Can we acknowledge how impressive it is to have made something like this from behind bars?
I think if the mixing was better and Tory had the ability to listen back and polish these songs in a better environment, more specifically a better audio environment, then this could have easily been around a 7/10 for me. It just says so much about his talent and his heart to put something like this out under his circumstances in a US state prison.
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I’m not against anti-playlistable music, but even on the really good songs here it just feels like clipping is constantly trying to be impressive. It doesn’t feel like self-expression, more like experimental stuff for the sake of being impressive. Don’t get me wrong the album does succeed at being impressive, it just doesn’t feel like art.
I’m sorry to inform that this is Draft Day’s last album. He has lost his voice from the strain on his vocal chords and no one gave him a glass of water while recording his verses. Very sad :(
I can’t listen to this. He’s done too much harm on too large of a scale. It’s also not a good album. It’s terrible really.
I’m all for separating art from the artist, I guess there is no such thing as ethical consumtion anyways, but he’s too far gone and he’s gone too far. Hopefully he gets the help he needs. And also accountability.