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Originally Posted by louder
"Severian has exceeded their stored private messages quota and can not accept further messages until they clear some space".
btw, i still have faith in Lupe. Food & Liquor and The Cool are some of my fav hip-hop albums. and don't take my word for it, but i think he might drop a mixtape today where he's supposedly rapping over Yeezus/MCHG beats.
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Should be room now, but no need to bother unless you have an expanded edition or something wild like that. I got it, and listened to it today. I have to say that I'm surprised. I was expecting a completely different kind of album based on the cover art and hinted-at neediness. Maybe something lighthearted and soul-based; darker than Chance, more produced than Tree, but along the same levels.
Not the case. One listen in and I'm far from ranking this album anywhere near the year's best. I like it, and I took note of a few songs that could be serious fucking favorites in the future, if they grow well, but my first impression is this:
1. Denzel Curry really likes A$AP Rocky. A lot. You guys said you heard Wu-tang? I can see that, but all I hear is A$AP minus the almost shoegaze I Clams production that is really what makes his albums so god damn amazing.
2. I think he's trying I get the best of both worlds: social/conscious and thug. But I don't think he's old enough to have a real social conscience, so it comes across as ... Odd.
3. He can rap like crazy, and he's going to be incredible, and I love the future him already. The present him is a natural emcee with a great taste in cover art ( anyone else see Jar Jar Binks if they squint and state at the boobs? I swear, there's a nose and rasta- amphibian mouth in between those tats.) He just needs to move somewhere that isn't Florida, so he can have a soul.
(3.5/5 after 1 shuffled listen)