rvi

5y

just checked and yup

" She’s cited statistics about the effects of the prison-industrial complex on Black Americans. During visitation in her father’s prison, she says, families were invited to pose against a backdrop of a plantation veranda. It seems clear that she wishes to empathize with the Black community and critique the prison system.

But dissonance appears on Daddy’s Home whenever Clark’s louche time-traveling character collides with the political tensions of the present day. It’s odd, for example, that two songs on the album refer to calling “the cops,” or 911, in light of the past year’s uprisings against police brutality. A reference to Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam” in “The Melting of the Sun” is similarly ill-considered. Like Hozier before her, Clark dilutes Simone’s fierce and intentional anti-racist activism by listing her alongside white celebrities. The album’s title track deploys a sticky bassline, a syncopated funk groove, and the voices of seasoned Black back-up singers Kenya Hathaway and Lynne Fiddmont to tell the story of Clark and her father, a white man who committed a white-collar crime. Why deploy the conventions of Black music to reckon with his sins? Why wear a mask at all?"

rvi

5y

anyone ever listened to Franco Battiato? he died today. always saw him mentioned alongside prog-ish things but never listened. saw stuff saying he's Italy's Eno

i bet @Aruji has listened

Galaxy de list mon

5y

However, I did not read the actual review and am sure their reason is some dumb s*** not related to the music

Koala

5y

"The Most Trusted Voice in Music" :oblivious: Agenda's aside who the hell would put faith in one reviewer's opinion when it comes to music in 2021. Especially when every album is done by a different writer that the reader has no connection with at all. Not even a users score

Galaxy de list mon

5y

That's why I trust the mons in the thread for music recs.

Koala

5y

@drjdeponytail

The resurgence of Kwame Brown, now this guy is gonna make a video about everything he should box Stephen Jackson haha

rvi

5y

just checked and yup

" She’s cited statistics about the effects of the prison-industrial complex on Black Americans. During visitation in her father’s prison, she says, families were invited to pose against a backdrop of a plantation veranda. It seems clear that she wishes to empathize with the Black community and critique the prison system.

But dissonance appears on Daddy’s Home whenever Clark’s louche time-traveling character collides with the political tensions of the present day. It’s odd, for example, that two songs on the album refer to calling “the cops,” or 911, in light of the past year’s uprisings against police brutality. A reference to Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam” in “The Melting of the Sun” is similarly ill-considered. Like Hozier before her, Clark dilutes Simone’s fierce and intentional anti-racist activism by listing her alongside white celebrities. The album’s title track deploys a sticky bassline, a syncopated funk groove, and the voices of seasoned Black back-up singers Kenya Hathaway and Lynne Fiddmont to tell the story of Clark and her father, a white man who committed a white-collar crime. Why deploy the conventions of Black music to reckon with his sins? Why wear a mask at all?"

Galaxy de list mon

5y

@RASIE @basedspirit the lil b x dunkey collab I never knew I needed... classic

UIP

7y

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a new start? https://twitch.tv/crychriscry

KUBERA

5y

what is this thread about???

UIP

5y

just a chat thread

KUBERA

5y

Am I part of the "FAM"

Galaxy de list mon

5y

:datass:

Elric

5y

do you like to banter about dusty riffs and movies?

KUBERA

5y

Am I part of the "FAM"

UIP

5y

idk you bruh but i follow you so there must be some reason for that anyway feel free to post here lol

Edit: ahhh it’s cuz of that Lil B thread you made the other day

KUBERA

5y

Not banter but have a deep love of the historical theatric releases...

Did I just banter ? sorry fam

rvi

5y

just checked and yup

" She’s cited statistics about the effects of the prison-industrial complex on Black Americans. During visitation in her father’s prison, she says, families were invited to pose against a backdrop of a plantation veranda. It seems clear that she wishes to empathize with the Black community and critique the prison system.

But dissonance appears on Daddy’s Home whenever Clark’s louche time-traveling character collides with the political tensions of the present day. It’s odd, for example, that two songs on the album refer to calling “the cops,” or 911, in light of the past year’s uprisings against police brutality. A reference to Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam” in “The Melting of the Sun” is similarly ill-considered. Like Hozier before her, Clark dilutes Simone’s fierce and intentional anti-racist activism by listing her alongside white celebrities. The album’s title track deploys a sticky bassline, a syncopated funk groove, and the voices of seasoned Black back-up singers Kenya Hathaway and Lynne Fiddmont to tell the story of Clark and her father, a white man who committed a white-collar crime. Why deploy the conventions of Black music to reckon with his sins? Why wear a mask at all?"