Saba - CARE FOR ME

Thanks for starting this thread need to listen to this

Damn, only got 3 posts? Pretty sure this will be album of the year for me...

yeah my fault for not evangelizing enough. the album is brilliant

Kind of a rightful heir to both Acid Rap and DAMN, maybe it's not its own thing enough but I won't hold it against a sophomore record, and all in all I doubt I'll hear a better hip-hop record this year. Last three tracks are some sort of rollercoaster.

yep, still loving this record. i relate so hard to the quiet desperation in his voice on "busy day"

agreed

Noname actually also quite similar flow, maybe it's a chi-thing

Awesome album that'll definitely make my end of year list if I go down that route. I was surprised by the lack of discussion here when I first heard it back in April (not that I did anything about it, mind you).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACBKg0bmsXY

new song is great.

CARE FOR ME is one of my five or six favorite albums of the year

I was more sort of appreciating this than really feeling it, but then PROM/KING just slayed me.

'Busy/Sirens' is track of the year for me, easily; and the album is my album of the year. Just felt like a back-to-front, long-term stunner classic to me from the first listen, and the emotional depth, lyrical and flow artistry, production craft and perfect fit to the lyrics have only grown in their appeal after 30+ listens since it was released. Really hope some magazines/journalists/blogs besides mine know/remember in their year-ends.

Chicago or Chicago-diaspora hip-hop has really been dominating my listening in general this year beyond 'Care for Me'--multiple releases from Lando Chill, Noname's 'Room 25,' Mick Jenkins' 'Pieces of A Man,' and possibly most impressive of all Roy Kinsey's 'Blackie' which I know will be massively underheard but is a real masterpiece. https://notnormaltapes.bandcamp.com/album/nnt-064-roy-kinsey-blackie-cs. If they did a group tour it would be legendary.

I was more sort of appreciating this than really feeling it, but then PROM/KING just slayed me.
that was my first impression too

https://m.chicagoreader.com/chicago/john-walt-day-foundation-pivot-gang-saba-chilliams-dinner/Content?oid=63379691

The Roy Kinsey album is definitely my favourite of those mentioned by Soundslike - also one of my favourite albums of the year.

Chicago wise....Chris Crack’s projects this year have been amazing as well

And while they haven’t dropped any great full lengths yet, el hitta, Calboy, polo g, zay osama are all on the verge of breaking out on the street rap side

And cupcakke of course, who is definitely a Chicago artist

The Roy Kinsey joint that flips the “picture me rollin” sample 🔥

haven't heard all the chris crack releases but being woke ain't fun is rly great yeah

yeah that one's great

never realized cupcakke was from chicago

she went to elementary school with chief keef lol

Fun fact of the day!

haha that's great

posted about it in the rap thread, might as well cross post here. check out the pivot gang record if you haven't yet, it's a lot of fun, and it's great to hear saba in a good mood for once lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCaBVqi4Rag

new saba singles are very very lovely, par for the course for him. he dropped a two-in-one video today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNR4WHaGQQw

Glad to see something is coming up, Care for Me was a personal favorite.

'Bout time!

Seems like so long since 2018... World needs a new Saba album...

the pivot gang album from 2019 is a good friends in the studio album. low stakes, high-level rhymes

Yeah--suffers by comparison to Saba's towering artistic achievement, but it's pretty good.

the new joseph chilliams track is bracing and really good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKSG3dW9M_8

new saba single! and it's way bouncier/more uptempo than i would've guessed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgKKHRMZNsg

coming soon!

2022. My first album in almost four years is dropping next month. Few Good Things. February 4th ✅

📷 @MATTC0WEN pic.twitter.com/IVfa92gjvP

— SABA (@sabaPIVOT) January 3, 2022

new album is really great. need to listen a couple more times to let it sink in, but he's really evolved into an incredible rapper. good selection of guests too

5 years ago today…

Saba. CARE FOR ME. pic.twitter.com/QBbT0TBZON

— Andrew Barber (@fakeshoredrive) April 5, 2023

one of the best albums of the decade