Apple Music exclusive.

I mentioned this about a page ago, and commented on how Drizzy just couldn't stop tryna be Yeezy. ;)

Deftones have never made a bad album. I stand by that. Over the years they've grown into a band that I comfortably consider one of my current favorites. It's kind of amazing now, looking back at high school, to think about the longevity they've had and the constant surprises they've delivered.

I'm also shocked to see Pitchfork's glowing review of Gore. Deftones have mostly been a band they've ignored.



^Team Sleep - Woodstock Sessions Vol. 4

(Awesome live album from 2015)


@Sev: believe it or not, the B-Sides album is a good place to start w/ Deftones. Kind of gives you an overview of their sounds. It's an album where a Sade cover sits next to a collaboration w/ Cypress Hill.

@sev, again: Actually did you ever hear the Crosses album from 2014? I think you'd dig that. It was Chino's "electronic" project. Shit reminds me of Depeche Mode, but w/ some screaming. It's legit. Ended up on my Top 10 list that year.

I loved getting that record step by step as multiple free EPs released over two years.. so much fun.

No, never heard it. Actually I think I listened to snippets on iTunes or something, because I was aware of it and I remember being intrigued by some concept art I saw along the way, but I haven't really heard it. I'll look into it though.

^check out "This Is A Trick" for a good example.


In hindsight that Team Sleep album should have made my Top 10 list for 2015. I think I just didn't have enough time to soak it in before the end of the year. Surely I liked it more than B4DA$$ for instance. I mean so weird right? A weird super group makes an album that was shelved in 2001, then finally released in 2006 in completely different form, and then nothing... for 10 years, and then a live album out of the blue. So cool. It's actually just this really spacey sleepy pretty haze of a live performance.

I have zero hype for "Views from the 6." As a former fan, I'll give it a chance when it drops of course, but Drake seems to be on some pseudo Dancehall shit nowadays and I'm not digging that.

FUCKING Danny Brown tweeted that his album is ready. Now that's something I'm excited about. Missed that dude so much. Can't wait to hear it!!!

Btw Crosses live is one of the most fierce, loud shows i ever went too.. that totally surprised me. I didn't expect the teeth their stage show had. It was literally one of the better shows i have been to, was even better than the last deftones show i went to last june

Yeah, I'd like to see some Danny Brown back up in this bitch.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH KING PUSH?

Anyone heard anything at all? The album was supposed to drop in April. It's totally April. I'm waiting.

I'm gonna do it. deftones albums and side projects ranked

1. White Pony (unique, creative, fierce, dark)
2. Around the Fur (this is what rap rock can be when done right)
3. Saturday Night Wrist (this was such a fantastic transitional record)
4. Adrenaline (a classic)
5. Diamond Eyes (this was a record with some teeth)
6. CROSSES (this is like white pony part b)
7. Team Sleep (this was so good live in 2001)
8. Koi No San (i lovely record that would rank higher but the above is so good already)
9. Palms (better live)
10. Self Titled ( i actually really liked the record but its just too minimalist)
11. Gore (so far)

Gore keeps growing on me. Honestly, I like it A LOT.

I have no idea how I'd rank most of their discography. Like, even my least fav Deftones releases are ones I really like. They're just one of those bands that never seem to disappoint me.

So, hip hop... am I right?

Deftones was rap rock so stop hating. This thread is really just SFAD NR Louder Rob Sev hangout

srsly.

At this point I just post pretty much whatever I'm thinking about in this thread. Unless it's actually SY related, then I go upstairs.

But let's see, hip hop...

"Ultralight Beams" has been in my head for days. So pretty. And has such a casual tossed-off feel to it. Chance kills it hard.

TLOP is still my vote for best hip hop album this year. But I mean, we're not even halfway thru the year.

Future's Evol is still wicked awesome. "Lie To Me," is my shiz.

I *like* Untitled Unmastered. I don't love it. What's my deal w/ Kendrick albums lately? I think he's an amazing performer. I know he puts a lot of thought into crafting an album. But I'm having trouble clicking with them the way I did with Section 80 or Good Kid.

Most else what I've been listening to for new stuff this year has been jazz, R&B/soul, and rock. Actually, I'd say that this year has been my most balanced of genres in a long time. Hmm.

Sev just mad cuz deftones taking some of kanye egomaniacal shine ;)

Wait you don't love untitled unmastered? What the huh? Bro do you need to talk?

He says what we're all thinking.
:o

True enough homes. I just don't happen to be very caught up on Deftones. Had a crazy busy week so it's just been TLOP, TLOP, TLOP. Gore's getting some solid reviews though. Pitchfork's was surprisingly positive, and noisey really paid them a massive compliment. Something about how 20 years in, they're still hitting brand new territory on every album.

Gonna have to take Noisey's word on that until I have a chance to hear the record and revisit the last 2-3 albums.

Its funny how deftones are essentially the biggest cult band of past twenty years. The critical praise of recent surprises me, seems they have somehow crashed the gates as some kind of rlder statesmen of bands simply by surviving twenty years at the fringe

this. Yeah. I feel like it's been some secret for years that they're awesome and critics are now just feeling ok with admitting that.

SEV: I like Untitled a lot. More than TPAB probably/maybe. But I'm not into it like TLOP, no.

Wow, man. I'm legitimately surprised to hear that.

I had (and still have) my issues with TPAB's pacing, but the damn album is like a street poet's g-funk take on MBDTF. The two most important hip hop albums of the past 10 years, easy. So while I still usually skip tracks on TPAB, the album as a whole just shreds.

I like untitled unmastered a lot. I think untitled 01 is one of the best tracks of the year, and the rest of the album is full of prime moments.

Maybe you're just not that into Kendrick. No problem if that's the case. For me, untitled unmastered pretty much made me give up and say, OK, Kendrick's my second favorite artist in hip hop.

Is it anywhere near as colorful and joyful as TLOP? Fuck naw man. Hell to the no. But next to Kanye, Kendrick's the man. It's hard to take most modern artists seriously with those two out there killing it.

this is the part I'm trying to make sense of. Cuz I do. I love Section 80 and Good Kid. Hard. And I think he's a phenomenal writer. And I think he has an amazing flow. I like his voice. And he's smart. It's weird. Everything is there. I should love this stuff... but instead I just like it. It's not hooking me the way I expect it should.

Ain't no shoulds or shouldn'ts in this man. I like his first two albums too. Good kid is my favorite by far. He took a pretty sharp left turn on TPAB, and even though I know you love the Jazz elements of that album, maybe it's just not what you want to hear in a hip-hop record. Luckily for you, he doesn't seem like the kind of artist who will stay in one place for too long. He's no Kanye, so I'm not going to expect every album to have an entirely different sonic foundation, but he definitely strikes me as a "phase" artist. His next two albums will probably be quite different than TPAB and uu.

I'm kinda feeling this way about the Rocky these days. I love his first two albums and think they're two of the best hip hop albums of the 2010's, but ALLA didn't quite have the same kind of lasting impact on me, and I've sort of decided that with a few exceptions, it's not what I want from Rocky.

Ain't no thang bro.

Plus, with the critics clamped on K's dick like the jaws of life, it's easy to get exhausted by it all.

yeah you nailed it. Different strokes and all. I love all the recent ASAP Mob shiz. Just whatever. It's what my ears want.

i was thinking more about this. It may be that because I am finding less and less time to listen to music lately, I'm finding myself gravitating towards things that are familiar and comfortable. Which is to say, Kendrick is so forward-thinking, that my brain may not be in a place where it wants challenging music right now. I mean I wouldn't even call Future a good rapper, but at least his album is easily digestible. I don't have to think about anything. Y'know?

Speaking of - I think Evol is really good. I can't help but think that he owes something to SpaceGhostPurrrp tho. I mean this shit sounds like Intoxxxicated 2016 man. Down to the metalic grinding noises and chanting vox.

I haven't really listened to anything other than TLOP and Kendrick hip hop wise for a fuckin' while now. I know I was kinda feeling Evol for a bit. I'll give it another spin. But man that shit just barely feels worth it when there's these two albums are out at the same time.

I'm so ready for some new blood in hip hop that I can get on board with. But I think I may just be getting too old to relate at all to the really new shit. I kinda feel like the rise of Rocky, Kendrick and Chance may have been the last round of up and comers that I could get on board with (them and Joey... I do love Joey).

I think I'm just getting kind of lame. If rather listen to Tribe, Digable planets, Outkast and other now super-old shit than anything new outside the realm of Kendrick, Chance, Rocky and Ye (not that he's new, but with "old" artists like him, who the fuck needs "new" ones?)

Plus there's a new PJ Harvey album out so I may be not giving a shit about much else for a while.

1. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
2. KING - We Are KING
3. David Bowie - Blackstar
4. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
5. Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution
6. Snoh Aalegra - Don't Explain
7. BJ the Chicago Kid - In My Mind
8. Anthony Hamilton - What I'm Feelin'
9. Tank - Sex, Love & Pain II
10. Kevin Gates - Islah

NR's Spotify Survivor - Week 16


The Dandy Warhols - Distortland
Deftones - Gore
Future - Evol
Heliocentrics - From The Deep
Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
Anderson Paak - Malibu
Weezer - White Album
Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo

All i got is Gore in heavy rotation mixed in with some Black Knights Medieval Chambers and The Almighty in there

Already with this? Ok man.

1. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
2. PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
3. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
4. Moderat - III
5. Big Ups - Before a Million Universes
6. David Bowie - Blackstar

... meh. Who fucking cares.

I think those of you who haven't heard Malibu yet would absolutely love it.. think of a modern day young Curtis Mayfield mixed with D'Angelo, Jimi and Kendrick.

I think my fav track on Malibu is "The Dreamers."

lulz

Mess.

what? He's losing it, guys.


What is the point?

Oh boy.

I'm just saying - where does it end? Is he gonna go back and snip verses off of MBDTF? Add a Rick Ross verse to College Dropout? Y'know what I mean?

Probably. Young Thug is gonna be all over Late Registration.

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