it's a really good album! I just listened to the Griselda album again and I'm actually placing it firmly below the Boogie tape. Everythings for Sale falls off pretty hard towards the end but everything up until the god-awful Eminem verse is fun and pretty unique.
I will not go to bat for any of the trash you listed above, but I will say that the Boogie album that came out on Shady Records this year is actually really good and probably neck-and-neck with the Griselda tape. Also the Conway album Look What I Became (which came out in late September and yet, incredibly, is not his most recent solo release) is just a notch below The Plugs I Met and very much so worth everyone's time.
On an unrelated note, anyone here check out The Game's new album? In very non-The Game fashion, the solo tracks are incredibly solid and there's some genuinely touching moments throughout the record. If you don't want to listen to 25 tracks and 1.5 hours (a completely reasonable stance), I would highly recommend skipping right to West Side and also removing the Chris Brown track. That trims it to a much more manageable 1h5m and 17 tracks.
I think I was 10 or 11 the first time I heard Come Sail Away, and even at that age I literally burst out laughing at the absurd M. Night Shyamalan-esque twist before the final refrain
Thanksgiving Eve was the best possible time to release this. time to grab my boombox, get rip-roaringly drunk & stand outside my ex's window playing this track at 3 in the morning.
it's honestly a really really strong tape, even before considering the circumstances it was made in. Maria is an excellent track and a lot of interesting features throughout. free Greedo, as always.
Tyler is filed next to Donald Glover in my "people who I idolize artistically but also seem like insanely narcissistic and annoying people in real life" list
you said this to me, and I'll repeat what I said then: it's no more interesting than listening to male rappers talk almost exclusively about sex, which is to say not at all.
difference is I think Cardi is actually a pretty solid rapper and has a little variety to her tracks, and I did enjoy her debut quite a bit - but I've certainly hit Cardi content saturation and I could do to not hear about her again until the album drops.
fun question my music discussion group has been kicking around last few weeks: what's your (or one of your) favorite album covers of the last decade? You're Dead! is one of the first that came to mind for me.
I didn't listen to enough of either of their bodies of work to have a strong say in this but Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back by Daz is an unbelievably good album. "It Might Sound Crazy" with Too $hort was a go-to smoking track for me in college (and for reference as to how weird that really is, I graduated in August).
this is exactly right. the music is fine to good, but the shows are just a ton of people feeding off each other's energy. it's pretty great! The Thug and Travis tour post-Rodeo is still a top ten all time for me.
I've been to the Yeezus tour and the Pablo tour, but you're the point wasn't the "people losing their shit" part, it was the size. it's like a 50k+ GA show. I could barely fucking breath, and the crowd dictates where you go. Mosh pits were so great though, and that's coming from a guy that used to exclusively go to metal shows in high school.
lineup this year looks bad but Travis' set at the end of last year's festival was one of the best I've ever seen. the sheer chaotic energy of 50k+ people completely losing their shit to one artist was something I had never seen at a rap show before, and that I've only seen since at Tyler's Gov Ball set the week after IGOR dropped.
looking into this further (instead of studying for an upcoming certification exam, as I am in this library to do), I failed to distinguish between white and non-white evangelicals - evidently, about 65% of white evangelicals lean Republican, and about the same percentage of non-white evangelicals lean Democratic. you learn something new every day! however, despite this being a learning opportunity, I will continue to comment first and research later, as is my God-given right.
I'm thinking about someone listening to this song and somehow enjoying this lyric in particular - it's making me unreasonably mad for a Friday afternoon
I'm somewhat confused by this angle, particularly given that there is significant overlap between the two communities (Republicans and evangelicals) you're referencing.
I would actually like to go on record and say that Baby by Lil Baby and DaBaby slaps, against all odds. however, Sahbabii still holds a place in my heart as my favorite Baby-adjacent rapper.
Tom, my man, in what world are we now considering Drip Harder one of last year's best rap albums? it's got one good song, two if I'm being gracious. either of Lil Baby's solo efforts from last year blow Drip Harder clean out of the water.
I don't know, man. I just can't get into this like I want to. I think about half of the tracks are good, but nothing here blows me away like most of the stuff on Doris or IDLSIDGO did. One thing I will echo though is that Earl is an unbelievable producer and I hope he starts doing more stuff for others. Also, if anyone is missing old Earl like me, the new Chester Watson tape is excellent and is from a similar sonic lineage to Earl's first two albums.
let's not forget another rapper Bandgang Lonnie Bands worked with this year on a track that graced this column: Click Cash Boog. It sounds like a bad parody of a character in the Nightmare Before Christmas.
during Gov Ball this summer I was walking to see Saba and accidentally bumped into someone. I looked at her with a bit of a scowl and she immediately said "sorry, super high! enjoy the show" and smiled then kept walking towards the same stage. it dawned on me literal hours later (I was super high as well) that it was Noname. I will never scowl at someone that bumps into me again, just in case.
Pusha is the same age as Ye, and Danny Brown is fast approaching 40. Both of them are far removed from the early turmoil of their lives and making critically acclaimed and eminently listenable music. still, you make a good point - Ye could be using these turbulent times as fuel for great music. but the thing is, he isn't. Jay gave us 4:44, Pusha gave us Daytona, Danny just gave us uknowhatImsayin? Ye (the album) or Jesus is King don't even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as those records.
the is absolutely what everyone should be taking away from the last few releases. he doesn't care like he used to. whether that's because he cares more about God/fashion/celebrity than his music is tough to say, but the mixes have been consistently poor or unfinished and the less said about the lyrics the better. I enjoyed both Pablo and Ye (more than most in these comments, at least) but the half-assed nature of this stuff is starting to wear me down. as someone else alluded to in this thread, there's a whole lot of great rap out there, and most of em actually treat it as a craft instead of a PSA. I hope we get a return to form but I'm no longer treating it as the inevitability I once did.
*bangs gavel* we find the defendant, YG, guilty of being incredibly good and ideologically consistent. case closed!
also, on a musical note, YG's album from this year was incredibly slept on. it's pretty solid! I do agree the less said about Stay Dangerous the better, though.
not sure how this in the negatives. do you guys think YG has the power to remove a kid from a music festival? because that's just fundamentally untrue.
can't recommend the new clipping. album enough for this! it's horror movie rap in its purest form. the Suspiria soundtrack is a great listen as well. other than that, I think everyone else covered the necessary bases above me.
birthdays coming up in a month and I've been in need of a good charity to tell people to donate to in lieu of gifts (I hate birthdays) - think this will be the one this year. thanks for spending your free time helping others, and I will 100% cosign the Lucki rec as well. enjoy your weekend my friend.
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