Dec 24, 2022·1 reply
flizzy· editedDay 5: Rick Ross - Teflon Don
I'm not a star I got a chopper in the car!!
So this album has 2 major sounds. One is those early 2010s Lex Luger trap songs, out of which the hardest here is I'm Not a Star which just has the quotables and has the attitude to make it a good intro for this album.
The second is the luxurious, cinematic, triumphant sound that you get for most of the album. At its best, with major highlights like Live Fast & Die Young, Aston Martin Music, Free Mason, All the money in the world, you're like:
Just makes you feel like you're on top of the world, beautiful production, Rick Ross and the features just killing it (even though it's missing the Drake verse!!) and they're just long and immersive and def put you in the luxurious mood.
However listening to this for a full album made me a little overwhelmed especially at the songs with R&B singers. I understand why we moved from that sound a little (or elevated it a bit like Griselda).
While it has more heart and vision than any DJ Khaled album, at its core this is what it is. An album about money, crime, fancy cars, watches, materialism. For an album about these themes this is the best it can be. But I can't consider it a great album truly. I think for what it is this is a perfectly good album.
Does Rick Ross go hard? Yes, does the production go hard? definitely, does this album deliver what it promises? for sure. It's not really about the substance or the artistry, it's mostly just to put you in that Las Vegas mood. Make you feel like a VIP for an hour and make your honda civic feel like a maybach.
Btw "I'm riding dirty, my d*** clean" is funny af
Looking back, John was so much better than I'm Not A Star.
- OPDec 24, 2022·1 replyGKMC
Looking back, John was so much better than I'm Not A Star.
John was so fire it makes me wanna switch to 2011
But I’ll keep going a lot of good albums to check
- Dec 24, 2022·1 replyflizzy
John was so fire it makes me wanna switch to 2011
But I’ll keep going a lot of good albums to check
Don't stop try to keep this going to you get to present year.
Dec 24, 2022I dont think Griselda is an elevation of what Ross was doing tbh, feel like the production value of Ross s*** is a lot higher
But you nailed the review of that tbh and the congratulations review
Best album u reviewed so far
- Dec 24, 2022·1 reply
Do some Odd Future projects, they had a crazy run that year
Dec 24, 2022flizzy· editedDay 6: MGMT - Congratulations
Wow guys this is a great one.
If you're reading this and haven't listened to this album do yourself a favor and listen to "Siberian Breaks" a beautiful 12 minute piece and the centerpiece of this album, it's essentially progressive rock and a song that progresses and changes throughout, this song alone made me realize I'm listening to something great. Please listen to this!
As for the rest of the album I might need to listen a few more times to really digest it and take it all in but let me say I really appreciate the melodies and compositions and it just feels very psychadelic and atmospheric. This is a first listen to me as I only listened to their 2 more popular albums. This doesn't have many hits except for the self titled "Congratulations" which ends the album nicely, but it's more expansive than the other two and just blew me away.
My other highlights are It's Working, Something Missing and Brian Eno but really this whole album is worth a listen and might just be some of the best indie rock music I've ever heard. I think it aged well and still symbolizes that era of indie rock which was also a little overproduced like everything from this year so far, but really wanted to impress you and be over the top and theatrical, unlike modern indie pop where it's more chill and gentle. I'm not saying one is better than the other but MGMT nailed this sound and I'll be praising this album from now on.
Definitely my favorite so far!
All facts king
- OPDec 24, 2022GKMC
Don't stop try to keep this going to you get to present year.
Probably won’t but I’ll try to do a lot of albums from this year and maybe 2011 unless someone else wants to
Dec 24, 2022Glad you checked out Teflon Don and Congratulations @op great albums and I more or less agree with you. I think your score on Teflon Don kinda low but your description was spot on. Great series
- OPDec 24, 2022·1 replymr get dough
Do some Odd Future projects, they had a crazy run that year
Not a high priority but I actually never listened to Mike G album so I might do it
I also thought doing a “classic Odd Future” thread separately just going through their 2009-2013 albums
- Dec 24, 2022·1 replyflizzy
Not a high priority but I actually never listened to Mike G album so I might do it
I also thought doing a “classic Odd Future” thread separately just going through their 2009-2013 albums
That’d be fun
Ali is actually his best project and has a couple good songs
If not though maybe just do Radical and cover all of them in one?
- OPDec 24, 2022mr get dough
That’d be fun
Ali is actually his best project and has a couple good songs
If not though maybe just do Radical and cover all of them in one?
I never listened to this album so I’ll keep it in mind
I miss that era lowkey
Dec 24, 2022Teflon Don same score as TML
- OPDec 24, 2022GKMC
@op Will you do Overly Dedicated?
Not a priority
Maybe
Dec 24, 2022·1 replyChief Keef finally rich obviously
- Dec 24, 2022·1 replyBushmanate
Chief Keef finally rich obviously
That dropped in 2012
- Dec 24, 2022mr get dough
That dropped in 2012
I misread
Thought it said ‘2010s’
In that case flockaveli defo
- OPDec 25, 2022·1 reply
Big Boi today
hayabusa 🌐Dec 25, 2022·1 replyflizzyBig Boi today
very underrated album s***s so good
- OPDec 25, 2022hayabusa
very underrated album s***s so good
Listening to this rn and I agree
- OPDec 25, 2022·1 replyVibe
Gonna do cosmo, archandroid or causers of this? @op
Def the first two, was not aware of the third one
- Dec 25, 2022flizzy
Def the first two, was not aware of the third one
excited for all if you do them
thread is great
- Dec 25, 2022
2010 was a great year in general
- OPDec 25, 2022·edited·1 reply
Day 7: Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
First some positives. One is that Big Boi is an underrated rapper and imo can rap just as good as Andre 3000. So the idea of a Big Boi solo should be as exciting as an Andre one. Two is that at this point Big Boi is a old head who's tapped in. He's experienced and takes his southern rap and funk influences and mixes them with the sound of 2010, over the top production, even a little bit of pop and indie.
On paper this should be a classic and this album was beloved at the time. Listening to the first few songs I was like how did we collectively forget about this album. Daddy Fat Sax makes you bump your head, Follow Us is an anthem, and Shutterbug definitely sounds dated but it's a lot of layers to this song and I bet you can make up a dope dance to go with this. Just makes you move.
However at some point this album just starts sounding dated as f*** and no longer in a flattering way. Now, this is still better than most albums during that time and still has a lot of personality, funk, soul and that "OutKast magic". I think what killed it is time and the attempt to make it as modern as possible. It's actually the more simple songs that hit the most like Shine Blockas which has an amazing beat and Gucci verse, and Fo Your Sorrows which could've fit right in on Speakerboxx (a compliment!).
I recommend playing this back during your next OutKast run. I don't think it's as good as their classics but the energy is here, the ambition is here, the soulfulness and hooks are here. What would make it better for me is just have more of Big Boi just killing it without all the bells and whistles, but I appreciate it for what it is and think it's pretty special.
- OPDec 25, 2022
I'm on my grind shawty!! Don't block my shine shawty!!
