There's some bangers on here, and much to my surprise I have heard some Kanye tracks before (POWER, though I can't recall where I've heard it before). This isn't a listen to the whole album kind of album for me, honestly the best parts were any time Kanye wasn't providing vocals. I'd wager people who heard this when it was new have different feels on it, for me I'm hearing it for the first time in the "Kanye loves Hitler" era which has heavily altered the listening experience for me.
Take Me Out I've heard a LOT and its certainly an air-worthy song (though I don't think I'd ever intentionally put it on). The rest of the album feels like more of the same though. This feels like a "hit song you should hear" entry rather than an ALBUM you need to hear entry.
FANTASTIC. This is what I'm talking about. The last few albums for me have been "there is a hit song on this album", which does not a great album make. This is a play the whole album start to finish, the jazz and bebop are killer, even a purely instrumental rendition of this would make a sick album, so with Kendrick's lyrics on top its elevated to the next level.
I could play this on loop all day! Rocky Road to Dublin is a classic. Number of these I knew already (On an old forgotten hard drive somewhere is even an mp3 of my own rendition of Mountain Dew from many years ago). I was kind of surprised to see the play counts on Spotify that Fairytale of New York is by far the most played from this album though!
It has as many bangers as a "greatest hits" compilation but that's just how the album was actually released. Love it.
I'll probably get lit up for this as I've heard quite a lot about this album, but this didn't hit at all for me. Even the top played track felt like generic 90s hip hop. Not at all unpleasant, but if I was scanning through radio stations and heard this album I'd keep scaning.
Started out pretty eh for me, but around when The Rooster came on I realized I was bopping to it without even thinking about it. Killer Mike's entry on Bust was a delight. However, but the time I had made it into disc 2 I was getting bored, redeemed to some degree by Hey Ya! both otherwise I was fully "done" with this before its substantial play length had finished and had to start skipping.
They were jamming alright, and I'm sure they had a good time. Not an unpleasant listen, but not something I'd seek out either. The first track that hit for me was after spotify had autoselected a Jethro Tull song after the end of the album.
I got pretty toe-tappy around Goodbye. The 'big track' on this being Dreaming of You, sounds like an OK Go track, while Simon Diamond, Goodbye & Calendars and Clocks would feel at home in a 70s playlist. The tracks are pretty varied stylistically. The album's so all over the place, I'll probably listen to some of those more 70s-style tracks on their own again, but I don't think I'll play the album back-to-back again as it doesn't feel like a cohesive listen.
OOF another double album for 'one album a day'. Bookended by some real hits. This is too much of The Clash for me in one sitting though.
Solid 4 for me. Not a play all day on loop kind of album for me, but when I'm feeling Bjorky this Bjorks hard.
Had to listen to this on a youtube rip off vinyl because, for some strange reason, some of the tracks on this album are blocked in the US on Spotify? Bizarre. A full banger album, dad rocky but that's kind of my jam, y'know?
Track 2, I love when you tell me to stop, its turning me on, really killed the mood for me. Only knocking it to a 2 since I suspect its meant to be first person antagonist, not just voice of the artist, but I don't want to listen to that.
