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SwingBreed
Checkers does something to me that no other Aes track has. It literally kicks my depression out of the room as soon as I put it on. I'm so excited for this album.
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pocketlight
with how last.fm works i bet the only reason this page don't redirect to asap rocky is because he was here before rocky
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SwingBreed
"Boyhood drawing b-boys with big sneakers 'til the shoe fit Now they pouring plaster in the foot print Take it to the lab, show the cast to the bullpen All you get is choruses of 'I call bullshit'" perfectly sums up the ignorance of music history in today's youth.
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Sanity_Theorist
I owe this man all the therapy bills I never paid because of his work, the best writer in hip hop easily
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SwingBreed
As disappointed as I was overall with ITS, god Black Snow might be the best thing he's ever done and the final verse the best verse he's ever done. I just put on that last verse when ever I feel like I'm in the ring with my depression.
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smlinarcik
Hard agree on that last verse, the beat switch and flow mixups are incredible, and I don't think I've ever heard him shout on a track before. Phenomenal closer, it's my go-to "practice my diction and breath control" verse when I'm on a walk.
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SwingBreed
I found it formulaic and predictable, and lacking in the mystery that drives me to return again and again to his music. Most of the songs are only interesting on the first listen then you've got the point -- and some songs you get the point after the first verse and hook. It doesn't help that it is the follow-up to Spirit World Field Guide which I consider his best album, and just one of my favorite albums of all time, ITS felt very tame and underwhelming in comparison. Black Snow I think is the one track on it that transcends all that though.
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v4ughan
that's fair enough, i think for me the shedding of that mystery is kinda what makes me connect with this project so much. lots of parallels to the vulnerability on TIK. i haven't really clicked with spirit world yet, some tracks i fuck with esp 'four winds' and 'crystal sword' but i totally agree with you on 'black snow' being phenomenal.
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IsaiahBolly
the people that don’t get it will never get it, but the ones who do know his genius
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ShamsRealm
I hope you're feeling better now! & I 100% agree with how therapeutic his music is, it's so earnest and raw without any of the toxicity that usually comes with music like that.
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digitalgoober
both from NY as well, they have met at least once https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A29xjvbYk4U&ab_channel=RosenbergRadio
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ShamsRealm
I can pinpoint 7 more turns that happened because I never really healed from the first one
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SwingBreed
unfortunately ITS hasn't grown on me. I figured out why I don't like it though: too many predictable and formulaic songs. Most of them follow the 16-bar verse, hook, 16-bar verse, hook, 16-bar verse, hook song structure and there's no variety. I think there's maybe three out of 18 tracks that don't stick to that formula. SWFG had those amazing beat switches, had hookless songs, had verses that ran well over 16 bars, and was constantly keeping you on your toes. On ITS, you can listen to the first minute of each song and get the point, because it's not going to switch up on you really. You know exactly when the verse is going to end and when the hook is going to come in, and there's no surprising beat switches. Relistens don't deepen the experience like his past work. It's pretty boring and I think it's his worst release since Bazooka Tooth.
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enjoylifelmao
i elope with talent while they fidget, if the revolution aine gon be televised the f- ill probably miss it / first rapper that made me wanna listen to lyrics
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edubbwitthevdub
Haven't listened to him in a while....he got....better??? How is that possible?!
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ShamsRealm
It is shocking how every song of his ties into both the "Aesop" theme and the theme of the record itself, he really hasn't missed and is only continuing to get better, more creative, more vivid in his storytelling.
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