Been listening to this all weekend. It's seriously good.
Been trying to figure out if Jump Off the Roof samples 'I Will' from Hail To The Thief or if they just sound a bit similar.
― cod latin (dog latin), Sunday, 12 July 2015 10:44 (eight years ago) link
well this is where the main sample is from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_yA02FY7KU
― Number None, Sunday, 12 July 2015 11:03 (eight years ago) link
ah right cool.
― cod latin (dog latin), Monday, 13 July 2015 12:59 (eight years ago) link
god, the production on this album is just what i want to hear. i could listen to 'Lemme Know' all day.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Monday, 13 July 2015 15:13 (eight years ago) link
I agree, though my favorite beat is the last track that gets cut off with static after like a minute. Frustrating!
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 13 July 2015 15:27 (eight years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/arts/music/vince-staples-and-j-cole-outsiders-in-the-middle-of-hip-hop.html
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 July 2015 15:48 (eight years ago) link
Mr. Cole, who produces as well as raps, feels like more of a deliberate conscientious objector than Mr. Lamar, who doesn’t have much of an ear for the accessible.
what?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 July 2015 15:50 (eight years ago) link
I agree, though my favorite beat is the last track that gets cut off with static after like a minute. Frustrating!― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, July 13, 2015 4:27 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, July 13, 2015 4:27 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Argh OTMx100. Just as it's about to go full-on too. Maybe that's going to be the start of his next record. Hope so.
― cod latin (dog latin), Monday, 13 July 2015 15:55 (eight years ago) link
weird. that sentence sure is presuming a lot (after reading it a couple times, that j. cole could write hits but chooses not to, but kendrick can't do anything except what he shows on his records).
― lil urbane (Jordan), Monday, 13 July 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link
there's a lot of "what" in that piece
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 13 July 2015 17:12 (eight years ago) link
perhaps chief among the "what" is that the fucking lede is a discussion of the j. cole jacking off song, lol
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 13 July 2015 17:24 (eight years ago) link
btw i've never knowingly heard j. cole, but when i hear about him i think of j-zone and j-live.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Monday, 13 July 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
I don't know wtf a "deliberate conscientious objector" is. Is there an undeliberate one?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 July 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
Ha, spot on
― Evan R, Monday, 13 July 2015 18:38 (eight years ago) link
An unconscientious objector
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Monday, 13 July 2015 20:12 (eight years ago) link
Accidental Objector (J. Cole ft. John Mayer)
― Evan R, Monday, 13 July 2015 20:17 (eight years ago) link
Jzone and Jlive >>> Jcole
― Spottie, Monday, 13 July 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link
^^^^^^
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 July 2015 20:40 (eight years ago) link
What kind of sound did you tell him you were looking for?Honestly, I didn't really tell him. I showed him pictures. I'd say like, "You know how Downtown L.A. looks?" I was like, "Make it sound like 5th and Hill, but up at the top of the hill."
― alpine static, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 05:05 (eight years ago) link
just realized i've been conflating No I.D. and Oh No :(
― lil urbane (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
i'm having rap music alzheimer's or something
― lil urbane (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 15:39 (eight years ago) link
in the hood like a dollar sweet tea is a good line
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 2 August 2015 16:09 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9H8TLM_5q8
This just popped up on the Spotify Fresh Finds playlist for the week, pretty damn good!
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 13 August 2015 12:02 (eight years ago) link
http://www.factmag.com/2015/08/13/vince-staples-fake-hip-hop-heads/i like dude and don't even disagree with him but he's getting damn close to trenchant social commentary
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Friday, 14 August 2015 00:27 (eight years ago) link
a mistake you'll never make
― some dude, Saturday, 15 August 2015 08:39 (eight years ago) link
what a weird ad hominem sideswipe
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 22 August 2015 20:52 (eight years ago) link
thx, i heard this in the wild the other day and was wondering where it came from.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Saturday, 22 August 2015 23:54 (eight years ago) link
not ad hominem so much as an easy zing to make since saying someone is making 'trenchant social commentary' like it's a bad thing is such an ilx-specific inside joke
― some dude, Sunday, 23 August 2015 00:42 (eight years ago) link
i coulda just as easily have said "corny" tbh
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 23 August 2015 03:06 (eight years ago) link
is there better bass on an actual good record this year? if so i wanna hear it
― alpine static, Sunday, 23 August 2015 04:11 (eight years ago) link
arguably ds2 but that's about it
― slothroprhymes, Sunday, 23 August 2015 05:24 (eight years ago) link
Great performance. Even this album's second-tier tracks are gold
http://www.illroots.com/read/vince-staples-lemme-know-ft-jhen-aiko-live-on-jimmy-fallon
― Evan R, Friday, 4 September 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link
been jamming that track lately myself, cool
― johnny crunch, Friday, 4 September 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link
"Lemme Know" might be my favorite thing on the album tbh
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 4 September 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link
still listening to this album all the time. it's just so...listenable.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 4 September 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
second-tier though? to me 'Lemme Know' is the obvious single.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 4 September 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
What is the lyric you're most proud of?
My manager's favourite is: "A penny saved is a penny earned / So I'll be stacking up this copper as the city burn." Lot of people don't know there history of the crashes of copper, silver and gold. I got grades in history. My precious metal game is immaculate.
https://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/vince-staples-thinks-miley-owes-kendrick-an-apology
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 4 September 2015 20:14 (eight years ago) link
You've also said if you're credited, you're not a ghost writer.
People don't know what the word "ghost" means - they've never seen Casper. I don't like children's movies that make you sad. My nephew made me see 'Up!' They got this old man who is about to die and his wife is dead. I don't want to get old now. You're just by yourself with a dog and the dog talks? I don't want to talk to the dog.
― Tim F, Friday, 4 September 2015 22:04 (eight years ago) link
lol wut
― the late great, Friday, 4 September 2015 22:07 (eight years ago) link
I fuckin love this dude
― alpine static, Saturday, 5 September 2015 00:27 (eight years ago) link
YOU A STREET PUNK
YOU A MOTHERFUCKIN STREET PUNK
― alpine static, Saturday, 5 September 2015 00:28 (eight years ago) link
That interview was pretty damn funny
― not a garbageman, i am garbage, man (m bison), Saturday, 5 September 2015 02:59 (eight years ago) link
"summertime" is outstanding
whole album is great
― marcos, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link
this album is absolutely superlative
― twunty fifteen (imago), Tuesday, 6 October 2015 15:21 (eight years ago) link
Vince just messes w/ ppl at every opportunity and it's the greatest thing ever
― alpine static, Thursday, 29 October 2015 01:22 (eight years ago) link
New EP not v good
― Spottie, Monday, 29 August 2016 17:40 (seven years ago) link
― marcos, Tuesday, September 22, 2015 12:03 PM (eleven months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
tbh despite this post i think the first time i played this record was the best it sounded for me, haven't really gone back to it much
― marcos, Monday, 29 August 2016 17:42 (seven years ago) link
the EP is spotty for sure. he goes into a more nasal register in that last track which is not a good look.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 29 August 2016 17:44 (seven years ago) link
i like vince quite a bit but would tend towards listening to jay rock if i were in the mood for this type of stuff
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 August 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link
Yeah I absolutely hate this EP
― Evan R, Monday, 29 August 2016 18:14 (seven years ago) link