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[kulapik]

I don't believe NYtimes would make up a date. Either it was supposed to drop on Friday or that was intentional misdirection.

Why did they drop those Instagram filters on Friday?

The snapchat filters were obviously unofficial. The "Waiting for Frank's album like" should have made it obvious

 

[karmaforgotme]

I know we're doing Kanye rankings but I'm curious to see everyone's top 5 rap albums.

Off top of my head (I know I'm forgetting something):

College Dropout
Death Certificate
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Fishscale

 

[MThanded]

The snapchat filters were obviously unofficial. The "Waiting for Frank's album like" should have made it obvious

Wait Snapchat will let random people make filters? I had no idea. If so I stand corrected. I thought they went through some approval process.

 

[all of my hate]

Well, todays starting out just great...

 

[Red_Man]

Not to mention both the Apple twitter account and an Apple exec posting on Instagram that new Frank was coming soon. Seems like something fucked up and halted the release, they aren't putting up that site with all these teasers to release it in November.

 

[MThanded]

Not to mention both the Apple twitter account and an Apple exec posting on Instagram that new Frank was coming soon. Seems like something fucked up and halted the release, they aren't putting up that site with all these teasers to release it in November.

Agreed

 

[RunTheBrules]

Not to mention both the Apple twitter account and an Apple exec posting on Instagram that new Frank was coming soon. Seems like something fucked up and halted the release, they aren't putting up that site with all these teasers to release it in November.

Ok, but what do you think the November 13th date signifies? Some are saying it's in reference to Camp Flog Gnaw, alluding that he might play the show.

 

[MThanded]

Ok, but what do you think the November 13th date signifies? Some are saying it's in reference to Camp Flog Gnaw, alluding that he might play the show.

I think it alludes to him playing the show. Just like you stated. Not that the album wouldn't drop until then. Seems odd for Apple twitter, Apple Exec twitter, snapchat filters, NYtimes article and video stream to all happen in one week to drum up press for an album thats dropping in november.

 

[all of my hate]

Ok, but what do you think the November 13th date signifies? Some are saying it's in reference to Camp Flog Gnaw, alluding that he might play the show.

Kind of just answered your question there, no? And given how he cancelled shows before without explanation, you can't even be sure of his presence at CFG.

 

[Fevaweva]

I know we're doing Kanye rankings but I'm curious to see everyone's top 5 rap albums.

In no order:

Madvilliany
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Hell Hath No Fury
Enter The 36 Chambers

 

[Koozek]

Top 3

Good choice. One of my all-time faves, too. Incidentally also Kanye's best production work, imo.

 

[KingKong]

my top 5

Da Drought 3
College Dropout
Fear of a Black Planet
King
Purple Haze

 

[Koozek]

Slum Village - Fantastic Vol. 2

OutKast - Stankonia

Common - Be

Madvillain - Madvillainy

Jay-Z - The Black Album

Though I might replace Madvillainy with Little Brother - The Minstrel Show.

 

[RunTheBrules]

I think it alludes to him playing the show. Just like you stated. Not that the album wouldn't drop until then. Seems odd for Apple twitter, Apple Exec twitter, snapchat filters, NYtimes article and video stream to all happen in one week to drum up press for an album thats dropping in november.

I really, really, REALLY want to be wrong on this one.

Here's to hoping it happens this week.

 

[Killer Queen]

Ok well, went out and got me some Kanye, loaded 5 albums up on my iPod.
Yeezus
College Dropout
Watch the throne
TLOP
Graduation
I'll give em all a spin and post some impressions

 

[Koozek]

Ok well, went out and got me some Kanye, loaded 5 albums up on my iPod.
Yeezus
College Dropout
Watch the throne
TLOP
Graduation
I'll give em all a spin and post some impressions

No Late Registration??? No MBDTF??? Who needs WTT, replace that with LR. Also I would listen to TLOP last.

 

[Killer Queen]

No Late Registration??? No MBDTF??? Who needs WTT, replace that with LR. Also I would listen to TLOP last.

I left out MBDTF and put TLOP on because I wanted to know what everyone was on about when talking about TLOP and no one really talks about MBDTF from what I've seen mostly. I just chose WTT at random. I'll check out LR tho

 

[Helmholtz]

I left out MBDTF and put TLOP on because I wanted to know what everyone was on about when talking about TLOP and no one really talks about MBDTF from what I've seen mostly. I just chose WTT at random. I'll check out LR tho

MBDTF is his best project in my (and many others) opinion. I think it's essential if you're looking to get into his music.

 

[Red_Man]

I left out MBDTF and put TLOP on because I wanted to know what everyone was on about when talking about TLOP and no one really talks about MBDTF from what I've seen mostly. I just chose WTT at random. I'll check out LR tho

MBDTF is his best work and one of the best rap albums of all time.

 

[Krev]

No one talks about MBDTF, what?

 

[Killer Queen]

No one talks about MBDTF, what?

Until this thread I've literally never heard of it, might just be me tho because I'm really not part of the scene

 

[Helmholtz]

Until this thread I've literally never heard of it, might just be me tho because I'm really not part of the scene

It's you, that album was huge the year it came out, and topped a lot of critics end of year lists.

 

[Krev]

MBDTF is essential.

 

[Glazed]

Until this thread I've literally never heard of it, might just be me tho because I'm really not part of the scene

I think it's better to listen to the discography in order of release than just at random.

 

[pablito]

Top 5

36 Chambers
Madvillainy
Mista Thug Isolation
The Chronic
Good Kid MAAD City

Top 3 Kanye
MBDTF
808s
CD

 

[Koozek]

Until this thread I've literally never heard of it, might just be me tho because I'm really not part of the scene

It's literally the opposite. It's considered his Magnum Opus and was one on basically every music site's AOTY list that year.

Forget about WTT, it's not a Ye solo album. I'd honestly listen to all albums in order of release just to understand his sonic progression. CD, LR, Grad, 808, MBDTF, Yeezus.

 

[Killer Queen]

I think it's better to listen to the discography in order of release than just at random.

I usually do this with every new artist I listen to tbh. I usually just start with songs that interest me or albums that are popular then develop my taste for the artist from there with a few randoms thrown in. It takes like an hour to listen to an album though and 30 seconds to switch out stuff. Usually when listening in chronological order I get bored since some of an artist's early work isn't as refined as their later work or their style changes completely throughout their career and at that time I just kinda feel one style more than the other.

 

[Glazed]

Also, it's Watch the Throne's 5th anniversary.

No Church in the Wild is such a GOAT intro track. Frank

I usually do this with every new artist I listen to tbh. I usually just start with songs that interest me or albums that are popular then develop my taste for the artist from there with a few randoms thrown in. It takes like an hour to listen to an album though and 30 seconds to switch out stuff. Usually when listening in chronological order I get bored since some of an artist's early work isn't as refined as their later work or their style changes completely throughout their career and at that time I just kinda feel one style more than the other.

There really are no missteps in Kanye's solo discography (including WTT), imo. I think it's definitely worth it to listen to his music beginning to end

 

[all of my hate]

This thread should become a Kanye discography rankings thread

Look at what you've done.

 

[Killer Queen]

Also, it's Watch the Throne's 5th anniversary.

No Church in the Wild is such a GOAT intro track. Frank


There really are no missteps in Kanye's solo discography (including WTT), imo. I think it's definitely worth it to listen to his music beginning to end

I'm not saying I wont get to it all eventually, I just never personally feel any obligation to listen to an artist's work chronologically.

 

[Bounceounce]

I'm not saying I wont get to it all eventually, I just never personally feel any obligation to listen to an artist's work chronologically.

Man at least put Late Registration after dropout and leave TLOP for later.
Which isn't an insult towards TLOP but I think Late Registration fits just outside of your reasons for not wanting to listen in chronological order.
(Though honestly I can't think of an artist who's discography is meant to be listened to in chronological order more than Kanye, its like audio character development with his persona and skills, not to mention it makes you appreciate certain things later on more)

 

[Via Purifico]

You guys have some amazing taste in albums. I think i'll dig into some albums I haven't heard in awhile.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Nas - It was Written (illmatic in class of its own)
Smif N Wessun - Dah Shinin
DMX - Dark and Hell is Hot (have we had a harder MC since DMX? The answer is no)

Honorable mentions
Wu Tang - Enter the 36 Chambers & Wu Tang Forever
Method Man - Tical
GZA - Liquid Swordz (fuck it, all those early Wu Tang albums)
Cormega - The Realness (The Montana Way mixtape is better though)
Keith Murray - The Most Beautifullest Thing in the World


Looking at the above you can see why I can't stand recent hip hop, too soft for my taste

it's dark and dark is hot is an all time classic. Literally every track is classic. He gets a free pass for life from me for it.

 

[Bounceounce]

Until this thread I've literally never heard of it, might just be me tho because I'm really not part of the scene

It's you, I didn't even start actively listening to music until three years ago and I heard of it, the album is generally considered the best of the decade and one of the best of all time, the praise was everywhere.
Pitchfork gave it a 10.

 

[Koozek]

You guys have some amazing taste in albums. I think i'll dig into some albums I haven't heard in awhile.

Last year's Your Favorite Music Albums really was fun to go through. Discovered some new faves, like Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea .

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1007227

 

[Red_Man]

I listen to MBDTF in full on my way to work at least once a week. I'll never grow tired of it, it's perfection.

 

[JrBaconCheeseburger]

I went to grab some food and thought...

"Maybe by the time i get back he will have released the album"

Spoiler

For sure this week right?

 

[Killer Queen]

I went to grab some food and thought...

"Maybe by the time i get back he will have released the album"

Spoiler

For sure this week right?

Don't get your hopes up.

 

[Via Purifico]

Last year's Your Favorite Music Albums really was fun to go through. Discovered some new faves, like Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea .

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1007227

Thanks for this.

 

[Red_Man]

Been listening to Kanye all day yesterday and today thanks to this thread, and I can confirm it does help in this difficult time.

 

[KmA]

Not to totally ignore the discussion about albums going on, but have y'all heard this??? Fertilizer is ALWAYS stuck in my head after I run through channel Orange:

Fertilizer by James Fauntleroy

Apparently this guy co produced channel Orange I think? This song is bomb as hell. And his mixtape "Leading By Example" is really good too.

 

[Grakl]

LR > rest of kanye

Illmatic
Liquid Swords
Paul's Boutique
The Low End Theory
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

 

[Sketch_Turntable]

No real order:

Lupe - Food & Liquor
Kanye - MBDTF
Roots - How I Got Over
Common - Be
Lupe - The Cool


HM:

Logic - Under Pressure
Kid Cudi - MotM 1
Watch The Throne - WTT
Jay-Z - Black Album
Lauryn Hill - Miseducation
Wale - Attention Defecit
Kendrick - GKMC
BoB - Adventures of Bobby Ray
Childish Gambino - Camp

 

[jaypah]

Not to totally ignore the discussion about albums going on, but have y'all heard this??? Fertilizer is ALWAYS stuck in my head after I run through channel Orange:

Fertilizer by James Fauntleroy

Apparently this guy co produced channel Orange I think? This song is bomb as hell. And his mixtape "Leading By Example" is really good too.

Me too. Heard Fertilizer on the Slim K Chopped Not Slopped version of Channel Orange (Channel Purple) and was like, "Where did he find a whole version of this shit to chop and screw?". I looked it up and I've been a fan ever since. Funny enough the beginning of the Frank vs Chris Brown shit was from a tweet where CB said that FO reminded him of a young James Fauntleroy, to which FO responded that CB reminded him of a young James Brown (or Bobby Brown, can't remember which). This was right after the domestic violence ugliness.

.

 

[K.Jack]

I know we're doing Kanye rankings but I'm curious to see everyone's top 5 rap albums.

Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth
Redman - Muddy Waters
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus

 

[MThanded]

Every time this is bumped...

 

[JohnDoe]

Madvillain - Madvillainy
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
GZA - Liquid Swords
Outkast - Aquemini

Honorable Mentions:
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Outkast - ATLiens
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Future - 56 Nights

 

[Killer Queen]

Made it through Yeezus and Graduation so far. New Slaves and Black Skinhead are great. I didn't really feel too much of everything else, a least nearly on that level, it has some great production but it doesn't feel nearly as coherent or consistent as Graduation, I've heard about half of graduation my life so I don't really have any newfound love for the songs but I can appreciate them more than I did when I heard them but I kinda zoned out a lot while listening to graduation so it'll probably require another listen for comments on substance. I really like the commentary and lyrics on the two songs I mentioned and production and delivery. I liked a lot of things about blood on the leaves but the subject matter kinda ruins it for me, or well if it's anti abortion I can't get behind that.

 

[K.Jack]

Made it through Yeezus and Graduation so far. New Slaves and Black Skinhead are great. I didn't really feel too much of everything else, a least nearly on that level, it has some great production but it doesn't feel nearly as coherent or consistent as Graduation, I've heard about half of graduation my life so I don't really have any newfound love for the songs but I can appreciate them more than I did when I heard them but I kinda zoned out a lot while listening to graduation so it'll probably require another listen for comments on substance. I really like the commentary and lyrics on the two songs I mentioned and production and delivery. I liked a lot of things about blood on the leaves but the subject matter kinda ruins it for me, or well if it's anti abortion I can't get behind that.

Skip straight to Late Registration now.

 

[Red_Man]

Travis might save us


https://instagram.com/p/BI3mlBJj5H7/