Conceptually and Aesthetically, this album is dope as hell. Del has this super cartoonish delivery that actually meshes well with the production and thematics spread across the album. The song structure feels so brilliant because these songs feel like they build up throughout the entire runtime, as if there is a purpose to each song within itself. Its very rate in Boom Bap production when you hear this level of layering and progression theough the beats. This album is fairly Abstract: its not ... read more
Freddie Gibbs found his perfect match with this record. The tough gangster rap meshes so well with the lo-fi, old-school yet extremely abstract production style of Madlib. This album packs 17 tracks at just an hour, jumping from track to track fairly quick for much of this record, as per usual with Madlib's style of quantity and quality, not wasting too much time with each track. Freddie Gibbs isn't a master wordsmith or the most creative rapper, but the overall character of this whole record ... read more
Flying Lotus is so brilliant that his sound is practically its own genre. Whether its the wonky bass or super floaty synths, to even the chords that he uses in his music.... Its so effectively elegant.
The most frustrating part about soundtracks is how prosthetic they feel
It is such an obscure debut, but is definitely worth it for patient ears. The noise is overwhelming and the vocals are on a side thought, but it really comes together nicely throughout this lo-fi opus.
This song is really its own element - during one of the blandest, most uninteresting times of hip-hop, this song stands out as an all-time classic, really. The aesthetic, sonic direction, and mix of this song has the vibe of an underground classic yet somehow garnered the appeal of a pop sensation. Deservedly so, as this song is rich with ear worm material balanced with forward-thinking concepts.
I remember watching an episode of Mass Appeal's record roullette with Injury Reserve, in which they selected three record that they were clueless about but joked about said records being all-time classics and were going to get grilled for not knowing about them...
I found 'Avril 14th' on Youtube while looking for samples and figured it was some vintage electronic music, but couldn't help but recognize the name, aesthetic, and cover for the music.... And yeah these guys got a name for ... read more
>inb4 the user score nose dives
I am still processing the first half and peach because I haven't had a lot of time to listen to the entire record lately, and so far I am utterly impressed with 1-6 and peach.
Its got this trail of Brockhampton style with Kevin Abstract's poppish, RNB flavor. The production is larger than life and momentous, featuring some stripped down solo parts that are heavy hearted.
One gripe with this album so far is that the themes are fairly recycled: talk of ... read more
With this along with MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt’s latest, we can more clearly see the dawn of a new sub-genre of experimental hip-hop, stringing along the principals of boom bap, sample-based hip-hop into an extremified nothingness
Exchanging melodies for brief, glitchy outbursts and verses for poetic murmurs mixed in such a muddy fashion, it creates a really heart-wrenchng character. The way this project unfolds is not a rap artist telling us to our face their struggles, centered on the ... read more
it is actually mind-numbing how the industry was able to completely rewire this guy from a gangster rap artist to some sensitive indie-rock/pop artist.
No complaints, he definitely has the right foot forward, especially for an industry plant
I nearly forgot about Taylor Swift after her 2 year long hiatus, and this return says pretty much nothing about anything. How do you go on a 2 year break and come up with this generic non-sense? The lyrics are beyond lackluster and teeth-grinding. Usually when an artist goes on a long break, they come back with something more out of their lane, adventurous, and experimental for their standards, but this song is entirely the opposite.
This song is bittersweet for me: One one hand, I can find this a sweet sentimental track that holds respect yet a lot of self-love, on another hand I could see it a pretentious radio-friendly circle jerk that is distasteful and often misconstrued.
As expected: Basic and sometimes annoying
despite this, standouts like Tails, Dangerous, and Crash save this from being a total dud
EDIT 5/3/2019: Is it me or do the piano notes on Floating sound like they clash way too hard? sounds like that "216.mp3" beat you hear in memes...
EDIT 6/11/2019: Score changed from 47 to 27
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