if only the sun would come and help dry the water away <3
― uberweiss, Saturday, 4 June 2011 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
personally i prefer cry til you drown your FACE
― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Saturday, 4 June 2011 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
lol k3v u crazy and rong
― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Saturday, 4 June 2011 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
My favorite production trick on the album: The naturalistic lead vocals vs autotuned ad libs on "Sex Intelligent"
― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Saturday, 4 June 2011 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
I'm surprised that folks seem to universally hate the title track. I think it's pretty fun! Might have to vote for Make Up Bag though...
― Moodles, Saturday, 4 June 2011 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
It's an introduction and no more.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 June 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
i think the title track is great, easily one of the best songs here
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Saturday, 4 June 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
i adore "florida university"! "abyss" "turnt out" "fu" and "veteran" are my faves...think it's between "abyss" and "veteran."
and yeah i love the title track...such a pretty melody.
― horseshoe, Saturday, 4 June 2011 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
my sister was a "veteran" for halloween because of this album. i don't think anyone understood.
― horseshoe, Saturday, 4 June 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
lol uh what did she wear
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 4 June 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
i think she wore fatigues and camo makeup. it doesn't bear thinking on too deeply, tbh. also in pretty poor taste, but that's halloween, i guess.
― horseshoe, Saturday, 4 June 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
it would have been funny if she dressed up like terius
― horseshoe, Saturday, 4 June 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
how the hell would someone "get" that a person dressed as a veteran is a reference to a bonus track from a middlingly-selling r&b album
and you guys used to bust on me for thinking he was the center of the music universe!
― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Saturday, 4 June 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
hating on "nikki pt 2" in any way is just wrong
― b.o.s.e. (banned ones still envy) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 4 June 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
not as wrong as thinking this album is better than LVM, but close
― b.o.s.e. (banned ones still envy) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 4 June 2011 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
the verses are great, the "keep showin up keep showin up" etc part sounds terryble tho - compounded by the decision to repeat it after the second verse
― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Saturday, 4 June 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
i wonder if nikki is a mavs fan -- might flip my opinion on the song tbh
― b.o.s.e. (banned ones still envy) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 4 June 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
anyway, as a stone cold terius stan, i don't see how you can hate on "nikki pt 2" if only for nerdy callback reasons
― b.o.s.e. (banned ones still envy) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 4 June 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
I still hold out hope for the Chronicles of Nikki EP
― Number None, Saturday, 4 June 2011 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
i voted for nikki pt 2. may not be the best 'song' on there but it's the prettiest moment
a year on i still listen to 'love king' and 'love/hate' all the time but 'love vs. money' less so
― shalmaneser (tpp), Saturday, 4 June 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
imo it's kinda sad that the little Princealike thought he could get a way with using the name Nikki for one of his own characters
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Saturday, 4 June 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
I think he got away with it quite well
― Number None, Saturday, 4 June 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
Feel like the-dream threads now always descend into
http://clevelandcivilwarroundtable.com/images/events/emancipation_proclamation.jpg
― Tim F, Saturday, 4 June 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
the freeing of the slaves? idgi
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Saturday, 4 June 2011 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
yamaha was the song that stood out to me the most when i first listened to love king, but at this point i would def say florida university is my favorite
― kaygee, Saturday, 4 June 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
team of rivals?
― you're nobody til somebody SBs you (symsymsym), Saturday, 4 June 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
this album is straight bs
― President Keyes, Saturday, 4 June 2011 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
team of rivals
― Tim F, Sunday, 5 June 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
these threads are basically the superfans plus a few people like me and rtc who obviously own and enjoy the albums but just aren't THAT into it, not exactly an epic clash of taste
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Sunday, 5 June 2011 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
detractors are welcome tho will be met by a falsetto chorus of 'u mad'
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 5 June 2011 00:37 (twelve years ago) link
IF IT AINT MY LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEU BETTER HAVE A DOCTOR ON STAND-BY
― pearsonic, Sunday, 5 June 2011 04:01 (twelve years ago) link
torn between "veteran" and the buildup to the second chorus in "abyss"
― Bastards of Young Dro, Sunday, 5 June 2011 05:21 (twelve years ago) link
I really like: Veteran, Sorry, Yamaha, Love King and Make Up Bag quite a lot, but it's Abyss for gotdam sure. That huge build up til the piano creeps in and the beat drops and the vocals swell is so tasty.
FILA is a fine song, but it sounds like a less robust version of Rockin That.
LK took longer to appreciate than the first two, but the payoff was/is there.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Sunday, 5 June 2011 05:47 (twelve years ago) link
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Saturday, June 4, 2011 5:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
yeah, i'm in the non-superfan camp. i'm a fan, sure, but all things in moderation. of the songs i haven't mentioned, glad the title track is getting some attention. it's not among my very favorite tracks, but it's damn good, and was mostly ignored in the initial ILM appraisals, iirc. don't get "make up bag", though, still not on board w that.
― orchestral pygnoeuvres in zee park (contenderizer), Sunday, 5 June 2011 07:17 (twelve years ago) link
This was sorta my point but n/m
― Tim F, Sunday, 5 June 2011 10:34 (twelve years ago) link
"Make Up Bag" is a drab shitty song and the fact that the guy's gorgeous wife divorced him for cheating just as it was flopping as a single makes its lyric even more odious.
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Sunday, 5 June 2011 11:42 (twelve years ago) link
haha, yes I agree with all of that.
― Tim F, Sunday, 5 June 2011 11:43 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno, if i had to worry about the lyrical content i wouldn't listen to lots of things, i think the production is really great on "make up bag"...
― Suggest Banter (Local Garda), Sunday, 5 June 2011 13:00 (twelve years ago) link
if i loved the production/song, i'd forgive the crap lyrics, but no
― orchestral pygnoeuvres in zee park (contenderizer), Sunday, 5 June 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
went with abyss btw
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 5 June 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
voted 'priceless' #lostallcredibility
― pearsonic, Sunday, 5 June 2011 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
sex intelligent remix likely a close second
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 5 June 2011 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
s'funny, those are the two i flipped a coin between. went with SIrmx, but not without regret.
― orchestral pygnoeuvres in zee park (contenderizer), Sunday, 5 June 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
the block i usually skip is panties to the side/turnt out/february love (latter two not actively bad but i don't really NEED to listen to them ever)
Same here - the first is actively awful and the other two I like but their relative restraint feels kinda out of place against the preposterous excess of the rest of the album. In a certain mood though I go directly for Turnt Out and February Love on their own though.
Veteran is magnificent and it still annoys me that Terius included Panties To The Side instead of it.
I kinda think of Nikki Pt 2 and Abyss as the same song, they don't really work on their own. Wish they were one track really.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 5 June 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
veteran is amazing yeah...forgot about that in my deliberations.
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Sunday, 5 June 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
panties to the side is the song ive most warmed up to after initially always skipping it; now i kinda group it w/ 'ditch that' or 'hit it on the road' as overt standalone-type tracks that are good to drive or jog to
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 5 June 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
like "panties to the side" and never got the hate. it's gross, sure, but unlike "make up bag", justifies itself musically, imo.
― orchestral pygnoeuvres in zee park (contenderizer), Sunday, 5 June 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
i don't really like any of terius' song in that vein - "panties", "ditch that", "WFY"
― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Sunday, 5 June 2011 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
wow, "we fuck you" is one of the best e-red songs, you tyrant
― b.o.s.e. (banned ones still envy) (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 5 June 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
it's in the top 15 for sure
― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Sunday, 5 June 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link