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[Brakke]

Wait is it possible to buy the album for download at all? Don't see it on Tidal store.

 

[MThanded]

I'd like to know this too. I know the HiFi sounds wonderful in my car, and that's where I play 90% of my music these days. I might just get the 90 day trial instead, and cancel the 30.

From the pricing it would seem like the answer is no. Claims after the trial you pay 9.99 which aligns with the regular trial. I think i will just do 30 day hifi.

 

[robotrock]

Wait is it possible to buy the album for download at all? Don't see it on Tidal store.

Nope. Not possible.

 

[MidnightCowboy]

The Freestyle 4 beat is too good to be used for only 2 minutes. I NEED MORE

 

[Red_Man]

When that fucking bass kicks in at the end of Fade

 

[HawkeyeIC]

Well that was disappointing.

 

[Complex Shadow]

goal is to do one for every song on the album for shits and giggles

Oh please. I didn't know I needed this till now.

 

[RecRoulette]

Wait is it possible to buy the album for download at all? Don't see it on Tidal store.

No, not yet. Some folks could buy it last night but not anymore.

Cant you just stream it here until you get the codes?

http://kanyewestofficial.bandcamp.com/album/the-life-of-pablo

Um, disregard what I just said. Apparently this works.

 

[Owari]

Well that was disappointing.

But do you enjoy hiphop though. Or any Kanye albums?

 

[blackaroni]

Dope. Ty for link!

I don't think that's really "official".

 

[JTripper]

Not a huge fan of the album after first listen. Only a few songs I really like and the rest are eh to me.

One of Kanye's best intros though, even though I think the rest of the songs on the album are so different. ULB is great.

Some of the songs I like are strange in length too, like 30 Days which should be shorter and even though I love it I think ULB would benefit by being slightly longer.

NMPILA is good but mostly cause of Kendrick. I also dig Feedback and Highlights.

Overall I prefer Yeezus. I like its cohesiveness at least in its first half, which is amazing. TLOP is just not very cohesive.

Late Registration will always be king for me.

 

[FallingEdge]

I don't think that's really "official".

Welp.

ggs.

 

[Brakke]

Um, disregard what I just said. Apparently this works.

This... doesn't feel legit.

 

[CoolOff]

The more I listen to it, the less I agree with "it's not cohesive".

 

[Kraftwerk]

I don't think that's really "official".

This... doesn't feel legit.

hmm. I saw it posted on KTT. No idea it was fake. I thought it was legit.

 

[RecRoulette]

This... doesn't feel legit.

Yeah, after looking at it for more than 10 seconds it looks dodgy as hell

 

[MThanded]

Tidal is jank.

My 30 day subscription says it ends/renews on the 29th of this month. That's 15 days.

Cant you just stream it here until you get the codes?

http://kanyewestofficial.bandcamp.com/album/the-life-of-pablo

This is fraudulent

 

[Courage]

The more I listen to it, the less I agree with "it's not cohesive".

Agreed, Freestyle 4 is the turning point where the upbeat production turns more somber and melancholic.

This is assuming everything after Wolves is a bonus track of course.

 

[Ran rp]

Can I cancel my current trial and do this?

don't think so. you have to join tidal for it and if you try to use the same email it'll say the account name is already taken.

 

[tizaffy]

God-tier songs: Ultra Light Beams, Famous (a beat switch that would make Drake and Travis envious), Feedback, Waves, FML, 30 Hours, NMPILA, Real Friends, Wolves, Fade

Everything else sorta falls along the good to meh tiers, but man, that is a really high concentration of amazing songs. If he trimmed this to a 10 song album like he intended, it would be amazing.



Actually, if he switched out Father Stretch My Hands for Feedback, this would be a phenomenal album that would probably be top 3 for me because even though it isn't cohesive, every moment on the songs above is so damn consistent I could overlook the thematic incohesiveness.

But as it stands, it is a very good project that is bloated, and really should have ended at Wolves with the tracks after being Deluxe Version tracks.

Agree with the point of cohesivness but it can be forgiven due to the quality out there. Im pretty certain wolves onwards are "bonus" tracks.

 

[MThanded]

don't think so. you have to join tidal for it and if you try to use the same email it'll say the account name is already taken.

The period trick works on tidal though. So if you have gmail you can make another account by adding a period somewhere

 

[jetsetrez]

I dunno, a couple okay tracks, but not really feeling it. Too much art.

 

[Brakke]

If you install the Tidal iOS app you can download the album for "offline mode" and then you can play it locally through the app at least. I'll just deal with this until the album is for serious out and I can wipe Tidal out of my life lol.

 

[deefol]

I'm disgusted with the use of diet future for pt.2 and freestyle 4, couldn't he afford Future?

 

[Pixels]

Did he rush this out to pay debt? lol

 

[TVexperto]

So some guy tried to buy the album for 15 million and got scammed? How is that even possible without meeting person to person?

 

[MThanded]

I'm disgusted with the use of diet future for pt.2 and freestyle 4, couldn't he afford Future?

Prefer this guy to future. I can understand him better.

 

[Tatsumi Oga]

I'd like to know this too. I know the HiFi sounds wonderful in my car, and that's where I play 90% of my music these days. I might just get the 90 day trial instead, and cancel the 30.

I was surprised how much louder but also clearer Tidal sounds compared to Spotify. i was using the extreme quality setting on Spotify and the highest on Tidal, which is not lossless and probably 320 like Spotify too. But Tidal clearly wins it with sound quality, i did not expect to hear that difference over my Bluetooth speaker.

I was going to go for Spotify for a full sub after all these trials, but now i am not so sure yet.

Ye been Jay's path to success since the early 2000s.

Hold on, what am i missing here. Kanye and Jay-Z are not good at the moment?

 

[megalowho]

The bleached asshole line stands out like a wet fart on a rocketship through space. Starting to grow on me though, just for how hilariously Kanye it is.

 

[unempLLOYD]

I'm disgusted with the use of diet future for pt.2 and freestyle 4, couldn't he afford Future?

Sorry but future is trash. Kanye don't want that mummbling fool on this project.

 

[deefol]

Prefer this guy to future. I can understand him better.

Literally the same thing but an octave lower, I want future to sue tbh

 

[MThanded]

 

[Ran rp]

The period trick works on tidal though. So if you have gmail you can make another account by adding a period somewhere

:O

i've never heard of this.

 

[JTripper]

The bleached asshole line stands out like a wet fart on a rocketship through space. Starting to grow on me though, just for how hilariously Kanye it is.

I find myself looking forward to it on a purely ironic level. It's the "hurry up with my damn croissants" line of this album.

 

[Red_Man]

The greatest meal of your life

Enjoy man

 

[Draper]

Alright- I've caved.

Fuck you Tidal.

Time to start my journey

 

[Feel the Swift]

Literally the same thing but an octave lower, I want future to sue tbh

lol wtf

 

[Catvoca]

Hold on, what am i missing here. Kanye and Jay-Z are not good at the moment?

Not sure I agree with the guy but the poster was saying Jay's been using Kanye for his own success since the early 2000's.

Edit: Or at least Kanye has been the way for Jay to succeed in recent years i.e WTT and their other collaborations.

 

[ginger ninja]

Father Stretch My Hands Pt.1 is so good, but too short. Pt.2 is ok. He should have just one long song.

 

[unempLLOYD]

Literally the same thing but an octave lower, I want future to sue tbh

Rappers bite each others flows everyday B. ABronson and GKillah for example.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Re-heating your cornbread now. Enjoy fam.

Is there a massive amount of clipping in this album or what.

edgy just like @kanyewest

 

[MThanded]

Is there a massive amount of clipping in this album or what.

Mike dean working his crushed black magic... /s

 

[The Citizen Kane of Games]

Wow I can't believe Kanye and Rih both took bullets for Jay Z less than a month from eachother while that ugly fuck sits in the back schemin.

#nodisrespecttokanye

#alldisrespecttojayz

Don’t Kanye and Rihanna own a share of Tidal as well?

Only thing I find weird is why he used Soundcloud instead of Tidal for his early releases. Good Fridays on Tidal would suck for me, but be good for him.

 

[Nabs]

Is there a massive amount of clipping in this album or what.

Mike dean working is crushed black magic... /s

It's nice and edgy.

 

[Kraftwerk]

Literally the same thing but an octave lower, I want future to sue tbh

lmao

 

[Ran rp]

fuck mike dean

 

[Kurt Angle]

You're crazy if you think Waves is the radio song

it's wolves

also will be the first to get a music vid





after he fixes it with sia

 

[Draper]

Up to song 4

I'm dying

This shit is all over the place

Ye, you alright?

 

[deefol]

Rappers bite each others flows everyday B. ABronson and GKillah for example.

They aren't really the best of friends tho, when more people listen to the shit, i'll expect backlash

 

[MThanded]

They aren't really the best of friends tho, when more people listen to the shit, i'll expect backlash

To be fair I had to correct a bunch of people who thought future was on that track.