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
"summertime" is outstanding
whole album is great
― 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
I don't know when 2016 decided to have James Blake ruin all my favorite artists but fuck that
these mopey acapella "blues" song interludes are p fucking annoying
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 August 2016 19:31 (seven years ago) link
i like it, but it's not particularly substantial, certainly not by comparison to the album
appreciate how thoroughly bleak it goes tho. (also.....where is james blake on this? like i know where he literally is - he produced "war ready" - but it's not like the song sounds like a fuckin james blake song lol)
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Monday, 29 August 2016 19:37 (seven years ago) link
best thing ever:
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/extremely-concerned-white-woman-recites-vince-stapless-norf-norf-through-tears
until this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhsl2Jvk9PI
― alpine static, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 23:21 (seven years ago) link
I like this EP a lot, "Smile" excepted.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 00:04 (seven years ago) link
^^ how is that possible, Vince makes no missteps
― alpine static, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 02:25 (seven years ago) link
so weird that she thinks vince staples is played on radio
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 05:48 (seven years ago) link
that was my reaction! where is Norf Norf playing on "top hits" radio?
― alpine static, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 07:31 (seven years ago) link
http://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/hip-hop/7534052/vince-staples-on-upset-christian-mother-she-has-right-to-her-opinion
― JoeStork, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
I love this response
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:42 (seven years ago) link
man i feel old hearing her say "the top hits in my day were britney spears, christina, n-sync" like it's fucking buddy holly
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
fairly sure this is going to turn out to be a viral hoax -- the odds of a pop radio station playing meghan trainor and vince staples, given what gets radio airplay where, are not all that high, no one seems to be able to locate the original source (it was uploaded 1 month ago to a youtube account that seems to mostly repost other people's stuff), and the thing doesn't really pass a sniff test.
could be wrong, obviously
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:52 (seven years ago) link
def jam marketing imo
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:55 (seven years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/arts/music/vince-staples-norf-norf-mother-video.html
our local sports talk morning zoo crew was making fun of this this morning
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, October 6, 2016 1:49 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
man i feel old -- because i think kids in the hall when i hear "fucking buddy holly"
― PappaWheelie V, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link
i feel old because i actually fucked buddy holly
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:17 (seven years ago) link
Oh Boy!
― Spottie, Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:19 (seven years ago) link
*crickets*
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:20 (seven years ago) link
I'm buddy holly's dad, so
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Friday, 7 October 2016 10:34 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09miuOlLAiY
anyway, this is pretty great considering it sounds like he's really freestyling for a good bit of it
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 8 October 2016 21:21 (seven years ago) link
Vince's EPs always feel like letdowns.
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 9 October 2016 18:20 (seven years ago) link
It seems like a form where he and his producers are experimenting and trying new things, and inevitably nothing emerges from that where I'm like "you know what, I can't stop listening to this."
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 9 October 2016 18:21 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CcgspNqxuQ
― ||||||||, Friday, 18 November 2016 20:40 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bmpvvlL40s
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 13:35 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l9kzS_B7gg
― devvvine, Thursday, 18 May 2017 19:26 (six years ago) link
Boring. I don't understand the love for this dude.
― Benjamin-, Friday, 19 May 2017 01:29 (six years ago) link
I like that one. hated his last ep tho.
― Spottie, Friday, 19 May 2017 04:57 (six years ago) link
"BagBak" is immense
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 19 May 2017 09:14 (six years ago) link
Love this. Easily one of my favorite lyricists in hip hop atm.
My one issue with Staples is that his music can sometimes sound an like an obvious copy & paste job, inserting lyrics into a song written before he had ever heard the beat. To be fair, he's admitted that this is his process, and he'll occasionally sit on verses for years before he can find the right beat. Definitely contributes to his lyrical density. But his songs never have the fluidity of someone like Kanye or Young Thug. Plus they always feel like they're one verse too short.
That said I'm psyched for this album.
― Handsome Bookor, Friday, 19 May 2017 21:35 (six years ago) link
im not a big fan of his music but i feel bad shitting on it cuz he seems like a good dude
thats not a very critic-y pov but whatever
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 20 May 2017 00:30 (six years ago) link
best everyday struggle so far
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link
ilx where are you
― imago, Friday, 23 June 2017 13:22 (six years ago) link
Terrific interview: http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/vince-staples-is-the-least-corny-man-in-america/
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 June 2017 13:23 (six years ago) link
new album is fucking great
― a butt groove but for feet (DJP), Friday, 23 June 2017 13:30 (six years ago) link
and 36 minutes!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 June 2017 13:33 (six years ago) link
goddamn this is great
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 23 June 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
Sounding real good for sure.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 23 June 2017 13:53 (six years ago) link
Is it too soon for an album to look a decade ago for sounds? Some of the beats and samples suggest Hot Chip and Burial.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 June 2017 13:54 (six years ago) link
this shit is pretty fun imo
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 23 June 2017 14:03 (six years ago) link
Really good album ender too -- knows how to wrap things up just right.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 23 June 2017 14:51 (six years ago) link
Man, good for Zack Sekoff.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 23 June 2017 14:54 (six years ago) link
like his rapping but the beats on this and on the last EP are reaaaaallly not to my taste. for "the least corny man in america" the production is very corny.
― na (NA), Friday, 23 June 2017 18:55 (six years ago) link