but the good thing is that it doesn't have the feel of ***NEW ANDRE 3000*** verse where he rambles for like 90 seconds straight
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, 11 April 2014 01:01 (ten years ago) link
The crux of the Schoolboy album is a two-song message track about drug abuse, "Prescription/Oxymoron," clearly modeled after "Good Kid"/"Maad City." It's like he condensed the Danny Brown album into 7 minutes. Feels like a lot of post-GKMC albums really lean hard on a thesis.
― Evan R, Friday, 11 April 2014 02:46 (ten years ago) link
snippets have totally deflated my anticipation for this album. Literally sounds like 2 dope songs on the whole thing, possibly 3 because I can't really tell what the Drake feature's like from the clip. Dude's debut has some stuff that's a step below but I can pretty much play the whole thing bar "Tony Montana"
man
― nova, Saturday, 12 April 2014 20:46 (ten years ago) link
i haven't listened to the snippets but i can guarantee you there is more than 2 dope songs
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 12 April 2014 22:54 (ten years ago) link
there's 2 wack songs
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 12 April 2014 22:56 (ten years ago) link
fuck a snippet
― lag∞n, Saturday, 12 April 2014 22:56 (ten years ago) link
lol may be picky. Initial impression is a bunch of hollow attempted bangers though. My iTunes-sample predicting abilities of whether I'll like the full song are usually pretty accurate, but 1:30's a good amount to go on
other than title track "I Be U" sounds purdy
― nova, Saturday, 12 April 2014 23:38 (ten years ago) link
This album is awesome uoeno
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 13 April 2014 15:09 (ten years ago) link
Streaming now: http://www.complex.com/music/2014/04/future-honest-stream
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 14:50 (ten years ago) link
Wait, this stream doesn't have "Benz Friends".
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 14:57 (ten years ago) link
<3
― Popture, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 15:09 (ten years ago) link
Wow this is phenomenal
― Evan R, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 15:24 (ten years ago) link
I love ballad-mode Future so much.
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link
So "Benz Friends" and "Special" are on the album, just not on this stream, correct? Or did the tracklist get shuffled?
― Evan R, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 15:43 (ten years ago) link
it seems like they're on the album but being held back from this stream
― posi riot (some dude), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
help a dummy out: the repeating female vocals in the first track, is that a sample and if so, what is it? or no?
― alpine static, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link
"Never Satisfied:" watch out "Beach Is Better," there's a way doper pointlessly short Mike Will Made-It track in town
― nova, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:02 (ten years ago) link
That fade out in "Never Satisfied" has to be stream-only, right? It's so distracting
― Evan R, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:07 (ten years ago) link
on the stream they sent me (which had "special" -- which is amazing -- and "benz friends") "never satisfied" also fades out before the 2 min mark
they did play a full version of that track at a listening thing though \(o_O)/
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
lol Drake was like "we're cool, you can stay on the tour...i'm not gonna be on the album unless the song is too short to be a single though"
― posi riot (some dude), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
― alpine static, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:00 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark
it's santigold from this track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhL_asWgVTg
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
Gah, not knowing what the "right" version of an album is drives me nuts. I always wonder how many album reviews are written around early or incomplete versions of an LP, or leaks with patent flaws or terrible sound or whatever
― Evan R, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
i feel like that used to happen more often back in the day, stuff like The Source's early review of Nas's I Am, than it does now in the internet era when it's pretty easy to tell if a tracklist hasn't been finalized yet and you don't need a long lead time to get a timely review out there
― posi riot (some dude), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:21 (ten years ago) link
I feel like with the Internet what gets reviewed is the first thing that leaks, and often that first leak isn't all that good. A few years ago everybody reviewed a version of Take Care that was missing a song, because that was what they had. Then last year everybody reviewed a version of NWTS with atrocious sound. For a lot of people, critics and listeners, that crappy leak will be their only exposure to that album
― Evan R, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
thanks J0rdan...
after downgrading my expectations for the past few weeks, i'm digging this p hard
― alpine static, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:26 (ten years ago) link
hmmm I listened to that crappy leak of NWTS I think. can't say I'm compelled to revisit though
― nova, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
i remember American Gangster leaked missing 1 or 2 songs and i wrote a whole article about it based on that and then finally the day of my deadline the last bit of the album surfaced and i was so relieved i could make some small adjustments.
― posi riot (some dude), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
yeah it was missing "Party Life" AKA the GOAT Jay flow iirc
― nova, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
lol i haaaaate that song
― posi riot (some dude), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:34 (ten years ago) link
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:25 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
there really isn't much at all of that though, is there? "I Be U" is cool but i always figured he had some "Turn On The Lights"/"Neva End" level stunner in the chamber.
the new bonus tracks are all ballads
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
"i be u" is my fav track on the album i think
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
ah i didn't realize this stream has the bonus tracks, "Side Effects" is nice
― posi riot (some dude), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
yeah, disappointed in this besides title track, "I Be U" and Mike Will 2-Minutes...not necessarily a bangers vs. ballads issue cuz I dug both on the previous but the former all feel very empty to me
― nova, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
am still interested in hearing all of "Benz Friendz" out of curiosity for Dre's verse assuming he spits one
― nova, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
Y'all can read my Future feature, which dropped today!
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/future-how-hip-hops-paranoid-android-became-a-robocroon-superstar-20140415
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
― Evan R, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 4:07 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
or just doing a "birthday cake"
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
― alpine static, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:00 PM (47 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Amadou and Mariam
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
his pr just told me the drake track fades out on the official album
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 17:19 (ten years ago) link
wow that's gimpy.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link
re:"My Momma," does Wiz always suck this bad? I haven't really been paying attention. although I guess his verse isn't "Bugatti" remix-level epic trainwreck
― nova, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:11 (ten years ago) link
pretty much, yes
― posi riot (some dude), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:34 (ten years ago) link
Loving this.
― IKEA metaballs (Spottie), Wednesday, 16 April 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
Trust Lil Wayne to fuckin ruin the previously great 'karate chop' with his usual shitshow.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
nah that track's kind of a mess all around. Although leaving aside the lyric that won't be named (which I see is unsurprisingly censored on the explicit version,) that whole "two cell phones ringin at the same time/two different phones" nonrhyming couplet in particular is pretty bad
― nova, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
Karate Chop is awesome.
― longneck, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link
idk not a fan of dude's "experimental" chopped-up flows on that and "Sh!t," plus think the beat's kinda irritating. It sounded a little cooler on the radio but that's about it
― nova, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 21:59 (ten years ago) link
that flow's incredible tho
― Jacques_Lamure, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 22:59 (ten years ago) link
I'm already tired of "Move That Dope".
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Thursday, 17 April 2014 01:06 (ten years ago) link
Somebody needs to do a Pusha-less edit of that song
― 龜, Thursday, 17 April 2014 01:07 (ten years ago) link