is fairplay gunplay's new name?
― lex pretend, Monday, 22 October 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
help I keep listening to the Drake song
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Monday, 22 October 2012 23:52 (eleven years ago) link
I'm sure this will be all on the radio in a couple months and I'll get sick of it, but I don't even care right now.
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Monday, 22 October 2012 23:55 (eleven years ago) link
It's the most attractive Drake's been, like, ever.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's the kind of relatable drake we don't hear as much of lately in the midst of all his "no lie"-type gangster posturing
― king louie riel (rennavate), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
I've never found Drake relatable for one second. But he's not embarassing here.
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:15 (eleven years ago) link
the drake song is the one moment on the album where i cant help but tune out kendrick for some reason
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:48 (eleven years ago) link
like, the meaning of the words he's saying.
I don't find many artists relatable but it's one of the few times on innumerable collaborations/duets/appearances when he sounds buoyed by the company.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:50 (eleven years ago) link
anyway, great record i probably wont play that often outside 3-4 tracks
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:10 (eleven years ago) link
:/
― boxall, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:11 (eleven years ago) link
I'm furious that I likely will be buying an album with Drake on it because I really, really like this
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:12 (eleven years ago) link
― boxall, Monday, October 22, 2012 11:11 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hardly a criticism its the nature of 'album-albums' like this
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:14 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah didn't mean it as 'u mad' more like 'it's sad' but prob not untrue, for now I love it and that's enough.
― boxall, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:16 (eleven years ago) link
fwiw several listens in, this is a much more coherent and appealing "album of the year" critical orgasm candidate than either My Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Fantasy or Frank Ocean's album
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:19 (eleven years ago) link
agreed
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:42 (eleven years ago) link
at the risk of being crucified what is it about drake that riles everyone so much
― monotony, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:51 (eleven years ago) link
he's pretty terrible for one
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:52 (eleven years ago) link
as a personality he can be really aggravating and as a pure rapper he's pretty average but in terms of vision for his music/sound he's kind of unparalleled in contemporary rap
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:53 (eleven years ago) link
but what do you mean by "pretty terrible"
i dunno i am pretty much a rap dilettante but stuff like "over" and "lord knows" is pure ear candy to me :|
― monotony, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 05:07 (eleven years ago) link
9.5 p4k
― Evan, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 05:35 (eleven years ago) link
I don't find many artists relatable
Interesting. I'd say for me, listening to music is primarily an empathetic experience, and if I can't relate on some level I don't have any interest in listening at all.
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 05:36 (eleven years ago) link
haven't had time to spend with this yet. i love that gunplay's POWPOWPOW still appears in the background on 'money trees'.
― tpp, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 07:43 (eleven years ago) link
"lord knows" is not exactly a representative drake track
― all mods con (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 09:58 (eleven years ago) link
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Tuesday, October 23, 2012 1:36 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
that in itself is interesting to hear from someone who seems to listen to a lot of instrumental or dance-oriented music (although to be fair i have brought in the katz many times in my own life).
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 10:43 (eleven years ago) link
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 05:14 (6 hours ago) Bookmark
idk i could just be a little burnt out on it now but it seems to me fair comment that this album's rescreen (<- i use this word deliberately) value may be pronouncedly more limited than most (not that this detracts from its quality or that longevity should be a part of a critical toolkit)
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 11:04 (eleven years ago) link
dunno why pitchfork invented themselves an unnecessary imaginary deadline for that review, if you aint got anything insightful to say yet then maybe chill out and wait?
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 11:08 (eleven years ago) link
5/5 from fact too
― monotony, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 11:45 (eleven years ago) link
The Observer review is one of the most content-free reviews I've ever read. I know this is an impossible record to capture in a capsule review but it genuinely tells you nothing.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 11:51 (eleven years ago) link
haha, love the illuminating quotes
isnt that one of dom's special admirers iirc
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:27 (eleven years ago) link
saw the fact reviewer and skipped it
i know that guy probably tries his best more than most but sorry, just burn him with fire
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:30 (eleven years ago) link
itt non writing man bitches everyone out
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
obs capsule rvw word length is 100, grau is 180. it feels like a lot more
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:32 (eleven years ago) link
if you aint got anything insightful to say yet then maybe chill out and wait?
this week has def been pretty awful for showing up the limitations of musicjournalism2012 - makes me a bit sad that we're getting these kneejerk encomiums/judgements on lamar and swift instead of more considered appreciations after people have lived with them for a few months
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:39 (eleven years ago) link
for a few months? how often does that happen in the business though
― monotony, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:04 (eleven years ago) link
u guys lost me
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
― r|t|c, Tuesday, October 23, 2012 6:04 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yah i agree w this
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
eh months is a different kettle of fish, a degree of live squirming is still desirable
fortnight seems fair
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
so now that kendrick lamar is everyone's favorite rapper he'll kill himself for money, right?
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
^ like
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
one thing i like about this album is that there's not many guest verses, and really only one guest verse - drake - that would be seen as "marketing" type guest verse (but actually like ppl have said drake feels pretty organic to that track -- the other ones are jay rock, who's in the crew, and mc eiht and dr. dre who are kinda like west coast legacy hall of fame spots....
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
I love that he got Eiht for that verse.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Monday, October 22, 2012 10:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I love Frank's album still, actually think it's quite visionary, still, but always thought that 'Ye album wasn't as good as everyone was claiming it was at the time. But I should go back to it...
― king louie riel (rennavate), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
it sucks, it's like the aural equivalent of a guy that gakked out of his head on coke and WON'T SHUT UP
this album is getting a lot better for me...especially when i quit trying to think about how good it is and just vibe w/ it
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
My Overblown Ego Fantasy is a much, much better album if you don't try to listen to the entire thing at once; I really, really like pretty much every song on it in isolation but trying to sit down and listen to the whole thing generates a huge "SHUT THE FUCK UP" phobic reaction in me
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, October 23, 2012 3:43 AM Bookmark
Instrumental/dance music contains ~feelingz~ too! I mean, sometimes that feeling may be as simple as the desire to dance, but it's still there.
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
ehh i think you're stretching the idea of "finding the artist relatable" to its breaking point
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
can't wait to see what hilarious fake kanye album name you guys come up with next!!!
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
My Dark Beautiful Sarcastic Messageboard Post
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
KANYE WEST / BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:45 (eleven years ago) link