^remarkable insight
― Dear Leader (The Reverend), Sunday, 7 June 2009 03:00 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.jamiedole.com/gifs/HighFivefaster.gif
― and why?!? (k3vin k.), Sunday, 7 June 2009 03:01 (fifteen years ago) link
i am in love with a .gif
― languid samuel l. jackson (jim), Sunday, 7 June 2009 03:03 (fifteen years ago) link
http://soulbounce.com/soul/2009/06/jay-z_death_of_autotune.php
He isn't saying anything new. Initially I was all ready to jump on board with Jay-Z and his wacky "Death Of Auto-Tune" idea, but after actually hearing the track, in which he bemoans not only the use of "T-Paining it" but tight jeans and bright colors on a track co-produced by Kanye West, I can't help but wonder if this approach isn't just little passive-aggressive. Here you have a man that has no doubt benefited financially from many of his friends going the Auto-Tune route, and he opts to "kill" it on a song instead of just, I dunno, not using it or even referring to it at all.
This is a gimmick. Just like "Hip Hop is Dead." People have been over Auto-Tune for a while now, but I suppose if Jay-Z gets other rap artists to stop using it, he can just sit back and take credit for starting a movement or saving Hip-Hop or whatever. I beseech anyone reading this not to fall for that shit.
soulbounce otm for once
― Dear Leader (The Reverend), Sunday, 7 June 2009 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
that fake tracklist was pretty hilarious, btw. "The Audacity Of Dope"!
― some dude, Thursday, October 2, 2008 1:14 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
amazingly someone used an even worse version of that idea in total seriousness:
http://nahright.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/la-coka-nostra-the-audacity-of-coke-450x450.jpg
― Soulja Boy Pato (some dude), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 00:19 (fourteen years ago) link
i almost wish jay'd delay B3 another year so this thread can get even loopier and snarkier
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
i wish he'd drop "Big Hat Club" already
― somedudefoshizzle (some dude), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 15:19 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^
― zzz (deej), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
really feeling some gratitude that "swagga like us part 2" never happened
― somedudefoshizzle (some dude), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link
It leaked.
― James Mitchell, Monday, 31 August 2009 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
excited about the beats, i heard timbo's great on all of his
― stfuhut (k3vin k.), Monday, 31 August 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
can't even tell if you're kidding
― tweedle dee and tweedle (some dude), Monday, 31 August 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
no really!
― stfuhut (k3vin k.), Monday, 31 August 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
ok...i like a couple of the Tim songs but people in general seemed to be pretty negative on all of them.
― tweedle dee and tweedle (some dude), Monday, 31 August 2009 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't know if i have the heart to listen to this.
― Thought you were regal/Now who needs "Boston Legal"? (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 31 August 2009 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
i know right? i've basically had the same experience w/ this as with the last 2 Jay records, where i really want to find a leak of the whole thing to download, not so much cause i'm eager to hear it as that i don't want to feel any temptation to buy it on the release date and wanna just get my disappointment out of the way now.
― tweedle dee and tweedle (some dude), Monday, 31 August 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm happy to report that most of what i've heard of this is at the very least "pretty darn good"
take it with a grain of salt - i loved american gangster
― I'M IN MIAMI, TRICK-OR-TREAT (Beatrix Kiddo), Monday, 31 August 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
The beat for Venus vs. Mars is kinda cool i suppose. The album is a total mess though.
― Number None, Monday, 31 August 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
An interesting mess?
― do HOOS ever just steen into space and weep (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
My opinion on what i've heard so far: At least it's conceivable U2 could have a big hat club.
― b hoy hoy (a hoy hoy), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:24 (fourteen years ago) link
what
― do HOOS ever just steen into space and weep (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:25 (fourteen years ago) link
lol old boring folk still making music and people making a big deal out of it.
― b hoy hoy (a hoy hoy), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:26 (fourteen years ago) link
(the edge fella wears lots of hats.)
i thought you were suggesting the album somehow sounded like u2 and i was so happily confused
― do HOOS ever just steen into space and weep (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I think I'd prefer it if he'd stop making old man complains about hiphop hiphop records and made a u2 record, yeah.
― b hoy hoy (a hoy hoy), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link
― stfuhut (k3vin k.), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
thing about still following bands with fading talent is that it's usually only evident in one place - jay-z is a mediocre rapper who feels the need to constantly apologize for that fact with his "i'm old, been there done that" lyrics. i don't like being hit over the head repeatedly with the fact that he is old
― stfuhut (k3vin k.), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link
man this seems like yesterday ;_;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXcxex7-148
― Thought you were regal/Now who needs "Boston Legal"? (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 31 August 2009 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmsAw7xrcKM
― Thought you were regal/Now who needs "Boston Legal"? (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 31 August 2009 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
swizz beats song sounds like 'headsprung'
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 01:09 (fourteen years ago) link
this is pretty bad. "off that" is growing on me a lot, though - even tho i still dislike the sentiment, it's got some nice lines and i'm basically of the opinion at this point that the faster jay raps the better the song's gonna be
― stfuhut (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 01:26 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf @ "forever young" tho
― stfuhut (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 01:37 (fourteen years ago) link
― ojo, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 01:40 (fourteen years ago) link
srsly, Forever Young pushes this album firmly into the gahbage pit. that track name, that guest star, that interpolation, that complete and pathetic lack of self-awareness. it's like him giving the final speech at the funeral of his rapping career. :(
― methanietanner, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 02:01 (fourteen years ago) link
the "interpretation" or whatever is awful but it's probably my second favorite track on the album just because i like the original song
― stfuhut (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link
d.o.a. thru off that is solid, rest i can do w/out
major lols @ forever young. my roommate & i just kinda looked at each other like o_O
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 12:51 (fourteen years ago) link
didn't read the thread, is this really dropping on 9/11 lol
― am0n, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 14:18 (fourteen years ago) link
like the beat by swizz on "on to the next one"
― i'm beasting off the riesling (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
j. cole is okay.
the beat to "already home" is real nice actually.
venus and mars is just unreal bad.
― i'm beasting off the riesling (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
talking bout the beat or jay? cuz the beat is actually kinda nice, i like the cracked-out spacey feel, but jay is awful on it
― king dom, come (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
no the beat, i just meant the beat to already home is a cool beat IMO, best one on the album so far by a mile
― i'm beasting off the riesling (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 18:00 (fourteen years ago) link
YIKES this beat to "hate" what the fuck is this!
it reminds me of when i took some leftover vicodin and fucked around with MTV Music Generator on the original playstation but not as good
― i'm beasting off the riesling (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
^^one for the CD sticker
― king dom, come (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/09/a-first-listen-liveblog-of-jayzs-blueprint-3-.html
track-by-track review by teh latimes' jeff weiss.
― ojo, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 00:22 (fourteen years ago) link
I like how he pedantically disputes Jay-Z's claim of ten #1 albums (which is correct) while snarking about "fact-checking"
― R Gmail Still Down? (Remember Me) (some dude), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 02:14 (fourteen years ago) link
obv they're not on the same page wrt the definition of an "album"
― king dom, come (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 02:45 (fourteen years ago) link
haven't heard the beat but lollllllll
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 02:50 (fourteen years ago) link
ok just heard the beat and looooooool
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link
lol @ passion of the weiss now being "la times' jeff weiss"
movin on up
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 04:14 (fourteen years ago) link
ok sorry big hoos, i c&p'd from the times.
― ojo, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link