This is a good continuation of Cudi's grand ethereal vibes.
Fav Tracks: New Mode, Do What I Want, Willing to Trust, Can't Shake Her, She's Lookin' for Me
Least Fav Tracks: Angel, In Love, My Drug
Damn, I really wanted this to be good but this was such a letdown.
Edit: The new INSANO album was so bad it made me appreciate this album more. Pretty decent ngl.
Fav Tracks: OFTEN, I HAVE THESE DREAMZ; GET OFF ME, WOW, ELECTROWAVEBABY, TOO DAMN HIGH, TORTURED, RAGER BOYZ, PORSCHE TOPLESS, BLUE SKY, HIT THE STREETZ IN MY NIKES
Least Fav Tracks: MOST AINT DENNIS, CUD LIFE, MR. COOLA, FRESHIE, X & CUD
Lots of hits and misses for me. The Estate Sale adds more hits though.
Fav Tracks: SIR BAUDERLAIRE, WUSYANAME, SWEET / I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO DANCE, RISE!, JUGGERNAUT
Least Fav Tracks: LUMBERJACK, RUNITUP, MANIFESTO, WILSHIRE
So creative and just flat-out amazing. His best album.
Fav Tracks: Everything except PUPPET and WHAT'S GOOD.
He has 2 phones...
Fav Tracks: trademerk usa, range brothers, issues, lost souls, family ties, 16
Least Fav Tracks: pink panties, gorgeous, south africa, first order of business
Damn, this does not hold up. I genuinely hated this.
Edit: Reevaluated this and it's still bad but not as bad as I first thought.
Fav Tracks: Holding on to You, Guns for Hands, Trees.
Least Fav Tracks: Everything except Migrane and Car Radio.
Some good ideas, some bad ideas, some weren't raised in the hood and it shows. I also have weird nostalgia for this album so I might be biased.
Fav Tracks: Heaydirtysoul, Stressed Out, Ride, Tear in My Heart, Polarize
Least Fav Tracks: Fairly Local, Lane Boy, We Don't Believe What's on TV, Not Today
I love this but it adopts a more mainstream sound which hits and misses for me. Incredible writing as always though.
Fav Tracks: Everything except GOD and LOVE.
Least Fav Tracks: YAH
What a great concept album, almost perfect.
Fav Tracks: Everything except Sherane which I like but I don't feel like it's the same level of quality as the rest of the album.
His most interesting production to date but there are some misses for me.
Fav Tracks: Asking To Break, Loading, Tell Me, Fall Back, Big Hammer, I Want You To Know
Least Fav Tracks: Night Sky, If You Can Hear Me, Playing Robots Into Heaven
This album got me into James Blake and I couldn't be happier.
Fav Tracks: Famous Last Words, Life Is Not The Same, Coming Back, Funeral, Foot Forward, Show Me, Say What You Will, Lost Angel Nights, Friends That Break Your Heart, If I'm Insecure
Least Fav Tracks: I'm So Blessed You're Mine
One of the most embarrassing albums ever, never make a song about your school bully. This shit makes me lose faith in humanity.
Least Fav Tracks: OK Overture, 3 O'clock Things, My Play, Joe, Bang!, The Trick, Ordinaryish People, Humpty Dumpty, World's Smallest Violin, Christmas in June
This sucks, but it feels like they're learning? I mean at least The Dumb Song doesn't give me a migraine.
Edit: I don't know why I returned to this album but it resonated more with me than my first listen. God Is Really Real in particular made me emotional, taking me back to my own father's experience with cancer, and the toll it takes on a family is shown very well and respectfully in that song. I also found myself to not care as much about the weird production choices on songs like Maybe ... read more
The singles make this album worthwhile, but she's just not a compelling songwriter yet.
Fav Tracks: driver's license, deja vu, good 4 u, favorite crime
Least Fav Tracks: brutal, 1 step forward, 3 steps back; enough for you, jealousy, jealousy
WOWOWOW, they don't miss.
Fav Tracks: Everything but the Up Song Reprise.