yeah Beast Mode is by far my favorite of these. Monster has some songs that feel like a chore to me, and 56 Nights overdoes the "Commas" siren.
― some dude, Friday, 10 July 2015 20:32 (ten years ago)
http://gizmodo.com/how-did-we-get-to-pluto-so-fast-1716533356
― lil dork (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 10 July 2015 21:04 (ten years ago)
56 nights is a great project, i wish way more high profile rappers did short, thematically consistent tapes like that
― J0rdan S., Friday, 10 July 2015 23:46 (ten years ago)
otm
― lag∞n, Saturday, 11 July 2015 04:17 (ten years ago)
Love them all. Going with Beast Mode.
― longneck, Saturday, 11 July 2015 06:31 (ten years ago)
beast Mode is obv the worst Imo, songs don't cohere all the time, get kind of annoying, no song as good as march madness or trap gentlemen
Voted 56 Nights
― supreme problematics (D-40), Saturday, 11 July 2015 06:43 (ten years ago)
That gq piece is awful, act like you've either been to a strip club or heard rap music before
Also...maybe the 8th story in this subject in 3 years
― supreme problematics (D-40), Saturday, 11 July 2015 06:44 (ten years ago)
"Peacoat" and "Real Sisters" aren't even my favorite songs on Beast Mode but they disprove the idea that it doesn't have standout songs like the other tapes
― some dude, Saturday, 11 July 2015 07:51 (ten years ago)
it does but neither is as good as the two i mentioned.
― supreme problematics (D-40), Saturday, 11 July 2015 08:41 (ten years ago)
bah.
― longneck, Saturday, 11 July 2015 12:35 (ten years ago)
― supreme problematics (D-40), Saturday, July 11, 2015 2:44 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
its obvs v cornily written but ill take willfully naive over act like you've either been to a strip club or heard rap music before every time, also it was just interesting because it was about something, attempted to encounter a culture where it is at
― lag∞n, Saturday, 11 July 2015 14:46 (ten years ago)
ehh i'm ok with fish out of water but there's a whole tradition of these fish out of water pieces that primarily reify existing stereotypes imo
― supreme problematics (D-40), Saturday, 11 July 2015 23:21 (ten years ago)
trap niggas >>>>>>>
― alpine static, Sunday, 12 July 2015 06:23 (ten years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/lT09zb4.png
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 19:06 (ten years ago)
production on 56 nights is basic.
― grant holt (prettylikealaindelon), Tuesday, 14 July 2015 23:04 (ten years ago)
56 nights is a feeling
― 龜, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 02:21 (ten years ago)
― grant holt (prettylikealaindelon), Tuesday, July 14, 2015 7:04 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
the one with "march madness" & "trap n*ggas"?
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 15 July 2015 03:48 (ten years ago)
i like the production on 56 Nights, but Southside is not the most versatile producer and it kinda feels like they go back to the "Commas" well a lot. Zay has a much wider range of styles on Beast Mode.
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 05:06 (ten years ago)
idk some of those beats are pretty memorable to me and the sound uniquely fits the subject matter, plus with it only being 9 songs it feels more like a specific palette as opposed to "i only have one idea"
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 15 July 2015 05:24 (ten years ago)
does the tape even follow the 'concept' at all outside the opening skit and the title track? it seems like the other songs could've been on any tape
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 05:35 (ten years ago)
Looks like Trap Niggas is on DS2. Good choice.
Beast Mode is just as much an in-the-zone tape as 56 Nights imo - it's just more diverse and colorful. Feels like both Future and Zay are spreading their wings a little and are enjoying each other's company.
― longneck, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 06:58 (ten years ago)
echoing all the beast mode/zaytoven love. for me, it's beast > 56 nights > monster
the first time i listened to 56 nights, future did the "coolest dj in the world" escomoe tag himself and for whatever reason i could imagine him saying "...whatever the fuck that means" right after. and on the very next song, he did. the food i was eating started tasting really sour.
― soyrev, Thursday, 16 July 2015 03:18 (ten years ago)
― some dude, Wednesday, July 15, 2015 12:35 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's obviously a concept album in the sense that the recession is
― supreme problematics (D-40), Thursday, 16 July 2015 05:45 (ten years ago)
Like an underlying theme /mood animated by certain irl events
it's weird, i like the *sound* of the opening skit on 56 Nights so much, i never skip it. lagoon otm July 10.
on the other hand, Now sucks, i have decided
― alpine static, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 00:17 (ten years ago)
yeah no
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 11:12 (ten years ago)
where's the thread where i complained about how i hate the sound of drinks being opened and consumed in commercials?
― dick wet with chickenshit (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 01:51 (ten years ago)
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 14 August 2015 00:01 (ten years ago)
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 15 August 2015 00:01 (ten years ago)
results are otm
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 15 August 2015 00:26 (ten years ago)
nah monster > beast mode imo but they're all good. a playlist of all 3 mixtapes is prob my most listened to thing this year
― just sayin, Saturday, 15 August 2015 02:29 (ten years ago)
yeah prefer the highs of monster to beast mode generally
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 August 2015 02:45 (ten years ago)
^^ i've been coming around to beast mode lately tho
― 龜, Saturday, 15 August 2015 14:55 (ten years ago)
i literally forgot move that dope was a future song
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 16 August 2015 02:44 (ten years ago)
future elimating guest verses nearly altogther was such a great move
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 16 August 2015 02:49 (ten years ago)
― lag∞n, Sunday, 16 August 2015 04:53 (ten years ago)
is this gonna continue on as the post-honest future thread? if sohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw3Or6eqIpI
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 21 August 2015 18:25 (ten years ago)
seemed like an essential image to preservehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CM88GPjWEAAvEEV.png
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 21 August 2015 18:26 (ten years ago)
same flow as whalaaa magiiiic
― Spottie, Friday, 21 August 2015 18:30 (ten years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNrNl5mUkAAmdMe.png
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 03:39 (ten years ago)
you know what song i really like just like bruddas
It's the best.
― longneck, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 05:12 (ten years ago)
yeah my fav of his this year
― Spottie, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 05:49 (ten years ago)
the zaytoven piano riff on that track is goddamn beautiful
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 10:25 (ten years ago)
yea what a good track
i love future
― marcos, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 13:40 (ten years ago)
no codeine crazy lag∞n ?
― just sayin, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 09:32 (ten years ago)
didnt make the cut, tuff call
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 13:03 (ten years ago)
been particularly in love with "fetti" of late
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 4 September 2015 13:52 (ten years ago)
man no "throw away"?
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 4 September 2015 14:39 (ten years ago)
think i can make a great 45 minutes out of the mixtapes but not necessarily with ds2 too
def a worthy successor to the og beast mode
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Friday, 6 July 2018 21:38 (seven years ago)
drums on trap niggas are crazy
― sprout god (lag∞n), Wednesday, 29 August 2018 03:15 (seven years ago)
glad this thread is still around
WZRD was pretty good albeit overlong
― horford chants out between two worlds, "kyrie walk with me" (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:19 (seven years ago)
future x metro album is pretty good. "like that" is getting the buzz, "type shit" has travis and carti, but my fav is "fried," which has some residual pluto (meaning his major label debut album) energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z8eMHVwFDw
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Thursday, 28 March 2024 15:56 (two years ago)
ice attack also v good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycRKgIDciG4
part 2 out today, again pretty solid front-to-back. it's not hndrxx, but the main part of the album doess lean more into future's warbling melodic side (really love "mile high memories," "drink n dance" and "beat it," all not coincidentally co-written by bobby raps). the final 5-6 songs is separated into a 2nd disc, and is a conscious attempt to recreate the vibes of monster. and it mostly works!
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Friday, 12 April 2024 14:27 (two years ago)
56 nights is 10 today
― gestures broadly at...everything (voodoo chili), Friday, 21 March 2025 17:17 (one year ago)
i think ten years crazy
― gestures broadly at...everything (voodoo chili), Friday, 21 March 2025 17:18 (one year ago)
future is now the past
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 21 March 2025 17:51 (one year ago)
:(
― lil $CHUB (Spottie), Friday, 21 March 2025 19:03 (one year ago)