestyler but when it came to putting together songs and concepts he flopped. I love Cudi's music and the ideas he tries to portray, I just don't like the way he delivers his flow and I'm not impressed with his ability to structure thought provoking lines. Granted, that's most of hip-hop nowadays lol, but in the context of ACCC you have some pretty high caliber lyricists. Oh and Jay, I love Diggy! I'm just saying it sucks he really doesn't have more to say (on this song at least) due to his age. The First Flight and Airborne are crazy good mixtapes. He destroys Jo-Jo. I love "I'm only 15 but my 16's strong." Dope.
Oh definitely. I heard some Team Blackout tracks, and I swear I felt some blood in my ears. Diggy is excellent for his age, and I can't wait til his debut album drops.
That has nothing to do with Kid Cudi's ability as a rapper. Sure they're damn good, but I was just saying that Cudi is better than you may think he is. You haven't been keeping up with Jin recently, have you? I'm assuming you're only looking at that horrible Ruff Ryders period. And Casey: Your ability to sound high and mighty never ceases to amaze me. Actually, it does cease to amaze me.