help a dummy out: the repeating female vocals in the first track, is that a sample and if so, what is it? or no?
― alpine static, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:00 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark
it's santigold from this track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhL_asWgVTg
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
Gah, not knowing what the "right" version of an album is drives me nuts. I always wonder how many album reviews are written around early or incomplete versions of an LP, or leaks with patent flaws or terrible sound or whatever
― Evan R, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
i feel like that used to happen more often back in the day, stuff like The Source's early review of Nas's I Am, than it does now in the internet era when it's pretty easy to tell if a tracklist hasn't been finalized yet and you don't need a long lead time to get a timely review out there
― posi riot (some dude), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:21 (ten years ago) link
I feel like with the Internet what gets reviewed is the first thing that leaks, and often that first leak isn't all that good. A few years ago everybody reviewed a version of Take Care that was missing a song, because that was what they had. Then last year everybody reviewed a version of NWTS with atrocious sound. For a lot of people, critics and listeners, that crappy leak will be their only exposure to that album
― Evan R, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
thanks J0rdan...
after downgrading my expectations for the past few weeks, i'm digging this p hard
― alpine static, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:26 (ten years ago) link
hmmm I listened to that crappy leak of NWTS I think. can't say I'm compelled to revisit though
― nova, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
i remember American Gangster leaked missing 1 or 2 songs and i wrote a whole article about it based on that and then finally the day of my deadline the last bit of the album surfaced and i was so relieved i could make some small adjustments.
― posi riot (some dude), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
yeah it was missing "Party Life" AKA the GOAT Jay flow iirc
― nova, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
lol i haaaaate that song
― posi riot (some dude), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:34 (ten years ago) link
I love ballad-mode Future so much.
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:25 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
there really isn't much at all of that though, is there? "I Be U" is cool but i always figured he had some "Turn On The Lights"/"Neva End" level stunner in the chamber.
the new bonus tracks are all ballads
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
"i be u" is my fav track on the album i think
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
ah i didn't realize this stream has the bonus tracks, "Side Effects" is nice
― posi riot (some dude), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
yeah, disappointed in this besides title track, "I Be U" and Mike Will 2-Minutes...not necessarily a bangers vs. ballads issue cuz I dug both on the previous but the former all feel very empty to me
― nova, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
am still interested in hearing all of "Benz Friendz" out of curiosity for Dre's verse assuming he spits one
― nova, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
Y'all can read my Future feature, which dropped today!
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/future-how-hip-hops-paranoid-android-became-a-robocroon-superstar-20140415
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
That fade out in "Never Satisfied" has to be stream-only, right? It's so distracting
― Evan R, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 4:07 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
or just doing a "birthday cake"
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
― alpine static, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:00 PM (47 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Amadou and Mariam
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
his pr just told me the drake track fades out on the official album
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 17:19 (ten years ago) link
wow that's gimpy.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link
re:"My Momma," does Wiz always suck this bad? I haven't really been paying attention. although I guess his verse isn't "Bugatti" remix-level epic trainwreck
― nova, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:11 (ten years ago) link
pretty much, yes
― posi riot (some dude), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:34 (ten years ago) link
Loving this.
― IKEA metaballs (Spottie), Wednesday, 16 April 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
Trust Lil Wayne to fuckin ruin the previously great 'karate chop' with his usual shitshow.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
nah that track's kind of a mess all around. Although leaving aside the lyric that won't be named (which I see is unsurprisingly censored on the explicit version,) that whole "two cell phones ringin at the same time/two different phones" nonrhyming couplet in particular is pretty bad
― nova, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
Karate Chop is awesome.
― longneck, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link
idk not a fan of dude's "experimental" chopped-up flows on that and "Sh!t," plus think the beat's kinda irritating. It sounded a little cooler on the radio but that's about it
― nova, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 21:59 (ten years ago) link
that flow's incredible tho
― Jacques_Lamure, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 22:59 (ten years ago) link
I'm already tired of "Move That Dope".
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Thursday, 17 April 2014 01:06 (ten years ago) link
Somebody needs to do a Pusha-less edit of that song
― 龜, Thursday, 17 April 2014 01:07 (ten years ago) link
srsly pusha is such a downer, sounds so out of place on weirdo contemporary rap
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 April 2014 01:18 (ten years ago) link
I want a Future and Casino only edit of MTD.
― longneck, Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:37 (ten years ago) link
STILL!
crazy. pharrell verse is key
ive been into 'wolf' & 'fuck you gone tell' recently, only heard a bad rip of the new alb, wasnt that into it but not passing judgment yet
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:44 (ten years ago) link
pharrell blacked out, only exceptional part of the song imo.
― posi riot (some dude), Thursday, 17 April 2014 14:00 (ten years ago) link
Yeah Pharrels verse is nice
― 龜, Thursday, 17 April 2014 14:11 (ten years ago) link
― posi riot (some dude), Thursday, April 17, 2014 9:00 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the beat tho
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Thursday, 17 April 2014 15:29 (ten years ago) link
i love casino's verse
really i love the entire song but i wouldn't miss pusha's verse
him saying "e-hoes" is prob my least fav moment in rap this year
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 17 April 2014 15:57 (ten years ago) link
SPEND MONEY WITH CASIIIINO is an epic ending to an epically shitty verse, i'll give him that
― posi riot (some dude), Thursday, 17 April 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
al, could you stop trying to make casino your personal cyhi
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 17 April 2014 16:14 (ten years ago) link
i can't remember anything about cyhi's "so appalled" verse, so credit to casino in that sense
― posi riot (some dude), Thursday, 17 April 2014 16:21 (ten years ago) link
casino's verse sorta peters out but the first few bars are awesome
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 17 April 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
casino peaked on fbg the movie before anyone knew who he was imo
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 17 April 2014 16:52 (ten years ago) link
― posi riot (some dude), Thursday, April 17, 2014 9:21 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
but if God had an iPod he'd be on his playlist
Pharrell > Pusha > Future > Casino on this and yeah not sure what's good about that last verse
― nova, Thursday, 17 April 2014 19:07 (ten years ago) link
p great tape : http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/21283/casino-ex-drug-dealer.html
― sisilafami, Thursday, 17 April 2014 20:50 (ten years ago) link
"Benz Friends" Andre verse is pretty eh
― nova, Friday, 18 April 2014 05:33 (ten years ago) link
Kinda disappointed with this really. The first track really made me sit up and take notice, and the run of ballads from the title track onwards is great but the rest if kind of a slog. Feel like he got the balance wrong with this one because his bangers are totally generic whereas his emo candyfloss space ballads sound like no-one else.
That triplet flow he uses feel more and more like a lazy default the more you hear it as well.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 April 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link
ban matt dc
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 18 April 2014 15:58 (ten years ago) link
"emo candyfloss" lol that's a good description
Speaking of which the moment in "I Be U" where the singing blurs and briefly sounds more robotic is amazing. chills man
― nova, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link
i love this album but the Kanye verse is probably the worst thing to happen anywhere ever
― alpine static, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link