I don't give blanket approval to every Toomp beat, "Can't Tell Me Nothin" just sounds like trash to me. Different strokes, I guess.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 17:06 (sixteen years ago) link
"The Glory" is an inferior "Never Change" (Jay-Z).
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 17:07 (sixteen years ago) link
good life consensus makes me feel like im taking crazy pills... i havent been able to get through a full listen of it yet
― and what, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 17:09 (sixteen years ago) link
cant tell me nothin wouldve been better if like p$c was on it but whatever
― and what, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 17:10 (sixteen years ago) link
^ True.
"Can't Tell Me Nothing", "Barry Bonds", & "Drunk & Hot Girls" form this nice, dark, weird little core of the album, though.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 17:17 (sixteen years ago) link
lol 'played a role in chicago like queen latifah'
― and what, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 17:19 (sixteen years ago) link
i forgot, 'barry bonds' prob has the best beat
― deej, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 17:31 (sixteen years ago) link
The giant fuzz-bass that drops on the title = fuck yeah.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 17:33 (sixteen years ago) link
barry bonds is boring
nottz is my favorite producer tho that snoop/kells beat was the shit
― and what, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link
That was some pleasure cruise pimpin' shit, foreal.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 17:43 (sixteen years ago) link
ok im feeling "everything i am" despite serious thugz mansion vibes
― and what, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
its also the only track i dont wish had non-kanye rappers on it
― and what, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 18:07 (sixteen years ago) link
ARGH @ packaging. Okay, yes, the cartoons are cute, but this is going to be scratched all to hell in no time.
― Telephone thing, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 21:03 (sixteen years ago) link
its weird that no one can agree on album standouts
― max, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 21:46 (sixteen years ago) link
fwiw i like all of the songs discussed above except i wonder which its fucking terrible
if genocide had a sound it would sound like i wonder
i hate that it even exists
"I Wonder" is fuckin great.
-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 7:25 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark Link
― Jordan Sargent, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 22:08 (sixteen years ago) link
:(
That's generally a good sign.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 03:09 (sixteen years ago) link
except its not like "oh theyre all i good but i couldnt possibly choose which one i love the most!" its like "these ones are great and those ones suck"
― max, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 03:20 (sixteen years ago) link
kanye has a better voice for rapping than p diddy!
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 03:20 (sixteen years ago) link
you know i hate "i wonder" but i think "everything i am" sucks even worse
― max, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 03:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I realize that. The point still stands.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 03:38 (sixteen years ago) link
lol @ the good life video ripping off the cartoony letters from the d.a.n.c.e. video
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 03:41 (sixteen years ago) link
everything i am sounds like a mediocre college dropout song.
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 03:42 (sixteen years ago) link
'divisive'
t/s ys vs. graduation
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 03:45 (sixteen years ago) link
ys?
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 04:28 (sixteen years ago) link
LOCK THREAD.
― Tape Store, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 04:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, I'm slow. I thought ys was an abbreviation for something. I have no interest in hearing Ys. That was not an endorsement.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 04:32 (sixteen years ago) link
ys >>>>>>> graduation, i realize that ethan will call me gay, but its true
― max, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 05:09 (sixteen years ago) link
i realize that ethaneveryone will call me gay, but its true
http://www.falcom.com/licence/character/image/ys_logo.jpg
― Curt1s is coming to Zwinktopia !, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 05:13 (sixteen years ago) link
deadanimalhat.jpg
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 05:33 (sixteen years ago) link
i also thought ys was an abbreviation but 4 fear of a clowning i didn't ask can't enjoy ys sober, personally.
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 05:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm often pleased by deadanimalhat.jpeg
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 06:12 (sixteen years ago) link
i wonder how much he paid Takashi Murakami for the sleeve? he doesn't come cheap.
― zappi, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 07:43 (sixteen years ago) link
ha ha
― Christyles, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 07:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh well.
Kanye's album outsells 50 Cent's by 200,000 on day one September 12, 2007 04:59pm
50 Cent said he'd hang up his mic if Kanye West's new album outsold his. He might have spoken too soon.
Critics are raving about West's Graduation - and its already sold 200,000 more units than Fiddy's Curtis since yesterday's same-day release in the US.
The hip-hop egomaniacs were pitted against each other when, last month, Fiddy said on <i>sohh.com: </i>
"If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I'll no longer (perform) music. I'll write music and work with my other artists but I won't put out any more solo albums."
Associated Press said on the strength of the albums, West could claim a "landslide victory."
"... Graduation still sound like a logical step forward. Yet Curtis sounds like Fiddy is standing in place ... Fiddy's outsized cockiness sounds like a comfortable artist repeating himself, afraid to tinker with his winning formulas."
Ryan Dombal, from Pitchfork, gave Fiddy just 4.9 stars out of 10.
"in direct opposition to Kanye's fearless, risk-taking, Graduation, 50's new album is a blatant rehash - a bottom-line sequel that insults the same audience it mildlessly panders to."
Respected sie HiphopDX said: "50 cent may be a superstar, but Curtis is pedestrian."
But critics heaped praise on West's Graduation.
Rolling Stone gave the album 4.5 stars out of five, saying: "This is an album that you first like, then love."
HiphopDX echoed the sentiment.
"Kanye has created another must-have album that will continuously bump on your CD players and mp3's for months to come."
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,22406293-10388,00.html
― Christyles, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 07:59 (sixteen years ago) link
sweet jesus the ass on the girl in the good life vid
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 12:31 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 03:41 (9 hours ago) Link
is it still 'ripping off' if it's the same director?
rtc OTM re: ass
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 12:58 (sixteen years ago) link
idve preferred a more logical boob tho, wtf
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 13:11 (sixteen years ago) link
haha has it really been 39 minutes
this pretty enjoyable for a victory lap album
― da croupier, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 15:35 (sixteen years ago) link
It helps that the victory laps are a lot shorter this time.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 15:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, this still has some fat on it, but I really didn't need another excessive Kanye-athon.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 15:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought Late Registration was the more-enjoyable-than-it-had-a-right-to-be victory lap album. This one, I think, is too short. I'm tired of all these big deal rap albums that are 13 songs, 4-5 of which were advance singles/leaks. Graduation has the same amount of filler/bad idea tracks as the last album, just fewer solid songs and obvious highlights to balance it out.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 15:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I admire how Kanye's become like Madonna: he collaborate with a hot producer, then discards him after he's learned all his tricks. "Everything I Am," "Homecoming," and "Good Life" are so much denser than anything on LR.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't get how people sit through 80-min monstrosities, esp. ones by people whose obnoxious tendencies become exacerbated as they outstay their welcome. (That said, I love The College Dropout even as I would like to take an ax to portions of it. Late Registration doesn't have enough good material to build a 40-minute album, let alone a disc-filler.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 16:01 (sixteen years ago) link
) <--- close parenthesis
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link