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I hear 'Ridiculous' as 'Ticklish' when they fade it and thus RZA's segment on track 7 becomes hilarious.
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Anal Volcano posted:Another Good Friday track One of the best so far
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Anal Volcano posted:Another Good Friday track
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Nov 13, 2010 20:04
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This album has exceeded all of my expectations and then some. Preordering the Deluxe Edition off of iTunes today.
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Nov 13, 2010 20:58
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I wonder if Mama's Boyfriend is going to be released as a G.O.O.D Friday track since it didn't make the final MBDTF track list.
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g-c posted:I wonder if Mama's Boyfriend is going to be released as a G.O.O.D Friday track since it didn't make the final MBDTF track list. when is Bittersweet going to be on an album?
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Nov 13, 2010 22:00
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Wasn't it a Graduation bonus track? also who cares Edit: Yeah, Japanese Graduation release.
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Krysis posted:This album has exceeded all of my expectations and then some. Preordering the Deluxe Edition off of iTunes today. Ditto this statement. I'll also be picking up a physical copy from Best Buy.
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Nov 14, 2010 00:00
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So Blame Game samples Avril 14th by Aphex Twin. huh.
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Oh Mister B posted:So Blame Game samples Avril 14th by Aphex Twin. huh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBFXJw7n-fU The great thing about Kanye is that he's willing to sample everything.
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Nov 14, 2010 00:23
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Like the ending of the album? Check out the original. Brilliant use by Kanye.
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g-c posted:I wonder if Mama's Boyfriend is going to be released as a G.O.O.D Friday track since it didn't make the final MBDTF track list. I really hope so. Also I hope he just keeps doing the Good Friday thing even after the album. edit: Btw, this god drat album.  I loved the ending, but drat did the album end too quickly for me. I just want more of thisss. another edit: I wanted to address this because I didn't see anyone else reply. Ebjan posted:Did people really say Kanye was racist after what happened at the VMA's? I didn't see it at all as something racial. Bubble Bathory fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Nov 14, 2010 |
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He said he's gonna do G.O.O.D. Fridays until Christmas which is so ridiculous. Dude is producing quality stuff at an outrageous rate right now. So five or six more?
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Ebjan posted:Did people really say Kanye was racist after what happened at the VMA's? I've listened to every Kanye album except 808s and Heartbreaks. That would be "College Dropout","Late Registration","Graduation",and "My Dark Twisted Fantasy". The album that I like the most? Graduation. I've been listening and buying hip hop albums since 1985. I think Kanye is a mediocre rapper at best, and his beats run from mediocre to sometimes awesome. I like the beats for "Power" and "So Appalled" or whatever it's called. Even though Kanye's verses aren't mind blowing to me, I think he made his tracks even worse by throwing Rick Ross verses on that aren't even in the same theme of the songs he's putting out. Rap is ridiculous.
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cardedagain posted:personally, i see his motives to be race-related; he went crazy at Justice at the European VMAs years back, and then Taylor Swift. And Bush before either of those two. I've yet to see him so outrageously speak his mind against a non-white celebrity or award winner. I mean Bush was obviously race related but that was just a very emotional outcry that echoed the sentiments of the black community at the time. Otherwise I don't see the Taylor Swift or Justice things as race related but rather his own arrogance. He always lists "the last 5 album of the year winners", stating that some are black but none deserved the award... well all of them were up against him, or someone he's rather closely affiliated with. Kanye West isn't a racist, he just has strong opinions about "injustice" which can be misinterpreted. cardedagain posted:Even though Kanye's verses aren't mind blowing to me, I think he made his tracks even worse by throwing Rick Ross verses on that aren't even in the same theme of the songs he's putting out. There was only one Rick Ross verse on the album, and it fit the sound and experience of DIAND excellently. If you count the Monster intro, that's also pretty fitting. Rick Ross isn't a good lyricist but he's very theatrical and fits a specific mood. e: Also am I the only one who really dislikes Chain Heavy? The beat really isn't consistent with the vibe or subject matter of the song, even if all 4 verses are great. Brett824 fucked around with this message at 08:17 on Nov 14, 2010 |
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Brett824 posted:There was only one Rick Ross verse on the album, and it fit the sound and experience of DIAND excellently. If you count the Monster intro, that's also pretty fitting. Rick Ross isn't a good lyricist but he's very theatrical and fits a specific mood. I wasn't feeling chain heavy either, also Rick Ross kicks off "Monster" does he not?
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Bonye West posted:I wasn't feeling chain heavy either, also Rick Ross kicks off "Monster" does he not? It's a 4 bar intro.
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Brett824 posted:It's a 4 bar intro. Semantics! Even his intro was relevant to the song.
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From what I've heard, this album will be beyond amazing. The more I think about it, the more the Runaway video comes across as a brilliant stroke of genius. Kanye said he made that gargantuan video so that each track, even those that wouldn't become singles, would have some sort of visual identity. And it really works -- listening through conjures up all sorts of images calling back to that video. If Watch the Throne and the Child Rebel Soldier LP come out in a timely manner and are as good as they could be, Kanye will cement (without hyperbole) his status of one of hip-hop's greatest visionaries
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I am another "doesn't know that much about rap / hip hop" person who things this album is basically awesome. I mostly like the narrative and the balls out aural opulence of it. Which, to me, go hand in hand. So there are certainly places where things seem to go on that bit too long, but I can easily forgive them because I feel the album has a commentary on the limits of excess as a central theme. I've listened to the rest of Kanye's stuff, and much like someone earlier in the thread, this is the first time I've not skipped a track, even after repeated listens. Hell, it got repeated listens rather than just getting the good tracks taken cherry picked.
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I'm not understanding people saying it's overproduced and whatnot... I mean I kinda get where people are coming from. This album is loving slick. But saying it's too produced is kinda like going "Terminator had too much action and robots in it" like yeah if you don't like robots and action then fair enough but that's the loving point. Loving the album. No poo poo tracks really.
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teacup posted:I'm not understanding people saying it's overproduced and whatnot.. Well, I know I liked Runaway more without the "we gotcha" loop in the background.
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Sisgmund posted:Well, I know I liked Runaway more without the "we gotcha" loop in the background. I actually like it a lot more I was pleased he included it.
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Sisgmund posted:Well, I know I liked Runaway more without the "we gotcha" loop in the background. I think specifically Runaway is probably a wild card in any discussion I've seen, mostly because we've heard so many different versions of it already.
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The song with Cudi & Raekwon (Gorgeous) is INCREDIBLE. Kanye West has once again rebuilt hip hop in his own image.
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Bonye West posted:I actually like it a lot more I was pleased he included it. I've come around to it, but it's a different song, and I'd had the version from the video on repeat while I did some writing. So to hear it with the new loop kinda shook me out of my first listen. Runaway is one of my favourite tracks from the album, though. So Appalled, Devil in a New Dress, Hell of a Life and Blame Game are the ones I'd say are weaker, but they're still great.
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The featured artist list for this album is nuts. Outside of usual partners Jay, Cudi & John Legend the others are all pretty broadly chosen. Nice to see Rick Ross used in a way that isn't straight up ice-rap. He's got a neat schtick but even his gravelly swagger style grates after hearing a few verses about foreign cars. I don't love Fergie, but I think it's pretty funny how much she sounds like Axl Rose some times. The only thing this really lacks is a Weezy appearance. A Wayne/Kanye/Jay-Z album would be the best thing. Every time any two of them are on a song it explodes (Diamonds / Lollipop Remixes, Barry Bonds, Mr. Carter, Hello Brooklyn 2.0 etc.).
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Sisgmund posted:I've come around to it, but it's a different song, and I'd had the version from the video on repeat while I did some writing. So to hear it with the new loop kinda shook me out of my first listen. Music is opinion so it's always interesting to see where people are at, So Appalled and Blame game are two of my favourites on the album actually  I think Blame Game has the potential to be my favourite song by him yet. I also am really loving Monster more and more, not a fan of Nicki Minaj at all but she tears that song up. Great to see some of the people I rolled my eyes at really upping their game on here and going hard.
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dolphins are gay posted:The song with Cudi & Raekwon (Gorgeous) is INCREDIBLE. Kanye West has once again rebuilt hip hop in his own image. Came back to post this. It's almost mean, it just doesn't loving care. Kanye goes on forever, too, it's great. Been listening to this album nonstop. It's perfect right now. This full version of Power seems like a great big monolithic middle finger to "  gayfish" and haters in general. It's like my bulletproof-hater-coat anthem.
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It turns out more people are disappointed with Chain Heavy's beat than I had thought. Overnight it seems like 50 different mixes of the original facebook acapellas over different beats have shown up on Youtube. They're all really bad too.
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Oh man, I love Hell of a Life. Iron Man  Please tell me this album is coming out on vinyl somewhere.
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Angryhead posted:Oh man, I love Hell of a Life. Iron Man Graduation never showed up on vinyl IIRC, but it would be a tragedy if this didn't.
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Brett824 posted:It turns out more people are disappointed with Chain Heavy's beat than I had thought. Overnight it seems like 50 different mixes of the original facebook acapellas over different beats have shown up on Youtube. They're all really bad too. Chain Heavy is like my favorite G.O.O.D. Friday track other than the Power remix.
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Brett824 posted:I mean Bush was obviously race related but that was just a very emotional outcry that echoed the sentiments of the black community at the time. Otherwise I don't see the Taylor Swift or Justice things as race related but rather his own arrogance. He always lists "the last 5 album of the year winners", stating that some are black but none deserved the award... well all of them were up against him, or someone he's rather closely affiliated with. Kanye West isn't a racist, he just has strong opinions about "injustice" which can be misinterpreted. oh, and he went on record to tell Paul McCartney that he felt his album (Graduation?) deserved a Grammy more than Paul's album a few years ago. First off, caring about Grammies isn't very hip hop; it's more pop nonsense than anything else. Second off: Paul's white. another white person. Kanye publicly talks poo poo to white people more than any other race. case closed.
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Kanye West oppressing white people is okay in my book.
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cardedagain posted:oh, and he went on record to tell Paul McCartney that he felt his album (Graduation?) deserved a Grammy more than Paul's album a few years ago. Yeah, but of course he wants his own album to win and of course he's going to say something about it. I really don't see the whole "scary black man harasses whites" aspect to this too much.
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Bonye West posted:Music is opinion so it's always interesting to see where people are at, So Appalled and Blame game are two of my favourites on the album actually Blame Game and So Appalled are songs that I will probably adore after coming back to the album after not listening to it in its entirety for a while.
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cardedagain posted:oh, and he went on record to tell Paul McCartney that he felt his album (Graduation?) deserved a Grammy more than Paul's album a few years ago. Whoa there white victim, chill. Kanye cares about the Grammies because he (incorrectly) thinks they should be an accurate representation of the greatest music for a time period. Kanye is all about pop culture and wanting to be a "representation of the people", it's not some weird "not hip hop" vs "hip hop" mentality thing.
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