"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
I don't get how people get so intimidated by the thought of paying for 80 minutes of music when they can so easily pick and choose the songs they like or break it up into multiple listening sessions. I'm just saying, I think fewer songs more often than not merely gives the impression of higher quality control, and I'd rather get my money's worth and get a bunch of new songs and make up my mind about which ones I like than pay all that money for maybe 8 songs I haven't heard on the radio already.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link