flizzy

8mo

The Jet Age of Tomorrow - Journey to the 5th Echelon

Mid boring album with longer songs and less going on than the first album. My least favorite act on OF by far and I don't get the hype. The songs with vocals save it a little but I'd rather hear any of these rappers on different beats. To make this review more positive I recommend the following producers from this era: Flying Lotus, Burial, Shlohmo, Four Tet, Bonobo, Clams Casino, Tokimonsta, Tycho. For good instrumental music check them out.

mr get dough

8mo

Damn man this is one of my favorites

It was hella rough but just a melting pot for so many great influences

flizzy

8mo

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MellowHype - Blackenedwhite

This is the one. I repeat, this is the one. After not feeling Hodgy's releases and verses before, this album shows a lot of growth for him and Left Brain, who drops the hardest production so far. It's just so grimey and Hodgy raps on it with a lot of energy. This feels like what a OF project should sound like. Dark, electronic with aggressive flows. One of the best albums so far. Hodgy really likes rapping about killing cops lol.

Fav songs: Primo, 64, Hell, Deaddeputy, Loco, Chordaroy.

flizzy

8mo

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Frank Ocean - nostalgia, ULTRA.

#1 mixtape that should be on streaming. This is so good and it’s been a while I actually forgot. This is pretty lighthearted for a Frank album and we get chill songs on here, and a lot of range for early Frank from autotune songs to a Coldplay cover. Still this album has heart and good deep writing in songs like Swim Good, and Frank’s 80s/90s indie inspired sound and his style of singing is really cool and carries it. Weakest thing about it is maybe the vocals themselves which sound a little flat but he mostly sings in his range and the musical style compliments his voice. Overall great and best mixtape yet. Though he would end up being better ofc. Btw can’t believe Eagles sued him. That is a legendary cover.

Fav songs: Strawberry Swing, Novacane, We All Try, There Will Be Tears, Swim Good.

HANI

8mo

Did you mean to say "Eagles" sued him, not Coldplay, right?

flizzy

8mo

My bad fixing. Thought it was Coldplay. F*** Eagles!

HANI

8mo

No biggie 😄🍻

F*** Eagles indeed lol
You reminded me this hilarious scene from Big Lebowski

PS. kudos for the thread idea! I like how you talk about each album, its characteristics, and keeping it short and sweet! 🍻

flizzy

8mo

Tyler, The Creator - Goblin

This album is like a movie that you watched when you were younger and you really like but you know is kinda bad. This is my first introduction to OFWGKTA, most specifically the video for Yonkers, but at the time the album was out and everybody was talking about it and catching up to the label's releases. At the time I only listened to the popular records but this one really hit me and I remember listening all the time despite not really being "emo" and having dark thoughts I just thought it was some cool s***.

I really like the idea of it, in a sense this symbolizes the whole era, after a lot of mixtapes and building the sound this is a more professionally sounding album expanding on it and way darker than ever, with the most edgy and offensive lyrics he could think of, a lot of trauma dumping, the album starting and ending with a therapy session and like an intervention near the ending where he ends up killing the other OF members...

So ideally this would be a classic album but listening to it now it's obvious some of the ideas were good but weren't quite there yet (like Fish), some of the lyrics are a little corny with how over the top they are, and the production sometimes makes you appreciate the more striped back B****** production a bit more.

However, the highs are highs. There are songs when Tyler is being edgy and aggressive with his performance and kick ass, and some songs have interesting lyrical themes. Overall I'd say this is iconic for what it is, but not classic and not one of the better albums here. It just goes all out on this sound, for better or for worse.

Fav songs: Yonkers, She, Nightmare, Sandwitches, Burger.

flizzy

8mo

Tyler, The Creator - Goblin

This album is like a movie that you watched when you were younger and you really like but you know is kinda bad. This is my first introduction to OFWGKTA, most specifically the video for Yonkers, but at the time the album was out and everybody was talking about it and catching up to the label's releases. At the time I only listened to the popular records but this one really hit me and I remember listening all the time despite not really being "emo" and having dark thoughts I just thought it was some cool s***.

I really like the idea of it, in a sense this symbolizes the whole era, after a lot of mixtapes and building the sound this is a more professionally sounding album expanding on it and way darker than ever, with the most edgy and offensive lyrics he could think of, a lot of trauma dumping, the album starting and ending with a therapy session and like an intervention near the ending where he ends up killing the other OF members...

So ideally this would be a classic album but listening to it now it's obvious some of the ideas were good but weren't quite there yet (like Fish), some of the lyrics are a little corny with how over the top they are, and the production sometimes makes you appreciate the more striped back B****** production a bit more.

However, the highs are highs. There are songs when Tyler is being edgy and aggressive with his performance and kick ass, and some songs have interesting lyrical themes. Overall I'd say this is iconic for what it is, but not classic and not one of the better albums here. It just goes all out on this sound, for better or for worse.

Fav songs: Yonkers, She, Nightmare, Sandwitches, Burger.

flizzy

8mo

2 classic features from this era:

lacriminal

8mo

Game trying to hop on the OF wave was the most transparent Game thing I've seen him do

flizzy

8mo

Frank Ocean - nostalgia, ULTRA.

#1 mixtape that should be on streaming. This is so good and it’s been a while I actually forgot. This is pretty lighthearted for a Frank album and we get chill songs on here, and a lot of range for early Frank from autotune songs to a Coldplay cover. Still this album has heart and good deep writing in songs like Swim Good, and Frank’s 80s/90s indie inspired sound and his style of singing is really cool and carries it. Weakest thing about it is maybe the vocals themselves which sound a little flat but he mostly sings in his range and the musical style compliments his voice. Overall great and best mixtape yet. Though he would end up being better ofc. Btw can’t believe Eagles sued him. That is a legendary cover.

Fav songs: Strawberry Swing, Novacane, We All Try, There Will Be Tears, Swim Good.

dotM

8mo

No one will ever be able to change my mind this is franks best project idc

dotM

8mo

No one will ever be able to change my mind this is franks best project idc