― forksclovetofu (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 05:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― whatsteen (hoosteen), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 07:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― GAWD PVNCH (yournullfame), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 07:29 (seventeen years ago) link
Am I the only one who doesn't even bother trying to tell them apart?
― Rodney J. Greene (Rodney J. Greene), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 10:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― Cap'n Guthrie (retardo1), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 15:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― jim (jim), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 18:07 (seventeen years ago) link
Mentalism! Those are the two best songs.
― Rodney (Rodney J. Greene), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:14 (seventeen years ago) link
Sorry, what I meant was this: its a shame that dirty money, my least favorite track, follows ride around shining, my favorite track.
naysaying, huh?
I mean, the first five tracks are nearly flawless in my opinion. Even Pharrell manages to write some enjoyable rhymes, at least nothing that makes you wince. Dirty Money's beat is awful, just...fucking godawful. it sounds like a casio fueled joke but its not. otherwise, after that, the rest of the beats are pretty good. Nightmares is quite wack, but its mostly listenable.
The rhymes are spot on, simple and clean, a lot of it subtly introspective. Malice has a great ear for assonance.
just listen to it on myspace if you want to naysay it. I don't have any naysay, really, its been in my cd player all night.
― Cap'n Guthrie (retardo1), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:35 (seventeen years ago) link
what am I, in a college poetry workshop? yuck.
― Cap'n Guthrie (retardo1), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodney (Rodney J. Greene), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― hoosteen (hoosteen), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:48 (seventeen years ago) link
argh xxpost
― justin (hoosteen), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― deep space nine (deep space nine), Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:07 (seventeen years ago) link
musically monotonous = i have nothing against a steady beat but this thing barely has a pulse.
that is sort of where i am going with this. i wouldn't mind some purple haze type all-over-the-map action from these guys at this point. instead i get eleven variations on "hot" from clones...
― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:11 (seventeen years ago) link
Really?
"musically monotonous = i have nothing against a steady beat but this thing barely has a pulse."
I actually haven't heard the record yet, but is it actually less varied than Lord Willin'?
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:25 (seventeen years ago) link
this is another good album that has more clipse raps and more nice beats but that for some reasons barely simmers.
ok, forget thematically ... i meant maybe emotionally? it's not that i mind crack rap so much but that they're only approaching it from the one "i am so cold right now" angle. where's the rage? where's the humor? where's the party?
when you know they can do something like that freestyle they did over "time's up", or "ego", or "blaze of glory" hearing them hit the same note 9 or 10 times straight sort of bugs.
― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Hating on Nightmares because it uses the neologism "p-noid" is like hating on Teen Spirit cause he's talking about a mulatto. It's a revamping of Mind's Playing Tricks on Me with Bilal singing the chorus for fuck's sake. This is a good idea.But yes, Trill is good too.
Pharrell's production is bare bones beautiful but someone stop that fucker before he raps again. I'd pay a dollar for a version of 'Mr. Me Too' without him on it.
Kalefa called the album paranoid and shifty; not things that I would argue with. It's less emotionally bereft to me than it is just really stripped tha fuck down. I'm not sure I'll be listening to it next year, but it's amazing right now.
― forksclovetofu (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 30 November 2006 01:09 (seventeen years ago) link
http://stylusmagazine.com/pbw/2006/11/29/255/#respond
― justin (hoosteen), Thursday, 30 November 2006 01:16 (seventeen years ago) link
In short:
"Hello New World," "Ride Around Shining," "Wamp Wamp," respectively.
― hoo got it for steen, vol. 2 (hoosteen), Thursday, 30 November 2006 01:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodney Von Bushwickin The Barbarian Mother-Funky Stay High Dollar Billster (Rodn, Thursday, 30 November 2006 01:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodney Von Bushwickin The Barbarian Mother-Funky Stay High Dollar Billster (Rodn, Thursday, 30 November 2006 01:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Redundancy!
― Rodney Von Bushwickin The Barbarian Mother-Funky Stay High Dollar Billster (Rodn, Thursday, 30 November 2006 01:40 (seventeen years ago) link
-- Rodney Von Bushwickin The Barbarian Mother-Funky Stay High Dollar Billster (rodneyjgreen...),
I don't "absolutely love" it, but I certainly don't understand why people think it's the worst beat/song on the record. To my ears it's much more immediate than "Ride Around Shining" for example.
― hoo got it for steen, vol. 2 (hoosteen), Thursday, 30 November 2006 03:25 (seventeen years ago) link
i think "nightmares" is the sort of range i was looking for. i listened to it three more times since the earlier posts (it's awesomely concise, i'll give it that - 10.0 for pacing!) and the songs are opening up a bit, but compared to something like "king" i still think its lacking.
― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 30 November 2006 05:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― forksclovetofu (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 30 November 2006 06:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodney Von Bushwickin The Barbarian Mother-Funky Stay High Dollar Billster (Rodn, Thursday, 30 November 2006 07:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 30 November 2006 09:04 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.mytelus.com/news_images/original/cc_2006_07_07_240.jpg
for the most part I like the album though. "Keys Open Doors" beat is pretty crazy (the choirs!), the one with Slim Thug is good too.
― Dave Renard (dmr), Thursday, 30 November 2006 15:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― dmr (dmr), Thursday, 30 November 2006 15:24 (seventeen years ago) link
liking it quite a bit so far.
one thing i really have to take my hat off to clipse for, and it might seem like a small thing, but i think it's important: they keep their albums short and focused...12 tracks is perfect, no bullshit filler like so many rap albums, i think that's one of the big reasons they come off so well.
― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:20 (seventeen years ago) link
unrelated - did Definition of a Roller ever come out on anything but mixtapes?
― dmr (dmr), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:29 (seventeen years ago) link
nightmares is the only one i'm not really digging, if only cuz it takes so fucking long to get going!
― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:31 (seventeen years ago) link
1.) If they're going for the drop of a few singles why make more work for themselves by adding track 24? they're still paying for the beats and the extra track that might not even pay off in the end. 2.) If they're going for a good overall album, why put garbage in there? 3.) If they're just prolific rhymers why not save the extra rhymes for a rainy day?
I mean, isn't album efficiency more valuable for label and artist because its cheaper and safer?
― Cap'n Guthrie (retardo1), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Cap'n Guthrie (retardo1), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― dmr (dmr), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 30 November 2006 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link
Also I've only heard a few songs from this, but are there any basslines on the record?
― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― hoo starts some shit (hoosteen), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:24 (seventeen years ago) link
what the heck does he mean when he says "i got so many bullets shit you call me left fist"???
― vahid (vahid), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― dmr (dmr), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― dmr (dmr), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― milo (milo), Saturday, 2 December 2006 01:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― vahid (vahid), Saturday, 2 December 2006 04:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodney Von Bushwickin The Barbarian Mother-Funky Stay High Dollar Billster (Rodn, Saturday, 2 December 2006 06:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodney Von Bushwickin The Barbarian Mother-Funky Stay High Dollar Billster (Rodn, Saturday, 2 December 2006 06:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― amon (amon), Saturday, 2 December 2006 06:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodney Von Bushwickin The Barbarian Mother-Funky Stay High Dollar Billster (Rodn, Saturday, 2 December 2006 06:45 (seventeen years ago) link
:rolleyes:
― amon (amon), Monday, 4 December 2006 13:41 (seventeen years ago) link
either way... :/
― amon (amon), Monday, 4 December 2006 13:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― hoo got it for steen (hoosteen), Monday, 4 December 2006 20:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaxon (jaxon), Monday, 4 December 2006 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaxon (jaxon), Monday, 4 December 2006 22:40 (seventeen years ago) link
All the clunky stuff (most especially Pharrell singing on the track after "Dirty Money") works for some reason. It's not a brilliant album, maybe a bit same-y, but until the last two tracks it's the most enjoyable album of the year to listen to while driving.
― milo (milo), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 02:47 (seventeen years ago) link
the only chorus that bugs me is "ain't cha"
― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link
Was kinda disappointed when I figured out he's saying parrots.
― Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 14:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 20:53 (seventeen years ago) link
srsly.
― hoo got it for steen (hoosteen), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 20:55 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.tuningnews.net/news/041001/bentley-continental-gt-mulliner.php
― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 21:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 21:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 21:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― hoo keeps it steen/and they love that shit (hoosteen), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 22:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― forksclovetofu (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 22:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― hoo keeps it steen/and they love that shit (hoosteen), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 23:05 (seventeen years ago) link
Wodehouse shout-out?
― clotpoll (clotpoll), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 03:26 (seventeen years ago) link
ihttp://www.filmmakermagazine.com/blog/uploaded_images/Gene_Shalit-761721.gif
― m1cc1o (m1cc1o), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 03:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― hoo keeps it steen/and they love that shit (hoosteen), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 03:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 14:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 14:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― telephonething (telephonething), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link
I was all Stewie Griffin going "WHOOOOA, where did that come from?"
― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 16:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link
But that's just a guess. Maybe I should renew my subscription to Dubs.
― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (DomPassantino), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 17:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― max (maxreax), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link
And that about sums it up -- a rap classic for the MySpace generation, the black Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, a nostalgia treat for cynics, the worthy successor to Illmatic. Yep. Check for the expanded edition in 2020. [HG]
-- dmr (dmr334...), December 1st, 2006 5:36 PM.
that review is totally ihttp://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/whoa.gif
― deej (deej), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:27 (seventeen years ago) link
The real fun is reading countless reviews talk about how its the best rap album since Illmatic.
― deej (deej), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― I kick hoosteenical flows/spit spat what's that (hoosteen), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej (deej), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:15 (seventeen years ago) link
haha yeah I really have trouble with how this album is being sold as some dark glimpse into harsh reality or whatever when half the lyrics are about thousand dollar jeans with mountain lions stitched on the crotch
― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:58 (seventeen years ago) link