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Organic Robot posted:That Death Grip's comparison is pretty spot on for "Black Skinhead", and I am totally down with an album of angry Kanye. Listening to both songs, its pretty much going to be the pop death grips album you can ease your friends into for the real death grips.
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# ? May 19, 2013 18:01 |
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# ? May 29, 2024 10:25 |
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Fuuuuck I just watched the SNL clips and I am so loving pumped for this album. I just hope the recordings capture that energy and anger he was showing last night.
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# ? May 19, 2013 20:30 |
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Good Will Hrunting posted:I hope "Black Skinhead" has slightly less vocal distortion on the album version. Why? That was one of the coolest parts! Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:We now have the official album art Interesting... So is the actual CD case gonna look like that? All scratched up and torn? And will the outline of the CD actually be the outline of the CD, and the gold foil is just that shape on top of the CD and not actually a full album art insert? Or is all of that just the art insert and the case/CD are going to look different? Either way, it's badass. I like the rebellious style he seems to be going with on this one.
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# ? May 19, 2013 20:48 |
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incoherent posted:Listening to both songs, its pretty much going to be the pop death grips album you can ease your friends into for the real death grips. This. These new songs are mindblowing to me. Here's hoping this spurs more Death Grips-like music in the industry. Something the world needs.
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# ? May 19, 2013 23:55 |
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Trent Reznor and Saul Williams tried that 6 years ago and look where that got them...
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# ? May 20, 2013 00:15 |
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Of all the directions Kanye explored on MBDTF, the one he decided to go forward with was "Monster." I heartily approve.
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# ? May 20, 2013 00:37 |
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Something the world needs. It really is not
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# ? May 20, 2013 00:46 |
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I hope he's channeling the creativity that you can tell has been frustrating him for a while. Like how mbdtf was pimping out its alleged artistry but its content was boring. But I'm probably too high and completely wrong. e: Is this the kanye west thread or pitchfork buzz artist thread?? I'm lost a dog from hell fucked around with this message at 01:13 on May 20, 2013 |
# ? May 20, 2013 00:55 |
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Does anyone know where I can get a video of Black Skinhead that I can listen to/watch in the UK? The NBC ones are blocked over here, and I can't find it on DailyMotion. I'm dying to hear it, Yeezy channeling Death Grips sounds like my favourite thing ever.
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# ? May 20, 2013 00:56 |
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Im worried kanye is taking himself a bit too seriously now. If the entire album is the same as these 2 songs then that sounds kinda tedious
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# ? May 20, 2013 01:09 |
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thathonkey posted:Im worried kanye is taking himself a bit too seriously now. If the entire album is the same as these 2 songs then that sounds kinda tedious Oh 'ye of little faith.
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# ? May 20, 2013 01:25 |
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doctor thodt posted:Oh 'ye of little faith. Im just a professional pessimist. I just dont like buying into all the hype around my favorite artists. thathonkey fucked around with this message at 01:35 on May 20, 2013 |
# ? May 20, 2013 01:30 |
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thathonkey posted:Im just a professional pessimist. I just dont like buying into all the hype around my favorite artists. Kanye has always taken himself a bit to serious. That's kind of his thing.
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# ? May 20, 2013 02:08 |
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The_Rob posted:Kanye has always taken himself a bit to serious. That's kind of his thing. Oh yeah i meant rather i hope the album finds some time to be fun/funny instead of 100% dark and about "serious issues" that kanye is having or whatever
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# ? May 20, 2013 03:19 |
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thathonkey posted:Oh yeah i meant rather i hope the album finds some time to be fun/funny instead of 100% dark and about "serious issues" that kanye is having or whatever I understand that, but I really want a second 808's. I want it to be an hour and a half of kanye losing his mind. Also I don't want any 2 chains or Big Sean features.
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# ? May 20, 2013 04:08 |
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The_Rob posted:Also I don't want any 2 chains or Big Sean features. 2 Chainz is kind of fun in doses. I love when you just hear "TWO CHAINNZZZZZZZ" on 'Mercy'. Also 2 Chainz is really tall and that's scary.
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# ? May 20, 2013 05:40 |
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The_Rob posted:Also I don't want any 2 chains or Big Sean features. Big Sean is what boredom sounds like.
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# ? May 20, 2013 05:48 |
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2 Chainz can be cool in doses and has a few decent verses. Big Sean, now that's that poo poo I don't like.
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# ? May 20, 2013 05:51 |
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Good Will Hrunting posted:2 Chainz can be cool in doses and has a few decent verses. Big Sean, now that's that poo poo I don't like. I dunno man I feel like 2 chainz ruins every song he's on. Which is a shame because he usually has great production. Not to mention how horrible his verse on Ali Bomaye is.
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# ? May 20, 2013 06:06 |
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rear end was loving hilarious the first time I heard it, before it even became a single on the radio. I didn't quite know what to make of it. I thought it was a novelty act. I couldn't stop laughing for like half an hour straight. Then it got played 20 times a day, censored, on the rap stations around here
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# ? May 20, 2013 06:08 |
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I want to hear the last part of new slaves properly so bad.
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# ? May 20, 2013 06:37 |
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http://www.youredm.com/2013/05/19/kanye-west-debuts-black-skinhead-produced-by-daft-punk/ I posted this in the Daft Punk thread, but I'll post it here too: The writer of an upcoming Rolling Stone article on Daft Punk confirms that Daft Punk produced Black Skinhead.
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# ? May 20, 2013 07:13 |
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While I like the style of Black Skinhead, the lyrics seem pretty childish and amateur. Name dropping 300 and Inglorious Basterds? Kinda weak.
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# ? May 20, 2013 07:35 |
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Allusions to popular culture?? In MY rap music???
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# ? May 20, 2013 07:41 |
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:http://www.youredm.com/2013/05/19/kanye-west-debuts-black-skinhead-produced-by-daft-punk/ daft punk produced a death grips beat for kanye?
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# ? May 20, 2013 07:53 |
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I require constant literary references to the greats such as Cummings and Kafka. I do not have time for such juvenile references of modern culture.
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# ? May 20, 2013 07:54 |
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Drake Bate posted:daft punk produced a death grips beat for kanye? Two, actually. (To be specific, we don't know what the other track is so its not safe to assume its another black skinhead) I wonder if the other one will show up on a mixtape, the album, or shelved for a future greatest-hits album.
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# ? May 20, 2013 08:25 |
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This is not confirmed by anything official that I'm aware of but I've seen a lot of people saying that the album cover is a melted-down Jesus piece, which could make sense.
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# ? May 20, 2013 08:26 |
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Drake Bate posted:daft punk produced a death grips beat for kanye? Not really big on Daft Punk but I am extremely excited about this for some reason.
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# ? May 20, 2013 09:45 |
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I'm so god drat excited for yeezus holy poo poo
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# ? May 20, 2013 11:47 |
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epitasis posted:Allusions to popular culture?? In MY rap music??? Those movies are both 4-5 yrs old and 300 has been referenced in at least half a dozen other rap songs before so yeah those lines are some pretty lame mixtape fare. Also the 300 are greek (spartan) not roman but I guess we can let that slide. Let's not pretend Kanye is a super lyrical genius because he ain't. thathonkey fucked around with this message at 14:57 on May 20, 2013 |
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thathonkey posted:Those movies are both 4-5 yrs old and 300 has been referenced in at least half a dozen other rap songs before so yeah those lines are some pretty lame mixtape fare. Also the 300 are greek (spartan) not roman but I guess we can let that slide. Let's not pretend Kanye is a super lyrical genius because he ain't. No one is saying he is, but it's ridiculous to complain about pop culture references in rap music. Kanye references Robocop and Misery in a song for gently caress's sake.
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# ? May 20, 2013 15:16 |
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I dont think anyone was complaining about pop culture references in general?
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# ? May 20, 2013 15:25 |
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Yeah I don't mind pop culture references, rappers use them to stay relevant and if the lyrics are clever and tie into the theme of the song then all the power to it. If he were trying to underscore the fascism in the movie 300 as a way to critique racism in western media then yeah, I'd say that is clever. Is that what he is trying to do?
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# ? May 20, 2013 15:33 |
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Let the speculation begin Mr Ice Cream Glove fucked around with this message at 15:40 on May 20, 2013 |
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degauss posted:Does anyone know where I can get a video of Black Skinhead that I can listen to/watch in the UK? The NBC ones are blocked over here, and I can't find it on DailyMotion. I'm dying to hear it, Yeezy channeling Death Grips sounds like my favourite thing ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhB0JJH6kqw Edit: Nope, it was taken down five seconds after I listened to it.
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Black Griffon posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhB0JJH6kqw http://vimeo.com/66505918 Try this one
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Trent Reznor and Saul Williams tried that 6 years ago and look where that got them... Ha, my wife and I said the same thing during the performance. My wife for the music, I for the tone/theme and that Saul would have been lyrically much better. Also had the Death Grips comparison. That said, I do dig the song outside of the lyrics.
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The Walking Dad posted:While I like the style of Black Skinhead, the lyrics seem pretty childish and amateur. Name dropping 300 and Inglorious Basterds? Kinda weak. Orbi posted:Theory I stole from elsewhere (a Kanye fan forum that seems to steal some SA smilies): the song is about how reality (specifically in relation to African-American population) is twisted, manipulated and demonised by the media. There's that presumably intentional error, the Inglorious Basterds reference at the end about how Hitler died in a burning theatre which obviously isn't how it actually happened, his King Kong reference at the start. Almost the entire song is full of stuff like that. "They say I'm possessed", "If I don't get ran down by Catholics / Here come some some conservative Baptists / Sayin' me overreacting", "I been a menace for the longest / And I ain't finished, I'm devoted", almost that entire last verse is all about how he's aware of what he is to other people ("I'm aware I'm a wolf / As soon as the moon hits [I'm guessing this is referencing how Yeezy's quite the opportunist when it comes to the media]/ I'm aware I'm a king / Back out the tomb bitch") and how African-Americans are treated by the media "These niggas ain't doin' poo poo". Maybe try listening critically a little bit before you childishly dismiss things in an out-of-context way.
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# ? May 20, 2013 18:01 |
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The worst thing about the two songs that have been leaked is dudes are gonna try to draw some strained death grips comparison and trick a bunch of otherwise innocent people into listening to loving death grips. I mean at least Niggy Tardust sounded like music and not some dudes trying to be eXXXtreeme!!!!!! and edgy or w/e. (btw Niggy Tardust was a great album) Also the album's gonna be good, I have no doubt. In terms of making good music, Kanye's the best commercial rapper ever (even though he's average at best as a "rapper"). All of his albums have been great to amazing, and they each have a unique sound and this one seems like it's gonna continue the trend.
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