MSK3

"We're all suicidal kids telling each other suicide isn't the answer" the song.

As a heads up, I'm not trying to gatekeep mental illness or come down on this guy if he's struggled with himself.

Came across this randomly on youtube, and clicked on it because the title of the song is, well, "all the kids are depressed". Sorry, but this just completely rubs me the wrong way. I'm not sure what this dude's purpose was in writing and making such a song, but the end product is ... read more

Funnily enough, production wise, the tracks biggest strengths are also kind of its biggest weaknesses. It's airy and light, as one would expect from Twigs, but almost to the point where there's almost no substance at all. Sure it sounds great, but it also definitely feels skeletal at points.

Then there's Headie's verse which leaves more than a little to be desired. In particular, his delivery is muddy and it gets incredibly hard to understand what he's saying. Now this wouldn't be that much ... read more

W A N K E R S

I'm pretty sure I first heard Cudi on a ESPN documentary about either the Cuban or Dominican Republican Little League World Series baseball team from 2007ish called (I think) "Boys of Summer". Forgive me for not remembering the exact year or the nationality of the team depicted, but it was from a long ago, and I can't seem to find mention of the documentary anywhere on the net.

Now what I do remember is the story of the team, who, starting early in the year, worked their asses off ... read more