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 (seven years ago) link
Boring. I don't understand the love for this dude.
― Benjamin-, Friday, 19 May 2017 01:29 (seven years ago) link
I like that one. hated his last ep tho.
― Spottie, Friday, 19 May 2017 04:57 (seven years ago) link
"BagBak" is immense
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 19 May 2017 09:14 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven years ago) link
best everyday struggle so far
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link
ilx where are you
― imago, Friday, 23 June 2017 13:22 (seven 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 (seven years ago) link
new album is fucking great
― a butt groove but for feet (DJP), Friday, 23 June 2017 13:30 (seven years ago) link
and 36 minutes!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 June 2017 13:33 (seven years ago) link
goddamn this is great
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 23 June 2017 13:42 (seven years ago) link
Sounding real good for sure.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 23 June 2017 13:53 (seven 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 (seven years ago) link
this shit is pretty fun imo
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 23 June 2017 14:03 (seven years ago) link
Really good album ender too -- knows how to wrap things up just right.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 23 June 2017 14:51 (seven years ago) link
Man, good for Zack Sekoff.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 23 June 2017 14:54 (seven 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 (seven years ago) link
I like the beats a lot, don't get what's corny about them at all tbh
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 23 June 2017 19:01 (seven years ago) link
not my cup of tea
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 23 June 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
i actually dont mind the production so much because its at least original (relative to rap) but i think his rapping is just ok
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 23 June 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link
"Party People"! Whole album's good but that one bangs.
I love that it feels like such a summer album, kind of simmering and hazy.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 24 June 2017 18:16 (seven years ago) link
this isn't really taking, still quite impressive but the previous album had higher highs I think
― imago, Sunday, 25 June 2017 12:49 (seven years ago) link
his opinions about art are some elitist trash fyi
― imago, Sunday, 25 June 2017 12:50 (seven years ago) link
the rest of the interview is good tho
― imago, Sunday, 25 June 2017 13:00 (seven years ago) link
I know it's lazy/convenient to lump Vince and Kendrick together, and I love them both, but I'm finding myself favoring Vince in the same way I'm a Grant Hart partisan in Husker Du. I recognize Kendrick is more important, but I like listening to Vince more. (That said, nothing on this album touches "DNA" or "ELEMENT.")
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 15:26 (seven years ago) link
I'd put him below Jay Rock, Ab Soul and Schoolboy Q
even like Warm Brew tbh
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 15:28 (seven years ago) link
― imago, Sunday, June 25, 2017 7:50 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lmao cmon dogg
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 15:32 (seven years ago) link
I know he's fighting against other elitisms but that paragraph about preferring the idea of an elevated refuge for art is a turn-off I have to say
― imago, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 15:35 (seven years ago) link
only two listens into this so I don't have a judgement yet, but I'm kinda shocked by how little focus he puts on rapping here. He sort of disappears into a lot of these songs. On that run from Shyne Coldchain II -> Hell Can Wait -> Summertime '06 I think he was on par with just about anybody else out there, but I don't hear any of that fire here.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 15:43 (seven years ago) link
I'd put him below Ab Soul
ok this is heretical
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 15:43 (seven years ago) link
To each his own. Part of what I like about Vince is his triphop/dubstep shading, which imo sets him apart from the Black Hippy pack. But that's not necessarily a plus for everyone.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 15:59 (seven years ago) link
I do think Jay Rock has been unfairly slept on
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 16:00 (seven years ago) link
I also love Vince's delivery, but I get how it could be too staccato for some tastes. I like his crispness -- even when he's mumbly, he's precise.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 16:01 (seven years ago) link
He's sharper than Jay Rock, more entertaining than Ab Soul and not miserable like Schoolboy Q
― Evan R, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 16:11 (seven years ago) link
He sort of disappears into a lot of these songs.
I agree with this, like it's cool that the tracks are unpredictable and have a lot happening, but they could use more rapping.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link
m@tt you gotta take ab soul off that list its true.
― down that brown path (Spottie), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 16:40 (seven years ago) link
7/10 UK house album, looking forward to the 'Little Fish Theory' remix album.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 16:58 (seven years ago) link
okay ab soul might have been trolling but I'm 100% on Jay Rock and Schoolboy Q that's real talk
Jay Rock 90059 is such a great album, for whatever reason his thing is too normal street to have a media "narrative" but he's a fucking great rapper, I don't think him and Schoolboy Q are really far off Kendrick, they just all have their own things
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 17:10 (seven years ago) link
I think Isaiah Rashad suffers from the same problem to an extent
― Number None, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
this does make me appreciate the azealia banks album more in retrospect
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 18:06 (seven years ago) link
agree w. matt, btw, and isaiah rashad is better than vince too imo
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 18:07 (seven years ago) link
Yeah parts of this remind me of Azealia but that isn't a bad thing imo. Her actual music is not the problem with AB.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 18:28 (seven years ago) link
― change display name (Jordan),
otm. A pleasure to listen to, though, especially at night when I don't have to concentrate on the rapping
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 18:30 (seven years ago) link