Not if you think this album art is bad. The text is def readable it just his this abstract Arabic font to it. The background looks like a sunset shining through glass. Idk man, I can find the beauty in it but you can keep picking out what you think you don’t like about it and call it bad

You’re a dope poster btw

I’ve honestly never listened to bilal before outside of like a ft or two

Sounds like he could be Prince’s kid

its not that serious

Us arguing if its glass, or curtains, is bad in itself - which now looking again its more than likely blinds with the overlapping ridges taken into account - but it not being clear defined probably due to its objective low resolution is bad and part of my point.

English scripts that try to mimic foreign language scripts also look like a mess that often confuses people on two diff styles being sited in their brain at first glance (and on a personal note its just corny to me like fake "asian" scripts), but i didnt say this the first time due to it originally, would-be, too critical for no reason in an a****** way. Although I doubt anyone could read it clearly without knowing the name of the project and artist beforehand - but my actual "complaint" was that its literally the same yellow color that objectively blends in with the glass/curtains/blinds, which is another legitimate f*** up on top of not having any outlining or shadows making it "flat" and thus blending even worst due to the similar color - and it looks even worse when its at smaller scale like when scrolling through streaming albums and comes out like a blurry smudge in passing.

My main complaint is the low almost crunchy resolution and the script literally being the same yellow as the faux highlights on the image - which doesnt do any favors for a relatively obscure artist that I enjoy a lot.

I know 70s music and any decent+ 70s artist dont have low resolution images in their source and they use coloring n lettering boldly and defined (its one of the main aesthetics of the 70s):

I was joking towards you which i thot u were also being tongue-in cheek with me even tho disagreeing.

But, since its pushed more serious than i ever made it these are my actual thoughts. It was just a simple innocuous critique bro and wasnt that serious - his coverart could be drastically improved by a high resolution and some bolding and/shadowing on the text at the very least bare minimum, but as is, it comes off very amateurish and haphazard which someone as talented and seasoned as Bilal should not present themselves as, imo. Coverart is literally the first thing people see, especially those that dont know you. And communicates a lot subconsciously.

Even for other niggas that I love - I still have critiques if it pops up - just like I do with Kanye, Kendrick etc. and I never critique unless I can actually explain why and the reason. Hence all of this.

damn dawg

i didnt mean for my og simple comment to become a fullblown art study and color theory essay breakdown but yeah, here we are

bilal’s recent output for the last 10 years has been so refreshing tbh and I put him in a diff space cause I don’t really see people evolving and exploring in this age like he has

This is amazing

It’s so wild how he’s this far into his career and is able to experiment wit these different sounds and make em sounds this good

why is no one talking about this? top 5 aoty

Bilal unfortunately is a slept on artist in general

My world starting to bloom, starting to blooooooom

Insane post

especially with this dp

Song been on repeat

I really wish more people knew about this album

I'll check it out, I only know his feature on Cali Sunshine by The Game but thought he sounded good on that.

I appreciate op because I somehow just realized the couple of songs I have saved to my playlist from this joint are from seeing this thread lol

oh wow

I overlooked the album dropping. Thank you for putting a spotlight on it

Ain’t seen you in the wrestling thread in forever

I would say it’s the most underrated album from last year based off the quality and the little amount of people who know it exists

stopped watching before Mania, realised I was finished when I couldn't be bothered to watch the biggest show of the year lol