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[Rocsteady]

Impressed with the new J Cole album, way more into it than I was KOD.

[Mafro]

Impressed with the new J Cole album, way more into it than I was KOD.

Aye it's really, really good.

[jiggles]

I’ve listened to Call Me if You Get Lost right the way through twice now and that is one hell of an album.

[VlaSoul]

I’ve listened to Call Me if You Get Lost right the way through twice now and that is one hell of an album.

Yeah same man, it was great
I was (pleasantly) surprised by the amount of features in it; the wayne section on that one song was cool

[jiggles]

The only thing about it I'm not wild about is the sheer amount of DJ Drama. He's all over the thing. That's nothing against him specifically, I'm just really not a fan of hype men being injected into tracks. Like, I'm already listening to the record, I don't need any more convincing.

WILSHIRE also made me think I was listening to a podcast (still loved it)

[VlaSoul]

The only thing about it I'm not wild about is the sheer amount of DJ Drama. He's all over the thing. That's nothing against him specifically, I'm just really not a fan of hype men being injected into tracks. Like, I'm already listening to the record, I don't need any more convincing.

WILSHIRE also made me think I was listening to a podcast (still loved it)

Gonna second WILSHIRE being quality.

In terms of DJ Drama, I suppose it's that Tyler wanted a Gangsta Grillz tape and then somehow made it happen. I think nostalgia is a common theme here and DJ Drama plays into that, but the nostalgia is used to show Tyler's stylistic evolution and so DJ Drama is then turned instead into more of a narrator that almost provides a narrative throughline linking everything together.

Honestly I could probably have a little bit less of him on the album, but that's the style Tyler was aiming for and reminds me of the Dedication tapes and some other gooseberry fool in a good way.

[Dual]

[<]:^D]

excellent tune thanks Daul

[BTB]

Can't wait for the Little Simz album

[<]:^D]

GREY Area was fantastic

[karl_fletcher]

Dave's new album is predictably excellent. A couple of tracks I don't love (Both Sides of a Smile will likely be skipped from now on) but overall great. In the Fire, Three Rivers and Heart Attack all standout.

Album of the year for me, probably until Sometimes I Might Be Introvert comes out.

[BTB]

Yeah really really enjoying the Dave album!

[Mafro]

The song with Jay-Z (Jail, I think?) is strawberry floating brilliant.

[<]:^D]

Boldy James & Alchemist album is out and its very good:


Ka's also released A Martyrs Reward today - only on WAV from his website at present but he released a video. if you know, you know:

[Mafro]

Donda is out

[Rocsteady]

What we making of it?

Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda

[<]:^D]

i really dont care, artists have about 1 bad project to lose me, and then they need 2 or 3 amazing ones to make me care about them any more

is it worth listening to?

[Rocsteady]

Better than JiK, maybe a little better than Ye, worse than the rest is how I'd rank it in Kanye albums. Seems ok, need to give it a few more listens. Could definitely do with being chopped down in length.

[BTB]

New Little Simz album is out, first album I've bought physically in ages!

[spotify]https://open.spotify.com/album/0DBoWQ52XUHtrZQdfAqOVj[/spotify]

Edit - Oh ffs, that spotify attempt went well

[Mafro]

Donda is good but way too long. Like Rocsteady says it could do with losing around 40mins I'd say.

I've never been a huge Drake fan but the new album is decent.

New Little Simz album is out, first album I've bought physically in ages!

[spotify]https://open.spotify.com/album/0DBoWQ52XUHtrZQdfAqOVj[/spotify]

Edit - Oh ffs, that spotify attempt went well

Just listening to this now! Yeah I think the Spotify embeds are strawberry floated.