School Daze, Vol. 2

Hey guys! It's sort of been a minute. Haha. I've been soooo busy with school!
However, I've got tons to update you on. Firstly, I have a new camera. I snagged a 7D for a cool $1300. The guys sold me shitty lenses, but... I'm gonna sell them, and buy better ones. No biggie. Anyway, I had a pretty mellow day yesterday, and took tons of pictures. Check em out.

I think the colors are amazing. Another awesome thing about the Canons is the image quality. They have a way of being sharp without looking digital. There's a filmy aspect in there, some how. Anyway, after class, me and Najm went off campus and I took picture of him, and he took some of me.

Everyone says he reminds them of Tyler, the Creator.

Oh yeah, I have an afro.
A big one.

And... Najm's weird.

And that's it. I shot all these with a 18-135mm Canon f3.5 lens. The outside shots are cool, but the inside shots sucked, so I'm selling it. There's not enough depth and my 50mm is waaaay better. Contact me at najiyyahphipps@aol.com if you're interested.

GOBLIN X TYLER THE CREATOR

I don't know if you guys remember, but a long while ago, I blogged about Tyler the Creator. (I blogged about Earl Sweatshirt too, but he's really irrelevant to this post). Anyway, Goblin was leaked recently, so you know I've got to blog it! I know it's wrong, as a fan, to dl it illegally, but.. I fully intend on buying it. I've heard it's being released as vinyl as well. That'd definitely be something I'd be interested in. Personally, I loved Goblin. A lot of people said things like: "he's trying too hard", "the beats all sound the same", "wahwahwah". I thought it was awesome.

My personal faves would have to be "Goblin", "She", and "Nightmare".

Here's the tracklist:

1. GOBLIN
2. YONKERS
3. RADICALS
4. SHE
5. TRANSYLVANIA
6. NIGHTMARE
7. TRON CAT
8. HER
9. SANDWITCHES
10. FISH
11. ANALOG
12. B.S.D.
13. WINDOW
14. AU79
15. GOLDEN

The ones in italics have features. The ones in blue are my favorites.

Anyway, I highly recommend purchasing this. It's definitely a piece of art. He did his thugdizzle. I love the notoriety they're getting. They work hard and produce quality music. I dig it.

TO ALL WHO CLAIM TYLER'S RECKLESS/CRAZY/SUCKS: Artists are tormented by their art. Watch this, skip to :43

CURRENTLY ADDICTED X MUSIC

Frank Ocean x Tyler the Creator = She


Off Tyler's new album. It's super dope. LOVE the track. F/O did his thing too.



Kendrick Lamar x Jhene Aiko = Growing Apart

We all seem to stumble, planning our own demise,

Forgetting the big picture and making it wallet sized.

So to what's important in my life, I apologize:

I promise to stay faithful, focused and sanctified.

We all get distracted, the question is:

Will you bounce back, or bounce backwards?

Would you not know how to act or take action?

That's apart of life and if your vision's impaired,

You'll probably lose it all tonight.

The epitome of power through words.

Tyler the Creator x Supreme.

Tyler's finally recognized for his Supreme fanaticism. He's in the lookbook, ha. I love what he brings to pictures. It's like charisma mixed with awkwardness.

♥ ⚡⚡

FUCK Steve Harvey.

            Sooooo, I have to do it. So, here goes. So, probably about 3 weeks ago, I'm in the car with Kevin. Normally, he plays shit from his phone, and I just listen and accept it. This time was different. This time, in the car.. I was vibing, hardcore. I mean, head nodding and singing the outro choruses and shit. It was cool. I'm like, "WHO THE FUCK IS THIS?!!". Lol. And Kevin's all nonchalant like, "Oddfuture Wolfgang, this old-ass tape. You haven't heard it before?!" No mothafucka, I hadn't, but I'm SO happy I did. The group is entitled "Odd Future Wolf Gang", "OFWGKTA" for short, "Oddfuture for shorter", "DAMN this is a hot-ass beat!" for long. The two artists I'm gonna focus on tonight are Tyler the Creator, an 18-year-old producer rapper, and Earl Sweatshirt, a West-coast lyricist prodige. Together, the dynamic duo are unstoppable. They're like Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh, except with a beat machine instead of hands, and music about rape and cannibalism, instead of girls and Gucci undies. And yes, I said rape & cannibalism. That's part of what makes their music so irresistible. Though their lyrics reek of anger, anguish, and agony, and their ad-libs include girls screaming, and "you gon' fuckin' love me, bitch", you still can't help but listen. It's kind of like a serious car crash. Even though there's blood and glass everywhere, you can't hope but stare into a scene full of despair, looking for signs of hope. I guess that's exactly what Earl & Tyler do for our generation, they offer hope to Generation Y's ascending musical mortality rate. 

This is Earl Sweatshirt's first (and only) mixtape, entitled Earl.


Here's the tracklist. Numbers 1&2, and 4-6 are my favorites. I paired 1 and 2 because it's a skit-track set, as are 5 and 6.


1.) Thisniggaugly
2.) Earl
3.) Couch (feat. Tyler, The Creator)
4.) Kill
5.) Wakeupfaggot
6.) Luper
7.) epaR (feat. Vince Staples)
8.) Moonlight (feat. Hodgy Beats)
9.) Pigions (feat. Wolf Haley)
10.) Stapleton

(Sorry for the weird-ass alignment, coding's fucked up) This is Tyler's first mixtape, entitled Bastard. My personal faves would have to be 1, 5, and 9-12.

1. Bastard

2. Seven

3. Odd Toddlers (ft. Casey Veggies)

4. French! (ft. Hodgy Beats)

5. Blow

6. Pigs Fly (ft. Domo Genesis)

7. Parade

8. Slow It Down (ft. Hodgy Beats)

9. AssMilk (ft. Earl)

10. VCR/Wheels

11. Session (ft. Hodgy Beats & BranDun Deshay)

12. Sarah

13. Jack And The Beanstalk

14. Tina (ft. Jasper & Taco)

15. Inglorious

Oh, but yeah. Click the mixtape titles to download the tapes.. and here's some videos to see. Check out their YouTube channel.

Earl's Music — Earl has a Twitter, but he doesn't use it. I try to give you guys updated shit though. His Twitter's @oddearl.

Tyler's Music — @FuckTyler

OFWGKTA Tumblr — @OFWGKTA — OFWG's Last.fm — OFWG's Mixtape, Radical 

WARNING: BEFORE YOU LISTEN TO THIS MUSIC, this is NOT, I repeat, is NOT for those sensitive to rape or molestation, and those who can't handle graphic description of murder and/or slaughter. There's my two cents! :) Bye.