i dunno what in particular, but it definitely has that "non-mainstream rapper makes begrudging and half-assed attempt at mainstream song" vibe that always has put me off, even if the particulars might be a bit different, and the hook falls stupid flat.
― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 08:40 (twelve years ago) link
the song w/ jhene on the new one is way better imo
― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 08:41 (twelve years ago) link
its way weirder & the groove is considerably less sexual &, say, IMMEDIATE
― D-40, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 08:44 (twelve years ago) link
what is 'half assed' about it?
i mean you're only talking abt my favorite song of last year, is it any wonder i'm like "wtf u wrong" when dudes start a thread about the artist on his 2nd record after the Pfork bnm & intense media hype & suddenly everyone's coming up w/ excuses why this is the better record
― D-40, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 08:46 (twelve years ago) link
I listened to his record and was unimpressed with it last year, dog. Didn't even know he was BNMed either. You don't have to second-guess everything.
― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 08:48 (twelve years ago) link
ok so on our original point, 'immediate' means, 'i liked it more right away', but isnt an intrinsic quality of the actual music, but i'm saying that it was more immediate in the pop sense, and that's something i value while you tend to value perhaps a more abstract approach from this partic. artist
― D-40, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 08:50 (twelve years ago) link
blah reword
for you,immediate simply meant, 'i liked it more right away'
i meant 'immediate' as an actual characteristic of music that was aiming for a more pop immediacy,
for me, this is something valued, while you might place more of a value on abstraction in this particular artist,
and now we have both agreed 2 disagree
― D-40, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 08:52 (twelve years ago) link
― D-40, Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:44 AM Bookmark
schoolboy q just kind of drones, jhene sounds uninvested, and it's really small-sounding, fades into the background easily
― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 08:52 (twelve years ago) link
xp, yeah, that's probably right
― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 08:53 (twelve years ago) link
"Kamikaze" and (especially) "Fantasy" are def. my favourite tracks on Setbacks.
"Fantasy" is pretty much perfect, esp. that bit where the beat gets all muted and fuzzy like you're listening from inside the womb.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 09:46 (twelve years ago) link
I immediately loved both Setbacks and Habits & Contradictions
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
this album really isn't all that
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 February 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
mostly i don't get why everyone is falling all over themselves to talk about how good the production is... i think some of the beats are really corny
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 February 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
if not corny than at least just kinda off-putting... sorta like the danny brown record except without the implicit acknowledgement that some of the beats are supposed to piss you off
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 February 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
(idk beats on the danny brown are great)
like H&C much more than setbacks, probably because of the production...
― sisilafami, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like the production is more ear-catching on H&C and schoolboy q stretches himself vocally a lot more too - the songs have a lot more unexpected twists and tangents that keep you interested and the beats are pretty incredible.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
did u know? H&C is a prequel to Setbacks. Makes you think eh?
― Number None, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
― lex pretend, Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:38 PM Bookmark
otm
― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
I was half-wrong about "Kamikaze" btw, the beat is kinda whatever, but Q's performance is great
― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
there are some awesome flutes on H&C too
nice portishead sample as well
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
REAL OGS, etc.
― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
i agree w/rev vis-à-vis the two jhené songs though i'm sadly coming to the conclusion that i'm just not that into jhené at all so her presence is kinda negligible to me
ha yeah i totally thought of that thread a few times xp
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
she's a good songwriter when she has more room to stretch out and she has really good phrasing imo.
― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
I think she'd do pretty well just doing floaty inconsequential rap chorus hooks forever.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
SCHOOLBOY THERE HE GO
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
Love all the ad libs too
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
Most Enthusiastic Crowd
Minneapolis. I was literally expecting 150 people there because nobody showed up to the meet-and-greet. I was thinking, "This is about to be a disaster." But that shit was packed out. It was a little overwhelming for me. It was crazy, all white people. There were like three black people in there.
― johnny crunch, Monday, 12 March 2012 11:14 (twelve years ago) link
people who wanna perfect their "the album you lames didn't rep for was better" game really need to get into metal, you'll love it
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 12 March 2012 11:56 (twelve years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:05 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark
― some dude, Monday, 12 March 2012 12:51 (twelve years ago) link
lol this guy
http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/8790-schoolboy-q/
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Monday, 12 March 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
what an excellent interview
― been to lots of college and twitter (k3vin k.), Monday, 12 March 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, March 12, 2012 6:56 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
its not like i wasnt on here telling ppl to check it out tho
― D-40, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
I think you're overestimating your Schoolboy Q cheerleading a little bit deej. Not that it really matters
― Number None, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
funky house septics (D-40) wrote this on thread rolling gun sounds thread on board I Love Music on Aug 24, 2011
the schoolboy q you linked me to awhile back was way more up my alley but i dont think that track is rlly too far outside of what we talk about
that said its not striking me particularly
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
i can't tell if you're talking about the schoolboy album there w/ that second line
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
anyway to settle this once and for all it appears as if you posted about schoolboy q once in the r&b thread in 2011 and then not until you posted your year end list this jan (except for when we were talking about asap rocky)
but i didn't go thru all the ilx mentions of the word "schoolboy"
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:49 (twelve years ago) link
yo nobody gets down with the "the early demos were better" stance than me, I can dig in, c'mon over to the metal side there's a bunch of us haters telling people not to dig what they dig
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
Deej taking over the metal thread would be so awesome
― a little tiny crunk person (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 02:11 (twelve years ago) link
jesus christ dudes hunting my post history? i included it in the top ten of my favorite albums of the year, which i posted on this board
― D-40, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
― Number None, Monday, March 12, 2012 8:23 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
pretty sure i called 'fantasy' one of my fav songs of the year at SOME point. if i didn't post it i certainly told ilxors on IM just as often. like, anyone who regularly talks w/ me about rap here knows i was telling ppl i liked it
― D-40, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
but my only pt was that this wasn't some "the older shit was better" monday morning QB ish
― D-40, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 02:45 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaANt8_mIlU
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno how i feel about that really. not too excited on first listen; i tend to like ab soul more when he doesn't play up to the 'philosopher of the group' tag he's been given.
― bass, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 08:06 (twelve years ago) link
"enjoy your mind trip but don't trip on your mind" is awful
enjoying the ab-soul album a lot
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
i think it might be as good as section.80 ??
― The Reverend, Sunday, 20 May 2012 07:26 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_71q5lVEjc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Y3e4OPUbM
i hadn't looked at the tracklist when i first listened to the album and danny brown coming out of nowhere put a big grin on my face
― The Reverend, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
Album IS very good. Got it last week off iTunes, just getting into it.
― Sonic adobes of stultifying hipsterdom (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
We are living in an age of genius. I love this song. My ten year old boy with autism loves this song and we let him listen to it despite the industrial cussing. My wife loves this song despite normally hating all things rap. This song is the first one that has united my household! It is The Shit.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Thursday, 21 June 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link