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

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

Aye it's really, really good.

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

jiggles wrote: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

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)

jiggles wrote: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.

excellent tune thanks Daul

Can't wait for the Little Simz album

GREY Area was fantastic

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.

Yeah really really enjoying the Dave album!

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

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:

Donda is out

What we making of it?

Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda

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?

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.

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

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.

BTB wrote: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.