fuck this sounds pretty good
― flopson, Saturday, 16 June 2018 22:20 (six years ago) link
Thanks Tidal, another Beyonce album j won't hear
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 16 June 2018 22:44 (six years ago) link
Well, there's this: https://tidal.com/ca/store/album/90521280
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Saturday, 16 June 2018 22:47 (six years ago) link
It'll be everywhere in a week or so - that's how this always works.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 16 June 2018 22:52 (six years ago) link
Lemonade still isn't on Spotify.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Saturday, 16 June 2018 23:01 (six years ago) link
4:44 isn't either.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 16 June 2018 23:05 (six years ago) link
(or anything else besides a handful of singles)
Man, "Heard About Us" is great.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Saturday, 16 June 2018 23:11 (six years ago) link
Yep, it took the self-titled album a year to show up on spotify, which is when I heard it. Still haven't heard Lemonade.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 16 June 2018 23:17 (six years ago) link
just get tidal it’s like 10$
― flopson, Saturday, 16 June 2018 23:34 (six years ago) link
(My bad, folks. I subscribe to Apple Music, and just assumed Spotify users were getting everything we were.)
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 16 June 2018 23:35 (six years ago) link
Annnnnd realizing Apple Music doesn't have "Lemonade," but since I wasn't into that I never looked for it there. We do have all of 4:44, though.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 16 June 2018 23:38 (six years ago) link
Pharrell produced "Apeshit" ^^ with them
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 17 June 2018 01:32 (six years ago) link
lol at all the trap flow from jay
― carles danger maus (s.clover), Sunday, 17 June 2018 02:47 (six years ago) link
best thing about NICE is bey quoting half baked tho
― carles danger maus (s.clover), Sunday, 17 June 2018 02:51 (six years ago) link
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), 17. juni 2018 01:11 (eleven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Otm. But this is disappointingly more like a Jay-Z album than a Beyoncé. Perhaps not surprising when they're calling themselves 'The Carters'
― Frederik B, Sunday, 17 June 2018 10:49 (six years ago) link
i've only listened once and would like to spend more time with it but so far i would agree w/ that assessment
― dyl, Sunday, 17 June 2018 13:12 (six years ago) link
i didn't notice this yesterday but there's an additional single separate from the album, "salud!"
― dyl, Sunday, 17 June 2018 13:26 (six years ago) link
The Carters deserves its own thread so we can shit all over the ignorant class politics and antiquated cool-in-2016 production flourishes, plus how stupid Tidal is
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 17 June 2018 18:06 (six years ago) link
Nah, I'm fine with skipping all that.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Sunday, 17 June 2018 18:20 (six years ago) link
tidal hasn't paid royalties to anyone for over a year and has been lying about the plays Jay Z gets, is having this exclusively on there an attempt to bolster subscriptions?
― akm, Sunday, 17 June 2018 22:26 (six years ago) link
i mean, yeah?
― lowercase (eric), Sunday, 17 June 2018 22:28 (six years ago) link
tidal hasn't paid royalties to anyone for over a year
Wait, what?
The lovey-dovey quotes I'm seeing from this are nauseating enough to keep me away in any case.
― Simon H., Sunday, 17 June 2018 22:35 (six years ago) link
The lying was about Kanye and Beyoncé, not that that makes it any better, of course.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 17 June 2018 22:44 (six years ago) link
i heard their payments were delayed by a few months not a full year, correct me if i'm wrong tho
(still not a good thing obv)
― dyl, Sunday, 17 June 2018 23:31 (six years ago) link
Beyoncė is amazing on this but I can't wait for someone to upload an edit of this album without Jay-Z
― boxedjoy, Monday, 18 June 2018 08:22 (six years ago) link
On Spotify now
― just sayin, Monday, 18 June 2018 09:51 (six years ago) link
oh really ?Good ! I wonder why they put this on Spotify but not their respective latest albums, though...
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 18 June 2018 09:57 (six years ago) link
;)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06bdpbd
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 18 June 2018 10:32 (six years ago) link
― just sayin, Monday, June 18, 2018 5:51 AM
Spotify Premium, to be clear.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 June 2018 10:40 (six years ago) link
I don't have premium but I can hear it fine
― ufo, Monday, 18 June 2018 12:14 (six years ago) link
After listening to this once, it sounds pretty unremarkable to me (except for "Heard About Us" and "Lovehappy" which I liked)."Apeshit" got a best music review on P4K. I don't really understand why...And yeah, Hov is mostly embarrassing throughout the album !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 18 June 2018 12:38 (six years ago) link
Hov sounds better on this than he has for about a decade, lol. It's a pretty minor release but I'm not mad at it at all. It feels luxurious and pretty intimate in a good way.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 18 June 2018 13:10 (six years ago) link
ahah, thinking about your comment I realize the last Hov record I got was... American Gangster... 11 years ago !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 18 June 2018 13:13 (six years ago) link
(I did hear parts of Watch the Throne, though).
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 18 June 2018 13:14 (six years ago) link
I low key hate American Gangster... so it might actually be more than a decade since he sounded this good, lol.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 18 June 2018 13:25 (six years ago) link
Is he really better than on 4:44? I remember next to nothing about that album.
― Frederik B, Monday, 18 June 2018 13:28 (six years ago) link
i thought he was pretty decent on 4:44
― maura, Monday, 18 June 2018 13:42 (six years ago) link
same
― lowercase (eric), Monday, 18 June 2018 13:48 (six years ago) link
yep
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 June 2018 13:50 (six years ago) link
actually, Beyonce sounds like she's coasting here, reusing tropes and attitude.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 June 2018 13:51 (six years ago) link
I'm pretty surprised that they put this up on Spotify and Apple Music so quick. Seems like they might've initially been hoping that this would boost Tidal subscription numbers, but it probably didn't. This will obviously go to #1 now, but definitely wouldn't have it had just stayed as a Tidal exclusive, and that would've been a bit too embarrassing for both of them. Also makes this Beyoncè line on NICE seem a little silly already:
If I gave two fucks about streaming numbersWould have put Lemonade up on Spotify
― triggercut, Monday, 18 June 2018 13:53 (six years ago) link
Glad they added the new one, hoping this means Lemonade gets there soon as well
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 18 June 2018 14:47 (six years ago) link
She gives at least one fuck. Two is still out of the question.
― MarkoP, Monday, 18 June 2018 15:02 (six years ago) link
Maybe Lefsetz got in their heads.
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 18 June 2018 15:51 (six years ago) link
full album credits: https://www.thefader.com/2018/06/16/beyonce-and-jay-z-album-credits
surprising amount of Cool & Dre!
― paul mccartney & whinge (voodoo chili), Monday, 18 June 2018 16:00 (six years ago) link
lmao
Poptimist-era indie rock is scary. If Beyoncé surprise releases an album on your own release, your whole career might be in jeopardy.— CRYING (@cryingband) June 18, 2018
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Monday, 18 June 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link
ugh just blew my tidal trial on this and it's on spotify less than 24h after i sign up
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 18 June 2018 17:42 (six years ago) link
putting some beyonce on a mainly jay z album is like wrapping a pill in some meat to give it to a dog
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 18 June 2018 17:43 (six years ago) link
Tidal royalty scandal: https://www.spin.com/2018/05/tidal-late-payment-streaming-royalties-report/
haven't paid since October, so, not quite a year I guess, but close.
― akm, Monday, 18 June 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link