Actually liked it way more than I expected to. Was ready for some spiritual lyrical miracle boom bap jazz rap but was pleasantly surprised at how pop-minded it was and the different sounds going on. Ultimately not the kind of rap album I will ever voluntarily listen to again but I COULD and I wouldn't hate it In other words 3/5 needs more Nettspend

At first, I wasn't sure that it lived up to the raucousness of my fav Fela Kuti studio recordings but as it went on I felt more and more hypnotized and really enjoyed it a lot.

Listened to it like 3 or 4 times, energy is insane and it's so fun to hear the people freaking out. Went to a concert last night and was thinking about this album and how I was wishing every concert was just 30 minutes of nonstop intense bangers... I think the only thing preventing me from putting it at 5 for right now is that this kind of music resonates most with me when the TUNES are really undeniable and for some reason despite listening several times the melodies and hooks didn't stay with me that much. This might be a skill issue on my part tho!

Have decided I am rating albums based on how much I enjoy rather than my critical opinion of them There are certain pieces of art I have sorta purposefully avoided because i feel like i have already absorbed them through cultural osmosis and they exist in this weird limbo of already knowing a ton about them but also having never interacted with them before... like the Godfather as a movie example or like Gravity's Rainbow for the books. where Godfather is like the most "movie" movie you know? "it insists upon itself" Yeah okay bro anyway peter griffin chicken fight okay cool anyways Thriller is the music versoin of that for me where i have heard each song 1000 times but only in 30 second pieces over the course of my life to where it like doesnt feel like a real album to me, so it was an interesting experience to actually listen to it and like i like some of the michael jackson songs but what does he know about halloween Like why is it halloween evil themed in the middle of a block buster pop album?? why is he lowkey flirting with paul mccartney? Every song for me sounds more like a ringtone than a song, Beat it is like some bon jovi type vibes, idk bro its just not for me sorry but Human Nature is a banger fs

Love Lauryn Hill but had never listened to this before! Pretty much every song was awesome what else can I say ^_^

I honestly like a fair amount of music that is obviously inspired by this so I can definitely appreciate it from that angle. I also don't mind when they just pick a riff and rock out for a second. But pretty much everything else they do makes me want to kill myself

It's actually impressive how closely this straddles the line between music I like and music that makes me want to go postal. The Todd Rundgren production definitely helps, and when the song writing is good I actually don't mind it that much. The fact that it is sorta winkingly over-the-top can veer towards endearing for me, but at times the melodies are just so uninteresting that the cheesiness is all that is left for me and then I just don't give a shit. Ultimately none of the songs really stuck with me but I at least found it interesting to listen to and ponder whether or not I liked it whereas Deep Purple was just a slog of hatred and suicidality

I stayed up until 1 AM watching instagram reels last night

Actually liked it way more than I expected to. Was ready for some spiritual lyrical miracle boom bap jazz rap but was pleasantly surprised at how pop-minded it was and the different sounds going on. Ultimately not the kind of rap album I will ever voluntarily listen to again but I COULD and I wouldn't hate it In other words 3/5 needs more Nettspend

Gonna liveblog my thoughts as I listen Tom Sawyer: Have obviously "listened" to this song through cultural osmosis but have never sat down and actually listened. 30 seconds in and the vocals make me want to kill myself. Synths are unforgivable but I sadly must admit the chord progression around 45 seconds hit a bit harder than I'd like. Holy fuck synth solo is the worst thing I have ever heard. Guitar solo is nails on a chalkboard but bassline is actually kinda cool. I'm hearing "government" "society" and "discontent" in the lyrics, seems pretty retarded so that's cool. It's not really lingering on any one idea for too long like a lot of the world's worst prog rock does so I can appreciate that. Definitely could have ended one minute earlier without losing ANYTHING interesting. Red Barchetta: Once again, an utterly detestable synth. Kinda confused because musically the intro is like a nice jangle pop song and then the singing starts and I want to jump off a bridge. Oh okay cool now they're like rocking out which sounds pretty bad. Fuck the bridge is so terrible. Okay like in my brain I can appreciate that the musicianship feels very tight and intense but the whole thing is just so immensely SINCERE like they are staring me in the eyes and wanting me to like the music SO BADLY I just can't take it seriously...like each musical idea is like "hey now check THIS OUT BRO!" I honestly don't even hate the sound of a lot of this song aside from the vocals and the massively outdated keyboards which isn't totally their fault... but like conceptually I just cannot find any sort of appreciation YYZ: I was taking a shit during this song and don't remember a single thing. Everything going on in the bathroom was more interesting to me Limelight: This is definitely the best so far and makes me think that if they would just make over the top pop music like The Darkness I would hate them a lot less The Camera Eye: What do you want me to say? It's annoying. Bass is cool. Witch Hunt: ahaha Woah creepy dude .. Nice ..!Oh okay now its freaking epic AWESOMEE <3 Vital Signs: We just don't have a need for this music anymore. It's not useful at this point in human history. It's fine. I just don't care

Not my favorite Neil Young album and there are some songs I don't fully love but I at least like all the songs and LOVE many of them, very close to 5 for me ^_^

Very important album 4 Me

Imagine an all-time classic rap album with thought-provoking bars, incredible beats, and an utterly groundbreaking concept to boot. That's the description of an imaginary album that is the opposite of this

I felt absolutely nothing