the gentle brilliance of deem spencer's 'we think we alone' (a thraed)

surprised youre feeling this tbh

I tend to be iffy on lo fi post odd future type shit but he's actually great formally w a lot of the aspects those types of artists usually suck at--good consistent rapper voice, strong consistent vision that's surprisingly colorful, great melodic sense and singing voice, gift for lil compositional moments...sometimes sounds like a mos def singing track big kn a good way

Usually "consistent" is code for samey but he puts a lot together in a narrow package

surprised youre feeling this tbh

― flopson, Friday, September 29, 2017 7:19 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Tbh I was more surprised it got such a middling review in pitchfork

On first listen, this is... very good? Omnivorous interests and understated flow, will try again.

Consistent is not a bad modifier here

I tend to be iffy on lo fi post odd future type shit but he's actually great formally w a lot of the aspects those types of artists usually suck at--good consistent rapper voice, strong consistent vision that's surprisingly colorful, great melodic sense and singing voice, gift for lil compositional moments...sometimes sounds like a mos def singing track big kn a good way

― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, September 30, 2017 2:57 AM (sixteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i meant more cuz he's from ny lol

i only gave this the gentlest of skims when it came out but will put it back on this week

It is a little slight, but considering that

this is quite something

yeah, this is great. it's not often i find myself wishing a rap album was longer...

new song

https://soundcloud.com/deemspencer/birds-bees

new single (circa November) is gorgeous and creepy: https://soundcloud.com/deemspencer/is-prod-by-frank-leone

https://www.bam.org/music/2019/deem-spencer