I like Big Fish Theory — it’s my son’s favorite Vince Staples album, it has a following. The new one sounded good when he put it on in the car the other day, I haven’t yet given it a full listen. I agree overall that Summertime 06 is his best, I put that on the other week and even the tracks I’d forgotten were good.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 16 April 2022 02:09 (two years ago) link
the new one is fine and is a fair improvement from the last two which were very slight, but it's not really anything to get excited about like he once was capable of
― ufo, Saturday, 16 April 2022 03:46 (two years ago) link
feels like the tone of each progressive release just gets mellower
― mh, Monday, 18 April 2022 17:44 (two years ago) link
new show on netflix & he drew inspiration from roy andersson -
We take a lot of inspiration in Roy Andersson, one of my favorite filmmakers. In his film “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” he has this shot in this restaurant or a cafeteria, where a lot of the people are separated by the pillars and just entering and exiting a frame. Things that are happening in the distance and things that are happening closer to camera, everything matters in the shot, especially when you stay within a wide. So I think operating within a wide sometimes allows you to bring subtle details and nuances to the shot, and the disposition of the people within the bank can speak to their relationships, speak to their experience.
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 15 February 2024 12:55 (three months ago) link
Thanks for reminding me - I want to check this out.
(Sadly the most excited I’ve been about Staples in a good long while)
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 15 February 2024 14:21 (three months ago) link
Binged the show this weekend. The easy read is Atlanta-lite. What am I missing? Been into him since Shyne Coldchain but this just didn’t land. I hope there’s another season.
― avoid boring people, Monday, 26 February 2024 07:53 (three months ago) link
Dark Times is the first Staples LP since Summertime 06 that is clicking with me all the way through. It’s all working perfectly here
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 26 May 2024 19:40 (two weeks ago) link
Agreed! Summertime 06 and S/T are his high points and this is definitely in league with those.
― avoid boring people, Sunday, 26 May 2024 20:55 (two weeks ago) link
prefer this to anything he's done since big fish. he's a great writer, and this is the first time since summertime '06 that his songs are so meticulously crafted. also the first album to take full advantage of his calmer delivery, it never gets sleepy and he never sounds bored, which is an issue i had with ramona park and the self-titled
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Monday, 27 May 2024 18:37 (two weeks ago) link
Looking forward to getting into this. The producers didn't ring a bell, anyone familiar?
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 27 May 2024 20:06 (two weeks ago) link
Some of his best beats in ages ("Étouffée"0.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 15:46 (two weeks ago) link
I feel like a lot of elements have to be just right for a Staples release to work - he’s got to be in the right zone of writing and spitting, the production has to be on point, etc. A lot of stuff he’s done over the past 11 years has an element or two wrong and it just wrecks the whole thing for me
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 16:38 (two weeks ago) link
His flow on “Justin” gives me major A Tribe Called Quest feels
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 16:42 (two weeks ago) link
Never knew I needed a NOLA bounce homage from Vince Staples. This is sounding great so far.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 18:14 (two weeks ago) link
re: producers, etouffee is mike hector, who produced god for kendrick, among others, and jay versace, the former internet comedian turned producer who did “smoking on my ex pack” for sza, and whosantoine, who i haven’t heard of but i am sure is great
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 18:21 (two weeks ago) link
looking at the rest of the credits, the only other producers i know are the great cardo (got wings), who is behind “radio” (one of my highlights), and michael uzowuru, who has worked with sza and frank ocean, and has several credits on here
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 18:24 (two weeks ago) link
Thanks!
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 18:25 (two weeks ago) link
cardo's mixtapes with payroll giovanni are so good
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 18:39 (two weeks ago) link