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I'm digging what I've read, I'll look forward to this album
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im guessing you seen the pics as well
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i dont expect it to be good but ill wait for it to drop
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Originally Posted by blazersfan
im guessing you seen the pics as well
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Can't wait to give thi album a listen.
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E'rybody thought I was makin' a compilation.
I was really makin' myself they comp-eh-tay-tion.
I was really makin' myself they comp-eh-tay-tion.
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YO!
and Ant, dont front like you dont want the 05 'Ye back... he could atleast give us a couple of them tracks on these post "CD" albums
Word up... I don't mind. Graduation wasn't to the level of those first 2 albums but I'm pretty excited for this. There won't be anything tocompare it to. And he can say what he wants, that album in June... he'll be rapping again.
DF!!!
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I give up on this man.
Whole album in auto-tune
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already kno Kanye is that dude
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better get this wack %+$# outta your system yay and come back with a classic hip hop album in June
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delete double
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Im pretty excited to hear this album however i was hoping he would rap more
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Originally Posted by lnMyMind
Wale's take
Went to Kanye's listening party last night in LA. It was held at this empty space I'd been to before on La Brea. I actually went to the launch of Helio there. You remember Helo; the well-conceived but ill-executed mobile service that launched 2 years ago and is already out of business. Beck performed at the Helio launch and was awesome but from what I hear now, he's trying to get out of Scientology and his live performances have been seriously lacking. Anyway, I dunno if that was a bad look to have the listening party in that space; a vast, concrete box with horrible acoustics. I would have held it at the Disney concert hall downtown or something.
Anyway, please take my comments on this at face value. The sound was not ideal in the venue. It was also rather hot inside. The drinks were weak. As Kanye says on Love LockDown, "the vibe is wrong." However, 40 fully nude models is kind of awesome. Anyway, peep the shorthand notes I took on the album.
Track 1 is fire. Seems to be called "What Did I Do To Deserve This"…very anthemic and catchy but not a song you'd hear on the radio. Looks like this album might be amazing.
Or not…Track 2 not as awesome as Track 1. I think this is "Heartless", has a repetetive piano beat with really interesting drums
Track 3 is Love Lockdown
Track 4 has some crazy drums. Chorus sounds very 80s or maybe late 90s Europop like Venga Boys or Aqua. The chorus has like minor 7 chords played with a Prince sounding synth and goes like "okay okay, you will never stop me now"
Track 5 also sounds very 80s…like a power ballad mixed with El Debarge, Chromeo and New Edition. Chorus goes something like "I don't know you, let me know you, why you acting like a robocop"
Track 6 and 5 sound very similar
Track 7 sounds like Good Morning…similar tempo and a repeating bell type sound…chorus seems to be like "I pray you will"
Track 8 is like some double time drums and some strings
Track 9 I think is a track with Young Jeezy that I cannot believe Young Jeezy is on
Track 10 has a Lil Wayne feature…hard to tell where Kanye ends and Wayne begins
Track 11 is about his mom
Afterwards, Kanye made a great speech about how everyone is born an artist and is born creative, it's just once we start living, many of us get stripped of that. Those who don't are the ones who continue to be artists. I thought it was a very astute comment. He then started talking about this negative word that everyone has been tossing around for the past year; that word is auto-tune. He said he felt like a kid and auto tune was the most fun thing to play with. I totally got what he was saying and used this analogy to explain it to Bun B when I was talking to him on the phone today. You know when you are in elementary school, like 5th grade, and you get a new highlighter, like a neon yellow joint? And then you just wanna go highlighting everything in your history book because it's just so fun to see that neon yellow everywhere on the plain white pages? That's how the auto tune feels on Kanye's album. You forget what's really important and everything that's auto tuned (or highlighted), is weighted the same way. Hope that makes sense. I just want to go on record saying that I love Kanye. Aside from Wale, he might be my favorite contemporary artist. Graduation inspired me to go and try to help Wale make a better album. I also think Graduation made it easier for an artist like Wale to exist. I have always defended Kanye to people who say he's too cocky, etc. I think he has done more for hip hop in terms of pushing the envelope than any other artist. I could be totally wrong about this album but this is what I heard last night. I hope it's not his Medellin (Entourage reference…see below) He might change it, who knows.
"The chorus has like minor 7 chords played" after reading this part I was about to come in with
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Anyone who thinks this album is going to be anything less than amazing is kidding themselves, autotune or no autotune.
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Originally Posted by JR Paperstacks
Originally Posted by blazersfan
im guessing you seen the pics as wellI wish I had more hands...so I could give those ******* 80 thumbs down...
Never thought 40 naked broads wouldnt get a
They get a
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Ye hasn't thrown me a brick yet...
Auto tune or not I have to check it out.
Auto tune or not I have to check it out.
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as far as first singles put out, love lockdown > Stronger....i might be saying this cause im used to hearing more subtle beats (complements the lyricsmore)....
as far as second singles....im feelin heartless as equal as i did cant tell me nothing...
as far as second singles....im feelin heartless as equal as i did cant tell me nothing...
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Lovin' Heartless.
Can't wait to hear the album.
Can't wait to hear the album.
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It'll probably be so self-indulgent that it'll be unlistenable after a short while. This thing is destined for The Love Below status.
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From all the reviews, this joint sounding like a "LoveHate" Part 2.
I dig that.
I dig that.
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He mentioned that he does have another album coming in June and he may be singing or rapping
this is watering himselfdown hella fast
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anyone think dis album will do a milli or gold first week? im coppin it da first day it comes out!
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