Vince Staples thread

Listened to this all the way through on my commute. Would have listened again if I hadn't arrived at stupid work.

Feel like there's less digging to do with this album than To Pimp a Butterfly. All of its appeal is right in your face. Not that Kendrick's album isn't easy to get into, but it feels more like you're supposed to meditate on what it all means while you're listening to it. Whatever it is I'm trying to say, they're two of the best things I've heard this year.

Yeah I get that totally. The Kendrick album is great but I feel like I'm still 'reading' it after having heard it months ago. It's like the Moby Dick of rap albums or something: very enjoyable, but lots to analyse and unravel, which can get exhausting at times. Sometimes I wonder if I respect it intellectually more than I actually enjoy listening to it on a visceral level. I find myself dipping in and out but rarely have the patience to listen all the way through in one sitting.

But this album's so easy to get through, even as a double album it really flies by. It's so much fun and yeah the beats (and BASS) just don't allow for dull or overcomplicated moments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kgz1WGiXDc

great rapper but i now worry his music is keeping us from what could be one of the best comedians of our time

(srsly the roll he hits at around 1:10 is unreal)

lol

"tom cruise is underrated"
"why"
"cause the mission is impossible. and he pulled it off. three times."

so thankful Vince Staples doesn't try to be funny-funny on his albums

Just got the album today so have nothing useful to say about it (it's good, duh), but the Rolling Stone interview is pretty sharp. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/vince-staples-q-a-the-most-exciting-man-in-rap-drops-knowledge-20150708?page=3

Been listening to this all weekend. It's seriously good.

Been trying to figure out if Jump Off the Roof samples 'I Will' from Hail To The Thief or if they just sound a bit similar.

well this is where the main sample is from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_yA02FY7KU

ah right cool.

god, the production on this album is just what i want to hear. i could listen to 'Lemme Know' all day.

I agree, though my favorite beat is the last track that gets cut off with static after like a minute. Frustrating!

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/arts/music/vince-staples-and-j-cole-outsiders-in-the-middle-of-hip-hop.html

Mr. Cole, who produces as well as raps, feels like more of a deliberate conscientious objector than Mr. Lamar, who doesn’t have much of an ear for the accessible.

what?

I agree, though my favorite beat is the last track that gets cut off with static after like a minute. Frustrating!

― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, July 13, 2015 4:27 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Argh OTMx100. Just as it's about to go full-on too. Maybe that's going to be the start of his next record. Hope so.

weird. that sentence sure is presuming a lot (after reading it a couple times, that j. cole could write hits but chooses not to, but kendrick can't do anything except what he shows on his records).

there's a lot of "what" in that piece

perhaps chief among the "what" is that the fucking lede is a discussion of the j. cole jacking off song, lol

btw i've never knowingly heard j. cole, but when i hear about him i think of j-zone and j-live.

I don't know wtf a "deliberate conscientious objector" is. Is there an undeliberate one?

Ha, spot on

An unconscientious objector

Accidental Objector (J. Cole ft. John Mayer)

Jzone and Jlive >>> Jcole

^^^^^^

What kind of sound did you tell him you were looking for?
Honestly, I didn't really tell him. I showed him pictures. I'd say like, "You know how Downtown L.A. looks?" I was like, "Make it sound like 5th and Hill, but up at the top of the hill."

just realized i've been conflating No I.D. and Oh No :(

i'm having rap music alzheimer's or something

in the hood like a dollar sweet tea is a good line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9H8TLM_5q8

This just popped up on the Spotify Fresh Finds playlist for the week, pretty damn good!

http://www.factmag.com/2015/08/13/vince-staples-fake-hip-hop-heads/
i like dude and don't even disagree with him but he's getting damn close to trenchant social commentary

a mistake you'll never make

what a weird ad hominem sideswipe

thx, i heard this in the wild the other day and was wondering where it came from.

not ad hominem so much as an easy zing to make since saying someone is making 'trenchant social commentary' like it's a bad thing is such an ilx-specific inside joke

i coulda just as easily have said "corny" tbh

is there better bass on an actual good record this year? if so i wanna hear it

arguably ds2 but that's about it

Great performance. Even this album's second-tier tracks are gold

http://www.illroots.com/read/vince-staples-lemme-know-ft-jhen-aiko-live-on-jimmy-fallon

been jamming that track lately myself, cool

"Lemme Know" might be my favorite thing on the album tbh

still listening to this album all the time. it's just so...listenable.

second-tier though? to me 'Lemme Know' is the obvious single.

What is the lyric you're most proud of?

My manager's favourite is: "A penny saved is a penny earned / So I'll be stacking up this copper as the city burn." Lot of people don't know there history of the crashes of copper, silver and gold. I got grades in history. My precious metal game is immaculate.

https://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/vince-staples-thinks-miley-owes-kendrick-an-apology

You've also said if you're credited, you're not a ghost writer.

People don't know what the word "ghost" means - they've never seen Casper. I don't like children's movies that make you sad. My nephew made me see 'Up!' They got this old man who is about to die and his wife is dead. I don't want to get old now. You're just by yourself with a dog and the dog talks? I don't want to talk to the dog.

lol wut

I fuckin love this dude

YOU A STREET PUNK

YOU A MOTHERFUCKIN STREET PUNK