am I the only person who has had the opposite reaction? two listens and this doesn't grab me the way Igor or Flower Boy did.
― akm, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
I loved Igor but have had a hard time getting into this one despite it sounding fairly similar to me. Guest verses are quite strong throughout, though. He still seems like a singular artist with a sound that I don't hear much precedence for and/or followers. Thoughts? Someone mentioned Soundcloud rap up thread...this doesn't sound anything like what I think of when I think of Soundcloud rap?
― Indexed, Thursday, 2 September 2021 21:19 (two years ago) link
i love ‘wilshire’
― flopson, Friday, 3 September 2021 03:28 (two years ago) link
I think it's a pretty great one - I've listened a lot over the weeks since its release and haven't tired of it. Interesting to see him reaching for the oldschool vibe, classic beats, DJ Drama as hypeman etc., while the content is pushing a global perspective as the antidote to 'hood vibes. Him saying "call me when you get lost" is a challenge, not a safety net. Anyway for me this music and especially IGOR feels like I feel about Frank Ocean, the artist's own emotional voyage is the centrepiece, the lyrics and bars are a tapestry of moods and anecdotes which give a complex character portrait which I find really engaging. Also "Juggernaut" slams. Thanks for reading my essay.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 3 September 2021 04:06 (two years ago) link
also the crossover between "I Thought You Wanted to Dance" and Steve McQueen's LOVERS ROCK is cool
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 3 September 2021 04:07 (two years ago) link
this is illuminating (and beautiful) https://www.vogue.com/article/tyler-mitchell-and-tyler-the-creator-talk-picnics-dreaming-and-mariah-carey/amp
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 23:47 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh1pJqEXdsg
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
want to like that but don't.
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 September 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link