Hopsin - Raw

just stumbled across this album the other day and i gotta say after 1 spin its really dope. Hopsin is a young cat from LA, i dont know too much about him besides that he was signed to Ruthless at one point. The album has got pretty solid production but sometimes lacking and the kid is crazy talented, got a crazy flow, and a crispy voice. He probably hates the comparison but he sometimes sounds like Eminem in terms of his voice and some of Em's old subject matter which is a great welcome to these ears. I will say im not feeling the hooks on some of the tracks, or the use of autotune on a song, but the verses are real dope. There's only 2 guests on the album and they do their job. Anyway, Hopsin has got some talent just may need some help touching up some of the hooks and he can have an amazing album on his hands in the future. This is at least 4-4.25. I also think this guy would be a dope addition to Strange Music, they should look into that...

Anyway the highlights on first listen are "Nocturnal Rainbows", "I am Raw", "Where Will I Go", "Blood Energy Potion", and "Im not Crazy" (wish there werent guests on Im Not Crazy though) among others. And i love the shots at Wayne and Lupe on here...

Also "Sag My Pants" is really dope, i thought the hook was corny as fuck at first but now i think its fucking hilarious and adds to the song...

Overall, this guy has an immense amount of potential, i think he couldve trimmed some of the fat off this album and fixed some of the hooks and it could be even better

I just purchased it from faygoluvers.net It's really dope. A friend of mine is a rapper and has Hopsin on his new album, as well as Cognito from Strange Music.

4.5/5

Justin Linker wrote:

I just purchased it from faygoluvers.net It's really dope. A friend of mine is a rapper and has Hopsin on his new album, as well as Cognito from Strange Music.

4.5/5

So this guy is ICP affiliated?

Nope. His album is just for sale in their webstore. Well...it was. I got the last one

i can assure you Half that this is not like ICP at all

Slang Editorial wrote:

i can assure you Half that this is not like ICP at all

Ok, I may peep it then. No offense to ICP fans...

You got a link for this? I've been looking for forever...

check pm

smh. I just sent a link too lmao

I was literally just bitching in the chatbox tonight about how I couldn't find a link for this album or the new GrewSum...I hope it's better than his first cd, but from what I heard it sounds a lot better.

i havent heard the first but i really like this album ive spun it another time and am spinning now too

Where can I buy this?

So after spinning this album all day multiple times im feeling it more and more

i can say with confidence that Hopsin is >>>>>>> Wayne, Kanye, Drake, Lupe, Joe Budden, Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, Wiz Khalifa, Currensy, Wale, Big Sean, and any of these other "relevant" idiots nowadays

Slang Editorial wrote:

So after spinning this album all day multiple times im feeling it more and more

i can say with confidence that Hopsin is >>>>>>> Wayne, Kanye, Drake, Lupe, Joe Budden, Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, Wiz Khalifa, Currensy, Wale, Big Sean, and any of these other "relevant" idiots nowadays

Stop making fun of Wayne. Also, Kanye is relevant.

Half wrote:

Slang Editorial wrote:

So after spinning this album all day multiple times im feeling it more and more

i can say with confidence that Hopsin is >>>>>>> Wayne, Kanye, Drake, Lupe, Joe Budden, Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, Wiz Khalifa, Currensy, Wale, Big Sean, and any of these other "relevant" idiots nowadays

Stop making fun of Wayne. Also, Kanye is relevant.

and add Game to the list of people Hopsin is >>>

boom... found a link to the CD - autographed for 10 bucks shipped...

Slang Editorial wrote:

Half wrote:

Slang Editorial wrote:

So after spinning this album all day multiple times im feeling it more and more

i can say with confidence that Hopsin is >>>>>>> Wayne, Kanye, Drake, Lupe, Joe Budden, Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, Wiz Khalifa, Currensy, Wale, Big Sean, and any of these other "relevant" idiots nowadays

Stop making fun of Wayne. Also, Kanye is relevant.

and add Game to the list of people Hopsin is >>>

that comment shud ruffle some feathers

Hopsin >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

boom... found a link to the CD - autographed for 10 bucks shipped...

funkvolume.com

I could have told you that...

ummmm no.. funkvolume is 13 plus 3 bucks for shipping... ebay has it for 10 bucks shipped...

seriously this kid is talented as fuck. Spitting like a poor man's Eminem in his prime but better than a "poor man's" lol. This album is fucking good, Hopsin is here to stay, fuck yall in advance for not checking this out.


and Nemo, what do you think of this album?

dude is fucking ridiculous











this dude will SKIN Lupe and Game combined EASILY

Slang Editorial wrote:

seriously this kid is talented as fuck. Spitting like a poor man's Eminem in his prime but better than a "poor man's" lol. This album is fucking good, Hopsin is here to stay, fuck yall in advance for not checking this out.


and Nemo, what do you think of this album?

Well I did rec his first album last year and no one checked it out...

I asked about his first album last year and you didn't necessarily rec it. You said you thought he was dope, but the album was just OK or something.

I was mocking Slang, not intentionally implying that album was dope.

Ah, my bad then.

Ill record.

Oh yeah, I finally got my copy yesterday and spun it blind... a CD hasn't hit me this hard in a while... has it's lulls... but the highs are some of the sickest shit I heard in a while...

Nocturnal Rainbows>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Slang Editorial wrote:

Spitting like a poor man's Eminem in his prime but better than a "poor man's" lol.

That's what I thought as I listened to it. Some of the hooks and beats could have been better.... On a couple of the songs he really sounded like Shade Shiest (voice wise). After one spin (with a shitload of interruptions) I would rate it at 3.75-4.00.

If your interested there are two free mixtapes by Hopsin & SwizZz on https://www.myfunkvolume.com/ .

I remember peeping the free mixtapes... never liked swizz all that much....

yea i wasnt feelin Swizz too much either, he was alright on one of the tracks, but on the others ESPECIALLY "im not crazy" i wish Hopsin did all three verses

swizz sounds way too cartoony and animated... like a baby busta rhymes on crack...

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

swizz sounds way too cartoony and animated... like a baby busta rhymes on crack...

Or a Sticky Fingaz on PCP.

This album is great. A few weak tracks, but really just a few. I encourage everyone here to at least give those videos a sampling.

I really wanted to hate on this after Slang so boldly claimed that Hopsin is >>>>than all those other dudes...but...this is actually dope stuff. I see what you mean about needing help on the hooks, though. And he's not better than Currensy...lol.

Hopsin can flow and rhyme, extemely well actually, but he has got to be the lamest dude ever content-wise. I'm certain I've never heard a rapper say more uncool ish than him. He is basically just a straight-edge dude attempting to impersonate Slim Shady and also be conscious. Which is the wackest possible amalgamation of hip-hop personas.

My bad for reviving an old ass thread. I just searched to see what discussion there was of him before I started a new one.

Also. 'Ye, Lupe, Joe Budden, Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, and Curren$y are all doper than Hopsin and the only one of those that I'm even a kind of big fan of is Ortiz.

Hopsin fell off