i think whether this is disappointing or not kinda depends on whether you are viewing it as a dusted weird underground rap record or an "event" album like watch the throne or good kid, m.a.a.d. city....
the spin review was otm in saying that earl's profile in the press has kinda meant this album has expectations that it wasn't created to meet
like it should be judged alongside ka's the night gambit or something not kendrick or drake or w/e
― usic for 18 magicians (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 22 August 2013 22:16 (ten years ago) link
Chum, whoa, Sunday, Burgundy, maybe one other
But I don't regret buying the album on itunes
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 22 August 2013 22:18 (ten years ago) link
^hive
but helgo otm
― s. cloverlandthug (The Reverend), Thursday, 22 August 2013 22:25 (ten years ago) link
ka's is better
― President Keyes, Thursday, 22 August 2013 22:30 (ten years ago) link
Yeah hive too
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 22 August 2013 22:32 (ten years ago) link
i like em both for different reasons, i like the sloppiness of the whole earl album
― usic for 18 magicians (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 22 August 2013 22:44 (ten years ago) link
i feel like the entire Odd Future aesthetic was painstakingly carved out of all the little corners of the history of hip-hop production and lyricism that i have absolutely no affection for
― some dude, Thursday, 22 August 2013 23:22 (ten years ago) link
haha yeah i like it!
― usic for 18 magicians (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 22 August 2013 23:36 (ten years ago) link
D12 f/ MF Doom produced by 2007 Pharrell sounds like a good time to you huh
― some dude, Thursday, 22 August 2013 23:49 (ten years ago) link
hi i'm matt
― everything I do is funky like Debussy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 22 August 2013 23:51 (ten years ago) link
j.k. but i guess i don't hear the pharrell as much, feels much more kinda like i said stone's throwy...some of the beats remind me the percee p or guilty simpson records
― everything I do is funky like Debussy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 22 August 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link
yeah i haven't heard all of this album so maybe the skateboard p vibe is not heavy on it
― some dude, Thursday, 22 August 2013 23:56 (ten years ago) link
i've probably listened to this about twenty times through now, it's good.good look with the axelrod samples too
― YOU FOOLS PAY OVER $2.50 for a comic book (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 August 2013 02:05 (ten years ago) link
nevermind i don't care
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, August 22, 2013 4:21 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 23 August 2013 03:13 (ten years ago) link
was looking forward to this, but am also finding it a bit boring - lacking the puerile guignol and malignant mischeif of the first album (or the turns on Radical, Blackenedwhite and Earmilk). Earl's voice is still captivating, just find his manner more limited than before. Hmm, listening now and not sure that's fair, maybe it's the music - will give it more goes - still find that early OFWGKTA stuff fascinating and it's great to have a new Earl LP.
Just one thing, and he's in no way alone in this - wish he wouldn't do that thing having a go at 'the critics'. Go the MES route and NAME them - yr enemies - otherwise it's meaningless and also slightly laughable for someone so generally critically praised.
― Fizzles, Friday, 23 August 2013 06:13 (ten years ago) link
otm, but he does call out Complex specifically fwiw
― s. cloverlandthug (The Reverend), Friday, 23 August 2013 06:58 (ten years ago) link
ok, fair enough!
― Fizzles, Friday, 23 August 2013 07:03 (ten years ago) link
only thing i don't like about this album is RZA saying "fuck the freckles off your face bitch"
― usic for 18 magicians (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, August 22, 2013 2:09 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
OTM. This ruins, for me, what should have been the best track on the album.
Also, second half > first half, "Chum" and "Burgundy" aside.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Friday, 23 August 2013 18:13 (ten years ago) link
there's also this way that RZA has of almost pronouncing words like "freckles" like "fweckles" but he doesn't quite do it and it's this weird imaginary letter that's between "R" and "W" that only RZA knows and it sounds like shit to me
― everything I do is funky like Debussy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 August 2013 18:15 (ten years ago) link
is that not a speech impediment?
― j., Friday, 23 August 2013 18:24 (ten years ago) link
his lispiness is nice when (/back when) he's rapping fast imo
― szarkasm (schlump), Friday, 23 August 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
everyone say the word bjork like rza
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 23 August 2013 18:48 (ten years ago) link
its fun
Yeah, it's really good, starting to think that Tyler's output might be the weakest of the gang.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 30 August 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
^regardless of what you think of OFWGKTA, I think that, a couple of clear exceptions aside, is clearly the case. To what extent does his (to me fairly moribund) musical influence permeate the others' stuff?
― Fizzles, Friday, 30 August 2013 18:06 (ten years ago) link
In terms of who influences who, have no idea how OFWGKTA works, but I came to enjoy Tyler way more when he is on other people's tracks. The thing is that he doesn't seem to care that much about making music like Earl, Frank Ocean and perhaps to a lesser extent, Domo Genesis. I feel Tyler's album are there to be there, because to do what he is doing he needs to releases album. That being said, I would have been way more excited about Odd Future if it wasn't for Tyler's antics, but I can totally see how people would feel the exact opposite. It's hard to tell really.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 30 August 2013 18:34 (ten years ago) link
Tyler seems to enjoy that act of <i>entertaining</i> way more than Earl and Frank do. He's not always successful at it, but I usually appreciate the effort.
― Evan R, Friday, 30 August 2013 18:36 (ten years ago) link
The thing is that he doesn't seem to care that much about making music like Earl, Frank Ocean and perhaps to a lesser extent, Domo Genesis
doesn't he produce waaaay more of his own tracks than they do? i get the sense that he cares more about that side of it than rapping.
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 30 August 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
i thought earl produced his whole new record himself?
― everything I do is funky like Debussy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 30 August 2013 18:46 (ten years ago) link
Actually, what Earl did on this album that I really enjoy is to keep things short. Songs like 20 Wave Caps and Sunday don't need to be longer than 2:12 and 3:26, it's really good editing. Tyler's songs just go on and on and on and there is so many of them and it's tiring.
xpost, oh I wasn't aware of that, but perhaps it explains why his output feels lukewarm compared to his big potential?
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 30 August 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link
haha what?
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 30 August 2013 19:19 (ten years ago) link
i guess he did some beats and co-production, but he's also got samiyam, alchemist, neptunes, tyler, badbadnotgood (ugh), etc on there.
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 30 August 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
eh it said that in some review i read (under pseudonym like random black guy or something)? so yeah maybe not
― everything I do is funky like Debussy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 30 August 2013 20:20 (ten years ago) link
He did two tracks by himself and co-produced a few others
― s. cloverlandthug (The Reverend), Friday, 30 August 2013 22:45 (ten years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/37ba7aeb00351e0a810b4866a060b596/tumblr_mud51qVa5W1qdl86po1_500.jpg
― papa smango (fadanuf4erybody), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
wau
― Hip Hop Hamlet (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 21:54 (ten years ago) link
crazy
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 21:58 (ten years ago) link
Vince Staples on Hive >>>> everything else ever
― alpine static, Sunday, 24 August 2014 06:07 (nine years ago) link
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-dont-like-s**t-i-dont-go/id974796109
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 06:48 (nine years ago) link
and based on his furious twitter feed, this looks like a worse-than-kendrick fuck up releasehttps://twitter.com/earlxsweat
EARL @earlxsweat · 11m 11 minutes agoTHEY GOT ME FUCKKKKEEEDDDD UPEARL @earlxsweat · 12m 12 minutes agoDON'T TRUST IT IF IT DOESN'T COME FROM THE SOURCEEARL @earlxsweat · 55m 55 minutes agoTOO MANY FUCKING COOKSEARL @earlxsweat · 1h 1 hour agoDAMNEARL @earlxsweat · 1h 1 hour agoIM LIVIDEARL @earlxsweat · 1h 1 hour agoITS TRASH TO HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S ERRORS, I AM FUCKING HOTEARL @earlxsweat · 1h 1 hour agoI WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK @SonyMusicGlobal 4 FUCKING UP THE ROLL OUT PROCESS OF MY SHIT. SOMEONE GOTS 2 PAY 4 THEIR MISTAKES ! #SWEATEARL @earlxsweat · 1h 1 hour agolabel got me FUCKED up!!!!!!!!
EARL @earlxsweat · 12m 12 minutes agoDON'T TRUST IT IF IT DOESN'T COME FROM THE SOURCE
EARL @earlxsweat · 55m 55 minutes agoTOO MANY FUCKING COOKS
EARL @earlxsweat · 1h 1 hour agoDAMN
EARL @earlxsweat · 1h 1 hour agoIM LIVID
EARL @earlxsweat · 1h 1 hour agoITS TRASH TO HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S ERRORS, I AM FUCKING HOT
EARL @earlxsweat · 1h 1 hour agoI WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK @SonyMusicGlobal 4 FUCKING UP THE ROLL OUT PROCESS OF MY SHIT. SOMEONE GOTS 2 PAY 4 THEIR MISTAKES ! #SWEAT
EARL @earlxsweat · 1h 1 hour agolabel got me FUCKED up!!!!!!!!
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 06:50 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdcmfzsVVF8
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 06:53 (nine years ago) link
^ this is weird btw, minimal/dirgelike/sorta lean-influenceddunno what to make of this
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 07:00 (nine years ago) link
it's awesome is what i make of it
Earl >>>>
― alpine static, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 07:07 (nine years ago) link
God this album is good
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 23 March 2015 20:57 (nine years ago) link
Doris was already a weird little triumph for me, I like this one even more.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 23 March 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link
is there a non-Spotify way to stream this yet?
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 23 March 2015 21:11 (nine years ago) link
this is really good, kind of don't care about a lot of what he's saying, but whatever
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 23 March 2015 21:43 (nine years ago) link
fuck it, i just bought it on itunes. okay so far, sounds like an extended status update from planet Earl.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 23 March 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
I like how he doesn't give a fuck about going pop
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 23 March 2015 22:17 (nine years ago) link
if your rap handle is "Wiki" you should really be a crazy fount of random facts
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 23 March 2015 22:19 (nine years ago) link