Kevin Gates

He needs his own thread.

Debut album [b]Islah[b/] came out last week and it's great, but he's been releasing mixtapes for years showcasing his range:

It's My Time (2006)
Pick Of Da Litter (2007)
All or Nuthing (2008)
All In (2009)
Behind Enemy Lines (2010)
The Leak (2010)
I Don't Know What to Call It Vol. 1 (2011)
Make 'em Believe (2012)
In the Mean Time (2012)
The Luca Brasi Story (2013)
Stranger Than Fiction (2013)
By Any Means (2014)
Luca Brasi 2 (2014)
Murder For Hire (2015)

Some favorites from his back catalog:

Love You https://youtu.be/foT-GhNESws
Perfect Imperfection https://youtu.be/QWZpbrU1h9A
Around Me https://youtu.be/8duSI5WvTWA
Arms of a Stranger https://youtu.be/heVyTKoBRjg
Dark Angel https://youtu.be/8gdrZVX3dCA
Movie https://youtu.be/ZtsI30hQ4kw
Get in the Way ft Boosie https://youtu.be/vuydPKeDX0c
Respect https://youtu.be/PArEj1ApXLM
Careful https://youtu.be/up1xnKWofpY
No Facade https://youtu.be/IOmg6nGqIRc

Song that really got me into him was "Dangerous"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqIZoWLvVrA

And "Thinkin With My Dick" which I think of as the good version of Drake's "Worst Behavior"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMDVmV-nFIA

Should probably also mention "4:30 AM"
https://youtu.be/aqNMfgIKI_U

and satellites
https://youtu.be/aE4UNGlu-Ak

Don't forget this crazy freestyle he did a couple years back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJf3e80slTk

I nominated and voted for Really Really in the end of year polls, which became my most played song of the year despite having only been released in like Nov-Dec. Thanks for these links!

Been listening to his old stuff over the last year and I think I like 'All Or Nuthin' the most from his first handful of releases.

Get in the Way is so much fun

Really Really is really an ear worm

First listen to Islah, but it's probably my favorite of anything he's done yet

I love "Movie." I top tenned it in 2014

First listen to Islah, but it's probably my favorite of anything he's done yet

― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Wednesday, February 3, 2016 3:05 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah I think so too, but I love just about everything on In The Meantime and By Any Means.

Forgot to link up Sinatra which is a little out of pocket for him production wise, but so good
https://youtu.be/GLz8PfivHZI

most on fleek eyebrows in the game

yeah they rival 2pacs
http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/51c4/rsz_kevin-gates-main-pub-3-jimmy-fontaine.jpg

that freestyle is great voodoo. never heard that.

oh yeah "wassup with it" was fire too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PguTqnYhPPo

I only like about half the album, but I really like that half.

love his work in bread

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This is so inspiring lol, always liked this song but now i love it

https://twitter.com/queenpattt/status/693636653751996417

yah dreka is cool. i wouldnt get tired either tbh

if we're bringing extracurricular into it then i must admit finding out he was anti vax put a serious dent in my appreciation. definition of someone so smart he's dumb

I was blasting Stranger Than Fiction a whole lot over the summer. Really like it. Gates picks the best producers and I like how he plays the 'proper bastard cursed with a pesky, niggling conscience' on a lot of his songs.

http://emojipedia-us.s3.amazonaws.com/cache/64/16/6416d3c22555ee75bf4987ff45c564e4.png

'Don't Know What To Call It', the song, is a fave.

"paper chasers" is my shit.

dude is master of o_0 instagram videos

Sold 112k

Outselling Sia lol

frankie the lucky dog is NOT feeling it http://frankiethaluckydog.blogspot.com/2016/02/review-1494-kevin-gates-islah.html

Fair. Poor guy is so bitter.

I LOOK LIKE I BEEN BALLIN' CUZ I'M REALLY BALLIN'!

I love this record.

I need to dig it back out of the pile.

is that a quote from one of his songs about eating ass?

ugh

now i KNOW that's a quote from one of his songs about eating ass

it's not, but eating ass does make an appearance later in the album, in One Thing

love this album except for 'breadwinners anthem' i guess which is just alright although i suppose it provides some tonal throwback balance

hold up what's wrong w/ breadwinners anthem? it's a highlight

ALL PRAISE BE TO GOD, FUCK A BODYGUARD

yeah i like that one too!

aoty imo

yeah probs for me too.

Ask For More, Time For That and Aint Too Hard are all perfect slow jams.

What's the problem? Why you not smilin'? We in the prime of our life
Supposed to be havin' the time of our life
Excuse the misunderstandin', sometimes you be so demandin'
Don't like to be told what to do, difficult but we manage
Said some things I didn't mean, caused emotional damage
I love the streets, I'm a gangster, I like to be in them daily
Your mother love me like a son but I'm not seein' me changin'
A lot of built up frustration due to past situations

time for that + hard for

better than Beyonce

Show my ass, won't pull up my pants, let me do my dance
Show my ass, won't pull up my pants, let me do my dance
Show my ass, won't pull up my pants, let me do my dance
Show my ass, won't pull up my pants, let me do my dance

new tape murder for hire is decent, if not exactly earth-shaking by comp. to islah, luca brasi 1 or 2, or by any means

*murder for hire 2

generally i like shorter mixtapes but i feel like gates records are better when i get very immersed in his sound/mindset so it's harder to get into these shorter MFH records.

i put on Islah at a party full of lame fortysomething homebodies with questionable taste in music the other night and SHIT POPPED OFF

I wanna drop this record in a party full of lame fortysomething homebodies.

Streets of BR is now my fav old gates song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnx-sg_cnrs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RetJFlNGbkQ

great Gates verse in the anchor spot

aoty imo

― de l'asshole (flopson), Tuesday, April 26, 2016 3:55 PM (eight months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

still true. although maybe sremmlife 2 beats it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEKPMOr5gg8

from 2011

i'm crying

https://youtu.be/4ELPe947TZk

this is the best 6 minutes on the internet ^^

great stuff indeed, dude knows his late 90s pop rock

was there ever a poll for those type singles?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXpY6OY4zmM&feature=youtu.be

link seems broken, new song Imagine That
https://youtu.be/jXpY6OY4zmM

there's a whole new tape "by any means 2" which is pretty great for a jail project.

is there a thread for Best Discography That Contains Only One Album cuz for now, Gates qualifies - ISLAH is so good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeSGiSirrDA

liking vouch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnnGn_6P86A

yeah that's solid

FACTS FACTS FACTS FACTS

his best single in a while

New album is solid i think. everyone forgot about this guy or what?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqK2cD1SbOg

i am mocked irl for my continued gates fandom, loved this record tho. this song and the speaker knockerz one are great, facts too.