"less jay-z" and "less bon iver" should take priority over that
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Saturday, 27 November 2010 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
and also no, less rick ross too
BITCH I'M A MONSTER NO GOOD BLOODSUCKER
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 27 November 2010 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
gotta say rick ross might make the least convincing vampire out of any currently active rapper
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Saturday, 27 November 2010 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
why do people think lines like that and "eat your brains" are so great and mindblowing and Jay-Z listing monsters is so eye-rollingly horrible? they're all just staying on theme and not being especially creative about it.
― some dude, Saturday, 27 November 2010 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
personally it's because jay-z recites them like he's swotting up for an exam, no life in that list at all. ross sounds asthmatic AS EVER. nicki actually injects some menace into her line.
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Saturday, 27 November 2010 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
At first, I thought Jay-Z sounded like he'd just sprinted into the studio to recite his verse. Now I get that he was going for rushed, breathless energy, but it still kinda sounds like he'd just sprinted into the studio to recite his verse.
― Joe Wasp (DJP), Saturday, 27 November 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
― some dude, Saturday, November 27, 2010 12:02 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah its just that it fits her persona better, jay seems like he's acting
― challop and a muff (deej), Saturday, 27 November 2010 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
i think what DJP is describing is the sound of jay-z trying to sound 'vital' & instead he sounds winded
― challop and a muff (deej), Saturday, 27 November 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
This album is presently on sale on amazon mp3 for $3.99, so I picked it up---now I just gotta work up the nerve to give it a listen. If it's as exhausting as you all are saying, I'm not sure I want to build my Saturday afternoon around it.
The new Big Boi album is on sale for $1.99 there, picked that up also & I'm thinking it'll work better today.
― Euler, Saturday, 27 November 2010 19:20 (thirteen years ago) link
If it's as exhausting as you all are saying, I'm not sure I want to build my Saturday afternoon around it.
see i guess the thing that remains the sticking point for me is that i hear nothing here that merits building an afternoon/evening around it, nor demanding any "close listening" like at all.
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Saturday, 27 November 2010 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
― challop and a muff (deej), Saturday, November 27, 2010 1:19 PM (1 hour ago)
yeah this is right - not that he's the only old dude to bite new trends but jay chameleonically mimicking some of the worser rappers out there is particularly distressing and embarassing
― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Saturday, 27 November 2010 19:28 (thirteen years ago) link
just put the album on -- you're not going into surgery or something
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 27 November 2010 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
agreed, it's really not that exhausting anyway
― swvl, Saturday, 27 November 2010 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
ok fuck it, digging in
― Euler, Saturday, 27 November 2010 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i was gonna put on this EXHAUSTING ALBUM but i don't really feel like RUNNING 10 MILES in my bedroom right now
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 27 November 2010 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― challop and a muff (deej), Saturday, 27 November 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
so far (halfway through) this is pretty good! don't get the exhausting thing at all, but then I don't have to review this. dumb lyrics for sure.
― Euler, Saturday, 27 November 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
make sure you stay hydrated, euler
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 27 November 2010 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty sure there's a lyric about Dasani here somewhere
― Euler, Saturday, 27 November 2010 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Saturday, November 27, 2010 2:28 PM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i for one am very excited about Jay Chameleonically signing to Roc Nation
― some dude, Saturday, 27 November 2010 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Jay Chameleonica
― challop and a muff (deej), Saturday, 27 November 2010 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
can we talk about the album instead of ourselves
new board description ^^
― i look at the interior of my sack and feel sad (ilxor), Sunday, 28 November 2010 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link
wish this album would arrive sooner from amazon so i could join in the discussion, i feel so left out ;_;
wish jay would run an 800 meter dash tbh, might get his breath control back
― The Reverend, Sunday, 28 November 2010 05:36 (thirteen years ago) link
In regards to the fuss over the perfect 10 this got, didn't Discovery by Daft Punk receive like 6.7 back in the day? Metascore of 70 or so? These numbers don't really count for much a huge chunk of the time. I feel like some people need this to be an event album...it sorta completes a narritive and bitches crave resolution.
― Spinspin Sugah, Sunday, 28 November 2010 05:42 (thirteen years ago) link
otm
― The Reverend, Sunday, 28 November 2010 05:43 (thirteen years ago) link
this album is very sonically interesting at times but also EXTREMELY horrible at others. overall it was a difficult record that i will never listen to again.
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 28 November 2010 07:09 (thirteen years ago) link
A Supposedly 10.0 Record I'll Never Hear Again
― markers, Sunday, 28 November 2010 07:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm just a rap tourist looking for a rap sherpa
― PEAVEY Ó))) (Ówen P.), Sunday, 28 November 2010 07:52 (thirteen years ago) link
6.7 is about right for Discovery, I'd say.
― mormon's marmots (crüt), Sunday, 28 November 2010 07:57 (thirteen years ago) link
sb
― The Reverend, Sunday, 28 November 2010 08:46 (thirteen years ago) link
'discovery' is pretty EXHAUSTING!
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 28 November 2010 08:46 (thirteen years ago) link
resisting daft punk culture
― mormon's marmots (crüt), Sunday, 28 November 2010 08:46 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha j0rd
― The Reverend, Sunday, 28 November 2010 08:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i would give discovery two stars as well
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Sunday, 28 November 2010 10:28 (thirteen years ago) link
i really think this! i'm all partied out after the fourth track tbh.
― e.g. delegates at a set age (ledge), Sunday, 28 November 2010 11:40 (thirteen years ago) link
is it just my (illegally downloaded) mp3 or is the vocal mixing on "gorgeous" horrible
shame cuz kanye actually goes in on that one
― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Sunday, 28 November 2010 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
vocoder wanking at the end of "Runaway" >> vocoder wanking at the end of "Digital Love"
I'll take "agonized" emo screaming through a vocoder over vocoders trying to sound like guitars any day.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
gtfo
― The Reverend, Sunday, 28 November 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
that's the most ignorant thing I've ever heard.
― Spinspin Sugah, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
also, I would rather an album make me feel exhausted as in 'partied out' than 'ffs, when will this track end?!'. Discovery's mediocre rating doesn't reflect it's cultural significance. I mean if you ask most people, I doubt many of them would rate it two stars.
― Spinspin Sugah, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
guys criticizing Kanye is just wrong, especially after the witchhunt he went thru during Swiftgate
― spidermark, Sunday, 28 November 2010 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
it really is galling that Taylor never ONCE came to his defense
― some dude, Sunday, 28 November 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
especially since they were snogging
― spidermark, Sunday, 28 November 2010 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
she may not have come to his defence, but it's not like she actively capitalised on it either. she mentioned it once, and then refused to talk to the press about it iirc & also wrote a song about it obviously, but I think it was a situation she wanted to deal with in private.
― prolego, Sunday, 28 November 2010 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
oh no i was just making fun of his rant about her
― some dude, Sunday, 28 November 2010 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
hes still an innocent iirc
― markers, Sunday, 28 November 2010 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
it's not like she actively capitalised on it either - do you live in the uk or something?
― balls, Sunday, 28 November 2010 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
balls suck one
― the fearless captain munnerlyn (spidermark), Sunday, 28 November 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link