this will likely be in my top 10 against all odds
― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:16 (thirteen years ago) link
where were Graduation and 808s on your lists?
― otherwise, and twat (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:16 (thirteen years ago) link
808s was top 5 for me -- graduation was somewhere in the 15-20 range
― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:18 (thirteen years ago) link
"Runaway"'s Hot 100 peak so far is #18 and "Monster"'s is #18, and that was a while ago, both are outside the top 40 now (xpost)
― some dude, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:18 (thirteen years ago) link
wiki has "runaway" peaking at 12
― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:20 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah meant to say 12, typo :(
― some dude, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link
"Runaway" IS an airplay gainer this week, but still that shit is not popping off.
Listening to "All of the Lights" now, my interest started to wane by the 3:20 mark, and there's still almost two minutes of song left. The crypto-jungle beat, horn section, endlessly repeated chorus -- it's like, ENOUGH.
― otherwise, and twat (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:28 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah I checked the wiki pages before asking if this album would have any top 10
― dayo, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:32 (thirteen years ago) link
is the Fergie rap before or after 3:20? that's my favorite part.
― some dude, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:33 (thirteen years ago) link
This one, meanwhile, is just a chore to listen to.
― otherwise, and twat (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, November 17, 2010 11:12 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark
this puts my problem w/ the new record and huge swathes of graduation in a succinct way. I was going to say that they are just tiring to listen to. like yes, they sound great, there are some great hooks, but it's like sonic overload or something? like I can barely listen to 'the good life' anymore because it sounds just so... maximalist. it's hard to describe, there are plenty of great records that sound maximalist but aim at other things. whereas this album seems calculated to sound huge but not much else.
― dayo, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, see, "Good Life" is good-opulent. Graduation is my go-to Kanye for a victory lap.
― otherwise, and twat (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Graduation is my go-to Kanye for a victory lap.
― otherwise, and twat (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, November 16, 2010 9:41 PM (4 seconds ago) Bookmark
& this is why it's his least interesting album/album with the least number of great songs
― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:42 (thirteen years ago) link
^ My feeling about 808s.
― otherwise, and twat (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah but 808's isn't "a victory lap"
― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Not to me, but it depends who you talk to. I mean, for some people I know it's the culmination of Kanye's ambitions.
― otherwise, and twat (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:49 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean, i would agree that 'graduation' is a victory lap -- but i would disagree w/ the idea that a culmination of ambitions = a victory lap
― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:51 (thirteen years ago) link
al: 808s didn't have a #1 hit
― dark side of the goon (The Reverend), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:55 (thirteen years ago) link
ah yeah, i was misremembering that "Love Lockdown" spent a week at #1 or something. still, "Heartless" was pretty ubiquitous, probably woulda got to #1 if not for "Single Ladies".
― some dude, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 04:01 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, true
― dark side of the goon (The Reverend), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 04:02 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah "heartless" was all over the radio iirc
― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 04:11 (thirteen years ago) link
This ablum is amaxing
― the questeon, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 04:18 (thirteen years ago) link
so is this album going to flop*? hope it does so after he makes his next album a 'oh no i flopped, f u all you just want pop hits' album, the one after it could be dope.
*in terms of kanye obv.
― hoy orbison (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:02 (thirteen years ago) link
it's gonna sell more first week than 808s, i'm pretty sure
― big smang theory (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:06 (thirteen years ago) link
shame.
― hoy orbison (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:10 (thirteen years ago) link
just wiki'd it and 808 broke a million - surely this won't. can't see it doing 750k
― hoy orbison (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:14 (thirteen years ago) link
wait, 750 total? it will probably do 750 after two or three weeks
― big smang theory (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:19 (thirteen years ago) link
i think that good friday + all the extra curricular nonsense surrounding kanye right now is generating more hype for this album than actual successful chart singles could
the hype isn't quite on the level of KANYE VS 50 but idk it's pretty high imo
― big smang theory (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:22 (thirteen years ago) link
otoh a lot of people have heard enough good fridays and seen shitty cover art and had time to think "ehhh... not worth it".
― hoy orbison (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:24 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah but ime more ppl are digging good fridays than are not
― big smang theory (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:26 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean the general negative reaction to this album on ilx seems to be pretty isolated from what i can tell
fair enough. guess rap stans officially stopped being the target audience a while back.
― hoy orbison (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:36 (thirteen years ago) link
808s had his lowest 1st week ever (which was still about equal to Thank Me Later's), but it had a huge single and kept selling for months and moved almost 2mil. i think the hype on this album is big enough that he could have his biggest first week ever, at which point it won't matter if any singles keep people buying it, by Christmas it'll probably have outsold 808s regardless.
― some dude, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 12:18 (thirteen years ago) link
lowest since college dropout, i should say
― some dude, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 12:27 (thirteen years ago) link
have gotten nothing whatsoever of interest or enjoyment from this album, but just want to chime in on how great that nitsuh review is.
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
this is going to be a huge record
― whats goin on witchu iron mane (deej), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
noone's disputing that though?
― ethnic slizzur (some dude), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
if anyone else had posted that, it would have been ignored or someone random would have written "true"
― ali-baba-boob-job-bomb.jpg (DJP), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean a hoy hoy i guess floated the idea but didn't seem too confident(xpost ha)
― ethnic slizzur (some dude), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
― ali-baba-boob-job-bomb.jpg (DJP), Wednesday, November 17, 2010 2:29 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
tbomb
― whats goin on witchu iron mane (deej), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i was just cosigning w/ everyone answering this q:
"so is this album going to flop*?"
yeah sorry duder.
― ethnic slizzur (some dude), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
"the joy" is actually really awesome -- prob the best good friday track
― big smang theory (J0rdan S.), Friday, 19 November 2010 01:20 (thirteen years ago) link
it's like old school ye rapping -- welcome back welcome back
I like this album a lot, I think?
Listened to it really loud last night driving down the highway, sounded great.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 19 November 2010 01:22 (thirteen years ago) link
wish "Hell of a Ride" had a less stupid chorus because the rest of the song is great
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 19 November 2010 01:23 (thirteen years ago) link
next time you see me on your fallopianknow the jewelry's egyptian, know the hunger is ethiopianstupid questions like is he gonna be dope againhave you see him? has anybody spoke to him?this beat deserves hennesseya bad bitch and a bag of weed -- the holy trinityin the mirror where i see my only enemy your life's cursed? well mine's an obscenity
― big smang theory (J0rdan S.), Friday, 19 November 2010 01:23 (thirteen years ago) link
also feel like a lot of kanye's lines that read cringe-y in print sound a lot less cringe-y as he delivers them
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 19 November 2010 01:24 (thirteen years ago) link
spalding ball
― _| ̄|○| ̄|○| ̄|○ (dayo), Friday, 19 November 2010 01:26 (thirteen years ago) link
ha I will cop to liking "i'm so appalled, spalding ball." it's totally meaningless but the way the words sound is very appealing to me. I think it's my mantra.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 19 November 2010 01:27 (thirteen years ago) link