"ooh you are awful"
― blueski, Thursday, 30 August 2007 14:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Ban women
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 30 August 2007 14:12 (sixteen years ago) link
where do you stand on men in drag?
― blueski, Thursday, 30 August 2007 14:24 (sixteen years ago) link
MIA = The IT Crowd Snap = Flight Of The Concords
― blueski, Thursday, 30 August 2007 14:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Emergency Kala Ward 10?
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 30 August 2007 14:27 (sixteen years ago) link
The Gucci Mane vs MIA thing is kind of irrelevant as there was already a bird flu dance craze in the Ivory Coast beforehand.
por ejemplo
― The Reverend, Thursday, 30 August 2007 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link
there goes my hope of this being my byron crawford/kanye west moment
― and what, Thursday, 30 August 2007 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I have it now. On first listen, brilliant beginning but maybe trails off. However, I will revise these opinions in due course.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Thursday, 30 August 2007 22:12 (sixteen years ago) link
The beginning tracks are great to listen to while walking around.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Friday, 31 August 2007 10:22 (sixteen years ago) link
its a great ipod album.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 31 August 2007 10:37 (sixteen years ago) link
i've listened to it several times now..
the best tracks for me are 'the turn,' 'paper planes,' and '$20,' and 'mango pickle' is really growing on me. at first it seemed like the obvious weak link of the album (kids rapping?), which is now a toss-up between 'hussel' and 'come around,' which is a shame because the production on both are adequate. timbaland and, um, afrikan boy are drags, though. i like the first four tracks, but the side 2 is what makes the album special. she's the only artist whose inclusion of politics in a song i find genuine and even engaging (and lil' wayne on 'georgia bush').
anyway, huge contender for album of the year for me.
― poortheatre, Friday, 31 August 2007 10:48 (sixteen years ago) link
also, those didgeridoo samples in the beat on 'birdflu' sound like the noise a boss makes in Link to the Past when you hit a boss.
― poortheatre, Friday, 31 August 2007 10:50 (sixteen years ago) link
"The Turn" is fucking massive. I'm still not convinced by "$20", though.
I really really like most of this album but it could have been boiled down to just "Bamboo Banger", "Hussel" and "The Turn" and I would have been happy (maybe "XR2" as a bonus track).
― HI DERE, Saturday, 1 September 2007 01:39 (sixteen years ago) link
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Sjam_ygv69Y
― naus, Saturday, 1 September 2007 03:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Also: I really can't stand the way the kick drum completely mutes out the bassline on 20 Dollar. Sidechain compression at it's worst!
― naus, Saturday, 1 September 2007 03:14 (sixteen years ago) link
yeh that's something really off about that muffled bass, it's a shame.
― blueski, Saturday, 1 September 2007 14:29 (sixteen years ago) link
man i would beat that shit up-- she talks real nasty, but not like a flipper. TS, smash-off edition: maya vs uffie. i would get them dyking while my russian wing was making a snuff video of ed danger & diplo.
― luriqua, Saturday, 1 September 2007 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^ saying what we're all thinking
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 1 September 2007 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link
never ban luriqua
― and what, Saturday, 1 September 2007 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Somewhat inchoate thoughts after listening to this for the first couple of times:
The thing that impresses me most at first is how jam-packed with musical/extra-musical ideas it is in comparison with Arular. It seems strange that no one has yet mentioned how similar to Kish Kash this album is in certain ways, i.e. it doesn't seem to be quite as densely mixed, but has that same *something always catching you off-guard* feel to it, I guess. Unlike Arular,Kala feels like a kind of a disorienting listen at first; there seems to be something new/weird/different popping out and making you think WTF(?) every so often (except on "Jimmy", I suppose--which seems to be the most obviously conventional track here, and a great choice for a cross-over[?] single). Nonetheless, even though there's a hell of a lot to digest on first hearing, I have no doubt that this will end up being one of my top five records of the year. Happy, happy! Joy, joy!
― JN$OT, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 10:20 (sixteen years ago) link
-- titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, August 31, 2007 11:37 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark Link
ban the 21st century
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 10:28 (sixteen years ago) link
-- JN$OT, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 10:20 (3 hours ago) Link
how does it even feel to be like the 1000000th identical herb loving this trash?? i might end up fuck-yeahing with other rap nerds about ugk or t.i. or something but this is such a obvious hipster throwaway i cant imagine anybody is gonna feel good the next morning waking up next to a bullshit dont-believe-the-hype spoken word jittery beat fake dancehall album
― and what, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:00 (sixteen years ago) link
or whatever the fuck it sounds like, i just heard 1 joint on college radio
― and what, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, you tell 'em. Hit them where it hurts!
― JN$OT, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:03 (sixteen years ago) link
thanks for the insights, ethan. Hipsters will no longer invite you to their cocktail parties.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:03 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i know throwing rocks at the army here but seriously its like all the threads on the streets that got revived the other day - does anybody still rep for that?? now everybody agrees that was a weak garbage version of actual good music that had a big marketing push so ppl took it serious or whatever, how is this different???
― and what, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:04 (sixteen years ago) link
not that i give a fuck except that ppl who are interesting would rather talk about this shit on 8000 post threads instead of practically anything else - why????
― and what, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:05 (sixteen years ago) link
'lets analyze what this tinny drum sound means!! lets analyze what these shitty terrorist-chic electroclash lyrics mean!!' while entire artists careers get 3 post threads and die off
― and what, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:06 (sixteen years ago) link
"everybody"
"agrees"
"good"
"music"
No offence, but you're kinda starting to sound a bit like Geir there.
xp
― JN$OT, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:08 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^^the Lex on the Klaxons thread.
(xpost)
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:08 (sixteen years ago) link
ethan, compare the number of responses to this thread with the ones on Arular, and the number of threads started in the last couple of days. Then return to the water cooler.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:09 (sixteen years ago) link
saying the streets & m.i.a. are wack music isnt subjective its http://images.music.com/images/dmc/release/the_truth/23/images/bio.jpg
― and what, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:09 (sixteen years ago) link
and what you are such a clown
― blueski, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:09 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 2:03 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
oh they invite him. I've seen the flickr pages to prove it.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:09 (sixteen years ago) link
big beat bros 4 eva tho (xp)
HISTORY WILL MAKE LIARS OUT OF ALL OF US.
Not that it matters (and I don't know about the Streets fans cuz I wasn't one) but I seriously doubt I won't like this album in a year or twos time. BUT even if I don't well who gives a fuck, what kind of joyless hack listens to records thinking "is the record that will stand the test of time"?
― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:10 (sixteen years ago) link
was anyone even repping for the klaxons though? i thought lex had the majority with him there.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:10 (sixteen years ago) link
ethan your critique would have more weight if you'd actually give the stuff a listen - "fake dancehall" is beneath you & your hateration is kinda weird to me, it's not even like you! people love MIA 'cause she's doing something kinda different, is that really so odd/loathesome? you've got this rockist thing goin' here ("why are they loving this and not GOOD MUSIC"), how is that even your schpiel, it's not
― J0hn D., Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link
cutty and spencer were mighty peeved (xp)
― blueski, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link
and i respect those cats to the end
im not saying its got to stand the test of time or whatever it just seems like everybody is caught up in the hype and the context of this big summary judgement that you even have to give a fuck about this and weigh in and everybody is checking it off for their top 5 of the year already and its like... what
― and what, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Results 1 - 10 of about 59,400 for mia kala dancehall. (0.16 seconds)
Ethan how does it even feel to be like the 1000000th identical herb making the same lame ass arguments about these records??
― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:12 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.biblepicturegallery.com/Samples/ca/Teaching/x_teach/environ/Lemmings%20jumping%20off%20a%20cliff%20while%20one%20is%20stopped.gif
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link
"But whyyyyyyyy do they all like this HORRIBLE NOISE and not lovely Ciara or Paris? Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy?"
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link
that's that rockism I was talking about xpost - I mean, a buncha people love an artist & find an album interesting and you gotta hate? how is that even...I mean I know you, you ain't like that, wtf? "Why are these assholes loving this music I hate?" Wha?
― J0hn D., Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:15 (sixteen years ago) link
i dunno i got bored and rolling snap fell off new answers
― and what, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link
hahahahahahaha...
xp to Alfred's image
― JN$OT, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link
About time someone mentioned Hattie Collins' racist piece of shit article in The Guide a few weeks back, praising MIA for "not being too Asian".
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Most of what makes MIA threads so long is how vitrolic her detractors get.
― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:18 (sixteen years ago) link