dang that is really random!
best review I've seen of the LP (I guess I haven't really seen many though): http://www.vulture.com/2017/02/jidennas-new-album-the-chief-is-great.html
Kinda seems like everybody expects this to flop, coming so long after "Classic Man," but it feels like the rare, long-shelved debut album that used the extra gestation time to its advantage
― Evan R, Friday, 17 February 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
yeah I have been loving this
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Friday, 17 February 2017 21:53 (seven years ago) link
I took a cursory listen this afternoon and I was very impressed.
― ridiculous perm ban decision (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 February 2017 22:30 (seven years ago) link
only had time to listen once but I was really into it!
― lex pretend, Friday, 17 February 2017 22:52 (seven years ago) link
was kind of annoyed that on the day this super-inventive, wide-ranging album dropped, as well as Remy Ma coming back with fire, I went on Twitter and it was Future's boring new one as far as the eye could see
― lex pretend, Friday, 17 February 2017 22:53 (seven years ago) link
yeah, I get it. Future's a star and it's more fun to have the conversation everybody else is having. But he's released the same album 7 times now, so it's a stretch trying to pass the new one off as an event.
Also Future's album opens with him fucking your girl once again, where this album opens with a wild Nigerian funeral for Jidenna's father and the promise of revolution. Future's fine but this record does all sorts of shit I've never heard before.
― Evan R, Friday, 17 February 2017 23:47 (seven years ago) link
I haven't really dug those last couple of Desiigner singles some people on the board are excited about ("Timmy Turner" esp), but there's a similar structural ambition in a lot of these songs. I also get whiffs of The Carnival, not only b/c of the world music vibe but also because of the emotional and political range
― Evan R, Friday, 17 February 2017 23:50 (seven years ago) link