they’re opening for her tour, kind of an interesting combo. thinking about going
― mh, Thursday, 1 March 2018 00:31 (six years ago) link
RTJ4 dropping on Friday as a free release. Looking forward to it.
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 18:14 (four years ago) link
*download
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link
ooh la la is a fucking jam
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 1 June 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
Can't wait to hear the Mavis Staples track
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 05:54 (four years ago) link
they should append Mike's amazing televised speech the other day to the beginning or end of this record.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 12:59 (four years ago) link
RTJ4 out for download now
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
Still puzzled by some of the blowback I saw for his speech on Twitter, even saw a few tweets suggesting they change their names to "Lick The Boots". I guess because Killer Mike owns some property, he's a landlord and not to be trusted? Or is it because his dad's a cop? I don't know.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 16:25 (four years ago) link
some ppl were presumably mad that he was not in favor of looting, but it's not like he wasted any breath condemning demonstrators
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 16:27 (four years ago) link
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/65W1KF8hdW— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) June 3, 2020
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 16:37 (four years ago) link
never waited for a download link this impatiently
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 16:50 (four years ago) link
thankfully it's also on streaming services
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
so far this seems like the leanest one since the first which is perfect for me rn
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 17:10 (four years ago) link
not 2 Chainz' finest appearance tho
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 19:32 (four years ago) link
That has been the low point so far. It sounds like his part was recorded over the phone, possibly on the set of Most Expensivest.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
Just spotted the gang of four sample
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 20:58 (four years ago) link
El's production gets more DJ Shadow all the time
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 21:17 (four years ago) link
Loving this.
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 22:13 (four years ago) link
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, June 3, 2020 3:32 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
You're crazy, tity is spitting on this
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 22:20 (four years ago) link
Thought it would be the ZDLR feat.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
Massive and essential album. Why doesn’t Gangsta Boo get a “feat.” credit on “Walking in the Snow”?
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 4 June 2020 00:10 (four years ago) link
Gangsta Boo was a great surprise
― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Thursday, 4 June 2020 00:14 (four years ago) link
Repeat guests are consistently inconsistently credited
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 00:28 (four years ago) link
Missed opportunity for a surviving beasties cameo
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 01:25 (four years ago) link
about to recommend this to melomane
― unashamed and trash (Unctious), Thursday, 4 June 2020 17:42 (four years ago) link
This is good.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 June 2020 17:44 (four years ago) link
not identifying features is a dumb new dad, so annoying, Lil Uzi Vert and 21 Savage did that toobut this is weirder because some are and some aren't, and like Greg Nice is just a sample but he's named
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 June 2020 17:50 (four years ago) link
Kind of perfect timing lyrically with some songs. Walking in the Snow is FIRE. This part is just incredible:
They promise education, but really they give you tests and scoresAnd they predictin' prison population by who scoring the lowestAnd usually the lowest scores the poorest and they look like meAnd every day on evening news they feed you fear for freeAnd you so numb you watch the cops choke out a man like meAnd 'til my voice goes from a shriek to whisper, "I can't breathe"And you sit there in the house on couch and watch it on TVThe most you give's a Twitter rant and call it a tragedyBut truly the travesty, you've been robbed of your empathyReplaced it with apathy, I wish I could magicallyFast forward the future so then you can face itAnd see how fucked up it'll beI promise I'm honest, they coming for youThe day after they comin' for me
And lastly, the line is particularly resonant.
Never forget in the story of Jesus, the hero was killed by the state
― octobeard, Thursday, 4 June 2020 17:58 (four years ago) link
This is really good, might be my favorite RTJ yet. I really like Cochemea Gastelum's tenor sax on the closing track, it does a nice job of linking the record back to some of the more impassioned spiritual jazz of the '70s that is a forefather of this record in a few ways.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 4 June 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
funny I think this is my least fave RTJ despite a few great tracks
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
also every time I hear "Goonies Vs ET" I keep yearning for a takeoff that never quite happens
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 18:35 (four years ago) link
have you tried phoning home?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 4 June 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
This might be the best RTJ
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 June 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link
As with the new Four Tet, it's one of those records I never really thought I would anticipate, but also never thought I would *need* as much as I did at the exact point it came out.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 4 June 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
not cracking the lyrics so much yet but it's great already
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:55 (four years ago) link
I'm on my second spin and so far I'm with Simon. It's good and its timing is undeniable but beat-wise El-P's scaled greater heights in the past.
― pomenitul, Friday, 5 June 2020 00:31 (four years ago) link
i’m a sucker for their shit. I didnt know they had this coming out. i thought i was sorta over how they do, and maybe i forgot them. nah i’m still a sucker for this, it’s great.
that goonies/et mike delivery with percussion and then sax is electric like a taser.
― inveterate practitioner of antisocial distancing (Hunt3r), Friday, 5 June 2020 12:18 (four years ago) link
Really feeling this sentiment, and I felt the same thing about the Four Tet record too
― octobeard, Friday, 5 June 2020 22:08 (four years ago) link
Definitely not AotY shit, but Walking in the Snow is definitely Track of the Year so far for me. Gotta let the dust settle though, but damn.
― octobeard, Friday, 5 June 2020 22:10 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UUTnQdgl9A
― billstevejim, Saturday, 6 June 2020 00:04 (four years ago) link
love the spin on broken language in holy calamafuck
― fatuous salad (symsymsym), Saturday, 6 June 2020 06:55 (four years ago) link
I'll pay good money to anyone who can edit out Pharrell's "geddit"
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Saturday, 6 June 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
lol, he is the eternal herb
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 6 June 2020 16:54 (four years ago) link
the performance of "Walking in the Snow" in the RTJ4 live vid released in the last couple days is sort of astonishing
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Monday, 19 October 2020 04:47 (three years ago) link
but this is weirder because some are and some aren't, and like Greg Nice is just a sample but he's named
Listening to the album, I assumed he'd recorded the line clean for RTJ; watching the live performance, he's so precise that I'm sure of it.
The show is on HBO Max, Adult Swim, and youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMSw-E00Csw
― Covidiots from UHF (sic), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
this is interestinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsR0Bh_Q4AA
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 01:31 (three years ago) link