Elaquent / Worst Case Scenario
| Album: | Worst Case Scenario | Collection: | Hip-hop | |
| Artist: | Elaquent | Added: | Dec 2017 | |
| Label: | Urbnet Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2017-12-20 | Pull Date: | 2018-02-21 | Charts: | Hip-Hop |
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| Week Ending: | Feb 25 | Feb 18 | Feb 11 | Feb 4 | Jan 28 | Jan 14 | Jan 7 | Dec 31 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 22, 2018: | Lucid Lightning: Power Hour
Nollieflip |
4. | Feb 15, 2018: | Lucid Lightning: Power Hour
Spur Of The Moment, Nollieflip |
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| 2. | Feb 21, 2018: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants
Nollieflip |
5. | Feb 14, 2018: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants
Perchance To Dream |
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| 3. | Feb 18, 2018: | Sound Landscapes
Nollieflip |
6. | Feb 08, 2018: | Lucid Lightning: Power Hour
Maharaja (Feat. A L L I E), Spur Of The Moment |
Album Review
J-Simma
Reviewed 2018-01-11
Reviewed 2018-01-11
Worst Case Scenario -- Elaquent [review by J-Simma] FCC Clear (favs: 2,5,9,10,11)
A solid hip-hop instrumental project. Blends heavy drums, skittering hi-hats and spacey synths, occasionally accenting the tracks with instrumental riffs. Has some soft mellow grooves with great vocal features as well as boom-bap tracks. Tracks start simple but often build, sometimes getting too cloudy and busy. RIYL: Dilla, Madlib, Oddisee, Kaytranada, MF DOOM, Lo-fi hip-hop.
1) Nollieflip (3:43): Relaxed tempo, like late night Adult Swim music, nice melodies throughout
2)Gyoza (3:05): Lo-fi feel, nice build of different elements throughout, vintage and spacey, nice synths
3)Shibuya ft. Budamonk (3:00) Dusty drumline, crisp vocals layered on top with a few different synths
4)Spur of the Moment (3:04) Heavier drums, jazzier feel with trumpet, flute and piano, very jazz-hop
5)Maharaja ft. a l l i e (4:03) More stripped-down than others. alt-R&B feel, gives good room for a l l i e’s vocals, glitchy bassline and light flute-like synth go great with the harmonies.
6) Perchance to Dream (4:00) Heavy drums and bassline, slow, brooding, jazzy feel. Track builds other elements throughout but gets a bit too cloudy toward the end.
7) ThisCouldBeUsBut (3:56) Starts with heavy/jumpy drums and vocal samples--almost a Southern, early 2000s hip-hop feel, but gets more balanced when bassy synths come in. Gets busy again, and switches into a dancier vibe toward the end.
8) Caviar ft. Octavio Santos & Goyama (3:42) Groovy, smooth jazz type feel. Great mid-tempo pace with solid guitar & trumpet accompaniment
9) Cookies and Cream (3:48) Laid-back, mellow boom-bap beat. Cool and consistent, nice low-freq. Synths
10) Sweet Dreams (2:40) Lulling synths and soothing bassline, almost like lo-fi study beats
11) Last Breath ft. Iman Omari (3:06) Downtempo, also a lo-fi/dreamy/study beats feel, hypnotizing vocals from Omari, ambient rain in background.
12) Come to Me (3:24) Uptempo, 4/4 light club beat, almost like Kaytranada; switchup around 2:10 to a more R&B vibe
A solid hip-hop instrumental project. Blends heavy drums, skittering hi-hats and spacey synths, occasionally accenting the tracks with instrumental riffs. Has some soft mellow grooves with great vocal features as well as boom-bap tracks. Tracks start simple but often build, sometimes getting too cloudy and busy. RIYL: Dilla, Madlib, Oddisee, Kaytranada, MF DOOM, Lo-fi hip-hop.
1) Nollieflip (3:43): Relaxed tempo, like late night Adult Swim music, nice melodies throughout
2)Gyoza (3:05): Lo-fi feel, nice build of different elements throughout, vintage and spacey, nice synths
3)Shibuya ft. Budamonk (3:00) Dusty drumline, crisp vocals layered on top with a few different synths
4)Spur of the Moment (3:04) Heavier drums, jazzier feel with trumpet, flute and piano, very jazz-hop
5)Maharaja ft. a l l i e (4:03) More stripped-down than others. alt-R&B feel, gives good room for a l l i e’s vocals, glitchy bassline and light flute-like synth go great with the harmonies.
6) Perchance to Dream (4:00) Heavy drums and bassline, slow, brooding, jazzy feel. Track builds other elements throughout but gets a bit too cloudy toward the end.
7) ThisCouldBeUsBut (3:56) Starts with heavy/jumpy drums and vocal samples--almost a Southern, early 2000s hip-hop feel, but gets more balanced when bassy synths come in. Gets busy again, and switches into a dancier vibe toward the end.
8) Caviar ft. Octavio Santos & Goyama (3:42) Groovy, smooth jazz type feel. Great mid-tempo pace with solid guitar & trumpet accompaniment
9) Cookies and Cream (3:48) Laid-back, mellow boom-bap beat. Cool and consistent, nice low-freq. Synths
10) Sweet Dreams (2:40) Lulling synths and soothing bassline, almost like lo-fi study beats
11) Last Breath ft. Iman Omari (3:06) Downtempo, also a lo-fi/dreamy/study beats feel, hypnotizing vocals from Omari, ambient rain in background.
12) Come to Me (3:24) Uptempo, 4/4 light club beat, almost like Kaytranada; switchup around 2:10 to a more R&B vibe
Track Listing