Shad - TSOL (new album)

vermillion · Post by **vermillion** » Thu May 13, 2010 5:30 pm

Anyone hear this? I won't be able to check it for a week or so, because my computer is getting fixed with all of my music. I got a link if anyone needs it.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Thu May 13, 2010 6:33 pm

I downloaded it because it pains me to send money over to Canada. Not until we get our health care shit in check, I refuse to fund that America Part Deux.

vermillion · Post by **vermillion** » Thu May 13, 2010 6:39 pm

Shup Diddy · Post by **Shup Diddy** » Thu May 13, 2010 6:40 pm

it's ill. hard to say it's better than the old prince cause that album has a gang of replay value for me but shad's wit and lyrics are on a whole different level than the old prince. i think the beats on the old prince are better but it ain't like he didn't get blessed with heat on this too, there are some raw joints on here.

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Fri May 14, 2010 12:46 am

album of the year

GhostDog · Post by **GhostDog** » Fri May 14, 2010 11:15 am

Really dope album. Not sure if I'm feelin' it more than the "Old Prince" yet after just one listen ("Old Prince" production seems better), but it's definitely one of the better albums I've heard so far this year.

Mindbender Futurama · Fri May 14, 2010 11:58 am

Philaflava wrote:I downloaded it because it pains me to send money over to Canada. Not until we get our health care shit in check, I refuse to fund that America Part Deux.

ILL SEER · Post by **ILL SEER** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:11 am

word up this album is my fav this year so far

2nd single is Rose Garden check for the "Drop" homage:

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Da Me · Post by **Da Me** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:22 pm

I just got this and haven't listened yet.

Canadian MC Shad (Shad, Shad K., or Shadrach Kabango) is, quite honestly, one of hip-hop's few reigning rappers left in 2010. He's simply unwilling to compromise, and quite honestly, he's one of the few artists who's actually increased albums that become better and better as he matures - not the other way around, where an MC creates a stunning debut album and falls into a sophomore slump and doesn't recover. I think part of this is due to Shad's everyman appearance, he doesn't try to come off as anyone he isn't. He's just another one of us, trying to find himself, trying to make sense of this world in whatever capacity he can. Like the rest of us, he has his mistakes, he has his revelations, he has everything we had, have, and will have. It just makes him almost instantly likable. His first two albums, When This Is Over ('05) and The Old Prince ('07), were great, but I felt their production held them back a little bit. Not enough to bring them down a few rungs in most people's eyes - it was just that the albums' lyricism held the album up a bit more than the production did. On TSOL, I feel that's corrected - you've still got a mix of introspective and high-energy tracks, but now you finally have the proper production to go along with it. It feels both 2010 and 1994 - it mixes two separate eras successfully. And for 2010, I think that's one of the highest compliments an album can receive.

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:25 pm

Shup Diddy wrote:it's ill. hard to say it's better than the old prince cause that album has a gang of replay value for me but shad's wit and lyrics are on a whole different level than the old prince. i think the beats on the old prince are better but it ain't like he didn't get blessed with heat on this too, there are some raw joints on here.

Agreed with all of this.

It took a couple listens, but TSOL has really grown on me.

Req · Post by **Req** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:07 pm

very dope

Machiventa · Post by **Machiventa** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 2:51 pm

Yeah this is pretty good. Never heard homie until this album. Gonna have to check his back catalog.

ILL SEER · Post by **ILL SEER** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:45 pm

this is a dope interview with highlights from his killer live show in T.O. that Manifesto Crew put together to promo his part in the upcoming Brooklyn Hiphop Festival 2010:

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PopsUK · Post by **PopsUK** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:29 pm

Been listening to this all week. Awesome album, and every bit as good as The Old Prince.

Did anyone hear his debut?... and does he have anything other than the three official albums he put out?

the_OG_Ipeezy · Post by **the_OG_Ipeezy** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:53 pm

I like that joint "keep Shining"

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 3:08 pm

PopsUK wrote: Did anyone hear his debut?

Yeah, it't not bad. Very rough, but not bad. Nowhere near The Old Prince, IMO.

intellicon · Post by **intellicon** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:16 pm

Totally Shit Out of Luck

phila, bet you have no trouble funding the netherlands though ;-)

chapter thrive · Post by **chapter thrive** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:49 pm

its an homage to lost.

very dope album. i been bumping it all summer

Req · Post by **Req** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:32 pm

Still giving this heavy rotation. I think they're doin an American launch next month?

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:12 am

"they're"?

Thought Shad was one dude.

Req · Post by **Req** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:38 am

zombie wrote:"they're"?

Thought Shad was one dude.

He is, I`m talkin about his team

Mindbender Futurama · Post by **Mindbender Futurama** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:18 pm

intellicon wrote:Totally Shit Out of Luck

phila, bet you have no trouble funding the netherlands though ;-)

there are a variety of meanings for TSOL

True Sounds of Liberty
The Sound of London
The Struggle of Love

"TSOL doesn't stand for any one thing," Shad says. "I just liked the sound of it. It represents the insufficiency of language to express feeling and ideas, which is why we have art. It can stand for a number of things: the struggle of love, truth shall overcome lies, 'lost' backward. It's representative of the ambiguity of life in a way."

Shad's sister told me "he wants people to make up their own meaning"

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:47 am

Shad is dope.

COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:01 pm

I like a bunch of the videos, might have to cop this.

jaao · Post by **jaao** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:11 am

COOLEHMAGAZINE wrote:I like a bunch of the videos, might have to cop this.

do it man. it's really good.

Hayzoos · Post by **Hayzoos** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:24 am

Verm lemme get that link

Nav · Post by **Nav** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:58 pm

Mindbender was right. This is good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prahcH5xVxg

Also Lucky I's, Yaa I get It, We, Myself and I, Listen, ...

Best non US rap album of the year ?

Teddy C.D. · Post by **Teddy C.D.** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:12 am

I'm gonna have to check out more of his stuff. Rose Garden is a great song. (BTW, shout out to Lisa Lobsinger!)

Nav · Post by **Nav** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:20 pm

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ILL SEER · Post by **ILL SEER** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:02 pm

still can't believe he beat Drake for the Juno even though he sold a mill and hosted the event!

got to hang with him for a couple hours a few weeks back and success hasn't changed him for the worse, which means his next album will be even better.