that being said, yelling "we want the funk" is about the least progressive thing you could say on a record in 2015
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that being said, yelling "we want the funk" is about the least progressive thing you could say on a record in 2015
PhoenixDark
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Kendrick avoids the preachy label to me by fully revealing his contradictions, flaws, and vulnerability. One of the biggest problems with Lupe is that his work is so non-personal. He sounds like some angel looking down on earth shaking his head. And he also sounds bitter, like he resents the fact that so many people dismiss him. He represents every high school backpacker, angry over the mainstream. I was that dude in HS so I recognize it. Listening to Mos & Kweli, shaking my head at 50 Cent stans as if they personally did me dirty.
Lupe seems to be moving in a better direction now though so I hope that continues.
I loved Kanye for not being afraid to reveal his flaws. And perhaps I do him a disservice by laughing at him now, when to be honest he's still revealing his flaws and admitting his wrongs, just in a more public fashion.
Lupe seems to be moving in a better direction now though so I hope that continues.
I loved Kanye for not being afraid to reveal his flaws. And perhaps I do him a disservice by laughing at him now, when to be honest he's still revealing his flaws and admitting his wrongs, just in a more public fashion.
MuddyDonut
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MuddyDonut
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Well Kendrick has like ten different voices on that album so you have to be more specific
They're mostly even worse than usual. Especially when he starts getting high pitched.
forreal.
WanderingWind
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No Church is the only song I go back to from WTT. Definitely is aging quickly.
PhoenixDark
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So Kanye been trying to make his own MCHG for longer than we thought. Hov influence too skrong whew.
and now for the backtracks.
in advance: don't care about what you thought about WTT, but to deny it was huge in the culture and did big things is folly, and lots of 'supergroup' albums and records before have flopped hard in every possible way.
I just think it's funny, because Kanye stans have been saying for years now that Hov's relevance and creative output is all Kanye powered, but when the truth comes out
in advance: don't care about what you thought about WTT, but to deny it was huge in the culture and did big things is folly, and lots of 'supergroup' albums and records before have flopped hard in every possible way.
I just think it's funny, because Kanye stans have been saying for years now that Hov's relevance and creative output is all Kanye powered, but when the truth comes out
That was one of the few tracks I liked on there :lol that, No Church and The Joy. Though I can't remember if The Joy was just a bonus track.
Yeah, it's just like fun over the top shit from what I can remember. Nothing wrong with that, I'm just not a Jay-Z fan.
The Artful Dodger
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I liked WTT.
Murder for Excellence was my favorite on there.
Murder for Excellence was my favorite on there.
No Church In The Wild, Niggas In Paris, Gotta Have It, Murder To Excellence are the only good songs tbh. The rest are meh or trash. That's My Bitch one of the worst songs I've heard Kanye on.
That'd be assuming he cares about his music at this point. And that's false.
That'd be assuming he cares about his music at this point. And that's false.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
and now for the backtracks.
in advance: don't care about what you thought about WTT, but to deny it was huge in the culture and did big things is folly, and lots of 'supergroup' albums and records before have flopped hard in every possible way.
I just think it's funny, because Kanye stans have been saying for years now that Hov's relevance and creative output is all Kanye powered, but when the truth comes out
Can't backtrack on something you never stanned for in the first place. Good album, wasn't as great as many made it out to be. Lots of supergroup albums have done great too, just not so much in rap. NiP took over the year, no doubt.
Damn forgot that one. That beat was nice.
I generally like all of WTT except: lift off, that's my bitch, made it in america, why I love you, and gotta have it.
That wasn't aimed at you.
That wasn't aimed at you.
i actually catch feels in murder to excellence at the switching point in the middle and idek why
i'm partial to who all of those + who gon stop me (mostly the backing track in the second half) + why i love you
like i said, the tracks with the big hooks
PhoenixDark
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So MCHG birthed Yeezus - ie Kanye taking his ball and going home because Hov was working with Timbo - and SHMG. And WTT.
One minute you're on top of the world creatively. Next minute you're getting BET awards from a Harlem vagrant and requiring 18 writers to make a single song.
0 to 100 real quick
One minute you're on top of the world creatively. Next minute you're getting BET awards from a Harlem vagrant and requiring 18 writers to make a single song.
0 to 100 real quick
my man. I feel that's one of the few songs where you sense the chemistry between them, braggadocious and intimidating.
I'm still laughing at Kanye demanding that Hov put his songs on the album. He really did learn how to move creatively from the gawd MC himself. Trying to do Hov like Hov did Freeway, forcing him to come up off 1-900-Hustler for The Dynasty
The sins of the father revisited upon himself, brehs.
The sins of the father revisited upon himself, brehs.
Gotta Have It is garbage, that goofy ass dubsteppy beat. Thought you had more refined taste. Peak Neptunes fruitiness.
Lmao.
Exactly. Kanye is all about cherrypicking the good parts and throwing out the trash. Like he would want a cheesy JT hook on that shit, foh. He'd probably elevate it rather than settle for another generic pop song.
much rather be a stan for someone who can actually rap rather than some dude who thinks he can rap
The Return of
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all Kanye verses have been trash in the past 2 year
MorisUkunRasik
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TPAB is growing on me crazy.
this is ye stan delusion world though, where WTT wasn't the hottest record of 2011. Probably the hottest and most talked about record since... What? Carter 3? And that was with Jay feeding Kanye relevance and inspiration off the massive BP3 and his future album, MCHG. Very nice of Jay to continue keeping Kanye alive and give him relevance. Lord know he can't go out in public at a proper without having a fit about the man's wife.
PhoenixDark
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Yea we should establish that Holy Grail is a bad song. But we should also establish that if Ye had taken Holy Grail he would have replaced JT with Mr Hudson, layered 3-7 unnecessary instruments underneath the sample, sung off key alongside Mr Hudson, and added a church choir.
Without even hearing Ye's version I'll say that I prefer Hov's #minimalist version.
Without even hearing Ye's version I'll say that I prefer Hov's #minimalist version.
sounds like a slay tbqh, i would like to hear this
i've never taken the term seriously and probably won't ever take it seriously
sorry if i offended you though
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I know, I just didn't want to confused with one of "those" people.
no i'm not offended at all
i mean it really just sounds like a term you'd hear in really sleazy gay porn, is all
i dunno though, maybe that's the intent?
this is ye stan delusion world though, where WTT wasn't the hottest record of 2011. Probably the hottest and most talked about record since... What? Carter 3? And that was with Jay feeding Kanye relevance and inspiration off the massive BP3 and his future album, MCHG. Very nice of Jay to continue keeping Kanye alive and give him relevance. Lord know he can't go out in public at a proper without having a fit about the man's wife.
Brutal
Nobody calls this out because technically Kanye has never had a high bar. People expect Jay-Z to consistently be the greatest rapper in the world, even at a tender age of 45 because at one point, he was capable of this, at the drop of a hat, wherever whenever. Kanye meanwhile has always been chugging along as a lessor emcee, unremarkable freestyle ability, meh flow.
It's like when your B-/C+ student turns in a few C/C- papers. are you really going to single him out?
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