This is the best thing I have ever heard.
― Tim F, Thursday, 28 January 2016 10:26 (ten years ago)
halfway through and there's literally nothing i can say to contradict any of you
this is exceptional
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:38 (ten years ago)
this is it, the singularity
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:39 (ten years ago)
feels so weird to finish the 2015 albums poll countdown today after listening to the 2016 winner
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:42 (ten years ago)
thankyou Novak Djokovic for winning so quickly and permitting me time to hear this blessed masterpiece
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:45 (ten years ago)
i read that as based masterpiece, still made sense.
― Tim F, Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:47 (ten years ago)
This has that diaphanous hologramic quality of Swain-Jolley produced stuff like Imagination and early Bananarama.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:49 (ten years ago)
OH MY GOD, the climax of "oh please"
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:54 (ten years ago)
overwhelming tbh
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:55 (ten years ago)
great record
― nxd, Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:59 (ten years ago)
the most beautiful music ever made
― Tim F, Thursday, 28 January 2016 12:12 (ten years ago)
I knew that hearing so many of their songs together at the same time would be overwhelming but maybe not this overwhelming?
My housemate arrived home as I was doing the dishes to "Supernatural" and without even saying hello to me exclaimed "what is THIS?"
― art baengels (monotony), Thursday, 28 January 2016 12:19 (ten years ago)
Love Song becomes this unbelievable thing without you noticing
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Thursday, 28 January 2016 14:19 (ten years ago)
im waiting on two things itt, once all the flowers have been laid at their feet: 1) notorious contrarian crank al shipley, and 2) whether or not ppl think they surpassed their last release
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:00 (ten years ago)
their last release?
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:03 (ten years ago)
derp their debut
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:08 (ten years ago)
i'm not the expert here pal but doesn't their debut show up here in its entirety, in lush extended-mix form, segueing into the other songs? if that isn't surpassed idk what is
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:09 (ten years ago)
^^^^ yeah this is why i was confused
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:10 (ten years ago)
no im saying 'derp their debut' as in, derp this is their debut, i was thinking the old singles had been compiled somewhere but apparently not
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:10 (ten years ago)
ahhhh
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:11 (ten years ago)
i assumed there was more to the catalog i wasnt familiar w/ but apparently i knew their shit better than i thought :(
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:11 (ten years ago)
you're taking home the gold
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:13 (ten years ago)
This notional clusterfuck that doesn't even exist is a waste of good pedantry, guys.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:14 (ten years ago)
Kind of annoyed I can't listen to this until tomorrow at the earliest.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:15 (ten years ago)
i still want to know what al thinks lol
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:18 (ten years ago)
I succumbed and right now I'm listening this on the phone despite the crappy sound, and so far it sounds like Jones Girls' "Nights Over Egypt" stretched through a wormhole, which is pretty much the best thing I can think of.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:55 (ten years ago)
This album is incredible. Everything about it is perfect without anything ever feeling forced. Like others have already said, that climax/solo in Oh, Please is everything, very Prince like.
Hey is still my highlight. It feels so cruel that it's only six minutes long, I want to be in that moment forever.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 28 January 2016 16:00 (ten years ago)
okay, queuing up; you guys losing your shit here has me worried/hopeful/terrified/excited
― ulysses, Thursday, 28 January 2016 16:04 (ten years ago)
not to set the bar too high, but its awesome
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 16:08 (ten years ago)
omg at "Native Land" this is amazing
― conditional random jepsen (seandalai), Thursday, 28 January 2016 16:25 (ten years ago)
this is really great so far
puts me in the zone of "Right Here" by SWV but way more layered and complex
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 January 2016 18:59 (ten years ago)
i get kind of a 80s jam & lewis' jagged edges sanded smooth via 'i want you'
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 21:13 (ten years ago)
R&B not my thing at all but this is amazingly beautiful music
― the late great, Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:14 (ten years ago)
wasnt there another thread w/ King discussion at one point? Maybe rev's alt-R&B thread?
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:15 (ten years ago)
Yeah, I think that's where I first posted about them.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:21 (ten years ago)
rev, what's the link there? Not sure i have that bookmarked.
― ulysses, Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:22 (ten years ago)
wow, this really can't be background music on the first listen huh.
should i go to a free KING show tonight and get a copy of the album a week early?
― nomar, Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:22 (ten years ago)
Nah.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:23 (ten years ago)
lol
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:24 (ten years ago)
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/51d86680e4b03f5ac28eb1ba/t/54919cb9e4b0c7f5bb5600e0/1418828985794/trap.jpg
― nomar, Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:25 (ten years ago)
Oh, I guess Andy K was the first to post about them here. I picked them up via Erykah Badu's twitter.
itt: kinda out there, maybe kinda experimental, maybe kinda pretentious modern r&b
― The Reverend, Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:26 (ten years ago)
going to their record release show next friday, see y'all there
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:26 (ten years ago)
andy k: prophet
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:27 (ten years ago)
They're playing here in a couple weeks and I have a gig that night. >_____<
― The Reverend, Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:27 (ten years ago)
going to a listening party in my house tonight. Y'all are invited.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:32 (ten years ago)
livestream it
― Spottie, Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:33 (ten years ago)
doing my hair special too
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:34 (ten years ago)
into track 3 and thinking how many of those pre-programmed casio drum patterns they used. i think i used that tropical drum pattern back in the 90s once too!
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:41 (ten years ago)
...
― bicyclescope (mattresslessness), Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:44 (ten years ago)