WAKA

i would love to see the same people's responses to reviews of metal records.

loved the review dude

great review deej

That is a well-written review that I disagree almost 100% with.

just connected review with ilx poster. this (a) isn't my favorite style of music at all and (b) i had no previous interest in (and only a dim awareness of) the act, but fwiw, the review's made me want to at least hear the album and give it a chance.

yeah honestly deej that review is better than the album

that review goes hard in the paint

deej killed pfork

Der3k St0ne Today is the day I leave Pitchfork as a reader... it's been a good run guys, but this is too much.

wtg deej, proud of u buddy

R0bbie D'Amic0 This is why pitchfork is usually pretentious hipster ruhtards! half the time... they review things based on one person and what they like and blacklist other bands...complete shat! you want to review a hip-hop album review Cyhi da Prynce mixtape royal flush...

nail on the head imo

Ky1e W1ll1ams-McP4ak pitchfork tries so hard not to be racist that they actually end up being racist - they're afraid to call out bad music made by popular african american artists in an attempt to look contemporary, less snobbish, and to try to make up for the fact that 90% of the music they review is made by white people. but really this just proves that pitchfork prioritizes "look at us! see? we're not racist!" posturing over actually reviewing new, great hip hop

who are der3k st0ne and r0bbie d'amic0 and ky1e w1ll1ams and why are they so mean?

MattMcEwing I respect Pitchfork and all, but what's with giving Waka Flocka Flame's new album an 8.0? Forfuckinreal? #gimmeabreak

evankaloudis LOL Pitchfork is really trolling with this Waka Flocka Flame review. It's pretty funny that people are getting upset over it.

holdmycoat New Waka Flocka got an 8.0 on @pitchforkmedia, YOU. SUCK. PITCHFORK. STOP TRYING TO BE HIPSTER AND IRONIC. http://bit.ly/bXG4Zc

Cyhi da Prynce is kind of coming across to me as a competent version of Drake...?

lol where the hell are these from? non to get tuomas but i did not see where comments are.

xp ohh is this twitter

ahhday I'm beginning to think Pitchfork reviewers are mentally retarded rodents. An 8.0 rating for Waka Flocka Flame? Are you f*$king serious?!

first few are from facebook, now i'm doing twitter

cyhi da prynce is post-drake but he doesn't have the ear for pop so he's not really worth much

jordanmunson Waka Flacka Flame's album got an 8.0 from Pitchfork. In other news, Pitchfork is on some straight bullshit. (via @noyokono)
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this one is up for discussion

WlLLYUM So Pitchfork gave Waka Flocka's album an 8 but gave Eminem's a 2. This is supposed to be the most credible music site?

lol ok. two more web interfaces i've never really liked/gotten/figured out.

g/j, please post more!

xps

hahahah

DevinRosni Pitchfork gave Waka Flockas's "Flockaveli" an 8.0, but gave Cursive's "The Ugly Organ" a 7.0 when it came out. Cool.

lol salem tweeted about it -- they're fans????

salemtrapdoor Funny how Waka Flocka Flame's "Flockaveli" has an 3/5 rating on iTunes (which by iTunes standards, is awful) but an 8.0 from Pitchfork.

you really have to wonder if employing deej is worth it

JustPlainAntRVA i quit pitchfork. an 8.0 for waka flocka?!? FOH!

powerfulkittens I'm not gonna read the Pitchfork review of this Waka Flocka Flame album because it'll probably make me want it.

haha okay i'm sure i'm being dense here, but half the time i can't tell if these "tweeters" are upset the album got too high a score or too low a score?

It's hardly surprising that Salem are Waka fans

dan what do you disagree with in deej's review

Basically, I disagree with the fundamental premise that this is an album worth listening to.

I think deej basically says it all in the first sentence:

Flockaveli is for people who find M.O.P. too polite, Silkk the Shocker too relaxed, and Blaq Poet too introspective.

That person is, rather emphatically, not me.

Basically, I disagree with the fundamental premise that this is an album worth listening to.

lol yeah me too

(I'd dissect more but really it just boils down to everything deej lists as a positive attribute of the album is something I consider to be key in making Waka an unlistenable mess to me, from the messy, overpraised, try-too-hard beats to the unrelentingly ignorant lyrics to the stupid interjections to pretty much everything about dude)

i think i like it...kinda...sometimes it feels like something that's more fun to talk about than listen to.

i agree that it is fun to talk about but it's like a million times more fun to listen to (especially while drunk)

a lot of ridiculous haters who clearly haven't listened to the album on it's own terms on twitter and in this thread. small minded.

this music, like all music, is way more fun to listen to than talk about. at least to me.

ignorant shit 4 lyfe imo

i like the album. energy, beats, aggression etc... i guess specifically i don't find waka himself all that great or compelling, but he's def good in context of the album

listened some. not for me. still like the review, tho.

heroic review, if only for inspiring those abysmal comments

this is so otm to me

Waka sells on the way his personality bleeds through his vocals and phrasing, the way his voice rolls, "I'ma die for this, shawty, I swwweartogod," on "Hard in Da Paint", imprinting his vocals in the most memorable possible way: "Mizz-ayy management, shit, that my motherrr."

one of my favourite flows on the album

b-l, double o d right side flag
nigga know me my green flag, bitch thats grove street
squeeze on my trigger til my trunk go deep
ride on my enemies niggas just ended me
niggas aint half offensive like me
100 grand chain you aint ish like me
(??) to my nigga g, baby

also the "woooOOOOOohhh, WOOoooooOOHH" ad libs in the part just after it

questlove Questo of The Roots
holy jolson batman pf gave http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14771-flockaveli/ a great rating. imma check it. hope its #likethat

ha

god that is pathetic

i think my review acknowledges that hes playing up an archetype but argues that he happens to do so with lots of skill and with a fresh take on those themes.

i dont think im fetishizing the actual archetype itself, or letting that archetype get in the way of taking a critical look at his work. i am suggesting that he is, on the whole, successful in creating a very focused and accomplished album within that style.

lol @ "holy jolson"

lol cosign

also:
questlove, k3vin k3ll3r has called you pathetic. please hand in your drumsticks.

seriously calm down.

not sure i'm feeling this new hardman look

it was funny but a professional hip-hop artist deciding to check out a rap record after scanning a pitchfork score is kinda u_u to me