Absolute masterpiece.

Great album

It’s just that, I found his music mid and corny before that so even tho the roll out was super creative and original, I just couldn’t get into it with the same hype as y’all back then for those reasons

My fav joint is Telegraph Ave (Oakland)

Welcome

Out of all albums i feel especially lucky to have been a teenager when this came out

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Classic album man

HIT IT GODDAMN

Back when albums used to be released

still remember hearing the beat drop in 3005 at my high school prom and watching the entire room jump to it

core memory fr

CLASSIC!!! Watching him perform these songs in succession at Bonnaroo was such an experience crowd was so crazy

Zealots of Stockholm is my favorite but the whole thing bangs!!!

zealots is the track that helped 12 year old me appreciate the 808

Blassic

such an important album man

I was obsessed w this album. looking back I can see why some thought it's corny, it def is in some ways. I do still think it's among the albums that set the bar for me in regards to ambitious storytelling and worldbuilding through music tho.

production on this is just immaculate, love the sound collage-y cinematic sound, mix of hard rap beats that naturally segue into pop and even edm and Donald ofc is a charismatic af voice guiding you through the whole thing. and what I'll always respect is that all the heady concepts and nerdy references and details aside it's real emotional music first.

rewatching Atlanta rn I definitely think that everything I loved about this project was realized in there w so much more maturity and finesse, it maybe overshadows this album for me a bit by now, but it also serves as an affirmation of how blown away I was by it when it first came out, the vision was def crystal clear here. still a very special listen.

album statements, yeah. big time agree.

these have become so rare since Ye has gone off the cliff mentally. 2010s was such a special time w Kanye Kendrick Frank etc just raising the bar every couple years and inspiring all these other artists to go crazy too. it def feels like we're lacking pop cultural touchstones like that atm

Build up for the album was insane but album itself falls off a cliff after No Exit

flight of the navigator
zealots of stockholm
urn
life the biggest troll

where is the cliff

Right after No Exit

please dont run away Im a murderer

Listened to this today for the first time in awhile. Some corny bars to be expected with Gambino especially at that stage but it’s held up extremely well

Telegraph Ave forever one of them ones