first few listens (10.28.2024): 86
paranoia, pregnancy scares, bisexuality...just like me fr

edit (10.31.2024) -> 86 -> 87

i think that it gets better and stars are overhated. the willingness to experiment at risk of falling flat on this album makes it special to me when compared to others like it.

sorry for stealing your girl by being mediocre and a little quirky chappell! it won't happen again i promise

bangers.

beauty

i will not be bloodletting a sacred lamb. this is a cool song though

fuck applebees

wax (living memories): 85/100
judgement day: 90/100
dandelion love: 90/100
10k dogs: 65/100
juggernaut: 85/100
egotrip: 75/100
rot: 90/100
thank you for love: 100/100
let sleeping dogs lie: 90/100

slowly but surely: 85/100
post mortem: 75/100
bloodlet: 80/100
clay golem: 80/100
i guess i truly am alone: 90/100
when it gets dark out: 65/100
mourn: 70/100
war room: 60/100
chasing closure: 70/100

selfless savior: 80/100
watched birds fly like a scattershot: 80/100
have faith: 85/100
ode to summer: 80/100
powerless: 70/100
tourniquet: 90/100
hand drum 75/100
what's eating me 85/100

rediscovering this song and reading war by bob woodward at around the same time has made me feel really bad for joe biden. anyways, this is one of the best songs ever made

one of the most complete album experiences out there

i walk around my campus with this album as my soundtrack. i have a hard time holding back tears when i listen to vampire in the corner and watching tv back to back. those songs make me think of my greatest fumble and i am just overcome with emotion. despite being out for 2 months, it has already become my second most-listened album of the year. this one is so special, and i love it so much

this album's biggest weakness is that you can tell which songs were made for the movie and which songs weren't. at its worst, it sounds like a disney movie, but at its best, the production value makes it stand out compared to other albums from 2024.

first rating: 53
better than the first. the only song that i have zero problems with is slide. time moving slow is cool (even though it feels a bit messy), and promotion is decent. lifestyle was kind of ruined, and the production/mix on river makes it much less enjoyable than it was before. if he fixes river, it might end being the best song on the album. 530 is whatever...forever rollin is decent. ye and his team really screwed up sky city. my soul is a decent ending, but this album cements a ... read more

oh no oh no

edit (08/03/2024): 81 -> 84

i like how the vocals now stand out more in the mix, and atavista/human sacrifice are welcome additions. he also took 32.22 away, so that's a plus too

euphoria.
edit (06/08/2024): 85 -> 90

great as a diss, even better as a song

edit (10/20/2024): 90 -> 80
outside of the context of the beef, this one wore out its welcome a bit.

05/04/2024: this is actually scary. the alchemist must have summoned some demons to help him make this beat. and kendrick...forget that drake allegedly has been hiding another kid...kendrick says that drake is a gambling addict, a pedophile who keeps sex offenders around his kids, sex trafficker, and he provides some proof that drake has moles in his camp by showing his ozempic on the cover...this might actually be better than the story of adidon. he's literally telling drake to kill ... read more