Same, would be Sin City if it wasn't for the random spoken word in the middle of the song.
Kanye West - GOOD MUSIC - The Album
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ShineALight
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No I.D. said that he's working on Ye's solo and it'll be out this year. I don't think it will be but it's not that far out. I always imagined he wanted to sustain Cruel Summer hype across a packed window of releases including the next Sean album, Pusha's album and capped off with his own.
And yeah, they made 30-40 songs for this, so GOOD artists are going to have material for their next solos, or shit will sit in the vault.
I can't believe that this is the case and yet they decided to still include Cold / I Don't Like and even worse to end the album on I Don't Like.
chris121580
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Ma$e absolutely kills it on 'Higher.' I've always been a huge fan of him so it's good to hear him rapping again
NaturalHigh
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fixed.
I still don't have the proper version of this song. :/
EXACTLY, She killed the hook on Sin City, I loved it personally starting to wonder if SC would have been a good Single.
ghostface is on the new version of new god flow. The full version came out last night too I think
I think I started liking her during the live performances of MBDTF, when he did Dark Fantasy with Justin Vernon and Teyana Taylor, she wasn't Alicia Keys but she impressed me, and now with Sin City she's definitely on my radar
After Kanye, I wish the transition to Ghostface was better, it's so abrupt, not as good as the Mercy transition from Pusha T -> Kanye West.
That Goldman Sachs/Hold me back line is immaculate.
Zoramon089
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I guess I'm the only person who likes Bliss. I love the beat. Sounds like such a throwback. Well, reminds me of the production on Operation Doomsday
What..weird. I should have the "final/new" version but no Ghostface..
DangerStepp
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I'm busting Jerry! BUSTING!
Those versions were all bad. That's why I avoided them. They didn't have album versions of half of the songs so they put in single versions instead.
Cold and New God Flow sound different on the album specifically.
spindashing
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;_; Ghostface...........you beautiful man...........
And the best thing is hearing that Ghost verse and then going into a Rae verse in the next track... ;_;
And the best thing is hearing that Ghost verse and then going into a Rae verse in the next track... ;_;
Uno Venova
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All that autotune and yet I still like Higher.
And Sin City is just like No church in the wild to me, potentially great song really hurt by odd autotune or boring spoken word in between.
And Sin City is just like No church in the wild to me, potentially great song really hurt by odd autotune or boring spoken word in between.
Son of a bitch.
That doesn't mean anything. The GOOD Friday tracks were amazing.
The hook to Sin City really makes the song imo.
Most definitely.
And what the fuck at that Ma$e verse. Where has dude been hiding this fire for the past decade. Even I was like yo damn.
michaelb3600
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as usual Ghostface saves the day.
Mr Solo Dolo
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Creepers <3
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
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In a lame way I like how Kanye was finally able to get all of his favourite artists together on a project. His top 3 MC's are Mase, Ghostface and Jay-Z and he's got all of them featuring here.
Him and RZA need to make a Rae and Ghost record man. RAGU: The Album!
Anyway as for this album... I'm still pretty undecided. The Cudi track just doesn't fit and ending on the Keef track is insulting. With those two missing the album certainly flows and closes better and manages to feel more cohesive, though what's left lacks depth and can seem insignificant. I like it, but it all seems very hollow.
Him and RZA need to make a Rae and Ghost record man. RAGU: The Album!
Anyway as for this album... I'm still pretty undecided. The Cudi track just doesn't fit and ending on the Keef track is insulting. With those two missing the album certainly flows and closes better and manages to feel more cohesive, though what's left lacks depth and can seem insignificant. I like it, but it all seems very hollow.
Dreams-Visions
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quoting for those looking to hear it in great quality.
XANDER CAGE
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Only track I don't really like from the stream is Higher. I also think Don't Like is a weird closer. Grumpy about Cold having even more useless airspace after the awesome Kanye verses.
First impressions:
- To The World is a fantastic opener and probably one of the best songs on the album, spiritual successor to Dark Fantasy in a sense.
- There's quite a variety of songs on here but it still feels there's a real duality between the first half of the album and the second half. I think the presence of Cold makes it contrast even more. Speaking of that..
- Cold and I Don't Like belong nowhere on the album. If its true that this is part of label pressure, that's REALLY disappointing. The album suffers in cohesiveness as a result, and other songs could've taken their places. It's pretty clear I Don't Like was tacked on. Bliss would've been a great end to the album.
- CyHi murks everyone hard on The Morning, so that was a huge surprise considering the caliber of talent on that record. Probably best verse on the album.
- I like Higher but it starts out really weak. That Ma$e verse came out of nowhere and surprised me. I really fucks with it and I've never been a huge Ma$e fan. That beat is addicting though, wasn't feeling it in the preview but now I know. Is this the song with the 2 bar 2 Chainz verse or whatever? Whichever one it is, that was completely pointless.
- Sin City is the shit. Dat Teyana/Legend synergy. I enjoy the spoken word bit, but I totally understand if someone would hate it. Though, I wanted the opposite end of Malik Yusuf's original verse to make the cut, not this bit. Song somehow leaves me wanting more though, either it's that good or lacking something. Jesus fuck at the production, that first chorus oh my lord. The song could do without CyHi though, I don't know what the fuck he's doing on the song outside of giving him another song to be on and him being the religious dude in G.O.O.D.
- The One is clearly the weakest link on the album IMO. It gets better as it goes on like Higher once you get passed that boring Ye verse. 2 Chainz verse is terrible and should have been omitted.
- Cocaine80s. On three songs. Fuck yes. Thank you based Yeezy.
Overall, based Yeezy put out another album I can see myself listening to for a while because of the variety of songs and production quality which is A-tier throughout. Solid release, don't know how I'd compare it to WTT.. The highs are higher on WTT... That's pretty much it. The albums are pretty different, kind of an arbitrary comparison.
- To The World is a fantastic opener and probably one of the best songs on the album, spiritual successor to Dark Fantasy in a sense.
- There's quite a variety of songs on here but it still feels there's a real duality between the first half of the album and the second half. I think the presence of Cold makes it contrast even more. Speaking of that..
- Cold and I Don't Like belong nowhere on the album. If its true that this is part of label pressure, that's REALLY disappointing. The album suffers in cohesiveness as a result, and other songs could've taken their places. It's pretty clear I Don't Like was tacked on. Bliss would've been a great end to the album.
- CyHi murks everyone hard on The Morning, so that was a huge surprise considering the caliber of talent on that record. Probably best verse on the album.
- I like Higher but it starts out really weak. That Ma$e verse came out of nowhere and surprised me. I really fucks with it and I've never been a huge Ma$e fan. That beat is addicting though, wasn't feeling it in the preview but now I know. Is this the song with the 2 bar 2 Chainz verse or whatever? Whichever one it is, that was completely pointless.
- Sin City is the shit. Dat Teyana/Legend synergy. I enjoy the spoken word bit, but I totally understand if someone would hate it. Though, I wanted the opposite end of Malik Yusuf's original verse to make the cut, not this bit. Song somehow leaves me wanting more though, either it's that good or lacking something. Jesus fuck at the production, that first chorus oh my lord. The song could do without CyHi though, I don't know what the fuck he's doing on the song outside of giving him another song to be on and him being the religious dude in G.O.O.D.
- The One is clearly the weakest link on the album IMO. It gets better as it goes on like Higher once you get passed that boring Ye verse. 2 Chainz verse is terrible and should have been omitted.
- Cocaine80s. On three songs. Fuck yes. Thank you based Yeezy.
Overall, based Yeezy put out another album I can see myself listening to for a while because of the variety of songs and production quality which is A-tier throughout. Solid release, don't know how I'd compare it to WTT.. The highs are higher on WTT... That's pretty much it. The albums are pretty different, kind of an arbitrary comparison.
After a couple listens;
To The World: Nice intro, smooth beat. 8/10
Clique: Probably my favorite club banger on a Ye album in a while. 7/10
Mercy: Another good banger. 7/10
New God Flow: Goes hard as fuck, one of the standouts of the album. Cocaine Biceps kills his verse too. 9/10
The Morning: Decent track but definitely weaker than the previous two. Nice verse by Rae. 6/10
Cold: Sounds like Niggas In Paris Part 2 all the way down to the annoying high-pitched beeps. 1/10
Higher: Nice beat, a bit soft but still good. 6/10
Sin City: One of the most interesting tracks on the album. The spoken word is a bit out of place though, so this gets an 8/10.
The One: This sounds like a generic CD/LR track that's been spruced up with some of Kanye's recent production elements (hard drums, synths, etc...). 3/10
Creepers: Sounds like Cudi still can't speak understandable English. Nothing special about this one but nothing grating either. 3/10
Bliss: Surprised by how much this one has grown on me. That riff coupled with the airy synth makes me feel like I'm Megaman X chilling in a futuristic upscale rooftop club. It sounds a lot like a soulful Kanye production with a few well incorporated modern tweaks. Would've been even better with some rapping. 8/10
Don't Like: Corny lines galore + Ordinary Trap Instrumental #486. Kinda reminds me of stuff we used to bump back in high school while being idiots though, so I'll give it a 4/10 for the nostalgia factor.
Overall: 6/10
There's a couple bangers and quality tracks on Cruel Summer but it's just a slightly above average album overall (by Ye standards).
And here's how it fits within my Kanye album rankings so far:
1. College Dropout
2. Late Registration
3. Graduation
4. MBDTF
5. Cruel Summer
6. Watch The Throne
7. 808s
To The World: Nice intro, smooth beat. 8/10
Clique: Probably my favorite club banger on a Ye album in a while. 7/10
Mercy: Another good banger. 7/10
New God Flow: Goes hard as fuck, one of the standouts of the album. Cocaine Biceps kills his verse too. 9/10
The Morning: Decent track but definitely weaker than the previous two. Nice verse by Rae. 6/10
Cold: Sounds like Niggas In Paris Part 2 all the way down to the annoying high-pitched beeps. 1/10
Higher: Nice beat, a bit soft but still good. 6/10
Sin City: One of the most interesting tracks on the album. The spoken word is a bit out of place though, so this gets an 8/10.
The One: This sounds like a generic CD/LR track that's been spruced up with some of Kanye's recent production elements (hard drums, synths, etc...). 3/10
Creepers: Sounds like Cudi still can't speak understandable English. Nothing special about this one but nothing grating either. 3/10
Bliss: Surprised by how much this one has grown on me. That riff coupled with the airy synth makes me feel like I'm Megaman X chilling in a futuristic upscale rooftop club. It sounds a lot like a soulful Kanye production with a few well incorporated modern tweaks. Would've been even better with some rapping. 8/10
Don't Like: Corny lines galore + Ordinary Trap Instrumental #486. Kinda reminds me of stuff we used to bump back in high school while being idiots though, so I'll give it a 4/10 for the nostalgia factor.
Overall: 6/10
There's a couple bangers and quality tracks on Cruel Summer but it's just a slightly above average album overall (by Ye standards).
And here's how it fits within my Kanye album rankings so far:
1. College Dropout
2. Late Registration
3. Graduation
4. MBDTF
5. Cruel Summer
6. Watch The Throne
7. 808s
Dreams-Visions
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interesting thoughts. those are my 2 favs so far.
Personally I think Cruel Summer has higher highs, I mean if I hadn't heard 3 of them already that TTW/Clique/Mercy/NGF block just fucking bangs and are probably the best trappy/club music Ye's ever done.
Kind of a toss up on lows between boilin' agua and Cudder's shit-in-mouth verse.
I think Cruel Summer is a better album, and is kind of WTT2 minus Jay on every song. I hope WTT2 is held back a bit (if they're still doing that) since we've been being inundated with trappy swag Ye.
dude, i don't like the album that much either but your opinions are so outlandish it's ridiculous. don't mean to call you out, but i don't think you know what you're talking about. also its ghostface who raps on new god flow not raekwon.
Yeah I don't agree with underrating the album by imagining singles weren't on there or they don't factor into the quality because they're singles like every single other album has. I think thats what a lot of people are doing. Cold and I Don't Like, understandable, but still kind of doesn't matter. It's a relatively solid package in a format I expect for a posse album. It seems like Kanye handled it the appropriate way and then had Cold and I Don't Like forced on.
Oh, you can call me out as much as you like. What's so outlandish about my opinion? I'd love for you to point out something noteworthy that I might've missed and that could change my outlook on some of the songs.
For the record, 6/10 means "pretty decent." It's not a bad album by any means.
Thanks, overlooked that when I was typing.
AlphaTwo00
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the world is a couch, bitch i'm rick james tonight
how did I miss that the first time around?
how did I miss that the first time around?
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